Coolidge Hines meet to push veteran relief policy
President Coolidge and Gen Frank J Hines discuss expanding the veterans bureau program to aid disabled veterans and extend care next year. Hines reports on bureau activities and Harding policy while Brig Gen Sawyer remains head of the hospitalization board.
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Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Philippines
Army
Navy
Charles ©. Sawyer
Ohio
Marion
Hardings
Harding
Medical Reserve Corps
Federal Board For Hospitalization
Wrangell Island Deaths Rekindle Arctic Ownership Fight
News of the deaths of three Americans and one Canadian on Wrangell Island two years after Stefansson’s private expedition renews the dispute over sovereignty. Nations involved include the United States, Canada, England, Russia, and Japan with various claims and a stalled air base potential.
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Wrangell Island
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
United States
England
Russia
Japan
Stefansson
Arctic
Canada
Jamaica
Siberia
Lloyd George
Wrangell
Washington
State Department
Southern Society Plans Expanding Winter Activities in Washington
The Southern Society of Washington shapes a major winter program aimed at expanding membership and influence. Led by Charles A. Douglas, the group will host receptions for President Coolidge, Lloyd George, and South delegates to the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention, hoping to boost prominence and reach across the South and border states. Bascom Slemp and David H. Blair head key committees, with Helen Gardener and McChord in senior roles, assembling a strong governing roster.
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LANS
America
Southern Society of Washington
National Capital
Charles A. Douglas
Coolidge
Lloyd George
South
Washington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bascom Slemp
Society
Congress
Virginia
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
Civil Service
Helen H. Gardener
McChord
John Temple Graves
Travel to National Parks Surges in 1923 Across Major Parks
National Park Service estimates show 1923 visits rising above 1922 levels with totals near 1.5 million by year end. Rocky Mountain faces rainfall harms and July shortages, while Yellowstone Yosemite Glacier Mount Rainier Grand Canyon and Hawaii report increased attendance. North Rim doubles past year and Hawaii records 84 482 visitors by August 15.
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Yellowstone
Yosemite
Glacier
Rocky Mountain
Front Range
Rockies
Denver
Mount Rainier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
North Rim
Hawaii National Park
Coolidges Fond of Plain Food in Early Boston Days
Boston readers recall President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge through waiter Mac at the Adams house. Their meals were simple with Special No 1 coffee muffins fruit for Mrs Coolidge and orange juice for him. He drank juice from a self squeezed orange and spoke little at meals.
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Boston
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Frank W. Stearns
Mac
Mrs. Coolidge
McKeoughs
Calvin Woolidge
White House
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Southern Society
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District of Columbia
Maryland
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