New Orleans Police Chief Mobilizes Legionnaires for 150000 at Legion Convention
Police chief Guy Molony announced 1000 Legionnaires will assist the New Orleans force October 16 to 21 to control 150000 visitors. Legionnaires will serve as provost guards along the parade route and business district to ensure order during the convention. Molony, a Legion member, cited Kansas City's handling of last year’s event as a model and indicated they would welcome another convention visit.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Guy BR. Molony
Molony
Legion
Hte
Kansas City
Bunks for the Legion Men in New Orleans Convention
W A W Steger head of the housing committee announces varied lodging for 1937 American Legion convention in New Orleans. Options include hotels, Pullman cars on rail lines, steamboat and ocean liner cabins, and home rooms with low rates. Over 14 000 visitors could be housed in Pullman cars, with other space in barracks and halls. Reservations go through state adjutant and housing committee for confirmation.
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W. A. W. Steger
New Orleans
Temesa
Steger
American Legion
Legion Post Charter Sought in Korea by National Office
An application for a charter of an American Legion post in Korea has been received by the Legion’s Indianapolis based national organization department. Fifteen eligible members in Korea are named, with headquarters planned at Kwangju Chosen, organized by M L Swineheart, South Presbyterian mission treasurer. Swinehart urges swift action to establish the post as a going concern.
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Korea
Legion's National Organization Department
Indianapolis
Kwangju
Chosen
M. L. Swineheart
Swinehart
Picane
United States
Arma
Homesick for the Army Ah Han Kook Returns to Service
Ah Han Kook, born in Korea and raised in Hawaii, is an American citizen and former medical department specialist who, after an honorable discharge in San Francisco, sought to return to army life at Indianapolis legion headquarters. He reenlisted May 26, 1922, departing Fort Benjamin Harrison to rejoin the ranks, welcomed by recruiting officers.
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Korea
Hawaii
United State Army
Ah Han Kook
American Legion
Indianapolis
Army
San Francisco
Kook
H. C. Foyler
Gay Street
Portsmouth
Schofield Barracks
H. T
Post No. 6
Legion
Legion Headquarters
Litthe Brown
National Guard
Haowall
Naional
Fort Benjamin Harrison
West Point Nominee vows to be second to none
James Shelley of Phoenix Arizona, a World War I veteran, was appointed as a plebe at the United States Military Academy. Enlisting at sixteen, he served nine months overseas with artillery and, on graduation after four years of study, would become a second lieutenant. His reply to West Point officials’ question about ambition was seven words: I want to be second to none.
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Harding
West Point
James Shelley
Tphoeniz
Ariz
Shelley
Carrying On With the American Legion on Campus
The article notes celebrations of victory and safe return from the war on Cambridge University campus in England. It mentions Ware Massachusetts residents urging the American Legion to tackle a large gator found in swamp land near their city. It reports Arkansas cemetery plans by the Legion to oversee new plots and upkeep of veterans graves. It covers two million American women pledging aid to disabled World War I veterans via the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. It also mentions a new social organization of 40 femmes and 48 chapeaox formed by the American Legion Auxiliary aligned with the Forty and Eight movement.
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Cambridge University
England
Allgators
Ware
Mass
American Legion
Arkansas
General Federation of Women
United States
Freedom From Laxatives Promises Gentle Relief
An old advertisement claims pills and salts offer temporary relief from constipation by mimicking nature's lubricant. It touts Nujol as a non laxative option with gentle lubrication, harmless and described by physicians as suitable for hospital use, urging readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
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Salta
Euroeee
Realized His Bad Repute in Klinkerville
William Skaggs was famed as the most untrustworthy man in Klinkerville yet never caught in a lie. An anecdote recalls him calling for help during a small fire, but his wife jokes about hollering for fires, reflecting his shaky grasp on truth. The passage appears to be a clipped, humorous news fragment with stray advertisements.
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William Skaggs
Klinkerville
Philadelphia Ledger
Unique Distinction in Farm Humor Exchange
A quirky dialogue unfolds as a motor tourist asks Cobbles for a photo while praising a farmer’s contentment. The visitor jokes about the farmer preferring life on top of creation to tilling the soil, contrasting modern travel with agrarian pride.
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Piindighom Agelterald
Care for young girls and a note on Lydia E Pinkham
Advice on protecting girls from twelve to womanhood with maternal care and diet. Letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weak girls, citing improved health and school attendance. Also notes on Staten Island post offices and a porcelain bell for Metz cathedral. Mention of Dowager Queen Margherita as accomplished multilingual royal.
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Sidney
Mrs. Lynd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Europe
Margherita
Italy
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