They Also Served and Died Above Coast Guard Memorial
Memorial day honors not only soldiers and sailors but chaplains and Coast Guard members who perished in World War I. Arlington National Cemetery preserves cenotaphs for 238 Army chaplains and 192 Coast Guard personnel, with inscriptions urging service and remembrance.
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League 01
Coast Guard
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Coast Guard
Arlington ‘National Cemetery
Army
Elmo Scott Watson
France
Atlantic
Ardington National
United States Army
Albert D. Bell
Aurenus
J. Howard
John G. Boone
Michael W. Keith
John G. Breden
John C. Kerr
Thomas M. Bulla
John F. McCarthy
Patrick P. Carey
Arthur H. Marsh
A. Chouinard
Timothy A.murphhy
William B. Cornish
C. E. O'Flaherty
Walton
Danker
Charles D. Priest
William F. Davitt
Wilbur
S. Sewell
John A. Deaver
Daniel S. Smart
Harry Deiman
William H.j.willby
Herbert P. Doyle
Arlington
United States Service
New Republic
United States
Coast Guard Heroic Role From War to Memorial Day
The narrative traces the coast guard lineage from its ancestor protecting trade in the War of 1812 to World War I mobilization on April 11 1917. It highlights sea service in Civil War and Spanish American War, the Tampa submarine sinking, and 271 army nurse corps women honored postwar with Distinguished Service Cross and Medal awards.
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Ter Service
Coast Guard
Great Britain
Navy
McCulloch
Dewey
Manila Bay
Hudson
Cardenas
Cuba
Congress
Winslow
Wilson
Lighthouse Service
Secretary of the Navy
Germany
Little, Brown and Company
William Bell Clark
America
Coast Guard Service
Atlantic
England
Gibraltar
Army Nurse Corps
New
York Harbor
Helen G. McClelland
No. 10
British Area
France
Beatrice Macdonald
Miss McClelland
Austinburgh
Ohio
Illinois Officials Report on Panama Claims and State Affairs
Secretary of State Stimson reports a mixed claims commission to adjudicate American against Panama claims and Panama against the United States. Illinois hosts the 55th Bar Association meeting in Peoria with speeches by McNutt Bohrer and Harno. Lincoln tomb flag given by Hoover arrives. many bills introduced, parking rules upheld, and Illinois art and philatelic events noted. State hospitals report 528 patients recovered. seed analysis continues. potatoes acreage up 40 percent.
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Charles S. Deneen
H. L. Stimson
Stimson
Panama
Mixed Claims Commission
Republic of Panama
United States
Department of State
Washington
Illinois Bar Association
Peoria
Clarence W. Heyl
Peoria Bar Association
Paul V. McNutt
The
American Legion
University of Indiana Law School
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Albert J. Harno
Law School
University of Illinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Herbert Hoover
Lincoln
Governor Emmerson
Lincoln’s Home Philatelic Society
Springfield
Illinois
Melvin Spencer
Illinois State Institution
Rodney H. Brandon
State Department of Public Welfare
Library aid bill advances in Illinois House
The appropriation committee favors a bill by Rep. W. C. Chynoweth of Decatur to provide state aid to county libraries. The measure, endorsed by Secretary of State W. J. Stratton, would create a three year fund and is backed by the Illinois Library Association extension committee.
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House
W. C. Chynoweth
Decatur
W. J. Stratton
Illinois Library Association
Springfield Elks banquet honors Branch Rickey May 5
Hon Branch Rickey of St Louis spoke at a Springfield banquet held May 5 hosted by the Springfield Judge of Elks in honor of the city’s National League champions.
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Branch Rickey
St. Louis
Elks
Springfield
Illinois Labor Federation Convention Set for Galesburg
Victor A. Olander announces the Illinois Federation of Labor annual convention will convene in Galesburg starting Monday September 14. The location was chosen last fall with the date announced recently. President R. G. Soderstrom of Streator will preside for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor A. Olander
Illinois Federation of Labor
Galesburg
R. G. Soderstrom
Streator
Deaths of Mrs Kinley and Frank Sadler Noted Abroad
A Shanghai cable reports the death of Mrs David Kinley wife of the former president of the University of Illinois on April 27 from smallpox complications. Doctor Kinley was abroad as an emissary for the Century of Progress exposition. Former Illinois State Senator Frank Sadler dies in Chicago May 80 born in Springfield and among Chicago’s first Municipal Court judges.
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Shanghai
China
David Kinley
University of Illinois
Doctor Kinley
The
Orient
Frank Sadler
Chicago
Mr. Sadler
Springfield
Illinois History Society Holds 32nd Annual Meeting
The Illinois State Historical Society met May 7 and 8 in the Centennial Building auditorium with President John H. Hauberg presiding. Speakers included W. D. Armstrong, Bessie M. Black, Thomas O'Donnell, James A. Barnes, Theodore Blegen, Clint Clay Tilton, and Eleanor Gridley. Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase was formally installed as president of the University of Illinois May 1 before 500 delegates from 232 universities and 68 societies, with greetings from Emmerson and officials. A bronze bust of Myra Bradwell was presented. A pheasant egg setting offer was announced by Ralph T. Bradford. A housing survey bill sponsored by Anna Wilmarth Ickes moved to senate committee.
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Illinois State Historical Society
John H. Hauberg
Rock Island
Illnois
W. D. Armstrong
Alton
Bessie M. Black
Jacksonville
Thomas O'Donnell
University of Illinois
James A. Barnes
Philadelphia
Theodore Blegen
The
Minnesota Historical Society
Clint Clay Tilton
Danville
Eleanor Gridley
Chicago
Myra Bradwell
Illinois
Bradwell
Anna Wilmarth Ickes
House
Senate
Harry Woodburn Chase
Chase
Guy. Louis L. Emmerson
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New York
Isabell Stambaugh
Pennsylvania
Amiens
Lillian Aubert
West Baton Rouge
Cecelia A. Brendan
Branchdale
Katherine Brown
Sophy Mary Burns
St. Francis
Wis
Reba G. Cameron
Canada
Kenosha
Alice H. Flash
Jefferson County
Annie V. Goodrich
New Brunswick
N. J
Carrie L. Howard
Colusa
Calif
Grace E. Leonard
Newark
Layres L. Milliken
Brownsville
Jane G. Malloy
Kingston
N. Y
Edith A. Mary
Wadsworth
Nev
Adele S. Poston
Springdale
Ark
Marie B. Rhodes
Pittsburgh
Blanche
Rulon
Waretown
Lillian J. Ryan
Boyle
Ireland
Mary W. Sheehan
Truxton
Nena Shelton
Lexington
Catherine Sinnott
Middletown
Thompson
Cold Spring
Mrs
Lynette L
Vandevort
la Salle
Ind
Western Newspaper Union
Ulver
Lwi
Raimaba
Onan Fl
Illinois House of Representatives
Frank A. McCarthy
Elgin
Public Utilities Act
Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
City of
Illinois State Museum
Illinois Academy of Fine Arts
A. S. Coggeshall
State Museum
BE. J. Lake
State University
Robert B. Harshe
Chicago Art Institute
Thomas P. Keane
Emmerson
General Assembly
Plant Industry Division
State Department of Agriculture
Ralph T. Bradford
Department of Conservation
State House
Plough
Spurlock-NealGo
Nashville
Tenn
Port Arthur
Texas
Boston Transcript
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
County Agenta
K-R-O Co
Dr Pierce
Cad
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