The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-09


AMERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER
Exception to the w. CT. US pIagii-
arizing OF The word war service star
flag to designate places where LIQUOR
Is prohibited" is taken BY an Aneri-
can Legion post composed oil news
paper writer's in San Francisco. The
journalists term such usage as San
insult to those for whom the star
stood.
. Chinese exsoIdiers Of the American
Legion ID New York City are to be
employed in rounding up 80 slackers
of their race, supposed to be in hiding
in Chinatown The men qualified on
their knowledge Of the quarters many
literal Gins and outs. = s I "a. z-,* 4. A.
.&4s Among the well known men who
have signed up with the American
Legion in New York for 1922 are
Jack London, Andrew Carnegie, George
Washington, John Philip Sousa, A. J.
Drexel Biddle, Jr., Frederick Wilhelm,
A. Kaiser, Rupert Hughes, and King
Albert of Belgium. r.
Five million questionaires viii be
used by the American Legion In it's
service and compensation drive, to be
undertaken by states. Each man who
served during the world war win be
advised Of government benefits, urged
to carry government insurance, and
asked to designate the nature of ad-
justed compensation he wishes.
On a hill in Eden Park in Cincinnati
overlooking bend i'm the Ohio River,
a bronze memorial will be erected to
the memory of f.. w. Galbraith, late
commander of the American Legion,
who was killed i'm an automobile ac-
cident last June. -" p
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Secretaries, .dieticians, and techni-
clans who served with American
forces have been declared ineligible to
membership i'm the American Legion
by the national organization.
The oldest and Youngest veteran of
the world war are members of the.
same American Legion post in Wash
ington, D.. CIV. N. Williams who
saw active duty at 80, and S. r. Till
man who enlisted at Ia.
An organization to cooperate close
ly with the U. S. Veterans Bureau in
all parts of the country IN obtaining
adequate care for disabled ex-soldiers
wiz be fass3sseia ed ~ ~ sssss Amer iess leg
iesl. :;
More than 60,ooe applications for
adjusted compensation have been filed
by exservice men in Ohio, according
to the American Legion, which is dis
tributing necessary blanks throughout
the state.
The American Federation of La
Dor favors the adjusted compensation
bill for ex-soldiers, Daniel j. Tobin,
treasurer OF the Federation, has m
formed he American Legion. But it
does not favor sales tax as a means
of raising the money. t<ss..
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Questionaires sent out by Kansas
posts of the American Legion show
that but 35 per cent of the states ex-
service nen would elect the cash pay
ment provisfon of the five-option ad-
justed compensation lbonus )bill. More
than 43 per cent declared for paid up
insurance, with farm and home.ai q
second best bet. = =.
e. G. Sheppard, wounded exsoldisr,
began his honeymoon in New York
City. He awake while wondering tho
streets Of Rochester, N. T., unable %
recall his name or where he had LETT
his bride. He is now In q hospital
where the American Legion Is caring
for him. His lapse of memory Is be-
4 lieved due Ito war injuries.
/ Four hundred business men OF South
Bend, Ind, voted unanimous support
4 of the adjusted compensation bin, fol-
lowing speech BIZ Hanford MacNider,
commander of The American Legion.
Il There Is not one jobless ex-s0ldier
Il In Louisiana, the American Legion en-
I, ployment bureau in that state reports.
The Canal Zone viii take q prounin-
Il ent part il the approaching national
carnival of the Republic al Fanana-
i Participation of the Canal zone WI
Il made possible through efforts q Am
lerican Legion posts there
!. The American Legion has sst Oct
ober 16, II, is, 10 and 20 $ tlas dates
for It's fourth national convenfacn e
Il he held III New Orleans The city will
8 raise $780, 900 for entert tainnlent
Shipbuilding viii b stimulated =
! m effort 10 relieve the 200, ,O0o u1aGIl,'
eiployed ii New York City. A AxleEt
9 lcan Legion census reports TIT ~ ~
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