The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-17

was well attended The new ma
chine worked well and the pictures
were good. The Post will continue
showing in the hall until the new
theater. being built by the MasOns.
is completed The Legion boys in
tend showing regularly on Tuesday
and Saturday night
At the regular meeting last Fri
day night two new members were
initiated The Ladies' Auxiliary met
with the Post. A lunch OF fried
oysters was served.
ARRANGEMENTS for entertaining
thousands OF delegates to the third
annual convention OF the American
Legion. whica will be held October
~, November / and OF this year
in Kansas City. Mo. are being
made by Legion posts of that city
and state. Marshall Foch is among
the distinguished guests expected
by Legionnaires The corner stone
for Kansas City's s2.0OO.000 Lib
erty Memorial Building to four hun
dred men OF that city who gave
their lives during the war will be
laid during the convention.
In harmony with the policy
adopted by the American Legion
at its last national convention for
immediate confirmation and legali-
nation OF the policy that foreign
born Japanese shall be forever
barred from American citizenship"
the legislative committee Of the
Lsgion's Nebraska department is
supporting the passage of an alien
land bill in the state legislature.
1t is said that Legion members in
ff fuN. w.sg1 IL
liar Legislation.
"Times do change" said j. NJ
Miller, an American Legion member
Of Rochester. Mimi. when he Wis
tied his wartime comrade. Ex-corp-
oral Collins. now lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Minnesota.
"The last time | saw the little
corporal, (referring to the lieuten-
ant Roverhor) was in France and
he was covered all over with cooties
and mud. Now. look at him pre-
siding over a bunch of dignified
senator's"
The two men were corporals in
the same battery OF the Rainbow
Division in France.
bouquet OF flowers from Presi-
dent Wilson every day helped bring
Wells Hawks. commander of the
s. Rankin Drew Post No. $40 of
the American Legion in New York
City back to health when he was
suddenly taken down with inflam-
matory rheumatism during a visit
to Washington.
The sight of prisoners in tn,
Al off NsP Mt
ing. in olive drab uniform causet
Thomas ~ Swale. commander o
the American Legion of that state
to register strong protest. Tn,
uniforms. II was said, were used a
prison garb on account of thei
low cost The practice win prob
ably be discontinued.
Remembering A. W o. l.. day
In France. American Legion mem
bers in Kokomo. Ind. yescued
soldier. who was thrown off
train while trying to beat his wa
back TO Camp Pike, Ark, befor
the expiration of his furlough Tn
post loaned him railroad fare an
he resumed his journey on tn
cushions.
During the Argonne days Bobby
worked hard for the Boches. T,
day he is mascot OF Argonne Po
of the American Legion at Ga
weston. Tex. Bobby" is a Germa
police dog who was taken prison,
by Galveston soldier of the Fourt
Division before he could deliver a
order for blowing up the positiO
his captors were occupying.
His Iannh Tafnnufit
Now II is Jacob Legion Tenny b
cause he thought it was mo-
American name. Tenny who
adjutant and Americanism direct,
of Walter S. Poague Post No. II
OF the American Legion. OF Chicag
officially changed his name to hon,
the Legion and to prove that
was all American. He Is a iawy
who served overseas.
Returning doughboys, weary wi
the once eyer-present canned sa
mon. have influenced their famili
TO cease eating IL. according to
letter to the American Legion Wee
ly from a Seattle Legionaire, wi
states that there are millions
dollars worth of gold fish"
warehouses along the Pacific coas
The writers call upon eN-servi
men to resume eating the sea foe
10 boost an industry which pr
vides employment for several tho
sand veterans of the world war"
The Vermont department of Il
American Legion leads in the pr
portion of Legion members To Il
number OF eX-saIyice men In Il
state, according to records at n
tional Headquarters North Dako
has the second largest proporti,
and South Dakota the third Ne
York, Illinois and Pennsylvania a
the FIRST three states in total mel
bership and number Of posts.
The mileage of William L. Ha
his Post of the American Legion
Boston Mass, is probably as lar
as Iaufnu ntgat