Inscription on Boulder Marks Legion Commander's Death Site
A orange tablet embedded in a large boulder near Indianapolis commemorates Frederic W. Galbraith Jr. National Commander of the American Legion, killed while in service. The rock and tablet were dedicated by Legion headquarters with attendees including National Commander Hanford MacNider and Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart.
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Brenne
Frederic W. Galbraith, Jr
American Legion
Legion
Mr. Galbraith
Indianapolis
Staf
Hanford Mac. Nider
Lowell F. Hobart
Kid Corporal Scores Again in Phoenix
John Shoemaker, known as the Kid Corporal, scored again as he rose from a high school in Phoenix to a West Point appointment. Enlisting at fourteen, he served with a machine gun company in the Fifty-fourth Infantry for two years during and after World War I. Major Claude Decatur Jones reviewed his record and supported his candidacy, aided by Phoenix American Legion, to fill the military academy slot left by overseas hero Charles Barrett who led his class last June.
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Egsin
John Shoemaker
Phoenix
Ariz
Claude Decatur Jones
Jones
Ind
Young Shoemaker
Fifty-fourth Infantry
Weat Point
Phoenix American Legion
Military
Charles Barrett
Poland Seeks Legion Plan For Unemployed Veterans
Poland warns the American Legion over its detailed unemployment plan used in the United States. The Legion outlined a program that helped more than 400000 ex soldiers obtain temporary work during its campaign, with many moving into permanent positions.
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American Legion
Legion
United States
Poland
T. Holnko
Cimculate
Ex-Tommies Gather for Legion at London Conference
Ex-Tommies who attended the Over '&nnupl conference in London rose to cheer Hammer commander Nelwom Juchset as he read greetings from Commander Hanford Mec Wider. The gathering applauded the American Legion, calling for goodwill and strong ties with the Legion, while addressing shortages in equipment and advocating veteran support.
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Legion
Fritiah Legon
London
Rose
Hammer
Jagr
Hanford
Thane “Buddlies
Mathar Cnn
Good Will
Wan
Hiriah Legion
Faith in self vital to veteran reintegration says Maj. Lent
Maj. W. F. Lent of the U S veterans bureau tells American Legion members in Indianapolis that faith and confidence in oneself are essential for rehabilitated veterans. He notes government placement aids exist, but job success depends on initiative and ability, and that veterans remain capable workers, not cripples, even with injuries.
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W. F. Lent
United States Veterans’ . Bureau
Major Lent
Star of the American Legion
Indianapolis
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Flapper of 1776 draws crowds at Indianapolis Legion showing
The Indianapolis American Legion staged a historical motion picture at a local theater featuring a white wig hoopskirt flapper persona Miss Fillda Scheurer and her sister sapper act drawing large crowds. Scheurer, active in the Legion Auxiliary, has previously aided the Legion in promoting its events. War gases once used in World War I are now repurposed to control farm pests such as jackrabbits and gophers with mustard gas applied along rabbit paths to irritate feet and induce rubbing.
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Publc
Indianapolis American Legion
Fillda Scheurer
Middle West
Miss Schearer
Sappers
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Clock for Airplanes Developed by War Department
The air service of the United States War Department has developed a peculiar clock for airplanes. It keeps perfect time from 11 degrees below zero to 11 degrees above. Plane vibrations do not affect its accuracy. The timepiece winds by electricity and moves like a watch.
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Air Service
United States War Department
Veteran Bonie F Taylor of Crystal Springs among large kin
The Veterans Bureau found Bonnie F Taylor a World War veteran from Crystal Springs Mississippi closely related to four percent of his 1806 resident hometown. The stepmother and 16 siblings each receive monthly installments of 1.02 dollars.
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Bonnie F. ‘Taylor
Crystal Springs
Miss
Veterans’ Bureau
Taylor
Einslam
Carrying On With the American Legion Visit
Mrs. Lowell B Hobart national president of the American Legion Auxiliary receives an Indian doll from Sioux, during a visit to a reservation. Dallas Legionnaires begin a cross country walk to New York, with only two reaching the end after 200 days. A World War veteran from Philadelphia is honored for bravery and burial plans halt by wartime events.
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Lowell B. Hobart
The
American Legion Auxiliery
Hobart
Milwaukee Doctor Dies By Own Hand After Poisons
Dr. A J Herschman a 62 year old Milwaukee physician philosopher and linguist who rejected religion but praised Christ died by suicide after swallowing morphine then planning to take cyanide in a final message he described his reluctance to drink the cyanide and noted love for his wife and two grandchildren He had long been known in Milwaukee for his work in many homes and his clinical career ended amid health and reverse fortunes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. J. Herschman
Christ
Herschman
Doctor Herschman
Husband May Talk to No Woman but His Wife
John Haan of Chicago is restrained by court order from visiting seeing talking or riding with any woman in the world except his wife. Another injunction bars his mother-in-law from interfering with the domestic happiness of Hans and his wife. The restraining orders followed a reconciliation after Mrs. Hans sued for divorce.
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John Haan
Chicago
Haas
Hans
Discoverers of Huge Twin Suns Sighted in Canada
Victoria Canada scientists led by Dr J B Plaskett report the discovery of two enormous suns located fifty two quadrillion miles from Earth. The find, observed through the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory's large reflector, is hailed as one of the era's notable astronomical achievements.
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Victoria
Canada
Sung
Earth
J. 8. Plaskett
Dominion of Cana Astrophysical Observatory
Poland China Memorial Erected in Warren County Farm Scene
The Ohio Poland China Breeders Association erected a monument on W. Hankinsons farm eight miles west of Lebanon Ohio to honor the first pedigree of Poland China hogs and the first written hog breed pedigree. Mary Hankinson penned an original poem for the dedication which Mrs Hankinson unveiled. About 1000 people attended from across the country.
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Ohio
Poland China Breeders’ Association
W. ©. Hankinson
Low
Lebanon
Warren County
Poland
Mary Hankinson
Mra. Hankinson
Extraordinary Scientific Achievement Reported Globally
Doctor Plaskett estimates the ming burn at a temperature in Fahrenheit as they circle. Plankett names sunm, mare mavatve, and a claim of 70 times the bulk of our wan. A delicate seismometer records the Atlantic coast’s pounding on Ireland from Birmingham England, noting the shock.
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Doctor Plaskett
Ireland
Birmingham
England
Great by Yardstick Finds Shakespeare First. Luther Second
A New York Public Library team used yardsticks at the British Museum to rank figures by the number of works about them. Shakespeare tops the list with about 4,000,000 books on him, while Martin Luther is placed second, followed by Washington Lincoln Napoleon Cervantes and others based on library reference cards.
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New York
British Museum
London
Martin. Luthor
Shakespeare
New York Public Library
Luther
John O' London
America
Lincols
Washington
Harvard
Xenophon
Mr. Lydes
Furdetick
George Washington
Nepolyon
Fledde
Lincoln
Cervantes
Aristothe
Baakespeare
Wagner
Louis Xvi
Cicero
Goathe
Golda
Dante
Galen
Aristota
Homer
Willeaux
Romwanay
Louie XIV
Pope
Queen Victoria
H. M. Lydenberg
York
Pulette
Exare
Victoria
Woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health recovery
A Cincinnati woman states after a difficult pregnancy she used Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and regained strength to deliver a healthy one month old boy. She endorses the product for women and notes it contains no harmful drugs.
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Ohio
Pinkham
Tam
W. Tiber
Cincinnati
Lydia BE
Explains Decline of Oratory in Local Speech
An old speaker notes that much of the best talkers overlook good oratory because they focus on politics and political roles rather to a general audience. The quote from Uncle Aben attributes this shift to attention on elections rather than engaging public speaking craft.
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Uncle Aben
Sornin
Alesiman
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