Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-07
Legion Notes

Jobless and without money. F. W.
Smith Of Omaha. Neh.. ex soldier and
head Of n family Of three. grasped at the
chance for work" offered By the Ameri
can Legion employment service and sold
a pint Of blood for S25. r. his act Smith
saved the life Of Edward Belitz. Belgrade,
Neb,, farmer, who had been severely in
iured.
Ten dollars for each months service.
with p per cent additional Tor overseas
service, Is To be paid World War veterans
of Maryland, under the provisions Of a
bin which passed the Maryland House
Of Delegates with only four dissenting
votes The act provides Tor a $9,OO0.O06
bond issue, to be passed on by the
people.
Reorganization Of wartime draft
boards TO assist the American Legion in
finding jobs for service men has been
proposed by the Rev. Or. John Grier
Hibben, president or princeton Uni
'ersity. Syracuse y. Y.
American ex- service men In New
Zealand and Denmark nave Joined to
gether and formed posts Of the american
Legion The eX service mems organza
ton now has 1I,0I3 separate posts.
located In practically every civilized
country.
After the college trustees hAl refused
their request to have College President
c. y. Duniway removed from Office stu
dents at Colorado College set off huge
giant frecracker on "prexy's" lawn,
burned red fuses and hauled the AmerI-
can flag TO half mast. For the latter
act they aroused the wrath Of American
Legion members, who demanded that the
flag be rightly hung.
QUESTIONABLE, what viii YOU do
with your State bonus ?" conducted by
the Toledo (Ohlo) American Legion, was
answered by ex-service men as follows
| Sixteen would use the money to help
| defray the cost of a home, thirteen 10
pay hospital and other bills, three for
clotohtng, two for furniture, one for
a Ford and seven would bank the entire
amount. After being picked up by Ameri.
can Legion members while wearing the
uniform of Belgian aviation lieutenant,
Emile Lamard, Grand Rapids, Mich. to-
bacco dealer, was sentenced to six months
in Jail by District Judge Sessions His
Honor then turned on court officials and
took them to task for allowing Lamard
to appear In court attired In his bogus
regalia.
When State officials of the American
Legion in West Virginia heard that sew
eraI ex service mems ORGANIZATIONS were
considering asking Jack Dempsey to ar
pear before them, they issued a state
ment which refused sanction to any affair
to which the worlds boxing champion
might be invited.
A store for the sale of articles manu-
featured by the sick and wounded ex-
soldiers now in South Dakota hospitals
has been opened by the American Legion
auxiliary of that State. The proceeds will
be used to buy additional comforts for
| the disabled veterans.
Describing the Social Science Club of
I ytitTaV net.
of American radicals and extremists
who are incIting unrest among the stu
dent body" the University American Lee
gion post has adopted a resolution ask
ing the student senate to abolish the or
ganization.
During the last few months the Ameri-
can Legion at Toledo, Ohio, has caused
thirty persons , to be Put in jal for
wounded World War veterans, obtained
the release from Jail Of seven eX soldiers.
found jobs for 1857 more and conducted
1876 military funerals.
Large numbers of ex-soldiers who are
suffering from she'll shock are looking
FOR work in New York City. The Amer
lean Legion obtained work for one but
he got into such a heated argument with
man who was hiring him that the
legion had to take him away and arrange
for his commitment in a Government
hospital
A tract of land along the Potomac River
has been turned over to the American
Legion and other veterans organizations
for use as a summer camp for the hun
dreds of disabled ex- service men from
Maryland and West Virginia who are
now confined in the four Government
hospitals at Washington, D. c.
News reaches some places quicker than
it does others. The American Legion has
re ceived a letter from a World War vet
eminent is giving us adjusted compen-
sation with the option of taking land or
money. I've just discovered an island
in the ST. Lawrence River that | want,
SO tell the Government Ill take that"