Wray Named Virginia Legion Commander After War Service
Francis Marion Wray, Virginia department commander of the American Legion, is highlighted for wartime service from 1917 to 1919. He earned a captaincy with the Third division, fought in St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne, and returned to UVA for a 1921 law degree before practice in Berryville.
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Francis Marion Wray
Virginia Department of the American Legion
University of Virginia
Fort Myer
Eighty-third
Wray
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Berryville
Legion
Lloyd Willia
al Lieve
Staunton
Thomas J. Michie, Jr
Charlottesville
Commander Wray
Martinsville
Martinsville High School
R Randolph-Macon College
Mr. Wray
First Department Remits 1926 Dues for American Legion
Minnesota's American Legion department becomes the first to remit 1926 national dues. National Adjutant Barton notes receipt of 158 dollars covering 95 Lindstrom post members and 63 from Carol Potter post 135 Hector. Illinois previously led in 1925 dues.
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Department of Minnesota of the American Legion
Department of the Veterans’ Organization
the Legion
Indianapolis
James F. Barton
Barton
Department
Minnesota
Lindstrom
Minn
Carol
Potter
Hector
L. A. Brandenburg
Glenn Crawford
National Auditor
Illinois
Urges Legionnaires to Take Up Land in Utah
Father Paul Renfels of Vernal Utah leads a campaign urging American Legionnaires crowded in cities to homestead in the Uintah basin in northeastern Utah. The 500000 acre basin offers grazing and farm land with abundant trout fishing. Renfels acts as a volunteer promoter not tied to any land company.
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Utah
Paul Renfels
Vernal
Great Uintah Basin
Uintah
Duchesne
Father Renfels
Uintah Basin
Investigation into Texas road funds urged by Senator Mayfield
Senator Mayfield of Texas requests a Department of Justice investigation into the dispute over federal and state road funds in Texas. The move comes amid broader Washington and state finance discussions as reform and accountability themes dominate the week.
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Department of Justice
Texas
Mayfield
Coolidge
Department of Agriculture
Small Ofllinois
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Congress
Paul Foley
Shenandoah Naval Court of Inquiry
Margaret Ross Lansdowne
Foley
Shenandoah
Jury Acquits Suzanne Crawford in Houston Murder Case
Suzanne Crawford is acquitted by a Ninety-fourth District Court jury in San Antonio of killing her Houston husband Charles M. Crawford. The day’s other Texas news includes resignations from the state highway commission, Texas cotton crop estimates, rising liquor permits, income tax opposition, and a court ruling against American Road Company.
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Suzanne Crawford
Charles M. Crawford
Houston
Ninety-fourth
San Antonio
Texas
H. H. Schutz
Federal Statistician
Comptroller’s Department of Texas
James EK. Ferguson
Texas Tax Clubs
Austin
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Road Company
The
Highway Commission
Dan Moody
George B. Terrell
California cotton acreage to rise sharply by 1926
California growers expect cotton planted area to jump from 170000 acres this year to 400000 acres in 1926. Fires in Berlin last month set records, averaging over one per hour. Lions threaten schoolchildren in Northern Transvaal while precautions protect them. league of nations has registered over one thousand treaties in open diplomacy urged by Wilson. Italy’s senate ratifies the 1924 commercial treaty with Soviet Russia, marking de facto recognition. Merj Ayun village in Palestine frontier reportedly captured by Druse and Bedouin rebels. 1000 Lebanese volunteers reportedly surrender defending forces. Dowager Queen Alexandra of Great Britain dies of heart attack at Sandringham. Queen Mother also deceased. Thirteen American aviators fighting Rift rebels in Morocco returned to France.
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California
Berlin
Germany
Transvaal
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Italian Senate
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Merj Ayun
Palestine
Alexandra
Great Britain
Queen Mother
Edward
Sandringham
Queen Alexandra
Morocco
France
SAVES PENNIES FOR CAPITAL CHRISTMAS
Mrs Hull champions a 'fancy fund' saving pennies year round with six percent annual interest to fund Christmas gifts and acts of charity. The plan funds seeds, magazines, toys, books, dolls, greeting cards, and a homesick college boy visit, expanding blessings beyond mere money.
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Hull
Christmas present for the shop girls
A harried Christmas scene in a department store ends with Janie, a helper, facing potential firing as a discipline issue leads to a reform. The powerful customer negotiates a humane outcome, arranging a new role for Janie and preserving salaries during vacations as a holiday goodwill gesture.
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Janie
Frank Herbert Sweet
Western Newspaper Union
Ailments of Young Girls Evokes Endorsement for Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Verena Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming credits E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after monthly troubles, pregnancy complications, and a difficult recovery. She reports improved strength after using the remedy, enabling her to care for five children and perform all housework.
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Evanston
Wyoming
E. Pinkham
Verbena Carpenter
2Nd Avenue
Skull Cap Found In Valley Near Sea of Galilee
A skull cap believed to belong to a prehistoric man and lost for forty thousand years was found high in rocky walls near the Sea of Galilee. Scientists suggest the man may not have had a dime that day to check his luck, according to James J. Montague in the Kansas City Times.
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Sea of Galilee
James J. Montague
Kansas City Times
Demand Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad
Consumer alert advising buyers to insist on Bayer on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine aspirin. Warns that imitations may be unsafe and notes Bayer’s safety record and physician approval over 25 years. Ends with a directive to say Bayer at purchase.
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Bayer
Willie Strikes Willie in School Spelling Joke
A humorous exchange features Willie quitting school after blaming the teacher for constantly changing words. Willie's father questions why he won't learn to spell, prompting a wry hardware-store style jab.
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Willie
Printer's Sick Stomach and Headaches Almost Cost Job
Woodhaven New York printer K. M. Collins reports health improvement after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. He says headaches and sour stomach no longer hinder his work and life, praising the pill's gentle laxative effects and nationwide drugstore availability.
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Printer
K. M. Collins
Woodhaven
N. Y
Carter
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