Legion Help Secures Major WWI Veterans Benefits
The American Legion reports Congress has approved 46 million for hospitalized disabled ex servicemen and 120 million for veteran vocational training. The summary notes further gains include 90 million for the federal board’s education efforts and a 308 to 100 dollar monthly raise for students, plus travel and supply perks for disabled personnel and married veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
American Legion
Legion National
Thomas W. Miller
National Legislative Committee
Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Legion
Federal Board
Minneapolis
United States Public Health Service
Find Holiness in Forest
The article traces the ancient reverence for forests in the East, linking sacred groves to meditation and unity with nature. It cites Upanishads and Sakyamuni, noting Buddha’s life events and retreats among trees, streams, and mountains as foundations of a nature rooted spirituality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Far East
Satyakama
Bis Guru
Sakyamun
Buddha
Nirvane
Deer Forest
Bamboo Grove
Vulture Peak
Hamiltton Bell
Asia Magazine
Origin of the nautical term dead reckoning
A historical note explains the term dead reckoning in maritime navigation. It traces the origin to logkeeping sheets where latitude was shortened to Ded Lat, with Ded. Lat becoming dewd and evolving into the phrase describing a mariner's deduced position.
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Admiralty
High Seas
Christian Science Monitor
Chinese Peanuts and Shaotung as Major Peanut Districts
Shaotung stands as a leading peanut growing region in China. It produces about 500 million pounds annually and exports roughly 266 million pounds of shelled and unshelled peanuts. In 1918 China exported 40,000 tons of peanut oil worth $8 million, with about half sent to America. Domestic use across China is extensive for food and cooking, while peanut cake from oil extraction serves largely as animal feed.
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Shaotung
China
Europe
America
North
South
Wedgwood Becomes Buttons in Dublin Gossip Mock
The piece likens Wedgwood Bee to a London street urchin and the boy Buttons, noting his small height nearly five feet, slender frame, peach bloom cheeks, and comic eyes. It suggests a playful nickname and compares him to Peter Pan or Charlie Chaplin in a lively San Francisco Argonaut tone.
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Wedgwood Ban
Wedgwood Bev
M. P
Buttons
London
Wedgwood Bee
Peter Pan
Charlie Chaplin
San Francisco
Pathetic Dorset Speech Sparks Imagined Gun Tale
A fragmentary Tocqueville like remark recalls a Dorsetshire farmer’s reply to a British officer’s remark about guns. He says the guns are being tapped by a Drake’s dram, illustrating vivid country talk and patriotic imagination.
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Dorsetshire
Fisndées
Return of Chinese veterans brings European spoils home
The Home Sector shows Chinese republic veterans marching from the war in France with salvaged European garments. They display a striking mix of world attire, from American overseas caps to Scottish kilts and French shoes, provoking astonishment among villagers as children flee and elders fear vengeance for the joss.
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France
Europe
Tsingtau
Shanghai
Why Sign Before You Read Judge Warns at Cincinnati Banquet
Judge Albion T. Wright laments signed contracts read blindly. A witness recalled signing without reading while a trusted lawyer allegedly directed the proceedings. The judge warned that a signer’s word is not enough without the document in black and white.
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Albion T. Wright
Cincinnati
Blank
What the Sun Gives Us
Dr Charles Davidson of Greenwich Observatory calculates the cost of sunlight per ounce in London Tit Bits. He estimates the sun provides 160 tons of light daily at no charge, vs. the £10,000,000 per ounce rate charged by gas and electric firms.
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Charles Davidson
Greenwich Observatory
London
Study of genetic twins and cattle inheritance sought
L J Cole of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture requests information on duplicate body parts in animals such as double headed calves to aid research on twinning inheritance. He notes white marked specimens best show the similarity of the two parts and asks for photographs sketches or preserved mounts.
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L. J. Cole
Genetics
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Mr. Cole
Put Them In Trenches Plan For Airship Shelter
Forest Hivers suggests the idea of digging a 1000 foot trench at Mineola to anchor and shield a large British dirigible during storms. The concept would involve trenching to hold the B-34 securely, with officers of the Aging feld responsible for lowering it into the hole.
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Forest Hivers
War Department
Mineola
Hitlers
Feld
Newark News
English Soldier Describes Army Duty Driving Funeral Carriages
A London bound English recruit recounts two years in service driving gun carriage horses at military funerals. He mourns the grim routine, notes veterans and hospital cases among the ranks, and recalls recruitment ads promising travel and adventure as a stark contrast to his experience.
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London
Tog
Nolan as a Thief Catcher in Los Angeles Clamp
Los Angeles introduces a tire clamp to aid in catching auto thieves. The device locks around a tire and emits a loud noise when it strikes pavement, creating an audible trail that guides officers to the thief’s location. It represents an innovative step in urban crime prevention through public awareness.
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Nolan
Los Angeles
Lady Bountiful in disguise guides a charity tale
Merrill Hoyt, a struggling writer, pursues a rumored Lady Bountiful. He discovers Alice Lisle, owner of a tenement, who helps the sick and needy while living modestly. Their bond grows as she inspires his book and their shared plan to aid the poor, pending success.
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Derby
Dan
Baldy Mons
Baldy
Aory
Merrill Hoyt
Merrill
Litatoor
Heroes
Sheros
Angel
Sey
Lady Bountiful
Alice Lisle
Xow Merrill
Bountiful
Miss Lisle
Iady
Bis
Deas
Tribute to Ex Service Men Message From National Commander
Westville New Jersey Legion post asked Rev Howard B Thompson of Woodbury to conduct a Memorial service for ex service men. Franklin D Oller national commander urges ex service men to lead in business professions and politics due to their service and selection. The American Legion aims to keep ex service men united in service to country and comrades with unselfish faithful effort as reward.
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Buddis
Franklin D'Oller
Legion
Westville
N. J
Howard EB. Thompson
Woodbury
Miniater
Mr. D'Oller
Army
Navy
Marine
American Legion
Furlough at Atlantic City tent town for Legionnaires
The Atlantic City post of the American Legion plans a tent town Camp D Oller to host Legionnaires from across the United States for a low cost furlough. A committee outlined simple quarters under canvas, with city approval for a ground plot and camp layout to provide access to beaches, piers, theaters and resort amusements. Bill Fisher, former top sergeant of Company twenty third engineers, proposed the idea which the post voted to implement.
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Atlantic City
American Legion
America
United States
Uncle Sam
Bill Fisher
Company
Twenty-Third Engineers
Reot
Camp
D'Oller
All the Boys Know Him Pendclew Foals Inquiry
A bureau of entomology report notes concerns over potential Ice born diseases taking hold in the country. The public health warning mentions epidemic risk and references the term cooties as familiar shorthand among veterans.
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Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
A. BE. F
Bureau
War tax clerical quip in street fight case
A judge fines a man nine dollars for fighting in the street. When asked about 80 cents, the officer cites war tax. The man protests that the war is over, but the judge clarifies the charge remains for the fight.
Readopt War Orphans Named Editor of Legion Weekly
Harold W. Ross former Stars and Stripes managing editor has been named editor of the American Legion Weekly. A Colorado native, he served in World War I and helped origin the plan that led to readoption of 8,567 war orphans by American soldiers overseas. He leads a campaign to extend the readoption program through 9,000 Legion posts domestically and abroad.
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Harold Rosa
American Legion Weekly
Harold W. Ross
Stars and Stripes
France
American Legion
Ross
Colorado
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlanta
New York
Panama
San Fransisco
West
Langres
Perahing
Mr.Aiosa
United States
Adoption supports French orphan drive in Legion appeal
LeRoy Tucker of Topeka Kan gave 75 dollars to aid the Legion campaign helping 3 000 French orphans. He requests a Vosges department girl with brown eyes and hair and offers to correspond in English. The gift, plus two adoptions already arranged, expands Legion efforts nationwide.
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Legion
Legion National Headquarters
LeRoy Tucker
Twenty-fifth Engineer Service Company
Twentieth Engineers
West Sixth Street
Topeka
Kan
James Walter Tucker
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
Indiana Infantry
France
Vosges Mountains
Department of the Vosges
Abe
Tucker
American Legion
Karl Ross Post
Stockton
Cal
Green Mountain Home for Service Men founded at Bennington
The national adjutant announces the founding at Bennington Vermont of The Green Mountain Home to care educate and provide agricultural and horticultural instruction for the minor sons of soldiers and sailors who served in the U S or allied forces. It will also care for male descendants of such sons.
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Bes
Bennington
United States of
Americs
Army
Green Mountain Home
Foc
Ludloff Resigns as Indianapolis Executive Secretary
H B Ludloff, longtime member of the American Legion national headquarters staff since May 1919, has resigned as executive secretary in Indianapolis to join Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York as secretary to the second vice president William J Graham. He helped establish the national headquarters in New York and later served as secretary of the national executive committee until after the Minneapolis convention.
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H. B. Ludloff
American Legion
Indianapolis
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
William J. Graham
Whee-Henry D. Lindsley
Legion
Ludloff
Looking Backward by William Shields
A reflective piece recalling camp days and training memories. The author laments the passage of time and the pull of civilian life, contrasting youthful marching with the present humdrum. He invokes the moving finger as a reminder that those days are gone for good.
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William R. Shields
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