Medal of Honor Guests at American Legion Convention
Prominent guests at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans October 16 20 include Medal of Honor holders. Lt Sydney G Gumpertz of New York was the first to accept the invitation, earned for heroism with the 132nd Infantry in Bois de Forges on September 26 1918. He killed two Germans with pistol fire, silenced machine gun nests, and led a successful assault after volunteers were killed.
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New Orleans
United States
Sydney G. Gumpertz
New York
Gumperts
One Hundred Thirty-second Infantry
Bois de Forges
Gumpertz
Gumspertz
Memry
New Orleans Artist Wins Legion Poster Contest
Clarence Reeder a staff artist from New Orleans drew the winning design for the American Legion national convention poster. The poster shows a doughboy a sailor and a marine studying a guidebook labeled New Orleans the Paris of the U S A above the French Quarter. It includes the Legion emblem and the slogan Oh buddy lets go with dates October 16 20. Forty thousand copies will be distributed to Legion posts and shown in railroad stations nationwide.
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American Legion
Clarence Reeder
Camp Pike
Paris
Will Dance For Doughboys Miss Emily Schupp Volunteers
Miss Emily V Schupp of Duluth Mina has volunteered to dance for Doughboy friends at the American Legion national convention in New Orleans next October She entertained thousands of soldiers in cantonments during the war and has appeared at Legion events in several Minnesota cities She is a soloist and will perform with the Duluth American Legion band which won a first prize in a band contest at the Kansas City convention last fall.
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Emily V. Schupp
Duluth
Mina
American Legion
New Orleans
Schupp
Lada
Cantonments
America
Legion
Minnesota
Duluth American Legion Band
Kansas City
Veteran of Seven Wars Seeks Peaceful Life in Seattle
Robert Bruce Mace MacGregor, 48, of Seattle, veteran of seven wars, says his battlefield days are over. He served in World War I with the original Princess Pat regiment and fought in Spain, China, South Africa, and more. He advocates for veterans, helped place 236 former soldiers in jobs, and has adopted a 15 year old boy.
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Robert Bruce MaceGregor
Seattle
Wash
MacGregor
Princess Pat
Mr. MacGregor
Philippines
China
South Africa
Natal
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American Legion
War records project preserves World War II veterans' data
Mrs. Edward W. Burt of Salisbury leads the American Legion auxiliary in a plan to create an hereditary society for daughters and granddaughters of World War veterans. The effort will store Legion members war records in Auxiliary archives for future genealogists.
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Edward W. Burt
Salisbury
N. C
Burt
American Legion Auxiliary Committee
Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion
American Legion efforts improve Osgood townsfolk
In Osgood Indiana Legion members painted and whitewashed shade trees and hitching posts helping the town become exceptionally clean. A stranger found a gold necklace and returned it to Legion headquarters in Aberdeen South Dakota for owner recovery. A jobless ex service man tent colony near Aberdeen supports veteran labor on farms as part of Legion unemployment relief. Auxiliaries modeled in Canada and England involve wives and daughters of veterans aiding disabled veterans.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Canada
England
War Veterans’ Associations
Foch’s Peace Pipe Tale Revealed On Metz Trip
The story of Marshal Foch’s first pipe dates from July 18, 1918, the day Paris began the offensive that led to victory. In Poincaré’s private car after dinner, the marshal showed two pipes given by American artists and recalled lighting his first pipe that day amid wartime fears.
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Metz
M. Poincare
Poincare
Marshal Foch
le Sifflet
Ancient Roman tablet found on The Mount at York
Workmen uncover a well preserved Roman tablet over five feet high in York England during street work. The inscription praises the wife and family of a famed Roman author and nearby are markers for two men from the period. Officials call it a major discovery with ties to St James Church and the minster. Reading makes the full man conference a ready man and writing an exact man.
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York
England
Tadcaster
the Minster
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