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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
7
Humphrey women organize a local concert band. Community events include Drop County Corn and Egg show at Syracuse opera house December 11 and 12, and Farm Bureau meeting at Weeping Water Liberty Theatre December 12.
Frank H. McFarland, newly elected national vice commander of the American Legion, rose through Kansas organization roles including department commander. He led a drive that raised 100000 dollars for American Legion Children’s Billet No. 2 near Independence, Kansas, on a 388 acre tract donated by a citizen. A lawyer and former assistant U.S. district attorney for Kansas, McFarland served Capitol Post No 1 in Topeka and later moved to Washington, Kansas. He served in World War I as a private, later a first lieutenant, with the 130th Field Artillery, and is a University of Kansas alumnus.
A resolution by the Oklahoma executive committee of the American Legion protests a plan by the U S veterans bureau to transfer many patients from the Soldiers Tubercular Sanitarium at Sulphur. The Legion argues patients should stay in Oklahoma where facilities are strong and access to families remains easy, opposing moves to Arizona or New Mexico hospitals.
The 1925 American Legion national convention in Omaha aims to be the greatest in American history. The executive committee pledges a grand program with royal guests, top U.S. military leaders, and famed racehorses like Epinard Black Gold and Zev as part of the entertainment lineup. Everett Buckingham, committee chair, emphasizes Omaha’s goal to surpass all prior conventions.
A resolution at the New Hampshire department convention at Weirs proposes a memorial to World War dead be built on the approach to the memorial bridge at Portsmouth. The State department of the Legion will seek funding in the next general court session.
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