Florida Legion Honors Lindsley Trophy Recipient
The Department of Florida Legion honors Lindsley for the second consecutive year with the Henry 3D Lindsley membership trophy. The award recognizes the highest percentage of member fees over the prior year, with a prize of $8.00. Details reference national headquarters and annual Recognition.
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Department of Florida Sre
Lindsley
American ‘Legion
Department of Florida
Fearon Thé
Grants of Relief for War Veterans Glimpse Congressional Funds
A report to National Commander James Drain details World War II veterans relief. Appropriations total 426,087,760 with 405,700,000 for the Tilted Statey Veterans bureau operations and 10 million for new hospital construction. Additional funds cover hospital enlargements, Walter Reed, Santa Monica, and compensation to about 6,000 veterans. Legislation supported by the Legion raises civil defense and training camp budgets, including Army 331,000,000 Navy 400,000,000 National Guard 32,038,460 and other lines, with increases over budget recommendations.
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Congress
James ‘A. Drain
John ‘Thomas Traylor
Legion
National Legislative Committee
Veterans’ Bureau
National Defense
Army
Navy
National Guard
Aviation
SSG
Kieitan
Bureau of the
Ofhers’ Reserve
Endowment Fund Drive Led by Legion and Red Cross
The American Legion and American Red Cross joint appeal seeks a 5 million dollar endowment to support war orphans and disabled children. John Bertan Payne chairs the national committee urging donations to fund foster home care and lasting aid for veterans' families.
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American Legion
John Bertan Payne
American Red Cross
Ehid
Elfire Progroh
Endowment
Wakewawee Lovers and Scopes Echo Through Time
A fragmentary page recalls Wakewawee’s moonlit banks and a broken vow, a roaming relative’s satirical jibe, and the era’s Scopes trial debate. The verse blends folklore, a caricature of a drunken trip, and comments on science versus evolution with a satirical news note.
Legion Worker Promoted to National Vice Commander
William Stern, national vice commander of the American Legion, has long served the organization since its inception. A North Dakota delegate since 1910, he helped organize the North Dakota department and Gilbert C. Grafton post at Fargo, later serving on key committees and leading Forty and Eight. Stern enlisted in the quartermaster corps in World War I and rose to lieutenant before discharge in 1911. Born in Fargo May 10 1880 he attended St John’s Military Academy Delafield Wisconsin and North Dakota Agricultural College.
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William Stern
American Legion
Legion Ais
St. Louis
Stern
North Dakota
Gilbert C. Grafton
Fargo
the Nations
Post
Department
Forty
Ign
Mr. Stern
Quartermaster Corps
Mr Stern
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
North Dakota Agricultural College
Local social notes from Marshallville and nearby towns
Community gossip lists visitors and travels in Marshallville Akron and surrounding areas. Names include Frank Freed Minta Welmer Nettie Prichard J H Houser E G Gensemer Perry Houser John Steele Daniel Ault Mandy Cox Alic Engleman Thad Sohmer May Cox and others with events in Akron Cuyahoga Falls Rittman and Chautauqua dates noted near late July and Memorial week.
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Buiss Mary Rofer
Orrville
Frank Freed
Minta Welmer
Wooster
Mis
Nettie Prichard
J H Houser
E. G Gensemer
Cuyahoga Falls
M K.kelser
Manila
Kent
Wm. Graf
Ohio
Michigan
John Steele
New York
Perry Houser
C Jennings
Russell Schaffer
Aum Seer
Akron
Russell Miller
Jacob Eckard
Thad Sohmer
Alliance
May Cox
Chautauqua
Marshallville
Evangelical
S. S
Zimmerman Woods
Johm Nolt
Christ Geiser
Bellaire
Mich
Good Citizens and the Legion’s Peace Time Service
Gilbert urges citizen duty and praises the American Legion for maintaining wartime resolve in peacetime. He argues veterans can stay active helpers of community, state, and nation, just as they were during 1917 18. Orton stresses soldier organizations’ value in peace and war.
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Ewion G Gilbert
Philippine Islands
Jemerica Orton
Ant
American Legion
Travel Committee Forms for Paris Legion Convention
James Drain announces a travel committee to arrange the 1927 or 1928 American Legion national convention in Paris. The panel includes John Wicker in Richmond and Alton T. Roberts in Marquette among others, tasked with transportation and travel plans and securing low steamship rates.
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Paris
France
American Legion
James—A. Drain
John & Wicker
Richmond
Alton T. Roberts
Briatal
R. Ly
Wade H. Philips
Lexington
M. CG
Albert ‘Greenlaw
Augusta
Samuel Reynolds
Omala
George Hatfield
San Francicco
Mr. Wicker
Rotten Junior Partner in Debt Crisis
A garbled telegram mentions repeated debt for ten months and refers to a senior partner lamenting losses. The text records distressed, incomplete phrases about production, numbers, and financial strain within a partner relationship.
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Wven
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CAA8
Wakewawee
Song
Willam G M
Adoo
Madod
Hollywood
William
Scopes
Tennessee
Herbert Carruth
Faty
Beatty
William Stennisge
Duatry
The
American Legion News Service
Acme-Biore
Daniel Ault
Marahallville
John Ault
Maple Grove
John Metz
Rittman
Bessie Leichty
Karl Rausch
Cleveland
C. J Rice
Dover
Charles Rausch
Mandy Cox
Otto
M Kisr
Alic Engleman
Medina County Savings & Loan Co
Wadsworth, Ohio
W. E. Pardee
Pan
W Albrecht
F. L. Lytle
John Kerch
Im H. Auck
Samuel Andrews
Hostetler & Uhl
White House Bakery
Rittman, Ohio
Detroit
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