The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-16
AMERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY I[llER

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Investigation by Congress Of the
1 alleged illegal hangings IN the "a. E.
II. il termed "a farcical burlesque, by
the American Legion at Mineral Wells
Tex. This abortive Investigation Id
an insult to every loyal American a.
resolution reads We believe it isl
time members of the board began de-
! voting their efforts to matters of i'm
port instead of indulging i'm the hear
| ing of unsupported and absurd COM
plants made BY few obviously dis
gruntled and irresponsible muckrak-
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1 The American Legion Weekly of
February 10 prints an article by an
ex-captain IN the Signal Corps, quot
ing General Bullard's order to shoot
"on the spot any person advising
surrender during battle, but fatty de-
nying that evidence OF any such in
stance has been substantiated.
District schools In Moffat County,
Colo, had decided to close their doors
for period Of weeks, due 10 msuffi-
cient funds. The American Legion sue
ceeded in raising 1915 TO keep them
going, taking the stand that "a short
ening OF the school term or curtail-
ment of athletics would be backward
step, depriving children Of rightful
advantages" lx u
Ex-service men in Calcutta, India,
have applied to the American Legion
for charter.
Found wiping his auto with ~
American flag, man In Tampa, Fla,
was questioned by the American Le-
gion. He was pronounced simply ig-
norant," and given instruction in how
to treat the colors. Hearing OF the IN
cident, the mans employer presented
the Legion with large flag.
A complete French village, with .
"Hotel de Vile" accommodating 1000,
will be planted at Medicine Parka,
Okla, as recreation center for the
American Legion. Posts viii build cot
tages where members may spend their
vacation. ~ Il.
Hiring squads of unemployed ex-
soldiers, each squad In charge Of an
ex-nurse, has been suggested to the
American Legion In Toledo, O., as q
means of tearing down unsightly elec-
ton posters.
Nervous" ex-soidiers present
special problem in hospitalization.
Neuro-psychiatric treatment at Gov
ernment institution is under investiga-
ton by the American Legion, and a
conference of specialists has been
called by the Veterans Bureau.
John j. Payne, released two yearsa
ago from a German prison, is being
looked for by the American Legion.
His mother, at Newburg, NJ Y, has
not seen him since Christmas, 1920.
Holding aloft tin can labelled
t'For Ex-soldiers," man raised SO 1000
in New York streets. The American
Legion learned that ex-soldiers got
about $50 of 1.-THE man got a jail
sentence. S.#s
Gathered at the call of radical New
York labor leaders, 600 unemployed
men threatened q tear-gas attack on
Fifth Avenue hnanciers. The Amer
lean Legion was condemned as tool
of capitalism, and ex-soldiers pres
ent were told they should have kept
their Army guns to "force the Cow
eminent 70 give them jobs"
Brooding over war horrors c0ntin-
mes to wreck the minds of ex-soadiers
The American Legion of Tanpa, EIa,
reports twelve cases 0f e1-soxvieo mem
pronounced stincu1ably insanss since
Thanksgiving. #
Good standing in the American L.
gion win Be TIE only security reqnirsd
TO float i loom from the Legion's No
tating fund for disabled an nsel
ex-soldiers. Sss
History IS taught ID pablie shooas
pfejudices children agains orsign
countries, Alvin Owsley, he'd of tn
American Legicnss Americanism conn
mission, told educational authorities
90 New York 81.
To sail ayvay Tor 8 year md q
dayl" New Yo1k stats deassstss plan
10 charter ! steazner % t1l1e them %
the Ameriean Lskien eonyentioa q
New O1leans.
Iiteratarsfs q the winSs n the III
est coa1vealisnce p4oyided Ameriean
Legion nemhers. TRAVELLING Hbrar-
les ~ being loaned y posts of -
Legion by The Oklahona State -
brary connission.
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