Show WHY THURSTON IS HONORED BY IOWA lOW A Lloyd Llod Thurston of Osceola Osccola Iowa is the first veteran of the Spanish Amer ican or World wars to be he elected from Iowa Iwa to the house of representatives Congressman Thurston Is a veteran o oboth of oC both hoth these great conflicts anti and is an nn enthusiastic member of the American Le Legion lon He was elected to his pr prent present pre pres ent eat position In 1924 by the greatest majority ever received by bJ a congressional congresS candidate In his district I S i J 4 Lloyd i 1 hurston Following his World war service Mr Ir Thurston was elected to the Iowa state senate He was especially active in the Interest of soldier relief legis legis- lation Iowa has many ninny measures of this type on her statute books Captain Cap Cap- thin tain Thurston Is responsible for the greater part of ot them He Is the author of the soldiers' soldiers preference law which gives thousands of ot former ormer service men jobs which otherwise would go to others Ills His soldiers' soldiers tax tat exemption measure grants tax exemption of certain amounts to toI I all aU veterans of the Civil Spanish- Spanish American and World wars Another measure exempts all property property property prop prop- erty belonging to service organizations from all taxes Yet another grants to former nurses all the relief relle privileges given to former soldiers sailors and marines 11 Thurston is a charter member I of Isaac Davis Post No GO CO of the theLe Le Legion lon At the beginning of the Span Span- ish-American ish war he enlisted at the age of eighteen as a private ate In the first Fifty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry He saw service with his his' regiment In the Philippines At the be beginning of the World war he was commissioned a cap captain ain He served d throughout the thear war var arBorn Born at Osceola the congressman has made his home there all his life I He graduated graduated from the the law school of ot the State SUite University of Iowa and served two ho terms as county attorney |