The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-23
LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER

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| The American Legion at Ladlow.
Vt, has made official report Of tha
proweses Of John sheehan. oversees 5
doughboy, who strangled to death
a wildcat with his bare hands. She
han, wounded four times by the bob-
cat, was rewarded with an SIS state
bounty. The soldier and the beast
came to blows in a remote mountain
pass. -.
The American Federation of Labor
will assist the American Legion ia
finding jobs for roc, 900 unemployed
service men, according to President
Samuel Gompers. Twelve Governors
have issued proclamations requesting
citizens to observe March 20 as Legion
Employment Day. .. 6.
Fourteen states already have re-
fused financial assistance to the move
for George Washington and World
War Memorial building I'M Washing
ton ID. c., and 16 other states will
follow suit, according to the American
Legion's Legislative Committee. The
Legion opposes construction of the
elaborate memorial at time when
ex-service men are jobless and in
need. e.. % .s=z sz #
A badly decomposed body found ON 1
the banks of the Cumberland River
near Nashville, Tenn, was given q
military burial by the American Le-
gien when searchers found a Legion
button and membership card i'm the
clothing. ,... s.s5s
In Corning, N. Y. The American
Legion is selling flour to get money
for it's relief work. Help the Legion
by Corning flour" is the selling mot
to.
When police in Nashville, Tenn,
raided an alleged bootlegger, they
found his liquor tightly locked i'm a
safe, and appealed to the local Ameri-
can Legion post for man-power The
Legion called an expert overseas lock-
smith from its ranks. He cracked the
safe and exposed 80 quarts.
Department of Justice operatives
and the American Legion rounding up
bogus army uniform wearers i'm Chi
cago picked up a se1f-admitted out
standing hero of the war Investiga-
ton showed he had evaded registra-
ton for the draft. He was wearing,
however, insignia of the 77th Division,
stripes of master sergeant, service
and wound chevrons, marksmahship
medals and American and foreign
asxerakiaass - sssssssssss.sgs. s
Nine communities IN each state
will receive certificates of merit for
work in providing employ
raent for ex-service from Hanford
MacNider commander of the Ame-l-
IAN Legion. The awards will foilsa
the Legion campaign for jobs cul-
ainating in Legion Employment Day,
March 20. lss..~ $50. =
Sick and wounded soldiers of the
world war are receiving more thai
$1,000 month from the famous Busen
gardens in Pasadena More than 4O,- 4
300 adults have visited the gardens
since last August, when Mrs. Lily
Rusch began giving the revenue TO
the American Legion for the relief of
destitute service men. .ss
President Harding has recommend-
ed the creation of a commission 10
control the erection of American war
on the battlefields OF Eu-
rope. Secretary Weeks General Persh-
ing, Commanded Hanford NacNidsr
and one senator and one repraSan y
tive would comprIe the Harding conn
mission.
New York will b. the FIRST state to
give cash compensation TO Disabled,
ex-service men. A fund of
81 ,000, 900 will be appropriated by tie
Gov. Miller has assured
the American Legion, fostering tho
bill. Only sick or wounded men who
have been out of work for 30 dayS
win benefit. 5s
Citizenship clubs for the benefit of
young people for the discussion of
current issues OF the day viii b
formed BY the American Legion Aux
iliary in 100 communities ii every
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