The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-08-23


tion Of. the Women's Auxiliary o
the American Legion to be held a
Kansas City simultaneously with tn
third national convention Of the lie
gion October 81 to November 2. Tn
auxiliary has completed department
al organizations in more than thirt,
states. At the coming convention !
will select n national headquarters
and perhaps new name.
When Nathan Potak, a you'll
from Ukrainia, gave his life TO ths
service of the United States in the
World War, he made q sacrifice that
may save his father, mother and two
brothers from deportation. The fam
ly arrived in Minneapolis nearly
penniless and were taken In custody
by immigration authorities as vio-
laters Of certain iu,migration rean-
lations. They then learned for the
first time Of their sons sacrifice.
The American Legion is endeavor-
Ing TO obtain for them the $4,000
fovefnnseng insurance, state bonus
and appendicitis allowance.
The Hollywood, CAL, post Of the
American Legion, composed chiefly
Of members Of the motion picture
colony, will send more than 100 del
egates to the annual reunion Of the
ninety-first division at Los Angeles,
September "a and rs.
George Boehmer, overseas veteran
Of Springfield. H., waited two years
for the war risk bureau to adjust his
claims for compensation. The award
came eight hours after the veteran
had succumbed to tuberculosis. WI
liam g. McCauley, department COM
mander of the American Legion, who
had been assisting Bochmer with
his compensation claim. wired to
Washington as follows: "Boehmer
received his reward this morning.
Case now in hands of his Maker"
More than one eighth of the pop
ulation of Radcliffe, Ia, is enrolled
in the American Legion. The town
has 106 ex-service Zen out of a
population Of 800 and every one Of
them is a member Of local Legion
post.
Every post Of the American Le-
gion in Illinois will donate five
year-old tree to be planted on the
grounds of the new Speedway Hos
pital at Chicago, which will be dedi-
Gated by the American Legion Ar
mistive day.
Joyce Lewis, member of American
Legion at Long Prairie, Mimi, was
among the mourners at the funeral
of his buddy Corporal Robert Burns
Hess at st, Paul. Mimi, last week.
Lewis owes his life to the dead sol
dier. The latter had dragged him
wounded out of shell hole and was
later killed in action. Lewis recov-
"."d and returned to the United
States. He lost all trace of his res
cuer until he read in the newspaper
that the Hess body would be brought
from France for rebufial.
Altitude trials. parachute drops
and a spectacular aerial derby, par
ticipated in by Eddie Rickenbacker.
wiilism Furlow. Edgar Tobin and
other famous aviators, will be in
'eluded in a flying circus to be held
during the third annual convention
of the American Legion at Kansas
CITY October 81 to November 9.
Charcin1 that Winthrop d. Lane.
n sociological expert employed nv o
legislative investigatin~ committee in
New York CITY. is editor Of neat
pamphlet called "Unele Sam. Jailer,"
which attacked the government OF
the political prisoner question. the
executive committee Of the Kings
county of the American Legion. com
nrising seventy New York posts. has
sent a petition to State Senator
Never. chairman of the investiga-
tion committee, requesting Lanes
dismissal.
A clash between employees OF q
circus and the police of Fremont.
Nehras'ya. ne the latter attempted 10
ston pl'"roA "con" games. came TO
IN ord WHOM the mayor of the c'fv
threatened to call out members OF
the American Legion TO preserve l"w
and orded. The police we're outnn-,-
bered bv III" r'rcns routsbouts who
refused 10 o'roy orders Of the mavor
until the litter announced that be
r''''''' fall Legion men TO ass st the
police.
A baseball game between members
Of the N'oodston, Oklahoma. most OF