The courier-index., 1921-06-24

;can Legion. Latest reports declare
 that the American, confined Tn Moscow prison, IS Tn aepioiao, condition from brutality and terror. Cantain Fitzpatrick, Keo Croso
 worker. was taken prisoner III Crimea.
 4 fire which threatened to wlpe ont tbe town of Alpine, Tex, was cbecked when the Big Bend post
 of the American Legion turned out
 in force to fight the conflagratlon. | Then the Legionnaires offered tnelr services to the mayor in patrolllng fbe devasted area. The offer was accented on the spot and for tWen- tv-four hours the Legion men walk ed posts in the familiar miiicary manner
 The melting Dot works overtime in the little town of Frontenac,
 Kan. In a poulation of less than 2 900, twenty-two nationalitles are abiding in peace. All of them are
 represented in the local post of the American Legion and its unit of
 the woman's auxiliary. More than
 ninety per cent of the Legionnaires
 are members of the United Mine
 Workers, employed in the coal
 mines near Pittsburg, Kan.
 When it was proposed in Berlin that the famous Hindenburg statue, f into which the former kaiser drove a gold nail and the common German iron ones, shouli be sold at puollc i auction, an American appeared on the scene. He offered 30,O0O marks | for the figure. Pressed as to hls reason for buyIng the statue of the Boche general, the American l declared that fe proposes to bring it to America and let Americans drive nails in it again at twenty five cents a nail. Half the pro- ceeds would go to the American Legion and the other haif to the Red Cross.
 A house to house canvass of the entire city of Chicago has been undertaken by posts of the Ameri- can Legion in seeking out veterans who have been unsuccessful in ad- justment of compensation claims with the government. recent ] membership campaign in Illinois netted a gain of 10000 members for the first four months of 1921 over the corresponding period of last year.
 Jefferson Post Handicap" was the feature race on Derby Day at the famous Churchill Downs race course at Louisville, Ky. The race was named in honor of the Jeffer- son Post of the American Legion.
 Twenty new rosts of the Amer ican Legion and sixty-nine units of it's Women's Auxiliary were form ed during the week ending May 28.
 John J. Emery. the new national commander of the American Le- zion, halls from Grand Rapids, Mich. He was born on the fourth of July, forty years ago. His cleo ton which was by exclamation of the National Executive Committee, took place at the National head quarters at Indianapolis. At the same time Thomas J. Bannigan of 1 Hartford Conn.,, was elected vice commander, succeeding Nr. Emery, who now fills the vacancy caused by the death of F. w. Galbraith, Jr.
 MT. Emery is a real estate opera tor. He has served as president of the Grand Rapids Real Estate Board and is one of the commissioners of that city. He is president of the First Division Club. His military record dates from his entrance to the Second Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, H., August 27, 1917. He attended various schools in France and was assigned to the 18th Infantry Of the First Division. He commanded F Company of this regiment in the Montdidier-Noyon and -Marne offensives and be- came major September 1, 1918, following the St. Mihiel and Ar gonne offensives. He was severely wounded by shell fire October g, and was immediately sent to the 1 United States. He was discharged from the hospital and from the army March 31, 1919. He has been | dCLAFc III LtAr SaHlcAANdH LCSIOh dI- | fairs ever since.
 MT. Bannigaa, the new vice-com- mander has served as adjutant of the Connecticut department of the American Legion three years. Dur ing the war he served as a captain. He is a member of the Legion's na- tional committee on war risk in surance and. compensation.
 George K. Monos,, proprietor of the Greek Candy Kitchen at Jasper, Ind, member of the American Legion, humiliated Peter Sturgis a professional wrestler, known as the masked marvel" at Jasper recently The masked marvel" came to town with the boast that no wrest- Ter could "stay with him five min- utes without getting pinned" Ma nos, who has been coached by mem bers of his Legion post, accepted