The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-09
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The biggest potatoes Of the year,
weighing from two to five pounds
each, were served on the'Foch- Amer
lean Legion Special en- route from
Minneapolis, Mimi, to the Pacific
coast. The "spuds" were SD big that
they required an hour and q half in
the baking. They were selected by
L. K. Owen, superintendent of din
ing cars on the Northern Pacific R.
R.. The largest potato was served to
Marshal Foch, who was amazed.
Training allowances for sick and
wounded ex-service men will not be
reduced twenty per cent, according to-
C. r. Forbes, director of the Veter--
ans Bureau, who has informed the
Legion that this move had never been
considered, even tho it has been re-
ported. Ninety per cent of the 100000
disabled men now being trained, re-
ceive 500. a month.
/ Three French war brides met Mar
shall Foch when the Legion Special
stopped in St. Maries, Idaho. They
were crying. eve love America, but
OH how we are lonesome for France"
they sobbed. Never forget France"
Foch replied, "but you must love your
new home and honor your husbands"
And the Marshal blew his nose hard
to hide the tears.
Ex-service men who want to be U.
S. Postmasters, LIST, End or Bird class,
are to be given five per cent adj
vance on their civil service ratings
and credits, for time spent in service.
President Harding ordered this put
into effect upon requests from Legion
representatives.
Receipts from the entertainments
given by posts of the Legion or its
auxiliary are not taxable under the
new revenue law passed by the ex-
ira session of the 9th Congress.
Such receipts were formerly taxed
under the old law. This repeal will
be welcome to posts that have to de-
pend on such proceeds for incomes.
The examination of Boy Scouts in
Minneapolis has been entrusted to
the Raoul Lufberry post of the Lee
gion. A board appointed by the post
has charge of an examination in 60
subjects, and will make recommen-
dations for awards Of merit badges.
The high school graduate with the
best athletic record in Elkhorn, Wis.
will receive annually an American
Legion medal, an award of the local
Legion post.
Fifteen cents buys a meal for need
ex-service men and families at the
American Legion Restaurant in To-
ledo, Ohio. The menu includes steak
or chop, potatoes, bread butter and
coffee. The difference between the
cost of the food and the price at the
counter is made up by employed
Legionnaires.
When Marshal Foch returns to
New York December ID to sail for
France on the Liner Paris" he will
have Travelled 10000 miles, visited
AZ states, and stopped at 200 cities
and towns He made his 245th speech
at Richmond Va. before starting
West, and had received the degree of
IL D. from 81 American Universities
of pardon is granted to Debs or
others fairly convicted of treason or
sedition during time when the ma
tons very life was at stake, the
lives of those boys who lie on the
fields of France, and those who lie
broken in hospitals, have been sacri-
feed in vain" This was telegraphed
to President Harding by Hanford
MacNider, commander of the nation
al American Legion, requesting that
mo leniency be shown those traitors
who stabbed us in the back while we
were giving our all to this country"
Following series of shooting
scrapes in and near Wichita, in which
two men were shot to death and four
others dangerously wounded, 500 of
the members of the Legion there
have volunteered to aid in preserv-
ing order in case of emergency. The
Legionnaires will be available for po-
lice duty Immediately if the gang
sters become acute.
time of extreme reaction toward
cleanliness and sanitation in the form
of iron and brass beds. The iron bed
pretends to be nothing but what it
is, and is essential for some pur-
poses. But the brass bed like so many
affectations, is an ugly attempt to-
ward beauty which does not achieve
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