Intelligence Officer Ohlinger Defends Americanism in War
Gustavus Ohlinger of the U S Army Intelligence is praised for breaking up German wartime societies and halting propaganda plots. A Toledo resident, he leads local American Legion activities and once deterred a wealthy donor from halting the bonus stand. Born to German parents in China, a Roosevelt confidant and world traveler, Ohlinger’s reputation with Legionnaires is strong.
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Gustavus Ohlinger
Intelligence Department
United States
Toledo
American Legion
Legion
China
Theodore Roosevelt
South Africa
Gus
Hoosier Legionnaire Debuts With 32000 Circulation
Philip B. Stapp of Greensburg edits the Hoosier Legionnaire, an Indiana Legion publication started to express Legion ideas. Stapp, a Paris caucus delegate and first national publicity committee member, rose from private to commissioned officer in field artillery. The weekly paper reaches all Indiana Legionnaires.
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Indiana
Hour Glass
Seventh
Paris
Legion
Stapp
First National
Field Artillery
Indiana Legionnaires
Out of Commission Navy Destroyers Head for Scrap
Nearly a dozen World War II destroyers, famous for steering through submarine lanes and sinking German subs, have been ordered out of commission by the Navy. The fleet of stars on their stacks will fade as the aging grayhounds join the scrap pile. The Shaw and Jatob Jones earn sombre memories after mishaps ending in wrecks and the Aquitania escort disaster.
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Worth Sea
Atlantic
Parker
O'Brien
Cummings
Porter
Davis
Navy Department
Davy Jones
Shaw
Aquitania
Jatob Jones
Sousa Joins Legion His Navy Service Inspires Bandmaster
John Philip Sousa, bandmaster extraordinary, says he joined the American Legion because he had a right to, praising it as a rattling good organization. He leads the Great Lakes naval band of ex service men, many of whom are Legion members, spreading their music and lessons worldwide.
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Legion
John Philip Sousa
Mammoth
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Sousa
Great Lakes
Name Destroyer For Pruitt Honoring War Hero Corp Pruitt
Corp John Pruitt, a Pershing hero who died from wounds, was later commemorated with a destroyer named for him. George and Mrs. Pruitt of Phoenix received the Italian Croce di Guerre citation for his valor in World War I. Pruitt volunteered for service with the Marines after the war began and earned the nickname Devil Dog in France. His body rests in Arlington National Cemetery after his death in 1918.
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Uncle Sam
Navy
Marine Corps
Corp
John Pruitt
Pershing
Corporal Pruitt
Rees
George Pruitt
Phoenix
Ariz
Young Pruitt
Pruitt
Marines
Legion Creates Veterans Cemetery Plot in Racine Wisconsin
The American Legion in Racine has acquired part of a city cemetery to ensure World War I veterans do not rest in a potter's field. The circular plot will resemble Arlington National Cemetery and cost 5893.50 for land plus a steel mast with the Stars and Stripes. Currently 55 veterans are buried in Racine’s two cemeteries. many may be moved to the new plot which will hold room for over 800. The group plans to ask the Wisconsin legislature to raise the state burial allowance per veteran from 50 to 75 or 200 dollars.
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The
American Legion
Racine
Wis
Hing
Army
Navy
Legion
National Cemetery
Virginia
Wisconsin
American Legion to build memorial hall in Centrali a
A $250000 memorial hall will rise in Centrali Wash to honor four American Legion men killed in the city. Bronze doors will greet visitors while a recent celebration day noted weather and insurance details.
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Centralia
Wash
American Legion
L.W. W
Invite Needlewoman's Art Trimmings Vary Taffetas Styles
Needlewoman's Art and Trimmings highlight afternoon and evening gowns in simple cuts paired with fine sheer fabrics in amber and blue tones. Embroidery drawn work and various stitches lift casual frocks. cascaded drapery, bowled skirts, and cuirass bodices appear with taffeta and organdy details.
Wild cucumber and milkweed spread cucumber mosaic disease
The USDA reports wild cucumber vines and common milkweed are principal hosts of cucumber mosaic, spread by striped cucumber beetles and melon aphids. The disease is widespread, especially in the Middle West, and eradication of wild hosts is urged to slow spread and delay onset during peak yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Middle West
Tiitsa
Hot Water Method Best for Cleaning Milking Machines
The hot water cleaning method reduces bacterial counts dramatically on milking machines, outperforming chlorine sterilization. On eight farms with ordinary care counts exceeded 2,000,000 per cubic centimeter, while properly cleaned machines averaged under 20,000, with one sample at 1,000. The process uses repeated cycles of cold or lukewarm water, hot soda solution, and brushing, followed by vacuum rinsing to ensure sanitary milking equipment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
CORN FOR SILAGE PURPOSES
In the North early planting of well matured seed of a large corn variety is often most profitable for silage. If grain is desired, select a variety with best grain yield. For silage, full maturity time is less critical and a longer season crop may increase output.
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Gome
DANGER IN USING LIME FOR TRUCK CROPS
A Rhode Island experiment notes lime and manure applied at ten loads per acre produced good yields briefly then failed. Dr Tiurtwell warns against continuous cropping with fertilizers without green manuring. Excess acidity harms soils and crops like spinach. pink on blue litmus checks time needed.
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Doctor Tiurtwell
Rhode Island
Big value of alfalfa for pasture and hog gains
Alfalfa and pasture are valued at 26 to 35 per acre offering grazing for 20 pigs per acre with 200 pounds gain per pig in the season. If no pasture is used, needs include 1500 pounds more corn and 800 pounds tankage. Cutting a ton or two of hay from the same land still yields better grazing than if unmowed per J M Evvard Iowa Station.
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J. M. Evvard
Iowan Station
Cleaning and warming practices for milking machines
The article details cleaning and maintenance of vacuum milking machines including rubber part heating in water at 160 to 170 degrees, weekly disassembly for brushing with hot soda lotion, biweekly cleaning of the vacuum line, immediate cleaning if milk enters the line, and sterilizing pails and covers after each milking to ensure proper operation.
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Jean
Wood Ashes Assist Garden Use For Potash Fertilizer
Do not waste any wood ashes from the grate. Strew them over the garden. They are rich in potash fertilizer and will leach into the ground while remaining in suspension so plants can use the nutrients. Especially valuable for daffodil and tulip beds.
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