The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-03-01
AMERICAN LEGION
DOING FINE WORK
RELIEVES DISTRESS IN
NEW YORK WHERE
MANY SUFFER.

MANY SUFFER-.
FOOD FOR HUNGRY
The Old Favorites, DOughnuts
And Coffee, Given With
Liberal Hand To Men
Out Of Work.
New York, Feb. 28.-One thou
sand "doughnuts and coffee" a day
to feed the iobless and homeless
eX-soldiers in the growing bread.
line at Observation-Disclosures
New York, are being supplied by a
! single post Of the American Legion
every day and every night. The
| jobless and homeless men sleep in
the church.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 28.-Capt.
Edward Rickenbacker, Americas
premier ace, was the first Ohio war
veteran to turn back his state bo-
nus check Of S185 to a fund to es-
tablish hospital for Ohio's dis
abled World War veterans. The
American Legion has asked all
other veterans who do not have
imperative need of cash to follow
Captain Rickenbacker's lead.
New York, Feb. 2s.-A string
of World War medals (bought at
a salel across his chest, the
worlds fastest-working beggar
took $50 an hour from New
York's theater crowds until the
American Legion got the police
on his trail.
The Chamber of Commerce Of
Pittsburg, Pa, the home Of Mr..
Secretary Mellon, recently voted
for the American Legion's adj
justed compensation bill. Almost
at the same time, the Chamber Of
Commerce of Los Angeles, Calf,
with ten thousand members, the
largest in the United States, en-
dorsed the bonus. Calling the
United States chamber's tactics
unfair, the local commerce board
at FL Dorado, Kdn., denied its
membership and then voted for
the compensation measure.
Dallas, Tex, Feb. 28.-Racing
a street car for a mile, Mack
Cadogan, an ex-soldier of this
city, just up from sick-bed, beat
five other applicantS to the News
office and secured a position as
assistant circulation manager.
To prevent the spread of small
pox, American Legion men, by
day and night, guarded all roads
INTO Mansfield, Ark, to stop en-
rance or exit.
New York, Feb. 2s.-Having
been discharged by a Wall Street
house for refusing to
write letters to Congress attack
ng adjusted compensation, an ex-
service man has turned TO the
American Legion in this city for
lelp in finding another position.
ie was one Of three, out Of $50
men, who refused TO exchange his
ignature for a job. The Legion
ecured his affidavit, in which it
vas stated that typewriter forms
fere passed out by the firm TO all
heir workers, with an order that
ach man hand in four unsealed
1tters, one to President Harding
nd three TO Congressman, ac-
by the sinister admo-
ition, you fellows had better
rite these letters tonight, if you
ant to keep your jobs
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. Is
he order Of Commander Of the
egioH Of Honor conferred upon
i'm by the French Government, has
cen declined as a personal dec0ra-
on by Hon. Hanford MeNider, the
commander Of the
merican Legion. Mr. McNider
ibIed Marshall Foch that he would
,cept the award only "as a tribute
al members Of the Legion"
Beaver City, Neb.. Feb. 2S.-
.ith stores closed. the countryside
% ir a body. and a plane wheel
< above 70 direct the attack. the
Legion az Beaver City.
day. staged a record wolf and
vote hunt for the benefit Of the
mers. The money for the pelts
2 60 to needy ex-soldiers.
Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 2S-Ex-
rvice men in Alabama viii vote
thout paying a poll tax. A state
iendment, backed by the Amer
IN Legion, grants them this Just
emption
Kansas City. Kan, Feb. 2s.-A