American Legion Edits 1923 Essay Contest for Immigration Topic
The American Legion launches its second annual essay contest with 250000 entries expected. The 500 word essays must address Why America should Prohibit All Immigration for Five Years and win national prizes of 750, 500 and 250 dollars plus state awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
al. Sing Ching
America
National Organization of the Legion
Legion
Americanism Commission
Organization
Garland W. Powell
Americanism Commission of the
Sing Ching
Virginia Chastain
Indianapolis
Joseph Giandonato
Bridgeport
Conn
Monument to honor Galbraith set for Eden Park
A committee of the American Legion seeks a World War soldier sailor marine and an Army nurse to pose for a bronze memorial in Eden Park to honor national commander Carl Galbraith who was killed in a 1921 Indianapolis area crash. The 4?foot high tablet by Clement J. Barnhorn costs 850 and will feature an angel of victory and peace with a chain of flowers linking the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Galbraith Memorial Committee
American Legion
Eden Park
Indianapolis
Clement J. Barnhorn
Cincinnati
Galbraith
Angel of Peace
Hewes
Rocky Mountains
Dean Babcock
Canton
Ill
Tahesa Valley
Mount Orton
Rocky Mountain National Park
Edward Orton, Jr
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Orton Memorial
Ohio State University
Babcock
American Art Academy
Longs Peak
Legion Man State Engineer R L Cochran of Lincoln Named
R L Cochran of Lincoln former Legion member and WWI veteran was named Nebraska state engineer by Governor Bryan. A Nebraska graduate he started as a railroad rodman, served as Lincoln county surveyor, state bridge inspector, and deputy state engineer before his army service and later resumed private practice in North Platte building paving material blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
R. L. Cochran
Lincoln
American Legion
Bryan
University of Nebraska
Cochran
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Lincoln County
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Engineering Corps
Army
Coast Artillery
Fortress Monroe
North Platte, Neb
North Platte
New Contests Among Posts For Disabled Veterans Aid
The national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion proposes a contest among local posts to aid ex service men in returning to community life. A loving cup would honor the post achieving the most service based on points for hospitalized veterans, compensation, training, insurance reinstatements, and job offers.
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National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
Joe Sparks
National Committee
Legion Post
Sparks
Hospital Opens for Trachoma Patients in Kentucky
Veterans' Bureau opens a hospital at Pikesville Kentucky to treat World War I veterans suffering from the rare disease trachoma. Information was sent to the Legion service division for dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Bureau
Pikesville
Kentucky
Legion Service Division
New Expression Hewes Ushers God Made West in Tahosa Valley
Mystic poet Charles Edwin Hewes proclaims a God made West in his New Expression verse. The revised edition of Songs of the Nockies elevates nature over a man made frontier, praising the Rockies as sublime and urging refined, humble living before the mountains.
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God
Man
Charles Edwin Hewes
John Dickinson Sherman Harles
Edwin Hewes
Tahosa Valley
Longs Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rockies
the Nockies
Mr. Hewes
Bret Harte
Eugene Field
Stevenson
Bayard Taylor
Evry
Alps
Estes Park
Charlie” Hewes
Boniface
Hewes
Egertons
Palmers
New England
Virginia
Boone
Iowa
Seattle
Vwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion News Service
Galbraith Memorial Committee
Nurge
Legion Man State Engineer
R. L. Coatran
Lowes Peak
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