Legions Leader Demands Probe Into Relief Funds
Lorillard Spencer representing the American Legion urged a federal investigation of funds raised by radical groups for Soviet relief at a National Civic Federation meeting in New York. He cited the Sacco Vanzetti case to illustrate propaganda machinery and warned of new organizations soliciting money supposedly for Russian relief.
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National Civic Federation
New York City
Lorillard Spencer
New York
American Legion
Spencer
Sacco-Vanzetti
Russia
American Relief Administration
Live Wire secretary wins election in Oregon Legion
Miss Barthelemy is chosen as executive secretary of the American Legion auxiliaries in Oregon. Reported as highly capable and energetic she is praised for managing entertainments hospital visits bazaars and dances. Under her leadership the organization claims progress across departments.
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Migs Coletta Bartholomy
Hilary
Ask Father Moment Delivers Courtship Pilot
A Chicago youth, famed for a broad pervading smile, visits Mister Jones to request his daughter's hand. The old man halts the moment with a polite aside, asking to confirm the visitor’s identity before proceeding. The scene captures a playful glimpse of romance and propriety in mid-century manners.
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Chicago
Hlasweetie
American Legion Weekly
One Way Round Chicken Heads and a Water Glass Tale
A Washington butcher tells a grim joke about chopping chicken heads and finding a moral path, while an Ohio hotel guest asks for water to douse a fire in a room. Both anecdotes reflect dark humor from period humor pages.
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Washington
Ufe
American Legion Weekly
Marshal Fochs Advice On Patience And Planning
Foch urges patience earnest effort and diligent study as the path forward. He stresses planning life like a battle map detailing every objective and then executing the plan. The marshal’s two sentence formula emphasizes preparation and decisive action to move ahead.
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Marshal Foch
Ureless
Slarshgi Foch
Ife
Muruhel
Johnny
Jobs Go To Ex-Service Men
The British Legion promises 75 percent of public works jobs for unemployed ex service men with King's approval. The organization, formed from three veterans groups, has 1,800 posts and millions of members. It operates through British consulates and endorsing employers, brands on the King’s Roll, and plans to send men to British Columbia and Australia. Lord Haig envisions empire uplift and a more devout community.
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British Legion
American Legion
Legion
Britain
Floid Merahal Haig
British Columbia
Australia
Lord Haig
Ex service men aid aims to speed veterans bureau work
Henry G. Opdycke is named manager to advance service for ex service men in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. He plans to place school work under direct government supervision to prevent veteran exploitation through contract schools. Opdycke, a two war veteran and active American Legion member, will oversee rehabilitation efforts in the second district.
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Henry Opdycke
Veteran’s Bureau
Second District
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Henry G. Opdycke
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Opdycke
Broadway
American Legion
Marjorie Rambeau Plays Victory at Legion Ball
Miss Rambeau after her roles in Even of Youth and Daddy's Gone Huntin is chosen to portray Victory at the American Legion victory ball at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Attendees noted her eyes of youth sparkled with victory on the event night.
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Marjorie ‘Rambeau
American Legion
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Miss Barbeau
American Legion program and post notes amid wartime plans
A stream of items covers local Legion activity in St Charles Minnesota and Goristopher DL. Topics include a lyceum course presentation, a rent room donated by the Woman's Auxiliary, and a Legion post involvement. Other notes mention Austria’s planned militia, Oklahoma’s arch tribute for dead World War veterans, and a new War Department cap. A Veterans Bureau study at Daunemora State Hospital reports ex service men held for crimes and potential government relief if their disability stems from war service.
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Goristopher
The
American Legion
Esc
Veterans’ Bureau
State Hospital For Criminal Insane
Daunemora
N. X
Buresy
Wireless equipped car by Edwin B Dallin in New England
Edwin B Dallin of Quincy Point showcases a car fitted with a workable wireless and receiving apparatus. Two slender front and rear poles connect by wires. Dallin claims a ten mile receiving range and a total set cost around 90 dollars.
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Edwin B Dallin
Quincy Point
Mase
New England
Dallin
Key West
Bia
Savannah
Pia Automobile
Auto Care For Winter Driving Inventions And Tips
Winter motoring requires careful engine, radiator, and battery attention. Check cooling water with antifreeze mix, keep gas free of water, and use denatured alcohol and glycerin solution. Prime cold engines, use starter, avoid overusing the choke, and ensure lighter lubricants in differential and transmission to prevent thickening in cold weather.
Squeaky wooden wheel spokes rattle under corner turns
A damaged wheel with loose spokes causes a persistent squeaking noise especially when turning corners. Replacing one or more spokes or wedging between spokes and hub can stop the wobble. A wheelwright can fix this in a few minutes.
Clean Oil Holes in a Confusing Note
A garbled text fragment mentions cleaning oil holes and a vehicle owner needing to perform some action. The passage is fragmented, lacks clear actors or events, and does not provide verifiable details suitable for a fuller summary.
Speedster top offers inexpensive rain shelter design
A compact guide describes a low cost top for a speedster, fitting a narrow space and mounting on a curtain-roller. It details a water barrier, wind gear side curtains, and a stitched length with edges seamed for tight tension. Two folding arms and hooks secure the system.
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Illus Y
Waterproof Top Design for Speedsters
The article describes a winter waterproof top for speedsters using a single rod through the curtain and swinging braces to hold it against the windshield. Ride curtains and optional side curtains are discussed, with the top built low to provide about six to eight inches of clearance above passengers.
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Ingo
Popular Science Monthly
Automobile Gossip and Tire Care Notes
A fragmented automotive column discusses tire wear from inflation, tire distance tracking, and the danger of high speed turning. It notes average car service around six years and urges careful driving to avoid hospital or court trouble. It mentions insurance values exceeding market price and warns against improper crosspiece repairs.
Hawkeye State News highlights from Des Moines to Storm Lake
Grain receipts at Sioux City in January were 2433. Lake City financiers form a $40000 electric plant company. storms, hospital plans, and new water tower contracts surface. Notable deaths include Enoch Beery and Senator J A Fitchpatrick. Accidents claim two babies in Des Moines metro. a man crushed by a load near Waukon. Local taxes, road work, and court actions noted alongside a corn yield winner Clyde Black and a Gray fire that destroyed most of the business district. The state Supreme Court rules for A M Babb commissions. Major Omar Bundy addresses a desertion case. and shipping stock totals from Warren county rise.
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Sioux City
Enoch Beery
Pleasant
John Hendricks
Logan
e@ Alling station
Lake City
Clarinda
Nevada
State Senate
Story-Bobne
B. M. Metall
Leonard Ellsworth
Council Bluffs
Highland Park Des Moines
Storm Lake
Clyde Black
Dallas
Taxpayers In Mass Meeting
Tia
Marion County
Dereison Becker
Cornell Bluffs
Mike Larkin
Waukon
W. W. Shinn
Creston
Farmers ‘Co-operative Company
Gray
Supreme Court
Herring Motor Company
Bey A. M. Babb
Ford
Clark County
Babb
L. J. Reyea
Theodore Roy
G. C. Smith
Oslwein
James LaVere
Ellsworth Richardson
Pelta
Farm Federation of Iowa
John Gronenburg
4. Gronenburg
Cedar Falle
Omar Bundy
George W. Turner
War Department
William Olandér
Ft. Dodge
Warren County
St. Mary's Arcotiation
Odd New Advertisements and Quirky Dialogues
A fragmented page shows humorous lines about Methuselahs aging without a long lived woman, a shaving soap ad promising skin benefits, and a child observing animals and a toy train. Neighborhood chatter hints at playful, old time banter amid odd product plugs.
Fragmentary note hints at medical distress and a Buffalo reference
A damaged OCR line hints at discouragement and ailments with stray phrases about intestinal trouble and blues, mentioning Buffalo New York and a vague medical or literary reference. The text is garbled but implies personal distress and a distant location.
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Americas Legion News Service
Loribard Spencer
the Live Wire
Mies Coletta Bartholomy
Ohio
Abe
Harris Rambeau
By the Legion
Waldorf Astoria
St. Charles
Minn
Austria
Oklahoma
Oklahomy City
Ciy
Secretary of War Works
Army of Scere
Hawkeye
State News
Thirty-ninth ‘General Assembly
State House
Allen
Memorial
Waterloo
Golf
Queyers
Iowa
State Highways Commission
Aan
Epte
Ene
Orde
Buffalo
N.Y
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