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Edward L. Thrasher

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Edward Lee Thrasher (1892–1971), who went by Edward L. Thrasher, was a builder, contractor and decorator who served on the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1931 and 1942. [1]

38 relations: American Expeditionary Forces, American football, American Legion, Appeal (motion), Arthur E. Briggs, Atwater Village, Los Angeles, Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Brothel, Charles A. Holland, Civil engineering, Civil service, Civil service commission, Construction, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, End Poverty in California movement, Federal Communications Commission, Fletcher Bowron, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Freemasonry, Glassell Park, Los Angeles, Great Falls, Montana, Griffith Park, Highland Park, Los Angeles, House painter and decorator, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, John C. Holland, John Clinton Porter, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles City Council District 14, Otis College of Art and Design, Purge, Real estate, Robert L. Burns, Sulfur mustard, Trinidad, Colorado, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Wyoming, Vice.

American Expeditionary Forces

The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F., A.E.F. or AEF) was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Legion

The American Legion is a U.S. war veterans organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Appeal (motion)

In parliamentary procedure, a motion to appeal from the decision of the chair is used to challenge a ruling of the chair.

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Arthur E. Briggs

Dr.

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Atwater Village, Los Angeles

Atwater Village is a highly diverse neighborhood in the 13th district of Los Angeles, California.

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Battle of Saint-Mihiel

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions.

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Brothel

A brothel or bordello is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes, who are sometimes referred to as sex workers.

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Charles A. Holland

Charles Alfred Holland (1872–1940), who went by Charles A. Holland, was a University of Southern California football captain, a businessman and a Los Angeles, California, City Council member between 1929 and 1931.

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Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, and railways.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Civil service commission

A civil service commission is a government agency that is constituted by legislature to regulate the employment and working conditions of civil servants, oversee hiring and promotions, and promote the values of the public service.

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Construction

Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure.

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Eagle Rock, Los Angeles

Eagle Rock is a neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, located between the cities of Glendale and Pasadena, abutting the San Rafael Hills in Los Angeles County, California.

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End Poverty in California movement

The End Poverty in California movement (EPIC) was a political campaign started in 1934 by famed socialist writer Upton Sinclair (best known as author of The Jungle).

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute (and) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

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Fletcher Bowron

Fletcher Bowron (August 13, 1887 – September 11, 1968) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately owned cemetery in Glendale, California, US.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Glassell Park, Los Angeles

Glassell Park is a neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, California, in the San Rafael Hills.

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Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls is a town in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States.

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Griffith Park

Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Highland Park, Los Angeles

Highland Park is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Los Angeles.

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House painter and decorator

A house painter and decorator is a tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painter.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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John C. Holland

John C. Holland (1893–1970) was one of the longest-serving Los Angeles City Council members, for 24 years from 1943 to 1967, and was known for his losing fight against bringing the Los Angeles Dodgers to Chavez Ravine and for his reputation as a watchdog over the city treasury.

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John Clinton Porter

John Clinton Porter (April 4, 1871 – May 27, 1959) was a U.S. political figure.

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Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles City Council District 14

Los Angeles City Council District 14 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council.

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Otis College of Art and Design

Otis College of Art and Design is a private art school and design school in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Purge

In history, religion and political science, a purge is a removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another organization, their team owners, or society as a whole.

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Real estate

Real estate is "property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

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Robert L. Burns

Robert Louis Burns (January 12, 1876 – March 17, 1955) was a Los Angeles school board member between 1923 and 1929 and Los Angeles City Council member between 1929 and 1945.

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Sulfur mustard

Sulfur mustard, commonly known as mustard gas, is the prototypical substance of the sulfur-based family of cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents known as the sulfur mustards which have the ability to form large blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs.

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Trinidad, Colorado

Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.

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University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,220 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains.

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Vice

Vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, or degrading in the associated society.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L._Thrasher

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