Iowa Faces Broad Mix of Deaths and Local News
Iowa era reports weekend losses and events across towns. Obituaries note Mrs Kerns of Aplington, Homer Smith in Keokuk, Byron Gance of Ankeny, and Mrs Ava Price near Whitten. Other items cover bank mergers, roadblocks to Clinton improvements, farm land sales, juvenile cases, and rural school funding shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anes
Toy National Bank
Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank of
Sioux City
Kerns
Aplington
Homer 2. Smith
Keokuk
Byron G. Boyd
Dallas Center
Merle Hay
Wesley
A. P. Barker
Clinton
Floyd County
Erway
Louie Buescher
Danvers
Sister of St. Francis
Dubuque
M. J. Davis
Lewis
Iowa
Davis
Eastern Star
Caas County
M. H. Stephens
Justice Court
Creston
Creston High School
Virgil Kittleman
Assembly
Karl Phillips
Harold Banta
Ft. Madison
Phillips
Missippi
Banta
Mr. Jackson Hall
Boone County
Madrid
Hull
Indiana
Mr. Hull
Missouri
Frank Hull
Porter Zenor
World News Roundup From March to April
A broad, incomplete digest notes events including the US Supreme Court access announced by Chief Justice East in Washington, Germany naming Dr Otto Wiedfeldt as ambassador to the US, Bulgaria seeking League of Nations credit extensions, US troops ordered home from Germany by President Harding, and recovery of 175000 dollars in stolen Liberty bonds. It mentions shipping vessel auctions, construction contracting boosts, army funding debates, a Spokane death, alleged US UK secret accord against Japan, a Maine congressional victory, a Chicago pawn shop heist, a Masonic temple sale, a Chicago rail coal chute fire, a Los Angeles murder trial, labor strikes and wage unrest, and several tragic fires and accidents across the country.
Noted Educator Mrs Hepburn Dies in Oxford Ohio
Mrs Henrietta A Hepburn eighty nine widow of A D Hepburn former president of Miami University dies in Oxford Ohio. Daughter of William Holmes McGuffey author of the McGuffey reader. Edward Arthur Walton, renowned artist, dies in Edinburgh. he led the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta A. Hepburn
A. D. Hepburn
Miami University
Oxford
William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
Edward
Arthur Walton
Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Society of Painters In Water Colors
Dundee Wins 16-Round Decision At Madison Square Garden
Sporting Johnny Dundée of New York defeats Charlie White of Chicago by decision in a 16 round bout at Madison Square Garden New York. The article also notes various world events and incidents from London Paris and India with dispatches on censorship in Poland and political changes in Turkey and Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Dundée
New York
Charlie White
Chicago
Paul Bazaar of Rochester Wins Special Civil Service Break
Paul Bazaar, a Rochester veteran who lost both hands in France, received presidential relief to bypass standard rules and gain employment with the Veterans Bureau. He uses a double hook prosthesis to write, drive, and manage daily tasks, sharing a hopeful note on overcoming hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Harding
Paul Baoraar
Rochester
N. Y
Harding
Bazaar
France
Bozoor
Legion Post at West Point Leads Empire State Unit Growth
At West Point the Stewart Whiting Hoover post of the American Legion thrives under Sergeant Andrew Rhea de Krandt. Chosen from 75 officers and 300 enlisted men, he guides a unit expanding from 15 to 375 members since its 1920 founding by steadfast volunteers. The retiring commander, Sergeant Joseph Grady, reports rapid growth and honors the post’s heritage of sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
West Point
Stewart Whiting Hoover
Earth
Andrew Rheade
Krandt
Empire State
Onsted
Joseph Grady
Census of Ex-Service Men Drives Nationwide Survey
The American Legion begins five million questionnaires for a service and compensation census to outline veterans needs. State Legion groups will conduct drives on their own dates, informing interviewees about the pending compensation bill and features while recording injuries and wartime experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Jury Impaneling Colloquy in New England Town
A magistrate questions a salesman during jury impaneling in a New England town. The juror confirms property ownership and five years of marriage, then denies forming opinions for five years. The exchange appears in the Aerican Leylou Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Aerican Leylou Weekly
Landis Seeks Square Deals for Ex Servicemen
Rhenesey Mountain Landis, newly resigned ex judge, addresses American Legion posts urging rehabilitation and reconstruction. He recalls wartime service and faults postwar selfishness, warns the country could lose the war despite victory. As baseball commissioner he reinstated Joe Harris of the Cleveland Indians due to war gas effects.
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Rosewater
Rhenesey Mountain
Landis
Judge Landis
American Legion Posta
America
Bloomington
Ti, Commerce
Joe Harris
Cleveland Indians
War nurse Miss Wilhelmina Weyhing heads Camp Custer hospital
Miss Weyhing, long service nurse, is named head nurse and superintendent of the Roosevelt American Legion Memorial hospital at Camp Custer Michigan. She previously led Detroit’s receiving hospital and served as chief nurse with Base Hospital No 17 in Dijon. Her aim is to create a real home atmosphere for tubercular veterans.
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Wilhelmina Weyhing
Roosevelt American Legion Memorial
Camp Custer
Mich
Miss Weyhing
American Legion
Detroit
Camp Custer Hospital
F. B. Broderick
Ufe
United States
Misa Weyhing
Serbia
Base Hospital No. 17
Dijon
France
Legion Hospital
French village replica planned for Lawton recreation park
A. E. F. veterans in Lawton Oklahoma plan a French village recreation site at Bredicine park near Lawton. The hotel de ville will seat 1000 in an auditorium, with Legion posts to build cottages for member vacations. Local donor funds water and electric, and native stone will reduce construction costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
Prosy
Oklahoma
Real Fe
Bredicine Park
Lawton
Okla
American Legion
Tte Hotel
American Legion Holds Convention Dates Set for New Orleans
In Minnesota posts medals and cups honor students for proficiency in studies and athletics. A skate rink was built by the Lake City post at Milan. John J. Payne, missing since release from a German prison in 1948, is being sought by the Legion. The fourth annual convention will occur October 16 to 20 in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lake City
Milan
John J. Payne
Legion Posts
Minnesota
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Carl Becker
John Nuzell
Great Western
Nate Coleman
Mason City
A. H. Kohl
Fred R. McDavis
Des Moines
Lena McDavis
Ernie Christensen
Newell
Christensen
Byron Gance
W. S. Gance
Ankeny
State Legislative Assembly
State Department of Public Instruction
State Department
General Assembly
Agricultural Statistician
United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
State Crop and Weather Service
Washington
Supreme Court
East
Otto Ludwig Wiedfeldt
Berlin
Bulgaria
Financial Commission
The
League of Nations
Germany
Otto L. Weidfeldt
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Shipping Board
Division of Building and Housing
Department of Commerce
Kahn
Dallinger
Oscar L. Cain
Eastern District of
Spokane
Wash
Great Britain
Japan
Senator Borah
Paul D. Cravath
John E. Nelson
Augusta
Maine
Ernest L. McLain
Marcus Nierman
Masonic Temple
State Bank of Chicago
Hreckenridge
Tex
Benjamin FF. Austine
Huffalo
No Ys
Charlotte, Mich
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Brevard
Madelyn Qbenchula
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Belton Kunchetly
Reeve
Olered Fine
Eldorado
Arky
Edith
Bessie
Tressie
Bageet
Board of Supervisors
Sir Francisco
Congress
Vorster
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
South Bend
Ind
Focal American Legion Unemployment Committee
San Diego
Cal.) Harbor
F. EB. Scobey
San Antonio
Raymond T. Baker
Charles A. Gregory
Prohibition
E. A. Ives
Detroit United Railway
Sulphur Springs
Tes
Irene Reichert
Bernice Reichert
Berent
Poland
Warersan
Mustapha Keman Pasha
Angora
Nairobi
British East Africa
Gyhting
Thuku
Sbus
London
Mokandua K. Ghandi
Ahmedabad
India
Viscount Peel
War
Duchy of Lancaster
Anise
Stamboutisk
St. Nazaire
Farr Las Tullas
Mihton
Sit Dese
Keneean Mountain Landis
Thale
Square
Alec
Roosevelt Hosplital
Hotel-De-Ville
Medicine Park
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