North Carolina Farmers Urged to Buy Home Grown Foods
North Carolina should shift to home produced foods to capture a potential $100,000,000 market in cities and industrial towns. The state’s balance of agriculture and industry supports a live at home policy and diversified crops beyond cotton and tobacco. Gen Grant and Gen Lee birth observances are requested by the American Legion. changes in New York post charter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Lucas
Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina
American Legion
Robert E. Lee
A. 5
Grant
North
South
Service Men’s Organization
Gen. Grant
Legion
Gen. Lee
National Legion
Lemuel Bolles
New York City
Social Register
MacNider
Legion protests army uniforms used to trap liquor violators
The American Legion of Norfolk Virginia protested to Secretary of War Weeks over prohibition en forcement officers wearing army uniforms to trap violators of the liquor law. The Legion alleged desecration of the insignia immortalized by American arms during the world war and Weeks took immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion of
Norfolk
Weeks
Legion
War veterans' rights urged by Brig. Gen Hanson Ely
Brig Gen Hanson Ely commandant of the war department service schools at Fort Leavenworth urged in American Legion memorial exercises for rights of men who fought in World War I. He called for adequate care of the war disabled and adjusted compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson Ely
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
American Legion
Ely
Nurses Help Spur War Romance at Minneapolis Legion Post
Cupid fans wartime ties at a Minneapolis American Legion post of army and navy nurses. A men s auxiliary made up of the nurses husbands is being planned to deepen the fringe of support and fellowship among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
American Legion
Minneapolis, Minn
Army
Navy
Fair Legionnaires
Decatur Legion Buys Town Telephone System
The American Legion post of Decatur Arkansas has purchased the city telephone company. After overhauling the system the post will operate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jine
American Legion Post
Decatur, Ark
Minne sota GOP backs Legion adjusted compensation plan
The Republican Party of Minnesota at its state convention unanimously endorsed resolutions in favor of the American Legion's adjusted compensation measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party of
Minnesota
American Legion
New York Bans Star Spangled Images on Business Stationery
Following an American Legion instruction on flag respect, New York lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting reproductions of the Stars and Stripes on business stationery and advertising materials for junk shops or fish markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Legion
Ed wards asks Legionaires on WWI compensation choices
Major General Clarence R Edwards of the Yankee division during World War I asked a group of American Legion men in Holyoke Massachusetts about adjusted compensation options. They chose five percent for the insurance feature ten percent for farm and home aid and the remainder for vocational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Redwards
American Legion
Bolyoke
Mass
Spring cleaning drive urged by commerce group in High Point
The High Point chamber of commerce promotes a nationwide clean up campaign urging residents to declutter homes and barns, burn and dispose of rubbish, and reduce fire and insurance costs. Secretary F. J. Sizemore cites broad participation and notes the movement's rapid growth since its origin two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Europe
States
Canal Zone
Cuba
Mexico
Hawaii
Kansas City
High Point Kiwanis Delegates Named for Conventions
At a Saturday night Kiwanis meeting at the Sheraton hotel, delegates were chosen to attend district and international conventions this summer. Rev P Cobl and F J Sizers were selected for the district convention in Columbia on Thursday, while T J Gold, club president, and J E Kirkman will represent at the international convention in Toronto, opening June 21. All delegates accepted and will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
P. Cobl
F. J. Sizsmore
Columbia
T. J. Gold
High Point Club
J. E. Kirkman
Toronto
Canada
Legion Auxiliary Fast Growth Reported in Indiana
Indianapolis April 24 An increase of 1010 units in the American Legion Auxiliary over the last five months is reported by Mrs Claire P Thurston publicity officer for the Marion county council. The rise reflects expanding auxiliary presence nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion Auxiliary
Claire P. Thurston
Marion County Council
United
Mary Pickford's Little Lord Fauntleroy at the cinema
The Mary Pickford vehicle Little Lord Fauntleroy showcases a broad emotion range from pathos to comedy, illustrating her versatile star power and appeal in the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Prominent Baptist Minister Dies in City
Rev. Jas. M. McManaway D D a leading Baptist pastor and editor in the south and middle west died here yesterday afternoon. He served in North Carolina Virginia Georgia and Missouri and was born in Bedford county Virginia in 1855 an alumnus of Richmond college and Louisville Theological Seminary. The body is to be taken to Charlottesville for funeral services there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. M. McManaway
D. D
South and
Middle West
Elephant Maturity Reaches Full Age at Forty
The passage notes that elephants do not reach full maturity until about 40 years old. This fact highlights their lengthy growth and development compared with other mammals.
Quicksilver Used in Munition Manufacturing
Quicksilver plays a role in the production of munitions, supplying a key component for various military ordnance. The reference notes its application in early industrial wartime processes and defense-related metallurgy.
Rotary and Legion unite for Boys Week observance
Starting April 30, Rotary clubs and the American Legion join to observe Boys Week across communities with exercises and programs aimed at helping young Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
International Association of Rotary Clubs
The
American Legion
Young America
American Legion paints role in world war in Paris exhibit
A large painting depicting America's role in the world war will be donated by the American Legion and preserved by the French government in the World War exhibit at the Musee de lArmee in the Invalides, Paris. The museum, founded by Napoleon, welcomed thousands of American doughboys during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Legion
Musee de l’Armee, Invalides
Paris
France
Napoleon
Ex-soldiers to build log clubhouse for Elizabethtown Legion
Farmers donated a grove of 206 trees and the village provided land to the Elizabethtown American Legion post. The ex soldiers will erect a community home and carry out all construction themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Ind
American Legion
Pilot Leads Girl Singers Over Manhattan For Legion Fund
Former Army chaplain B W Maynard flies over Manhattan with a group of girl singers in a radio equipped airplane. The stunt aims to raise funds for an American Legion camp in the Adirondack mountains for sick and wounded servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
B. W. Maynard
Manhattan
American Legion
Adirondack Mountains
Opera Season Opens in Atlanta Tonight
Visitors from across the South converge on Atlanta for the city’s twelfth Metropolitan Opera season opening with Verdi Ernani led by Rosa Ponselle and Giovanni Martinelli. Carmen Loreley and multiple short pieces follow with a star lineup including Gigli Harrold Chalmers and Easton across performances.
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Atlanta
South
Metropolitan Opera
Gounod
Faust
Harrold
Rothier
Chalmers
East
Martinelli
Mardones
Bada
Bori
Leonis
L’oracla
Chalme
Scotti
Perilta
Boutwell Re-elected President of Virginia Pilot Assn
Norfolk, April 22 Captain W R Boutwell who has led the Virginia Pilot association for eighteen years was chosen to serve another year as president at the annual meeting Captain E W Wing of Norfolk was elected vice president replacing Captain Fred D Cook of Hampton who declined re election due to ill health
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Norfolk
W. R. Boutwell
Virginia Pilot Association
E. W. Wing
Fred D. Cook
Hampton
Auto Victim Dies in Staunton Area Crash
Ollie F. Harlow died at Wing’s Daughters’ hospital from injuries from an automobile crash on the Greenville road south of Staunton. W. Frank Proctor of Lexington was instantly killed. his body was taken to Greenville for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Ollie F. Harlow
Wing's Daughters’ Hospital
Greenville Road
W. Frank Proctor
Lexington
Greenville
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Hich Point
Gold and
Kirkman
Legion Auxiliary
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Liggett FP Myers Tobacco Co
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Sirtole
Corn Products— Refining Co
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Argo
Lil
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