Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-09
Carrying On With the
American Legion

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The mayor of wenatchee. Wash.
the county sheriff and all his deputies
are members of the local post of the
Legion
DIR. A. A. Van Dyke, St Paul. MINI.
member of the national executive com.
mittee, has been elected commander of
the Minnesota department to- s-cceed
A. ii. Vernon, Little Falls.
More than 100 movie stars. members
of Hollywood. Cal, post of the Ameri-
can Legion, will attend the reunion
OF the Ninety-first division ut Los An.
geles, September "A and %.
AT least IL bands from Missouri
VIII attend the national convention of
tile American Legion at Kansas City,
October 90 81 and November |. st.
Louis will send band of 100 pieces.
ton of Radcliffe, Ia, is enrolled in
the American Legion. The town has
lO0 service men out OF population OF
500, every one OF whom belongs to
the local post.
To teach children proper love and
respect for Old Glory, state school
leaders and 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 Molnes, Ia, re-
Gently, group OF American Legion
men seized her and carried her to n
police station for protection. Her SYM
pathizers at first believed she was
being kidnapped.
A meat cutter Is the commander, a
railroad switchman the vice comman-
der and 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 village of $500, the
post has 32-piece band.
Citizens of Ephrata, WASH, had been
discussing 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 Hardlng's call for a world
conference on disarmament this fall
Is expected by officials In charge OF
the third annual national convention
of the American Legion I'm Kansa:
City, October 30, 81, and November /,
to insure the presence of number
of distinguished foreign generals al
the Legion convention.
There is no railroad, no post office
not even town. But there Is a thirty.
ing post of the American Legion In
farming locality 10 miles northwest
of Paige, n. ID. The men meet every
week in a different farm house to hold
socials and dances. The farmers OF
the area are furnishing the Legion
posts with funds TO erect commu.
nifty house.
Following representations made to
the United States Civil Service com.
mission by the American Legion, dis.
abled veterans of the World war who
have undergone training by the fed.
eral board for vocational education
VIII be allowed to enter examinations
for any government position for which
they have been trained If application
is made within 60 days after compile
ton of training.
Admiral Sir David Beatty, first sea
lord of Great Britain, will attend the
American Legion convention in Kansas
City, Oct. 80 81, and Nov. l, accord.
ing to cable received by the conven.
ton committee from Ambassador Har
vey in London. Admiral Beatty, fifty
years old, Is called the infant prodi
gy" of Englands naval forces. He
was the youngest captain and the
youngest admiral.
To jog the memories OF members
of congress celebrating on legislation
for the disabled service men of Amer.
lea, James G. Russell, member OF
Blackhawk post, the American Legion
Chicago recently sent a picture post.
card to all of them. 1t showed sol.
der, severely wounded In action near
ST. SOuplet, France, Oct. 10, 1918, be.
ing helped from the battlefield by two
hospital corps men, and smiling.
Seattle, WASH, where the Bolshe
vlks tried out their first American
soviet government and met Ole Han.
son, now Is In the hands of the Amer.
lean Legion. The states lieutenant
governor the mayor of the city, the
attorney general, the prosecuting at.
torney and two sity councllmen ART
members of Ralnier-Noble post Of the
Legion. The city's police force like
wise is well represented In the post
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