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...scene of one of the earliest and most vociferous bonus rallies. Since then the question of bonuses has been an issue in almost every state or national veterans' organization. Happily, there has been no indication that a majority of veterans feel a bonus is desirable. While the VFW has announced itself as favoring the bonus, the new but active AVC is definitely in the opposition, and the American Legion, so far non-committal nationally, has expressed similar views through several state and local conventions...
Yardling athletes will be particularly busy today and tomorrow. The Freshman pucksters meet Mt. St. Charles Academy today at Providence. Tomorrow the Yarding five meets Exeter, the icemen play again, this time with Milton, the track team competes in the VFW meet, the swimming team meets Huntington and Brookline, and the grapplers tangle with Cranston...
Plans for a lobby at the Massachusetts State House are being discussed, according to the word that leaked out from the executive meeting of the VFW yesterday...
...addition to the speakers, there will be both decorations and music. The VFW anthem which has just been completed, will be sung to the tune of the Vagabond Song...
With more than 200 posts in colleges throughout the country and a membership of 22,000 the national organization of the VFW has reached far greater proportions than ever was expected. The history and origins of the movement are one of the subjects of the "March of Time" Newsreel appearing later this month...