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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
6
National efforts to aid the French orphan mix with a large American Legion gathering. The Green Mountain Home fundraiser and a wedding guest role showcase wartime service, with National Adjutant Lemuel Bolles acting as witness and organizer. The piece ties adoption aid, veterans affairs, and social events to postwar relief work.
Congress has secured 44 million dollars for hospitalization of disabled veterans and 10 million for vocational training of World War I heroes. The effort by the American Legion aims to fund rehabilitation, placement in towns, and support for families, with ongoing cooperation to expand veterans services nationwide.
The article notes Ludloff becoming secretary of the Atel execution committee after the national convention in Minneapolis. He remained with the organization when members moved to Houston, later holding a senior position before resigning recently.
A fragmentary poem recalls wartime camp days and rains, marches, and fatigue. The narrator speaks of needles and guard duty, longing for home, and the toll of discipline. A reflective piece on service and memory ends with a note of returning.
A fragmentary report notes the Legion center and its drawers, with fire or fiend threats and mutinies discussed. Witness Poston in Youngstown and Metro Park are mentioned, detailing intended aid to ex-service personnel regardless of Legion membership.
Washington lows were abuzz over salvage aircraft materials and the Avroplane Ants Damping bill. Rep Jol Q. Titson led a push to curb salvage price sales feared to undermine U.S. aircraft manufacturing and protect production at home. The measure stalled as Senate President failed to clear the chamber before adjournment.
Government highlights the shift to motor tractors and trucks on farms to boost productivity and farm life appeal. Tractors, motorized implements, and reliable transport link farming to markets, enabling efficient production, reduced costs, and competitive employment opportunities for rural workers.
A report discusses potential government regulation of fuel oil distribution as a response to shortages. It cites remarks by Secretary of Commerce Alexander, mentions Navy and shipping impacts, and notes rising prices and supply concerns tied to export controls and port activity amid wartime or national needs. The text references figures on production, imports, and consumer prices, with emphasis on supply chain strain and policy considerations.
A wartime era retirement debate describes Interior Department workers over eighty losing pensions and jobs for not meeting fifteen years of service. The ruling targets employees in several federal departments both in the capital and elsewhere, with cases of those aged seventy or more, and those who have served fourteen years, under varying interpretations of the retirement law.
The city hosts a scale demonstration by the manufacturer to showcase benefits arising from its products and Ing his farm depreciation, aiming to highlight economic advantages and local agricultural impact.
The Army refined uniforms after wartime issues by analyzing measurements from 100000 military age men across states and D C. Findings show average chest sizes for white men around 28 to 28.5 inches? inches, with regional variation. The statistical branch will publish complete measurements to define the ideal military age man.
The article notes about 2.5 million miles of rural roads exist in the United States. Only roughly 12 percent are improved and likely less than a quarter of one percent are suitable for heavy trucks. The piece discusses the national road conditions and potential needs for development.
The passage links poor roads with a dull, muddy, neglected neighborhood and run-down farmhouses, implying a dead community. In contrast, good roads accompany pride and efforts to elevate business to regional standards, suggesting a more connected, resurgent area.
Article extols the value of good roads for farming and national progress. It notes boosters’ excitement over easy road appropriation approvals, warns that poor roads cause isolation and higher costs, and highlights trucks urging road improvements to relieve freights. It mentions arched roads becoming unnecessary with modern surfaces and ends with roads as a big source of life.
The war department plans to expand inland waterway transportation under the railroads administration. New barges and accompanying crews will serve routes from Buffalo and Mobile to major industrial centers, with cheaper rates and multi-day downstream and upstream trips. The program targets grain cargo from the Great Lakes and the Warrior River corridor to New Orleans and related hubs.
A fragmented report notes anxiety about sugar security and child safety. Officials urge compliance with basic health and nutrition practices while communities stress safeguarding youth amid dietary concerns.
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