Veterans League to travel to Paris convention on wartime mission
The American Legion plans a mass Paris trip with rail pass offers from Montreal Boston New York Hampton Roads and Houston. France will host the event in a grand convention hall at Champs d Elysee with Prime Minister Briand sending a warm welcome to 30 900 American veterans pilgrims. Banks organize savings clubs as $1 passenger identifications ease travel while French and US authorities cut red tape for veterans.
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Montreal
Boston
New York
Hampton Roads
Houston
Paris
Irenee
United States
American Legion
American Legion Savings
France
Wicker
America
Champs d’ Elysee Palace
Z. Pechof
Pechof
Briand
Legionnaires
St. Mihiel
St. Quentin
Chateau-Thierry
Legion
Flanders Fields
Veterans plan large peace time voyage back to France
Indianapolis report details a 1926 peace time voyage by 30 000 World War I veterans to French battlefields and cemeteries. A second bridge fleet of about twenty one ships will transport Americans aboard ships including the Aurania La Bourdonnais Orca Megantic Republic with a range of accommodations. The journey aims to honor fallen comrades and reunite veterans in a democratic transatlantic voyage akin to the first A E F era.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cab Fiefields
France
American Legion
Omaha
Legion
Lejon
Atlantic
John J. Wicker, Jr
Richmond
Cunard
Aurania
la Bourdonnais
Royal Mail
Orca
Eidtuutens
Judy O’ Grady
Abso
Debaters Chosen Represent University of N C Chapel Hill
Debaters selected to represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in intercollegiate contests against Swarthmore College and the University of West Virginia. Kartus and Chappell lead Carolina on opposing sides in a March 27 Chapel Hill final.
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Chapel Hill
University Oth Carolina
Swathmore College
University of West Virginia
Toen Heig
Swathmore
Kartus
Chappell
Wake Forest
Oxford University
Johns Hopkins
S. G. Chappell
Carolina
West Virginia
Tar Heels
United States
Crew, Jr
Pleasant Hill
Theo
Asheville
Livingston
William and Mary
Washington
Lee
Sewanee
George Washington
Oxford University of England
Young
Washington and Lee
North Carolina State
Tulane
Kentucky
Berea
Center
South Carolina
W. Virginia
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High Point
Coats
New Spring
Ladies Home Journal
The
Minerva Guide
Nat Walker
Optometr Trist
Opticare
Hart Drug Co
Postoffice
University OF N.C
University of Virginia
Malcolm M. Young
Durham
Mary D. Wright
Phi Assembly
Piedmont Battery Co
Randleman
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Vv. A. J. Idol
Commercial National Bank
H. Ellis
Treas
C. A. Lewis
South Main St
Speed
Petty Coal Co
West
Russell Street
the Hood System Industrial Bank
Penny Building
Washington Street
High Point, N
R. R. Ragan
Chas. L. Amos
J. Allen Austin
J. W. Clinard
Chas L. Amos
W. L. Jackson
T. A. Kearns
Dr. W. L. Jackson
E. T. Kearns
Seborn Perry
W. C. Jones
North Carolina Bankers Association
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
Bradner
York
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