, 1921-12-28
THE
News Of Interest to Ex-Service Men Featuring National,
State and Local Activities.

State and Loo
Jealous Of the "honorss bestowed
ecribing himself al p. T. Sayi3r, Gem
tor Of his self-fmposed title Of sup
er-slacker of the United States" He
has written Governor Hart, washins
ton. asking that his name Be placed
al the top OF The iacker List
By moving from city to city and
changing his name. the man declares
he laughed at ths draft, BY purchas-
ing a soldiers discharge and war med
ais. he adds. he has enjoyed an the
glory Of an A E. =. hero. You ought
to hear me tell h girls about h bat
ties I was IN" he writes. Federal
agents and American Legion men of
the west are searching for him. to be-
stow additional honors-
Peifngess dogs wearing expensive
coats while exsoldicrs ait shfvering on
park benches aroused the ire OF the
Row. 8. Pnrkes Cadmnn, Congrega-
tionaiist minister OF Brooklyn. during
tho American Legion's attempt TO get
overooats for needy ex-service men.
Rev. Cadman advocated taking the
coats Off these overdressed promen-
ader with poodle dogs on n string
and wrapping them around the half
Trojan backs Of our boys"
To iiven up the towns long winter
evenings. the American Legion post of
Strathcona. Mimi, challenged b citt
zens to a whist tournament. The I'M
game of the series lasted until $50
a m. the ex-soldiers winning
Suspension OF immigration for three
years has boon advocated In n hear
ing before the house committee on
immigration by John Thomas Taylor.
vice-chairmnn Of tho American Lo-
gton's legislative committee A bill
to so suspend immigration is pending.
A gold STA mother 100 years old Is
being taken care Of by the American
Legion In White Plains. N. 7. Her son.
her only support, was killed In France
The government check. paid for her
sens death. merely covers her rent
She Is a southern negro.
II a pending ordinance allows the
employment OF 400 additional police
men IN Los Angeles. Chief of Police
Jones will FIJI the vacancies with ex-
service mon, he has informed tho
American Legion, seeking the organi-
zation's cooperation in obtaining can
didates.
Cabot Ward. vice commander of the
Paris, France. post OF the American
Legion, has been elected first vice
president OF the lnteraliied Veterans
federation In its second nnual con-
gross in Paris. A British veteran Is
second vice president and a French
veteran heads the organization.
Every rural school center and VII
lage in Oklahoma will ave a ,detach-
ment of American Legion members.
Small communities which cannot
maintain chartered posts will be or
ganized into ~outposts.
The splacing of a trained, sympa-
thetio war mother Il Ellis Island to
aid women immigrants I get suit
ably located in tho United States Is
being considered by the American 10
gion auxiliary.
As a part of its Christmas program.
the American Legion of Omaha, Neb..
sent Mrs. Marie Anderson, 60 years
old, to L~eayenworth. Kan, 10 visit
her o n. The boy is serving a SEN
tence for ar offense committed after
he ran away from home at 16 years
to Join the army. He served during \
tho world war.
An order issued by the secretary Of
the ANY and construed as affecting
adversely the retention of disabled
lmen working in government ship
yards was protested In a resolution
passed by District Lodge No. "A. In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists. in convention at Washington. d.
c. The American Legion's national
headquarters has thanked the. labor
organization for its cooperation "in
obtaining a square deal for sick and
disabled former service men"
Amounts received as compensation.
family allotments and allowances
under h war risk insurance and vo-
c%ational rehabilitation acts, or as PEN
| sions from the government for mill