President seeks livestock financing expert for farm loan board
Washington dispatch says President Coolidge aims to fill a federal farm loan board vacancy with a man experienced in livestock financing. The Sixty-eighth Congress convened and weighs repeal of the income tax publicity provision as three bills are sent to the committee.
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Coolidge
Federal Farm Loan Board
Washington
Sixty
Congress
House
Wass and Veans Committee
Calles
Mexico
Board of Governors of
the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
President Coolidge
Foreword of Imperial News: Mutinies and Maelstroms Abroad
Cairo reports Sudanese troops mutiny sparked by Egyptian officers' withdrawal. British hospital attacked. several Sudanese soldiers killed. Paris welcomed Grand Duchess Cyril en route to New York. Puccini dies in Brussels following throat infection. Calles takes Mexican presidency amid crowded Mexico City stadium.
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Cyril
Russia
The
Paris
New York
Khartum
London Daily Mail
Cairo
Giacomo Puccini
Brussels
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexican Republic
National Stadium
Mexico City
Iowa News Roundup Signals New Developments Across State
New hotel in Leon funded by local citizens, a $140,000 hospital in Oelwein run by Sisters of Mercy, and road work on the Medora stretch of the Jefferson highway begin. Iowa’s 1924–25 political and economic facts show rising gypsum output, high milk and oats values, and a Rockefeller gift conditional on Drake University raising $350,000. Public school milk programs aid undernourished children. Endowment drives and local church efforts bolster statewide growth as Iowa edges toward broader prosperity.
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Leon
Oelwein
Sisters of Mercy of
Cedar Rapids
John H. Johnson
Sioux City
Commercial
Medora
Jefferson Highway
Des Moines
University Church of Christ
Margaret Lavina Hillhouser
Iowa
Executive Council
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Foster
Drake University
Rockefeller Foundation
Endeavor Society
The
United Presbyterian Church of
Tingley
Treasury
Society
Sears
Motor Vehicle Department
New National Vice Commander McFarland Named
Frank H. McFarland, Kansas Legion leader, elected as national vice commander. As Kansas commander he led a campaign that raised 100000 for American Legion Children’s Billet No 2 near Independence. A lawyer and former US district attorney, he served in WWI and graduated from the University of Kansas.
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Frank H. McFarland
American Legion
Department of Kansas
Kansas Department
American Legion Children's Billet
Independence
Kan
Otter Lake
Mich
Legion
Kansas
Capitol Post No. 1
Topeka
Washington, Kan
Legion Urges Retention of Sulphur Sanitarium Patients
Oklahoma American Legion executive committee adopts a resolution condemning a plan by the United States veterans bureau to move a large number of Soldiers' Tuberular patients from the Sulphur sanitarium. They urge hospital care remain in state and near families, noting Oklahoma's facilities are as fine as any nationwide and transfers to Arizona or New Mexico offer no advantage.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Sulphur
Okla
Department of Oklahoma, American Legion
Legionnaires
Veterans’ Bureau
Oklahoma
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Plan to Build World War Memorial in New Hampshire
A resolution at the New Hampshire department convention in Weirs proposes a memorial to World War dead on the approach to the memorial bridge at Portsmouth. The State department of the Legion will seek funding in the next General Court session.
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New Hampshire
Portsmouth
New Hampshire Department
Weirs
State Department of the Legion
General Court
The Last Resort Ends in a Determined Return to Work
A man who wandered the big city with only a dollar left chose not to end his life. He resolved to seek employment and begin anew, as recounted in a reflective line from the American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion Weekly
Indiana Legion to honor Gillan family shrine in old cabin
The Gillan log cabin at the Gillan farm in Lawrence County Indiana will become a shrine to honor Mr and Mrs David P Gillan and their three sons who died in World War I The Gillan post of the American Legion Bedford announced the plan after the father died at Leesville aged 71 The family gave three sons to service with Frank Inman and William perished or were lost and gassed respectively The cabin once served traders near a fort and is buried in Leesville with the family plot preserved by the historical society
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Gillan
Lawrence County
Ind
Indiana
David P. Gillan
Leesville
American Legion
Bedford
Inman
William
Germany
Illiteracy Fight Highlighted by American Legion Leaders
The American Legion Americanism commission backs American Education Week to cut U S illiteracy. Garland W. Powell cites tests showing six percent over ten cannot read or write and four point nine million over ten cannot write. He notes WWII draft illiteracy and calls for education spending over luxury. Illiteracy Day mobilizes organizations to act.
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Americanism Commission
The
American Legion
United States
America
Garland W. Powell
National Illiteracy Commission of
American Education Week
Just Plain Ignorant Man Tries Odd Ticket Purchase
A humorous remark from Ameri can Legion Weekly about a man attempting to buy a ticket to Bull Montana via Rocky Kansas showing confusion over place names and geography. The item contrasts with a girl who misidentified La Belle France and Soviet Russia as cities.
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France
Soviet Russia
Bull Montana
Rocky Kansas
American Legion Weekly
Getting Ahead Clerk Raises Tone in Pay Talk
A clerk pleads for a raise to advance beyond present pay. The boss dismisses the request telling him to try again and to report when he secures a higher salary, or he will be fired.
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American Legion Weekly
Crime on the Champs Elysees Sparks Nurse Aid Need
An amusing verse from the American Legion Weekly describes Jones tipping his hat on the Champs Elysees and then needing a nurse after a girl lifts his purse watch and a check, revealing a brief comic robbery episode.
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Champs Elysees Jones
American Legion Weekly
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Atlanta
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