Means Victory for Legion Dawes Committee Report
Dawes committee report frames key American Legion relief plan for disabled veterans. Single official oversees benefits, streamlined administration, and funding for hospitals or institutions. aims to aid about 10,000 wounded veterans and provide disability payments to others. Committee includes Galbraith, Roosevelt, and mine workers leader John L. Lewis among others.
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Bcational Capitol
Harding
Teyme
Whyel
Chanes Dawes
Chilenga
Dawes Committee
American Legion
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Franklin D'Over
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Donging Robinson
New York
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Henry Rea
Tittsburg
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
Henry 8, Berry
Hendersonville
Tenn
TV. O'Connor
Buffalo
Buck Private to Commander from Reach North Dakota
C S Dawson of Reach ND rose from private in the Balloon corps to department commander of the American Legion in North Dakota. Enlisting after war began, he served fifteen months at Fort Omaha and was discharged as private first class. He later became chief clerk of the North Dakota legislature and helped build a strong Legion organization as department commander and national executive committeeman. He was a University of North Dakota graduate and state’s attorney at Golden Valley before service.
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C. ST. Dawson
Reach
N. D
American Legion
North Dakota
Dawson
Balloon Corps
Fort Omaha
Nuri Dakota Legisluture
Legion
University of North Dakota
Golden Valley
X. Dy
Ideals of American Legion Stand of Bill Dowling Post
The Bill Dowling Post of Chadran Neb lies behind a published announcement that has drawn favorable comment from Legion posts in the Middle West. The statement says the Legion is not to run the country nor to politics and urges unity among ex service men. It cites Samuel Gompers on labor and calls for vigilance against un Americans.
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American Legion
Bill Dowling
Chadean
Sieh
Legon
Middle West
Samuel Gompers
Legion
The Doctor's Sacrifice in a Brave But Grim Tale
In a 1921 Western Newspaper Union tale, Doctor Klein performs a dangerous operation to cure a hunchback. A patient reveals a hidden love for a woman, Esther Garvin, and the doctor discovers she loves another man, Manning. The surgeon plans to cure Manning while concealing his own future.
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Western Newspaper Union
Phearth
Kieta
Esther Garvin
Esther
Miss Garvin
Doctor Klein
Twim
Mr. Manning
Shadowed Rendezvous at Evelyn House
Five years after deserting Evelyn, Arthur Kane returns to the scene of his crime seeking forgiveness. Benny, now grown, reveals a staged kiss between Evelyn and Marston to provoke Kane’s confession. Evelyn trembles as Kane confronts the truth and pleads to renew their bond, only to be drawn into a fatal, emotional reunion. Brookline, Mass., notes town meeting system.
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Arthur Kane
Evelyn
Kane
Fourth National Bank
Benny
Arthur
Marston
Martson
Mr. Kanet
Mr. Kane
Kan
Their Dream Farm
John Robinson, a 24 year old grocer's clerk, rents a shabby city room and shares a meal with Fanny a department store worker. They bond over farm memories, dream of buying a small homestead, and, after a tender moment, discuss a one year partnership to save $300 for a place, hoping for a life together.
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John
Fanny
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Raine and Boston Transcript Drummers in Conversation
Two drummers discuss a dramatic bluff to justify a salary in a firm. The talk centers on Jack Rosehander and a scheme to bolster earnings. A question asks if the bluff succeeded, with a brief nod to a drawing in Boston Transcript.
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Raine
Jack Rosehander
Boston ‘Transcript
Adds to Legion's Strength Under Vernon Policy
Under A and Vernon, commander of the Minnesota Legion, the state has become a strong department. Vernon builds a Legion Service bureau handling one thousand ex service claims a month and a department branch of the American Legion News Service. He organized posters and broad publicity to aid disabled veterans in receiving compensation, training, and medical care. He also mobilized 20,000 business leaders to place vocational students in suitable jobs as veteran enrollment rose.
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A. & Vernon
Minnesot Department
The
American Legion
Legion
Vernon
Suecess
Legion Service Bureau
American Legion News Service
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Veron
Merited Tribute to Legion in Leslie's Weekly Opinion
The American Legion is praised as a unified emblem of Americanism with military dignity and civic purpose. The Leslie's Weekly tribute extols its calm manners, strong memory, and blend of power and chivalry, noting its role in shaping civil prestige and loyalty among citizens and veterans.
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Putnam
Leslie's Weekly
Dixie
Egies
Potsdam
Elay
America
Legion
Congress
Father Moran Aids Legion in Minnesota Debut
Father D J Moran of Farmington chaired Armistice day committee as the Minnesota American Legion state committee formed sub committees to push bills. He secured passage of Armistice Day as a legal holiday, the first Legion law enacted. Army chaplain served ten months overseas and returned at age to found a new active Legion post within a week.
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Minnesota American Legion
House
Senate
D. J. Moran
Farmington
Father Moran
Legion
France
Legion State Headquarters
Minnesota
Rapid Rise for Legion Man Colonel Shaughnessy
Colonel Edward H. Shaughnessy built a long, starry career from a Chicago boy to a key military and civilian leader. He left a $25,000 position to join the American Legion post in New York and now serves as second assistant postmaster general.
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Edward H. Shaughnessy
Civil Fe
Fidlelity Post
American Legion
New York City
Shaughnessy
WiMings
American Metroleum Institute
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Thirteenth Engineers Ag
George van Horn Moseley
Transportation Corps
Chattan -Thierry
Is-sur-Title
St. Michiel
Meuse-Argonne
General Pershing
Aa Sorvico RS
MADE LEGION DRIVE SUCCESS IN NEW ORLEANS
Anthony Kelley, discharged Navy, became a publicity stuntman for Rollin post American Legion in New Orleans. He climbed a flag pole atop city hall and then an eighteen story building to drum up membership. Film crews filmed the stunt as the drive succeeded, Kelley reflecting on wartime service.
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Anthony Kelley
Navy
New Orleans
Crow's Nest
Rollin Post
American Legion
Kelley
Legion
Montana Law Grants Poll Tax Exemption for Veterans
The legislature passed a law backed by the American Legion exempting all ex service men from poll tax payments in Montana. The act requires county assessors to maintain records of veterans names and organizations within each county, aiming for broader adoption in other states.
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American Legion
Montana
Skuilar
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