Cure for Leprosy Seen as Hope for Victims in Hawaii
A long report notes advances in chaulmoogra oil treatment for leprosy, highlighting sixty four patients at a Hawaii colony who show restored health and renewed life. It cites past cures and continued research while praising efforts by Father Damien era volunteers and medical science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advance of Science
Hawaii
Kalil
John Walker Harrington
New York Times
Honolulu
Stephen Desha
India
Father Damein
China
Victor H. Heiser
United States Public Health Service
Philippine Islands
Rockefeller Foundation
Leprosy Treatment with Chaulmoogra Oil Gains Attention
The report highlights injections of chaulmoogra oil given weekly in escalating doses, noting variable tolerance and reactions. It praises the method for producing cures and improvements, urges broader trials, and recounts historical spread of leprosy from ancient to modern times while stressing chaulmoogra oil as a world boon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helser
Philippines
Iowa American Legion Drives Momentum With District Meetings
The Iowa American Legion press drive, led by Commander Hanford MacNéder and staff, reports strong district meetings in Fort Dodge Charles City Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids. Posts plan house to house canvasses for veterans lacking compensation or care before Memorial Day across districts from Des Moines to Cres ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa American Legion
Hanford Ma Nider
David Muphy
Jamese F. Barton
Ft. Dodge
Charles City
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Atlantic
Creston
Fort Dodge
Legion
State of
Iowa
Gladstone couple aged eighty-two and eighty-one wed in Vancouver
M. W. Knopp of Gladstone Ore and Mrs. H. Mielke of the same place, aged 82 and 81, were married by Rev. Charles Baskerville of the First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver Wash. Their witness was Mrs. Marie Strebig. Knopp noted his prior “boarding out” life, and the pair planned to share one of Mielke's homes. Knopp is a World War Oliv veteran and still active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Knopp
Gladstone
Ore
WH. Kelmine Mielke
Charles Baskerville
First Presbyterian Church
Vancouver
Wash
Marie Strebig
Koupp
Mielke
Knapp
Veterans Training And Reunion Plans Highlight Iowa Legion News
More than 5,000 veterans in Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri have received vocational training since the war according to the ninth district headquarters at St Louis. The 40 Hommes and Chevaux of war days in France will be revived in Des Moines by veterans in the 8th division at their reunion next September. Governor Kendall urged service men to join the American Legion in a signed Iowa Legionnaire article.
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American Legion
Warren G. Harding
John J. Pershing
Evergreen Institute For the Blind
Baltimore
J National
National American Legion
Ohio
Wisconsin
Maine
Virginia
Kansas
California
Ilinois
Tennessee
South Dakota
Act of Congress
Houston
Iowa
Iowa Department
Hans Pfund
McCune
Des Moines
Ffand
Legion
Pfund
Nebraska
Missouri
Ninth District
St. Louis
France
Ss8th
Kendall
Alex
The
Iowa Legionaire
Iowa Ties Kansas for Second in Legion Aux Units
In the week ending April 2, Iowa organized six new American Legion Women's Auxiliary units tying Kansas for second place among states. Pennsylvania led with eight units, New York had five, bringing the total to 2,671 units in the United States and possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
American Legion
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New York
United States
IWW faces Kansas anti IWW law challenge in Eldorado
Kansas Legion supporters seek to exclude IWW members through an injunction as hearings advance in Eldorado. The move follows Legion concerns over IWW activity and past depredations amid wartime draft statistics showing Iowa men and women in military service. Lawler Iowa Legion post members also serve as the city fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lawler
Iowa
State Auditor Seeks Veterans Tax Exemption Claimers
Glenn C. Haynes Iowa state auditor writes all county auditors that veterans eligible for the tax exemption under the law passed in the Thirty-ninth Congress should file claims. The message emphasizes uniform application and timely action by counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Haynes
Ben Gibson
Glenn C. Haynes
Legion
Iowa
Legion posts urged to appoint committees in Iowa
Phineas Henry, state Americanization chairman of the American Legion, issues a bulletin via the Iowa Legionaire calling on all Legion post commanders to appoint committees in their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phineas Henry
American Legion
Iowa Legionaire
Legion
Iowa Legion Honored for School Constitutional Teaching Effort
Judge Martin J. Wade received a letter from Henry J. Ryan national director of Americanization lauding his work with Phineas Henry to pass a law requiring teaching of the national and state constitution in schools. Iowa American Legion membership is about forty percent higher than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Wade
Henry J. Ryan
Ameicanazotl
Americanization
The
American Legion
Phineas Henry
Iowa American Legion Americanization
Thirtyninth General Assembly
Iowa Department
Thie
Vitagraph Adapts Anna Sewell Novel Faithfully
A film studio brings Anna Sewell's famed tale to the screen in a faithful adaptation. The Vitagraph Company presents a feature that aims to capture the beloved story with careful care and period flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sewell
Vitagraph Company
Black Beauty at Graham Theatre Delivers Realistic Pastoral Drama
The Graham Theatre presents Black Beauty this week with a quaint old fashioned atmosphere. The film’s animal scenes are notably realistic making horses seem to read their lines. Jean Paige shines as Jessie Gordon with a strong supporting cast.
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Graham Theatre
Black Beauty
Jean Paige
Jessie Gordon
Black Heauty
Nickel valued metal for war use and bridges
Nickel is a highly prized metal valued for its brightness hardness and corrosion resistance. In combination with iron it has been in great demand for war equipment and for bridges and other structural work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tront
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New York City
Iowa Legion Department
Order of the Legion, Open To Bonate Legion At Fee To This, Chaplain ‘Tom Roberts
Sheffield
Dynamiter
David Murphy
Dubuque
Pauline Curnick
Women’s Auxiliary
Sioux City
J. A. Heilecher
Minnesota
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Monahan Post
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Ger
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Japan
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Kelief
B Tawrence & Co
Washington
Sherman Brothers
J. E. Lemmon
Industrial Workers of the World
Middlewest
Eldorado
Kan
Kansas Legionaires
Wobblies
Red Organization
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NEW York Evening Mail
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Temple Block
Sol Rich
R. S. Cook
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C.M. &F. Clothing Co
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