Veterans of Sixty Seventh Congress Form Association
Congressmen and veterans from World War I Civil and Spanish American wars met at the University Club in Washington to form The Veterans Association of the Sixty-seventh Congress. Roy G. Fitzgerald was named president and John B. Rankin secretary as John Thomas Taylor outlined Legion programs on consolidation vocational training hospitalization and emergency officer retirement bills.
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AEP
Americas
Aring Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Waashlington
University Club
Sixty-seventh Congress
United States Senate
Housines of Representatives
Congressional
Seteriius
House of Representatives
American Legion
Henry Oborne
California
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Ohio
Association
John B
Rankin
Congressional Veti Ferans
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee of the Legion
Talor
Legion
Sunflower State Women Wage War on Unmarried Ex Servicemen
The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion in Kansas declares a campaign against bachelors contaminating Legion posts. Silas McCoy of Topeka promotes the cry No bachelor posts in Kansas as auxiliary groups are urged nationwide. The effort touts home cooking, club-house upkeep, and service by the women while noting wartime roles, including Miss McCoy’s shift from wartime banking to civilian work.
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Kansas
Sunflower
Silas McCoy
Topeka
Women's Auxilliary of the
American Legion
Legionnaires
Legion
Legion Flag Adds History To New Orleans Building
The American Legion will occupy a central New Orleans building in the old French Quarter for four years, adding an auditorium offices and clubrooms and housing Louisiana department headquarters and the Legion employment and service bureau. Nearby the Spanish Cabildo once displayed colonial flags, with the Stars and Stripes appearing after the 1804 Louisiana Purchase and again after Civil War reconciliations. The new facility will also host local posts the Women’s Auxiliary and the Pelicanaire, the department’s official organ.
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American Legion
New Orleans
Legion
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Department
Legion Employment and Service Bureau
Women's Auxiliery
Pelicanaire
Anthony Kelley Performs Dare as Legion Drive Boosts New Orleans
Anthony Kelley, a navy veteran, risks life on a city hall pole and an 18 story building to energize a American Legion membership campaign in New Orleans. Motion pictures capture the stunt as the drive succeeds. Kelley, recalling wartime service, served as epsigo and Merchant Marine officer before 1920. Indiana funds earmarked nearly 10 million for a Legion memorial structure in Indianapolis, with plans for a national headquarters building and a plaza, architect contest, and a 50 thousand dollar prize for winning designs.
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Anthony Kelley
Navy
New Orleans
Rollin Post
American Legion
Kelley
Legionnnaire
Fhm
Legion
Oficer
Merchant Marine
Lulupapolis
Peder Postoulee
Tlu
Whho Hays
National Institute of Architecture
Amica
Legislatorce Set Askle Qa
Ground Army of the Republic
Womens Relef Corps
Service Star Legion
Amerian War Mothers
Women's Adiliars
T. Victor Weene
Indiana
Will Ge N
Neene
Keene
Reserve Corps
Seis
Rise of Colonel Shaughnessy from boy to rail hero
The life of Colonel Shaughnessy traces from a Chicago messenger boy to ticket agent and rail supervisor. He led wartime transportation service in France, earned the Distinguished Service Medal, and rose to general management in the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives era.
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Shaushinesay
Tlcago
Onyene
Chicago & Northwestern Rilroad
Tiuada
Shaughnesss
Tie
Ft Muentig
Fregeh Praettle
Trafse
George van Horn Moseley
Stat
Transportation Corps
Clate Nau Thierry
Issurville
St Mihiel
Pershing
Tax relief bill backed by American Legion in Montana
Law passed by the Montana legislature provides for the registration of all ex-service men from all wars and exempts them from poll tax payments. The act requires assessors to assist in implementing the exemptions and applies to counties and states.
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American Legion
Montanua
Mother of the Bonus title for Kansas lawmaker Ida Walker
Ida Walker, first woman in Kansas legislature, earns the “Mother of the Bonus” nickname for drafting and pushing the 20 year World War I bonus bill. She directed women’s work for Belgian relief, served as state food administrator, helps publish a weekly paper, and led the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs. Her arrival spurred debates on distinguishing women in legislature.
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Ida ] Walker
Kaansas
Amer
Lian Lepton
Walker
Leston
Womens
Belgoann Relief Fund
Bread Buying Comes With A Coughing Down Payment
A quip notes the humorous trap of purchasing bread requiring a hidden payment or burden. The line plays on a pun about coughing as an extra cost in everyday shopping, reflecting a lighthearted critique of routine expenses.
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Veterans’ Association
WAR ON Legion
Women’s Auxiliary of
Sunflower State
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Dare Devil
Louisiana
Indianapolis
Marin
Liers
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T. Victor Keene
Armour
Chicago
Jo Ogden Armour
Yarn
Matchell, Jr
Chicag
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Legion Man
Shaughnessy
Tio
New York
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Legistady
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John W. Pope Garage
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Uintah Telephone Company
Vernal Milling & Light Co
Ract Company
INCOR
Enos Bennion
Herbert Tyzack
Sec'y
Geo .A. Davis
WM. H Siddoway
J N Davis
John S. Hacking
ED D Samuels
Uintah Abstract CO
Vernal
Utah
Firestone Cord Tires
Vernal Auto CO
Vernal, Utah
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