Van Dyke Elected Minnesota Legion Commander
Dr A A Van Dyke of Minneapolis newly elected commander of the Minnesota Department of the American Legion is noted for finding jobs for 1300 ex soldiers. He has been active since the Legion's start and chaired Ramsey county welfare. He led efforts on the soldiers bonus bill and served in the signal corps during the war.
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A. A. van Dyke
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Department of the American Legion
American Legion
Dr. van Dyke
St. Paul
United States
Ramsey County Welfare Committee
Doctor van Dyke
Alexandria
University of Chicago School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Signal Corps
New Jersey
Disabled Now Favored by Sweet Bill Push and Forbes Policy
The American Legion and Charles R. Forbes advance the Sweet bill and reformed veterans affairs. Forbes leads the veterans bureau, vowing no claim be disallowed without necessity and doubts resolved in favor of the disabled. The bureau handles insurance hospital care and retraining to restore earning capacity or create new skills.
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Red Tape
American Legion
Charles R. Forbes
Government
Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Cure for Unemployment in American Legion Weekly
James J. Davis argues a practical cure for unemployment: wage earners to accept modest demands so mills reopen. merchants to cut profits to make goods affordable. landlords to lower rents enabling workers to take living wages. He urges coordinated sacrifices by workers merchants and landlords to revive employment and economy.
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The
American Legion Weekly
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
Overestimate Themselves and Claiming a Living
The remark notes that many who claim the world owes them a living overestimate their own worth and seek a high standard of living. It argues such attitudes reflect entitlement and a tendency to inflate personal importance.
American Officer Rescues Woman in War Zone Hero of WWII Era
George A. Dunagin, then a lieutenant in the US Army liaison service, leaped into a stream from a bridge parapet to save a civilian woman amid fleeing refugees in E France. He earned the French Medal of Honor and the Congressional Lifesaving Medal for the act. Now in charge of the Shreveport sub station of the Veterans Bureau, he works with the American Legion on disabled veteran needs. Born in Laurel Mississippi, he studied at Mississippi A. and M. College and served in seventeen European countries after a machine gun injury.
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France
George A. Dunagin
United States Army
Dunagin
Shreveport
United States Veteran’s Bureau
Paris
London
American Legion
Dawes
Laurel
Miss
Mississippi A. & M. College
Legionaire Town Emerges From War Veterans Colony
In Arkansas Scott county a 2 500 acre tract hosts sixteen World War I veterans from Tulsa forming the Legionaire colony. They plan a trading center and town on adjoining quarter sections with aim to own land within two years under war service residence rules. Some will winter on site building and hunting, with about 100 Tulsa men projected to settle on government land.
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Arkansas
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Carson
American Legion
Legionaire
Doughboy
Scott County
War Worker Aids Jobless Ex-Service Men in New York
Miss Elierbe Wood, famed Y M C A corps entertainer in France, formed a troupe to cheer doughboys abroad and then enlisted to help unemployed ex service men in New York. She volunteered at screenings of The Man Without a Country with the American Legion, delivering a patriotic preamble and reading the Legion constitution as proceeds funded welfare work for jobless veterans.
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Elierbe Wood
France
New York
Howard Everett Hale
American Legion
Wood
Constitution of the Legion
Aliens Training for Citizenship by Great Falls Legion
The Americanization committee of the Great Falls Montana American Legion post reports 87 aliens completed naturalization preparation and 387 were admitted as citizens. A new class of 100 foreigners is now in training with twice weekly Legion instruction and preliminary exams to gauge fitness for citizenship.
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Americanization Committee
Great Falls
Mont
American Legion
Legion Committee
Picric acid for stump blasting distribution advised by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines the distribution of 12,500,000 pounds of salvaged picric acid for farm blasting. It explains preparation methods for stump and rock blasting, charger sizes, tamping, priming, fuse handling, and cautions, noting distribution through state agencies and limited market availability.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Cover for Farm Machinery to Save Winter Costs
Read advice urging farmers to protect machinery now by storing it under cover for winter. The article argues this saves money for new purchases next spring and suggests applying paint before snow to keep equipment looking like new.
Minerals in hog rations show limited gains effect
Ohio and Illinois stations report minerals fed in balanced rations do little to speed growth or economy of gains. Minerals strengthen bones in hogs, while im balanced feeding yields poorer results.
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Ohio
Illinois
Minerals as aid to hog feeding in winter tests
The text notes minerals such as ground limestone air-slaked lime rock phosphate bonemeal slaked coal and salt as valuable aids when pasture milk or tankage are unavailable. It highlights the usefulness of charcoal wood ashes and salt for hogs, especially in winter when hogs cannot access soil.
Plan Next Year’s Garden Now for Better Spring Prep
The article urges starting garden planning now to assess soil and beds before spring. It argues early evaluation helps adjust layouts, crop choices, and planting dates while the ground is accessible, avoiding last minute changes after growth begins.
Storing Seed Corn and Its Drying Process
Proper storage facilities are essential for seed corn. Seed selected early must be protected during drying and curing to ensure satisfactory germination the following spring.
Fairyland Ball In The Afternoon To Midnight
Fairyland tale recounts the Queen of the Fairies hosting a grand ball inviting Peter Gnome elves goblins and many others while excluding some as the party runs from afternoon to midnight. Effie Elf brings a clock and Fairybab leads a responsive chorus of the Fairyland Orchestra and crowd.
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Daddy
Queen of the Fairies
Peter Gnome
Billie
Bennie Brownie
Mr. Grant
Oaf
Fairy Twilight-Bell
Princess Joy
Fairy Whab
Fairies’ Orchestra
Mr. Sun
Mr. Moon
Dream King
Mr. Sandman
Breeze Brothers
King Foam
Old Mother Ocean
Ocean Fairies
Old Nurse Fog
Mist
King of the Clouds
Mr. Rainbow
Madame Fresh Snow
Prince Sleet
Mr. Showers
Nancy
Nick
Effie Elf
Fairyland Orchestra
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American Legion News Service
Legion
Minnesota
Legion Weekly
Legion Man
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Americanization Committee of
Montana Post
Arma
Fairy Queen
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