American Legion News and Labor Endorsements
The Towa Federation of Labor unanimously endorses the American Legion and leaders will speak at the Iowa Legion convention in Spirit Lake next fall. The endorsement followed a Burlington labor convention where J C Lewis urged union support for the Legion until proven otherwise.
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Towa Federation of Labor
American Legion
Iowa Legion
Spirit Lake
Burlington
J. C. Lewis
Stanford MacNider
Legion
Mr. Lewis
Fred Canfield
Earl Willey
Iown Federation
Education for American Children in China and Japan Promoted
The Peking post of the American Legion seeks aid from ex service men to provide proper schooling for American children in China and Japan. The American Chamber of Commerce and other groups back the project, arguing native facilities lag behind American funded evangelical medical and educational work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Peking
American Legion
Legion National
American Chamber of Commerce
Legion Gaen
American Legion push backs education funding for Chinese American children
The article notes 48,500 Americans in China with 2400 children and requests a yearly $50 grant for each child education in schools under American auspices. It mentions the Peking Legion post founded in 1920 with 101 World War I veterans and includes anecdotes of Legion volunteers aiding fires and public safety, plus probes into Kilpatrick case in Moscow and relief actions in Alpine Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tienstin
Peking
Peking Legion Post
Legion Post
Legion and Auxiliary Forms Expand After May Week
Twenty new Legion posts and sixty nine Auxiliary units were formed in the week ending May 28. Senator Frank Willis of Ohio urges legislating for Americans, praising the idea as WW Galbraith Jr of the American Legion backs it. A warrant targets Roger Baldwin of the ACLU for allegedly advocating revolution in Cincinnati. Frontenac Kansas hosts twenty two nationalities in a small town, with Legion posts reflecting diverse backgrounds and most members linked to United Mine Workers in nearby Pittsburg Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Frank Willis
Ohio
United States Senate
Friends
Willis
WW. Galbraith, Jr
The
Andean Legion
Senate
Friends of
Roger Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
Milton B. Campbell
Cincinnati
Baldwin
Frontenac
Kansas
Woman's Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
American bidder seeks Hindenburg statue sale profits
An American offered 30 000 marks to buy the Hindenburg wooden statue. He plans to ship it to America and let Americans drive nails in it for twenty five cents per nail. Proceeds would be split with half to the American Legion and half to the Red Cross.
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America
Legionnaires canvass Chicago to aid veterans in claims
The American Legion posts conduct a citywide house to house canvass to locate veterans whose government compensation claims have not been settled. A Ti nois membership drive reports 0,000 new members in the first four months of 102L versus the prior year.
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American Legion
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Legion
Congress
War Risk Bureau
Harding
Special Commission On
Veteran's Affairs
Charles G. Dawes
House of Representatives
Veteran's Bureau
Galbreath
Veteran’s Bureau
Chicago
Tinois
Jefferson Post Handicap at Churchill Downs on Derby Day
The feature race on Derby Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky was the Jefferson Post Handicap named to honor Jefferson Post of the American Legion.
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Jefferson Post
Chutchill Downs
Louisville
Jefferson Post of the
American Legion
Sidney Artists Helped At Sedgwick Legion Show
Sidney cast members and local helpers joined the Chappell band for a Sedgwick Legion show last Thursday. Fifteen cars carried performers to the town, where Miss TaRue Haywood sang Bright Eyes and Margie Wallick danced with Leon Spitler. the audience filled the theatre as Shunk provided humorous relief.
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Chappell Band
Sedgwick
Legion
Sidney
TaRue Haywood
Margie Wallick
Mr. Shunk
Leon Spitler
Miss Wallick
Chappell
Chappell Egister
They Come Home 5000 Soldiers of AEF Return to New York
Five thousand AEF soldiers returned home to New York harbor under a half mast flag. They marched past Bartholdi statue in a somber review, their flag-draped coffins forming a silent vigil. The piece honors the dead, recalls Memorial Day vows, and urges renewed national purpose and liberty.
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New York
Bartholdi
A. EB. F
America
Suresnes
United States
The Good American Loyalty Creed for Youth
A historic pledge declares loyalty to family, school, town, state, country, and humanity. It urges obedience to parents and school rules, aiding community strength, honoring laws and courts, and fostering friendly international relations for all people.
Loyalty and Duty United in Humanity Quote
A quoted maxim from BR. Robertson stresses loyalty first to humanity over family school town state and country. The message warns loyalty to humanity underpins allegiance to all other duties and laws of the good American.
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BR. Robertson
Like Him Over There Arent Don Allison Forefront Objector
A relative reports Don Allison, famed World War I conscientious objector, is in Germany planning a battlefield tour. She says he is admired there for opposing U S government policy and may later be viewed as a martyr. Allison was released from Fort Leavenworth last summer and is linked with the American Friends service relief commission in Berlin.
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Arent
Don Allison
Germany
Allison
United States
Fort Leavenworth
American Friends Society Relief Commission
Berlin
Auto Crash Injures Mr and Mrs Grant Dishman and Son
Mr and Mrs Dishman and their son from Merna were driving toward Anselmo in a Ford when they swerved to allow another car to pass. They struck sand, the car overturned, rear wheels tore off, and the back rammed into a sand bank. Mrs Dishman suffered a badly injured hip while the son injured his right hand.
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Grant Dishman
Merna
Anselmo
Crutches Used After Car Collision at Filling Station
Crutches wearing salesman Tom Gee of Lowry and Henry garage suffered a serious knee injury when Link Lowry backed a car into Gee as he prepared to demonstrate a Dodge at a filling station. Gee, whose right knee was crushed between rear springs, was taken to Slagle clinic for dressing.
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Tom Gee
Lowry & Henry
Link Lowry
Jee
Slagle Clinic
Alkince
Just One Thing After Another
In a Dondon Express style critique the piece traces medical fads from appendix removal to denture myths and the belief in the dead tooth as a fountain of longevity. It then shifts to spine nerve centers, osteopathy, and massage as purported cures, reflecting eras of sensational health quackery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dondon Express
Boy riders join Floyd Chamberlain on outing
Floyd Chamberlain with Ned Quins and Paul Todd set out last Tuesday for an unspecified trip with the latter boys going along for the ride to the W. E.
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Floyd Chamberlain
Ned Quins
Paul Todd
W. E
Truck overturns in creek near oats pickup
In Bushnell Record style a load of oats bound for Mr. S. from Schwenck meets Fred Jones at a creek bridge. A horse shies as a truck nears, the vehicle strikes the horse’s leg, swerves and capsizes in the stream. All three boys escape serious injury and are reported safe.
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Schwenck Place
Mr. S
Fred Jones
Creek Bridge
Bushnell
Saloon in Chicago Turned Over to Evicted Family
At the owner's request and with a federal judge's consent, a Chicago saloon closed for violation of the prohibition law was turned over to a low income family of ten children who had been evicted from their home due to unpaid installments.
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Chicago
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Pershing
Lincoln
Chancellor Avery
University of Nebraska
Earl Cline
Omar Tandy
Seventh Army Corps
Robert G. Simmons
National Guard
Citizens
Lershing
Warner
Sevond
Pershing and
Bundy
State Legion
Staniford
18Th Field Artillery
A. BE. F
France
Glen Rock
Emmet Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Ala
Department of Poland
Tatest
Moscow
Kilpatrick
Vn Red Cross
Crimea
Alpine
Texas
Big Bend
Legionnaires
Good Bank
Liberty State Bank
Sidney, Nebraska
F. N. Slawson
L. P. Hogue
Marius Christensen
W. E. Cunninghay, A. C
BUICK
Ebeon
Suc
Flint
Michigan
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Mich
Pioneer Builders
Hahler Garage
Lincoln Highway
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