Show WHY W HY THURSTON IS 15 HONORED BY IOWA lloyd Ti of Oa osceola reels tow few 1 li the fl farat cat of the american 0 or r world war wan to be b elected from low to the him e or of representatives congressman thurston Is a veteran of both th these great conflicts and nd Is in an D were member r of the american legion he was el elected td to his him pent pre position in 1924 by the greatest majors majority J ever rec received elved by sa a congre emild alone bouat candidate idele la in his him district m 0 I 1 I 1 36 lord lloyd i hurston F following blowing his world war service M mr r thurston was elected t to the iowa state let senate he a was especially ane dally active in the interest of soldier re relief let legis lee I 1 lation join iowa has many measures of ill athla us type on her statute bootes book cp cap th tain in thurston 1 Is responsible for the greater part of them greater espart he Is the other author of the soldiers p reference preference law which ees tho thousands solid of f former service men I 1 jobs job which otherwise would go to others his him soldiers Bold lers tax exemption measure grants granta tax saw of certain cermin A m net to all veterans veteran of the civil spanish allen american and ad world id wars another other me measure li m c exempts c pt all 11 P prop p orry erty belonging to marld VJ U from all taxes yet another grants to former nurses all the relief privileges given f former er soldiers sailors and tto tm marines mr th thurston ton 1 is a charter member of isaac davis post no 60 of the legion at the beginning of the span ish ih american america war he be enlisted listed at the age of eighteen as a private in the fifty first law iowa volunteer volume c r I 1 sentry infantry n 11 he a saw maw service with his regiment in the philippines at the beginning of the he tt orld war he was commissioned a hah captan captain he served e d throughout the wm war born at osceola the contres has made his him home there all his life 11 he g graduated dmd from the II 11 law school ch of jew the he state dairen university of and 0 milliey mil served two term as county lity kittora attorney y |