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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
CENSUS OF EX-SERVICE MEN
Five Million ouestionnaires to Be Used
In Obtaining Views on compen-
sation Drive.

A nationwide census of ex-service
men will be taken by the American
Legion, Five million questionnalres
have been printed for use in the Lee
gion's Service and compensation
drive, which will aim toward the com.
pilatlOn of vital statistics and which
should afford definite indication of
the exact cost Of providing compensa.
ton TO all veterans.
The various state organizations OF
the Legion will conduct their drives
separately, and at their own date.
Every man interviewed by the census
taker Will be informed Of the five op-
tlons Of the pending compensation bill
and be asked to signify his attitude
toward the measure and his choice Of
the five features. He will also record
whether he was ever wounded, gassed,
or suffered an injury In service. AS
sistance will be provided In filing COM
pensation claims, and all ex-soldiers
will be urged to carry government IN
surance.
The Leglon's plan for rotating loan
fund will be explained, and every man
interviewed will be asked whether he
would be willing to turn over his COM
pensation toward such a fund for the
relief OF needy service men.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Steel That Will Not Rust

Noncorrosive steel was mace for
use In stamp mills at least forty years
ago. Some of these parts are still In
use In the Rocky mountain mining dis
tricts. Originally chromium was used
solely, because II hardened and tough.
ened the steel, so that its tensile
strength became tenfold. Steel stems
from stamp mills that had lain In the
weather over thirty years did not
show any signs Of rust or corroslon.
Since chromium was first used com.
mercially various new hardening proc.
esses with new alloys have been
brought out such as molybdenum,
manganese, tungsten, yanadium and so
forth. All of these will grently add to
the tensile strength of steel but none
has been found that will cause steel
to resist oxidation and even corroslon
from salt water and the like as sue
cessfully as chrome nicke alloy pro-
vided the proper percentage of each
is used.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

the civil service rules, making spe-
cial case Of II, and Bazaar Is now
employed by the Veterans bureau,
and is punching typewriter (Hunt
system) at great rate of speed with
his artificial hands.
In letter 10 comrades In the
American Legion, Bazaar said: 81
have taken my draw with a grin .
that same grin Is still with me. | have
found the shedding exceedingly rocky
at times, but my philosophy of a
smile and no worry, coupled with an
Unsuitable desire TO get somewhere
have helped me surmount most of my
difficulties"
Premature explosion OF defective
hand grenade nj Fort ST. Mango,
France, was responsible for the loss
Of BazaarS hands. He is equipped
with a complicated double hook at
tached to the stump Of his right arm
which enables him to write legibly,
drive an automobile and attend to
all his personal needs unasslSted.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

and devotion of her many patients.
Miss weighing is the first comman-
der Of the American Legion post com
posed entirely of war nurses In De-
trolt. Upon her appointment as SUI
perintendent at the Camp Custer hos
pital, she resigned her position as d.
rector at the receiving hospital in De
troit. DR.. +. b. Brodcriek, department
welfare officer, said Of her: Nursing
has been her life work and she has Il
war record which cannot be equaled
by any woman In the United States
In 1914 Miss WeNhing went TO Ser
bla to aid in the typhus epidemic. She
labored there increasingly amid terri.
bic conditions, and contracted the dis.
ease herself, which forced her to re-
turn In 1918. On her recovery, She
was made chief nurse Of Base Hospital
No. II. with which outfit She served
at Dillon, France, for p months To-
day, all her efforts are bent toward
making the new Legion hospital a real
home for tubercular veterans and as
unlike hospital. in atmosphere, as
possible.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST

Narcotics are dropped In France
from airplanes by German smugglers.
An improved blowout patch for
tires has the edges positively locked
together, which makes IL much more
enduring.
Toledo. o., boasts of the largest
goldfish hatchery In the world. Last
year the firm controlling the hatchery
shipped rs carloads of goldfish and
20 carloads Of fish globes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Carrying On With the
American Legion

A free skating rink has been built
by the American Legion post ut Lake
City, MINI.
John J. Payne, missing since his re.
lease from German prison In 1918, Is
being looked for by the American
Legion.
For proficiency both In studies and
In athletics" high school students are
awarded cups and medals by Legion
posts in Minnesota.
October 10, II, IS, 10 and 20, have
been set as dates for the fourth an.
nual convention Of the American lie.
gion, which Is to be held at New Or
leans.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famous
American "ace,' has Joined the Le-
gion at Omaha, Neb., although busy
making automobiles In Detroit.
A $4,000 memorial is planned for
Jane A. Delano, one of the greatest of
war nurses. Many Legion posts, com.
posed Of women bear her name.
When they learned that 46 prospec-
tive citizens weresto be naturallzed,
American Legion members In Grand
Rapids. Mich, arranged an impressive
ceremony.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

toward getting a square deal for ex'
service men. Judge Lands has APP
peared before scores Of American
Legion posts to speak for the cause OF
rehabilitation and reconstruction.
During the war thought the peo-
pie of America were made over he
said recently. addressing the Blooming
ton, Ill.,, commerce body. Everyone
got his feet off the ground, Everyone
wanted to know, How can | best
serve? They gave SO that the soldier
In the trench could strike his heaviest
blow. But with the armIstice, all this
went down In coldblo0dcd Setishness.
If this isn't corrected We will have
won the fight but lost the war;"
Judge Lands, as baseball commits
sloner, relnstated Joe Harris of the
Cleveland Indians, ruling that his be-
ing gassed In the war caused him TO
do things that he otherwise would not
have done.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

mail for the men on board, and other
letters are placed In the barrel for sen.
men on board ships headed for the
Horn. Money and valuables have been
sent through this barrel post office and
there has never been a violation Of con-
fidence placed In Mother Carey's post
office.-Dearborn Independent.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

roster Of - officers and 800 enlisted
men to lead the post, and under his
guiding hand 1t is being built up into
an organization which promises to be.
come one Of the leading Legion units
Of the Empire state.
.'amed for Stewart Whiting Hoover.
the first officer from West Point to
make the supreme sacrifice in the war,
the post was organized in 1920 by en-.
listed men. The retiring commander
Is also sergeant-Joseph Grady-and
he claims credit for having built up
the post from 10 members to its pres
ent enrolment Of 375.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

lean Legion -four
ishes and cele-
b ra t es peac e,
West Point is the
home of the Stew.
art Whiting Hoo
YER post, which is
under command
of one of earth's
glorious species,
IA h g h-ranklng
nOn-cOln.
Andrew Rheu
de, a sergeant,
was chosen from
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

Now. cut out the monkey business
and let's get weighed" says Keeper
Parker Of the Lincoln park zoo, Chi.
cago. This Is common occurrence
At the zoo, for Mr.. Parker keeps his
children" in the pink Of condition.
This one Is the prime favorlte OF the
young visitors to the ZOO.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

II was during the impanellng Of .
jury In New England town that the
following colloquy occurred between
the magistrate and talesman:
you are a property holderT'
"Yes, your honor"
Married or single?"
II have been married for five years,
your honor"
Have you formed or expressed any
oplnlonT
mot for five years, your honor
American Legion Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

. A blind soldier in France receives
5000 francs annually.
The japanese use seaweed in thu
manufacture of such diverse objects
as pollcemen's boots, picture frames
hoors and electric switchboards.
syria offers vast agricultural oppor.
tunitles. The old primitive merbods
are still employed there. The coun.
lry's Imports are now four times III
exports. "
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
ODD POST BOX

Mother Carey's post box" is a wa
tertight barrel hooked to a long stout
chain hanging from lonely cliff Of n
rocky promontory known as Cape Viz
gin, in the Strait Of Magellan. This
barrel Is a post Office, but the postal
authorities of no government in the
world have authority In that rocky
waste. Every ship going through the
Strait Of Magellan sends boat to this
oak barrel. The letters In the barrel
are looked over to see Il there Is any
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Post Saves AdIutant,. Home,

While American Legion men In KEEL
logg, MIMI, were busy formulating
membership plans for 1922, word came
that their adjutant's house was on fire.
With army precision they swung into
formation, double-tlmed to the scene
Of the blaze, and saved the house.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
HEADS POST OF WAR NURSES
Miss Wilhelmina Weyhing Also Head
Nurse OF Roosevelt Hospital,
at Camp Custer.
Many years Of unSelfSh service
years which have whitened her hair

and softened hei
smile-have wOi
for Miss Wilhel
m ina weighing.
recently m n Il e
head nurse at The
Roosevelt Amer.
can Legion Me.
mortal hospital al
{ Il III p { uste r.
Mich, the ull-
dying respect OF
n urses eV cry
where, and the
true reverence
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

thing | can do for
you, write me OF
ask me-" So Paul
Bazaar, Of Ro.
chester, n. Y,
who had both
hands blown off
during thu war,
waited until the
senator became
the p ST d e n t,
and then asked
him to help him
get a job. Har-
ding suspended
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24

Mountain Landis,
who recently re-
Signe d, swearS.
The virlle Illinois
eX- judge was used
to being "betw cen
the devil and the
deep blue sea" so
many were the
decisions he was
compelled to give,
Much of the lat
ter day vitality Of
this sturdy pi-
oneer is thrown
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Phllosophlc soIemnity.

How does Nature deity us with a
few cheap elements Give me health
and a day. and / will make the pomp
OF emperors ridiculous. Emerson.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Technieality.

TeohnicalIty.
He-Can l kiss your
She-No, that's wrong.
He-Hanged II | see why.
She-You should say. May r.
American Legion Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
We All Do.

We All Do.
"Would you convict man on cir
cumstantial evidencer
~ don't know. but TN afraid
would. frequently find that | am
helping TO pass on a LOT of scandalous
stories about people without having
any evidence OF any Sort"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
LEGION POST AT WEST POINT
Andrew Rheude, a Sergeant, Heads
Organization in the Country's
Greatest School for War.

In the heart of the cOuntry's great.
est school for war, post Of the Amer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
FRIEND OF THE LEGION MEN
Judge kenesaW Mountain Lands OF
Illinois Demands Square Deal
for the Ex.Sodiers.

1.-THE life of judge is not all
rosewater and vlolets" Kenesaw
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
Che.
d. Legion
Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service.)
HE LOST BOTH HANDS IN WAR
Paul Bazaar, Rochester IN. ~ Legion
Man, Given Special Consideration
by President Harding.

"My boy" said Senator Harding, In
October, 1918, IF there Is ever any.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-24
A slgn.

n oIuH.
81 fear my beauty Is beginning to
fade
"Whyr
~The head waiter no longer seats me
By the window"
The Washington times., 1922-02-14

Mr. Edgerton did not rush forward to oppose the
Dent Act when it provided several millions from the
Federal Treasury to pay unearned profits on war
contracts never fulfilled. That wasn't IAN economic
absurdity.'
Mr. Edgerton doesn't want reputation OF the
Governments obligations to business or capital. He
wants Reputation only with regard to men.
oh, he'll pay them, but with Words. Zine fellow.
You get all the glory. get all the money. Fifty
fifty"
The only objection is that they didn't fight with
words, but with deeds. The rocking chair soldiers
and the profteers are the only ones who tried to
TALK the Germans to death TALK having been
their method of warfare it is the natural method Of
rewarding heroes.
There has been enough of talk Justice, the ma
tona honor the needs of this emergency, all demand
that the Soldiers Bonus bill be passed.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
BON Us IS
DISCUSSED
IN CABINET

Continued from First Page)
ton In Congress has convinced Re-
publican leaders that the votes for n
sales tax are NOT there, much as
they would like to put one through.
If there is not to be a bond issue.
then the agricultural bloc" proposes
to revive the excess profits tax. and
its members are primed for another
clash with the sales tax Senators
like Smoot and Edge, who believe
that there should be further cuts in
surfaces and other business taxes.
Within a few days a caucus will
be held in Washington Of the forty
seven representatives who went to
Canada on the special trip OF in
vestigation of the sales tax opera
ton in the Dominion.
This gathering will be called to
organize the group as a nucleus for
q determined fight on the floor of
the House to put through the bonus
and the sales tax measures.
This action was promised today
by Representative Albert B. Ross
dale, of New York.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14

have forgotten its fearful protestatons when they
marched of to fight?
They left their jobs their careers behind them to
be taken up by other who grew fat and prosper
Gus with the wages Of war.
That was 1917. Now, five years later, million of
those veterans are among the FIVE million jobess in
the land for which they offered their lives.
President John E. Edgerton, of the National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers warns congressman that
they will be defeated next fall if they pass soldiers
bonus legislation now. He says it Is:
Socially unwise, economic absurdity and po-
ltically preposterous"
Gan economic absurdity." It is, if Mr. Edgerton
believes in reputation.
We cannot recall that he has opposed repayment of
interest and principal to those who advanced money
to the Government for the war. That's not IAN
economic absurdity."
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
IA VETS ASK
SALES TAX AS
BONUS MEANS

Passage of the bonus legislation for
ex-service men and provision for It's
payment by levying a sales tax Is
asked Of Congress in a petition sign
ed by 124 disabled war veterans I'M
dergoing treatment at Mt. Alto Hos
pital, which will be presented today
to members of the Senate and House.
The majority of the signers are OPP
posed to a cash bonus, preferring
home aid, farm aid, or insurance.
They were unanimously in favor,
however, Of the sales tax.
OF the 124 singers, 40 asked for aid
in purchasing homes, 81 for aid in
purchasing farms, II for insurance,
and 81 for cash.
]. H. McVay, Of Illinois, a patient
in the tuberculosis ward, who Is
listed as totally disabled, and who
was instrumental in framing the pc
ton, declared that, IL the sales tax
proposition were better understood by
the ex.service men of the country
they would be unanimously in favor
of its adoption by Congress for the
raising of all funds for assisting ex-
service men. -
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
ny AMT NO BI OOMIN F00L-Y0U BET THAT TOMMY SEES
PAY SOLDIERS BONUS!

And it will be passed. congressman are better
judges than President John E. Edgerton, Of the Ma
tiona Association Of Manufacturers, as to whether
it is politically preposterous" They know: Tom
my amt no bloomin' fool-you bet that Tommy
sees 49,,
I soent into theater sober could be,
Then gaze drunk ciuilian roon but 'adnt none
for me;
Then sent me to the gallery or round the music
'aus,
But vhen it comes to fightin', Lord! they shove
me in the stalls.
For it's Tommy this and Tommy that, an "Chuck
him out the brute!'
But it's "Saviour of is country" aohen the guns
begin to shoot;
An it's Tommy this an Tommy that an anything
you please;
But Tommy amt no bloomin' fool-you bet that
Tommy sees.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
SPONSOR TELLS
HOW SALES TAX
WOULD OPERATE
Cong. volk Proves by Example
That Consumer Does
Not Pay.
BY LESTER ID. vOLK,
Member House Of Representatives,
Chairman Bonus Drive Committee.


Chairman Bonus Drive Committee.
A great deal Of the opposition to
the sales tax. proposed as a means
Of raising revenue to pay the sol.
diers' bonus, comes from a lack Of
understanding Of what 1t Is and how
It operates.
In the sales tax proposed, the tax
Is made a part of the transaction by
Incorporating 1t in the selling price.
not az a tax. but as a part Of the
cost OF production. The buyer can
not resent or avoid paying his share
Of the cost, which goes to the main
tenance Of the Government, or, as In
the case of the bonus, the payment
Of the net debt owed by the Govern
ment to the ex-service men.
A few simple illustrations OF how
the Canadian sales tax operates, Will
serve l believe, to clarity the minds
Of many who have not had the op;
portunity to study the subject.
Shoes an Illustration.
Take. for example. a pair Of shoes
We will say, for the purpose Of Illus
tration, that the manufacturer SELF
them to the wholesaler for 81.
sales tax Of ~ percent Is charged
making 6 cents. This tax is collecte,
from the wholesaler by the manufa"
turer, who within thirty days pay
the same to the Government.
The wholesaler in turn sells tn
shoes to the retailer for perhaps Sc
The sales tax Is 9 cents. The re
taller probably charges his custome
So for the shoes. He may add tn
tax to his selling price, making $40
or he will, In most cases, absorb
because of competition.
There can be no charge as tax L
the consumer.
1t has been stated that the man o,
small income will pay more undei
this tax than the man Of large In
come. The fallacy is most evident.
The individual with a $4,000 In
come buys less expensive articles
than the individual with a &c. 900 in
come. The cost of producing the arti
Gle Is less: therefore the tax on tho
sale from the manufacturer and job
Der to retailer is less.
Foodstuffs and first products OF
the soil, fisheries and mines are spe
officially exempted under the sales
tax bill which introduced in Con
gress.
Big Impetus to Trade.
The sales tax is a business turn
over tax. The greater the 'volum'
of business carried on the greater tn
tax which must accrue to the Gov
eminent. Idle stock pays no tax
Thus a small tax on the articles
consumption of the community vii
not discourage consumption. but vii
act as a stimulus upon industry, In
crea sing IL and the labor required II
its production.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14

,oent into a public 'ouse to get pint O. beer,
The publican e up an seq, 1--WE serve no redcoats
'ere":
The girls behind the bar they laughed an giggIed
fit to die,
outs into the street again an to myself seq 1:
o it's Tommy this, an Tommy that, an "Tommy
go aaoay"
But it's THANK You Mister Atkins" Uhen the
band begins to play,
The band begins to play my boys, the band begins
to play,
O its aTkank You, Mr.. Atkins" a0hen the band
begins to play.
Twenty years ago Kipling painted this classic pic
ture of the ingratitude of England towards its
soldiers back from war No such neglect of its vet
Grams today Their Soldiers Bonus has long since
been paid
How many American boys feel like this British
Tommy Atkins, returned to a country that seems to
The Washington times., 1922-02-14

D Paste additional paper here for signatures and adj
dresses FOrDdrd petit tions to PETI-
TON EDITOR, The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
BOARD MEETS TO DECIDE on
RETENTION OF WARSHIPS

The special board Of naval officers,
headed by Rear Admiral McElroy,
appointed by the Navy Department
to determine which battleship OF the
Washington class will he completed
under the naval treaty, held its first
meeting today.
The board is to decide whether the
Washington or the West Virginia
will be finished. Both are in ap.
proximately the same stage of prog.
ress and II Is simply a question Of
detail as to which ship will be lost.
No definite time has been set for
he board to make a report, although
this question must be decided
shortly.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
OLD ORDER cHANGETH;
TOP-K.CK is REWARDED

NEW, YORK, Feb. 14.-First
Sergt. william Lyons, top kick
of Company I, Twenty-second Infan'
try, stationed at Governors Island
has accepted Uncle Sans reward
for faithful service and is prepared
to enter business in Baltimore.
He was retired with thirty years
service to his credit, and will re
ceive a pension of $105 a month for
the remainder of his life. He en-
tered the service at seventeen, re
ceiving double credit for time served
In the Spanish-Amerinsn and World
wars and on the Mexican border.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
Geese, Misunderstanding.

WILMINGTON, Feb. 14.-Snakes
and the appearance of geese with a
thunderstorm that passed over this
section Is the basis for weather wise.
acres predicting, again, an early
spring.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
Helps
digestion
and cleans a
coated tongue

Thousands Of men and women
have found relief from various
digestive disturbances by eating
Fleischmann's Yeast.
IL Is human nature to want to
find out why" So far a. science
can tell Us this Ia the reason:
Fleischmann's Yeast 10 . fooo
abundant In certain elements
which are necessary to health and
life itself II promotes the flow OF
bile and Of pancreatic juice. II has
q remarkably beneficial effect on
the whole digestive process !,
cleans . coated tongue.
Try Fieisehmann's fresh yeas,
In orange juice or In milk. Men
like Il In milk shakes and matted
miIks. Women like Il spread on
breed OF crackers
Keep your digestion In the pink
Of condition and your tongue clean
and healthy BY eating 2 or ; cakes
Of Flsisehmann's Yeast fresh
every day before or between meals
Be sureit's Fleischmann's Yeas.
the familiar dn-foii pscksc, with
the yellow label. Place standing
order with your grocer today.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14
Puts Value on Railroad.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion announced today that II had
fixed tentative valuation Of $685..
206.753 on the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois Railroad Company.
The Washington times., 1922-02-14

Piles Cured in 6 to Ia Days.
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT fail.
10 cure Itching. Blind. bleeding Protrudins
Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles. 60c.-Adv