South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-29
K. c. PROGRAM IS
BEST LEGION Bet.
MANY PLAN TO GO
Half Million Expected at
Third Annual Meet of
War Veterans.

A half million pairs Of eyes viii
be looking up into the Missouri and
D ksnsas skies a half million pairs Of
ears viii be attuned % the buzzing
OF swarns Of altitudinous metal
hornets. and Kansas City on the last
day OF October and the first two
days OF November VIII know one OF
the sensations that Paris and Lon
don knew az intervals during four
years OF war That sensation Will
be intermingled with interest and
curiosity. but Will not be compH-
Gated by the deeper feeling Of
anxiety which the allied capitals felt
when the enemy was riding the
skies above them
For when the Flying Club OF Kan
sas City conducts its aerial tourna-
ment at the time OF the Legion's
Third National Convention it will
be primarily an exhibition OF what
man IN a machine can do in the air,
rather than an exposition OF the
science OF deadly aerial warfare.
But on the first night OF the con-
vention. many OF the hundred thou
sand LegiOnuaires Assem- bled VIII ex-
perience reminiscent thrills from the
air. Kansas City viii know the
scenic splendor OF an air raid with
Aout its terror Sirens will shrek
Warnings Searchights will send
Rehlfting beams lingering the clouds.
Gums viii roar from the circle OF the
ycity's outskirts. Then will come the
drumming in the skies, the pop-pop-
pop OF machine guns high up.
~
buzsing OF the planes until the
whole city win be lighted by the
glare Of magnesium flares dropped
from above-and Kansas City will
speculate what would have happen
ed II those flares had been bombs
As spectacular and as interesting
as the aerial program viii be the
sLedon's annual parade on the after
noon OF the first day. Reports prac-
ticularly assure 10000 Legionnaires
in the line OF march The parade
will DE formed in a beautiful ampi-
theater in Penn Valley Park, and
posts. and flags and banners viii
make the procession a highly color
full one All Legionnaires are ex-
pected 10 wear their uniforms in the
parade.
Big Event OF Meet.
Heading the parade will be the
wearers Of the Congressional Medal
OF Honor. the highest decoration the
United States awards for valor On
the face Of the enemy. Wisconsin
and Oklahoma Indians will march
in their full tribal regalia, and the
famous cowboy delegation Of the
Montana Department which won
great applause at Cleveland last
yeer will give another side of from
tier life. fun military company
OF Indians from Eufaula (Okla.)
Post viii attend the convention.
The Legion parade has already es-
tablished itself as the principal event
- OF & National Convention. Minnea-
Nolis and Cleveland set a precedent
which all future conventions will be
bound 10 fOuow-and will be glad
70 follow. Whatever other features
are introduced. the convention. GER
tainly as far as the residents of the
convention city are concerned, will
always be the parade. 1t is phe
great argument for a large attend
ance. for in other respects one Le-
gion parade must be very like any
fronts which -held that line" at
MinnapoIis and Cleveland should
have little difficulty I'm dressing cor
rectly at Kansas City-the only diff
ference viii be that there viii be
more company fronts Nothing is so
impressive as the steady tramp
tramp OF hosts i'm drab and blue;
there Is no music like the pound OF
shoe-Ieather ono longer studded with
hobnails) on ringing pavements-
and Kansas City will be lining the
streets in force when the small boys
who duck through the police lines
.<-nd back 90 the waiting throng the
message. Here they comet"
Another convention event Will be
the threc-day rode0. the frontier
show and roundup conducted by
Grover MetzEer Post, which includes
employees OF the Kansas City stock
yards The program VIII include
roplnE contests. hu,IdogEinE. bronco
bustine and other cowboy stunts y
professional milking contest will
ano-d a contrast TO the rough-and-
tumble features.
over 100 Bands
More thau a hundred bands are
expected 20 compete IN a tourna-
men, for prizes totaEug $1.75o. The
bands WIFE Doe Judsed as they pass
in review I'm the convention parade
the frs, day Bands from Massa-
chusetts New York Ohio Michigan.
E Oklahoma. Texas and Indiana We're
among ne first 90 submit entries. a
Scotch haEplpe band from Portland
Ore. was another early entry.
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