Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-12-30
|NFWS NOTES F ROM ! AMERICAN LEGION

Jealous of the "honors" bestowed ol Grover c. Bergdoll, man describing himself as P. E. Saylor, Genessee Ida, is seeking official recognition o- his self-imposed title of "super-slack er of the United States" He ha: written Gov. Hart, Washington, ask Ing that his name be placed at tho Spp of the stacker list.
 By moving from city to city anc Ehanging his name, the man declares e laughed at the draft. By purchas' hg a soldiers discharge and wal medals, he adds, he has enjoyed all he glory of an A. E. F. hero. "You ought to hear me tell the girls about he battles I was in," he writes federal Agents and American Legion hen of the West are searching fol him, to bestow additional honors.
 Pekingese dogs wearing expensive oats while ex-soldiers sit shivering n park benches aroused the ire of he Rev. s. Parkes Cadman, Congre- tationalist minister of Brooklyn, dur hg the American Legion's attempt get overcoats for needy ex-service hen. Rev. Cadman advocated taking he coats off "these overdressed romenaders with poodle dogs on a tring and wrapping them around the af frozen backs of our boys"
 To liven up the towns long winter venings, the American Legion post [ Strathcona, Minn., challenged the ftizens to a whist tournament. The nal game of the series lasted until F30 a. m., the ex-soldiers winning.
 Suspension of immigration for hree years has been advocated in a caring before the House committee immigration by John Thomas Tay- r, vice-chairman of the American egion's committee. A bill to SO sus- Fnd immigration is pending.
 A gold star mother 100 years old is ping taken care of by the American egion in White Plains, N. Y. Her (n, her only support, was killed in rance. The government check, paid r her sons death, merely covers her nt. She is a Southern negro.
 If a pending ordinance allows the hployment of 200 additional police Pn in Los Angeles, Chief of Police mes will fill the vacancies with ex- twice men, he has informed the nerican Legion, seeking the organi- tion's cooperation in obtaining can Hates. Cabot Ward, vice commander of the l [ris, France, post of the American l |gion, has been elected first vice esident of the Interallied Veterans iteration of the Interallied Veterans Fss in Paris. A British veteran is ond vice president and a French eran heads the organization. 1 Every rural school center and vil- se in Oklahoma will have a detach- | mt of American Legion members. (all communities which cannot intain chartered posts will be or pized into outposts.
 he placing of a trained, sympa-
 c war mother" at Ellis Island to
 women immigrants to get suitably ated in the United States is being sidered by the American Legion hillary.
 Is part of its Christmas program,
 American Legion of Omaha, Neb., t Mrs. Marie Anderson, 60 years
 to Leavensworth, Kas., to visit
 son. The boy is serving sen- ce for an offense committed after
 ran away from home at sixteen ITS to join the army. He served ing the world war.
 In order issued by the Secretary the Navy and construed as affect
 adversely the retention of dis ed men working in government pyards was protested in a resolu-
 passed by District Lodge No. A, Arnational Association of Machin- in convention at Washington, D.
 The American Legion's national dquarters has thanked the labor ahsSation for it's cooperation "in aining . square deal for sick and hbled former service men,"
 mounts received as compensation, hily e.otments and allowances un-
 the war risk insurance and vo- onal rehabilitation acts, or as pen- IS from the Government for mill
 or naval service in time of war
 be exempted from income tax re-