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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1921

Page

5

Veterans push jobs plan and irrigation to aid the jobless

Local American Legion posts urge Congress to tackle unemployment with plans to reopen shipyards and convert facilities to manufacturing. A Wyoming irrigation project eyed as job creator would open land and employ veterans, while Rainbow Division and Veterans of Foreign Wars efforts push retirement for disabled officers and recognition at national encampments. Delegates to Confederate Veterans meeting in Chattanooga are listed amid ongoing pension interpretations by the Interior Department, which now treats 1898 enlistments as volunteer service entitling widows to pensions.

Congress American Legion Legion Wyoming Big Horn Basin Veterans of Foreign Wars Detroit Senate Lemoot Smoot Rosella McLeod E. Albert Lang Addison Estella Murray McLeod David Lloyd Brown Hyser Dyer J. J. Mullane Weber Knight Kimmel Convention Hall John Jacob Astor Alfred E. Simond Frank Wielock Nelson A. Miles Yates Gen. Miles James Wright G. Leyburn Shorey Col. H. Willard Department of Montana M. J Marine Corps Thomas RR. Mechen Allen Camp No. 15 Allegheny Paul T Howard Rubbell New York McCaffrey Patterson Royse Harris and Wood Quartermaster Hudson Department Council of Administration Marshal Foch France George Washington Post No 1 National Organization John G. Emery National Reception Committee Kansas City Artington National Cemetery George Washington Washington Department Secretary of the Navy United States Naval Sivk Hilliary G. Hooks Vincent P. Ahearn Edwin L. King Walter E W. N. Williams Walter Reed Lawrence L. Cline John M. Daley Salvadore Milano Delbert C. Redheaver Philip Deering Victor F. Dodge National Legislative Committee Edward S. Hettelheim, Jr Robert B. Peary Naval Reserve

Beauties for Men and Legion News Across Camps

The piece notes growing male patronage of beauty products like mercolized wax and home remedies to preserve youthfulness, with men applying wax at night and witch hazel solutions after shaving. It also covers department orders appointing committees, social events, hospital talks, rallies, and a series of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars notices and memberships.

Fire Week Plans to Teach Citizens Nationwide

Fire week aims to educate the public about fire prevention with a parade by a 25 piece fire department band and horse drawn hose wagons. The program includes school plays, theater notices, pulpit appeals, and posters printed by Central High School students to curb indifference.

Fire Week Mamiet United States Fire Department Citizens’ Committee George 3. Watson New Jersey Avenue Board of Fire Underwriters of New York City

Sues Railroad in Shooting Fatality Suit

James L. Dogs as administrator of Alfred R. Doss seeks 10000 in the District Supreme Court against the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad. Doss died from a gunshot alleged to be fired accidentally by watchman P. A. Shamrock. Carelessness is alleged in the bill.

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad District Supreme Court James L. Dogs Alfred R. Doss Edmund Burke Doss P. A. Shamrock

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Rainbow Division Seach New Quarters Edwin Stubbs Arlington Confederate Veterans Association Chattanooga Tenn Charlies M. Stedman J. M. Hickey David C. Grayson Joseph Baumer W. H. Nichols Lucien W. Powell F. M. Burrows John W. Fite Frank M. Angelo John W. Kephart BE. O. Seagus Robert Thomson Julien C. Moore John L. Follin Interior Department James J. Murphy G. E. Rausch Samuel (. Mawson Lee H. Herris James B. Byrne Robert B. Cox John Murphy Carlstrom Charles W. McCaffey Coney Island Paul Elizabeth Arnold Christine Catherine McLeod Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr National Legislative Committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Victor Emmanuel II Rome Ater Scott Gas Range Scott Gas Mary Harris Hoar Washington Gas Light Co. Sales Dept 10Th St. N.W Washington Gas Light Co Tenth St. N.W England Grand Army of the Republic United Spanish War Veterans Carter Government Printing Office Samuel Mawson William Shreave Robert Williams Jacobs Maj. Metz Joseph Dreis Aco Sues Railroad Watchman Ireland America America Room Eeeker Seventh Street N. W Ivests Axwel Furniture Coo
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