Memorial Library system proposed in Virginia
A plan to fund Memorial Libraries as war memorials would empower county boards to levy up to two cents for erection and maintenance. Virginia would receive 500 dollars annually per locality, with larger towns allowed up to 5000 dollars. A state library board appropriation would finance a two year program, plus 2500 dollars yearly for a staffer to organize community library work. Richmond would transfer land for a state memorial hall costing up to 2 million dollars, backed by 250 thousand annually for two years and a 1,500 dollar deed-backed loan. The project includes an auditorium and memorial tablets, with ongoing funding through a long term plan. For details, write to W. Price, Adjutant, American Legion, 100 Mutual Building, Techmoor, Va.
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Department of Virginia
American Legion
Fat State
Mensaren
Tate I Ovary Board
Lbriry Board
Richmond
General Assembly
Price
America Legion
Mutual Build
Infantry Board Seeks Legion Ideas To Improve Service
Col. Farnworth, president of the Infantry Board, asks the American Legion for ideas to improve infantry service at Camp Benning Georgia. He notes veterans’ experience and urges members to send suggestions to the Infantry Board at Camp Benning for consideration. The board aims to unify regular army, National Guard, and Reserve personnel under a single infantry standard.
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Farnaworth
U.S
Infantry
Hoor
War Department
Camp Benning
Gabes
American Legion
Infantry Board
Cann Henning
Sory
Irmy
Benning
Reenter Army
National Guard
Reseree Corp
First Speech Cost Him Fifteen Dollars
Franklin Tyrier a National Dame inner of the American Legion recounted memories from military life and postwar events. He described return from France to a Quaker settlement near Philadelphia and his impressions of victory loan meetings, preemption debates, and social responses to the era.
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Franklin Tyrier
American Legion
Jeredithy
Whetty
Phildelphia
Bartsiasn
Rloe
Mary Ann and the Worthens Debt Payment Tale
Mary Ann confronts a heavy debt load left by her father as she tracks payments from creditors. Her bold choice to barter a pumpkin for part settlement lands her in a tense encounter with Jan Worthens, the county’s wealthiest debtor, revealing the town’s social dynamics and Mary Ann's resolve to resolve the old accounts.
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McClure
Syngiats
Mary Ann
Hin
Hiram
Jones
Mary Aon
Asvets
Sun Worthens
bin Tan
Jan Worthens
Mr. Worthens
Jen Worthen
Worthens
Mars Ann
Dick Worthens
Dian
It Looked Like a Battlefield in Europe War Memory
A fragment recalls a Pennsylvania hotel stay and a stable scene near dawn. The narrator describes a pile of dead rats with RAT-SNAP and likens the sight to a battlefield in Europe. The excerpt includes a quote from Mr. C Dunster and mentions C Murphy.
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Europe
Mr. C. Dunster
Pennsylvania
Fr 'C Murphy
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