News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-08-10
Carrying on
With the
American Legion

| compensation from the government,
The men are placed on tracts of land
| by the federal board of vocational ed
ucation and are assisted in getting out
their crops. X. Il. Fisher, assistant
national director Of the governments
rehabilitation work, recently compli-
mented the California department oe
the American Legion for safeguarding
the interests of the veterans who are
winning their way back to health and
usefulness in the fruit-growing project.
The aid Of women's clubs of the,
west In the interest of coast to coast
Victory Memorial highway will be So
licited by Capitol post of the Ameri-
can Legion in Topeka, Kan, with
which the plan originated. The To-,
peka Woman's club will place the re-,
quest for cooperation before the COM
ing convention Of the state federation
Il womens organizations. Integral
highways now in use would be hard
surfaced by the government. Bronze
memorial figures Of American soldiers
III full equipment and with rifles at
present arms" would mark all state
boundaries.
Another move to induce the United
States government to force the release
by the BOlsheviki Of Capt. Emmett Kill
patrick, UniOntOwn, Ala, has originat-
ed with the department Of Poland Of
the American Legion. Latest reports
declare that the American, confined in
a Moscow prison, is in a deplorable
condition from brutality and terror.
Captain Fitzpatrick Red Cross work.
er, was captured in Crimea.
The National Americanism commits
sion of the American Legion is making
arrangements to have a member pres
cnt at all Legion state conventions. In,
addressing the conventions the Ameri-
canism officials will lay emphasis upon
the necessity of cooperation with
teachers for the furtherance> Of educa-
ION in citizenship the promotion Of
patriotism and the development Of
lmericanism.
A house-tO-house canvass Of the en-
tire city of Chicago has been UNDER
taken by posts Of the American Legion,
in seeking out veterans who have been
unsuccessful In adjustment of compen-
sation claims with the government. A
recent membership campaign in Hi
nois netted a gain of 10000 members
for the first four months Of 1921 over
the corresponding period of last year.
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The American language will replace
German)in the services Of the Bethany
Reformed church Of Baxter, a., under
the provision Of resolution adopted
by the congregation after a conferences
with the local American Legion post
commander. The Legion objected to.
preaching in German at the funerals
Of veterans who were killed in France.
Aerial mail flye&, their mechani-
clans and all who assist them in the
U. S. Post Office departments air mail
service will be eX-service men, accord
ing to an order issued by John S. JOr-
dan, San Francisco, chief of conStruc-
ton, acting superintendent Of the traf-,
tic division, air mail service, a copy Of
which has reached American Legion
headquarters.
A proper education for American
children In China and Japan is the
end sought by the Peking (China) post
of the American Legion, which has
written to Legion national headquar-
tiers to enlist the aid of ex-service men
in the movement. The American
Chamber of Commerce and other or
CARNATIONS are working with the Le-
yion in the project
Because they believe that Memorial
lay should be observed in reverent
md decorous manner, members Of the
American Legion in Indianapolis, Ind,
nave asked that the annual motor
speedway race be held in the future on
July instead of ON May 80. More
han 10000 persons attended the in
ernational motor classic this year.
WDen the Town OF LdWlol, OhId.p5
'et about building a road to the oil
ields, 20 miles away, Lowry post of
he American Legion undertook the
building of a much-needed bridge
bout eighteen miles from town. Dur
ng the construction members Of the
,ost's Women's Auxiliary brought food
O the busy Legionnaires every day.
Fifty-eight years of residence In
america were not enough to induce a
esident of Emerald, Neb., to famili-
rize himself with the American lam
uage and institutions of government.
IS result his application for final
citizenship papers was denied at a
hearing in which Amer
,an Legion members testified.
A resolution calling upon congress
D pass the American Legions legisla-