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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
3
A reflective piece discusses two world views and praises adventurous characters who spark imagination. It cites Hugi Walpole's The Golden Scarecrow and contrasts fleeting myths with lasting inspiration while urging generosity toward new friends and ideas, even if they turn out to be mere scarecrows.
Six high density cotton compresses will be installed at the Galveston Wharf Company along the waterfront with monorail and overhead conveyances. The presses will serve every pier and are to be ready by month end saving shippers millions and hours in the next export season.
The Fourteenth Division of the American Red Cross includes Americans outside the United States with chapters in Argentina, Japan, China, the Philippines, and numerous other locations. In 1920 the division reported 30,808 paid members who contributed funds and aid for service members and relief efforts, while establishing home service and disaster relief programs abroad.
The American Red Cross runs a broad program for disabled World War veterans in Public Health Service hospitals and through Federal Board for Vocational Education training. Workers assist from admission to discharge, with Home Service follow up, convalescent housing, ward activities, and excursions. They help mental health cases obtain compensation, provide loans, arrange living conditions, and support appeals and other needs with district offices. The Institute for the Blind near Baltimore trains blind veterans, supported by surveys to match vocations and prepare trained workers for their communities.
The piece recalls a World War I episode where British four shots a minute on eight inch howitzers for 72 hours held a German assault, proving mind over fatigue. It urges veterans to apply for Victory Medals via local American Legion posts or Red Cross, with instructions for sending discharge papers to New Orleans.
The War Department requests every former World War soldier to apply promptly for his Victory Medal. The Philadelphia Depot Quartermaster can ship $5,000 worth of medals daily, a volume never reached in a single day. Washington dispatched an officer and three clerks to Louisiana to process the applications as the American Legion and Red Cross coordinate outreach.
An NY executive was told to seek other work after a year in a top post. The decisive boss cited the man’s pattern of blaming subordinates for mistakes and claiming credit for their work. The boss valued honest leadership over business acumen and foreswore teaching integrity.
The text recounts a former chief who escaped blame through shifting credit to others while a devious assistant pursued profits. It warns that dishonesty, theft of ideas, and fear of blame ruin an executive, urging aspiring leaders to recognize rare true executive vision.
John Wanamaker and his son Rodman read the March 20 Federal Reserve Bank of New York report on business conditions aboard a train. They found a paragraph noting quieter retail buying and larger stocks, with coupons of price cuts and tighter credit. Wanamaker decided the drastic reduction was a purely pocketbook move, not patriotism.
The Iberian chapter of the American Red Cross, Americans in Spain, has donated 480 dollars to a fund jointly raised by the Spanish Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies. The appeal supports relief efforts in Yualaria.
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