Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-02-25
ACTIVITIES OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION
WHEKLY NEWS LETTER IsSuED
BY THE A1dER1cAN LEGION
NEWS SERVICE

II SoAa3AOA0AAN6RkV
NEWS SERVICE
Everybody ready. let's go-Fort
4 Hommes. Eight Chevaux" was q famii
day. is2i. a. one Initiates nit nSG1nn member slrtn
the "4S" exclaimed: /: THAT there initie
ton surpassed my widest expectation
1-and believe me I've got some imagin
MT miss "4s'' Initiation for love 8
money" Three hundred were ~initiatet
ana the one hundred out-of-town mem
aee' e6e nsme st. a e sd t.
Society all over rs5Minnesota. NJ. r
LaFleur of Two Harbors was elected
state Commander "A. n. Gottschald o1
and Ludwig. Roe of .Montevideo. Dr.. =
G. Oswald Of New York Mills and B. D
GrdEan Of Mankato were elected mem.
bers of the State Executive Committee
Raymond TennantSt Paul was named
state treasurer. =.
The Gordon Crosby Legion Post OF
DERBY Line. vermont. 10 on the Cana,
meeting hall is right on the lire. sc
when the post meets, half the members
SIT In Canada and the other half in the
United States: The members say this is
symb0lical of the friendship between
the two great North American coun:
! tries. 81. "a
r1% oa E,sndsss Elan fss TiaIas -, the Poppie,
Memorial Day every Legionnaire will
wear a scarlet poppy over his heart ii
memory memory, Of r. his pals who sleep far Of,
e on
al Convention adopted the Shirley OF
scarlet poppy as the Memorial Flower
Of the American Legion. =
+, Clyde E. Bingenheimer. legionnaire
of Thinner, N. D.. writing to the Amer
ican Legion Weekly. says: Il am
wounded veteran. unable to work,
with other former soldiers. Stamp col
Letting helps pass the time away"
What say, buddtes, let's snow Comrade
Bingenheimer under with some choice
Legionnaires of San Francisco paid
honor to Hong Chow Lee. the first San
Francisco Chinaman 10 enlist. when his
final interment. Hong Chow Lee was
fell fighting for Uncle Sam in the
Meuse :Argonne offensive. His father
co. -.E1sl
The Gilbert Grafton Post Of Fargo,
lend money to North Dakota boys who
need it while waiting for payment Of
their state bonus of s25 per month.
Because the bonus money, is beins:
raised by tax. IT may take several
years before all bonus claims are set
tied. Il IN
The Olwein, iowa Legion Auxiliary
thought it held the record for the
youngest auxiliary member when Miss
Lovine Ladd was enrolled at the age Of
three minutes, but it's a doubtful ques-
M"s for the %f lion END dSGs
Ohio Auxiliary were in two days before
the young lady was born. Let's hear
from some sof our 165 Minnesota auxil-
iary units - - - l.. - :,
clanence<Nelson Legion Post of cros.
by. Mimi. writes: This post ana the
Legion post at Ironton are cooperating
wood Sanatoriun. Members from each
post visit them every week. Yesterday
we took them to matinee at the Peo-
pies theatre, Crosby; They say they
they wish for. They know that if any
thing goes wrong. they can depend on
us. They are our wounded buddies and
we won't forget them"
The Legion Post at Ashby Mime
sofa hit on novel plan to secure
prompt remittances covering 1921 Le-
Blank 6in oce check % and stamped ~ Addressed en-: en-
|velope.was sent each member, and
within a week every man had remitted
1921 dues. The post owns the best
clubrooms. rents it to other organiza-
tions for entertainments and the like,
which helps keep the post financed.
The vast growth and influence Of the
American Legion can be best realized
by considering that whereas the G. A.
r.. though organized in 1866. did not
to be- be felt aS hnt 'aso ba
American Legion, not yet two years
force for good in America and has en-
rolled more than two million members
Warning Of Propaganda
Indianapolis. Feb 21.-.American lie.
gion posts throughout the United
national headquarters here to watch
for a revival of German propaganda In
this country. D
A bulletin sent out from national
propaganda seemed to be to turn Amer:
lean sentiment against the Allies and
| to create "a powerful national political
machine by the amalgamatiG'n IN atie'a +;an Of the
Mass meetings in New York, sPhila-
delphia. Cincinnati, Chicago. Milwau.
lkee, Louisville. Omaha and Cleveland
beer q rsf the ssa
tions"of the propaganda campaign.
Text Of Bulletin
The bulletin. sent to all state head.
quarters of the Legion. said:
The object h5 of the propaeano'sts
'esFs sFirst2Disruptton aeis Of the accord
which exists between the United
States and our Allies with particula,
by the turning Of American popular
sentiment against the governments OF
those countries. and :.
powerful national policital machine. by
the amalgamation of the dtsloyal ele.
ments of our nation. and the elevation
to a place of power in American poll
tics by the invisible influence OF this
organized minority.
French Negroes Pfetext
"One of the first nstional manifesto
tions Of this activity will probably take
form Of series Of mass eitnfa
protest against the occupation Of the
rhine by French Negro troops from
Africa. The alleged presence of French
turn American sentiment against
France. Negro troops were Withdrawn
fromthe French ;3r army 9y- Of tSas occupation an
months ago Mnile tnsrs; tfe'f fe ocia SSn
reports from the American ambassador
at. Paris to the state department III
Washington" Il
FWoRLD'S YOUNGEST BvA4gaELIs1
HERE SUNDAY
Lex souter, student al Bethel Acad
envy and Theological Seminary Of 81
Paul, will conduct evangelstic service
at the Baptist church Of Little Falls
next Sunday, Feb. 81, morning and eve
ming. Mr.. Souter had charge ef tn
Baptist church at Superior, Wis, 70
the past year. He is one Of the young
est evangelists known, being only l
wears old. Previous t0 his conversion