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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
2
In a Neuilly hospital a battered U.S. soldier in the French army refuses surgeons help and offers a picture of the Savior as a guide. He returns home aboard a ship where he meets Mar tity today of New York and becomes entangled in a staged identity led by Viarnien.
In Syracuse, Hilliard reveals to Carol Durant a crucial letter from Dicky Morgan, claiming Morgan died in France after a troubled war and that a final note may belong to Carol. Angela Culden and Mr Cullen navigate memory, honor, and romance as Carol confronts past loyalties and Hilliard weighs truth against illusion.
Carol and Jack arrive as Mr Hilliard prepares to tell Miss Durant of Dick Morgan's fate. Hilliard expresses pride in Morgan’s sacrifice and requests the right to share the news himself, standing between the unveiling and the girl's reaction.
A Stokes family anecdote recalls Yale secretary Anson Phelps Stokes Jr as an undergraduate inviting 96 classmates to Lenox for vacation. His mother limited guests to 40, prompting a famed telegram. The tale links to taft era telegram humor about simple, lavish entertainments.
A New York woman’s remark about Broadway traffic echoes S. Smeaton Chase in California Desert Trails. The cowboy seeks unlimited range while a neighbor complains newcomers crowd him. A mile away and four miles off are cited as grounds of objection, and the road becomes a boulevard with two passing men.
A boy Ralph visits a neighbor’s son, dislikes a bully who torments him, and returns home to tell his mother. He reflects that despite the bully’s misbehavior his own mother must still love him, illustrating parental unconditional care.
A single conveyor system at an eastern paper mill powers coal delivery to furnaces and simultaneously removes ashes, demonstrating a dual function in industrial operation.
New Hampshire won the American Legion push conducted May 11 to 22 and will receive a stand of sik colors for enrolling the largest percentage of eligible ex service members before June 15. South Dakota took second prize a woolen colors stand.
Protestant churches award a chaplains medal to Army and Navy clergy who served in the war. Designed by Laura Gardin Fraser of New York, the piece shows a chaplain aiding a wounded man with a battleship pictured on the reverse. The medal commemorates ministerial service amid submarine danger and recalls wartime sacrifice endorsed by church leaders.
After a trial lasting over a week in San Francisco, Jack Dempsey was found not guilty of violating the selective service act. The jury deliberated ten minutes, and the case centered on Dempsey’s questionnaire misstatements about dependents and classification.
Marblehead Massachusetts appropriates 14000 dollars for remodeling an old school building to serve as clubrooms for Marblehead Post No 32 American Legion.
Lincoln Post No 3 in Lincoln Nebraska grew quickly from 60 members on September 12 1919 to 1400 members by Armistice day. The organization has enrolled 2300 members with 1575 paid up for 1920.
The American Legion, led by national commander Franklin D. Boles, extends fellowship to Marshal Foch on the anniversary of the Castille’s fall. WW Fr Warres delivers the message in Paris, praising Franco American war bonds and pledging lifelong friendship beyond arms.
Former private Harold W. Ross, editor of the American Legion Weekly, received a cabled tribute from King Albert of Belgium on the Chateau-Thierry victory anniversary. Ross, a veteran journalist who participated in the assault, had served in the AEF and later worked in San Francisco New Orleans and Atlanta. The message, sent via the Belgian chargé d’affaires in Washington, honors the American heroic stand and gratitude for fallen heroes.
Tioga Post No 3179 Philadelphia issues mimeographed monthly newsletters summarizing department bulletins and post interest items for members unable to attend meetings.
The Arthur S. Moran Post No. 66 of Camden New York has purchased a three story brick building. The two upper floors will be used by the post and the lower floor rented as a law insurance and coal office.
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