Minnesota editor vows memorial building for fallen husband
Mrs. Maude Donohue, editor and publisher of a Cokato Minnesota weekly, aims to erect a newspaper building in memory of her husband who was killed in action in France. She visited Romagne where 22 000 lie buried and credits the American Legion with shaping postwar service ideals.
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Maude A. Donohue
San Francisco Examiner
Cokato
Minn
France
Donohue
Romanzge
Argonne Wood
American Legion
French Award Declined by American Legion Leader
Kuanford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion, declined the Legion of Honor from France saying the honor belongs to all Legionnaires. He sent a cable to Marshal Foch thanking France and pledged the award to the organization’s 5,000,000 members. MacNider had been made a chevalier on the 1918 battlefield.
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Kuanford MacNider
Legion of Honor
MacNider
American Legion
Legion
Senate Finance Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
House
McCumber
Congress
Aerial Polo Debuts As Aerial Balloon Polo Contest
The American Legion in Miami presents aerial polo using balloons, air riders and toy balloons. Pilots perform Immelmanns and maple leaf drops while a motorboat releases balloons and Pegasuses take off from hangars. The rider who collects the most balloons wins. The pilots note it is harder than catching Taubes.
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American Legion
Miami
Fla
Immelmann
Legion
Taubes
Postpone Victory Memorial Dome Plan Over Veterans Need
The proposed Victory Memorial dome in Washington would feature five million stars to honor fallen and served soldiers. The American Legion urges delaying the costly project until the number of veterans seeking aid decreases.
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Victory Memorial
Washington
American Legion
Lloyd George Plan for Ten Year Peace Pact at Genoa
Edward W. Pickard reports at Genoa, Lloyd George leads hopes for a ten year mutual disarmament pledge. Russia pushes disarmament talk, Japan and Romania clash over Siberia and Bessarabia, and France and Britain weigh reparations and military commitments amid European finance committee tensions.
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Lloyd George
Senate
Navy
Lord George
Europe
Red Army
France
Poland
Russia
Germany
Little Entente
Hungary
Great Britain
America
Committee
Herr Hermas
Picard
Branting
Sweden
Tchitcherin
Sammy Sausage and Pigs Discoveries in Rubbish Heap
In a playful chatter a talking Sammy Sausage debates discovery with Pinky Pig family, arguing that a discovery is something found new. Brother Bacon provides the philosophy that rubbish yields rubbish, while Sammy urges true friendship and effort beyond talk. The exchange ends with a note on pig habits and change.
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Sammy Sausage
Pinky Pig
Grunt
Porky Pig
Miss Ham
Brother Bacon
Mme
Ome
Samimy
Sammy
Definition of a Fishing Net
A teacher asks what a fishing net is and a freshie describes it as a tot of little holes tied together with bits of string.
Absentee cries and a speech that drew strange cheers
A humorous clipping pieces together a tale of stage fright during a death speech by Robert Emmett, interrupted by audience laughter. Interleaved are short ads and children’s jokes about chores, a donkey, and a canary cage mishap with a cat as punchline.
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Robert Emmett
Forgotten Love Brings Petite Woes in Playful Exchange
He declares love but forgets the tokens of romance as she chides him for neglecting bonbons bouquets and theater tickets in a witty exchange. The light dialogue hints at affection amid playful disappointment.
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Siberia
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Bratiano
Facta
Italy
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United States
Frank Vanderlip
Committee On Finance
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Chita
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China
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Yut
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Free State
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
de Valera
Winston Churchill
Lewis
Ohio
Congressman Huddleston
Alabama
Padgett
Tennessee
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Rogers
Jimmy” Gallivan
Massachusetts
Prohibition
Woodruff
Michigan
Johnson
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War Department
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Ataman
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Nilo
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Stove
Mira
Chicago
Bobby
Willie
Bellans
May
Jack
Pearson's Weekly
J. P
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