The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-23
Carrying On With the
81 American Legion

DR.. A. A. Van Dyke, st. Paul, Mimi,
member Of the national executive COM
mittee, has been elected commander Of
the Minnesota department to succeed
A. H. Vernon, Little Falls.
!. More than 100 movie stars, members
of Hollywood, CAL. post of the Ameri-
can Legion, will attend the reunion
of the Ninety-first division at Los An
geles, September "a and %.
At least IL bands from Missouri
will attend the national convention Of
the American Legion at Kansas City,
October 80, 81 and November l. st.
Louis will send band Of 100 pieces.
More than one-eighth of the popula-
ton of Radcliffe, Ia, is enrolled in
the American Legion. The town has
JOG service men out of a population Of
800, every one of whom belongs to
the local post.
respect for Old Glory, state school
leaders and a committee from the
American Legion are writing a simple,
impressive ceremony to be followed
in every school room.
When violence was threatened
against Mrs. Ida Crouch Hazlett, So
cialist speaker at Des Moines, Ia, re-
Gently, group of American Legion
men seized her and carried her to
police station for protection. Her SYM
pathizers at first believed she was
being kidnapped.
A meat cutter Is the commander, a
railroad switchman the vice comman-
der and bank clerk the adjutant of
the American Legion post at Harlow
ton, Mont. which has the largest per-
centage of potential membership In
the state. In village Of $500, the
post has 32-piece band.
Citizens of Ephrata, WASH, had been
discussing city park for years. One
Sunday morning the local post of the
American Legion turned out in force
with wagons shOvels, rakes and picks
and before the church bells rang had
ground prepared for the park. The
citizens will complete the work and
stop discussions.
President Harding's call for world
conference on disarmament this fall
is expected by officials in charge Of
the third annual national convention
of the American Legion in Kansas
City, October 80 81 and November /,
to insure the presence Of a number
/ Of distinguished foreign generals at
the Legion convention.
There Is no railroad, no post Office,
not even d town. But there is a thriv-
ing post Of the American Legion in
farming locality Is miles northwest
of Paige, N. D. The men meet every
! week in different farm house to hold
the area are furnishing the Legion
posts with funds to erect u commu-
nifty house.
Following representations made to
the United States Civil Service COM
mission by the American Legion, dis
abled veterans Of the World war who
have undergone training by the fed
eral board for vocational education
will be allowed to enter examinations
for any government position for which
they have been trained If application
is made within &C. days after compile
ton of training.
Admiral Sir David Beatty, nrst sea
lord of Great Britain, will attend the
American Legion convention in Kansas
City, Oct. 30, 81, and Nov. !, accord
ing to cable received by the conven-
ton committee from Ambassador Har-
:vey In London. Admiral Beatty, fifty
years old, is called the Infant prOdi-
,gy" Of England's naval forces. He
was the youngest captain and the
youngest admiral.
TO jog the memories Of members
,of congress celebrating on legislation
for the disabled service men Of Amer
lea, James G.. Russell, member Of
'Blackhawk post, the American Legion
Chicago, recently sent n picture post
lcard to all Of them. 1t showed SOL
der severely wounded In action near
st. Souplet, France, Oct. 10, 1913. be-
ing helped from the battlefield by two
hospital corps men. and smiling.
Wherever there are Americans,
there Is a baseball diamond. 1t cost
the Ketchikan (Alaska) post of the
American Legion $500 to construct
a ball diamond upon which tennis
could play between the Alaska rains
Games start at six o'clock in the eve
ming, and continue until midnight A
Legion baseball team recently spent
"a hours on Il gas boat to so from
'Sitka to Juneau to play game on
schedule.
Seattle, WASH, where the Bolshe-
yiks tried ont their first American