The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-09-01
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A travelling squad Of the veterans
bureau will start going through Min
nesota on September 5 and stop from
one to five days at various points.
Former service men may appear be-
fore the squad and have their claims
for compensation, vocational training
and medical treatment adjusted. Mile
Laos, Stearnes, Kandiyohi, Morrison
and Todd county cases will be handled
at St. Cloud on October 10 and II.
To be hurled through the door Of
moving freight train by I. w. w.
members was the experience Of L.
gionaire Charles Rand Of Malone, New
York, when he refused to join the
I. w. w. while on his way from Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, to St. Paul, to look
for work. The train on which he was
riding wcs going rs miles IN hour and
good luck alone saved Rand from
death. On his arrival in St. Paul his
brother legionaires took care Of him
and helped secure work for him at
the state fair grounds.
The world may forget, but a moth
er's heart never does. And though
Chris Kowalskc had been reported
"killed in action July Is, 1915" his
mother, who lives at 603 Ellis street,
Peoria, Ill.,, cannot believe it, and
recently she came all the way to St.
Paul to see buddy in the Aberdeen
hospital, who remembered seeing
Private Kowalske in a Fort Smelling
hospital in 1919, but has since lost
trace of him. Kowalske served as a
private in company F, fourth DIVISION
He is feet 8 inches in height, weighs
145 pounds, has straight dark hair,
heavy eyebrows, dark brown eyes
deep set, and wears a s1gnet ring with
initials &C. K" The American legion
is endeavoring to secure nationwide
publicity with the object of helping
Mrs. Kowalske find her long-lost boy
After facing death from thirst in
the deserts of Nevada and Arizona on
his hike from San Francisco to New
York city bearing a message from
the mayor of the Harvest city to the
metropolis Of America, Private
Charles Gilbert, U. S. marines, arrived
in St. Paul last week and at once went
to legion headquarters. Though not
eligible to legion membership, so
many .legionaircs have welcomed and
helped him on his trip that he has
come to look upon the little "blue and
gold emblem" as q sign of friendship
and comradeship. Several times when
he was temporarily out Of funds local
posts of the legion helped him on his
way.
More than 100000 women, members
of $500 units, will be represented at
the first annual national convention
of the women's auxiliary at Kansas
City, October 81, November 1 and q
the same time and place as the legion
convention meets. The legion auxil-
larry has completed organization of
more than 80 states, Minnesota hav-
ing been the first to establish de-
partment headquarters when it elect
ed DR.. Helen Hughes Heilschcr of
Mankato state president last year. At
the coming national convention Min
nesota delegation will urge the elec-
ton of DR.. Hielscher as national pres
ident Other national officers will be
elected, national headquarters Sc
]ected and perhaps now name will
he chosen.
The round-triI fare to Kansas City
for members of tho legion and it's
auxiliary will be only $40 from the
twin cities-cr one cent per mile from
any point in Minnesota to Kansas
City and return. If delegates ride in
q sleeper the fc~e will be one and one
third. the regular single fare of ap-
proximatcly $40 from twin cities for
round trip, plus the regular sleeping
car fare Of $GO2 for lower berth and
$4.96 for upper. A special train is
being arranged to carry the Minne-
sofa delegation.
Recently, the national chaplain of
the American legion, Rev. John liner
of Chattanooga, Tenn, announced that
he would marry free of charge all
service men attending the third ma
tional convention in Kansas City Octo-
Der 81, provided they furnished the
brides. Now comes a Kansas City
Jeweler with the announcement that
ne will furnish the wedding rings for
the couples without charge "even if
there are thousand of them"
Lest week truck stopped in front
Of the legion welfare bureau in St..
Paul and up the stairs went several