Happenings of the World Tersely Told
A digest of global dispatches notes Pope Pius reports good health in the Vatican. Budapest police dissolve a clandestine Communist group, arresting 400. Albanian insurgents enter Tirana. Scutari falls. Vesel Lem Hidri hanged in Tirana for murders of two American travelers. Egypt’s campaign to unfold is set to begin February 24 amid long battles. Italian Fascists deny imminent general election. Australia reports 147.5 million bushels of wheat. Ireland moves to a dry St Patrick’s Day. Alfonso in Madrid remains ill. executions foreseen in Germany with a 26‑victim killer sentenced. Albanian premier fled as insurgents overtake Nozi government. Paris council of ambassadors notes Cologne bridgehead cannot be evacuated. Abdel Meiligui surrenders in Cairo. Mexico withdraws loan authority. William Green elected AF of L president. Idaho judge to preside over Wheeler trial in Montana. Prohibition agents seize liquor in Chicago vegetable shipments. Navy plane crash near North Carolina causes deaths. Osborne Wood faces divorce suit. a Worthington, Minn. Christmas mall fire destroys 100 sacks. Blackmail plot against Vanderbilt and Rhinelander thwarted. Airmail pilot Clarence Gilbert dies. William MacClintock’s Chicago grave investigated. West Yellowstone records 65 below zero. divine cold. Detroit court lets streetcar workers avoid income tax. Lancaster’s Farmers and Merchants Bank closed with $106 million deposits. New York spends $19 million on subway. Lester Kahl dies on scaffold. Mrs. Kahn seeks political nomination. Vanderlip ill. Rear Admiral Van Reypen dies. Robert Rose passes. Ruth Chatterton marries Ralph Forbes.
President Coolidge to Take Oath on Capitol Steps
Washington reports President elect Coolidge will be sworn in on the Capitol steps with a broadcast inaugural address. Ceremony cost estimated at 35000 dollars. Capitol Hill ceremonies to mirror Harding’s in 1921.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
President Coolidge
Harding
Coolidge
Capitol
Auctions Sell Noah Williams Estate Farms at Correctionville
Twelve farms from the Noah Williams estate at Correctionville were sold by court auction for $263 745.90. Other items include cattle profits, a Des Moines gym planned at $250 000, and a 10 100 dollar bull sale. Also noted are tax, dairy pricing, county projects, and interstate bridge efforts shaping Iowa policy.
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Noah Williams
Correctionville
Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General's
James Campbell
Maquoketa
State Department of Health
Izaak Walton League
Des Moines University
John W. Million
Cc. E. McGrew
Unionville
Dode
L. J. Palas
Clayton County
Mr. Palas
Iowa Falls
E. L. Hogue
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Board of Control
American Legion to Launch 5 Million Endowment for Orphans and Disabled
The American Legion plans a nationwide fund drive of five million dollars or more to aid orphaned children of World War I veterans and disabled former service members. President Coolidge accepted an honorary chairmanship, and the drive was authorized by the Legion’s sixth national convention. The campaign aims to relieve crowded facilities and expand care, with the Legion seeking Congress approval to divert veterans’ compensation to patriotic organizations for child welfare and disabled veteran care.
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The
American Legion
Legion
Coolidge
James A. Crain
National Headquarters
Mark T. McKee
Detroit
Mich
Otter Lake
Independence
Kans
Melee
Veterans’ Bureau
Drain
Congress
Trophies Not Removed From School Grounds
American Legionnaires oppose removing war trophies on Montclair school grounds stating the trophies memorialize 69 local men who fell in France and serve as a patriotism lesson for children. The city commission ordered the trophies kept in place.
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Montclair
N. J
American Legionnaires
France
Washington
Lincoln
Aiding Foreigners at Golden Gate Post aids citizenship studies
In San Francisco Cal the Golden Gate post of the American Legion runs a citizenship aid program. Miss Myrtle R Saylor in charge explains the method. They obtain a list of prospective citizens from the naturalization bureau and refer them to local classes teaching English and other naturalization requirements.
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Golden Gate Post
American Legion
San Francisco
Cal
Mrytle R. Saylor
Naturalization Bureau
Plattsburg WWI trainee Harold Davison rises to Legion state commander
Harold K Davison of Woodsville New Hampshire trained at Plattsburg in 1917 and served nineteen months in World War I earning the Croix de Guerre He later practiced law and served in the New Hampshire legislature becoming senior vice commander and then commander of the American Legion Tracy Ross Post 20 He plans to attend the upcoming national convention at Omaha as a delegate and leader.
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Plattsburg
Harold K. Davison
Woodsville
N. H
France
Chemin Des Dames
Chateau Thierry
Verdun
Toul
Leutenant
Camp Devens
Harvard Law School
Minneapolis
New Orleans
San Francisco
St. Paul
Omaha
American Legion Urges ZR-8 Dirigible Name
The Bellmore New York American Legion post suggests naming the German built dirigible ZR-8 the American Legion. A Legion official argues the name fits since the Legion is a national organization and both it and ZR-8 arose from World War I.
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American Legion
Wilbur
Navy Department
Bellmore
N. Y
Legion
Asmuch
Will Locate and Mark Illinois Heroes' Graves
The Illinois military and naval department seeks to identify burial sites of all veterans buried in Illinois to mark graves and aid patriotic groups on memorial days. The American Legion Illinois department will help locate unmarked graves and report locations of marked graves for a complete veterans grave chart. The U.S. government provides headstones for eligible war dead on request.
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Military and Naval Department
State of
Illinois
Department of Illinois
United States
Hero of the War Seen by Uptown, Assuredly Humble
Armerican Legion Weekly quotes a man who says he saved a life during the war while noting he did not resemble a hero. The piece questions how the act was performed and mentions his dodging the draft in Downtown.
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Armerican Legion Weekly
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