, 1921-11-30

An escaped leopard which t~s-rorired
Ennszs City and Independence. NO.
-s reported headed for Parsons.
American Legion men OF the city as
sembied IN their ciubrooms. cleaned
Up tn old army S~pringfields used BY
the firing squad and prepared for De
fenss OF the town. 1t was learned then,
however. that = reward OF $50 was
offered for the capture OF this leopard
alive. The game was stacked and a
Texas ranger OF the post get out 10
rope the animal He IL still after II
was American Legion post Of Law
lar. Iowa, has completed a trade with
the city authorities whereby the ex-
soldiers act as the municipal fire de
pzrtment and the city in turn fur
nishes a clubhouse and overhead ex-
penses for the Legion men. The serv-
ice men already a had several bap-
t,Ens OF fire.
An ex-soidler has requested the
Oklahoma American Legion 20 can
Dss the country for Ollie Kendall,
former doughboy Of h 10th infan-
try, s5th division. II was my buddy
sn Franco ! borrowed n bunch Of
francs from hhn ono Winter IS com
fuE he IS married and has two chill
dren. I know he viii need the money
This winter and I want 10 pay him.
wherever his Is" h service man
sa.d.
chaunesy ". Depew shocked the
American Legion OF New York the
other day By appearing 70 ask for
his war service medal. He WIS but
8 name-saks Of the worlds greatest
~sste--dinner speaker. however. who
WIS a supply sergeant IN the A E +.
Colombo and Texas led the Lists OF
new posts chartered by the American
Legion during the week ended No
vember IS, according to national head
q~usrte-s. Eleven posts gained dur
ing the week raised the total TO 1o,572.
Other states 10 add poets were Kan
sas. Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota.
Mississippi. Oregon and Pennsylvania
Moro applications for membership
IN Kansas city American Legion posts
have been received since the national
convention h IN tho preceding IL
months. Tho increase in tho number
Of ~legionnRiros in Kansas City as n
result OF tho convention has been esti-
mated at $500.
More than 5000 unemployed ex-serv,
fee men Of Chicago Will eat Christmas
dinner on "Lishtnin'' this year. With
Fred Stone acting NJ stage mannserl
and the veteran Frank Bason rs his I
assistant. tho American Legion of
Chicago is preparing the theatrical
benefit.
To advertise an American Le-
Eion rummnge sale for unemployed
soldiers. Mrs. Harry II. Hewitt, wife
of n prominent physician of Seattle. !
donned Charlie Chaplin raiment and
paraded the streets with a sandwich
board. Clothing from the ruminage
sale counters comprised her attire.
The town of McAIinnvile. Ore.
wanted 10 add a pulmotor TO its fire
fighting equipment. When the Ameri-
can Legion post OF the town learned
that the department had been com
PEELED 10 give itself as security to
raise money for the apparatus, they |
turned over half their Armistice day |
show proceeds for tho purchase.
with national prohibition an sc-
complished fact, the w. C. T. U. has
turned over TO the American Legion
the remainder OF n wartime fund TO-
falling $4,000. The legion will use
the money for the immediate relief OF
sick and wounded service men
The United States army has been
20 reduced in number that when the
American Legion requested a firing
squad from Ross aviation field. Cal.
the commanding officer had to haul
down a balloon TO get the number of
men required. The shortage of per
sonnell is SO acute that men must be
taken off duty to fill such requests.
The American Legion has begun a
nation wide to determine who
was the last soldier killed in action.
The French government will erect a
monument TO tho last to fall. a lie.
gion post at New Haven, Conn, has
put forward the name of Thomas j.
Waipole. Jr.. killed on the morning OF