Legion Vocational Plan Gains Wide Approval Across States
The American Legion reports broad approval for its vocational plan with the Federal Board for Vocational Education to admit thousands of disabled veterans to training at government expense. Oshkosh Wisconsin showcased rapid case completion after a district board intervened with a troubleshoot squad. Michigan New Jersey Utah Wisconsin California Arkansas and Alabama report rapid resolutions as posts coordinate with vocational officers to locate and settle claims promptly.
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Girl Who Has Trick Memory In New York Woman Names Legion Members
Miss Tillie Turk of New York City is famed for knowing by heart the names and addresses of scores of American Legion members. The article notes her potential rise to head of the American Legion Weekly’s making department. It also mentions Omar Miller, claimed as the youngest “god” in the Legion during the war, who joined July 5, 1918, while serving on the New Jersey, and references his father Dr. Herbert Miller’s four years in the First Illinois cavalry medical department.
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Army Nurse Corps Wins Assimilated Rank Reforms
Army nurses gain assimilated ranks under new reorganization measures approved by Congress. Superintendent and directors receive ranks of major and captain while chief nurses become first lieutenants and others second lieutenants. The change clarifies authority and insignia without full command or pay. Over 10,000 nurses served overseas. nurses helped shape postwar reforms through Washington bureau led by Mrs. Helen Hay Greeley.
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America
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New York
Legion Membership Push Faces Slow Grow Increas
The article describes two main obstacles to rapid Legion membership growth: widespread disengagement from nearly ten thousand posts nationwide and intense enthusiasm that spilled beyond the official May 22 close. Governors from over thirty states endorsed the push, aiming to boost publicity and interest while noting eligibility limits in New Hampshire and nationwide.
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New Hampshire
Hospital Buddies Aid Invalid Veterans In Palo Alto
In Palo Alto California the Legion posts work with the nearby government hospital to assist invalid comrades. A WRL bureau rep and stenographer cleared old compensation claims after last February and now Sunday visits bring fifteen Legionaires from Palo Alto and Stanford on a two mile hike to the hospital. They spend the forenoon in the wards swapping stories and offering friendship to the patients.
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Stanford University
Candles Extinguished Prompt a Revealing Exchange
A tense exchange unfolds with commands to extinguish a candle inside a tent. One speaker warns to give ten seconds to comply as the light vanishes, followed by a mocking voice from within.
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Explosion Debate Echoes in Hidden Speech
A fragmentary dialogue reveals a buck and a figure debating whether to blow something up or down, hinting at a wartime or rebellious context. The strange exchange suggests risk, control, and possible coercion within a tense scene.
Hat the Legion Wins Broad Exservice Benefit Push
The article profiles the Legion obtaining a 60 day preference for ex service men in homestead entry, urging a fourfold compensation bill offering choice of settlement home aid vocational training or cash based on service length. It notes a $250,000 rail fare clause for disabled men and continued push for civil service preference and extended war risk insurance benefits.
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Sign Talk for Motor Drivers Sign Talk for Motor Drivers
A discussion of the need for better driver communication to cut accidents. Dr Theron Kilmer proposes a finger signaling system to warn of turns dangers and required stops, aiming to reduce injuries and property loss from crashes. The piece urges practice of warning signals and notes battery care on long trips.
Preserve Paint On Surface In Washing Instructions
Time needed for varnish to harden requires careful washing for first months. Use two sponges and plenty of clean water to prevent damage. Do not wash engine head when hot or let mud dry on varnish. Use pure soap and avoid alkali or acid that could harm the surface.
Automobile Gossip and Care for Safe Car Use
Automotive tips warn against operating a vehicle without water and the risk of spark plug damage. Advice covers safety measures for wiring, battery charging, ignition checks, carburetor flooding, and tire handling. The piece stresses regular maintenance and fuel care to extend a car’s life and reliability.
Rough Belt and Spark Gap Maintenance Tips
The text advises that rough leather belt traction is poorer than smooth, suggesting fitting the smooth side to pulleys. It warns that excessive spark gap risks burning the secondary wire, and recommends jacking a car idle for long storage. It also notes rust on rims and tubes, and suggests linseed oil with graphite as a lubricant mixture.
War Costs in Peace Times Highlights Reluctant Funding
Washington. James P. Hornaday reports on Dr Edward B Rosa chief physicist of the bureau of standards comparing federal appropriations for research education development with military and war related spending. He notes only about one percent of funds go to scientific progress while most go to public works and war related needs. The article discusses distribution of appropriations by sector and state level compensation costs and the broader impact on national development. It also mentions a Red Cross museum project and Civil War relics collected for World War I memorials.
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Bureau of Education
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Colleges For Agricultural and Mechanic Arts
Worary of Congress
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Connertion
Mein
Red Cros
Red Cross
Thromel
Mise Louisa Lee Schuyler
Fenew
United States Sanitary Commission
Rhode Island
Sanitary Commission
Hose Percy
Bernice Opens Up About School Stroll with Neighbor
A six year old girl Bernice recently started school and praised her progress. While walking near her home she and her neighbor Jane shared a friendly smile as Bernice asked to stroll in the park with her mother.
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Little Bay
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Methodist Talk At Indiana Conference In Richmond
Members of the Northern Indiana M E conference in Richmond discussed former ministers. One jokes that rising living costs forced a pastor to leave the ministry, move to a farm, and enter the dairy business. Another quips he now sells pasteurized milk.
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Indianapolis News
Tragic Car Crash Ends In Flames With Girl Buried In Fire
A four girl party in an automobile overturned on Old Mul Road near Queens Boulevard. Two men and a woman forced another car away as flames engulfed one victim, identified only as Helen. Unable to identify due to a fused wrist watch, authorities found charred papers from Montclair Newark and Jersey City.
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Anthony Kutillas
Phouins
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Montclair
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Mysterious Beauty Found Near Death in Abandoned Boat
A vanished girl from three miles away is later found near death from starvation in a deserted homeboat. She refuses to reveal identity claiming she cut ties, while Red Cross workers note she spoke no further identifying details before dying two days later. Meanwhile in Indiana a 19 year old, William Carder, battles a giant catfish in a brickyard aftermath of a flood recession. Bandits rob a New Brunswick dice game, escaping with $6,000 to $15,000.
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