Ardmore Man Named State Legion Commander
Ardmore Oklahoma resident Hla Worth Was recognized by Home State HW. B Fell, commander of the Oklahoma department of the American Legion, serves as vice president of a large steel construction company. Fell rose from lieutenant to commander in the army and was elected department commander after a successful post presidency.
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Ardmore
Okla
HW. B Fell
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Oklahorn
Wilkes Barre
Fon
Harry Hillman Academy
Mercersburg Academy
Princeton University
Hall
Pennsylvania
Fort Niagara
Fell
George IR. Anderson
Plan to Fight Propaganda by American Legion Leaders
Henry J. Nynn, successor to Arm thur Woods as national director of the Americanism commission, outlines a program to counter anti American propaganda. The plan includes welcoming immigrants, tightening immigration laws, curbing Bolshevist and I.W.W. propaganda, and expanding citizenship education for natives. The Legion will begin with schools, advocating English as the sole language of instruction and compulsory study of American history and ethics, urging Congress to seek state legislation to enact these changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Nynn
Armthur Woods
Americanism Commission of the
American Legion
Legion
Wisconsin Senate Sergeant at Arms Kept Order in Chamber
Sergeant Vincent P. Kleiploski of the Thirty second division earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix du Guerre in World War I then led the Quentin Roosevelt post of the American Legion and now serves as post commander. He was invited by the Wisconsin state senate to maintain order in the legislative chambers after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergt
Vincent P. Kleiploski
Wiseconsin State Senate
Tams
Kieipinsh
America
Quentin Roosevelt
Legion
Seeks Son’s Watch From Fallen Comrade
The father Fred J. Millener of Rochester seeks the gold hunting watch his son A Millener wore when he died near Malancourt France serving as a runner for the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Field Artillery Thirty-second Division. He asks comrades to provide information to recover the timepiece and has written to BF W. Galbraith Jr national commander of the American Legion for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry A. Millener
Lfe
Malancourt
France
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Field Artillery
Millener
Fred J. Millener
Strect
Rochester
BF. W. Galbraith, Jr
The
American Legion
Fitzpatrick Named To Lead Wisconsin Education Effort
Fitzpatrick, a 37 year old former teacher and war veteran, has been tapped as a key administrator in Wisconsin education. He previously served with the Wisconsin board of public affairs and the commission for training in public service, later becoming secretary of the Wisconsin state board of education and author on educational issues. He led draft administration in Wisconsin during WWI and has chaired multiple state committees, now heading state publicity and Americanism initiatives.
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Matoef
Ithe
Aneticanien Comite Ooo
Warvoni
Ameritau
Chiat Atnte
Titzpatrick Lux
New York City
Columbia University
Fitzpatrick
New Wk
R Torniny
Wisconsin Board of Public Affairs Or Educational Investigations
Air
Wis
Fest of the Legion
Fitzpiatrick
Walister Rose to Major Heber L. McAlister
Heber L. McAlister of Conway Arkansas chairs the Americanism committee for the Arkansas American Legion. He led Camp Dix discharge press with 1536 men in one day as first major. McAlister served in America and France rising from lieutenant to major. He taught at Mississippi college and Ouachita College before the war and now directs extension at Arkansas State Normal School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber L. McAlister
Conway
Ark
Arkansas Department of the American Legion
Camp Dix
N. Y
Arkansas National Guard
McAlister
America
Bergdoll Aid Sought by American Legion Officials
The American Legion seeks the man said to have aided Grover Bergdoll in his escape from Canada to Germany. Lennel Bolte says the Legion fears Bergdoll used a Legion button and army discharge papers to obtain a passport in Winnipeg. Adj. Rolles will ask the Department of Justice to verify facts and push for the suspect’s apprehension, expulsion from the Legion, and trial. Bergdoll has faced numerous attacks and a $500 reward was posted for his capture after his escape from prison. A post urged the President to secure release of two Americans who tried to recover him in Germany.
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American Legion
Grover
Bergdoll
Sincher
Canada
Germany
Lennel Bolte
Legion
Winnipeg
Tr Rolles
de Partment of Justice
Vergdoh
Bergdoif
Familiarity's Breed Funeral Oration at Johnson Grave
A darkey pastor stands at a grave delivering a funeral oration with solemn humor. He says Samuel Johnson, we hopes you is gone where we specks you ain't. This vignette in American Legion Weekly blends pathos with irony.
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Samuel Johnson
American Legion Weekly
The Greater Shame in the American Legion Weekly
A fragment from the American Legion Weekly runs a satirical exchange about wives and daughters being out at the elbows, illustrating wartime or homefront humor and social expectations.
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Karea
American Legion Weekly
Postgings Gentley Post Leads Disabled Veterans Work in Cincinnati
Robert ID Bentley Post of the American Legion in Cincinnati is cited as a model program aiding disabled World War veterans. Committees handle hospitalization, compensation, entertainment, employment, and follow ups with federal authorities. Red Cross staff assist, hospital visits occur twice monthly, and a free veterans employment bureau operates at post HQ. The Auxiliary conducts hospital dinners, supplies comforts, runs a shop for wicker and bead work, and arranges decorations and patient care. Families of deceased Cincinnati veterans receive visits and sympathy.
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Robert ID Bentley
American Lego
Cincinnati
Legion
Red Croxa
Post Committee
Cincinnati Hospiital
Hospital Entertainment Committee
Alth
Rockhill
Enchtian
Anuxilary
Post Club
Legion Women Families of
Legion Advocate Calls Organization Nation’s Greatest
Harold F. Dawes, National Executive Committee member of the American Legion for Alaska, declares the American Legion the greatest organization in the United States. He cites unity among diverse members and supports his claim with belief in national service. Dawes, formerly from Wisconsin, became a jurist and lawyer in Juneau after serving in the First Army artillery unit in France. He is a charter member of Alaska’s John Bradford Post No 1 and serves as vice commander of the Alaska department and national committeeman.
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Harold F. Dawes
Legson
Alaska
United States
Dawes
Artilery Pick
First Army
Fe 10G
France
Ivka
Juneau
Alford John Bradford
Legion
Department of Alasha
Seattle Veterans Hotel Opens For Ex Service Men
The Veterans Lotel in Seattle, housing about 250 unemployed veterans, is the product of Seattle Post No. 18 of the American Legion and a committee of prominent citizens. The temporary shelter aims to aid veterans in need of housing.
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Seattle
Veterans’ Hotel
Veterans’ Lotel
Seattle Post No. 18
American Legion
Homesteader May File On Three Separate Pieces
A new interior department ruling allows a stock grazing act homesteader to file on three land parcels within 200 miles to reach a 640 acre quota. Register Gould B Blakely notes Sections 4 and 5 of the 1916 homestead act previously capped quotas, but the land office now permits additional applications to attain full allotment.
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Secretary of the Interior
Gould B Blakely
United States Land Office
Blakely
Land Office
Congress Approves 32 Million For Wheat Farm Aid
Congress appropriated 32 million dollars to loan money to stricken farmers in the West to buy seed. An office has opened in Fargo North Dakota under the direction of the agricultural department to manage fund distribution.
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Argo
N Dak
Agricultural Department
Loans to Howe-Bueldens in South Dakota bill passage
The South Dakota legislature approved a bill authorizing loans up to 4000 dollars for home builders. The 12 year loans would bear interest 1 1 4 per cent above the state's rate on 500 bonds issued.
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South Dakota
The Good Old Days at Peaceful Valley Editor’s handset era
Roy K. Moulton fondly recalls the good old handset days at the paper. He describes editors and devils trading tobacco, printers lugging presses, and the close camaraderie. The piece celebrates timeless newsroom rituals, obituaries rhymed, early ambition, and the shift away from the old craft.
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Peaceful Valley
Devil
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