Congressmen Form Body of Veterans in 67th Congress
Veterans from World War I, Civil War, and Spanish American War in Congress formed The Veterans Association of the Sixty-seventh Congress at a University Club dinner in Washington. Roy G. Fitzgerald was named president and John E. Rankin secretary as John Thomas Taylor outlined American Legion legislative goals on consolidation, vocational training, hospitalization, and emergency officer retirement bills.
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America
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Washington
University Club
Veterans’ Association
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Congressional Veterans
American Legion
Henry Z. Osborne
California
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Ohio
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee of the Legion
Taylor
Legion
War on Legions Bachelors in Kansas Sparks Campaign
Kansas women declare war on unattached men with a nationwide style campaign led by Miss McCoy Topeka secretary of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. The effort argues every Legion group should include an Auxiliary to provide home cooking club house care and service.
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Kansas
Sunflower State
Miss McCoy
Topeka
The
Women's’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Legion
Legion Flag to Fly in Historic New Orleans Quarter
The American Legion will occupy a building in the old French quarter for four years, housing its auditorium offices and clubrooms. It will host Louisiana department headquarters the Legion employment and service bureau local posts the Women's Auxiliary and the Pelicanaire official organ. The site sits near the Spanish Cabildo and recalls flags from Spanish French British and Confederate eras.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Legion
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana’ Department
Legion Employment and Service Bureau
Women’s Auxiliary
Pelicanaire
Louisiana Department
Rise of a Legion Leader From Army to Civil Service Fame
Colonel Edward H. Shaughnessy, once a Chicago rail worker and wartime transportation chief, rose from a $25,000 post to a $5,000 yearly role after joining Fidelity Post of the American Legion in New York. Postwar, he credited Will Hays with the shift to a lower paid post as postmaster general, and his decorated service included the Distinguished Service Medal for service in France during World War I.
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Edward H. Shaughnessy
Fidelity Post
American Legion
New York City
Shaughnessy
Will Hays
American Petroleum Institute
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Thirteenth Engineers
George van Horn Moseley
Transportation Corps
Chateau- Thierry
Is-sur-Tille
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Pershing
Made Legion Drive Success In New Orleans Daredevil Feat
Anthony Kelley, discharged Navy, led Rollin post American Legion recruitment in New Orleans by climbing a flag pole at city hall and hanging from a building coping. Film crews filmed the stunt as the drive succeeded. Kelley served as ensign, later Merchant Marine officer, with wartime service dating from age fifteen.
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Anthony Kelley
Navy
New Orleans
Crow’s Nest
Rollin Post
American Legion
Kelley
Legion
Merchant Marine
Montana Ex-Service Men Poll Tax Exemption Law
backed by the American Legion the legislature passed a law in Montana registering all ex-service men of all wars and exempting them from poll tax payments. Each county assessor must record veterans names and organizations within the county. Other states are expected to enact similar measures soon.
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Gate
Buffalo
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co
David City
Fairbury
Ashland
Burning
York
Peneese
Steele City
Howe
Gilead
Jansen
Peru
Washington
Meleline
Capitol Commission
Lincoln
Union Pacific
Italy
Goshen Hole
Wyoming
Lyman
Board of Supervisors
Gage County
Featrice
Aviation Association
Crete
Elole
Henry Johnson
Robert Marsh
Rumboldt
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Lincoln Gas and Electric Company
Cass County
Berneston
Big Blue River
State Board of Health
Grand Island
Crookston
Cherry County
Wakefield
Hebron
Nellie Williams
State Livestock Bureau
Lancaster
Kearney
Saunders
United States Labor Board
Burlington
W. F. Thiehol
Lines West
State Board of Control
Fremont
Commercial Club
American Legion
Montana
First English newspaper founder Nathaniel Butter
Notable date marks 299 years since birth of English journalism. London created the first English newspaper in 1622 by Nathaniel Butter with Weekly Newes. The piece notes earlier continental newsletters, Rome’s Aca Diurna, and shifts in printing, editors, and newsboys.
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London
Nathaniel Butter
Peking
Ancent
Rome
Aca Diurna
Appian
Forum
Bambinus Ruticus
Coliseum
America
Austria
Iif
England
Nathaniel Butters
Burtter
Newes
London Museum
Mercury
Butter
Prince Rupert
Eskimo Opera Waddiars staged in Copenhagen scene
An Eskimo troupe aided Danish premiere of Waddiars by Hakon Boerresen, using Greenlandic vocal remnants. Eskimo performers helped with stage pictures and wore native costumes, linking Arctic imagery to exotic global settings and hinting at future Tibet or Everest inspired scenes.
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Copenhagen
Eoers
Waddiars
Hakon Boerresen
IMS
Denmark
Greenland
India
Drury Lane
Tibet
Conscienceless Turks at Constantinople Ball Raid Warehouses
Report notes Turkish attendees at a Constantinople ball wearing American pajamas. Investigators found the Turkish raid on warehouses storing garments bound for Armenians, awaiting distribution after shipment from the United States.
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Constantinople
Trg
The Gentle Ego and the Ablest Document Hint
A dialogue with Senator Sorghant about a pivotal document. The senator teases its public release, saying the typist has the item and it will be issued tomorrow. The fragment hints at a significant historical document awaiting disclosure.
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Senator Sorghant
Iowa History and the Hawk Eye State
The article chronicles Iowa origins from Native names to Marquette Joliet and Du Bouque, its transfer from France to the United States, territorial changes, and its 1846 statehood. It notes 56,147 square miles, 13 electoral votes, and the nickname Hawk Eye State from 1888 literary origins.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Julian Dubuque
Louisiana Purchase
United States
France
Louisiana Territory
Missouri Territory
Michigan Territory
Wisconsin Territory
Iowa Territory
Burlington
Dubuque
James Edwards
Hawkeye
David Rover
Wisconsin History: from French Traders to Statehood
A compact survey traces Wisconsin’s early exploration and settlement from Jean Nicolles in 1634 and Marquette to Joliet, La Salle, and fur traders. It covers British loyalties, 1783 and 1816 authority, Black Hawk war, territorial shifts, German and Scandinavian immigration, and statehood in 1848 with 56,066 square miles, thirteen electoral votes, and the Badger State nickname.
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Wisconsin
Jean Nicolles
Champlain
Green Bay
Chicago
Ashland
Joliet
Father Marquette
la Salle
Ois
Mississippi
Daniel du Luth
Duluth
Minn
United States
New England
Northwest Territory
Michigan Territory
Illinois Territory
Michigan
Wisconsin Territory
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Badger
Had a Long Family Tree at Hatfield Desk
A forty two foot genealogical tree drawn for Elizabeth traces her descent to Adam. The modern section shows coats of arms with birth and death dates. Elizabeth’s arms fill one side. the other side remains blank for her consort’s arms.
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Elizabeth
Hatfield
Adam
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