1922 Vol. 1 The Hoosier Legionaire

National Drive Is Influenza Epidemic_

and adjutan ts of Ind iana · her 5, 26 and 27 w ere set as t he date s L ched by

Leg1·on Cau·ses Postponement

L eg ion Posts will be the guests of Culfor t h e 1922 co n ventio n of th e Indiana aun . · , er Milita ry Acad e m y at a state c ondep artme nt of the Ame r i ca n L egio n to ference to b e held th e re March 27 a nd be held "in thi s c ity , it wa s ann ounced to- To Get Jobs 'or Vets Thi.rd 01·strict lVIeet 28,- it was a nnounced b y Stat e Con;mand- mgh t by A. C. Duddle s ton, e x ec utiv e ii er Claude E. Gregg today. coti1 mittee m a n of th e Fifth dis t r ict, fol- Nat ion al Commander Hanford MacJowi n? a conf r ence between stat~ oflk - 'C ensu s of Jobless to Be Taken Conference Scheduled for Last N id er, national Adjut a nt B olles, an d ers or t he L egio n an<l represen tatl\"eS of b L I C m·ttees· l\'Iass s I B ot h er we ll kn ow n officials of th e national Fort Harri so n P ost No. 40 of T erre Y oca om l , , Sunday at a em to e a nd state organization s ha ve accept ed Hau te.

Meetings Maren 20 Held March 19 in v i t ati ons to attend t h e conference. T he power of fixing th e · tim e fo r th e Th e academy, of which · pa st sta te .sta te c onvention i s vested in the state Fro nted with its gr e a tes t eme rgen c y in Owi n g to an infl u en za epid e mi c result- comma nder L. , R. Gi g nilli at 1s ,e eaa, :· exe cu ti ve committee, which deleg ated t h e form of wid e,;;prea d u n e m p l oyment, ing in the placing of a ban on public will b e thrown op e n t o the v i siting Leauth 6ri ty to th e T erre Hau te unit t o the Am erica n L egi o n h as se t aside Mon- m eetings in• Sal e m, th e Third di st ri ct g io naires :w ho will b e billeted · in its sele ct -any d ate b etween Sep tem ber 15 day, Mar c h 20 , as Am e rican L eg ion Em- co nfei-en c e of the m er ican Legion comfortable dormitori es and f ed in i ts and Oc tob ei· 10 It is expect ed t ha t fo r- ploym e n t Da y O n that day Legio11 which was to ha e p een held in that I s pa l! ious di ning hall ~ without charge. mal -rat ification of the da tes sel e cted will County Council s and · Post s will bi:ing to city l\tJatc h o was · ,post po ne d until Sun-1 • An elaborate program of entertainbe made at the n e xt m eet ing o f t h e co m- a clim a x t heir effor ts to put the jobless day, March 1 9 me nt, including th e famo u s Culver itt ee · · ' vete rans in th eir com muniti es to work The conference, which will have as its "stunt s " is b eing arrang e d by a c ad emy · The decision to hold a thre e day con - · wit h l east d el ay and to care fo r them guests State Commandei· Cla ud e E. officials. Vaudeville, boxing· bouts, at hvention instead o;(_ a hvo day meeting ns until they can be put t o work. The I Gr egg, State Adju ta nt Frank H Henley, le tic ev ent s , and man e u vers by th e Culhas he retofore be e n customary , ms full forc e of th e n a ti onal and state or- P ast Commanders i,. R. Gignilliat and ver cadets ar e a few of t h e i te m s th at mad e to allow mo re d elib erate consid - gan izations, a n d the. co m plete co-opera- _Raymond S Spri!lg r and other s prom- w ill affo1:d a pleasing variance t~ the e,1:ati on of que s tions br ough t be fore th e tion of a sco r e ()f ot h e.r • , organizations' inent in Legion acti v iti es, will be one of I bu s ine ss sc h e dule to come before th e com·ention and at l east so m e r e creation will b e a t t h e di sposal of Co un c il s nncl th e la rgest of its kind e v er h e ld in Incli- 1 confer e nce. · for t h e overworked del ega t es P os t s • ana • The conference i s the thi {-d to be hel d , T err e Haute which h as a reputati on to On thi s day the L egi on h opes t o bring · Morning and afternoon sess ions of "the at C ul ve r. Legionaire s who e njo yed the uph o l d as a no mean conventi on city ,. is together e':'e r y P?tenti~ l. emp(oyer and Iconfere n ce w il( be l: e ld in the headquart- ! ho sp italit~ of th e acad e my at the first plann in g to excell a ll pr evi ous effort s e.- ery pu bhc sp1n te cl c1t1 ze n m eve r y ers of the Ceci l Gnme s Post. Th e mor- j two meetings are eager for more of th e in the hope of making the 1 922 meeting· com m un i ty in t h e _pnit e d Stat~s in an i n!ng se~s ion, at whic h Char l es A. H unt, same brand and the m e~·e· anno~nceme r the best in the hi s t ory of the department effort to get vo r l,; for the s erv ice man. 1 fin ·st vice-commander of the Indiana I of the place and dat e 1s cert am to reThe conv ention committ ee will en dea:vorc , T h ese comm u nity m eet ings will serve I d epartme nt and Third district executive suit in a big turnout The academy to b rin g to T erre Haute no t on l y d ele - the doubl e. p ur pose o f _getting the serv- !committeeman, will pr es id e, will be de- 'staff numbers many L egiona i re s wh o gate s but all Legionaires in th e s ta te ice m a n work in h i s own co mmuni ty an d voted p r inci-pall y to talks from visiting are working hard to make thi s the bigReunions to Be Held o f bringing back th e service man from Legionaires Th e meeting will adjourn gest and best conferenc e yet held in InRe un ions of m any Indian a milit ary out of the -gr eat cities s wa r min g with at no on for dinn e 1· which will b e served diana. l uni ts t hat serve d in the war will be h el d. un emp loye d to hi s own co mmuni ty, by th e S al e m War Moth e rs It had originally b ee n planned to h

A mozis ter parade in uniform will b e on e t h r oug h adverti sing to t h e ni!tion th at Pa st Com ma nder L. R. Gignilliat will the s t a te rifle and pistol s h oot in t of the features of th e conventi on T hou- "the co. mmunity care s for its own." pr es id e ove r the afternoon sess ion which academy g a lleries on the second da y l sands of dollar s will b e s p e n t for ent e r - :r-; at ion a l H eadquarters is calling on wiil be ta ken u p Jai,g e ly with round table the conference bu't b ecau se of the elabt ainm e nt, for th e vi s iting Leg iona ir es the Pre s i dent t o is s u e a proclamatio n di sc u s_sio n of important L egion affairs. orate program of ent erta inm ent be ing ::: ivic o rganization s of th e city includi ng se tt i ng a s ide March 20 as American L e - A - -district m eet ing of the Auxil i ary arranged f 6r the vi s itin g Legion aires, the Ch amber of Commer ce, Rota ry a nd gion Emp l oy m e nt D ay It is com mu ni- will be held a t th e Salem Bapti s t ch ur c h t he dat e of the shoot was m o.-ed u p· to (Continu ed 011. pag e 2) eating with the national h e adquarters in the afternoon. Mrs Edna M Barcu s, March 22

Rich _ Widow Adopts .

Buddy of Dead Son

LO GANSPORT, March 9 .-~awrenc e Fr ies, a young man of th is city and veteran of the World war, ha s been l egally adopted as a nephew of Mrs. Nancy Adam s , wealthy widow, of A tlan tic Ci ty , N. J.

As a result of this legal a ct Fries wi 11 share in the riches - of the N ew Jer sey woman and will recei \-e a college education. He will enter Purdu e University next f all.

While oversea s Fries wa s a b uddy of a son o f Mrs. Adam s and h el p ed nur s e him d m ;ing an attack of influ enza from which Adams died. Befor e he pas:,ed away young Adam s e ntru sted to Frie s some trinkets he wi s hed r eturned t o his .mothr. On his retum to America, Fries carried out the wi s hes of h is buddy Since that time the wealth y N e w Jersey

(Continued on Pag e 5)

of th e U. S. Chamber of Co m'm erce, t h e state presid e nt, and Mr s L. R. Gignilliat Rot a ry, Kiwa nis a 1fd Lions Cl ub s, th e will be among t h e s p eakers Red C ro ss Y M C. A., Y. W. C A. , Th e Third Di s tri c t embraces th e co u nK ight s of Columb u s, Jewish "\\7elfare t ies of Cl a rk, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Board and Sa! Ya tio n A rmy to pass the Harrison t Lawr e n ce, O ra nge, Pe r ry , word dow n to th ei r l oc al units to co-op - Scott, and wa s hin g-to n. It was one of erate w ith the C ou nci ls a nd Posts of the the pion eers in Legion d eve lopm e nt in Legion G overn or McC ray will be ask- Indiana a nd ha s built up a n effect iv e oreel to i ss u e a p r o clamat i on c a ll in g th e ganization. Although a district mad e attention of th e peop l e of Indiana to the up lar gely of rural c ommuniti es the day ' s treng t h of th e L eg ion ha s grown rapCo.imnu l\tt y Conference idl y

Coun tv -Goun cil chairm en and Com - There are twen ty~t wo Posts in the - · di str ict. More than th ree four t h s of manders of - Po st - are ur ged to immedthese hav e th e ii; ,own c hili ro oms S ev - iately call iuto c o nfe r ence th e strongest and ablest m e mb ers of Post and Au xil - era ! Po s t s have cr!!ated build ing funds iary, the · m ayor, p u blic official s , repres - and a re p lanning to.- either p u rc ha se proe n ta t ives of t h e org anizations named perty o r erect pr e t \' nti o u s bu i ldings. d d "t Th e d i strict organizati o n ha s b een above, • ne w.;;p a p e r O\n\er,; an e 1 ors, parti c ularl y lactive 111 the fight for bet- and oth e,rs p l'Ominent in the lif e of the ter treatment of di sa bl e d veterans and co mmuJ;uty has some notable vi c torie s to its credit.

At this meeting the chaii n'ian OT c om- An elaboi-ate brochure containi n g a mander sho uld explain fully th e L egion's histo 1-y of th e Legion organizati on in the national cf-for t and th e part his local di stTic t will be pr ese nted to e a ch Lecommunitv must play · gionaire who attends the convention.

It is sugg es ted tha~ an Amer ic an 'Le - Arrang e ments - are being mad e to engion Employmen t Commit tee shall b~ tertain five · hundr e d rntera ns a t h e ( Cont in ued o~ page 2 ) ·, ' meeting :• r

Co1t_1pensatio n Bill Is Ready for House Vote

WA S HINGTON, Mar ch 9.-T he adj u ste d compensation bill, repo r ted oul; by the w ays an d m ea n s committee Tued a y, will come up for a vot e in t he Hou se early n e xt week, according to spon sor of tha bill h er_e today. Chairman F ordn ey pr ed i cte d its passage with the obli te ration of party Jin es on the fina l v ot e.

In it s p 1·ese nt form the bill carries a bank loan provision in place of the insta llment cash feature origina lly inco rpora te d !n 1th e mea s ure. Under th is plan certificat e s will be issu ed in lie r.1 of ...cash. Veterans ne e ding immediat e fun d s wou ld be able to bo r r ow up t o fif t y per c en t on the face value of t he c erti fica te s fr om hanks. T he only i mme diate cash payments proposed are t o serv ic e m en 'whose compens-ation woul d not exc eed $50 ·

LEGION TO . LAUNCH DRIVE FOR JOBLESS

(Contin u ed from page one)fo - 1-·r-11 e d a t once to diiec t the effort. Thi s should be a small co m mittee selected from the Legion a i d t h e rep ·esentatives of the- organizations h eretofore named. The best man avai l a bl e should be made chairman, w h ether h e is a Legionai re or not.

he will ·do hi s bit to put the thing over. I

worry about th e, Umted States. • Solve your _ own lo~al problem. Don't r1pp e ar ero .,

Unless t'i:ieg~l:!::io: t~~r~h 20 is to

I 'Tenshun Vets

Makes·Fiety 1\ddress :,________________,:,

be but- an empty gesture there must be In order that Culver Militar~' Acadecareful and consistent follow-up. If Ve t era n iVith Broken Neck , Ta k es my may know how many to prepare for, the meeting ha s been carefu lly thought Heal t h y Punch at - Ant i- American Legionaires who ex pect to a tt en d tho out and put over w i th vigor, it -will re- .A'gencies co nferen ce of commanders and adj utan su i t in the relief or temporary placing there Mar ch 27 and 28 are requested t

of every un e mployed service man But w ABASlI, 1.v.U:rch. 9,_:.Conde mning fill out the attached co upon and mail ' i after the first ent hu s iasm passes this the p oliti caJ 1 ' dema'.gogue, the yellow mediately to Frank H. Henle~-, Statt good -result will be lo st unl ess each .c om- s lacke r, and n1flb:x ' inl'.ci America • 'bf1 Adjutant, The A rne r ic,? n L

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* It is my inten t ion to att en d the * * conference at Cu lver, Marc h 27 * * 28 *

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Publicitiy Needed <lu r ing t he comm u l'),ity survey and thi s

It i s essent i a l that the Post or Coun- data will be in va luabl e in carrying on cil _p ublicity man take an active part in the follow-up. It will automatically the affairs of the committee. The in- ke l:!p check on the d eserv ing and unterest of the community mu st be awak- de serv ing serv ice man. erred or the effort will go for nothing. Publicity must · be contin ued and the Local papers should at once be given a interest of the com munity kept liv ely co mplete story on the proposed coo- The meeting itself will make a mighty ference, its obj ec ts, who will be there, good new s story, both i n its local and et c t era This should be followed with national a s p e ct additional reminders until the conference The L egio11 hopes that one of the is held. R 'eporters from alt' papers greatest results of Employment Day will sh ould ba invit ed to the conference, be to establish in the mi nd of the service Editors s h o uld be especially r eq u ested to man that !1i s h o nie com muni ty is the give this n1~e ting and the s ub seq?ent place for him, not the great cities tee m-· activities of the employment comm1tte_e ing wjth·unemployed. liberal tre atm e nt. Th e survey must be Awakened public spirit, co mmunity

• followed by the pr~ss from day to day. prid,e a11i:l energetic l eadership will mak e The wh?le commumty sh?ul~ b e aroused. this effort a smash in g s uc cess.· The AmAsk editors to m~ke ed1t?rial coi:n?1ent erican Legion i s the one outfit that can en the movement. _ P rominent c iti,zens do the job-if i t will. Th e Minnesota shou_ld ~e asked to 1~sue statements for Department reports every vetetan in publ:c~tioi:i co 1:1m end:ng_ ~he movement. St. Paul working, due to concentrated !en, war hero, delivered a remarkable Exh_1 bit s lid es .m motion pictur e .theatres community effort under L eg ion · di rec- dd ·· ., · · · th ff t H a re s s o n " Americanization" · at the callmg _attent10n to e e or · ave tion. · Loui sia na reports no t a jobl ess E ·· · ' · ' ,, f d 'agl es Th e ate1· ,Sunday afternoon. There human -mteres~ stones appear ro~ ~Y Legiol)aire in the state. If· the Legi ? n was a g o od c ro\"'.d at tending the m eetto day f.o ll owmg the committee 111 its in ' St Paul and Loui s iana can do t!;1s, preliminary survey. Ask me~·chant s Indiana can · do it too. ing \Yhich w_a s held under ,th e al:HH!ices to mention the mo vement in their regu- of th e Amen c:rn Leg:o n post. f ., Tational recognition will be accorded Allen, yho ca13·j,es _ his 11ead jn I} b:r ~ce , lar advertising. No th ihg should be the first towns in each state to report · h' I b k · b f d overlooked that will stimulate in terest smce is n ee: ' ' as r o ·en Y an exp oand anticipation in the great me eting to "every veteran at work or cared for ." ing shell, wh,ile h e was re~c,-µ.ing,, Major Theodor e Roo s ev e lt in 'France durmg the be held on Marc h 20 - Sh lb · •11 F t w ar, is abl e t o mo v e about with ease. H e - P-,un:ors of all churches shou ld be ask- e . yv1 e eas S

JOH

N L. ALLEN , WHC) SAVED R oo sEVELT'S LIFE · IN FRA: CE AND WHO IS MAK I NG AMERICANIZATION SPEECHES FOR THE ' AMER• ICAN · LEG IO .'

ha s ii wond e ful comma nd of the English ed to mention' the movem e nt in both language. · · morning and evenin_g sermons on Sun- N b L g· • u •t

• - · b · ·t· · M · M tl D 1 re ighbo rin g Po t G u ests at Victory mg Y wri m_g 1 rs. - L Yr e earn ;- care

Mr. Allen i s o p e n for •s peaking dates day, Marc h 19. It should be an inspir- ear y e 16Il . DI s -·in Indian a d tfring '·l\{arch a nd :April. ing topic. "Am I my b.J:'oth!!r's ke e p er?" · · · · • · - - ··•· · · · Po sts v isni11g Mm may · ari•:l.nge book"! am" s ays the · Leg1on.

The activity of the co mrni ttee and " f t t h ' d 501 B Id · · Po st Ba n q u et 'I'able t>rogram of O s a e ca quarters, ·· · a wm the publicity man during the prepara- Speec h es a n d Music Block, Indianap olis. tion period &~o uld leav e h e c.omm umty ------,---,,.:.....-,--with but one outstanding thought and

LEGION T . 0 M·,: ";K-.i\E"' D"I.VE , ~.i desire on March 20, "What can r d o to 'J,'n 'e bigge st soci al •event in • the history ,a n. help cr~te wo~k , ~r ,relieye tfie situation of Victor)' Post No 70, Shelbyville,, took ·. ,ON .BE ,,_ H~J ..1? R , J:OB p EJ;,S (, of the joble ss veterans?" place 'q-hur s day ni g ht, March 2, when i!J#'" _ , Mass Meeti n g the Post was- host to Legion uni ts of s1,u-- ( eoiitin u t dfi·om page one) ' · ·

wide reputation f supply ing g la ss that · fit, I lil'l, no offenrig the· '6e

* Name * Addre ss * * Thi s paper is your paper. the news of your Post:' Shoot us for ma'nYPCOJ~le h'ave } coming to me f ? Very part or Chic ' on :lCCOllDt of ) rounding towns at a booster " ba11quet , The feature of March 20 ought to be a held in the Knight s ., of St Jolin ., hall. K1wa~1s clubs, and pr~m1nent fi:a,ternal r mass m eeting that fills the biggest hall Commander Perry Faulkner presided at orgamzations_ ~re work1~g ha_nd _m ha;nd in town and manifests a popu l ar enthu s- the · festive board which fairly groaned with t h e L eg ion for the c_o i:vent1on. iasm and a concert of community effort beneath its lo ad of c hoice chow. State Ample hotel accornmodatio_n~ at regnot witnessed · since we were at war. Commander Gregg, who was to have ular rates are ass ured the. v1S1tmg_ ~etArouse the whole community to attend made the principal address of the eve - erans, the managers_ ha vm g _prorn_1sed this m eeti ng. nino- was confined to hi s home in Vin- t h at there will be no rncrease m price s.

At t he mass meeting the chairman of cen~~s with a severe attack of tonsilit-is H,:ad quarters of the st_ate department the unem_ploy1~1ent comrnit:ee · sho uld and was unable t o attend Speec h es were will be at, the H ote Demrng. · , , pr ese nt .y 1~h vigor_ ,an~ con~1seness the made by Mr. Faulkn er, Elmer Bassett, Terre Haut e h as excellent railroad and result of h1_s cornm1tt~e s s ~1 vey of the a S h elbyville attorney, and Rev. Bold- interurban facilities and is wlthin a h alf local situat10n, the s ugg est10ns for •r e m - rey, pastor of t h e Fir s t M E church of da y's trip of all sectio113 _ of the state. edy, and after discus sio_n ,obtain ~he en- Shelbyvil l e.

Reduced fares on all nrilway and tracdo1·sem~nt of the meetmg of this pro- The Neal Si s ters, of Ind ianapo li s, arid tion line s- -c have been prori1ised. gram . Eminent , Quartette, Harry Smith and

There should be two or three short, John Day_ Friday, of Shelbyville, furnpointed speec he s, e mpha siz ing com mun- ished the musical _program · for the eveity obligation to pro¥ide , e mplo yment fQr ning The Neal s i ters · : p1:esented' a the veterans who are in n eed and willing program of vio lin and voca l solo:;. to work. Stress sho uld be l aid on the FoJlowing the meal, cigars antl cigarpeculiar reflecti on on the patriotism of ettes were p~ssed and t h e , L e gionaires a co mmunity that lets its so ldi ers and enjoyed a s mok er and tound ta ble dissailors go hungry , shelterles or in ne e d of c ussion .of o r ganization affairs. work. Every citizen should be brought to realize that these are the very men Business Men Vote who s,tood b etwee n their co u l}try and

Hundred Members by , ·,- Ea0ster~'· P$t ;sfoian

"One H~ndr cd MenJbei:s :j:ly Eas t~r" is th e s logan o.E. Fo w le r Post, .No. 57., With more than ; 90 m e mbers ,in possessio n of their l922 1;ecei.pt for ,e,lues, it looks as if the Benton Co un ty Post will go over tl;e top Jong before tbe _zero hour. · · · destruction and between hi s business and to · Support Program ruin during the war. -

o( this wide exp1 ience to people everywhere. No n1atter whea you live I positively guarantee tb, give., you a perfect iit or there will be n o cliarge, whate'1er l promi se to sen d you a pair of glas es that will enable yo u to see perfectly and satisfy you in e very way or you will owe me nothing. They wiU protec t your eyes, preventing C';rt? stra in an ti headche. They will enab l e you to read t h e· srnal' est print, thread the fin est needle, , see far near STIN D NO MONEY I will not accept a s ingl e pcnn:,· or ybur lf until you are sat is fi e d and tell me so. fill in and mail th e coupon b elo,v givi ng s impl e ea s y informa tion 1 ask f or an d J ; w i you a pair of my Extra Large T~rto isE. Spect~eles for you to wear, ex:J.mine and ; for ten days, in your own home. The gr s end ai:e not to be cmnpared with any yo ~ ever see n adve rti sc-d. They are ec1ual to cles being sol d at r eta il at from 312'.00 · to a pair. Y ou will find them so sc ientifica.Uy- g1 as to enable you to see far or near, do t)le kind of work or read the very sma llest These extra Large Size Lenses, with TortQ iS Rim are very becoming and. yoµr .friends -s ure to compliment you on your improved ' a:p: pearance. There are no ·'j(3 t or "ands'' .abo 'my liber al offer. I tru s t you ab.'!olute ly Ye are the so le judge. Jr they d:> no t ·give· You n10 r e a l sa ti sfac~ion t h an any glasses :ro u ha:e ev worn, you are not out a s ingle }?enny I a you, could any offer be fairer?

SPECIAL THIS MONT H

DECLARE D- INE:LIGIBLE , ·

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If you send y our order at once I will make you pres ent of a h a nd so me Velveteen Lined; -Sprin Back, Pocket Book Spectacle Case whi c h you w· be proud to own. Sign and mail the cou

s Co ll ege of Opht molog y and .Otology, Famou s Eye -St rain S ali•t. ACCEPT - THIS- FREE OFFEH TODAY Dr. Ritholz , Madi so n & Laflin Sts., DR 1060 Station C, Chi c ago, IIL You may send m e by- p1 ·epaid parcel post a pai y our Extra Large Torto ise She!! Gold Filled S tucles. I w ill wear them 10 day s ::ind if convi that they are equaf to any glasses Selling $15.00, I will se nd · you $ 4.49. Otll er wi,se, I return them and ther e will b2 i:io chart:Ho,v old aTc you? Ho~.v many years have you used gl'!-s~es J,!! N ame - • - • • • · • · · · - ,; · · • · Post Office , : , ,_ _, • • R. R , Box N.o _. State -·

~ra Post Is Very uch on -Legion Map

Big Feeds and Entertainment For All of the Members

By One of the Gang

"tA, March 9 -Ta lk ab'out yo ur n pep!' The members of the C. Post No, 245. Elnora, want the egionnaire to know that we are :h on the Legion map Since the t he year we have had ,so mething I the time. Smokers and big ·lenty of enjoyment for eve1:y_

Speeches and Music Dedicate New Home

; Spee c h es, mus·c, st un ts-, and eats dedicated the new c lub rooms of Jo e Wels h Post, No. 129 at Green s burg , February 20. The n ew ' q uarter s, locat ed on the second floor of the Evening Times Building, have been newly furni s h ed throughout. A piano and a victrqla are among the new , furniture. Th e Po s t e le ctricia n is installing larg e e l ectric sign which will hang over the· club entrance and nightJy flash a. welcome to all visiting Legionaires.

E .dwar.d's '. port.:., P'lans

Richmond Post . Band is , Pride of .. the City

Organization B(!asts Among Its Numbe;s Some Notables; 9wn Uniforms ana Fine Library

By R. G. Tilton

°Few bands in this co untr y can boast of as varied a makeup as the band organized and maintained by ·Harry Ray Post, No. 65 American Legion , at Richmona , Ind. one member is a graduate

of Carlisle University, and a full blood' ed Indian. Another played with Sousa's •

Tfiird in Ka~sas

Asking f oi:- Cas~

, Qu estio nnaires se nt out by Kansas po sts of the Americah Legion show that but 35 per cent of the state's ex-servicemen ·would elect the cash payment pro• vision of the five-option adjusted ·compensation (bonus) bill More than 43 per cent declared for paid up insurance; with farm and home ai d a second best bet. -

Providence legion

Helping Its Heroes

Great Lakes band at the training stat ion. ave now started reh earsa l on a

for :·a Post Home

Still another was a memb er of the Kilties get a few more iron dollars in Band which toured the · co un try after Wherever Need Seems Greatest Rhode Isfand city Post '1s Assu~1ne. The first of the year the war. a meeting with Odon Po st at Organization of 40 Members Puts On Organiz ed in March, 1920, the b ~n d ' ing Charge many membe rs from both S tunts To Raise "made a go" of it from the very first. PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 9.-At ere pbretshenpt. t Afttert · bigtheats a_nhd Funds Tod1:y itt 1ow$n1s50u0niforms valued at ap- tahned hfoauctr01 1 .resn 0 igfhtp 1':' 0 ~'1 dnenocfeficeems p, tsyto1_rnets0 n, o os s go oge er wit prox1ma e y and has a $300 library • idea in mind. That. was to take By 0 0 , Crawford of music. It is very mu c h in ev idence streets, a1'ready jammed with motor cars, · re force of both Posts and start EDWARDSPORT, March 5.-About at military funerals, s ummer conce rts their hordes of workers, and when thea1or finance. Finally an ex-cor- the time the ·first is s ue of the Hoo sier and other public gatherings and Harry tres give up their quota of amusement10 tlim~s - nothing is • a success Legion-~ire i ~ ~~ing distributed, we be- Ray Post has gained considerable pub- seekers, more than a scoi·e of hollowe fair s ex suggested that the Ji;eve our Pos t ,vill be well over the top licity througp_ it. .· eyfd m e n, cheeks drawn a?d p ale undel!i ts :·thrO\V· some '.'fifty-fit°ty" in starting a hm~e. F-or the benefit of In the s ummer of 19 21. Conce~ ts ~eek-old beard and clothmg practically; ne week in Elnora and the next .so me , of the otlier · Posts , we :will state were given at Glen Miller park by the m tatters, stand about the wall "of tlie · Was it successful? Listen just a ,few 'of the stunts we have pulled band, and thes e concerts p rove d one of America n Legion · h'eadqilarters in the Nf;ver in my checkered career off to ni-ake money. • • the mo st agreeable featu •es of the sum- Central Fire Station, waiting their turn e so many •"sweeties" at a ,..dance. : .The first important event in the his- mer Th e city grew to have a n ew ap- to approach a desk and ask help for, i'sunderstand me. I have · seen tpry of thi Post -was a box supper which pre c iation of the park and_ residents ' of themselves and 'their · wives -and child'reri~ adi es in -tiinnber but never have I \yas a de ci ded success, financially and the surrounding countryi;ide made regu- There is generally a · woman • or two, 1 many so , sweet and pleasant · to - oth.e nyise. Jar Sunday afternoon trips to the city to waiting her turn witll' tlie others, to aslc •ion as a.t .'-this frolic. The dance t The second was a homecoming giv.en hear the band; - · food ana coal -so that t~ baby she holdser big financially. Our P.ost·. under -. the auspices of this Post. This Service stl' ip es -aplenty, and wound in ,ller arms n'lay live th-rough the night; r, who takes care of the bank- rietted us a nice profit. stri pes in s ome cases, would be seen. on Reports that drift · steadily in to the s a stack of greenbacks · that · ' In June, we presented "The American these boys who have got together under Legion indicat'e ,! hilt Providence is witate a color ed crap-shooter r e - -~½ig,:';:::a· four· act patriotic play of · the the able directiol} of Dr. George B. Hunt, ness hi only such conditions _ .as prevail ' · · · · : • •' lii:w , , &1:. · 'Fhis was a decided success. forll'!.er post commander, now official ad- in eveI' y industrial -center in'; the coun-have · been some - o~nplaints 'Ve are now working on a four-act visor of th e band, :ind with J. Don Mc- try. Men who a few yeai·s ago were iii the sociability ·: of ,, the \1,·ti:e:isui" e r c'onfe.cf.y drain~ of the western prairies, Daniel the party who fon)lerly played the camps and the trencq es - are pow he has had this money i"n his pos- "A P1:a_irie ' Ro_se" ~o be given this week. in the Kilties Band, a s director have s,eeking out the " bare necessities of life • Some few jealous Bucks · have We, believe this will put us over the top ,' made the wel~in ring' with their tuneful while they· meet ~he ~aily rebuff from 'to the Post Coininander who r~a-· on , th~ home. melody. · , '· employers who "would not hire an exout that · · 1'.Text A.ugust we ex pe c t to "'1·ve an service man, for none of • them · are any ' any ex-service ' man ;;, • · ' ., - Her:e are a few of the notable m e m- good ." , be s~elled , up carrying so other homecoming, making it an annual b f th · t· R , bank book. af-fair. · ers O e orgamza ion: ay .Veisbrod, \Vherever the need seems greatest, formerly with the Marines, at Paris Is- · 1 hard -boiled top kid.° ,~~~Id say, '. Our, :po~t IS small. It has but 4 0- mem- land, where he acted as drum major in a fboodtha nLd 9: plahce to osleep are provided d better cµt -th:e comedy;" or my bers. But _all are lwe ones; all work Marfoec band. Weisbrod was sent out Y e eg10n ere. ne case which was p , )o~ger ' than· the Q. l\lr'.'Ser - We w<mld J1 ke to hear from qther Po :;; ts over the count cy by the Marines to a<:t inve st igated brought to light a servic6 ry about the night raid. ·, 0.ur on how they ea rned mone¥ to build their as instructor in this bran c h of ~oi·k. · 1111111 who had been "fired" because he

,Aei to -the Legion,aire, as we l>e- homes. Address the AdJutant, Barr & J9hn Halftown, Indian, graduate · of had stayed away from , vork on the day h II II f Boyer Post No. 192, Edwardsport. Carlisle. • a child was born to his wife. He had $ a a pro jt by )¢owing what- not sufficient funds to p1·ocure an atPosts are doing in the , ay , of pa I · K · · f I "th S ' ., c1 ·t d

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. u • rmg, ormer y WI ousa tendant-'-and his employei· the following nents '• and ' social welf~i·e: ' We·. eve an eterans

· Williard Nearon, played before th e. be wi counting on. t-::;;,su;f swelling th e -treas- ' D · , t D· , H

:Great Lakes band. lday, c ut off what small income he had open to sugg estions as to

.K111g ;;ind Qu ee n of B e lgiun at a review I 'l'o cases s uch as. this the Legion turns , ,.. f.:resen ay ' eroos in Bru sse ls. ., 1 first in its work in behal f of "fallen" · · There are others , but space forbids h eroes

iton Post ·Takes nterest in ·Affairs

enUy Conducted a ' Drive .That

Practically Doubled · l\lernbership :· , , i; Bluffton ,;m not have minutes until"he will know "noise" in the community is ;t of The American Legion. - by "noise" that the Bluffton one attained its fame. It is y e participation in civic and affairs that the Post has inprestige and widened the nfluence.

•:ecently put on a drive that ed the membership. It has .h of officers with a real goa commander. The fame of spre ading over the state, the Ne,vs-Sentinel 1:ecently fea : ctivities with a four col umn ;upplemented with cuts of ers.

ND JAVA FOR

JOBLESS VETS IN N. Y.

s.an d· ., "doughnuts and cofto '. feed the jobless and - sofcliers in the growing t" St. :. J\farks-in-the-Bo~ery, are being s up.plied by a of , the Ameri can Legion, durand night. The unfortunate n the church. ·

TED COMPENSATION ed man, who formerly was 12.50 a · week, applied in New the Am erican Legion, wholly He took a - job as a packer at aid he was glad to g et it.

UnemJ) l oyed Men -i'~ Barracks Volunteer · · For Blood Transfusion

inore d etai led mention of their achievements. Former service men included in M~ LLON'S HOME TOWN the band besides th9se already mention- FOR COMPENSATION BILL

Calls • · ed are: Roland Nausbaum, first director .; of the band; Adolph Getz, secre tary and · -TIJ e. Chamber of Commerce of Pitts' q.,'EVELA.ND, 0.-Not all the blood treasurer; Bert Rus se ll, soloist and as- burgh, Pa., home of Secretary of the of '• pati-iots was sp-illed in the war. Un- sistant dir ecto 1 : ; Claude Doyle, P.aul Trea s ury Mellon, has voted for the Amem1>_loyed ex-service men living at ehe Moore, ·_Paul Druley, Frank Hendersbn, erican Legion's adju ste d compensation , American L eg ion barracks here are sup- Fred· ,Lohman, Oliver King, Dr. F · E. bill \ Almost at the same time the pl:\drig almost all the blood needed for Jiagie, Ra y Burgess, Daniel Vori Etten, Chamber -at Los Angeles, Cal., with 9,000 transfusion operations at Lakeside hos- •1J:ubert F .' Bailey, Everett Lawson, Wil- members .and called the largest in the · pital. A qu,art or so means nothing in liam Rhoades, Robert Dickinson, Arthur United States, endorsed the bonus. \ he · life of ' these doughty · per so ns. · Hill. Calling the U S. Chamber's tactics un-

"The ' ho sp ital lias c alled · upon the bar- The sad, sad, sob of the saxaphone, the' fair, the local commerce board at El racks a number of times in the last two battling -boom of the bass drum, and° the Do rado, Kan., denied its members hip months, and ha s never failed to get vol- raucous toot of the festive cornet com- andJ': then voted 'for the compensation unt eers. "0n e call came- at 8:2& in the bine to make a thunderous harmony in mea s ure. morning, and 12 ni-inutes lattr 25 men the club rooms of Harry Ray Post on ' -----,-----repo rte(f at the hospital for 'duty,"' said Monday nights of ea-ch week. Even the LATEST L~GION INDOOR SPORT a Legion official in charge of the bar- ancient typew'riter owned and operated A Spanish bull fight wm be staged in i acks. "A hflo st all the men ' in the build- by the post adjuta.nt sometimes imbibes Madi so n Square Garden, New York, by in g offered.;; to go, though they did not enough of the jaz i m e lody to play hob an American Legion post. One stipu• know that t he blood w9uld be bought wit h the spe llin g of difficult words, when lation is that the b~ll s hall not b ~ hurt. and pa-id for;'' the band is doing its worst: But ,its

,WalJer Mi1sl!lka 1 who served two years worst is plenty good eno ugh to/ put Harry overseas, is one of the regular v olun- Ray Po st on the map, and the villagers teers. He ,seems to have an exce ll ent ~-e always willing to turn oµt to any supp l y in h fs {re ins. Recently his hlood gathering where the Legion band is adwas accepte~L for · trans fusion into the vertised as an attraction. veins · of aif out-of-town patient. After \Ve are mignty proua of the American tli.e operation h e said he wasl_l't particu- L e gion band down in this ne ck of the Jar ~bo.ut bej ng paid 1 fm: a little act like woods. that; but thiit he wouldn't mind .if someone would h elp him find a job. He is a ma<lJinist-a very red -blooded ma chin-

-T~E HOOSIER .LEGION AI~,_ FRIDAY, ,MARCH.: 10, ·1922. , -~ - -

service men of Indiana e~ect of them.

~076 LJ efJ ' 1 T~e~ l ~t - us hold them to-strict , i;iccounta ~ \ •NAJRE ab1hty. , ---···---

Application ro; entr;: as second-c;as: m~tter is HERE' S T.O YOU f IOW AY l ! pending. "'

Official. ' publication Department of Indian a, The ,' Ame r--ican Legion.

W:e have just returned from Iowa, the lanq of c9rnfeds and ' cornbreds, farm journals , nd cabinet officers ; -and the

PHILIP - B. STAPP ·· ············Editor home of- our: national -commander, · "Jack"

A. P • SLEN1lZ : : Advertising Manager, M~cNider. _,,.

assemble in 0ur : respective church~s - for ,divine · worship, there again. j:n -ther eom'memoration of sacrifoies · already made to · gam fresh inspiration ·: for service to God and co;mtry,1 .-

BULLETIN NO , 21 Post Commanders and Adjutants:' Pa st Department -Commander GigniBiat: haa. agi;iin.,,i1wited the Department to llold a conference ·

DEP..ARTMEN'J: ,.OFJCERS Commander

CHARLES HUNT : Jefferso nville Seco nd Vice-Commander_-

Fint Vice-Commander George

A. R. EX,T0N-.PORTER Whitin

CLAUDE E. GREGG Vincennes Iowa ha3 a wonderful Legion organization with a wonderful state department and -a wonder ful state newspaper. Is it any • wonder that she has given _ us ~ wondedul ilational commander?

1 National Committeeman •·

.OSWALD ,RYAN Anderson

Adjutant

FRANK •HENLEY, 501 Baldwin Btk. Indianapoli s - Finance Officer

S. A. SWITZER : Seymour Chaplain- ·

S. L. MAR'J'.IN Liberty Sergeant-at-Arms

SCOTT SHIELDS - Bro,vlnstown Americanizationr.. Officer ,

OSCAR A. AHLGREN,. Whiting Athletic Officer

HARRY LElGH.'.ll0N Culver Service O(ficer

BBRT S, HAWKINS L 501 Baldwin ~ Block Indianapoli s _ Legislative Committeeman

AWl:HUR. ROBINSON ' In~ianapo!is Historian

j>.. C. DUDDLESON. : · Terre Haute

EXECUTIY.E COMMITTEE

· Post Has •Lively , Dell Moihe/l, the hub of Legion affairs

_Meetings Each , Week in the state, see ms to, radiate ·Leg-ion B y Thomas H Estle pep, punch and push in -alL directions George H. Hockett Post 127, of .Ander-

The Legion has "sold" itself to the son, welcomes the Hoo sie r ' Legionaire people- of, Iowa. The state -has •take!} it ·and wishes , it long- life and success, beto her· bosom like an only son Her whole · li eving that it will be a means of getpopulation, farmers, workingmen , _man- ting a bigg·er American- Legion in -fnufacturers, la wyers , plut ocrats and -poli- diana. ticians, banke rs and business men, are Our membership i s coming, in fairly all, bft.g and baggage, b , ehind the Le- well and we are having .lively meeting s. We are using the new ritual adopted gion's progra~, including the adjusted at Kansas City. With the regular incompensation bill, To th e people of itiation we are using the- farce initiation Iowa the Legion is the biggest organiza- as a side degree , - affording p - le.nty .,of en-

First District: Ben Watt, Princeton. tion in the country and "Jack" MiacNi- tertainment ,This is: called "T:he Cursed

Second Districts•. Elmer Sherwood , Linton. , der a bigger man than the President. - <'ourt of .the Emperor Sin Sin/'

Third Distr ict : Chades Hunt , J eHersonville. · '-'

Fourth --Oistrict: Philip B. Stapp, Greensburg. A great, broad ; smiling state of fertile The loeaL -Post is very proud -in having

Fifth Di strict : Walte ,:. •G, 1Haaley, Danville · · d f , bl h f d as ,. one of 1·ts members, -Captain Weir

Sixth Distric l>: DE. George B. Hunt. Richmond , pra1n es · an com or,ua · e omes, o ., re

Se.ve nth , Distri ct: Ri cha rd. H: · Habbe, 704 blooded men and gentle woinen Next Co0k; of Captain Richen.backer's squads

_Fletcher ;-Trust - Bldg,, Indianapolis · ron during th/ iv ar, a~.:i an American

Eight Distrcit•: - Paul Hainoaug h, Muncie. to Indiana the biggest vertebra in the •~

• Ninth - Distris:t-: Ben Rogers, Frankfo rt. backbone of America! Here's to you, ace. , Comrade , Cook is now stationed at

Tenth District•:· Cope J. Hanl ey, Rensselaer. McCook field, Day,tori, Ohio. : His home

Eleventh,, -Districb: , r Kenneth Yarnelle, Wabash. Ioway!

'J'welfth Di stri ct: Rob ert Gaskill, Ft. Wayn e. is in , this city •

Thirteenth District: H , -F. Noble, Culver. Mike Miller represented the local Post THE POUCH LETTERS on a trip with i·epresentatives from PAST CbMMANQERS

RAYMOND •SPRINGER ; Connersville

L. R. GIGNILLIA'I: , Culver Gold Star mothers and fathers in , In- othen ci.vic organ izatio ns to inspect diana are receivh1g :letters f.riom A, B gymnasiums at Franklin and Lebanon Pouch of New York · former national · fo.r ,the pur-pose of getting new idea s for chair~an of the "Bri~g Back the Dead a new gymn~sium to be built here. League," urg ing them to write their · Post headquarters has.,.__a n~w flag pole senators and representatives in Congress Tracy, Jackson ; and Sells. di d the ~vork. 0 , Ryan, national execut1ve: comm1ttee-

For God and · Country. we associate our st!lves together fo:r the following pur poses: · To up.hold and defend the Constitution of the United ·States of Am erica; to maintain Jaw and order; to foster an d perpetuate a · one hlJDd r"ed pet'I cent Americanism; to preserve the me[l'\ories and incid e n ts of our association, in· the Gc<!at Wac; to. incul ate· a sense of indiYidual obligation to. the community, state and nation; "to combat the autocracy of both tl)e.. cla ss es and thte , ma sses: to, -make right the mas ter of mi g ht ; to pr01note peace and good ''sill on eart h ; to safegua rd and transmit to posterity th e princip les of justice, freed01n ·

to pr event passage of the- adJusted com- d I G df th f ' t ' h ·local · man, an a so o a er o e ' · pensat~on bill : :Post, comes up and gives us a chance

time we had there last summe while the weather will prevent 1 pation in some of the out of door enjoyed then, Gen. Gignilliat has ed us that there will be several- in ing features to enjoy -during our f tion periods.

Thi s conference will begin at 9 m. Monday, March 27th-so that s ~ yo u will have·to leave home Sunda~ to get there in ample lime for- th, session

The State Department has nun qu estions to bring before this fflf and it will take almost. all of th day ~ to - complete, the business on so Qe th,ere e:gly. You

and blankets, eat arcmy cho J 'IV lightfully entert;:dned when out tt, business. · f ·,.Pop -

Please advise this off.ice at on, many repre se ntatives from · you ,will attend so tha t. om:, host wil l how many to prepa i;.e for · This i!11portant, , Watch th~ , Hoo sier · Legionnaire f.ur.ther - de.tail$ of thh, meeting, are to,.be at leas:t two -big he~line .thi s · meeting.

, Claude E ~ G,regg, -Cq~an._ Frank H; Henley, , AdjubBULLETIN NO. 22.AME111CAN LEGION "GO TO · CHURCH" SUNDAY; APRIi,

At the s uggestion of , our depart. Pouch a multi-m1lhona1re merchant to hear him talk occasionally. When chaplain, Re¥ s. L. M'artin, the E _prince who made a barrel of mon ey ~mt Oswald -talk s you can sit all night and Department , has designated , Sw of the war and d oesn't want to part with listen. His advice_ is very good ·and is April 2 nd, 1922 as- The American i.;. any of it, through ,the medium of a com- appreciated. All Post s would appreciate "Go to Churc h" Sunday. , pl ete list of Gold Star parents of>tained hea ring h im as h e can talk to you lik e It is suggeste d that you arrang,

helpfu ln ess.-P reamble to the Con st itution of The A me rican Legion. hiJ e in his former job as ballyhoo man a father Go to · it Ryan! some ministex in your communi.

for th e und ertakers' trust, is ;waging a Th e Hockett :Post now !,olds its second preach a special sei;moh: and fq :relentless fight a_gains.t con; pensation. charter. It was necessary to have a dup- post to attend h is - churchTin a PROLOGUE

The Hoosier Legionai,re -m~k-es its inaugural appear a nce · J.t parts the curtains , steps forward and bows to it audience, the ex-service m e n and wome

To the credit of the folks of the bu d- licate issu ed as the original was stolen urn.form. This time is selected dies we left overseis, may it be said by some ·mysterious person. We d on't memorate the entry of -the Unitea that Pouch's epistles have met wit h a 0;'i~haia1~e;b:!t:1u:V:~~/~~~~!;:~~ ~~et~:c~fi1i: !'an;~ t;\~fs ac:n of Indi ana: 1

It hopes that it wiil be cordially rec eived; that you will be in ¼.erei)te d fn

Probably n ot so w ith Pou ch. One who ,-------------------. our Service Men's Cricui· ll.nd would u se th e country's Golcl Star roll ·

It hopes to ch ronicle yom- activities in work or in play, to be a m tFror of :v,our thought, to work for you, to entertain yo u, and to be another mean s of liaison between you and your· comrades of other years. It is the product of yo ur pen and invit es the b est you can do for it s - columns in story, essay, criticism, philosophy, picture and rh yme

ALERTE!

s hip Drive it will be a h elp to s for the purpose he is using it could not

You Tell 'em Al :

p u blic that the Legion is inter 1 :.11 affa ir s of the community. b e expected to be ashamed at anything. ., _. Gi\-e t hi s day your earnest co

cold rece ption. · Instead, he has received France. Th is bird takes the knitted fry- _ It is felt by this department a · flood o,f irtdi'gnant letter s in reply. ing pan. - We are considering having th e participatio n of this day wil Some of the answers he received would new-:- chartei:- placed _in a safety deposit church -and the Legion 'in cTost b r ing the blush of shame to the cheek box in the val u t of one of the local -bank s • with commupity affairs. of the mo st case hardened war profiteer. : As this day will be the secon · making its acquaintance. It fa -int ~rested in yo u; working for your welfare i s it s reason for existen ce. R ec ipro cally· it is dependent on your friend line s1s for its life. ,

WHY WE USE BUT ONE "N"

To forestall cau s tic comment on the part of -any of our contempora ries ' who mi ght b e s o in cl ined, let us hasten to state that· we have good and s u fficient rea s on s for spelling Leg:onaire with but one "n," Noah Vv ebster to the contrary nothwithst a nd ing. We fo rt hwith offer the following -i n s upport of our st and, to wi t : Becaus e it looks niftier i n the head-

The I:egion's pr ogram for adjusted l ines ; becau se all leath e rnecks spelr it compen s at ion is und ergoing a cru c ic al that way; be cause what we believe to be test. with a lon g and · tried record for the b e st st ate Legion paper in the counability to unflin chingly face severe pun- try spells it that way; because it has a ishment, it will take more than body disti n ctively viri le Am e rican semblance blows and uppercqts to kn oc k out the tha t way. Because- we do n't want to bill. It has nothing to fear but a foul. force the.. publi s h er s to buy fifte e n o r

That .t here are those in Congres s and t we11ty extra fonts of type. out of it who would re sort to any tri ck- Should not this be enough to p e rmit ery to defeat the bill is not to be doub t - us to say, "So be it always, henc efort h , ed. It h as already been demonstrat ed ' and forever more." Amen! I Th e privileged inter ests, the profit eer, -, and the - wa~ hog -h ave not hesitated ti.1 GE) 'F-0

CHURCH SUNDAY

employ the most l,\ns c ruplous m ean; and • ,tp.e1> sµ_glf~s~ion of the state chap lain the most unfair tactics fo their effor.ts for' if',:,e\i&n:J.''Go to _ Ch urch ' Sunday,''. to keep from s haring a few crumbs of which has been incorpo:r.ated in a detheir wealth •with the men who made partmental bulletin appearing e}sewher-e it possible for them t o acquit e - it. • Whe n in this iss u e, is a commeJ:!dable one t he mast er cracks the w hip, there a1 e It is to be hoped that e:rch :Post in the plenty of s lav es to · do the ))i!l~ing. ~-, state wil.l at , once take steps for the

Let each Legiohair:e focus hi s - eyes on p ro pe r ob ser vance of the day. : In the Washington and keep then~ there' u,ntil wift pape of modem every day -life we this question i s sett le d. Let us scr iitin- pa u s-e not frequently enoug h fo~· -religize every ·_mo ve made by our senators ious reflection , "For God" i s -the fi rst and repxesentatives in regard to this phra se of the const i tution dedicating our bill. In no un certailil. terms l et us once great o rganizatio n. On this day let -us · more impress upon h em what the ex- again don the unifor m of country and

The L eg ionaire invites t h e comment of L s ·reade rs on all veteran q u estions and in , future - issues of th e paper will reserve on its editorial page a "Y.ou Tell 'Em Al' ' column. If you hav e something on your ch est, get it off through th e col umn. Th ere are certainly plenty •of matt en agitating the mind s of all service m en · -L e t you!' buddies an d the wodd h ave the b e nefit of your vi ews ;,,11 together- n ow! Right sho uld erpencils and ~oronas ! Turn loo s e the barrage!

A -pmv POSTS · WILL' I\HSS THIS ISSUE FOR FAILURE TO SEND IN THEIR CARDS

B e cause some Pos ts have failed to send in their subscription cards to The , Hoo sier Legionai.r e anµ because _,.others waited unt i l this week to send' i~ theirs , a number, of , paid-up members wm not ."receive t he fi i st f ss ue of l. ,~ •,,.this paper. _,

Cards weJ·e - sent to Po'st adjutants three weeks ago. While most Posts filled out the ca1>d s and returned them promptly to the ., public,i'tion office , some f,ay ( fai)ed to resp on( ~,_,Every Legi 6n m efribe1~ -in -the st ate' w.ho is in good standing with his Po s t i s e n°t.ftl'rd lo rec jve t ]i:e t;egi onai1:€ It fs 'to be - hoped that. Po gts t hat have not - yet sent in t h eir · s ubs crii)tion Caras will 'do S() at once. A11 it costs is but an h i> ur's work · on the. · par t of that already overworked gentlei1rnn ; the Post · a9-Jufan t Make him get bus~•- · ' - - - •

Iti on select the right minister an'd a big turn out on April 2n d. 1i Claude E. Gregg, Com

• Department- o ., F ra nk H. Henley, A,A ; Departmel1t

BULLETIN NO. 2

Am e rican L eg ion-Go to -Ch. day , A.pril 2nd

A t t h e sugge st ion c f · our Dt Chap l e i n , Rev. S L. Martin, Deuartm e n t has designate- · Ap.ril 2nd, 1922, as the "A11 gion Go To Church Sunday. "

It is ug gested that -you ah some min is ter in -your comm prea ch a s pecial ser mori; ; and Post t o attend h is church in uniform

Thi s time i s select e d to co 1 t he entry of the Uni ted Sto "\Vorld , var, and i s a mem sa cr ifice 1nade by th is count

It is felt by this d epartm e participation of this day W J c hurc h and the Legion in c I with commun i ty affairs.

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As t his day w ill be the sec our se rvi ce men' s ci rcus an:l l' driv~ it will be a help to sho Ithat the Legion is interest ed fairs of the community.

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! Give this day Y-Oilr 'e arnest Ition; se lect the right- injn1ster a i big turn-out on April, 2nd. 1 · C.laude E. Gregg, Com :- F r ank H. Henley, AdJ ,,.

Ha s vour Post a corresponden pap e r?. If not why not J..

I Rays ·From The F oo tli ghts .

KEMPTON S00 TO RE CEIVE . . M" l IPY Mr s Ray Snycler, Miss Marie Swishe P CON ERSVILLE MAIUNG PLX TS

RIVer City 1nstre and Mrs. Milo Lindsey. Th e s how was FOR SE COND ANNUAL SHOW · · r e1iete -with music, <;lancing and scenic

Takes Town By Storm

~ffec t~ , ' CONNERSVILLE, Mar 9.-P 1 ans ,

1 IT S PERi\'1-AN EN 'I' CHARTER

Sells Out for Three N ights;

Fads and Fancies

as nual vaucleville s how by the entertainLawrenc eb urg "FroHcs" Big Success; I · · · l ment committee of the R't'ginalcl Fi s her

• ' ' have b e en- completed for the seco nd an' I

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G 1 -, Po st. No. l. G. Carleton Guy, Indiana's

Pu blic Ho;Yls for More a·· -0rg eous a axy favoriat e com~dia1_1, who cre~ted th e role · of "Abe Martrn" m the 1m;: ;; ical i;omedy

Brea kh1g all att endance record s in a hit of that name, w~ll be the he11dlin er ity famous for it s home tal ent s ho:v s, SLi -neman Post, Wabash, Puts on S h ow on the bill. He will appear in a monoMcAllister Post 2 39 for th11 ee suc c essiv e Tpat Might Ha, c Come Direct logue act , introd u cing original - charact er nights last week had to put out the S. _ From Roof Gardens delineations six other nuJY\.bers will be R. o., sign in front cit the Lib erty thea- presented by l oca l tal ent. ter at La,n-enceburg wh ere its Ameri can A _ga la xy of gorgeous pulch rit ude ar- On e of the features of the ev e nt ,viii Legion Minstrels were playing. rayed in "spiffy" costu m es , cleve 1: clown- be an Italian dance act by American At the opening of the seat sale the\ in~ taking a?vantage of ea~1\:w 1st of L e gion Auxi_liary and Connersvill~ - high queue in front· of the box office extended tw1s~ y plot m_t er rupt ed at m :-r~ al s f? 1 I school m e mbers A novelty aot 1s , befor a block. The s how. having b ee n com- l th e mterpolation ?f the I_a tes frnm Ti,n ing arrang e d by F. \\i Muschman, a , forletely sold out within three hour s after lPan Alley, ca 1:n ed Stmeman Po ~t s mer officer i rt the Rainb ow · Division. he seats were placecl on sa l e , it was i "Fads and F a ncie s " ov er to a smashi~~- The act will consi s t of a squad of execided to give - it a thir d night. E ve ry i s uc cess before a. crowd that packed th e service men demonstrating·, the manual eat for 1:he third night w as gobbled up j Eagle s '.; 'heatr e rn , \\' aba s h February o~ arms, assisted by the American Ley eag er patrons a few hours after they 1 22 aud 3 __ · gion Drum and Bugl e Corps. d be en placed on sale. ~o_lly ,~ood ~~me m fm:. i ts s h are of MembeM of the entert ainm ent comfi

• 1 sat irtza t:on with the stagmg of a full M L • H 11 W R L h

Th e Oral Wi se hart P ost, of Kempton, was org anized January 5 with an initial membership· of fifty-three. The Post i s op e rating · under a temporory charter but hopes to receive- -a -pe--i•manent charter soo n - The officers of the Post are a li ve wire bun c h and alread.y have pr ovided club rooms

The Post has leased a picture show and is now activiely engaged in boo stin g this enterpris e Profits from thi s venture are to b e placed in 'a building fund

We are awaiting with inter est the first issue of the Hoosier Legionaire and bel ieve that it will fill a long felt need. We are with you all the time.

HO SPITAL - r AMED FOR GALBRAITH

Plans for a Connecticut state ho spital fo · ex-service men have been endorsed by Gov erno r Lake. It will be named mander of the · American Legion.

RI CH W

The show was not only a l:>1 g nan c1a , ·

IDOW ADOPTS · BUDDY -OF DEAD SON

1 H d 1I Id mitte e are air u , · ync , uccess. Its triumph in an artistic /ledg d st udio sd~ene, wit 1 d oAwa7· Alob Robert F Welch, O. L. Rippetoe and •,:i t f • erman as the 1rector an m1e er J F S

n se. was even greater. Res1ven s o I' • • b f h • d ' · trasser · · h L · tbe came raman e ore w om emo e - O hio river city declar~ t e eg1on Glad s S e nce/ M~rtin Adams, Paul - (Contin u ed -fro m page. one) th e beS t ever st aged 111 Lawren ce- · Myets, E:iigar A l exander, Eliabeth I{ing, NET S4 oo O · i\IIN STREL widow ha s freq u e n tly visited t h e Adams ·g Lucile Roby and Marcella · Garpeau i n home at Atlantic City. It was on!¥ re -Originality in the prod?ction pro- their variou's ingenue, vamp, juvenile, Four hundr ed dollars clear prnfit was cently that his parents -' wo uld , consent ·

'I elaimed itsel from the opemng· ensem- and h eavy r oles. netted the Bl u ffton , Post from its mins- to the adoption and it wa-s for the sake · ble of the minstrel first part to th e _final I Th · "sad" one pie - trel show giv e n last week The h o u se of seeing him obtain -a college education• rt · th 1 verest bits of busmess e movie scene was a · , udai~'., 1 e Ji nes wit h t h e biggest; tw·ing the [aithful_.wife awa_iting the re- was fill ed at each perform a nce. The best that consent- was given: an t ~ vi~ g b een written and arrang e d t u rn of fnend husband while the ~~by home talent s how see n in Bluffton fo r Mrs Adams has only .• one relative, a 'OJ!nch hba gf the -McAlli ster P ost. 1squnw~s for hom ebrew ; of the cruel de- man y seasons, was the verdict of the si s te1:, ,vho lives in Bo&fon, and who is 1em ers o teckative" who comes for the rent and public. said to be very ,~e althy.

• arti cularly worthy of n?te wa_s th e I chokes the dea r wife; of the mother who :-•:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: erpa ~ sketch "Twenty Mm ut e 111 th e I b rings her inn oce nt dau 0 ·hter to enter , rgonn e" wh ich provided a few_ of the the movie s "' i oi1t's versat ile m em~ers a medium fo 1• Brill iant song numbers and terpishe po rtraya l o_f old time A. E F., front c h orean specia lties s upplieii- the punch, ine. scenes as 1t appeared to the dark ey each new scene f urni shed a surprise, and We Ii and erect Markers a nd· Monumen ts - anyw-1:ere :in , Indiana doughboy. Captam Eb~rhart, bla ck as a stranger seeing the show would have Sb alt B th W b h J d" burnt cork coul d mak e hnn and sportmg Ithought '.;hat he wa~ see in g a re\llle di- ow er ro ers, .a as ' n tana : shoulder bar s a foot long, and hi s tatter- 1rect from the Ce ntu.ry Roof. I

Write to = for pr ice,. • emalion aggregation of du s ky kaki 1 / _. ads stoppe d t h e s ho~v with their s l a p- I B k O 1 , + I · ck' ' repartee ~nd ~u ricro us ~ntics. 'A UC n eave LO ~:fili~mrn!ii~lill~ffd,'i~ii~ffi!m~~~,--. is sketch qualifi es with a p l ace 111 the - J ,r . melight alo ng with some of the b est B s • A d unts oi '_'E lsi e Jani ~ and H er _Ga~g."

e 'een Ill

n erson . lfil "A Ba ffl mg Mysterious Sensation, to " I , e the wo rds of the program, "Sawing

IDE·NTJFJT;C.' YOU

'dan in Three Parts" put the a ud ience Author, Who P l ayep. Lead, to- .Be Seen · · the bole, so to speak. They had c om e In Pro duction Late Thi s \i

iepared t o see a budesque on one of Month ., '

ml e high •power i llusion a~ts now pack- -I · , ,·

Ag the ho u ses on the Kei t h and Orph" A Buck On Leave" famo u s A: E. F

m cir cuits s hpw of p~st a:r mi sti~e days, will be

What t~ey saw was the famou s illu- st aged i'n Anderson by George H. Hock- , cI1;1phcat~d with all t h e ~n ess e ~f ~he ett Post 127, according to , a report from >fes s1on al with _Plenty of s id e-s phtti~g I that place today Se r geant ·· Patrick " um thrown m for good measme. Barne s the aut hor w ho played t h e stel - 1 [ick" Smashy , one of th e yo un ger Ja r rol~ in Fran ce ~viii probably play the imbers of the Po st, w ho se patron l ead. H e will he 'supported by a cast of 121 · nt is th e gr ~a t Thu rston, and who 65 peopl e · \ s worke d m ~mat e u r • th eatnca l s The show play e d the S hµb ert-Garrick 1 ce h e wi;-s _kne e h igh to a grass hopp er, th eatre in Washington durin g th e dis- · ill ' ' the ong mat or ~: th e ac~ , , : ar.mament co nf e rence, drawing crowded • :1.--teen· of L~ ,He n ce bmf?i s prettie s t h ouses Barnes and his compan y are gJ tens arra yed u'f t h e _topp i e st ' 0 cos- n ow playing an engagement in Chicago. ~L ~s put over some sprightly songs a nd It is planned to br-ing the - show to An- lit ai· danc es. cle rs on :t h e l atte!' pa.r:t of this ,, mo nt lr. n ei gp t pi ece orc h estra directed. by· t2l E. B ec h tel helped carry th e show T AKE BXCEPTIONS TO ough ,on "hi gh" from overture to ~USE -OF SERVICE STARS ie.

Exceptions t~ the W. C T. U.' s pl ag_

•m·Str ·, el ·,Fro11·{' g ·of '22 iarizing of the wor ld war service sta r <!I \ flag to de si g11ate pla~es wh ere liquor is T • h• Bl f:.+ "prohibited" i s taken by- an· American ., 1'.0res '. nump .In : u ··~on Legion post comp ose d of n ewspa p e 1· , ii '

gat:i-0 ns F:rom P o sts in - Adjoinil)g

Cifies Swell Crowds for Two ··

Performances

e America n Legj.911 'Minstre l Frolic s 22 st aged at the G ra nd theatr e a;y 27 and 2 8 scored another big nph - fo r th e Blu ffto n Po st. Large ences, inclu ding delegat ion s from .; Wayne, Hun tington, Hartford- Ci ty, tpeli£r and D ecat u r, s aw both pernances

·ed L on g d en acted as interlo c ut ei: directed th e fun wh ich was s u{!plied "d e-splitting quantities by - Earl SawWilliam McBride, Ho yt La wr ence jart, O. W. Baumgardner, F ra nklin e, :Floyd Roberold and , Carl Sleep~. ballads were put over in great sty l.e F loyd · Rob inson,' Roger Swain and

e,1 Go ssettee. , " Musical. tabloids fold · the • mi !}strel _ part with features

writ er-s· in San Francisco "The. journal- i! · ists term s u ch usag e as an ms ul t tothose for w hom the st ar stood!'fil , MORE i\10N°EY-- NEE DED IN zl NEW Y ORK FOR HOSPITAtS 21

A fede ra l appropriation , of $16,400;0 00 ~i for ho spita l s for wo u n<led ex7soldiers - ID ha s be en asked by th e American. Le- ;fill gion in New York, w h en) continu e d in- '·,_ vestigation has revealed · inadequate

f<l::::s~oN -!! PO~T A~JUTANTS! 1:

Wheri .the Legion Insignia tad.or.n@ • your lapel you are marked ., among 1nen-marked ·with"the -distinction of having offered ·your life- for you r country.

Marked with the·distinetion ofbe1ng lOO o/o American who glo r ies - in the -past and believes ,in the ·futuTe of his countryis welfare. _ ·

It's Something, T-0 .Be .• Proud ,Of! Get,11: Button·For ·Every ,Coat,!

ters, ,says for yo n e ows to get usy _ and sencl i n .~ th e nam es of- yo u r of- ficers - for 1922. : We know that if §I : you knew 1\14,s , Evan s you wo uldn't make her ~sk yo u twice : j . ,

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Baseb~ll

luding p la ns for ,T omlinson Hall, in Indianapoli s The State Athletic Dir ector , is wo rk in g 011 a the seco nd annual American Legion show is for the benefit of t he Legion pla1! for putting on a series of bo xing state basket ball to urnam e nt to be he ld 11ervice bureau, which i s maintained at tournaments in var iou s cities over the in t h e high school gymnasi um • in Bedstate headquarters to aid disabled ex- state, as a co-operative e nt erpr i se be- ford on Friday and Saturday, Ivfa rc h 24 · service men to obtain their compensation, t\\•een t h e po sts and the Stat e Depart - a nd 25. and to assist in sec uring e mployment m ent. Th e fir st s h ow of the kind w ill be Entry blanks received to date indic ate !for needy veterans. st ag ed in Indain apo li s on • Mar ch 13 , in that e i g ht teams will compete for the ifhe headline feature of this s how will Tomlin son H a ll. It will b e entire l y a state cha mpion s hip and pre-tourna me11t · tie a ten round contest between T ed D e p art m ent affa ir, the pro cee ds going to Pt~Y b etween the entrants make cert ai~ Block, of Detroi t, middleweight · cham- the Service Bureau, to h ei p di sa bl ed Le- s onJe exceptionally st rong competi t ion • · pion of Michigan, and Bryan Downe y , g ion aires · 'in sec u'.i-ing · govei-n'inent co m l Gillen Po s t w ill adhere to State High 9f Cleveland, claimant of the world' s pen s ation It is p-Janned to fo llow up School Athletic Association rules in e nmiddl ew eight cha mpion s hi p. Downey is thi s s how with otlier s ovei· the state tertain ing and d efraying the expe nses r ecognized univer sa lly as the t itle hold- : It is Mr Leighton 's plan to establ is h of ~ the v isiting teams and c?a~hes, al' e r, by reason of his v ictor y over Johnn y Ia ce ntral bur ea u ,· to a id di s trict athletic rai lway ~ares ~nd entertam m:mt ex~ilson la st fall in Cleveland. Downey I officers or individ~al po sts to sec ufo s ui ..,1 p enses b. e mg d efiaye d by ~he !o~.,I po.st :fl oored the ch ampion three times in the I a bl e talent for lo ca l boxing s h o-:.vs. Thi s ' The !ugh s.choo l gy mna s mm, 1n w: h.1ch s eventh round of their battle a nd pra c - Iprobably w ill be Joca tea in Ind iana p ol is, ' :t;!l c , g::-m-.:-s Will b e played, h~s a sea t'ing tic ally kno cked Wilson ou t. · ~nder th.e s up e1'.vision of M1: :i,; 1vin, w?o c~ p ac i ty 0 ~ appr~ximate l~ eight e en l\unThi s is by f ar the cl assiest boxing If' expe ri e n ce d m the promotmg end of d 1ed an d is equipped with gla ~ 1?11 nk event ever staged in Indianapolis, and it the b ox ing busih e s s This bureau wi ll boar~s ~nd all other mode~ n_. equipme nt, was only because it i s a Legioi1 benefit b e ab l e to s upp ly boxers at a n y weight.' •and 1s 111 every way q uah f1ed to co msho,v that Do wney and Blo ck agreed to :J3RY/\ N' - pri ce to j 11 eet · the req-6'ireii'i eiits of the ·. fortably take care of th e · l~rg e :.cro wd appear. Both are ' in the "big mone y" ,-.. state posts or di str ic t s and will b e .of expecte d to attend the session s of t he 7'\0'"',.N · ' · 1t ·• t class a s bo xers, and this is their ' fir s t ·'C": EX great ser vi ce to the post in pla iming l urn.a m en·. ·. :,i· _J appearance at popu lar pri'ces contests between boxers \vho ai:c even ly I··, It is pla;med to: sc hedule th e se~ipn::r

The entire card w ill co nsi st of four matched, sb aii to' give , t he p°ilbFc a ' {01· af tcrn o~ns and even ing on th ; iiates bo u ts and will offe r twenty-eight round s :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::= p leasing e ri ter tainn:ie n t ·:,. • above 111 ~nt1on e d, two ga me s to. b e ,p layof splendid boxing. In addition to the r .. .,;··.;·:. . ,.0 e~ on Fnda y a ft er noon, two Fn da y l;! vete n round m ain event, there will b e an

SPLJJJJN' 'KJNDLIN' I

T.h e ievna, ?- mt e.e..,t 111• bo.xmg m mng, t w o Sat ur day afternoon and the , • eight-1' ound se mi-windup , a six round · • · ·. I nchana ope~s tqe wa y. -f!n· di St ri.cts autl final contest for the state cha m pions hip p reliminar y ani;l a four i·ound c urtain- ___..___....;________

P~st s to b~ 11 ~, up. th·e.ir ~re<1~ ':l'l~ ' , ti~- iH\ §,atJirqay ,eve~ing. r aiser. In the semi -wind-up, Jimmy Dar - BY G. R ASHLEY c~~se und ei I? l.JPeI di~ec ~1o n-; nd s up er - Gup s to B e Awar ded. 'tQ ri -of Indianapoli s, will box Jack · El- Marion Cou11ty American Legion Bowiin g Le.agile ,VJSJOn , A m erfa.Jl L e~ IOI~ bo-xm g s ltws T wo , -hand s.ome c up s will .be all'rarded l iott ; of Cul ver. The weight wm be 1 35 LEAGUE STAN DI NG ; ' ~a n. b e a grea\ fiil~JlCJa l SUCCe~s. ~s p r ize s at th e co nclusion of the tour nap ound s In · th e six ro u ~d · prelimina ry, won Lo~t P~t. >u;i h e !le~t ; ~w d ~y~ t.h~ st a!e J? epa~- m ~pt, on_e :to go t o t h e v ictorio;:: s tea~ Boohy Brid ges, of Indianapolis, will n-ini,;ton Po s t

39 ; 12 ·-.., 765 ;i l11~1'.1: t~oxmp_ Ctn'.~ ~stn , - '~~v t ·b e in in t h e final conte st w hile the s e co11d wi ll m 'eet Billy Dault on, of Kokomo, at · 142 Watkin s

· · • • • • ...• 24 27 .4 70 h · ·t· d ·~·.· t'' ~ .,. • :t· - • ' th t· b e s t m enta l attit ud e and phy s ic a l abr hty

Perry St e ph e n s on Po st 14 37 , 74 s o" s ar e 1nv1 e : O· Wrl e , e 1 er o d h Th • d d· l action M;axie Ep ste in, of lndianapo IS, St. Mlhie l-L oe h r Post 12 39 :235 State Athleti c D1l-~ct or J , eigh.tim -at Cul~ unng t e to urn 3: me~~· e m lVJ ua against Frankie hong, of Terre I{aute. I NDIVIDU AL AVERAGES 1 d t·. R 1 h' G '. El 1 s t t· cup c onesponds m s1 gmficance to; the Th h b t llS d Stauffer 175 J. Cady 14 6 ve1, n ., or o a p v n , a e G. bl d d th t t h. b ese 1 oys ox a poun s. · Ar gus 171 Py l e 146 Life 1Bldg., India1; apolis; ;fo~ informatioi1 1111 e pnze awar e 111 e s ,a 0 ·. ig , Jimm y Dalton claims ' th e ' lightweight ·:: :::::::: :m is:i"i~~i~:~4: and a ss is tan ce A s mall percen~ag e of _ s~hoo l b~~k e~ ~all tournam~nt an nu a lly. _

:

the re c eipts of ea c h s ho w 's taged under In t h.en e.ffo1ts to .entertam th e t~a ms.

t h e di·recti·on 0 f· th e · n · ew bui·eau' .·11, be co.m__pe. tm. g for the s ignal honor the 'Le-

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giv.en to .: th t t~t~_, p e~artnJ e nt_f9r ath c J.1~~ IS n~ s ured _ staun~ s upport !,,,om -.~. ei

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Fuild. · b e, l eft undone -that ca n ad~- ~o the : com

· fort - and pl eas ur e of the VISltors.

· .'~he satisfaction ex p r essed by ·.visiting

wrt)cn many mo r e t.:ams visit the · cl well-known family of boxers, and ·. is ~fi~:.",r': ~:-: ::: :;:::m ,~\~~oe·.:::::: ::: :::~{i ~ention b ca u ~e of i: t he estab li s hm e nt of t han w ill a pp ear ~or the Legio~ toci,rn~said to be the be st of the lot. He ha s Fir s t ;h) g h , •! n g le game- Antr im _- _.:: 242 : its new hundt·ed · thousand d ollar club m e n t (eight~en high s chool te~m s _11av~ b • b , bo t ' b t r· d Second high. s mgle ga?)l c--Thorn t on ; 237 I th L t p th h d t · , b t t d h M ' h " een oxmg m -1 ong u s, u ag ee Fir st hi'gh, th re e game tota1 .....:.01 sen 614 lOJISe, e ogans po r os · as a 1m e mg ee n en er ame ere arc u a}l to open the show for the American , Le- s._,cond _!1i g h t hr ee ga m e. tota l...,;,Arg'tis :. :5srr 't o thirik of l h e approllchiirg ·ba se ball sea - 4 of this year dm•i ng this even t) i ns ure~ • d I th I First h1 1Fh total t ea m s ingle ga m c--W-atk 1'ns9-16 Th · d ·ti .· f ·, d fi l · • · · guin 1rt or · er to 1e1p ' e cause -a oi,g. Second hi g h total t ea in s ingle ga me- Irving to n 91 5 so n. e.e 1s no ea !! 1 o ~oo m aaei:- co u1.t eo us tre atment and 1rst-c ass en• This card is strictly on all- st ar , pro- First· hi ~h' total, : thrce g a m es t e am- I rv in g- ial · in the Po st ' s ' m emb ers hi ):Hmcl· a- crack terta i nment for all who visit Bedford gram , and the committee in charge is s et,;',,':id · ii'i~i,' : t ~t; i · :'ii,~~~ :: g',;'~~~ · ie~;,; .:::_ 2 62 5- tea m ·W ill' probably b e p'ut into thtdield. dul'ing the Legion tournament ah d it• is · hoping · to draw a packed house. .' The · Watkin s' : ; : i : : : : -. 2,59.f Th e team ,vilr be 'entered in the c ity le a - th e in te ntion of the members ro n an aie fact ' that the·_ 1>ro'c eeds g o to the se r :v.ice ' · · ·· · ., -gue ' , vh ich in clud es t e ams from several the athleti c event· in s uch a ma nn e r thal Taking three in a ro w fro m Irvington boos ted fund of.the Legion is adding to the popu- W a tkin s, to within four •games of t h e - l ead:·,·w ltn of · the more promin ent civic and frater- Bedford will again be · chosen · f'()'!' the larity of the · show. b,i t nipi! ••J'.Q<ire. ;'ga\Jles ;on : t}le schedu li, it look s nal organizations of Lo gansport. · A state tournam e nt at some future date. like I r-vingfpq will. walk off with the bacon.

Seats are on sale at Clark and Cade's· The "i[)ew'ey Gobs ··•anir M a rines" ui> set Perry- manager for the :teafu .iw, HJ'1 b e , .SS!lected Cl l H t I D · St t Ill' · ste1>,hen soJ1 ,hvo out 1>f three , •craw ling up on Root, t k · NO POLL TAX IN ALABA MA l aypoo O e rug -ore, a mois · who dropped tw o fo Hst •. Mihie l-.Loehr Cell ar nex wee · ·;' 1 ; s(J IJ ( \ 1~ 1f:~'.., • and, Washington Sts., and -at Qoldsmith's Ch a mpion s · '· ·.., · • -· - / Ex-service men m Alabama w11l · vo DJ1Ug Store, Illinoi's -. and ..; , Ohio- ' Sts A: h<_>t _. ra e i s crn i,d1:w1ten·:.S t ~1.1ffe, a nd Argu s M. D.'S AND L. L B.'S sERVE FREE without paying a poll tax., A ., stat m md1V1dual aV<:('!l\i 1 co \q m.t1. 1 with Stauff er four - ·· · · • · Prices are $3, $2 50, $2 and $1. pins to the good • ,.~, : ' · Body pain s and le g al acbes will l)ot am e ndment, backed by the American Le• Arrangements for the how ~ a r e in A spl r n ts for Legion s~te~ h m l/ ion ~ips might • go , un so othed in Provide,rlc i:" 1f ' t Doc~ · !!'ion grants them the exemptio n. c as t their ey~ ove r the PlO' gcthng a b1hty of Ar- * J; J. ': t .:-:. TC ' charge of Ralph G. Elvin, a t hletic offi. glf s Stauffer. · Ol se n, T h o_r.n¥> • Bryson, Hinkl e. t?rs an~ lawyer s al'.!koHe1; n ~ f~·~e Sf;!r ~ )

Leighton Wants Every t · -I I

Legion Man in Sports

State Athletic Officer Has Divided Indiana Into 13 Districts for Promoting Athletics

Harry A. Leighton, athletic officer of the Indian a departmnt of the American Legion, is making things hum, athletically, in the department this year Leighton has adopted a policy of getting every Legionnaire engaged in some sort of athletic activity. He has split the state into 13 athletic districts, corr<>sp®d;r.g to the congressional districts, 1d has dist11tct athletic officers at work 1 each. Each post has its own athletic ficer working under the direction of e distric.t a11d s tate officers.

This year, Leighton states, Indiana \ have as much athletic activity as state iii the un·on and much more most of- them. A boxing commisis now being formed by the Legion ake supervision of all bouts scheduloy Legion posts. Under Leighton's ction the In diana department is the to undertake a Legion bowling nament ., b-y mail and the athletic di, r is now busy organizing state rifle, l, tennis•. and golf tournaments for

wly spring and summer.

1 Legionaire, true to the natural : the American, lik es to beat some; -son1l'!thing, whether it is in bat' baseball," Leighton declared.

·Chatter . i

Rµl~s Gov~ r ning Ifirst Annual Bowling Tournament

'' ; cif Indiana Deparflnent, The Ame, -·can L eg ion

1. This tournament shall b e kn,own a s The First Indiana Bowling tournament of Th e American L ~gfon ,. -

2. It s hall be a to,tirnainent by mail.

3. Scores of all event s sha ll be mailed to G. R. -Ashley, 901 Lemcke Bldg., Indianapolis Indiana on or before midnight March 28, 1922.

4. All, entrants mu s t be j)aid Up m ember s of The Ani.erican Legion and the Po st for whi ch they bowl. '

5. Each Post entrant s hall roll on certified alleys nearest his own focality, to be • left to eac-h · Po st which alley they choose.

6. All events may be bowled any time during the week of March the 19th.

7. No entrant will b e permitted to play und er · the name of more than one Post.

First Legion Bowling f ournament Planned

,.Entries of Five -Man, Two-Man and Individuals to Be Received; Play By Mail

The · first annual bowling tournament

official umpire.

9. Three consecutive games s hall be rolled by each entrant, and to t l!_l: ;;iin s in each event shall decid e the ,,•J.i~AAID ;h

10 In case of a tie in ati Y event an eq ual share of the trophy shall be awarded each p articipant who is tied ."

11. No bowler is eligible to compete more than once in ea ch event.

12. Prizes as decided upo n by the 'state athletic committee shall be awarded.

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of the Indiana _ Department, The American Legion, will be held the week beginning March 19. It will be a tournament by mail. Entries by five-man teams, two-man teams, and individuals will be

accepted. -

Entry fees have been fixed at five dollars for five-man teams, two dollars for two ,man teams, and one dollar for indi vidual bowlers. Entries are limited to Legion m e mbers only. Each entrant must be a member of the Post under whose name he enrolls.

A bowling cup will be given by the state department to the winner of the Five-Man event. Under the rules adopt-

13 Expen ses such as use of alleys, ed by the state committee, this cup be~ postage and miscellaneous ~~pen_se s hall comes the permanent trophy of the Post be borne by each Post participatmg. ' ,· · winning it three successive times. Lib-

14. Entry fees s hall be $5.00 fol'. each ., e ral cash prizes will also be awarded five man team, ~2 .00 for ~ac~ ~wo man ' winners of the Five-Man event.

• · · team, and $1.00 for each md1v1dual en- Additional awards in the form of ; trant. ·_ bowling ball and a pair of bowling shoes

8. Each Post is- responsible ·for the appearance of its t eam and shall conduct its own entries in an ho1iorable manner, scores to be certified by the Po st , Adjutant, Post Commander, and an

New Athletic Leader for Indiana District

prizes. as cash prizes for all events. Entries

should be mailed to G': R. Ashley, 901 Lemcke Building, Indianapolis.

h lfj b Mon;~ obta1n~ -,byf ~nt17 fees will be presented winners by the s a t e ~e - 0; e~pensc s :e .' · ed ou~~a- Bruns,viek-Balke Collender Com pan,: m~n sue as ' uym~ ~µp~ · an o er and t~e Smith-Hassler-Sturm Company-.~ pi•izes. The net proceeds of the tourn~ment ., 16. Cash s hall be giveri as incUv idual will be distributed on a percentage:.. basiSc , \ why ,ve want to give him plenty -rtunity to win in local, district e -1neets and tournaments in all : - of· is port."

;on is a11 all-round athlete himwon his letters in four sports ,chools - he attended in his college -111'ihvaukee· State Normal and e Institute. He join e d the First Da'::avalry in- 1917 and became athle-

! director- o'f the regim e nt. Later he as assigned ' to the Thirty-fourth Divim staff as 1a:thletic offi ce r of that diion He was commissioned in the 3rd ·cers' tnfrnirig camp at Leon Springs, , and ,ve11t with his division to ce. After the armistice, he was apa atbletie officer of the A t11eri-

:1i1barkation center at LeMans,

:e, thus · becoming responsible for

>hysical ·training of 240,000 men.

,q uently · 11e was put in charge of 11erican boxing team which toured

•o give exhibitions to the Italian

~hton is at' pve s ent on the athl e ti at Culver Miiitary Academy.

le District Athletic Officers are:

Naine Address

rl Suddoth, Di s t. , l Princeton

G. Mclritosh, Di st. 2 Worthington

i<' .t Rowe, Dist. 3 Corydon

: · Stapp, Dist. 4 Greensburg

,n N eavene, Dist. 5 Danville

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tl Nolte; ·: Dist. 6 Richmond

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G. Elvin, Dist. 7 Indianapolis

F. Fletcher, Dist. 8 Muncie

.Rogers, Dist. 9. , Frankfort

'Gardner, Dist. · lff Kentland

)trauss, Dist. 11 N. Manchester

Baals; Dist 12 Ft. Wayne

rhessin, Dist. 13· Culver

~LTS FOR NEEDY VETS

store~ closed, the countryside

'\asse, and a pla11e wheeling over' direct° the attack, the American at Beavet City, Neb., staged a wolf and coyote hunt for the : of fa~:mcrs. The mo11ey for ti1e .vi:nt to 11eedy ex-soldiers.

LEGION 5EBALL TEAMS

t e, ery : Legion team to get our wholesale prices on bsseball supplies.

State Basket Tourney Dates Are Selected

Legion's Athletic Coiumittee wants Each District Represented ·

Mar ch 2 4 and 25 were set as the dat e s for the s tate ba s ketball tourney at Bedford by the st ate athletic co mmittee in session at Indianal)olis ' February 19.

State Athletic Off,icel' Harry Leighton and members of the- co mmittee are working hard to have each district represented at Bedford by a team

The future of boxing, as it concerns the L e gion, was discu ss ed at the meeting. R. G. Elvin, of Indianapolis, Karl Ba als, of 'Fort Way'ne, and the state athl e tic officer, were selected as a committee to draw up plans for a state boxing commission. Tpe· plans will be submitted" to- t~e state committee which meets in Indianapolis su nday. ·

Entries are already beginning to come in, the one from Dewey Post No. 3, Indianapolis, being the first received.

BOXING CARD DRAWS FOWLER FANS AND BOOSTS THE -POSI'.

An enth u siastic crowd of fans witnessed the boxing exhibition ' put on by Fowler Post No. 57 at Fowler Tuesday night. Ruggles vs. Duches, 155 pounds; Jimmie Say ers, Monon A. C. vs. Young Fi s her 112; Duvalt of Lafayette vs. Otto Jeffreys, former Fowler bo y, 140 pounds, proyided a well balanced card, The Fowler Post, which is one of the livest in the state, is made up of boxing ent hu siasts. Several of the local Legionaires are planning to attend the big go at Tomlinson Hall in Indi anapolis Monday night.~ '

WHITING TO HAVE NINE.ili:-.. 1

· RALPH G ELVIN.

; Ralph G. Elvin of Indlanapol,s has 'been c ho sen district athletic officer, : s eventh di~trlct, <iepartment of Indiana, :American Legion and has assumed his duties;. He is back o! the big lea-Ion box- /Ing show for which the Indla-napoli• pmmisslon has Issued · a. permit for Monday , March 13. .All 11tate- legion odies will get beh ind the attalr 11,nd lllak& It ' a inon!fter ' aho*."' ·

NATIONAL AIR ON HAND ORGAN 1S UNDER THE. BAN

The Star Spangled B an ner , rendered on a handorgan wit.b a monk(ly accompanist, is tabooed by the American Legion in New York. bill before the legislature would prohibit co llection s be ing _ taken for playing the national anthem.

Cass County Post Puts on Washington Day Program

' Cass County ~ Post ; Log~nspo;-t, honored the birthtlay anniversary of the Fath e-'r of' '.His Cotinti'y ,,, fth a banquet in the K. ;of C. Hail aCthat ''pla c'e. ·. Legionaire Arthu1; c. Robin son/ jud/e of the

Superior Co urt, Indianapoli s, delivered a spil:ited ; addre¥. , ,, · : .-

Two 'bo"xing bouts •,artg ·a• da'iicing act

provided the fighte1· s ide of he entertainment • -Atelnpting_- m~nu of ' ve'a11 loaf; mashed potat9es, baked beans, jelly,

, pickfe'S; 'iforile -:pie aud i coffee- : wi ' serv.ed by the - Cass Ce1:1 11ty., War Mothe1·s. _

Rules for a st ate bowling tournament were approved by the committee and the week beginning March 19 set as the dat e for the meet. Teams compet ing in the tournament will bowl in their home alleys and mail the scores to G R Ashley, 901 Lemcke Building, Indianapolis A state rifle shoot was considered by the committee and it is expecfed that a date and place for the shoot will be fixed at the next meeting.

Bowling 'Team ·Entries to -Be Accepted to March 16

Tournament Committee Asks That Each Post Make An Effort to Submit. Entries

Whiting Post 'No. 80 plans to put a: • baseball team in the field this year_ Coach Hart c.laims the Post has materia~ to make the best team in the city Plans fo1; the 1922 season were di sc us sed at a meeting Wednesday night.

Jasper Post Observes

Birthday of Lincol1'

· Post No. 147 celebrated Lincoln's birthday on li'ebruary 12. A large crow<t f filled the local theatre.

The Legion bal1d 'of Jasper furnished musk for the occasion which was riarti-' ci pated in by many ·of the· Ioc a1 schooJ.f children. · · , , ·

Charles E. Scales, Post Commander, presided. Oswald Ryan of Anderso n, Nati onal Executive Committeeman fol( Indiana, delivered an address on the sub\. I

'Squared Circle' in . Fowler Headquartei:s.

Owing to the fact that some Po sts received their entry blanks ' for .the state bowling tourname;'t too lat~ to get them returned, by March 10, a few days extra have been granted in which entries will be received prior "to March 16 will be honored. Every Post that has a shadow of a bowling team should ''.'_ent~'l: - .tqrs tournament. Later on bowlin'g •will be · 1, Read the state bulletins on pag e 4. the Legion's most popular 1or111 of ath 'letic ~ for the reason that -in, :late.i, years, as members age, baseffl!H;n b~ k'e tba 1, and other spo1'ts '.' bei!t>m1! ,t,op s trenuous. Let's star t in right! :E -ach Post con sider it a duty to e nter this first annual tournament pf the Indiana Department. Do all you ca n to insure the , success of

Friendly bo1its in a s quared circle in the back room of tha quarters of Post No. 57, at Fowl er , make the pl ace a popular one for Benton County vet s The Fowler Post boasts many devot e es of th e manly art.

saseball ·Uniforms ·

BASEBALL SUPPLIES

All Kinds of this tournament. You can do this by , SPo · RTING getting youi· entry in nQw. ····,' ·- · '. · ·

G. R. Ashley, Chairman Tournament GOODS Committee, 90~ Lemcke Blog ; In,d.fana- , Writ'e £~~· prices and · iriformation polis. _

-Irvingt.on Post has also entered the champ1onshi~ race with an· entry of one five man team, three doubles team•s; and Waba.sh, Ind. _ six individual ent1·~nts.:, : , ,,.-f ;.,· '· · · ·

,iegion Auxiliary . Is -Sliowing.·Eine·~'-~Growth.

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IMany NewUnits :Formed j1Work of Auxilia~ .

,. ,; Mr s Haz erL- Workfifan, Depai'tment

·:. , ': secre tary, ha s rece iv ed a number of in• ~, 4 uirie s durin g the past week , which will

To Be Systemtzed

•Since Fir.st Legion · Co nventi on in Min- :.~.: • .lead to· the organizatio n of s e veral n ew

• neapoJ.is, the Auxiliar-y Has uni ts in th e state D 0 McInto s h, of Been Progi:essing :\, ,Wo r th ington, ha s a s ked fo1• ·:a pp licati o n

Nationa l and. St ate Headqu arte r s of Organization -, Seeks A d op ti o n of · U niform Met hod s i- - - • blank s to forn1 an au~iliary to the local -

, post of that c ity. J ohn F. Lackey, of By CLAIR PALMER T H URSr:l'O N

The American L egion is a natural re- ,. M entone , is an ot h er appli c ant _; , National headq u art e rs of the :a--UXHsult of th e Wo•r ld War, ju s t as the · G. A.

•; Mrs. Howard F i ary is enderivor in g to sys t ematize all R., i s the result -of th e C i-vi i War. Th e trict cha irman report s the Atwood unit branches· of work, in eveJ y part ,of the 'American Leg ion Auxiliary i s the natur- :as s mall, but showing a spl e ndi 9 sp i r i t, United States, into a -uniformi t y which al re s ult of the Ameri ca n Legion, as the and m eeting regu l arly a t · the hom es o£ will facilitat e all movements s tar}ed by

.":W. R .' C., · i s the r es ult of the G A. R. th e diff erent m ember ,. every two weeks. the ax u iliar y, ;;m d avoid c ompli~jtio ns, ,We knew that we wou ld hav e an organ-· Thi s little u nit expresses .itself as - rea dy whigh might othe rwi se d evel op · iation of so me kind, after all th e boys and -anxious to do nv sort of w ork t o At the reque st of -the n at,ion akchair retm: ned, but what we • did not know • help t h e l eg ion into· perm an ent. po st ma n of Relief and W elfare work Mis was ; just what it would b e called. -W"h e1 q u arters The y are knittin g co m forts P a uli ne Crans t on Curni ck, nation:;il s ecour , men cros s ed the seas, their name and sewing carp et rags with this ul t i- eta1;y, ha s forwarded to each de partme n i :waS: legion; wfuile th ey fought their

mat e en d , in : view. w elf are · cha irman, q u estion11ires, which name was legion, and now what mor e fit- · · In· an swer· to , inq:uiri es - a s to ju st w ho w h en fill ed out properly and sent int e ting riame than this: "The American MRS EDNA M. BA RCUS, PRESIDENT~ will -b~ clrnrtei: memb ers in the auxiliary na tiona l h eadq uart ers, will g ive comL egion", and what greater ,honor -can- the OF,. THE: INDIANA DEPT., OF TH E uni ts, it mu st be un derstoo d that this is 1 l ete r e_port of every h osp 1t:i,l. 1n th r women o:£_, this country have than to be A-MERI-CAN - LEGION AUXILIARY a ma tter l eft entirely to t.'1.e - d iscretio n Lhe Un_1ted Stat:s, a nd , the numb er q banded :together in one strong organiza- of .the unit s ; the y may hold their cha r ter ex- se rvice men m e a c h; al so the· nuu tion of patriotrc w.omen Hme the , Ameri- chairman of the Fifth, sixth , Eighth and rolls op e n for any given Jength- of time, b er of m en from other states and wr can Legion Auxiliary. · Ninth t di•sti,icts; Mrs. R. J. Jeffries of the which th ey may deem : necessary. -s tate s these are. • • The fir st. national convention of the Seventh dist r i ct and Mrs. Delia Cla r.k, Steveni;op Gaul t · p os t auxiliary re- In turn, each unit i s supposed .:to m ½.merican Legion, i : Minneapolis, No- first vice-pr es ident of the D e partment ports an election of officers a s follows: a monthly report to the - departrr ,vember 11, 1919, found representatives of Indiana , is in· charge of th e Tenth ; Mrs. Simon Fendig , pre si dent; Mrs. J. welfare c hairman Strict ac,eount i 1 from all Parts o f the country , from over Eleventh, Twelfth· and Thirt e enth dis- P. Manz ._secretary; Mrs .S.- A. Fendig.,- be kept of each · man entering •a - hos ; two•• hund11 ed · patriotic - organizations , t_ricts. The work i s well regulated and treasurer; Mrs. L.JVIin or; chapla in; Mus. during the month, also, all 0£ those c1amo-ring · for recognition as the · aux- showing· s plendid r es ul ts lta Jensen, historian; Mrs. Merla Minot, are di sc harg ed or trans.feTi·ed to < iliary to -the , American Legion The con- Compensation claims coming under.the , pu~licity-.:.-officer.: ~ckport , has applied hospitals A record is to be kept o, v ention realized that it would never do jurisdiction of the au x iliary, ar e contin- fo.r: a chartex, with su~ty-thr~e- members number of visits made by the Unit · " to honor -any particular organization al- ually J?eing handl ed at department head- Mrs. J. c :::- Gl~ckman 1s pres1de~t. of the fare committee to the local hospital, ready· formed. - So, in order to be p~rfect- quarter s, by Mrs. Hazel Workman, .In- 1::w ongamzat on South· Be';'d umt, a_u~ plies given or serv ice s rendered in , 11~y fair to all pre-war patriotic bodies of diana secretary, who is also state service ! 1hary ,to_post No 50, , Amenca;n Leg1 on,, families. If there are any needs t \ women; it was decided to form an worker, for the auxilary. Indiana is has .apphe~, rfo).' a ·. p rmanen~ cch.arte_r {- - unit members ar e unable to s upply, t b liary ; built up of individuals and recog- well organized, ha s a definite plan of '!'ne~e -ar.e :at -the presen.t t-1me o~er- 1_60 mu s t be reported to the state welfare nizihg• no •organization then · in · existel!ce. of work to follow and i s accomplishing , umt s. m - Ind1ana,;•,the number rapidly m ,. chairman, that the requi s ite articles may ~he r• au-xiliary · was to -be COJPposed· of wonderful results. creasing each week. The Madden-Not- be furnished. :wives, mothers, s isters - and daughters · Needy •car-ed For.' ting ha ~ of ,_ Indi~na~olis, has no\v. com- In order that _the depart~ents ma_y do of the members of the American , Legion. Tlie needy famj.lie.s of ex- s ervfoe men plet~ ~ts , orgamzat1on. •. -About .·twenty , ~he m os t effectiv~ work, _m Ame: i_can-

Preliminary O1.'ganization - ar,e constantly being ca f ed foi: by the ~pphcations for -permanent- charter,s ,came - i s m, for the American: Legion Aux1ha_ry , : Tlie new NatiqnaLCommander,, Frank , State DepaFtment, Marion County Coun- m to st~te headqua~t 1:' last mon~h , · t h e department president~ a1-e bemy lin D'OU-er, appointed a committ ee of cil and the individual units. Work is be : The national ·· or-gamz~t1on .· had .- an ,. m- urg_ed QY , M rs. Madge K~n~ ,,cl1ens~oi! seven, f rom different parts of :the .United ing- found for service men - out of em- crease of :fifty-four · um ts , last week , • nationa1 · chamnan of Americ~II~?1, Sta~es, t'o · work out. the problem. For ployment, and ,the hospitals are being ; compl_ete :ind perfect the or~amzat1on some reason or other, the movement had visited· in all parts of the state: and F. f .;.~ '];.J, 11'"• ~h

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Amencamsm, as soon as pos1bble. Man taken : on s uch proportion as to suddenly the handi-craft · of the s emi-vocational raitM8~

:JJ.d1re

:_ Sla~ e :'i d~part~ : nts · a:e "already well ' or.g:1niz ~ •efeem a ~t upendous affair, -~nd 3:t ·• th'e end schol~ s and di 1:tab.led service men is be e _ (mdu~mg Indiana) : and operatmg _ · 1of thl'e~ w...e eks or ~o, the comm1~tee hav- ing disposed of wherever it is possible. w.-1..1,r ...~J.~'A 1:-1+1 j.,.· .1.,1· ':· I Plf:n d1d share·. Tins_ m_ean_s tha~ th1 · ing fa1_led · to arrive • 3:t a satisfactory · Women of the a? xiliar_y do not look upon · OJ '.) :U'.g,llt· ILSbr.Lt }~ 1de~~1 t~ents-; _w1ll make rap1~ s_!r1dE; S conc1us1on, and the N atio~al Command~r. any assii,tance giyen these me,n ; as ·char- · , · ___ ; the ; wo1k this ~ar:, a~~ordmg to M\ rbeing_besieged from all sides; a. bulletm ity · but - as their J·ust due and •a very C h n, - k _. F ll O t c " : Johnston : Mr.s. Johnston , rE!_quests tli · · h • , .' o ee •111 os ., .- u. a es , a ·.. u >t OJ! •'-> o~pen~ th t t h ,, A · ·. wa $J. issued - December 6, 1919, aut oriz- small return · for the service they have K k H l\'J1 · b _ _ s a e c airman. o":' me r1canu;i:n ing ;the,,. formation of 'auxiliary units to given their country. satlon,:• n~e er , ; a~ em:e.r, · ~ac~ de!'ar-tm~nt ,- ~ppom t ~n ~mer1can • th -1 1 t • · · ship i)r, ve ()n · '· ·, ism chairman Jn each umt m her depar e oca , pos s. : ; The unit- was to be attached to a._focal, · , , l . . . . . . . . , ment, where this has not already bee" t t d ft 1· ,._ -'Lad N·ew ,- ·· Cass'~

"-;fiun:4-·y.

·•·' ·-,eg1on '" A v1goious ,t,assert10n , 0L1ts stand on done ac 1ve pos an a er an -.-app ,ca,,on -., - ,J •. · - •·· \iu f l' , , ., " , · · ,, , , b • d b th post -. a regular · · th e ad;J:u;ited · compensatwn •, bill-, a mem All American;"m · wor-k ·wm · be unr een app10ve y e , <H - • I I R nett "b hl h tt · 11 "t l " • ....., • meeting, a!ld signed- byd h e ,. post COU1-- Maminn;i!! ~- Home ,,i s. ·us·. . ,- ~f§ : I} ca~pai~n l: l ng \>f~ -a ::'t we ve the, d~11ec~ion and. gµidan~e ' o!: the St, .~ • " d. tant - 1·t 1was then to be 'IIIlll :u. • · · · · auii ;; the maug-qration Q an e,aborate A=er1camsm chairman · subJect to th ma11,.,er," anw a J.U n " f "b • · , t · f f · · ' · d t th department -adjutant · - progr-am. 9 • o~\ng even s, aTe .a ew 0 approval · of the d epartm-ent •pr.eside r padsse on do e d · t .- nt exeeut• e WiU Co.st About $110,000; at Dedication the ·;thjngs ;;;- kEl:epirtg busy the membe1,s Ea'°ch st~te chain:nai1-· is · urged to P an omman el' ,Orl' epE1'~ me ~ · "' ' ' · A ·1 · C d M I f ·w '1,i m c· h · P · t F kf t " · b -1 f th· • pn1Jo¥al · th@ to the ; · m prai, omman er ac , 0 a vei• ,.1.. 0 ee ., os ,' ran-or. - pa l! ticula r · attention to the Citizen;;t oafu• oor. e~ r -~ -"' ' ,, , ' Nider Will -Be Present · k f ll ·'t f G A · · · national' orgamzahol!;, from i\Vh1c.b a ,,te_m, ___ • _ The Po"St -too a · a ou o _ 0~1e. - _cl~bs now · bemg •formed - ev-erywhe~f porary· chaFter - would -rbe- issued to -the M h W k Ran,;o!_ll. iof that place that put 1~ m the this country; unde1· th~ sponsorsh1r •t , LOGANSI_>ORT, arc Q.- or ?n headl iines .~ o f..{ the metropplitan da1 ies, the American Legii:m~ Au,1eiliacy. · ~m • · · the Cass County Post's new Memorial d f ·t th d t· f M J h t • t t •th t th N t • • Fo · ur. units ·had.alreadu ·been •organized --,_ sh d .di t an won ov i 1 e com men a 1on., o na rs. o ns on s a es, a e a ' ' ., Home nere IS · bemg ru e rap1 Y·' O· t· 1 h d R h d · ·tt A · · D t t · · h t • -I d·an and their applications were , 1 , - 10na ea qua,;~evs ,· ansom - a wri- en , mencamsm• epar men ; w1s es , m n;~ ~ad~ fon the • appr.o v,ak of -the , Na- completion, Frank McHale, P~t:~~m- a lette l'! to Senato.c,Jame s, E ." Wat!'lon gi v -·, sist the depar.tments and units int :?~l Ame; ica~ ,•Legion · As th~e ~nit:& ~apd~r of th e ,Po st , tated to ' e _ e- ing the adjusted - co.mpensation-:W ill a dir- way possible, in this line of ,work, -re, ~~re,,f onmed , ,st;i ctly.:- a~ ; oz,dj~g-,:t o rules 10 naire today. · , • _ ty knock. The P? st came _ back wit?, in~ -that the ,-real servic~ ·n ;t he ,au~il , d lati ns setuorth i.n:.>the hy,- law..s , The new home will cost one hund1ed such • a punch that it- took all ,the "Ran w1H be .·rendered · by , the -stat!! cha11'T :~/~~!:titu:01; 0 f. ,the-legion, ,J;hey •were ' n~ 'ten-thousand dollars It : will ' be the out of Ransom -and according to repoTts and the unit committees, f~rmed duly chartered, m"°king ~•Indiana ,,-st.md p~~t _equipped club ho~se -n ·the state. It from Frankfort he is running yet. Amerkaniam w ork. f t 1. ·th th first- fom: , units in the· will mclude a gymnasmm, a nd assembly The membersb;i.a. teams have been on , ' or 1,1.. wi · · ' h ll d. d 1 ladies' ., M J E B t l -United~ States, • namely; R. · ; Kenning- a • rea mg, an oungmg rooms, · their toes and a s'. we go to pre ss it is rs · · ai cus ' announces · ton, '.Thomas Ryan, Marne· River and !est. room , a_l)d ·, cant.een ro_om. In fact, reported that more than 1~5. J1ew mem- there will b~ a meeti_ng._ o~- the , J?epa ;wayne. Next •in r. order came the· St. 1t w1U contam ever¥ conceivable f.eatu~e · hers have · been ·' obtained : ,_ The team1t ~-ent executive ~omm1ttee m Indiana ~ Mihiel, Raymond Templeton, Hayward a good _club, hou s_!! shoul? have. worked , along a systemat ic plan of cam- hs , March 16th, 111 the Y. W. C. A. bw Barcus · Bruce Robinson and Hilton , U. 1~ is plan~ea to : make th e dedic tory paign, emphasizing seven· points why ing,: Brown/ Jr in Indianapolis; ' and -aboi.tt •the exerc1~es, w~1ch will probab~y-, be belt e x service· inen in the community ~hould The State executive board,· consists same · time, She!byvme, Logansport ; ea~ly m Ap r.11, _ a gala even~. Na%~!:e j 9iri the Le,gi?n· .A:s. the.y have 1 the he president Mrs. Barcus; the First v Renssalear, Zionsville and Orli;ans , Most Commander Hanford MaGcNide:, f m r ~even reason s for -Nmmg,,-the ~ohee Post president, l\bs ~ Delia Clark.; the - S e of these units , are strU flouri:shing ; Lo- Comma~der Claude E. reg~, or e are: - • · _ • vice-president, Mrs. Ir~- Downey, gansport •being - the lhgest , in ·•the ,. state federal 'Judge a nd pres~t ' nati?nai,: ba;.e- ·· The ,, Legion ,: care:;,, for. !': Sick , and dis- Haz.el. W orkmap, s~ret;?; :t at the pr_esent , tiin~ hall -'arb1ter Ken~saw ounta1~- an is~ ~bled comrades. comm1ttt)ec\VOD1an,- Miss _ae - State '" Meeting , Callech " and, ntber pro mlnent 1~ ate a nd ~a · The Legion : will help • you ,v11th your Mrs. W. D , Lynn, t.reasui:-ef! Mrs , - tiopal aff a'iTs 1l.ave meen· mv1ted to assist 1 ; , , Stevens historian; Mrs. Elizabeth

On January l8; 1920 ,. a~ stat .conven~: inn the dedic.atiorr of - the -buil<)ing · c ai~s. • .- , , fin ; cha'plain •. and d. the ' chairmen ,. o tion was - called at _, Ind1anapohs, M-11s J. You get the Leg10n , y\"'ee kl~. - (--And the th· t d' t·· t •nt hioh t i: - sta 1 d 'd t w _ L ·.· " Ed) 1reen ._ 1s uc&,1 o w ·' ""'

E. Barcus was • e :ec;te , pres-1 en -t on- Q t · - 1\6 H ' e}ri"' HQos1er~ eg10na1re · · d' .d d · w n Volkman First derful strides ih organization were m;ide ';l.D OOD ,-Lt.tRD , ·. p:,:,~ We have our own home ; a-nd we need t ~yiteO. 1_" 1'•rsd. ci•t1y. · " ''li·s C 'E c~ ,, M B ' u I d ,r t ans k IIC a' an ' " ' ' • " - in the first year o.., ; ts. arcui; regime, ; nem-p o.y:ie U· ,- ,e er · "yo · to--h'elp,,us -. e-ep ,t. · · . . ,, Bloo~field Second, dist-r:ict; ., Mrs. but -1after her,.re ele,ction, to a second te_n.n .oc. • W:'7 • ar~ ' 't ooth _ a11d t~e~nail- for ad- Za~in Saiem; Thin!. 'district; 'ME5. of office1 ma n¥: plans formula~e du~n~ _ Ha~on Gra~- Post- No, 83, .-of "Lal'brte,: Juste • comp~nsatron, Rou ;• Columbµs,, F,ou;rth~, district; the t rst year began to · materialize, anil pays, its canteen --. man.· $c20 a ,. week and, It :_ 1s an .-honor ,,--to ! be ~ffgible to join J HP 'G Dan•"i-~e Fi.f".. di• k lf d d f h f. h - L ' •. · · · rimes, ~ ' ' .-.~ ' m , ?r~mz~liton r., w.or 1 • we :a~e -, · an then -comes,.01,1.tc:ahea , o ·•! 'e gamt! ;' ma-n.:-: ,t e \ e~1on:· , _. _ Mt if Helen B. - Rafferty.; Greeri hosp1tahzat1on. ~ork, Indiana IS now cially; _.'.~he canteen man not o~ly makes-: ,?.-'lie'_-I,e~16h ' IS &~en :to ,- a-Uveterans of , Sixth.- - Mrs ; ' R. ,. J :-.' Jetfri~$; ~Mtana.· one, of the]ea~hngastates..--,, ' the canteen

First Get-Together· Session H el~ Februa•ry 8 ; Oswald - Ryan -· Is! • Principa! ·Spellker • : •· ·'

THE HOOSIER LEGIONAIRE, FRIDAY, -MARC~ 10, 1922

IR~~:[; 1.:,::~~t~May; c~meto Indiafta

WORK OF AUXILIARY Au~ilia~y to Reginald: ·-Fisher Post , Con, Governor McCray Submits Such a ProOn TO B:a;,· c..~g,:r,E~ -~~IZ ED- ne11sv:ille,- at a recent ., mee-ting •· The res-- • posaL-to, Osw-al!l.Ry-an , Ni:atio11al;1,;.., rJ O :I. ':I: 4 'J: o'utfon ·..wa~ foll~w~d , : - an , add~ess · by CommiU,e;eman ,:.

• - Mrs. w. E c" - Ochiltree , ' In opf;lnmg ,· he~ · ·

(Continued :. fr.om- Page 8) address, :Mrs. 0.chiltree ,,stated> that the Th_e e~tabhs:i,ment of_ a government

~. B - M 1- - • • splution , of the ·bonus question- ;\V8'S : for hosptta L. In lnd1{lna, for ,,d1$~bled..Ye1iel"4Jl9

"' Y eo · '+'-va · Tenth; ' Miss Dor,othy W.1lson, Logans,por.t, greatei:•. min,ds -fthan hers·. an'd •:that while 9f -th~ -wor-ld 0 w~r and_ the tr~!!-sfer ..lio :.s uch • a'o Jenkins •PQst No. · 254, Rockport, · leventh ; Mrs_.,, Helen ,-S : Green; Garrett, - s he •fel:t i the- d~jsi~n should ;be r carefully hospital of all ·lfo,_o$ier .sei;v.1ce .mel\- no W:.. ~q1es th~honor :of·.havi~g th:e_ firs t .Au:-il- Tw:elfth. M-rs. Howard"'F ;,---Noble,..Cu1ver, ; ina'de; as to hew-the money,.is :to be rais- sca~ter ed th.rougJwut the coJ:1n.tr,y! ar,e_the:,. 1a.ny um b to be 1 orgamzed •m .-t.he. First Thirteenth. , · · ed she is- heart and , souV for thi! service ,mam feaJurea. of ,a propo.s:a}·,w,h1ch :,-~v:.,. Dilltric.h The unit• uo:w has almost: a ., _ m~n. Fayette cou nty,- ~i:th all •the Test ernor McC:ray has su~mitted to. , Oswald -: hundr_ed : members and - is up an chc ommg-. · The Marion County Council Auxiliary ' of 'America; held open "Arms fo · her re-- Ryan ,:,. natio~a! committe:man ,~; of the

On F ebruary 8, · the Po'st entertajned met in the Chamber of- Commerce - build- turnirrg -.rrierr; and promis ed ct}}em the fat, Americ11,p Legion ,::l;_o r: Ind!.ana. · • · ,... , the membe rs of -the Auxiliary · T hi:s was ing, Wednesday afternoon Mrs R. J. of the lalid; she : pointed -i: euk "Nothlng· l\Jr. Ry.an was, call~to.' the : sta.te house c the- first get-together meeting we have Jeffriesj • presided. · Mrs. _ J. E. Barcus, was too good -to:.:promis~- tli heroes of and afte11-ha;1,ting the i.}roposal y :{,the .: Govhad with t he -Auxiliary ·since its -organ- § poke en welfare work a nd -urged upon battle and., am}), and now , the ,. buoyant er.nor outlined, to-'i him, w.as , asked that ization· al5l'.>ut -ten months ago: r the four~een unit s -rep-resented• at the ' warmth.,of wekome has cooled :tci adros- -the na.tfon!ll-- .or-ganization rof the - Legion -, , Through the efforts of C. R : Schlatter, m eeting_ the:, responsibi-lity · and impor- ty breath.'' ··.. · be ui;ged ta g et. back of the plan, C~mmand er _, of th~ Post, _the Au»ilir.ay t:mce of• this ;".orlc a~ p\anned and app~r'"- In speaking, of __ the Fayette county 'I:he gP,;\!'(lrnor!s- plan is, ctn induce. '.the- , w~s entertamed wit~~.a high class pro , ~19ned off .·to :the dt;partments _and_- umts far.mers I g@ing on rec.ord ,, disetiminatiug go ve!iament: .:to 1:construct -the Indiana., ' g@m, consisting entirely of local 1talent, 1n turn by the nat!oniµ orgamzation of as to what soldiers should be entitled to hos,pitaL,:;0111;,. of- i the,- reeentn ,$16,000,000 < A fine 0 lunch follo,ved the entertainment, the - Au xiliary. a bonus Mrs: O.cliilfiee · stated that: apflropxiatmn:;. pas13ed-:, b v Congress i> for the ladi es 'lining · up , for chow just" like The units gave splendid reports- of re- "healthy;, · sound; arid riot -disabled sol- · ho;:ipitalizatfo~ pu,rpos.es , - Governo~ , the fellows did in ·the old · army days. liel work alr.eady accqmp1ished and .· ex, diers by the '. hundreds,• ai•e " crying out Cr.ay , declared , that a m invest:iga:tioru.qad , Ahout ·:a hundred and fifty gu~sts were presse_!i : themselves· as ready and wjlling for ; way of honest su:pport and while disi:los-ed tbut £26 setvic~ - men .1 in Indi..an$.:,; ! eritertained on tha.t evening. The meet-· to · unde1' take any.-. re~ief -· work which the business depression- is on ~re ac- institutio s,::.'. ~e stat.ed, that-11 , g:reat nnm;. · inf-, prov ed successf~l _i~ ·more than one rnight fall t~ their share._, - The Par~y- cumu lat;ulg...deQts for food a:nd ;the:nec_es- ~ei; <;>f • lndiana- ctubercula11 .ser.;ice men · way as both th e,- Aux1har,y a~d the -L~- Stevenson umt __ :w:on the prize for. obtam : sities...o.f'd ifeA·, Eviery man , wh0 ,--went--into we;r:.e_ , -sca~tere:a;::;.througlw~, ,-go-v:emment:, gibn have_ shown a -marked :mcr.eas~ m ing ;the most members during tpe ;~riY-e '.camp ,,or b&ttle,;:--.W'ent- for the;: s~~.plir- h w;p1tals m dis,tant ,,places, •, .• _. membership as a result of the ?1e.etmg, fol' members. The , ch~ck g~v:en by the pose and - risked the for,tune ,: of wa:r,- '.'I' ' reaUze .,that,· the.lie ,nten," said the ,· It has also demoris t r:3ted that it-'.1s_ not coun~iLwas returned by :- M.rs. E.froy "Boyq, a;nd it li.:t9e beneov-~s ,us to say1:that1:his , :g~:v,ernor, '!wmild r~ther. be,•in their home : · always ne qes sary to import --pr_ofess1onal p'resicfent of the unit, ta be add ed to the one shall -and .this:- one :shaltnoir. s ecure his, state, -wheFe --they , -would ·-·be~ more aeces- :~ I entertainers Each community posse ~s es county welfare efunq. Mrs. Jeffriei ap - just ;reward.': ' sib}e, t<f 'their. 111iends- and< where,,-tbey · some high class local _ !alent · who _ are pointed a committee -to investigate a call · ___ _ _ ,· -, -wo uld :.:natu raily., -.fee-l "that.theycwere not. on1y too ready- and · w1llmg to - help · the -which was communicated'to the auxiliary ; - · being ::exiled,..;. It,- jg , my: -: understanding ,_, PQst.~t any time. by Mrs. 'James Qqig.\ey, president o( In- ' th ~rs_. Ma~-r D~_\l:ta.s ~• ' 1~a;T-·rS"c''.that'-, congrellS ,1has recei1't1~< added ,: tQ ,a; . t ,On February 22 a patriotic program dinap'o-lis un'it, and ~vhich solicited aid .~ /t~ mJsbi et i{ L .!-! · c,~w - .; ·1°nf;f~s :' formep ;_cappropriation .-the._,J!,UDl , of •about ;,, w~s held under_ the -direc ion -~f the Post fro~ the organiati_on; in furnish~ng : milk er , · 81: , 0t:r · -~il_on ~ .:spI ~( :t n 1: $! 6,Q0O~0Q!I, •.making, he,_:tota appropria.;-,at the Community Center: '!'his program for mfants belongmg to ex-serv1~e men. anapo 18 ' e da~. lfJ:J;f ··· i!-:, _-a/' ~t:\: tmn for t-h_e estabhshil!ent.·1about ..-$80,;was open to the public and the large hall , , c1;1r\;l accommQ a i~ns. o~ oy-at r~m• a; 000;000. •. , · · -· · · ' ( • was filled. Mr. Oswiild Ry.an ; of An- The Marion -County council gave a· •i.:en- - ctityt'· who nT~hded im~l~dia _ te s1;1trg~cal at,.·,. "It. would- se.em to · me that :with the. r,1 ' · · , · • · · ,_..,., ·· en IO)l. e , aux1 1acy: un.i- is very , · · · 0 derson,l nat1onal executive committee - ifit card .party at the Demso.n Hotel ;Fri- • · t f 1 f -th" - t right -:effort_. p ut d orth a h this time we man fro m Indiana, gave the address of day · afternoon and · evening · which' - was• gra 1-U.l' _o-.r nd 1s. conc~sdsum, ·.t 0 ;af n ex., 1• niight·;d ndu.ce :· .the '.-.government: to , buil _ ' dth· , M R, dd • · •· " · s e,1:v1ce man a : consi e;rs 1 se, very. : ..,: th h - 1 h" h b d e e:7 em ~g. 1. ya!1 a ress on ~rge!y patronized Mo st of t_he un~ts in fortunate ,indeed-."'. _ ·~ one · 0 .1.. : e os 1u.ta s w1,t m ,t e. Of -· A~nericanis.JP, m the op1mon o{ all who the city took , part m the ·.affair Nmety of.our. state. 1- <:an assure y:o.u that , ! Wll\ heard ·. him, was the finest address ever t 11 bles of Br.idge; Euchre, and Ffve Hun- b~ glad to co-operate «wtih, the; : A~eridelivered in Whiting. He is a , very d:recl were av:ailable for playing. " 1 K~nda1Jvl11:e unit an-d, post ;.are -h.olding , can :·Legion .:i n eve:r:y way - to give what fo£-!!e fu~ ~n d. finished speak~r -and many Many· b ; autiful -prizes- were given· a ~em~ership contes.t-,.t-o..;; see: -which or~ · relief is-_possible to.~ those who , ~o.-richly , com~rents _have eeh hea1:d on th~ man- Mrs. R. J. Jeffries- and-Mrs. Pttul. 'Rags: ganiz11.tw11-. ge_ts ._th.e .la:i:gest l},µm be.r__of deser,ve 1t ," !1e'J.· _ m w hich e- is able to hold lits aud- era ting - with the Council auidliary · by · m~~I>ers,, dlll'.lJlg ~. the membership .~drl.ve --------"-----1enc~ at all t1~~- dale were in charge of _ the units co-op- now on. M!s. lr. C. Brown _- has• been Re ·· 11 ' 'tt1·0 ' ·us ' Tole 'L ra·n·ce,,, Eve:Y Ros~ nt. t~e Department -f In- sell~ng tickets, furnishing prizes, etc. e~!!cted P!es1d!nt; Mrs. P.~uhne G.ral~am, · 8 ' · · · t ~1~a 1!h?ul d not m1s s t~e opportun1t~ ~f 'Fhe 1 PaU-1 Coble unit soid the:- largest :1.ee-p:i:_esi'1e~t,· · Mrs. Ron~d ,. ,H Jones , · · secilrmg Mr Ryan tor an ad~1;es s , Jf 1t number of tickets. Mrs. Wheeler is secrei4l'y; ·Miss Huld'.1~ ~Iller, ,tr easu-1,eri

is possibl e t o secure -hi s -services. president of the Paul Cobl~ unit and M!s Mary H1?ler, historian; Mrs. W. A. )) E,J.U · --"--------- brought , a resolution before the meet- Miller, chapl am ing of the council -which ,va s adopted. · The resolution is as follows "That t'he Mrs. - Cleremont- Rider, Tenth dish·ict Commander. MacNid er R,spon4s Letter to'- Article Published ' i'n Washington Pap~ r. _ _ 1

By -execu}ive connnittee of t-he ¥,arfon C un- chairman, visited department headquartty Co un cil' of- •t-tre American "'I:.egion Aux- ers, Thursday and stated that the unit iliary take und e r advisement the sug- at ' Goodland recently serv~d sup1:er to An article entitled "Rome.- H ;~d s----the gestions mii.de· at this mee ting, relative th e -~ost membe!s, and that1:p.e unit-alsa American : LegiQn," published - in "The to welfar e -· work, and co-operating ~ith reahzed over thirty dollaTs from the sa.Je Protestant" at Washington D. C. has the exec t '· ·tt f th M · of a comfort · ' · • ' ' u 1v e· comm1 ee o e anon brought· -a qmck reply froll) Hanford County -Cou n cil of th e American Legion, MacNider declaring that his relig jous -afformulate a plan whereby the w e lfar e · Mr s DeUa. R. Millr, · northern ' pub- filiations are of no con s ideration ' in the wo:k of these bodies may be conducted licity officer, writes that Miss Dorothy Legion. · along lines adaptable to -lo ca l co nditions, Wil so n, Eleventh district chairman, : or -' "This country was iormed ; by men who antl that committees be in stru cte d to ;e ganized a new unit at Com,;erse last week. sought reli gio us tolerance ana,. it is that ,._::1Jort of this body at a m eeting ca lled Mrs. Maurice Taylor w.as elected -pre si - spirit which -has made it : free, fine, and ;for that purpose." dent; Mrs: Von V Friedmond,-secretary, worth living in," the Legion commander · treasurer, and Mrs Ashton A. P nce, wrote. "I happen to be a Protestant and

· The Y. M. C. A. unit, auxilia cy to post pµblicity, chairman. Miss Wilson also attend a Protestant church, but as a 107, American Legion, entertained with visited the Marion unit and found the member of many Masonic bodies, in a very uniqu e oyster supper, Thursday auxiliary t hriving but making plans for which I have ta}{en a more or less acti evening; at the home · of the pre s ilent; an increase in -.membership. The - Lo- part, I hav e great , .admiration for tha· Mrs. E. W. Diggs , 1 908 Highland Place : gansport unit will · h old its next meeting institution, the Roman Catholic Churc • ·. ,It was an oyster supper, with all the Monday evening. After the business the Its stand and teachings for the preserv8 -trimm ing s, but the· unusual note came in- social program ,will be in charge of Mrs. t i on of .the iRtegrity of our lawful -go,vto play from the- fact that it was called Rose Bu cking ham , Miss Baker, Miss Olia ernment, were ,veil exemplified in the a 'Can' supper. ·. Invitations were sent Bo tt, Miss Charlotte Hal e , Mrs Ethel h eroi-c death s ·of the men who served in - out in tiny cans wrapped in ti ss ue paper, Ow en, Miss Vernice -Parke r~ Mrs Je ssie my command. And I might add· that

M RS HAZEL woRKMAN, SECREc to fifty guests, and read: "Come as early Lebo, Mrs. Eva Kendall, Mr s Lulu Mor- the chaplains of that faith gave a hu..; TARY- OF THE INDIANA DEP:r. OF as y au 'can'; as near eight o'clock ris, Mrs: Curtis; Mr s Jessi e Johnson, man touch -t o their splendid service thatTHE AMER I CAN LEG IO N AUXIL- a s yo u 'ca n ' ; b ri ng all you 'can'; be as lVfrs Car.J Kellari- Mrs Ada Houghton, made them beloved by all-Jew, - ProtesIARY. s ocia ble as you ' can'· have as good a Mrs. Viv i an Conrad, and Mrs. Eva Guy. tant, and Catholic alike. time as you 'can'; · talk all you ' ca n';

"The American Legion is an organ-

Auxiliary Brings \,Vell · play all-: you 'can'; sing all you 'can'; get Mrs. E ·zabeth Snyder, a Gold Star i zat ion of returned service men and Know:n Trio. .to Logansport t he best girl you 'can'; and dan ce all you mother of Rochester, has donate cf'a beau- women holding together in an endeavor'can' ; eat all you 'can'; l e aye as l ate as tiful punch work q uilt, her own handi- to continue .,their service to their counyou 'can'; boost the, axuiliary all you work; which wiil be disp,~ssd -of ;by the try in " peace as well as in war · a:s con-

The Bates Trio , well k nown to thous- 'can'; and come again ,as soon as you auiliary, in a manner which ;will bring a structive -citizens, • Religion in ,. Legion arl:ds o f mu s ic lovers on the chautauqua 'can'.'' large profit t o thft. Rochester unit. membership is no more a question than • and l yce um· circuits, will appear in Lo- - The -tables were decorated -with sn1ilax ---'--=-:,,-'~--~ it is in American citizenship, nor' can it gansport Monday ni ght , un der the aus- and large bouquets in;-tall cans Games GREGG OUT AND~•·RUCK.ING · ; be ~rought _into Legion affairs. :Jt was pices 'of The American Legion: Auxiliary. ,vere played :characteristic of the 'ca,n' THE MNE ,AGAIN-,,.A:'FTER ILLNES.S question when a nran stepped out 1'1'rs. Rose Buckingh am is chairman - of id ea One member carried a badge · to Jom the colors and to defend his counthe cotumittee in charge of arrarlge'..- !\Cross: her ,, ba bearing this 1jnscri.ption: try. It will never be a question ' .in our ments f or the-· affair' -whic h will be ' gj, en ".'. Can' I get; Y.QU fo.x. ; a member in the ! :State Commander Claude E. Gregg, ser:vice as Legion men. jn th e high · school audito rium. Miss a-uxili;:i:ry?u The , un tt3 l}e~ides the s ocial who has been confined to his home in "Such propaganda as you are spreadJ,ena Martin; a Logan spol·t girl, is a affairs - being co nducted ;.)ias had a call , Vinc911rtes with :a severe case of tonsi- ing' is a menace to America and- Amerinepiber of the trio. for twenty ;,i'. ases - t.o contain .n ec essary litjs, is ~ow able to ·be out again ,':!'.'~ e ica's instifutions.,, How a man worships articles for th_g }poys in Jhe -hospitals , one comlftander had his ~rm broken ea,rly · his··.- God _is- his own business and not · · bath robe and tw_Q pair of: paama s on in the wint~r but:- did Jl_Ot l~t that: inter- ;y ours.!' ·

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fREEf•~tm~n FilrnCamera which the members are busily at work. fe1·e with his program of Legion activi- ' :.~':111",:'-~~:,W~l;"~~n':i~" , - · - ' ·.. ty:. As a result the J:i,~nes had to be SICK VET RACES CAR F() ~ JOB ~;;.r•f~:"di:'.:'t;~~~~~c;:::,'i"b~i°&\~t : A ;esolution, ex ' i:e s_siµg.-.regret aj;_, the broken over and ;eset iiut ev n with this R~ciu~ a stte~t , car fo~ - a mile, an ex•

~~-'t~h~i~~ti=~f~,.'l~ action ,_ of the , fayette. county , farm bu- e x;pecience all the,_ doct~rs in Vincennes soldier m · D?llas, Tex. , Just }IP fr,om a

=-~~:~~~~-w9".~;!~'."'l'Jf~~ reau, in , opposing tne · soldiers' born.rs seem to be unable to keeP: him home ±:or sick-bed, beat five other applicants to § ·

' · .__ U.S.S8P.Pl!LYC0.1ue,t,,l1,llnel!Yr.1e.Pa,, was adopt e d by the .American Legion longer ' than a da_y.,. or two. ~ - - • joli.

be yo u r turn - Excursion trains ,vill be· l' :

Circus To Coliseum h1~~:c~fd~:~~~

0 i~ b0enh~~tt f::yev~~i

Opposin , gthe Measure Ptace 1·n 'Pa-rade

Legionaire in Indiana. Our National and a rion Co unty Legion Bringing Millio .n Dollar Show to Indianapoli s Wee_k of April 6

State Commanders wi ll speak, and Theodore Rose velt will p ro bably be the s peak er of ,the "d y. The ,Ci r c u s · Co mmittee of th~ Marion County Council is

National Legion Headquarters Informed Go.b and Jarrine U nit s Gets Mos t NewOf Action of One Large )\rok- Me mber s ; To Lead Lin e on • e rage Hou se · July (

The Marion County Counc il of t h e composed of John P. Rag s dale, Chairman, 'Amer ican Legion announces that it " fias Neal Gri er, Tr eas ur e r, James S. D'a l e-, Wall Street · i s determin ed to kill the ,ec ured the srevices of the Yankee Cir- Executive Secretary, Byron C Young, adj u s ted compehsation bill at any cost, us, the largest indoor circ us in the George V. Klimes and Maurice E. Th orn- according to a repeltt sent by New York world · for the date s of ·April 3 to Aprir ton A Boo s ter Committee~ of two hun - state executives of t h e Ameri c an L e15 inclusive. dr e d tegionaires is being · form e d, to- g i on to national h eadquarters at Indi-

The circus will be staged at The Coli- gether with a Citizens Boo s ter Commit- anapo li s. The report s tates that manse um, State Fair Ground s, Indianapoli s tee h ese committe es w ill have c ha rge datory orders were issued ' l:5y at lea st an d will be a high 1:las s entertainment'. of tic k ets and g en e1•a l publicity : one large stock exc h ange hous e, orderThe acts are taken from acts w hi ch s how ing e m ployes, both men and women to during the s uminer with s uch shows as

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• 1 write their congressmen u rging against Ringling B ros , Hag enbeek -W a ll ace,

_p an the pa ssage of the mea s ur e S ugg ested Sells-Floto and John Robin so n. Th e for m s were handed out, and e mploye s ,Yankee Circus und er the direct ion of t

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Admiral George Dewey P ost No 3, of Indianapoli s , commonly kn own as the Navy Post, wins first place in t he Fourth'. of ,July pai:ade of Marion co unt y Posts of the American ' L egio n a:s a re s ult of h av ing s hown the greatest g a i n in new m e mbers for 1922 over it s 1 921 me mbers hip Twenty-five Posts · were in the race for the covete d po s i tio n b ut the Gobs, la yi ng to thei r oars', fin ish e d by a lengt h and a q u arter h ead of thei r nearest rival, the Madden - Nottin g h am Post.

Charles E. Scott, of Detroit has just fin'

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t were instru cted to deliver their letters The p e rc entages of · increa se in mem- · bership for the winning Po st and those who "p l a~ed'.' and "s how ed" ,Yere q uoted in the Navy Legionaire as fo llow s : Admiral · George Dewey, 250; N.Ia dde n-N otti.ngham, 179; Mcilvaine-K othe, 108; Fletcher-American, _100; · Ed,.va r 'd Kahle,' 97 ; Berry-Cqpeland ; 82; Brightwo od, ' 70i

ISOil oun y in un sea led ,e nvelopes to t h eir employers ished an engagement at Wichita, Kansas. for insp ec tion. Reports froni the Shrine, und er whose ' Lined up w it h Wall Street against ,rnspice the show was h e ld at t hat place Each of Seven Posts in the Country Rep- th e bonus is the U S Ch ambeT of Comare that the s how was not only a great · r ese nted By Two merce, whic h , h owever, i s meeting co n financial succes-s, but that the com munity Delegates tinued opposi t ion froth its constit uent W1'~ well pleased with the perf9rmance __ cha mb ers in widely separate parts of ·-f or :the \·eason that the acts were clean • the co un try: Cga mb ers in Omaha, Neb., in d well ba lan..ced, and that 110 gambling ANDERSON, · March 9 · - Madison in Battle Creek, Mich., anll in severa l Robert E: Kennington, 66. The n ewly orga ni zed drum corps will l ea d the Post in the parade : It is said f k ' d ·tt d b h County Posts h !,tve tried the county co un - cit i es in Okla hom a and Ohio h ave no\v 0 • 111 was permi e · Y t e man ci l '-"plan· of o,·ganization ' and have found agement. All the Po sts of Marion Co un- ,. • flatly declared in favor · of t h e bonus in to b e a "salty" outfit. ty are taking an active intere st in the · it very s µ ccess ful. Eac:h of th e seven the q u estionnaire se nt o u t by the natp re-season s a le of tick~ts. · PdSt s in · th e co unt y aire represented on ional body In Tol e d o, following a hear- C ONSTR UC'f IVE. PROGRAM IS the council ·b y two delegates. · b th A · L · b · ·

A , generouS- S)lm is being voted by the · · ' , mg Y e mencan eg 1on , u siness ADOPT ED BY NA V Y POST .:: ouncil out of i he pro ceeds of tickets A clo:.er relationship among t-he Posts, 11:1 en of the local commerce board re- Her-e is the program of D ewey Post ~old by the vari~s po sts, which will go b etter -'co -o perat ion , and · a greater dri- fused \ to vote 011 the · matt er, c ha rging No. 3, of Indianapolis, adopte d. at a remto the funds of the posts them s el ves; vin force behind Legi,on enter pris es t hat the issue had not been impartially cent meetingi:: : •

A season tick ; t, good for twenty-four ha ve -b een the res ult , , according to the pr esented by the U. S. Chamber They On e hund red per · cent enro llm ent of performances, and transfereable is be- council's officers. Many important pro- s aid that it had ignored·. three of t h e ex -na vy and mat ine corps men a~d ing SQld for $1.lo: · jects have be e!! planned for this year, five options. wo m en residing in ' the city of In dianaA flo <; k of Ford s will be given away chief amon g w hi c h is a co unty wide cele- polis. · ·

btr;; ;i~~rs <if the co uncil ' ar ; Dr. J. R. Fifth District ,,; Confab Is ·n~!t~r· ieU:-°:±t;id

~~:: _.,~_: casio n the biggest event ever held in In -· Tracy, And ersoh, president; -Wyvis Sum· ueld ·o N· ti . -F' b 2·4 or woman and "to ' their d epend ents as to ianapoli s .,._ Masonic societies, civic or- mers, · Alexa'ndria, vice-president; Tho s ' I ewcas e e . their ' rightfui' due's -an d ' seefog to it that anizations, and ]() dges of all orders are H. Estle, · Anderson, secret ary ~tre a s urer · they get get thein. znding their active s upport Po sts of Alxandria, And erson, Lapel, Le gion _ and • Al!xiliary Hold s Session; · Con tinuous to u ch ' and full co-opera'It is the plan to set a s ide specific days Middletown, PendJeton, and Summitville Speec he s Ma d e By N ational tion betw een Po st and Auxilia ry, countY, fo1: different societies participating. The mak e up the council. Co mmitte eman R yap and state organiation. !lii_i!li_il!J_li!l,::!lii_1/i_il!J_li!l_fc_1/i_!ll_i!l_fc_!Ii_!ll_i!l_ffi_!l1_i!Ji_il!J_li!l_!lii_1/i_il!J_li!l_fc_1/i_!ll_i!l_fc_!li_!ll_i!l_ffi_!l1_!!1_i!l_ffi_!l1_i!f_il!l_li!l_!lii,;,.i!li_il!J_li!l_fc_!li_!ll_i!l_fc_!li_!ll_i!l_ffi_!l1_!!1_i!l_ffi_!ra_i!Ji_il!J_li!l_!lii_1/i_il!J_~@

About 150 members of the Legion and ~'c! Auxiliary attended the Fifth District ex-navy and marine corps m en and

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Participation in funerals of nav y or

m eeting at Gre encastle on t h e evening women. L

. . of February 24. The Gre encastle people Suitable club rooms.

Behind at least one worthy proj ect • ·

_. e n tertai n ed royally and every o~e who ' Every member a booster , of t h e Nav y :, attended f~ lt well repaid for their trip Legionnaire. · :

· As the guests and •members entered Participation in athletics. · •

G SHAW M . A h ithe hall they were eac h hand ed an army : et .a . otor ttac . ment m ess- ki t and were co mpelled to run the L ' M f h . - I . , g a untlet ~etwe e_n two tab l es loaded with eg10n en O t e' Ca lllmet food, behmd which s tood members of the auxiliary anxious to fill - each receptacle Distric1 Have Fine Sess ion. .

to overflowing Some awkwardness was manifested by so me of the ladi es in h and ling the kits but it did not detnrot from their enjoyment of the deli cacies.

Co.mroeitiorate Washington's B irt hda Y.; State Official s and -N atiom~I · Committeeman Talk · Aft er the dinner the meeting was caflto order by the commander of the P0:S'tand after a short speech by the chap l ai n A )ar ge m eeting o'f the Legfonah,e s of the ga:vel wits t urn ed ov e r to W G. Had- Whiting, Hammqnd, East C h icago and l ey, exec utiv e committee man of the l;ii diana Harbor took place at Com m u nFifth District who presided during tne itV Center on·, ~he evening of February rest of the · m eet ing. .,- , 2,: in co'mm emorat ion of Wa shi ngton's · Speeche s were made by O swa ld R ya11 bfrt hday. · The -< Elk s Lodge · of Wh iting

I! of Anderson, a m ember of the n ationa:l Jtten ded in a body. Th ere were a thous- ·

-~ executive committee of the American L nd Legionafres and others pre s ent. · gion, Mayor Ora Da v is of T e r h~ Hau te , - Osc ar A hl _grel); State Am erican ism :

@ Mr Henley a nd Mr s Workman, state Chairma n of the- Ariierican L egion preofficials of the organizations s id e d, Vice Commander A. R. Ext on'-

@ A't the clo se of.the program the crowd Porter of Whiting acting as t empo rary danced, played games an d had a tho fc chairman. The principai addre ss wa's

SI?EE DY ; DUR A BLE; Always ready ' to take yo u there Takes _you , •up the steep hiHs. ~o pedaling. and back.

· N ciw you can h a ve a motorc yc le at little cost 'l~hC Shaw ?tiotor At.t a'c hm e nt i s c1uicl::ly and easily attac h ed to practically - nny bicycl e a nd gives you a depend ab l e: eas il y controlled motorcycle. Makes f rom 4 to 35 n1i\es an hour. · 90 TO 125 MILES PER GALLON!

1 • Tfie Shaw Atta chment consists of a powerful 2 · 1-2 h~r se -pow er n1~to r a~d complete · equ1pment that can be attach ed in a f ew n1inute~. I-la s cha in drive with fr ee motor c lu tc h

GET I N ON THE BI G FUN! · Pnt a Shaw Atta~h;;; ; ,:.t on your bic~ cle. Tak e l ong trips · a t httlc~cost. Send at once for full pa1:ticulars about thi s wonderful invention : also :a:bou t the Sha,v ?,1:otorcycle. Th ere i s onl y ONE WRy t o get motorc y cle -eco nom y That i s miles a~a jnst cost on a standard make like the SHAW ; · rite n ame and addre ss ··~n · 0oupo)\ ahd n1a 1l tod ny -· · ·

With the clutch we furnis h a complete crank hanger adjustable to fit any b icycle which !,akes the place of th e regular bic> cle hang e r. · ·

W<:- furnish- the rear wheel complete with righthancl and. Jert ho.n<l s prockets. But if you ha'\·e a -goo<l rear coaster brake wheel in )1 our bic.:,cle ; '"\Ve can fm ni s h sp.rockct for the lef t ha nd s ide of your hub • "

@ ough l y enjoyable time. delivered by ~ational Comml tteemaii -

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The Greencastle post is to be complf- Oswald Ryan, of Anderson, who declll,l'. -

@ -m e nted on their club rooms which ar¢ ed that the "800,000 fighting m.en Qf ~he ~ exceedingly attractive and have b e~!l- American L~gion constit u ted · the : gre at@ made so through the efforts of the est force within the country for perpatuli! c' memb ers · '< ating the spi-r it and ideals, of Wa.'lh ing_- _

The next district meeting in the Fifth ton · a~d Lincoln." · will be h e ld at Bra zi l on March 31-. Pr ~edfog the. m eeti\1g, the rep r es enMember s of that' post say t h at they will tative s fro m Whiting, Hammon d, East mak e an earnest effor t to n'ia k e it wel-l Chicago and Indiana Harbor Po i;t i, liad , worth the trip for all who attend. a fish dinne r.

coM MANDE R M.Ac NIDER TURNS Fired for Bonus .- Views : DOWN PERSON AL DECORATION ' Legion Gets H im -Job

The order of "co mmander of the Le- · · · · gion of Honor," conferred on him by 1;he Di s charged by a Waif. Str.eet : ba nl,(i-i{g French gove1' nment, has been declined as house for refusing to write l ette1·s to £ personal decoration by Hanford Mac- Congress attacking adjq ted _, c ompens a- ;

Niaei-, i onnn'a11der of the· Am erica n L e~ tiqn, an ex~s~rv

,\ras one of tlu'ee, out of· 25 0 'employes,w ho refused' to sell hi$ pen: :MEDALS NET COIN FOR The Legion s e cu red' his ;,a'.ffidiri<it stat.: ,

r FAKER; LEGION ON JOB ing that type,".°i'itten' lo'i'°iiis; were · pass-ed : · out by tne fir!'n ,to all their 'work ers with A string of world war -medals (bought an order that each emp l oye - h ;nd• in• four , at a sa le) at:ross hi s best, the world 's un sealed letters, one to President Har d - : fastest-working beggar took $60 an ing and t hr ee to Congress men, and t he -. hour from New York' s theatre crowds remark that -"you fellows had ·. better · until the American Legion got the ' po ~ ,vrit~'"these letters tonig'ijt - iCyou° ·wa nt - lice on -hi s trail. · to keep :you~, j'dbs~•! · · · ;; ~=' r~.

-Outfit Is Latest Asset to Be Ryan proposa l. Th e s ub-c o mmittee • of · the dred s of Indianapolis Vetera ns ·

Acquired by Logansport · Na ti _ona l :. CQm mi tt~e, , ,thr rrng~ ,_ Chairman and Families · Legion Unit 1, .B ' t )4l_ -Ryan, • ca lled ,th '? t,Ve,~er~J?S,/ \lr el\u s_ atention ,to t he fact 'tqat ,,the,. American Mor e than fifteen thousand dollars Wh e n the Cass ounty Post of · the The s u ~cessful a ct iviti es of t h e Am er i- Legion at Kan~as City Jlli_d , ad o pted a wo1·tnof clothing and shoes were c ollect- American - Legioli •1 hrow s • open the doo t5,· can Legion in opposing the r ece nt p1~0~ £fJi~ lu t io11 i:g,~ m st ;;!>'~d-l\" t 1_o ~, on , th e ed by t he. Marion co unty, council , of the -of its ,hundred thousand dollar club posed cut in the comperis~tion of dis- g _i; o,uI)cJ that t})e cost of h".mg vrnuld Ameri can Legion an!l_, ,distributed to the hou se - on what -will be the biggest .- gala , abled ex-service men n :}\v -m vocationa l mak e · s u ch •a reduct10n unJu St a nd a n ee dy and d est itute1 jqf1 ,]N.dia.rwpolis ear~ day fo the hi stol'y of Logan sport, th e training, give s added p ro of of the pow er h ardship. ly in February Th 1rmn1cil, assisted music, from the stra in s of the n a tional •and influen ce of the Legion and · the "We do ,not say," wrot~ National Co m- by , Rolt~ re Elgglestop, , , manager of aJithem which will solemnize t he the deep concern -w hi ch th e L egi on has taken mitt e eman ,J},y :rn , i Ht ha t the1;,e .is n ot room K eit h 's · th e at er which 0 $e i:;ved , as a col- opening on down to the '.jazzies tl- of fox in those •who were dis a bl e d in the World for econcin,y at •Wa~hingto n, But Wf!' l ect ion and di st ribution ce nt el':'. f-pt j:,he t r ots that will eel brate it, will is s ue ,var. ,Briefly t h ese are the main facts insfot -tha t 'the place ,to ec;o nomize is not clot h es provided warm, servieel!,ble :shoes from t h e gleam ing s'i!ve1: instruments of t! ,e story: on the income of th ose w h o bore the and cl othing for hundr e ds of jobless , the Po s t' s own band. While at the Kansas City -Co nv entio n, bui: d e n of th e battle." To _make a l ong pen nile ss m en, and d est itut e women and Th e b a nd hich will include l hirty., Oswald Ry an, n ewly elected n atio nal ex - sj;.or,y s h:ort, t h~ Vet~~ans ,Bureau aban- c hila ren, at a time -.v?e_n.- th e relief was flv.e pie ces, i s directed by Bandm,aster •utive c9inm.itt ee man fro m Indi a na, r e - do ned, i ts -1:mrpose wit h regard to the m ost n ee ded · " Collini of Flora Collins, who was aived info !·mation , -th ro u g h confidentia l redµction , On Novem b er 28, in a cqm- A sk illfull y han.dled publicity c;am- bc·mdm;ste r during .the war, ha s ,pla yed 1·ces :;it \Vashi ngton, that the Ve:era~s rriµnic atioi:i to Chai rman : ~y~n of the paign precede d aHd --acco mpani e<;l ~he : co}: many time s with the mu s i c ian s - w h9 conu-ea u p~d d ecide d up on _ a gene~al re- ;mb ,comrn1ttee, John Thoma s. T ay lor_ o~ l ect i on of the cloth es and the drive had titute the Log a n s port organization It ction h1 the compen s ation_ ~f d1sabled_l t h e- Legto11 ;Legi s l ative Co mnntt ee _wir e d been in progress but da ys until the ba se - i s hi s plan to d evote all of hi s time to t ~r~ns \ ~vlfo wer~ 1:ece1v m l!,'. sc ho ol _,"un der p1'.~t~s1:i:.Vetera ns Bm,eau w ill no t ment of Keith's theater,. was full :,to the band. · nmng, .,>_ Mr. Ryan s first eff1c 1~l act :red\lce ti ~mmg pay ,•to $80 00 at pre~en! ov erflowin g with o.ve r coats, s uits and While made up of Legion a ires and nation,~~ mmitt ~ema n was t? m tro: ,t ime :", Natiqnal Co mmand e r Ma cN 1d er shoes. All @ rm e nt s were t horou ghly u si n g the Legion name, the band will : ea re~~lut!_on w hi ch w~ s un an11;1o~s l y on Decei:n~el'. &, 1921, -~rom New Orl ea n s cleaned and ster iliz ed before being , plac- be a se pera!e and dis~inct body from the :> pted ' m -th~ - K ansas City _meetmg o! wir~sh N¥,ional -Co mn11t tee man Rya~ at ed 011 ra ck s for -distribution. Post. It will b e entirely se1f SUP.port_ Natjoi:ial Cowmittee,_ callmg for th';) A-<i;rcl erso n ~JJ.di ana ~hat h e had _ received • · · · : _ · irig, th e d iJ~~t9Es am:i_o u nce "!' he _!:>~!1-d m.tion i Pl a s u ):> - co1:11m1ttee of th_ree ' a p e r;,oiiat te\eg:ram :. from C_o.l ~o ;i,·bei,\ The. p_ubh c )Va ~ .q ?-1ok -to fall ,m Wit~ ' \V iii ' functi()p .;it, au Qr thee .fo s t - ~ffair§J em b~rs to in vestigat~ t h ~ contemp l ated [, to ,, the ~ff_ettdJ:iat no , redu~t1on .m th,e th~ .s_pi~t of the .th )ng t~e ~!f<?c~o t~! s · and wi~ l ha,ve_ P~P1Jl\ne pt quai;ters in th~ du ct1on and make a resistance for the pa y -of tramees -was 00}1temp l ated <l\Hng .Many who had O d ' m e mori a l bu1ldmg. · · L · · · · · • · · to give offered mopey Oth!!rs off,ere ·. ' nenca n eg10~. , ,The natural - question wh i ch _every e x- 'ob s Scores of m ~n wh ~ had not work- · Upon -~e - ~rnva l of ~at1on~I Qo m- service man ; shou!d - ponder JS: vVh_at !d for weeks were secured e m ploy m ent. K . gt ,- p t

m der Mac~er at I nd_ianapohs, a~ter wou ld ha ve happened t~ t h e 60,~0? di~- Th e idea fo; the clothing i·elief cam ~ ennIIJ. .. Olt .OS. 0 lf- Kansas City Convention, h e appomt:-,. abled : veterans m vocatio nal • trammg if - t d t a ni'ee t i·ng of Rob er t

-l the ,follow m g su b , co-mm1_tte e, un et th e Amerlcan ; .Leg10n had not ~o m e to E K -;gton Po st of whic h Humphrey

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i t-,hority _ of- the reso_lu t1on w hi ch had be e,n their rescue la st November Inc1d_ental)y, c: H!~~!n -ton i s <io;nmaiider. - Mr. H ~r - · _ · · \ · G • • L B ,. · of t nng on an o er m s:ed -al;- :Kan sas Cit y: Oswald R ya n, of 1it .:, will ,b e· observed that th e -fmanc1al · t gd th 'n e bei·s of his P ost i- .ana , ~hai rm~n, eo 1 ?e · e. Iy, _ l eade-rs of the cou1;1try w ho are a pres- brought the m atter before 'th a next m eet- Promo t ing Spirit of Co -op era,t ion by;· ' nne ssee Nat10nal Vice-Commander, ' ent loudl y espo u smg th e cause of th e f th M 1 Th e cou n cil E n tertaini n g Sur':roundin"" Posts '· ' d Thqm ~s W. Miller , na tiona l co m- disabled veterans vy hile t h ey co ndemned l~:~ kQl datrh10n_dcounc1 ood one and ., f. - ·· ·· · l , £"•'"t ·" : b'll · q 1c y seize e I ea as a g - of the ',<;:ounty ieem,ati•: of D e aware , r .the " ad}uSt ed , compensabon · 1 , were iri,m ediate l y m a' d e plans to carry it out. iveraL state h ea d s of th _Amencai, wond ei;frtl_y spen-t ~a s~ Nov~m li:_r _wh n If it nad neve1:' d6i1e anything e l se, With the hop e of strengt heni-ng the ion at once off ere d to as s i s t th e s ub- thn , m:meruian L ~gio n was opp vs mg_ a this on e instance · shou ld be eno u g h to ente nt.e cordiale amon g Indianapolis and 1itte e in it.,s work. The fir st to re- qoi,temp l ated twe n ty_ p er cen~ red u ct ion convince the peop l e of I ndia napoli s and Marion co un ty -Po sts,- the - Rob ert E. pv11J was --Co mm a nd er Claud e E. Greg·g; ' ·w:the pay of voc,1b1l1Wila l tI;alnees. Marion cou nty t h at the American Le- Kenn ingto n P ost i s giv ing a se ri-es of of the tn.diana d e~artme n t, who wrot~ ' Nationa l Co mmitt ee man ·•~yan · s ay s gion i s one of t h e m ost powerful fa ctors soc ial m eetings at whi ch it i s the host Chairman Ry a n Nov ember 2 9 as follo~vs. tha ti the s ub- com mitt ee -received off~rs for worthy accomp li s hment th e y h ave to other L egion unit s in the county " I n ot i ce :!Jwh ere you ha v_e be e n appomt - of a ss istan._e from Amer ican L eg w~ · in the co mmuni ty E njoyabl e programs of mu sic and " ed chai!lm:an by the Nat10na l Comman d- h eads in '-alf parts of the coun try but ., st unt s, refr es hm ent s fo1 ~!: e i1rner r marj', er, to in ;y est i gate _an d resi t the prop~sed t hat · po line qf e ncouragement or eve n GREENE COUNTY TAKES STEPS brief talks b y Legionair'es prominent iii • ut in ' "' tnp e n s at1on of di sa bl e d so ldier/; not ic e 'caine froro a ny of t h e gent l e men ,. '110 ORGANIZE COU:t-fC IL p ubl _i_c affafrs•; ; and h eart t o · h e art -:- CO n - ··,_,·,. mi s ay to you that _· the Depl!J·tment wlio 110,:v ·,·fight a<lJ·usted comnensat ion ..,,hG ': _,.{ • t:---· :>.:i:io t fl '·g--v.0 -·f ,, ...,,:. e - - ' ' tt t ' •·-·· , •<, 'i.' ,;: e reemi "ouny--m,:Cl cu 1absb!} "tli e 'good. : , th.e L eg1Qn , }_I ';l'~ 'ia i s back of your .- co mmi ee 0 from b e hind the l ines of tne disabled vet - • : · L , · ia · ~uxiliary • was b ee n f eatur es of these m eeti ng ' s ,These '.; it An •thino- we ca n do in any , ; : ,. • • - -nmer1can e g1 on an • · · · · · t ":i u in ke e ping the com - ranks. ' ·, h e ld in Li nton on Februar y 22 Th e pro- ev ents are b r ingin g the cap itol - city: · assis yo -----,-------- b ·th th ter party at P osts into closer re l atio n s with , each ,o n pay of these disab l ed m en to gr3: m eganh w1 tha L ea_ fil ,:Th ., t. esefli tat u s \ve w ill be re r y glad LEGION ON Q UA RANTINE GUARD which ,.,:as 1, ownC et e~ 1 10n m, e othei;, b reeding confidence _ a :d tes pe _ -;.l'.'l .- t J!i,, · ' To- ' prevent the spread of a s mlrllpu x Ma n :. Witho u t a oun ry • ·· •• · · • for each others opini ons ·and po1ici s, • _ .• _ xi./ h' t epi d em ic , ·American' ' i.leg ion men~y da y : Thi s was followed by a rec e pt10n to and making po ss ibl e m ore harmonious , i01P"4[' f.l~Jtli\>t 1ti ~s · ;at ({, :s 1?g ?t" an lf ni g h t g u ar d ed ·'aH ro a d s into : Mans- Commander Claud e E. Gregg and wife and forcef ui-•su pport of pr ojects that reiJ tff:ta~cet a:h;t ~z:~1~:~ ; f i e ld , Ar., to stop ehtrance or exit.' at t h e ~!k s cl ub ~t 3 o'clock ~ l g~ quire' conce rted a<;ti~n. ·ev e a e e a c ! ·: ,, : crowd had gathered m th e. as_s~~Y· ~aJl:: Ace;o r ding- to Cqmmander H. C i Har.,.:.s ,~_:, _-.,..-::·- -,- ·a-·•,,.,-,,-·- bi : - ----;;·,, 1 of the cl u b, w h ere a patn ot 1,;f'_;,Jn:-9~i,a~! ringto"n, it i s the fnt e ntion of Kenning;. · · 'i · rl t · including a speec h from -the state,• con:i - ton Po st to e ntertain each Po s t in the , ·• • • ·• :·•··• •··•·· ·•··•, d

• m an er was l?IV<"n. co un ty during 1922

Th e evenin g.,. program b eg an · with a I hanqu et served b y the Women's Auxil- -ALVIN c : YORK srEAKS AT ia ry, -w hi ch was attendep. by two hun- BROWNSTOWN MEETIN(f _ I t left much to b e desired. You we1:e hardl y the so ldi er th en .tha t yo u Jecarn-~: -later. jt,,,,,. : "

, Remember Your First Uniforrh?

1n this first w ee kl y i ss ue of The Ho os i er L eg ionair e, there is much to ,e desired; w hi h we hop e to s u pp l y later.

; dr e d serv i ce m e n including, representa:.: tives from the Elnora, Worthingto n, and Bloomington Posts , ··· - t Elmer W. S herwo od, di stric t e xe cutiv e • co mmitteeman, presided rve ~ ·.the coi.J n- f ty m eeting w h icfr,:wa s held , in-'. the Legion Ghief..among th ese is adverti s ing.

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W e_ ur ge:i:Jtly ask that" you rea d t e a s m 1s 1 , 1 · · • T , othei;. pro s pective adv er ti s iirs may be' convinced of the· a1ue" of ·,Ho os: - T let i c ' Qffic e r , D r and Mr s :- Coo k, L · · d t· · d the h elp of evei•y L _ e l!: i1on_ m e mb er _ i n _ .i: a nd .' P ost Co mmander s, Fre d · Bun t ing egion~!l'e a ver ismg, we nee · 7 and · Jo hn H ee nan mad e s hort ta lk s.

S.~~t e. ' , f A mcition was , passed towar d the orSend us the nam es of the stores and firm s ' w ith• lvhom yo u -do -busin ess -T ga n ization of a co unty counci l. Athnd whb, y o u think, s hould advertise with' u s. - Retail s t c;, res ; man u fact u rers ., I . Je tic sch e dul es we re discu sse d and - a

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Camp Ja ck s on Po s t of Brownston, 1·e• · cJintly had the hon or of entertaini ng Sergeant Alvin C. ;York, famou s Tennessee,· mountain yo u th who won la s t i ng · fame for his exp l oi ts' while with '. t 1' e' Eigh.t&seco nd divi s ion in' th~ A,rg on ne)j,Y ork s poke r e lu ctan tly of hi s wa f "ex~rie nces, de v oti ng moJ, t of hi s talk to t h e n eeds of the sc h ools and churches in hi s h ome co mmunity. y 01:k was h onor e d by the Brownstow n Po st by being mad e a life member of the P ost nd jobbeis doing a s tate business particularly ar e wanted. + tentative date set for t h e -._re-examinaI tion of certa in di sa bl ed and vo ca tiQna l POST PRESENTS MUS I C W:ill y~u ple ase fill in t h e blank ~.at~tche~ a nd mail it TODA y so te T cases: AND LECTURE PROG-RAM can convince the , advertisers t hat you are , i n.t~:e~!_E:_d ip Jo u i; :- ?w n, ,Raper f PROOF FOR >:A ))VE , RTFSERS .,.,,r, · l TAPS SO UN D FOROONNERSV ILLE The Hoosier L egionaire , Wabash, Indiana.

I would !ike to see the adver~isin- g o ~ -(. , er'ted in '. The lfoosier 'L egionaire I believ~ - it ,wo ~ld be a good investmt 'for them, , ···' ·: •.-, \i' i· !

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C O NNERSVILLE Mar. 8.- Fun e ral serv ic es for Frank Rist, 28 years old, a cava lryman in the United"·St,ate's army during the World \.Var, who di e d C suddenly Monday afterno!¥1,, at the Fayette Memoria l h ospital, ,'K<',¾·e * ld;;;1t 2 --o'clock this afte rnoon, Dr P.V.MC-ll, pastor of t h e Fir s t M. E.;;ida ut.e h; officiating·. Burial' , v as in th e· so ldi ers\ lot at the City ce m etery Memb e rs · of th e Reginald F--i:sher Post No. 1, American L egion p e rformed th.e military rites.

A l ec tur e and program und er t h e auspi ces o f Stuart-Taylor Po st of ' the American L eg ion was pr esente d ,at -the Fir s t M. E c hu rc h a t Markl e :Friday eve ni n g. Rob ert Batto n , of W aba sh , d e li vered t h e main address.

Violin numb ers by Paul Witt-ho'u se of D ccat-ur, mu ska l ..n umb ers direct1id by Al Sta uffe r, , an d selections b y an ~i;chestra co mpo sed of musician!; 'from Markle, Hunt ington, and Decatur w ent W.~11 i.-~ • c.e iv ed.

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Street or R. F. D : ,; , · · - 1:"ost~ffice ) : : ;'} ,t; t,;uL ,: (J ,\)_!,~;t · <: ;,'; _ ' hen, ' don't· forget -to · read the - adv.ertis en;ie'r-it& ui i-t :.titls',i 'lvEiek•~ issue aboV;e aH '·when yo u make · iriqU-iol'ies -:of (h Ye ; ' of tli(!se.?' Enfveftisets 0 ' b'e to t!iention · The • Hoosi~l' Legion aire. ~s i .;; r, -1 ,;,, <:: •

t DO THEY NEE~ THE BO S - ; ··-, Lined up patiently for o in ad; v an ce, hundr-ed s of tatter~d x-s'31di ers - I i-eceived sho s , overcoats, and children's ' +· garrpelJcts ' from th e Atueiica n Legion , I dfstn'buting comm itt.ee in New York.

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HARTFORD CITY, March 9 ,~ Mrs-.Jay • l:Urrdman, widow of a former ;Har.tford - -Git,y atto rney , l e ft her .-estate of 148, 00 0' ' to t h e -'.Am erica n 'Legion i P? s t of Stockto n; Ca li f., wnen s h e died r,th e:r:e a few day s ago, according to word' re .: ceived her e '

· H a ¥e ' yo u · paid ' your - 1922-'• dues?

Evansville 'Posts -Holds Army 'Chow' Served to Get-To~GetherBanquet . Public N ts a Profit

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Adams Post Hears Nightly Concert

Via Ether; Powerful Apparatus Has Been Installed (B y F re d M Elz e y)

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e r s ) · f I l Kou ts that the Will ia m Re dil y a ck Po s t m ess O t 1e reg u ar sess i on of th e R e gj.

Funkhouser Post No 8, at Eva nsville, n a ld F1" s h e P t N 1 'I' d · ht i s thi nking of rall y i ng th e- community < r os o , u es ay mg , r ealized an ambiti on of three years' o n ce a m onth to th e t un e of m ess call. · F eb. 2 8 A s oc ial hour foll owe d and a s tanding when F e bruary 24 't hat po s t b f · - I J·oined with E v erett Burdette Po s t, also Savory s lum , a s onl y a v et c o ok knows nu m er o ex - serv i ce m en w 10 w e re h ow to m ake it , s u p ported by su ch civil- gue s t s , ,appli e d for m e mb e r s hip. of Evansville, in a get-to- g eth e r banquet C C Abb t t t ian d e li c a cies as sweet pi ckl e s , chocolate · · · 0 , p os c omrnan cle r, apw i th Commander Claude Gregg as the p · t d ·tt t · t· t tl • c ak e , a n d ch e rr y pie , so ld at. a cha rge of 0111 e a c omm1 ee o m ves 1ga e 1e honor guest t ' t f · II l t f b two-bi ts per plate, n e t te d a s ub sta ntial ma er O p roc u r mg a s ma P o o urAbout 150 tepre s entativ e L e gionaire s s um for t he P ost t r eas ur y ial gr ound in th e Dal e c e m e t e ry for a gather ed in the rath s kell e r of the Elk s Servi c e M e n' s Me morial. It wa s s ughome for a pro g ram which st a rt e d with Ca rd s, al1 d to q uot e th e Po s t corres- g es td t h at a p e i:man eri't · fll a g st aft be a · palatable dinn er a nd - e n de d w i th war P 0nd ent, "old - fas hi o n e d " as we ll as "i{ew e rec t e"cl ther e b e fo re n ext M emo1;i al d~y pictures of Am erican uni ts a t th e front. fash ioned" dancing fini s h ed of f th e eve- Ru sse ll G. V ea t c h, p os t we lfar e officThe pictures were furnish e d by the Y. n in g c er, r ep o\: ted c onditi on s·" improv e d in

M. C. A. Conn ersv ill e , both with r e gard to disCommander Gregg p r esent e d the Le s Comntunity

D EC ATU R , Incl., Mar. 9.- M e mbers o,: Ad a m s P ost ar e al w ays on t he lookou for so m e n ew idea to s timulate interes and hav e es tabli s hed what they believ e to be a pr e c ed ent in the depar t ment of Indiana, nam e ly the organization of Radi o C lub. The club originally consistof nin e of th e most a ctive m e mbers and these m en w ent down in th ; il' c w n -"' e t s and purcha s ed equipment for r , ing w irel e s s messagE;! S as well as a nd in s trum en t al music. These ri con c ert s are from Chicago and .f no end of° e nt e rtainment for the n of the club and Po s t.

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abl e cl ex- s ervi ce m e ri and tho s e otit of gionaire's side of the adjusted compen- emplo y ment. He st ated that h e has had •sation argument and brought h ome to

Prog·ram Is Adopted

C lo,ertl a le Post Takes Ste1> to Secure ~ibrary; Has Spl e ndid Record

TWO H U NDRED COUPLES ATTEND LEGIOl':l' ,DANCE

only a few ca lls for as s istance recently. t ho se who were inad e quately inform e d on the Legion's activities, ju s t what was being accompli s hed by the na t ional body. The state commander was forced to rise r epea te dl y at the conclusion of his address to acknowledge the applause.

Po stmaster John J. Nolan, head of" Evansvill e 's war activities during th e vr,orld conflict, eloqu e ntly held up the I1ation's debt to the soldier. He wa s followed by Louis L. Roberts an Evansville attorney well known in veteran circles and the Rev. E. G. S. Burdette, whose son, in giving his life "in France, ; beq u eathed his name to Evansville's second Legion post. Bert Hawk ins, contact officer of the Legion in Indiana , gave a detailed accou,nt of the s ta t e o r ganization's work and ,instructed th e men present on the manner of co-operation that would bring the best results.

EX-OFFICERS HUNT JOBS

Und er th e leadership of C ommander

Earl D av is , Hurst-Collins P os t No. 281, of Clo v ers d a le , ha s launch ed a Comm unity B et term ent Pla.u.

O ne of th e firs t proj e ct s to be undertak e n is th e e tablishm e nt of a public lib rary Th e P os t ha s intren ched itself in the a f f ections of the c o mmunity and it s progr am i s r e ce ivin g s pl endid s upport fr o m the publ ic

T he office r s of the Po s t have be en di li g e nt i n p r ess ing claims f or the disabl ed ,ve te ra n s i n the community and as a r es u lt th e pres ti g e of the Po s t among th e ex-se r vice men of Clov e rdal e i s high.

K. C. LIKES INSURANCE OPTION

Twelve ' majors, fi v e nava l c omman d - A referend um on a dju s t ed co mp e n s aers, 27 captain s , and n e arly 100 li e uten ° tion ta ken by t h e Kans as C it y, Kan. , ants ha v e applied fo r j obs at Ame r ican post of the Am er ica n L eg io n s h ow ed 74 Legio n EH]i pio y m e n t headquar ters in i n favor o f paid -u p i ns uran ce, 4 5 fo r New York s in ce S e p te mb er. farm and horpt} a id, and 2 9 fo r c a s h

CONN E R SVILLE, March 6.-A Washington ' s birthday party, given by the American L e gion Auxiliary of the Reginald Fi s her Post No. 1, on the aft e rnoon and evening· of Feb 22, was a social and finan c ial s ucc es s. More than two hundred coupl es participated in the informal dan ce in th e evening and fifty-on e card tabl es we re arr a ng e d for the other gu e s t s A large crowd al s o attended the aft e rn oon affair. M or e than $300 wa s clear e d f-or w e lfare work and for chari t abl e purpo ses T h e Fayette county Wa r Mother s held a drawing cont est, the pri ze b e ing a Gold Star quil t The conte s t nett ed them more than $5 0, wh ic h w ill b e add e d t o the Memor ia l fund, whi ch th e \Var Moth e r s ar e r ais in g. Mr s J. E. Th ed er s , p res id e n t of th e uni t, wa s gene r a l ch a "ir n a n of th e eve nt. Me m bers of t h e L eg io n assiste d Fif ty t h o u s a nd fo r 19 22; L e t' s ,Go)

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The most attractiv e feature a bilit y to entertain a crowd w vocal and instrumental concerts is done by means of a "Clari,on," s peak e r, which! ' is attached to ceiving outfit and which · magni1 s ound with almost the same e t if it were a phonograph. The now growing, the interest in wir, becoming more m~nifest" and tH ber s ar e proud of the step the taken along this entirely differe With the present equipment an o, can rec e ive m es sage or concerts · a radiu s of 800 miles. Addition para t u s i s to be installed within a tim e that will have a radius o world.

W e ,viii k e ep you informed fro i to t i m e r e garding the things we plish throught the installatio wirel ess outfit.

WANTS PROPOSED HOSr ANDERSON, March 9.-T. ~ coun c il council of the America! L ha s laun ched a -campaign to land prop os ed Unit e d States hospital for abl ed war vet erans. A letter has ' add ress ed to Governor McCray askin a ss i sta nce in getting th ehospita' t hi s co unty. ·

of t he India na ex-service men will have the fir'st issue of the Ho osier Legionaire n1ailed to them. Th e oth e r f ou rth h as not paid their dues fbr 1922. This wi ll be th e biggest year the Legion has ever known. Urge YO.Jir b ud d i es who have not renewed their n1embership to ke ep te p with t he Legion thi s year. It 1s a duty the y o we t he ir bu ddies h ow th i s cop y of t he Hoosie r Legionai r e to tho se who h a v~ not renewed men1bers hip. A fe ~ extra copie s of thi issue have b een s ent your post adjutant. U se t h e Hoosi e r Legionfl,ire as an a d ded inducement to

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