Advances in government care for disabled World War veterans
A year in review by Chairman Wat son BRB Miller of the national rehabilitation committee highlights improved U S Veterans Bureau service through decentralization and new regulations. Hospital care rose with 4,000 more beds and more veterans in home states. Reed Johnson amendments raised benefits to 80 448 disabled vets and dependents to 16 408 866 dollars.
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Watson Brb
Miller
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Tegion
Une
Legion Committee
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Legion Ewe Plan Aims to Boost Endowment Fund
W. W. Burch proposes a nationwide Legion Ewe plan guiding shepherds and boys and girls sheep clubs to dedicate a suitable ewe to the American Legion endowment for disabled veterans and orphans. Wool and lamb proceeds would support the fund, with donations sent to local posts or the Indianapolis headquarters.
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Shepherds
American Legion
Legion
W. W. Burch
American Sheep Breeder
Burch
Lezion
Disabled Veterans and Orphans’ Fund
National Endowment
American Legion National
Indianapolis
Ind
Bureh
Risky confession stalls a marriage proposal
A woman quips she would not be happy if married, citing a statistic from American Legion Weekly that one in seven marriages is unhappy. She adds she has already been married six times, prompting uncertainty about the proposal.
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American Legion Weekly
Home Doubles in Value The American Vote is Riding On
A brief item notes that the American Vote is riding on a boost in home doubles value amid ongoing political discussions. No specific dates, people, or organizations are provided within the readable text.
Report of Markets from U S Department of Agriculture
Latest USDA markets report covers fruits vegetables and livestock. Slippage seen in potato prices with Pennsylvania Round Whites and New York Baldwins varying across western and eastern markets. Cabbage weakens in city markets while shipping points hold firm. dairy butter steady with mixed cheese activity and wholesale meat prices firm to lower in New York.
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Pennsylvania
Northern
Chicago
F.o.b
New York
Baldwins
Rochester
Michigan
Ilinois
New Jersey
New York City
Tennessee
Nancy Halls
Philadelphia
Boston
Plymouth
Wis
New York State
Wisconsin
New Orleans Rice Market Quiet as Prices Hold Firm
New Orleans spot rice offerings were scarce on Friday with small holders firm at top quotes. Fancy Blue Rose quoted 7 to 7 1/8 cents per pound, choice 6 1/2 to 6 7/8, fancy Honduras 7 1/4 to 8 cents. Buyers sought prompt shipments, holding off for lower prices during steadier movement. Receipts totaled 1,313 sacks and 6,896 pockets early in the day.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Fort Worth cattle market steady with slight calf and hog variation
Fort Worth stock market reports a generally steady cattle trade with light weight heifers and calf trade showing small deviations. Hogs remained steady and sheep unchanged. Receipts totaled about 3,200 cattle and 1,000 calves, aligning with last week and the prior year within a few hundred head.
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Fort Worth
Tex
H*riday
British Submarine Monitor M-1 Lost Off Devon Coast
Rescue efforts for sixty eight officers and men aboard the submarine Monitor M-1 have been abandoned after it disappeared Thursday near Plymouth during maneuvers with other submarines off the Devon coast.
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Plymouth
Ingland
Devon
Tut Ankhamen Coffin Found Solid Gold in Luxor
An agency dispatch from Luxor reports the inner human shaped coffin of Tut Ankh Amun has been found to be solid gold with embossed designs. Described as the largest gold work piece discovered in archaeology's environs.
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London
Luxor
Egypt
Tut-Ankh- Amen
Italy's Exports Narrow Trade Gap in October
Rome reports Italy's adverse trade balance nearly vanished in October with exports totaling 17.996 billion lire and imports at 18.564 billion, reducing the deficit as the month closed.
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Rome
Italy
Milton Wins 250 Mile Armistice Day Race at Charlotte
Tommy Milton powered to victory at Charlotte speedway covering 250 miles without a halt at an average speed of 124.3 mph. This marked his second triumph at the Charlotte venue as the Armistice Day event concluded.
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Charlotte
N. C
Tommy Milton
New Soviet Stamps Authorized in Esperanto Series
Moscow reports two series of postage stamps printed in Esperanto have just been authorized by the commissariat. The move signals a state endorsement of Esperanto as part of cultural exchanges, with details on denominations and issuing dates not specified.
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Moscow
The
Commissariat
Fur Trim Adds Chic To Dresses For Balbriggan Girls
Fashion notes hail fur trimmed Balbriggan coats as smart luxury for women and children. Discusses methods of fur decoration, knee length triangular designs, and border effects, with examples on coats for all ages, plus colorful Balbriggan dresses for girls in varied shades and decorative touches.
Improved Agriculture in Southwest Texas
The 1925 Southwest Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting in San Antonio featured R A Lee of Cisco and Charles H Alvord of A and M College discussing farming improvements. They urged diversified farming, local poultry growth, and better market planning to keep feed and produce in Texas while stressing land use, irrigation, and careful farm program development for farmer welfare.
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S. C. Hoyle
Extension Service Publications
A. and
M. College of Texas
Texas
Chamber of Commerce Secretaries
San Antonio
R. A. Lee
Cisco
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Lee
West Texas
Charles H. Alvord
Extension Service
Taft Ranch
A. and M. College
M. College
South
The Walrus Discusses Food and Weight Identity
The Walrus tells how rumors grow about his eating habits and his weight while debating appearances and preferences with the Harbor Seal. He boasts of weighing over four thousand pounds, insisting his size is part of his nature and not to be dismissed.
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Harbor Seal
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic
America
Europe
Aod
Big Pond
Fragmented Crying Exchange Over Conscience
A garbled dialogic snippet shows a man asking a crying boy why his conscience hurts and suggests a brush on the boy to feel the sting. The fragment mentions Carolina and Buc caneer, but overall details are unclear from the damaged text.
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Carolina
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