Nebraska's 1924 boom drives state wide outlook
Bellevue marked 115 years while Bridgeport plans a public playground. Major events include a July state golf tournament near Omaha, a homecoming jubilee at Nelson, and a first class post office move at North Platte. Hog sales hit a record 100 million dollars. crops improve with rains. several communities advance schooling and land leases.
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Bellevue
Bridgeport
Nelson
North Platte
Lakoma Country Club
Omaha
Nebraska
Niobara
Northwest Service Electric Company
Salem
Charles B. Tower
Papillion
Union Pacific
Miles Ranch
Falls City
Ralph Price
Custer County
Broken Bow
Bellevue College
Vital Statistics Division
State Department of Public Welfare
Fairbury
A. M. Nelson
Valentine
Izaak Walton League
Cherry County
Carnival
Beatrice
Callio
Ralph Case
Walter Osterman
Cedar Bluffs
Platte River
San Francisco
William Brueggemann
Tilden
Neb
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fremont
The
Agricultural College
A. BE. Anderson
Cr. J. Mitchell
Roca
South Omaha
Lloyd Ruth
Minneapolis
Ethel L. Burnett
Fort Sheridan
Ruth
Frank Vinci
Missouri River
Omahian
Million in World War II fund exceeded for disabled veterans
The American Legion’s five million dollar endowment drive surpassed the one million mark as nine states met their quotas. Kentucky led oversubscriptions by 50 percent, with Tennessee and Arkansas close behind. North Dakota and South Dakota were early northern contributors, followed by North Carolina Utah Nevada. Avon Park Florida claimed a two hour triple of its quota, Tucson and University of Arizona students contributed, and veterans bureaus and local posts pledged support. Prominent governors and former governors joined state committees, with figures such as Franklin S. Billings John J. Blaine Alvin T. Fuller Albert C. Ritchie George Silzer Alfred E. Smith and others taking roles.
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Norvald Holmes
Omaha
Carl Brodrick
Fairfield
Albert Madison
Blue Vale
York
Dean C. E. Ashcraft
Nebraska Christian Endeavor Union
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
George Sill
Burwell
Missouri
Desoto
George Michaelson
Beatrice Chamber of Commerce
Beatrice
Lodgepole Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts
Ladies’ Aid
Bayard
Bridgeport
Scottsbluff
Price Current
Department of Commerce
Kearney
Lexington
North Platte
Chappell
Broadwater
Alda
August Heitman
Scribner
Adrian Titterington
Rock Island
Ill
Hastings
American League of Good Will
A. L. Sutton
Harry Lapidus
H. Malcolm Baldrige
Howard Kennedy
Madame Schumann-Heink
Big City
L. C. Langton
Redmond
Johnson County
Filley
Fremont
Dodge County
College of Agriculture
The
University At Lincoln
American Legion
James A. Crain
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
North Carolina
Utah
Nevada
Avon Park
Florida
George G. Baumgartner
Phoenix
Ariz
Tucson
Associated Federal
University of Arizona
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Minneapolis
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Excelsior Springs
Wmployees
Denver
Colo
Veterans’ Bureau
Wotan-Swank
Neoga
Massachusetts
Albert C. Ritchie
Legionnaire
Maryland
George S. Silzer
New Jersey
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Channing H. Cox
Frederick D. Gardner
Carey Hardee
A. H. Longino
Mississippi
Nathan L. Miller
David I. Walsh
Charles S. Whitman
Prisoner in Atlanta Writes Loyal American Legion Donation
A prisoner in the federal Atlanta, Georgia facility requested writing material and a Rhode Island bank check. He wrote a letter and enclosed a $15 check to the American Legion Endowment Fund, asking that the Rhode Island state quota be credited, and sent best wishes despite his inability to assist physically.
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Atlanta
Rhode Island
American Legion Endowment Fund
National
American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
Rifle Planting Daydreams From Wartime St Nazaire
Two weary stevedores pass time in St Nazaire recalling life after discharge. One wants his rifle most of all to plant it in the Sahara and wait for rain while rusting by the window, a sharp, darkly comic image from American Legion Weekly.
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St. Nazaire
American Legion Weekly
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L. Pet
Ewes
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
Mickie
Ony Genasty
SAAW
Coamauni
Western Newspaper Union
OUR
Atthew Speyer
Felix
Felix Featherhead
MR. Speyer
MR. Featherhead
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