The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-10-12
AMERICAN LEGION BULLETIN

They are off for New Orleans. Sew
eral Of the Hays boys are expecting
to leave this week, for New Orleans,
to attend the National Convention Of
The American Legion. Those who
are not fortunate enougheto go to
New Orleans, this year, viii have to
content themselves by reviewing their
never-to-be-forgOtt experiences at
Kansas City, last year. Kansas viii
have twenty-six delegates seated in
the convention. In addition there
viii be several special trains bound
for the south carrying visiting Legion
naires. Convention going is getting
to be a habit with many of the Legion
men and IS a regular part OF the
years program. New Orleans is an
interesting place to visit and many
important questions will come before
the convention. The trip viii be well
worth any Legionnaire's time and
money.
The annual election of officers for
Casper J. Middlekauf Post No. 173
will take place at the regular meeting,
Wednesday, 500 p. m, October %,
in the Legion Rooms above the Bas-
gall Restaurant All Legion mem
bers of this post are urged to be pres
ent. This post has some very import
ant activities for the coming year and
it is hoped that all Legion members
will interest themselves right from
the start.
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There are many Legion activities
taking place this month. The Salina
Legion is putting on a Big Flying
Meet, October "a, Is and 16. Fifty
aviators from all over the United
States will participate in this meet
and many daring stunts will be per
formed. The Lacrosse Legion is
holding picnic October II, Is, Il,
with many interesting attractions:
Band concerts, speaking, aeroplane
stunts, big barbecue, football, box
ing, wrestling, etc.
Salina will have the greatest at
traction at the meet there, October
IA to 16, that America has ever seen.
It is the first time in the history of
the United States that a motorIess
airplane viii be exhibited and flown
in any air meet in this country. tt
alone marks the Salina meet as the
most complete meet ever staged.
There viii be aviators from ALL
parts of the United States to demon
strate the efficiency and strength Of
heir planes in acrobatic and stunt
flying. There Will not be a stunt
known to the aviation world that viii
not be executed hundreds of times.
There will be ships in the air from
noon to dark. There viii be gigantic
Battle formations that viii darken
the sky. Spectators can imagine the
horror and destruction that was done
during the war. By such ships they
can imagine what q fleet of ships, such
as will be flying over Salina, each
with a thousand pounds of explosives
to be dropped on the helpless things
below. Imagine fifty thousand pounds
of high explosives dropping from the
sky on Salina. There would not be
enough left of Salina to tell she was
ever a city, but there will be no bombs
with these ships. People need not
worry about the city. Instead 70 fear
there will be exhilaration, a heart
beat missed here and there as great
ships and small ships rise into the air
with ease and perfect safety. Men
surpassed to be human beings and wo-
men too jump from ships dashing
through the air at 100 miles an hour
with nothing between them and the
earth thousands of feet below, but a
thin and seemingly frail sheet of silk
and few lines and that is on top of
them.
Then comes the wing walkers, men
who have no fear, men who delight in
facing death and live only to take
another chance on the morrow; men
who laugh when asked if they are
never afraid and say they take no
chances hut know they are liars when
they say It. Each will do his best to