, 1922-04-05

With more than ZOO 900 OF is total
az 700 coo tobiess veterans of the
world war placed IN positions tho first
day. with Gov Louis Hart OF Wash
ington, defyfng tho Al othe- state
hoads To boat him In finding places
for them and with Louisiana report.
ing 100 per cent employment the
American Legion's campaign 10 give
every e~x-service MN a Job opened
optimistically. national officers OF the
legion state
In order hat no loophole may re
main untitled. Lernuel Bolles, natio-.aI
adjutant of the legion. has extended
the time for ths campaign indefinite
l. Word from Texas legion officers
was received At headquarters stating
that the posts thcre had set is days
as the limit Cumberland, Nd was
the first city TO report Unemployment
ranks filled and was followed closely
5y Port Angeles. Wash. tho farthest
western legion post
A straw vote OF civilians and world
war veterans held by a st, Paul.
MINI. Newspaper gave count Of 3h
70 1 in favor OF adjusted compensa-
ton legislation A count Of ISIS ex-
service men's ballots showed three
out Of EVERY four had voted for a
general bonus to all e~x-service mon
National women's organizations
and the American Legion are cooper
ating to raise a fund Of 81, o0o, 900 to
eatablish a retreat for disabled serv-
ice men at Upper Lake, N. Y
In washfngton. d. c.. at the re-
quest OF n federal adjustment board'
Jams g. D~augheity, veteran Of Per-
shing's ~bodyguard In Mexico and
Cantigny, died in n hotel room Identi-
~ficztion was established by the alu-
minum tag he wore around his neck.
In order that no exsoidier during
tbe word war Will have to sleep In a
pctteris field. the Wisconsin American
Legion has purchased n Cemetery plot
OF it's own at Racine
ExSovfoo men are being sought by
the American Legion OF Seattle.
wash. to tako owe farms on the
Yakima INDIAN reservation. renewal
Of leases OF which has been refused
former japanese tenants by the state.
Preference Is being given disabled
nxd MANNED so3diers-
Spring cleanup days" arc being
observed throughout the country as a
part of the American LegioD's cam.
paign to give jobs TO all unemployed
e-x4sev1ce MN. Have an ex-soldier
do It" has brought out old time
kitchan police whose knowledge OF
barrack cleaning hasn't been forgot
ten-
Tlzf rane feeling is a thing apart
with them in shown by the action OF
tho several Ban F~roncisoo. Cal, Am
erican Legion posts in turning u al
most en- masss for the funeal Of Col.
Charles Young. one of the few Ne
groes TO graduate from West Point.
Producing documents which showed
him to be an h~onorabiy discharged
German soldier and holder OF the
Iron Cross, an applicant for member
ehiP III aAo fAhtA1CoAh f@eAotA a hiTA
leo City, Mexico. said he thought the
organization too in all soldiers re
gardfuaso OF where they evcr fought
Facts about wounded w-service
men and the work which It is doing
10 relieve unemployment and teach
Americanism will DO broadcasted to
vfreiess telephone operators March
Al, by the American Legion OF New
York. Weather condition permitting
the legion expects to reach h mid
dia western. Atlantic and southern
sates and Cuba
CmSeriznd. Nd WIS tho first city
to reach the 100 per cent mark IN the
American Legion's campaign for jobs
-Four hundred service men yer
placed
ofricaal American Legion grave
snzx1rerY have BEEN u IN price They
now be had from legion head
q~uartcrsfcr s1-3o-
A Chicago was given six
months in Jail following his exposure
by the American Legion az a fake
aoidier. A Cruix de Guerre. marks
manship medal n overseas service