Conner to Assist in Planning Paris Meet for Legion
Benjamin H. Conner, commander of the American Legion France department, may join a Paris convention plan. National leaders appointed John J. Wicker to study moving the 1927 Legion gathering to Paris to mark the armistice’s tenth anniversary. Conner’s duties include coordinating with France-based officers and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Conner
Department of France
American Legion
National Convention of
The
Legion
St. Paul
Paris
Paree
Gay City
James A. Crain
Department
John J. Wicker
Virginia
Conner
Mr. Conner
Connersville
Arrested Lawyer in Los Anutzes Case Ties to Bond Theft Ring
Rush Meadows prominent Los An utzes and Hollywood attorney was arrested by city and federal officers with members of an alleged narcotic and bond theft gang. Liberty bonds totaling $16,000, part of a large amount taken from a Nebraska bank, were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Meadows
Los Anutzes
Hollywood
Vir
Liberty
Nebraska
Gavel Presented to Dawes by Marietta Legionnaires
Dawes receives a ceremonial gavel from the Dawes honored by the American Legion Post 64 of Marietta Ohio The unique gavel is crafted from a piano stool used by C G D as a boy with gold end plates engraved to commemorate Charles G Dawes Vice President of the United States and the Marietta date March 4 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legionnaires
Marietta
Ohio
Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
U. S
American Legion
Not Guilty Plea Declared in Disorderly Charge
The judge accuses the prisoner of being dis orderly. The prisoner stares, then finally responds not guilty in a quavering voice. This brief courtroom moment is reported by American Legion Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
It Was Because of Her Past I Didn't Marry Helen
A witty remark from the American Legion exchanges a dig about a woman's past. The line “Too long” frames the humorous moral as a skeptical reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
American Legion Weekly
Sufficient Judge- You say that from the 16th to the 20th of this month you were scarcely ever at home
The speaker is asked to prove an assertion about being away from home from the 16th to the 20th of the month. They respond that their mother-in-law was visiting during that period, implying an alibi or explanation for their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas Centennial Board
Texas
Still Alive She A Dangerous Woman With Past
A terse exchange hints at a dangerous woman with a troubled past who resists burying her history. The dialogue implies unresolved danger and a reluctant reckoning.
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William Woods College
Fulton, Mo
Workers of Japan
Sekishin” Labor League
Tokyo
Trinidad
Perry
Charles E. Pierre
Port of Spain
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Santa Fe
San Diego
Los Angeles
Congress
Newsboy
New York Cotton Exchange
Richard T. Harriss
Harriss
Austin
New York
American Chamber of Commerce
France
American Navy League
American Hospital
Association of International Jurists
American Bar Association
American Society of International Law
American Economic Association
Prince
Countess of Seafield
Earl of Seafield
Prince Nicholas of
Rumania
American Legion News Service
DOO
SEDAN
Will
Champion Spark Plug Co
Toledo, Ohio
Windsor
Ont
London
United States Rubber Company
Beking Powder Co
Choctawati
Ern W. N. U
Houston
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