New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-09-09
Carrying On With the
American Legion


The mayor of Wenatchee. WASH,
the county sheriff and all his deputies
are members Of the local post of the
Legion.
DR.. A. A. Van Dyke. st. Paul, Mimi,
member of the national executive com
mittee, has been elected commander Of
the Minnesota department 10 succeed
A. II. Vernon, Little Falls.
More than 100 movie stars, members
of Hollywood. Cal. post of the Ameri-
a 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 ]. St.
Louis will send a band OF 100 pieces.
More than One-elghth Of the pOpula-
tion of Radcliffe, Ia, Is enrolled IL
the American Legion. The town has
100 service men out of a population Of
800. every one OF whom belongs to
the local post.
To teach children proper love and
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. a group of American Legion
men seized her and carried her to n
police station for protection. Her SYM
pathlzers at first believed she was
being kidnapped.
A meat cutter Is the commander, a
railroad swltchman the vice NINA
der and a 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 a village Of $500, the
post has a 32-piece band.
Citizens Of Ephrata. WASH, had been
discussing a 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 Hard,ng's call for n 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 30. 81. and November !,
to insure the presence OF II number
of distinguished foreign generals al
the Legion convention.
Aheie Is no THiirohu, no post once
not even a town. But there is u thriv.
Ing post Of the American Legion In
a farming locality Is miles northwest
of Paige, N. ID. The men meet every
in a different farm house to hold
socials and dances. The farmers OF
the area are furnishing the Legion
posts with funds to erect a commu-
'ity mouse.
Following representations made to
the United states civil Service CON-
mission by the American Legion, dis
apicd veterans or the World war who
nave undergone training by h fed
eral board for vocational education
VIII be allowed to enter examinations
Tor any government position for which
fhey nave been trained II application
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