Three Iowans Named On Legion Nationals Committees
Three Iowans were named to national American Legion standing committees by Commander John Quinn. Hanford MacNider sits on the liaison board and the American Legion Weekly committee. Burton E. Sweet joins the rehabilitation committee. RR. J. Jard is on the legislative committee. The Des Moines post reports 1,963 Cedar Rapids veterans have won bonuses averaging $205 each.
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Associated Pressy
Des Moines
National Department of the American Legion
John Quinn
RR. J
Ard
Hanford MacNider
American Legion Weekly
Burton E. Sweet
Bunt
Congress
Grande Vulture
Iowa
Port Des Moines
Gare Vining
Hanford Post
Srata
National Legion
Dubuque
Springfield
Cedar Ranlds
Moone
Monahan
Sioux City
Woodrow “Wilson
Tapas
Argonne Post
American Legion
Woodrow Wilson
Law Daye
Sato Taphed
John Randolph Bolling
Mr. Wilson
Third speaker to discuss adjusted compensation plan
A forthcoming talk will feature the third speaker outlining proposed changes to adjusted compensation. The session aims to explain benefits, timelines, and potential impacts on employees and budgets.
Dike Dominates Grundy Speaking Contest Divisions
Dike contestants swept three first places in a Grundy speaking contest with Dike’s Miles Arnold taking first in oratorical. Vincent Calloway of Grundy Center was second for The Man With the Muck Rake. Jeannie Sperry of Grundy Center won for The Littlest Rebel, with Harlan Huyck and Lois Geler also among the notable winners.
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Dike
Grundy Center
Conrad
Wellsburg
Miles Arnold
Vincent Calloway
Mattie J Flanes
Jeanne Sperry
Harlan Huyck
Plupp
Lois Geler
Tama minister relays radio call for help to Wisconsin trains
In Tracr Virginia Feb 16 a Tama county minister used a radio to relay an SOS from a Tama county guard aboard a passenger train in Wisconsin. A severe blizzard and high winds endangered travelers as Rev HR G Smith, a missionary in Nine men near a South Indian reservation west of Tama, listened in on his radio.
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TAMA
Wisconsin
Tracr
HR. G. Smith
Akutan
Alaska
Message of distress wires Chicago relief trains dispatched
A Tama resident received a call from Green Bay Wis asking for a relay to Chicago as all telegraph and telephone wires between Green Bay and Chicago were out of service. Reverend Smith sent the message via Tama's Northwestern station and Chicago acknowledged within 15 minutes that two relief trains were being sent.
Hold Colorado Boy for Osage Robbery
Ferdinand Kelly, an 18 year old Colorado lad, was held to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Osage Iowa on charges of robbing C. H. Carroll, restaurant operator. The arrest followed Carroll’s denial and a bootbag with a money pouch found near the hotel where Kelly stayed, with footprints matching the holdup man. Kelly had worked on a local farm until recently.
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Osage
Ferdinand Kelly
Colorado
C. H. Carroll
Kelly
Reed Files Nomination for Floyd County Attorney
Charles City Iowa Feb 16 W Reed a Rockford lawyer has filed papers as a candidate for Floyd county attorney. Reed is a World War I veteran and has practiced law in other locales before relocating to this county.
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Floyd
Charles City
Kb. W. Reed
Rockford
Floyd County
Reed
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Legion Nats
Ernest L. Hudgel
Burlington
State Legion Fine Arts Commission
Russell G. Creviston
National Adjutant
Legion
Marshalltown
Frank Lewig Glick
Orhick
Friends of Service
Burton Br.weet
Col
Glenn C. Haynes
Ralph Lloyd Jones
Mason City
New
Russia
Mallinson
Maurice Chim
Cheney
Waterloo Auto Wash
Warr
East Fourth St
TI. C. Bhops
Wayne F. Shiek
Toledo
Willys Knight
Overland-Waterloo CO
Fourth
Franklin Sts
Franklin
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