Washington News Roundup of Political Shifts and Crises
Attorney General Stone ends dollar a year men program. Senate upholds Coolidge veto of Bursum pension bill. House overruns Japanese exclusion date. Ku Klux Klan fight eyed for Democratic convention. Surrogate Foley named to Tammany Hall leadership. Jim Langley found guilty of whisky conspiracy. Palestine to harness Jordan River for power. Becomes a global briefing of 1924 events and figures.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Iowa News Roundup From Oskaloosa To Marshalltown
McArthur farms near Oskaloosa set Sept 9 and 10 field and live stock day. Carroll post office cornerstone laid after rain. World Court petition to Senator Lodge in May. Ex Governor Lowden to speak at Memorial Day Iowa Falls. Grand Army encampment set June 10–12 at Marshalltown. Iowa historical dept to add biographies to permanent records. Iowa state fair premiums list released. Citizens Military training camp Aug 1–30 at Fort Des Moines. ages 17–24 sought. Minimum driving age debate echoes New York. Drys and wets weigh in on liquor questions for candidates. Wright County Farm Bureau values rat-killing prize money. Three thousand Knights Templar to Des Moines June 10 for 60th anniversary. Des Moines–Boone bus permit denied. National guard field day planned June 21–22 in Mason City. Anamosa and Ft Madison prisoners deny solitary confinement reports. Polk County divorces reach possibly 780–800 this year. Iowa college presidents oppose Butler on Prohibition. statements from 13 presidents sent to Washington.
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Carroll
Senator Lodge
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Iowa Falls
Iowa Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Marshalltown
Iowa Historical Department
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Knights Templar
Des Moines
No. 4
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Boone
Carl Larson
National Guard
Mason City
Anamosa
Ft. Madison
State Board of Control
District Court of
Polk County
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
Butler
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Marker painted blood red honors fallen Minnesota soldiers
World War veteran John Bowe of Canby Minnesota petitions annual repainting of his monument in blood red to memorialize the blood shed by Minnesota men. Bowe, a veteran of Spain, World War I with allied service, holds a storied military record and long Legion involvement.
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John Bowe
Fortune
Canby
Minn
Bowe
American Legion
Pierre
S. Q
Deadwood
Dakotas
Montana
Spokane
California
Utah
Old Mexico
Spain
Portugal
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Morocco
Algiers
Egypt
Turkey
Palestine
Greece
Cuba
Panama
Venezuela
Martinique
Ife
French Foreign Legion
Ferme Navarin
Legion of Honor
Legion urged to fight communists and radicals in Berkeley
Dr. Hubert N. Rowell told Berkeley American Legion members that radicals pose a threat to government. He cited 15 national leaders directing 1,500 regional leaders and a radical movement funding about 2 million dollars in California Nevada and Oregon. He urged Legionnaires to defend the country against I W W and communists.
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Hubert N. Rowell
B. BP. O
United States
California
Nevada
Oregon
Legion
Daylight Post 229 Suspended Over Policy Conformity
The Daylight Post 229 of the American Legion in California was suspended for failing to conform to legally adopted national and department policies on adjusted compensation. Adjutant Morgan Keaton announced the action in a letter to posts, noting the post opposed the measure but stressing it concerns policy adherence, not free speech. The post must surrender its charter while the department considers reinstatement at the upcoming convention.
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MoeKinley
Bowe
American Legion
Minnesota Legionnaires
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Faribault
Daylight Post
Department of California
Morgan Keaton
California
James F. Collins
Department
National Organization
Keaton
State Department
Legion
Veterans Warned Against Fees for Lost Discharge Certificates
The American Legion cautions veterans to avoid paying attorneys for obtaining lost discharge certificates. In a letter, Watson B. Miller urges applications direct to the army adjutant general or to the Legion Service Bureau at 417 Bond Building Washington, noting government certificates are free.
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The
American Legion
Watson B. Miller
Legion
National Rehabilitation Committee
Miller
Adjutant General of the Army
Service Bureau of the
Bond Building
Washington
Bridgeton Legion Bequest Funds Local Hospital Memorial
Bridgeton Post of the American Legion receives 4000 from the father of the post namesake with instruction to build a memorial. Legionnaires redirect the gift to the new hospital building fund and plan a special World War I memorial room honoring the donors.
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Bridgeton
N. J
New Hospital
American Legion
Legionnaires
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