Radiois used by Legion voices reach nationwide members
The American Legion expands radio use to connect its three quarters of a million members. National and state officials broadcast speeches from Lincoln to San Francisco and Kansas City, with plans to relay all official utterances by radio to members coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Owsley
Lincoln
Neb
Atlantic Coast
State Department
Owsley
San Francisco
West
Kansas City
Mon
Legion
United States
Decentralized Legion plan to speed veteran claims
The American Legion appoints Joe Sparks to lead a decentralization plan for service work. Under the system, claims go to the state service office and contact with subdistrict veterans bureau offices is kept. Department heads report any inaction to the national service division and may refer unresolved cases to a Hasson representative at the district bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Joe Sparks
Committee of the Legion
Sparks
Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
National Service Division
Lesson Department
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Hasson
Cookies for Disabled Veterans Travel to Hospitals
The American Legion Auxiliary of Kansas bakes 18 720 cookies for disabled veterans in Kansas City and Leavenworth hospitals. Across 130 units each sends 12 dozen cookies monthly to chiefs of dietetics, who place them in jars in wards where veterans in crutches wheelchairs and with canes eagerly reach for the nutty fruit studded treats. Nurses note old fashion flat sugars are least liked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary of
Kansas
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Auxiliary
McRae Praises The Legion And Finds His Wife Among Members
Kenneth H. McRae a former commander of the first American Legion post in the United States says the Legion is not for service but his work with the association brought him a wife. He met Miss Lais May Beach a post commander in Washington DC and they married in the capital. Mrs McRae joined the Naval Reserve in 1918 and served until February. McRae served with Nebraska troops in France and is now historian of his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth H. McRae
American Legion
United States
Legion
Veterans’ Association
McRee
George Washington Post
Washington, D. C
Tle
Lais May Beach
Jacob Jones
Miss Beach
Naval Reserve Force
McRae
United States Naval Reserve Force
Navy Department
Nebraska
France
Robert A. Allen
United States Army
W. Smith
England
John S. Powell
Shanghai
Washington
Must Protect Our Citizens Limiting Foreign Labor
Lemuel Bolles of the American Legion denounces substitution of Japanese and other foreign labor for Americans. He urges education, strict enforcement of immigration laws, and new measures to preserve American standards and prevent alien influx. The Medford Ore post protested a large fruit orchard hiring foreign workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lemuel Bolles
The
American Legion
Legion
Medford
Ore
Legion National Adjutant
Republic
American Legion Fosters Sioux Falls Americanization Center
Harold B. Mason Post of the American Legion plans a community center in Sioux Falls to erase distinctions between foreign born and native Americans. A 12‑member committee and school workers will run the institute with talks on Americanization and citizenship for foreign born residents and for American born residents, with special programs and refreshments at each session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Mason Post
American Legion
Sioux Falls
8. D
Legion
Ford Third-Party bid looms as La Follette rails at rail costs
Henry Ford’s presidential prospects draw interest from politicians and Hearst papers amid third party speculation. The American Economic League backs Ford, while Ford cites railroads and judiciary as key national issues. La Follette’s valuation conference warns on private railways, urging court action to define costs and public subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Ensel Ford
Perd
Michigan
Ford
Willem Randolph Jlesarst
Hearst
Tierist
United States
Vienry Ford
Tam
American Economic League
Omaha
Roy M. Harrop
League
Senator la Follette
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
The Man Who Was Nehemiah Built Sober Leadership
The text portrays Nehemiah as cupbearer to the Persian king who learns of Jerusalem's plight and leads the wall rebuilding. It outlines preparation, division of labor, and obstacles from scoffing to plots, stressing earnest work, unity, prayer, and reforms addressing intermarriage and temple commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nehemiah
Aivald
Nenemah
Tommc
Jerusalem
Nebadiah
Ile
Shallum
Sanhallat
Tobiah
Lord
Sila
Baby Nursing Relief Promoted by Vegetable Compound
A Pittsburgh mother testifies to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing her nerves fatigue and recovery after childbirth. She recommends its use for nursing mothers and notes she had two previous bottle-fed children. The compound is described as a safe tonic from roots and herbs without harmful drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pittsburgh
Wi. Klinge
Plymouth St
Corneille’s Humble Self-Description in Verse
The renowned French dramatist Corneille was so shy in society that he penned a witty couplet about himself claiming he is only understood through others. This self-deprecating note highlights his known social awkwardness and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Corneille
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertises Quality
Advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue is the finest product of its kind in the world and that every woman who uses it knows this to be true.
Partially Qualified. Rub Have you any knowledge of farming
Exchange from a Life column with brief street banter on weather and farming knowledge. Dub quotes a skeptical reply about weather woes. The line hints at humorous contrasts between farming talk and weather gripes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dub
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American Lesson News Service
Veterans’ Organization
Voice of the American Legion
Fieet
National Adjutant of American Legion
S. D
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
U. S
Henderson
Harding
Seattle
Alaska
Gironde
Pershing
la Follette
Edward W. Pickard
HILE
Smith
New York
Haynes
Conference of Governors
District of Columbia
Sahara
de See
Rhineland
Berlin
Cuno
the Temps
Sfughes
Germany
Cune
Lausanne
Greece
Turkey
Thrace
Karagatch
Samon DE Valera
Aitken
Sti
Trish
Free State
de Valera
REAT
Britain
Russia
Charles F. Davison
Stan Harding
Weinstein
Asia
Teheran
Kabul
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
House
Kitchin
Congress
Bbc Petazwater, DD
Billie
Ate of
Western Newspaper Union
Leeson
Neromah
Suilder
Lathrop
Bayer
Beleans Wnoysesron
Bellans
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