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president in 3933.In days gone by the Spanish-Amorican War Veterans and Auxiliary have been active in the community and with sociat activities.They used to sell white carnations before Memorial Day to earn money to buy Christmas gifts for their hospitalized veterans and they held food bazaars and dinners.Many Projects Auxiliary members made lap robes, slippers, tray clothes and bibs for the veterans hospitals. They helped several I^wis County girls go through nurses training or attend business college not only with tuition but in some cases with clothes and spending money.Vice President NamedNEW YORK (AP) — LilHanUIaaT* f.ftravels which kindled an in-tcrest in the auxiliary in helping children in schools and orphanages around the world with giFts and letters.'Remember The Maine'The incident responsible # for the Spanlsh-American War’s beginning was the destruction on Feb. 13, 1898, of the U.S. battleship “Maine’’ in Havana harbor by an explosion, with a loss of 266 lives. War existed for 114 days, beginning on April 23.When the armistice was signed the total American loss was, in the Navy, one officer, 17 men; in the Army, 29 officers, 400 men. Deaths from disease in the tropics, where nearly the whole war was fought, took 56 Navy men and 1,939 Army men. The average Naw strength was 26.102 while
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Centralia Daily Chronicle
Centralia, Washington, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1970
Page 22
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