Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-14
LeqiOn Notes

Investigation by Congress of the al
legged illegal hangings in the A u. +. Is
termed "a farcial burlesque," by the
American Legion at Mineral Wells, Tex.
suit to every loyal American" resolu-
tion reads. 1--WE believe it Is time mem
bers of the board began devoting their
efforts to matters Of import instead of
INDUCING in the hearing of unsupported
and absurd complaints made by few
obviously disgruntled and irresponsible
muckrakers."
The American Legion Weekly of Feb.
10, prints an article by an ex-captain in
the Signal Corps, quoting General Bull
person advising surrender during battle,
but fatty denying that evidence of any
such instance has been substantiated.
District schools in Moffat County, Colo
rado had decided to close their doors for
a period of weeks, due to insufficient
funds. The American Legion succeeded
in raising $916 to keep thin going, taking
1.-THE stand "a shortening of the school
term or a curtailment of athletics would
be a backward step, depriving children
from rightful advanta ges."
Former service men in Calcutta, India.
have applied to the American Legion for
charter.
Found wiping his auto with an Amer
lean flag, man In Tampa Fla. was
questioned by the American Legion. He
was pronounced simply ignorant" and
given instruction In how to treat the
colors. Hearing Of the incident, the
mans employer presented the legion
with a large flag.
complete French village with
'Hotel de VILE" accommodating 1000 per-
sons will be planted at Medicine Parka.
Okla, as a recreation center for the
American Legion. Posts will build cot
tages where members may spend their
vacation.
Hiring squads of unemployed former
soldiers. each squad in charge Of an ex-
nurse. has been suggested to the Ameri-
can Legion in Toledo, Ohio, as means
of tearing down unsightly election
posters.
Nervous" ex-soldiers present a special
problem TO disqualification. NeurOpsy-
chiatric treatment at Government institu-
lions is under investigation by the
American Legion, and a conference of
specialists has been called by the Veter-
ans Bureau.
John J. Payne, released two years ago
from a German prison, is being sought by
the American Legion. His mother, at
Newburg, n. Y, has not seen him since
CHRISTMAS 15ZO.
Holding aloft tin can labelled for ex-
soldiers" a man raised $4,000 in New
1 York streets. The American Legion
learned ex-soldiers got about $50 Of 1t
/ the man got jail sentence.
Brooding over war horrors continues
to wreck the minds OF former service
men The American Legion at Tampa,
( Fla, reports twelve cases Of ex- service
men pronounced '1ncurably insane
since Thanksgiving,
Good standing in the American Legion
will be the only security required to noat
a loan from the legion's rotating fund
for disabled and needy ex-soldiers.
History, as taught in public schools.
prejudices children against foreign coun-
tries, Alvin Owsley, head Of the America
Legion's Americanism Commission, told
educational authorities at New York.
ITO sail away for year and q dayv'
New York State delegates plan to charter
a steamer to take them to the American
Legion convention at New Orleans.
Gathered at the call of radical New
York labor leaders, 600 unemployed men
threatened tear-gas attack on Fifth
avenue fnanciers. The American Legion
was condemned as tool OF capitalism"
should have kept their guns to force
the Government to give them jobs"
Literature "on the wing" is the latest
convenience provided American Legion
members. Travelling libraries" are be-
ing loaned to posts OF the legion by the
Oklahoma State library commission.