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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
3
A Washington report outlines expected cuts in government expenditures and changes in the Mellon plan, aiming to reduce overall costs. It notes disputes with Mexico over sovereignty and U S protection of American rights, plus immigration quotas and veteran training funding ending in 1926.
A wide sweep of weather and world events is summarized. Storms cause drowning injuries and major property damage in Minnesota and Iowa. the LaFollette illness in Washington. robberies near Carrsville Kentucky. mine rescue near Grass Valley California. and various political, economic, and royal news from the United States and Europe.
National Commander James A. Crain reports that congress approved 426 987 750 in relief grants for World War veterans including 405 700 000 for the US Veterans Bureau operations ten million for new hospital construction and 7 487 750 for enlargements at various VA hospitals and Walter Reed. Law supported by the Legion also refunds overpayments on Class HV allotments totaling 1 800 000 and restores Johnson Bill compensation to about 5 000 veterans.
The American Legion invites participation on its honorary committee to raise a 5 million dollar endowment for disabled veterans and orphans from World War I. John Barton Payne, national Red Cross chair, praises the effort as a vital service to children and wartime dependents and urges prompt support to sustain foster care and welfare programs.
The American Legion department of Florida won the 1925 Henry D. Lindsley membership trophy for the second straight year with 89.12 percent, narrowly ahead of Delaware at 88.80 and Nebraska at 83.34. National director Samuel Krapk praised strong growth as twenty departments reached 150 percent of 1924 membership by March.
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