Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Fifty Cent Daily Veteran Bonus
The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously up held the controversial veterans bonus act granting 50 cents per day for military service. The ruling allows up to $300 per veteran, funds from a $55 million bond issue, and an expected start around July 1 with about 24,000 payments monthly to roughly 220,000 eligible applicants. The decision rejected claims that the pay violated constitutional limits on public compensation, noting recipients are not public officers or state agents. The American Legion aided passage and supported a state-wide demonstration before voters approved the bond issue.
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Supreme Court of Illinois
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Navy
Marine Corps
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Mounds
Supreme Court
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Springfield
Lil
Thompson
American Legion
Bonus Board
Flour Fundraiser Buys Legion Clubroom Furniture
American Legion Auxiliary at Waukegan Illinois raised funds by house to house canvassing for a flour brand. Each bag sold earned workers one dollar and a goal of one thousand dollars was reportedly reached swiftly. Grocers stocked up to meet demand from the solicitation.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Waukeesp
Legion
Waukegan Grocers
Memorial Day Tribute For Sea Casualties Of World War
The American Legion honored sailors who died at sea in World War I with flower-borne tributes. On the Ticonderoga 213 Americans perished, with many others lost in similar circumstances, remembered by posts placing flowers on wave swept graves.
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American Legion
Ticonderoga
Legion
Legion chief predicts veterans fade with war shock
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, supreme baseball arbiter, warned that within five years many supposedly able bodied veterans may falter due to trench exposure. He said the American Legion alone takes an active stand for disabled men and will push Congress to act.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Legion
Congress
Legion Archives Advance In World War Biographies
The American Legion national historian Eben E Putnam has tasked Harvey G Thomas with compiling biographical data on nearly 3000 Legion members from 31 000 posts. Questionnaires are out, posts provide leaders and charter dates, and state departments gather post histories to build a complete Legion history to be published. Thomas served from May 1917 to Armistice Day, wounded at Fismes, ending service as captain in 1920.
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National Historian of the American Legion
Legion
Indianapolis
Eben E. Putnam
Wellesley Farma
Mass
Harvey G. Thomas
Monticello
Ind
Br. Thomas
Thomas
Fifty Eighth Infantry
Aisne- Rarne
Fismes
United States
Flowers on Nurses Graves Honor Eleven in Suresnes
United States representatives and American residents in France honored eleven American nurses buried in Suresnes cemetery France. The ceremony at the American cemetery drew dignitaries including Lt Julia C Stimson Major G Stimson Col Francis Drake Col T Bentley Mott and E Hott Wadsworth. Prayers were led by Dr Frederick Beekman of the American church of the Holy Trinity.
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France
United States
Fie
Julia C. Stimson
American Nursing Service
Paris
Frederick Beekman
Church of the Holy Trinity
Additional Wards Ordered By Oklahoma Legislature
The Oklahoma legislature authorized an extra ward at the Soldiers' Tuberculae hospital in Sulphur and another ward at Norman hospital to care for mentally incompetent and aged veterans. The two projects, urged by the American Legion, will cost about 200000 dollars.
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American Legion
Norman
Okla
Legionnaires
What She Says on Sunday Golf and Church
A reading of a quotes exchange shows a wife questioning her husband’s Sunday golf. He replies that she yawns at 7 36 and says she wishes he would get up cheerfully to attend church. The dialogue captures domestic humor and weekly routines.
Poisoned Mail: Dako Girl's Death Tied to 1922 Murder Charge
Twin Falls Idaho report details Mrs Cecil Hurst Blackburn who died after swallowing sixty two grains of bichloride of mercury sent by her estranged husband Melvin Blackburn. Blackburn, jailed since discovery of the poisoning, faced earlier charges from Ceril Furst and later married the victim. The case links a 1922 arrest to the ongoing poison mystery with disputed intent and evidence surrounding the caramel alleged in the mail.
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Ida
Cecil Hurst Blackburn
Melvin Blackburn
Iyler
Twin Falls General Hospital
Blackburn
Ceril Furst
Bis
Petrograd Opera House Fire Fatal in Helsinki
A Petrograd opera house fire on Thursday night caused a panicked rush for exits. Flames spread from a performer's dress to the scenery before the safety curtain lowered. Dispatches report many killed and more injured but give no precise casualty figures.
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Petrograd Opera House
Helsingfors
Tinland
Sheriff Brings Clara Phillips Back to New Orleans Jail
Clara Phillips, escaped from Los Angeles jail after her murder conviction, returned to the United States Tuesday from Honduras. California officers placed her in Orleans parish house of detention before her long transfer to the Pacific coast for further actions.
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New Orleans
Los Angeles
Alberta Meadows
Honduras
California
Orleans Parish
Retention
Pacific
Wage Increase Granted Expressmen Chicago
The United States Railroad Labor Board boosted hourly wages for about 1,800 members of the Chicago local of the Trail way Express Orders Chauffeurs Conductors and Helpers Union 442 cents a hour. The raise is expected to raise annual expenditures by roughly $200,000.
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Chicago
United States Tailroad Labor Board
Trailway Express
Japan Presents Views on Ship Liquor Decision
Washington reports a protest by Javan Jeing and other foreign powers to the state department over a supreme decision on ship liquor. Ambassador Harihara presented Japan's government views verbally on Tokia instructions.
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Washington
Japan
Mae
State Department
Tokia
Hanihara
Immigrant Border Runners Captured Near Narpon Springs
Forty two Spanish and Italian immigrants were caught trying to smuggle into the United States at Narpon Springs on Thursday. They claimed to have paid 140 pounds each for passage and guaranteed entry and were taken to Tampa for processing.
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Narpon Springs
Fla
United States
Tampa
Claude Kitchin Dies After Stroke Complications
Representative Claude Kitchin, former minority leader in the lower house, died Thursday morning in Wilson North Carolina. Doctors said his death followed complications from a paralysis stroke he suffered in 1920, and he had remained in poor health since.
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Claude Kichin
Wilson
N. C
Claude Kitchin
Saat
British to Leave Dardanelles and Chanak
Turkish newspapers report Britain plans evacuation of the Dardanelles. British naval officials at Malta say evacuation could occur within a month after a Near East peace treaty is agreed. It is presumed Britain will abandon Chanak at the narrows of the strait.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Malta
Turkey
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