Wells Hawks the Booster Publicity Man Linked to Legion Film Service
Wells Hawks of New York, long active in film publicity and press agent work, helped form the American Legion film service at national headquarters. A naval reserve lieutenant commander, he organized and led the Rankie Trew post and served as publicity head for several major motion picture interests.
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Nory
Wella Hawks
New York
Tningting Brothers
Charles Frohman
Navy
Hawks
Naval Reserve
American Legion
New York City
American Legion Film Service
American Legion Film Service of Naional
Legion
Fairy Godmother of Minnesota Legion Auxiliary Honored
Mrs. Sandy Hamilton, state president of the Minnesota Women’s Auxiliary, known as the Fairy Godmother for her care of wounded veterans, led hospital visitation and support for disabled men in Ashbury and Thomas hospitals. Her year as chair of the auxiliary hospital visitation committee highlighted the loneliness of veterans and moved the audience at the state convention.
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Minnesota Women's Auxiliary
Sandy Harmilton
Veterana
American Legion of
Minnesota
France
Randy Hamilton
Hinneapolis
Legion
Legion Aurary
Bre
Hamilton
Hos Pad
Asbury and Thomas
Auxiliary
Governors and Mayors Welcome Marshal Foch to Legion Event
Missouri and Kansas leaders join in a formal honor for Marshal Foch’s October visit to attend the opening of the American Legion’s third national convention in Kansas City. Charles W. Bartlett presented the memorial at the Plirey monument dedication in France and conveyed Foch’s gratitude and eagerness to meet more Legion members in the United States.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Ken
Marshal Foch
United States
American Legion
Plirey
France
Charles W. Bartlett
Kanees City
Mr. Bartlett
Legion
Aerial Exhibition Set for Legion Convention in Kansas City
At the American Legion's third annual convention in Kansas City from October 20 to November 1, top national aviators will compete in an aerial derby. Edile Rick enbacker William Furlow and Edgar Tobin will be among the flyers. The program includes altitude trials parachute drops and a night firing display with bombarded aeroplanes and wing-walking stunts.
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The
American Legion
Kansas City
Edile Rickenbacker
William Furlow
Edgar Tobin
American Legion News From Across the Nation
Massachusetts sends two large bands to Kansas City for the convention. American Legion posts in Washington, Oregon, Rhode Island and elsewhere undertake community projects from road building to playground creation. Members aid hospitals, weddings, and veteran support while planning memorial efforts and event insurance.
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Saylessville
Rhode Island
American Legion
Tramp’s globe trek after dire warning reaches White House
L. F. Lamberth once told he had months to live if he stayed indoors. He then walked around the world three times while eating one meal daily and continued his travels, even entering the White House grounds in Washington.
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L. F. Lamberth
Lamberth
White House
Washington
Peace Arch Dedicated to Mark 100 Years of Border Peace
Scene at Plate Wash shows the dedication of an International Peace Portal erected to celebrate a century of peace on the American Canadian border. A Pacific highway narrows the arch as visitors gather for the ceremony.
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Plate Wash
Preferred to Pay the Fine Morning Library Scene
A short tale shows a boy delaying returning a library book and debating fines with a child librarian. The boy asks how much the fee would be and proposes running home to fetch the book rather than pay. The exchange centers on avoiding a fine rather than the book’s return itself.
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Lbrarian
Jimmy
Judge questions sleep talk about unseen wife figure
In a Miningham Herald report a Sapient Judge skeptically handles a courtroom quip about a wife recusal and a man claiming he spoke in his sleep of a famous mother figure never seen in person. The exchange highlights courtroom humor and disbelief.
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Miningham Age. Herald
Fast Friends and Famous Cronies Respectful Bond
An odd quotation sketches a long friendship between a major and a colonel. They are described as inseparable cronies who rarely quarrel, with the colonel nudging the major to recall past votes. The tone hints at a storied, affectionate pair within a military or veteran circle.
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Mojec
Eightiea
Lirmingham AgetFerald
Hamlet staging cuts ghost for a Ouija board twist
The producing manager proposes a revised Hamlet performance replacing the ghost with a Ouija board to modernize the atmosphere and energize the tour. The idea draws mixed reactions from the crew as rehearsal proceeds.
Frejanice and Common Sense Clash in Perpetual Dispute
A dramatic clash between Frejanice and common sense persists without resolution, reflecting an ongoing, unresolved tension. The conflict centers on practical judgment versus ideal reasoning in everyday decisions.
Wife Takes Husband's Advice On Healthier Births
Springfield Massachusetts reader Mrs M Natale credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health after a doctor warned of surgery and possible childlessness She describes four months of weakness and recovery culminating in an easier birth and urges other women to try the remedy
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Springfield
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Wash
Samuel W. Southard
Natchez, Wash
Oklahoma
State Department
Oregon
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Department
State
John Broadhead Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Margaret Powell
Cedar Rapids
Arfonoa Post
Armencan Legion
Des Moines
Wallace
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Endicott, N
Mr. Brown
America
American Legion of North Carolina
Pittsburg
P. C. Rose
Albany
Albony Legion
Kansas City Flying Club
Lioyd's
London
Velmar
Cyle
Binghamton N. Y
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Aieshan Legion Post
Zillah Wash
India
San Francisco
St. Paul
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Tamg Island
Peace Arch
New Jersey
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Elton V. Fox
Melbourne
Australia
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Ewnie
Blackpow
Englias
Lydia E Pinkham
Atlanta
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Mall
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