American Legion news items span aid to members and May gatherings
The American Legion posts across multiple states report acts of service, from a Swedish stranger returning a lost $600 purse for C H Ellis to plans for April and May meetings in Texas Maryland Nebraska Massachusetts and Virginia. Auxiliary fundraisers net hundreds, while wounded veterans push for shelters and the creed of disabled men gains attention.
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God and Country
Madigan Square Garden
New York City
American Legion
Legion
Texas
Maryland
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Virginia
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Walter Reed Post
Washington, D. C
Harding
Minneapolis
Minn
Women’s Auxiliary of the
Hennepin County
Will Prohibit Shipments of Arms to Foreigners
Washington reports the state department asks Congress to amend the 1912 act to bar shipments of arms and munitions to any country where they might fuel revolutions. The Senate foreign relations committee reviewed the request aimed chiefly at stopping munitions to China and urged early enactment. Some powers seek a broader ban, but committee members said Ireland’s situation is not a factor.
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Washington
Congress
State Department
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Ireland
Record Chevrolet surpasses mileage milestones over six years
R E Wiley, Hartford Talcott Company representative, owns a 1914 Chevrolet Four-Ninety touring car that has averaged 27 000 miles per year for six consecutive years. He has logged well over 160 000 miles, traveling to Philadelphia Buffalo and Canada. The car remains largely original with minimal fuel costs and is praised as an ideal travel car for business and recreation across diverse roads and weather.
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R. E. Wiley
Talcott Company
Hartford
Conn
Chevrolet
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Canada
Wiley
Governor Carey Elected Leader of Public Land States League
In Cheyenne Wyoming on April 19 Governor Carey was elected president of the League of Public Land States a group of western state chief executives from Montana Wyoming New Mexico Colorado Arizona Utah Idaho Washington Oregon Nevada and California The league seeks congressional action to cede public lands to western states succeeding Governor Larrazolo of New Mexico who resigned at the end of his term in January
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Carey
League of Public Land States
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Oreon
Nevada
California
Larrazolo
Wyoming's woman lawyer wins her first case in court
Casper April 19 Miss Laura Bicknell the first woman attorney in court appeared for the firm Hagens and Murane as plaintiff's representative in a civil action in a justice of the peace court. She won the case for Webel Commercial company against 8 A Myers for 50.44 and costs, Judge W E Tubbs presiding awarded the total.
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Casper, Wyo
Laura Bicknell
Hagens and Murane
Justice of Peace Court
Webel Commercial Company
Webel Company
8. A. Myers
W. E. Tubbs
Printers Mistakes Are Few When They Are Many
A reflective, humorous meditation on human error across trades. It contrasts printer mistakes with those of plumbers lawyers doctors and preachers, and urges resilience with Emerson advice to finish each day well. The note closes with hopeful guidance about tomorrow being new.
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Emerson
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Department of the American Legion
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