Polly Hopkins and Evelyn Robertson Plot in Silent City
Polly Hopkins navigates fear and loyalty in the Silent City squatter settlement as Evelyn Robertson urges her to help obtain money and arrange a secret marriage while threats from Marcus MacKenzie loom and Polly clings to her baby brother Jerry and her father Daddy Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Hopkins
MacKensie
Evelyn
Robertaont
Indy
Polly
Jerry
Hite
Evelyn Robertson
MavKellie's
Sho
Che
Mra. Robertson
Bennett
Pan
Bob
Henscent
Over
Pallyop
Oscar
Milas
Patty
Omecar Bennett
Marcus MacKenzie
Draeger
Marc MacKensie
Jeremiah Hopkina
Larry Bebop
Murenn MacKenzie
Larry Bishop
Hopking
Ahe
Marc'e Deane
Silent
Licart
Potlyop
Folka
Ake
Granny Hope
Beree
Chapter Iv Whack Pallyop and Granny Hope Meet
In a lakeside tale scene Granny Hope nourishes Jeremiah and Jerry at home while Mae Knox keeps villagers uneasy. Evelyn delivers a tense milk payment demand to farmer Dennett, who suspects her mission and awaits her next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granny Hope
Jerry Ott
Jeremiah
Mae Keoxte
Lakeside
Jerry
Larry
Mutlnpal
Bennett Farm
Evelyn
Dennett
Luke Fought His Own War Heroic American Ace Dies in 1918
The story recalls Lt. Luke’s death near Morvoux in autumn 1918 after a forced landing. Sister Anna Maria Luke now cheers from Phoenix hospital and keeps his memory alive at the American Legion post named for him. Luke earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre and was famed for downing three German balloons and bombing enemy batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Luke
Ives
Tle
Anna Maria Luke
Phoenix
Anna
American Legion Post
Juke
Htation Croce di Guerre
Ding
Lnte
A. P
Setion
Morvoux
The Typical Yank Fighter and the Ideal American Soldier
Nebraska man Sergeant Wilton Mettlen becomes the mock model of the typical fighting man in a government photo mission. Officials sought precise traits height weight hair eye color and age to fit an ideal image.
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States
Wilton Mettlen
Omaha
Io Ngine
Algnal Corym
Mortlen
Nebraska University
American Legion
Sixteenth Infantry
Weithet
Do Witton
Legion Wins Court Battle Over Labor Allegations
The American Legion won by default in a Nebraska case against Proncis H. Shoemaker of Omaha. Damages awarded after Shoemaker accused the Legion of being subsidized by big interests and opposed to organized labor. He had called the Legion a organization of truined murderers. The Legion also filed indictments against two editors of the Illinois Staats Zeitung for an editorial defaming service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brat
Stever
Stemaine
American Legion
Legion
Proncis H. Shoemaker
Omaha
Neb
Orz
Leelon
Nebraska
Tihnols Staats Ze
Chinese American Legionman Marty Wong Ti Hero of New York
Marty Wong Ti a Seventy seventh division veteran and one of three American born Chinese servicemen to lead fundraising for a lean-to at Adirondack veterans camp. He serves on the American Legion John Purroy Mitchell post executive committee as Chinatown veterans join Legion efforts and aid in “detectives” style rounds to locate deserters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
New York
Marty Wong Ti
Chiron
John Purroy Mitchel
American Legion
Veterans’ Mountain Camp
Adirondacks
Peace Arch memorial marks centennial of Canada United States ties
The Peace Arch at Blaine Washington symbolized a century of friendship between Canada and the United States. Royal Legion members, in uniform, helped unveil the arch and reinforce bonds forged during shared history and joint resistance to common foes. The arch bears the inscription Children of Common Mother, underscoring ties among England and its two American nations.
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Canadian
Blaine
Wash
Canada
United States
Armerican Legionnaires
Peace Arch
Honda
Commons
England
Carrying On With the American Legion
Chancellor Avert urges Nebranks University students to join the Legion for institutional honor and national perpetuity. The Society of Military and Naval Criteria of the World War forms in New York to become a nationwide hereditary organization. American Legion opposition to Japanese influx on newly opened farm land is noted in central Oregon. Hospital mental disorders afflict nearly one third of U S war hospital cases, per the Legion report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebranks University
Legion
Avert
Society of Military and Naval Criterra
New York
Statn Plone
American Legion of
Central
Oregon
George Shima
America
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Grace Miller White
Little, Brown & Co
Fatent
Aguattar
Yamal Derry
Granny High
Far Bennett
Viet
Hveirn
Thee
Pollyop
Robertson
Dolly
Kyelyn
Bien
Granny
Hubert
Potl
Stevlf
Linp
Aera
Jeremiiah
Araeger
Oncar
Tin
Luke
Hospitala
William Mettlen
National Organization
Harry Wong Ti
Legion Man
China
Racine
Wie
Washington State Association
New York City
Washington State
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