Joplin Man Waldo Hatler Receives War Medals
Serge M Waldo Hatler of Joplin Missouri earned Italy s croce di guerra for bravery in France by swimming the Meuse under fire after a comrade fell. He landed at Charlemagne and explored positions, then returned with crucial information for the American command. He later met Gen Armando Diaz and received the Italian decoration in a Joplin ceremony, also wearing the American Medal of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre.
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France
Serri
M. Waldo Hatier
Joplin
Meuse
Qarmannes
Italy
Aatler
Armando Diaz
American Legion
Kansas City
National Forty and Eight official titled in wartime role
GC. B. Cronkite of Los Angeles, formerly first lieutenant in the 322nd field signal battalion, holds the vice president post of the Forty and Eight, a Legion roughhouse club named after boxcars for 49 men or eight horses.
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Cronkite
Los Angeles
Legion Roughhouse Club
A.ef Pastols
Legion
GC. B. Cronkite
Cal
Leutenant
Queen of the Canal Zone crowns Viola Bissell
Miss Viola Bissell won the Queen of the Canal Zone contest with 1 307 900 votes. Sponsored by the American Legion Department of Panama the award lauded her as tall blonde athletic and embodying true American type.
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Viola Grauett
American Legion Department of Panama
The
Canal Zone
American Legion
Department of
Young recruit fails geography in officers’ exam
An aspiring officer trainee, praised as a good soldier but weak in studies, stumbled through the exam and faced the blunt rebuke of an officer who exclaimed that the man could not even say where his country is, amid a stinging aside from the American Legion Weekly.
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American Legion “Weekly
Hart McPherson National Cemetery and World War Dead
Middle West National Cemetery lies on the Platte river prairie in Nebraska as the region’s only national burial ground. Fort McPherson post of the American Legion recently interred 15 World War dead from France, with the Unknown grave marked by a solitary sword. The American Legion weekly notes the Veterans Bureau’s expanded role and about 18,000 insurance and compensation checks totaling around $550,000 were mailed in a month to service members and dependents in 70 foreign countries including Estonia, Morocco, Korea, and others.
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Middle West National Cemetery
Platte River
Nebraska
Middle West
Hart McPherson
Plains
France
Fort McPherson
American Legion
Veterans’ Bureau
United States Veterans’ Bureau
America
Aiga
Esthenia
Morocco
Korea
Annapolis Naval Academy
Martin Ansarge
New York
United States
Fraile Trevilla Holley
College
City of
Harvard University
House Plan Details With Large Living Room and Workshop Space
A residence layout features metal lath reinforced walls for durability and a direct to stud application. A single heavy arched door opens to a vestibule and a spacious living room with a fireplace. The second floor holds three well sized bedrooms with cross ventilation and sizable dimensions across rooms.
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Coinsists
Beitle
Minister Is Post Leader Rev H G Scoggins Heads Strong Legion
Rev H G Scoggins, a former buck private and truck driver, leads the Moran Texas American Legion post. Under his guidance the county Legion boasts about 99 percent membership of possible ex-soldiers, despite the area having no commissioned World War officers.
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H. G. Scoggins
Buck
Strong American Legion Organization
Texas
Rhode Island
Ordnance
Legion
Moran
HG Scogrins
Mulvaney
Chair for the Commander
A reed chair arched for six men adorns Commander Tranford MacNider's office. The gift from the Department of the Philippines is Moro chieftain style, built with bright colors and split bamboo.
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MacNider
Department of the Phillippines
Tranford MacNider
American Legion
Department of the Philippines
English Design Homes Feature Bright Six Room Layouts
Article highlights Stugco home plans in the English design style with six large rooms, sun parlor, glass doors, and ample light. Describes living room vestibule, a den, breakfast passage, and tropical woven chairs. Includes a note on a naval academy appointment defended as justice for colored servicemen.
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Fargé
Improved Roads Steady War Surplus Sent Across States
A wartime supply effort from the Bureau of Public Roads coordinated by the State Department delivers surplus materials to states. The program includes wheat, paving materials, steel staples, concrete mesh, and tools for highway work, with shipments distributed to New York and nearby areas.
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Bureau of Public Roads
USAD
INORG
Carrying On With the American Legion
A wartime navy order stages scrap of North Sea sweepers as veterans receive Maryland benefits and overseas supplements. Hoosier Legionnaires survey 180000 veterans for disability, compensation, and Liberty bonds issues while a Detroit judge aids jobless soldiers. Paris and Elbe Tower dreams emerge for veterans. German bayonets become forest machinery, with Baltic states opposing detachable blades.
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North Sea
Beauty in Southern Woods by Bradford Torrey
A vivid natural scene describes green lizards on orange trees and wall crevices, with canopy birds and a tailed color change. The author maps surrounding hammock and pine woods, noting cardinal, Carolina wren, chickadee, bluebirds, warblers, and Maryland yellowthroat.
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Andie' Fairhawk
Nise
Pinery
Maryland
Bradford Torrey
Extensive Church Building Sparks Sharp Spending Rise
The Los Angeles Times notes in 1421 church construction outpaced all other building, nearly matching or exceeding prior years with the largest percentage increase. Theaters lagged behind while hospitals trailed churches in growth.
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Los Angeles Times
Ancient Nile culture and public health practices
A fragment describes a 9000 B C Nile valley civilization worshiping the scarab beetle. It notes the well of Joseph near the pyramid carved through 800 feet of rock and claims Hebrews founded real public health with Moses as a key hygienic figure.
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Valley of the Nile
Mud as a defect in education debate heats up city
A West Virginia editor reports rising concerns over mud obstructions at the transit hub and argues the greatest defect lies in the school system. The piece notes demands for better child welfare oversight and criticizes the road system and public accounts amid budget strains and priorities.
Gravel Roads Help Farmers in Massac County
Muddy weather does not hinder farmers in Massac County as gravel roads, grown yearly, offer a paid road to market. The gravel is sourced from nearby hills along the Ohio River and even mine waste is used. Wisconsin highway builders attend school to discuss improved road plans with state and local road officials, contractors, foremen, patrolmen, and rollers. Across the United States, at least 30 million people advocate for good roads. Scattering clover seed on old pastures without soil prep wastes money, while weeds drain fertility and moisture, hindering pasture growth.
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Maussac County
Massac County
Ohio River
Wisconsin
Allen's Foot-Ease for the Feet
An old agricultural trade note from Ohio farms references a product named Allen's Foot-Ease for the feet. The item lists buyers and sellers connected to the MASTERS FARM AGENCY in Cambridge and mentions care for feet as a farm welfare topic.
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Ohio Farms
Pacer Farie
Masters Farm Agency
Cambridge
Hit
Baked Monkey a Delicacy and Quirky City Tales
A garbled survey of Mexican game markets mentions monkeys and wild fowl for culinary use amid chaotic notes about weather and a Capitol basement flood. Intervening snippets reference barbers, a tavern at Oblong Center, and a mother correcting a boy, all presented as fragmentary anecdotes from a historical page.
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Mexico
Fores
Mexico Istatory
Vetoson
Oblong
Indy Barber
Indy Barbers
Kanaas City
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Stugco Home OF English Design
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Manila
Staten
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Deter
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Elffel Tower
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