Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-09
Carrying On With the
American Legion


can Legion, will attend the reunion
of the Nlnety-first division at Los An
geles, September "a and %.
At least IL bands from Missouri
will attend the national convention OF
the American Legion at Kansas City
October 30, 81 and November |. St
Louis will send band of 100 pieces
More than 0ne-elghth of the popula.
tion Of Radcliffe, Ia, Is enrolled In
the American Legion. The town has
100 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 simple
Impressive ceremony to be followed
In every school room.
When violence was threatened
against Mrs Ida Crouch Hazlett, so
ciallst speaker mt Des Moines, Ia, re.
Gently. n group Of American Legion
men seized her and carried her to II
police station for protection. Her SYM
pathizers ut first believed she was
being kidnapped
meat cutter Is the commander, a
railroad swltchman 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-plece band.
Citizens Of Ephrata, WASH, had been
discussing n 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 HardIngs 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 In Kansas
City, October 30, 81, and November l,
to insure the presence Of number
of distinguished foreign generals at
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
Il farming locality Is 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 trait IL. by the fed
eral board for vocational education
Will 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 30, 81, and Nov. l, accord
ing to cable received by the conven-
ton committee from Ambassador Har-
sey In London. Admiral Beatty, fifty
years old, Is called the Infant prodi-
,y' Of England's naval forces. He
vas the youngest captain and the
admiral.
To Jog the memories of members
# congress celebrating on legislation
or the disabled service men of Amer
ca, James G. Russell, member Of
3lackhawk post, the American Legion,
Ihicago, recently sent u picture post
ard to all Of them. 1t showed SOL
lier, severely wounded In action near
It. Souplet, France, Oct. 10, 1918, be-
ng helped from the battlefield by two
hospital corps men. and smiling.
Wherever there are Americans,
here Is baseball diamond. 1t cost
he Ketchikan (Alaska) post of the
american Legion $500 to construct
ball diamond upon which teams
ould play between the Alaska rains.
James start at six o'clock In the eve-
ing, and continue until midnight. A
,eglon baseball team recently spent
4 hours on gas boat to go from
itka to Juneau to play game on
chedule.
Seattle, WASH, where the Bolshe-
iks tried out their first American
oviet government and met Ole Han
on, now is In the hands of the Amer
,an Legion. The states lieutenant
oyernor, the mayor of the city, the
ttorney general, the prosecuting at
)rney and two city councilmen are
lembers of Rainier-Noble post of the
egion. The city's police force like
Use is well represented in the post
G. A. Pennington, assistant director
the bureau Of war risk insurance,
! charge Of the insurance division,