Auxiliary Aids Literacy Drive During Education Week
The American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs. Baird promoted National American Education Week December 3 to 9 with a drive to combat illiteracy among members and the nation. The campaign urged regular school visits and highlighted literacy as a national priority amid draft screening data and wartime needs.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Baird
Auxiliary
National Americanist Commission
J. E. Aif
Rd. Baird
Paule
Lincoln
Pat
United States
Legion Man Trains Pigeons
Stuart Cohen of St. Paul Minnesota is an expert in teaching the homing pigeons. The article profiles his work training birds for message delivery and carrier missions.
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Legion Man
Btuart Cohen
St. Paul, “Minn
Training mental cases and neuropsychiatry work for veterans
Dr Frank J Hutchins discusses a new government program through the Veterans Bureau to train doctors and nurses for neuropsychiatric care of World War veterans. A four month course with 178 lectures and 440 lab hours will prepare staff for civilian life reintegration, with salaries from 3000 dollars a year. Also notes on training pigeons used in fire prevention work and a St Paul Legion member, Stuart W Cohen, training birds since 1910.
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United States Veterans Bureau
Waeterington
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American Legion
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Unite Service
Reserve Corps of States Public Health
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Astates Civil Service Com
United States Vet+erans
Stuart W. Cohen
St. Paul
Minn
Cohen
Bis
Tower
Virginia
Camp Forest
MacNider as Buck Private in Legion Ranks Again
Hanford MacNider, former national commander of the American Legion, vows to write about his feelings as a buck private in the Legion. Town Legionnaires say he will attend meetings across the state and may not stay in obscurity, given his service and stature.
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Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Legion
MacNider
Mango’ City
Lows
Clausen-Worden Post
Jack MacNider
Howe
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Druggists report many cases of kidney trouble went undetected. Doctor Kilmer's Swamp Root is praised for healing and is said to help applicants for life insurance who are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney issues. Samples offered for ten cents by Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
K. Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Diamond Dyes and Political Folly in a Small Indiana Town
An ad extols Diamond Dyes for home use, promising easy dyeing for fabrics. A village postmaster race shows political ambition clashing with bookkeeping woes, leading to messy accounts and late-night numbers, ending with a supper offer hardened by figures.
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Indiana
Ducks with rubber toes cause a country sighting mix up
Mary insists she saw ducks while Marty claims they were chickens. The girl responds proudly that the birds had rubber between their toes, a detail her brothers doubt, leading to lighthearted disagreement about the yard’s wildlife.
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Mary
Marty
Married couples yield to opinions for harmony
A sober man claims yielding opinions to spouses fails for harmony as partners trade one upmanship. The other replies with a chaotic exchange about who was worthy, who yielded, and ends with they parted. The dialogue hints at tension in a marriage and uncertainties in compromise.
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Bondy Named Red Cross War Service Director
Robert E. Bondy of the Peers Williams post of the American Legion in St Louis has been appointed to direct war service for the American Red Cross. Bondy, a Minnesota native and Chicago University alumnus, has long served in Red Cross roles since 1910 and worked with public welfare and ex service men. He spoke for the Red Cross at a Legion adjutants gathering in Indianapolis and has camp and wartime experience shaping his new duties.
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Robert E. Bondy
Willams
American Legion
St. Louia
Ohio Conference of Public Welfare
Bondy Ls
Minnesota
Chicago University
Chicago Tribune
Thia
Red Crows
Bondy
Legionatate Adjutants
Indianapolis
Miner Names and Widow: A Grim Corner Tale
Rafferty and Mac Pherson mined together during a harsh era. An accident with a pipe and powder kegs sparked tragedy as Rafferty died. Mac Pherson, shaken, visits the widow Rafferty seeking a bet or business edge amid sorrow and suspicion.
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Rafferty
Mac
Rafferty Tam
MacPherson
Americad Legion Weekly
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