The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-03-10

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unit mark by nine before the middle
Of February and was still going for
ward at the rate Of more than hfty
units a week. Meanwhile the Legion
Is gaiSing at the rate Of approximate
~ thirty posts a week. with a total
Of IO.ia3 posts.
The Minnesota Department % the
Auxiliary. with i49 units. has now
displaced the Massachusetts, Auxili-
AIRY for leadership. Massachusetts,
is second; then follow New York.
Iowa and Pennsylvania.
In percentage 81 gain within the
last three weeks. the Ohio Department
leads the Legion. Missouri. Texas
Illinois and Oklahoma follow in rel
alive order.
BY arrangement between the
American Legion and Bureau Of
Commercial Economics, the most
complete and valuable collection Of
educational and travel motion pic.
ture films IN existence will be placed
at the disposal Of the Legion posts
for free exhibition. Legion mem
bers will order films from catalogs
which will be sent TO all Legion
posts The films will be sent from
a number o. dil ributing centers.
which will be designated In the cata-
log One thousand separate topics
are embraced in the films. which
have been taken in all parts q the
world.
An American Legion button
stopped bullet. which struck
Gitamona Scala. a Legionnairc Of
Newark. n. j.. and probably saw
ed his life. Scala was an innocent
bystanicr at dispute between four
men during which the gunplay
started
/ Wearing his army gas mask. the
REV. =. W Smith. commander %
the Ray Stone Post q the American
| Legion az Shrewsbury. Mass, bravcd
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the town hall 20 rescue two Amer
can flags from post headquarters
room Cluiching the flags. he crop
ed ~ way back through the halls.
feeling has way out by a string that
be had tied 90 the back door on
entering the building. Rev Mr.
Smith served a. a chaplain with the
Canadian Black Watch.
An ex-service man with eight bars
on his victory medal has been en-
rolled by Argonne Post Of the
American Legion at Des. Moines. la
in a membership campaign. George
Leander. the embryonic LegionnAire.
was with a supply train attached to
the Mallct Reserve Of the French
Army He took part In the Sommc
defensive. Aisne. Montididier Noyon.
Somme and oise-Aisne offensives
and also served in defensive sector
Foreign posts o. the American
Legion have been aAkcd to cooperate
with the Federal Board for Vocation
al Education in carrying out a system
whereby American veterans in
France. England, italy and Belgium
are TO be provided with vocational
training. The plan IL based upon
a reciprocal agreement between this
country and she four allied countries.
under which they are to train dis
abled American veterans IN tlpir
borders and this country Is to train
their disabled ex-service men in our
own. each nation paying a stipulated
sum for each veteran so trained.
The first convention 81 the Womens
Auxiliary Of the Virginia Depart
ment Of the American Legion will
be held May 10 and IL. il was de-
cided at meeting Of the Legion's
state executive committee. More
than 100 new members were OBJ
tanned for the Legion in Virginia
between January and February IL.
Player pianos, Photographs, desks
and Shetland ponies are among the
prizes in a membership contest which
the Texas Department Of the Ameri-
can Legion has started. Posts viii
be graded on the proportion Of num-
Der Of members obtained to the popu-
lation Of the community.
The Women's Auxiliary unit o.
Murohy- Major-Sloan Post No. 2s4
Of the American Legion at Atehison.
Kan, is the first colored auxiliary
in Kansas and one Of the first 10 be
organized in the country.
Job applicants and employers are
listed in a card index, according TO
their abilities and needs, by Nash
vile. Tenn. Post Of the American