American Legion Dery and Hawks Publicity Curates Film Service
Elks Hawks, publicity chief for Ringling artists and Navy publicity officer, leads the American Legion film service. He organized a theatrical and press corps in New York and heads a national effort supplying projection machines and Legion post screenings during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fehan
Perya
Hin Me
Wells Hawks
New York
Newly Press Agint
Ringlingthers’ Circus
Motion Ture
Charles Frobin
Navy
Hawks
Naval Reserve
American Legion
Vic and Legitimats
New York City
Themerican
Legton Film Service
Navnal
Legion
Fairy Godmother of Minnesota Veterans Honored
Mrs Sandy Hamilton of Minneapolis has begun her term as state president of the Minnesota Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion. Revered as a “fairy godmother” to disabled veterans, she spent much of the year visiting hospitals in service to Asbury and Thomas beds. Her report at the state convention recalled veterans’ loneliness and suffering, drawing tears from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Women’s ‘Auxiliary
Sandy Hamilton
le Warm
Veterans
American Legion of
France
Minneapolis
Women's Auxiliary of Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Oregon
American Legion of the State
Powtr
Department
Legion leaders plan Foch visit for Legion convention
Missouri and Kansas governors and Kansas City mayors join a federation of elite clubs in pledging to honor Marshal Foch during the third national American Legion convention opening in Kansas City this October. Charles W. Bartlett, Kansas City, led the memorial and accompanied the marshal to France. The marshal asked Bartlett to relay his deep gratitude and anticipation of meeting more Legion members in the United States.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Marshal Foch
United States
American Legion
Flirey
France
Charles W. Bartlett
Mr. Bartlett
Legion
Aerial Exhibition at Legion Convention in Kansas City
A flying circus will highlight the American Legion annual convention in Kansas City from October 40 to November 1 featuring an aerial exhibition with altitude trials parachute drops and a night flying program Edie Rick enbacker William Furlow and Edgar Tobin among the pilots listed for the show with stunt acts including wing walking and loop the loop for a large prize
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The
American Legion
Kansas City
Edie Rickenbacker
William Furlow
Edgar
Tobin
Willhange
Guard Protects Woodlawn Cemetery Burials Sunday
In Canton Ohio American Legion members formed a flowered basket vigil after Woodlawn cemetery banned Sunday burials. A guard of reliefs and two sentinels kept watch through the night as workers planned to dig the grave Monday morning.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Canton
American Legion
Mornig Eextona
American Legion Plans and Local Posts At Work
Massachusetts sends two bands to Kansas City for the convention while a downtown rest room serves farmers wives. In Drumright Oklahoma the Women’s Auxiliary opens a post center. Waltburg Virginia buys a hotel for Adel, Southard post clubhouse. Natches Washington builds a new road to the cemetery after floods. Saylesville Rhode Island posts level ground for a playground, saving city funds. Oklahoma posts report athletic events and free hospital memberships, while Argonne Des Moines congratulates a newlywed post member. A walking record wager supports two local posts and chimes in every town memorialize war dead. Albany North Carolina sailors wed after beaching, More stranded in Albany during honeymoon. Kansas City Flying Club insures convention crowds. Velmar Cole’s crochet emblem gifts a local post. Zillah Washington cleans yards after photos highlight dirt. Private Charles Gilbert, U.S. Marines, hikes to new duty station with Legion posts aiding. Sergeant John Wolf’s death prompts New York help for his widow. The Thirty-Fifth Division reunion linked to Kansas City meet. Acer Yakima Valley polo league claimed as newly organized by American Legion.
Badgitis and a Divorce Joke Parade
A collection of quips and cartoons from newspapers including a joke about badgitis where a husband forgets his duties after meetings for public welfare. Other snippets amuse with editorials about origination of phrases and a wedding joke from the Richmond Times-Dispatch style.
Disappointing dialogue and a grim undertaker tease
A brief comic strip style exchange shows Mrs. Torkins pressing Charley on understanding relative matters while a doctor jokes about prolonging life with stimulants. A punch line involves life insurance and impending cremation fees as the couple squabbles. The final frame offers a judge’s punchy observation on a wife admiring a gown while the husband grows impatient.
A Poor Kind of Pleasure and Courtesy on the Road
A fragmented humor piece presents snippets from comic dialogues about marriage, weather, and social behavior. The sketches parody relationships and daily life with banter on engagements, proposals, politeness, and changing moods.
Paul and the Silversmiths at Ephesus Lesson
Improved Unio n International lesson summary outlines Paul teachings in Ephesus. It details his approach in the Jewish synagogue and Tyrannus school, miracles through handkerchiefs and aprons, a awakening of believers, burning of magical books valued at about 12000 dollars, and the uproar caused by Demetrius the silversmith and the town clerk's calming speech.
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John
Paul
Christ
Paw
Boston
Ephesus
Demetri
Delatry
Demetring
Diana
Eiphexians
Pant
Canuar
Shibboleth Passage Recited Amid Prankish Speech Test
Fragmentary OCR notes recount the Shibboleth scene where Gileadites test Ephraimites at the Jordan. Captured fugitives are asked to pronounce a word, their failure leads to their identification and capture. a count of twelve or more appears in the garbled record.
Sappho Reincarnated in a New York Girl
Juanita Clivette of New York claims she is the reincarnation of Sappho. At age six she told her mother she found herself, and by fourteen she has written thousands of lyrics and painted canvases. Her father ran a curio shop and has worked as actor, magician, newspaper man, and artist.
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Juanita Clivette
New York
Sappho
Juanita
Reopens His Church After Five Years of War Closure
Rev James Dickle, pastor of the American church in Berlin since 1894, reopening the church August 14 after a five year shutdown due to World War. An aside explains daily air needs and the importance of ventilation for a steady supply of fresh air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dickle
Berlin
British Yawn Calms Poles in Silenia Mob
A Berlin correspondent reports a British force entering Mystowice upper Silenia at night to restore order. By 2 o clock this morning a deputation demanded British support against Germans, but an officer’s sleepy yawn in the street calmed the crowd and prompted a brief speech. The scene impressed local Poles and a clerk called Headly noted he must return to bed.
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London
Mystowice
Upper Silenia
Berlin
London Daily
Expeew
Phraes
Duke of Devonshire
Polen
Woman Gate Verdict in Tron River Suit
A court case in Tron River Mich has awarded 4000 to a plaintiff in a dispute involving a dog and the defendant Harey Dutt. The ruling addresses the financial responsibility and related claims arising from the incident, with the decision under appeal pending.
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Tron River
Mich
Giroult
Harey Dutt
Dutt
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American ‘Legion
Hla Devaringas
Americam Lawn Berview
ELS Hawks
Massachusetts Department of the American Legion
Service Organization
Drumright
Oklo
Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Waltburg
Waxh
Saudel, W. Southard
Natches, Wash
Sayleasville
Rhode Taland
Young War Veterans of
Oklahoma
State Department
John Broadhead Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Margaret Powell
Cedar Rapids
Argonne
Des Moines
Wallace
George N. Brown
Endicott
N. C
Mr. Brown
America
American Legion of North Carolina
Pittsburg
P. C. More
Albany
N.C
Albany Legion
Kansas City Flying Club
Lloyd's of London
Velmar
Cole
Binghamton
N. Y
Zillah
Wash
San Francisco
St. Paul
Charles Gilbert
U. 5S
Battle Mountain
Ney
Sergt
John Wolf
Coblenz
Monty
Legionnaires
Ffth
A. B. Fy
National Guard
Minsour
National Army
Kansan City
National Convention of the American Legion
Acer
American 1
Youkhna Valley
Mr. Godspur
Noah
Birmingham Age- Herald
Jack
Richmond Times
Charley
Harold
Chugging
Mr. Chaggins
Verbin
Penny
Rev
P. B. Fitewater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Ston
Leahon
Golden Tex
Atey
Ferend
Minin
Silver Aunts
Pee Wemenn
Ypres
Mae
Flinders
American Red Cross
Belgium
Chicago
Washington
Lloyd George
Loyd George
Scotland
Blatecastie
Duke of Atholl
Silenia
Minould
Sad
Suri
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