States list wartime bonuses and land schemes nationwide
The Marine Corps office distributes a pamphlet detailing state level bonus offers and land settlement programs for ex servicemen. States like California, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, New York, and Wyoming show varied cash bonuses loans and educational aids, with many measures pending or subject to voter approval in 1922.
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Buddy
Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Maynard Building
Alabama
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
U.S
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Towa
Kansas
Kentucky
State University
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missourl
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Soldiers’ Settlement ‘Board
U. S
New York
Ficht
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Ennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Soldier Settlement Board
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Soldier Settlement Commission
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Vets Informed No Refunds If Training Fails
Claude H. Anderson head of the rehabilitation division of the U S Veterans bureau in the Pacific Northwest told vocational training supervisors in Washington Oregon and Idaho that the law does not provide refunds to veterans if a homesteader cannot meet the program requirements due to health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude H. Anderson
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Jealousy and Marriage Troubles Across a Seattle Star Page
A reader letter from Cynthia Grey recounts a troubled marriage marked by jealousy and loneliness after early wedlock. Experts explain jealousy as a neurosis and advise medical input while noting paternal and child dynamics and the couple’s prospects for happiness. A Marine’s Wife column answers about allotments and pay, stating wives do not receive government allotments unless voluntary, with sergeant pay at 354 a month plus tropical or specialty increases. The piece ends with a Q&A about the Bible’s shortest chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grey
Tropics
Women Voters End Convention with Re elected Leaders
Mrs. W. S. Griswold of Seattle was re elected president of the League of Women Voters at the close of the second annual convention at the Hotel Washington. Officers reelected include Mrs Rh B Hawwell Seattle vice president and Mrs William H Belote Bellevue secretary with other district directors named. Twenty three resolutions on laws and institutions for women and children were adopted and an opposition to military training in schools was urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Griswold
Seattle
League of Women Voters
Washington
Rh. B. Hawwell
William HB
Belote
Bellevue
Helen N. Stevens
N. 8. McCready
Snohomish
Overton G. Ellis
Tacoma
Mra. J. M. Simpson
Spokane
F. R. Harlow
Hremerton
William Goodyear
Pullman
Ground broken for Puyallup clinic and hospital project
Ground was to be broken Monday for a new $32,000 clinic and hospital in Puyallup financed by building contractor Edward Hamann. The hospital venture will be turned over to city doctors on a June 1 lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puyallup
Edward Hamann
Doctors of
City
Sumner High School Banquet Promoted by Beye Club
A son banquet is planned in Sumner on February 21 under the High School Beye club. Details indicate school program and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Beye’ Club
Toke Point Oyster Company Formed In Portland
Portland capitalized at 600000 dollars to launch the largest oyster producing enterprise on the Pacific coast. The Toke Point Oyster company filed articles of incorporation on Saturday with officers including prominent Portland businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Pacific Coast
Toke Point Oyster Company
Ita
Three Killed One Hurt After Auto Crash
In Baltimore yesterday a car struck an iron trolley pole, injuring one man who remained in a hospital today while three others died at the scene. The impact hurled the victims about 100 feet from the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Margne
Oyster company unites under new Pacific coast group
Claude B Starr as president William C Bristol as vice president and C C MecCulloch as treasurer headline the formation of a new corporation. The consolidated holdings lie on Willapa Bay Washington near Astoria and include 1169 acres of prime oyster beds plus docks warehouses boats and dredges at Tokeland Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Starr
William C. Bristol
C. C. MecCulloch
Willapa Bay
Washington
Astoria
Tokeland
Wash
Climbers Fail to Reach Mount Rainier Summit
Three mountaineers led by Charles Perry set out from Anvil Rock at 4 AM to ascend Mount Rainier via the summer trail. A blinding snowstorm struck after six hours, forcing them to abandon the ascent and retreat to base camp as winds rose and temperatures fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Valley
Wash
Mount Rainier
Charles TL. Perryman
Jean and
Jacques Landry
Jacques Bergue
Rock
Anvil Rock
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Colegrove
Egyptian Kitchen
Third Ave
Auto Kitchen
Pike and Broadway
Pike St
Cynthia Grey
George Washington
Seattle Star
Washington Bureau
New York Ave
D. C
Baby
Chehalis
Washington Co-Operative Egg and Poultry Association
Toledo Savings and Loan Association
Toledo
Centralia
Enoch Bagshaw
Department of Conservation and Development
White Bluffs
Hanford
R R. W. Uhlman
Wollochet
Gig Harbor
Valen H. Honeywell
Morton
Eatonville Dispatch
Harry Greene
Toke Point Company
Frederick
Frederick & Nelson Avenue and
Women’s Union Suits
Boys’ Union
Children’s Waist Union
Nelson
Aluminum
Jersey
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