Double Imposter Harms Perkins in England Fraud Ring
A Kansas City Star foreign correspondent reports a brilliant scoundrel in England who imitates Herbert Leslie Perkins, an impoverished Wolverhampton herb seller. Perkins has been framed by a fraudster who resembles him, using his identity to swindle others. Perkins faces multiple arrests, custody, and long trials, while the real thief evades capture through a string of sightings and alibis. Perkins has spent his savings and sold possessions to support his large family, and remains plagued by financial ruin and legal peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Herbert Leslie Perkins
Wolverhampton
Kansas City Star
Ike Perkins
Ike
Perkins
Gloucester
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Hull
Burton-on-Trent
Peterborough
Bristol
Leilcester
Jaf
Bagdad railway envisioned from London to Calcutta in fortnight
Future Rapid Travel writer Lindsay Bushford in the Edinburgh Review imagines a London to Calcutta rail passage in a fortnight via a Bagdad railway branching from Konia and Constantinople, with extensions toward Teheran and Quetta under new British Persia ties. A playful village vignette follows mentioning a girl and her sister. An Eclipse by airplane piece notes that airplane observation could replace fogbound ground methods, with a DeHavilland plane at 10 000 feet enabling photographs using gyro stabilizers.
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Lindsay Bushford
Edinburgh Review
London
Calcutta
Bagdad
Konia
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Aleppo
Jerablus
Euphrates
Nisibin
Mosul
Tigris
Basra
Great Britain
Persia
Teheran
Quetta
India
Paul W. Merrill
DeHaviland
Legion not military body statement clarifies role
The National American Legion clarifies it is a civilian organization, not a military unit, though it supports universal military training with civilian control. It advocates a citizen army and navy, selective expansion to meet emergencies, and equal obligations for all citizens.
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American Legion
Lemuel Bolles
National Adjutant
Minneapolis
National Convention of the
Regular Army
Navy
Citzen Forces
Legislation Pushes for Special Committee on Vets Aid
Amid a flood of 1300 measures on insurance, back pay, bonuses, homesteading, home buying, and loans, Senator Robinson of Kansas proposes a joint six member body from both houses to sift the proposals. Three posts in Harrisburg unite into one post, No. 27, with a 60 member lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloydminster
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Information
Congress
Robinson
Kansas
House
Senate
Harrisburo
Favors Small Regular Army Plan With Large Citizen Corps
A Senate bill backed by the American Legion envisions a small regular army augmented by a large citizen force of 18 to 21 year olds. Four months of intensive training plus optional three-year National Guard enlistment would shape a force with winter and summer training windows to fit farm schedules. Veteran service would be voluntary for training, with options tailored to skills and regional needs, including labor battalions for southern Negro youths. Civilian and regular officers would co lead, aiming to reduce costs versus a full regular army establishment.
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American Legion Army
National Legislative Committee
Minneapois
National Guard
South
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
House of Representatives
Union Backing Legion For Veterans Compensation Stand
Franklin D Olier national commander of the American Legion receives a letter from the Ames Ta Bricklayers Union signed by Charles Cooney financial secretary expressing hearty accord with the Legion on adjusted compensation for ex servicemen and offering support in any way the union can assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Legion
Franklin D'Olier
American Legion
Bricklayers’ Union
Ames
Charles Cooney
Eal
Read About French Aviator 814 Loop Feat
In a lively exchange two readers boast about an airborne feat claimed by a French army flyer who reportedly completed 814 loops in a single engagement. The conversation contrasts with a similar claimed stunt from June, framing the era’s aviation bravado.
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Canadian Pacific
Sollinshead
Compton Valley City, N. D
Drs. Featherstone
American Exchange Building
Valley City, N. D
Scott & Bowne
Scott's
Office
van Houten
M. D
Gray Block Valley City
E. A. Pray, M. D
Graduate Univ. of Pennsylvania
Winterer & Ritchie
Lawyers Valley City
Theodore
Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Valley City
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
Minn
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
N. D
E. A. Pray
M.D
Gwendoline
Houston Post
THE
American Legion Vocational Education Committee
Gerald J. Murphy
Mead Service Division
Marquis James
American Legion Weekly
Walter F. Shaw
Federal Board For Vocational Education
A. Snider & Son
4Th Ave
Davidson’s
Lalley
Rudolph Geselius
Breipe Af
Castoria
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