Iowa City Board Reelects Iver A. Opstad As Superintendent
Iowa City school board reelects Iver A. Opstad as superintendent. The Johnson County and Iowa City drive raises to 6200 dollars with 5000 goal. Reports note bank robber reward offer and various local incidents including fires thefts and accidents across the region.
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Iowa City
Lone City
C. McCasky
Pilot Mound
Picot Mound
Charles §. Pickett
Waterloo
Lone of Veterans
Grinnell
Elsie MacClellan
Negress
Des Moines
Helen Campbell
Council Bluffs
Deaf
Raymon & Son of
Gravity
Savage General Store
Lion Drug Store
Corning
Luther#am
Maynard
Rutland
Iowa
California
Humboldt
Jacob Zimmer
Clowell
Herbert Ure
New Hampton
Walter Adams
Karl Eliott
Vinton
Delaware County
Tered
Alabama
Entity
World News Digest Reflects Senate Action and Global Talks
A Washington session passes the McCormick budget after brief debate as Secretary Hughes convenes allied ambassadors on German reparations. Reports cover US debt talks with Britain, immigration limits, census figures, and various global incidents and economic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Hughes
Rotary aids Legion push for disabled veterans program
The International Association of Rotary Clubs will survey government handling of disabled World War I veterans. Rotarians from 800 clubs will form committees, report locally to Chicago, then aggregate nationwide to test Legion claims. Legion urges rapid enactment and welcomes Rotary findings for broad public release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Associaion of Rotary Clubs
Rotary Organization
Legion
Chesley H. Perry
Chicago
Rotary Clubs’ Organizations
Rotary
United States
Perry
Rev. Galbraith, Jr
The
Rotarians
American Legion
Uncle Sam
Rotary Club
Legion Man Is Legislator From Meuse Argonne Service
Charles H. Kendrick of San Francisco heads the California American Legion on the national level. He earned a major’s rank after serving with the Twenty-sixth Division during World War I and was cited for exceptional devotion to duty under enemy bombardment at Meuse Argonne. Kendrick later helped organize state and national Legion activities. Women’s Press Club of New York shows interest in Legion welfare work by adopting a ward at Fox Hills Hospital Staten Island and sponsoring gardenettes for hospitals.
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James Bennett
Long Point
Tama
Iowa
Bennett
William C. Wally
Garner
Mr. Wells
Hancock County
Charles Carter
Buxton Maer
Iowa City
Carter
Perry
Berkley
M. C. Dorman
J. W. Bradwell
Frank Phelan
Davidson
William Phillips
Boone County Farm Bureau
Charles Smiley
Red Oak
Smiley
Albia
Fegard
Ottumwa
Wellsburg
883
Iowa Falls
Dickens
Oakvile
Philip
Ralph F. Eck
George W. Snyder
EJ. Grimes
Arthur Stephenson
Eck
State Free Employment Bureau
Gon
Chicago
Francis Lossaux
Des Moines
Lessaux
Council Bluff
Lassaux
Henry Preld
Shenandoah
R. H. Stocker
Dunber
Neb
Roy Robinson
Charles H. Kendrick
San Francisco
Cal
American Legion
Simmerail
Fifth Army Corps
Meuse-Argonne
Kendrick
Remount
Camp Dix
N. J
St. Mitel
Meuse
Argonne Bush
Legion Affaire
California
Ertsa
Preas Club
New York
Fox Hillis Hospital
Staten Inland
Indian Chief Major Welch Led Sioux Serving in War
Albert Grass grandson of Chief John Grass died in action near Soissons. Major Welch commanded Sioux troops in France and served in civil affairs at Coblenz after Armistice. He participated in the Philippine Insurrection and helped capture Paco Morong and Calamba. Funeral rites will honor the fallen at Cannon Ball, North Dakota, with Stour Nation rituals.
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Alb Welch
America
John Grass
Wall
Welch
France
Apdi
Hunter
Liggett
Dan
Germany
Coblenz
Aary
Ber
Weich
Paco
Morong
Laguna
de Bahia
Calamba
Legion
Albert Grass
Soissons
Cannon Ball
N. D
Stour
Big Men as Legionnaires Representing World War Figures
The American Legion claims Gen John J Pershing and Maj Gen Leonard Wood as members of two posts George Washington Post No 1 in Washington DC and Lincoln Neb Post No 1. Pershing declined national commander duties and Wood has addressed Legion conventions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
America
John. J. Pershing
Leonard Wood
Pershing
George Washington Post
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Neb
Wood
George B. Crook
Chicago
Legion
Eesaryeca Men
Legion Post Honors Fallen Heroes in Connellsville Naming
American Legion posts honor fallen comrades in France. The Connellsville post No. 801 commemorates Mil ton Bishop, killed in action, as part of its tribute to heroism and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
American Legion
Legion
Con-nellsville
Milton Bishop
Bishop
Virginia Auxiliary Convention Held May 14 18
The first convention of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Virginia Department of the American Legion will be held May 14 18. Delegates from districts will attend sessions at the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Women's Auxiliary of the
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Bub-Bloks Marries Amid Homelessness
The text notes Bub-Bloks wed due to homelessness, highlighting a controversial union born from precarious living. No further details on date, location, or witnesses are provided in the fragment.
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Cedar Rapid
Phetaten
Foner
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House
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Wolstead
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Kan
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Morton
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Louisa
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Frankio
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Iitinois Central
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Ffreenth
Kesner
North Watash Avenue
LHS
Klute Board of Education
House of Febresentatives
Lansing
Atch
Joseph M. du. Tat
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Angeles
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Dallas
East
Texas
Lelase
Cleveland
Pine Hut
Ark
Dumas
Gould
Harry, BR. Gibbons
West Badec
Ind
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Andrew Corey
Baltimore
W. E. Bodiman
Columbia National Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Fess
Barbara Fess-Sichey
Lima. C
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Custer
Seventh Cavalry
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Soviet Russia
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Tempo
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Edmore
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Paris
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St. Mites
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Perlia
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Peven
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Igh Trengon
Orient 7
Amor Legion
International ‘Association
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Mere Worde
Bub
Bloks
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