The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-12-01
AMERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER


An escaped leopard which terrorized
Kansas City and Independence, Mo-,
was reported headed for Parsons.
American Legion men of the city as
sembled in their club rooms, cleaned
up the old army Springfields used by
the firing squad and prepared for de-
fense of the town. 1t was learned
then, however, that reward of $50
was offered for the capture of the
leopard alive. The guns were stacked
and Texas ranger of the post set
out to rope the animal. He is still
after it.
The American Legion Of Lawler,
Ia., has completed trade with the
city authorities whereby the ex-sol-
diers act as the municipal fire de-
partment and the city in turn fur
nishes a clubhouse and overhead ex-
penses for the Legion men. The SER
vice men already have had several
baptisms of fire.
An ex-soldier has requested the Ok
lahoma American Legion to canvass
the country for Ollie Kendall, form
er doughboy of the 140 Inf. 35th Div.
"He was my buddy in France. l bor-
rowed a bunch of francs from him
once. Winter is coming and he is mar
ried and has two children. l know ne
will need the money this winter and
want to pay him, wherever ne Is"
the service man said.
Chauncey M. Depew shocked the
American Legion Of New York the
other day by appearing to ask for his
war service medal. He was but a
name-sake of the worlds greatest
after-dinner speaker, however, who
was simply supply sergeant in the
A. E. F.
Colorado and Texas led the lists Of
new posts chartered by the American
Legion during the week ended Novem-
Der 18, according to national head
quarters. Eleven posts gained during
the week raised the total to 1862.
Other states to add posts were Kan
sas. Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Oregon and Pennsylvania.
More applications for membership
in Kansas City American Legion
posts have been received since the
national convention than in the pre-
ceding twelve months. The increase
in the number of Legionnaires in
Kansas City as result of the conven-
ton has been estimated at twenty-five
hundred.
More than 5000 unemployed ex-ser-
vice men of Chicago will eat Christ
mas dinner on "Lightnin" this year.
With Fred Stone acting as stage man
ager and the veteran Frank Bacon as
ihs assistant, the American Legion Of
Chicago is preparing the theatrical
benefit.
The town of McMinnville, Ore,
wanted to add pulmoter to it's fire
fighting equipment. When the Amer
ican Legion post of the town learned
that the department had been COM
pelled to give itself as security to
raise money for the apparatus, they
turned over half their Armistice Day
show proceeds for the purchase.
With national prohibition an accom-
nlished fact. the w. G.. T. U. has
turned over to the American LeTion
the remainder of wartime fund To-
falling 81 900. The Legion will use the
money for the immediate relief OIL SICK
and wounded men.
The United States army has been
so reduced in number that wher the
American Legion requested q firing
SQUAD from Ross Aviation field, CAL
ifornia, the commanding officer had
to haul down a balloon to get the
number of men required. The short
age of personnel is so acute that men
must be taken off duty to fill such
, requests.
The American Legion has begun a
nation wide canvass to determine who
was the last soldier killed in action
The French government will erect
monument to the last to fall A LIE
gion post at New Haven, Conn, ha:
q put forward the name of Thomas J
Walpole, Jr., killed on the morning O.
: Armistice Day in an outpost engage
: ment.
Gamaliel, the 60 pound turkey to
y, President Harding's Thanksgivin,
Day dinner, was sent from Crysta
Q Springs, Miss, in a profusely decor
ated crate by the American Legio1
d of that city. The whole town of Crys
" tai Springs turned out to bid the bir'
goodby. Gamaliel's chaperone =
at Washington was M. H. Daily, prohi
al bition director for the state OF Mis-
1T sissippi.
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