Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-04-14

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Duluth claims the honor Of being the
first Minnesota city to complete ar
rangements for showing "Cardigan,
the patriotic motion picture being ex-
hibited throughout Minnesota under
Legion auspices for the purpose of
raising funds to build the Minnesota
Legion Memorial Hospital at Roches-
ter, as authorized by the Legion State
Executive Committee in February. Ar
rangements to show the picture in st.
Paul, Minneapolis, and elsewhere in
the state are almost complete.
"Cardigan, visualizes the high
lights of the American revolution.
With it is interviewer a stirring love
tale of Colonial days before the revo-
luton. The scenes were taken on ex-
act historical spots, and the costumes
and customs are those Of the period
The Gopher Legion has selected an
eminently worthy production as its
first presentation.
If you don't think the Gopher Gang
has pep and personality all it's own,
lust attend one Of it's district, county
or state conventions and watch 'em
pull together for the Legion and Min
nesota. 1.-The Gophers fought to-
gether-now let 'em stick together, ~
is the motto. The LIST, 4th, 5th, 9th,
9th and 9th districts held conventions
during the last month. The Third
meets in South St. Paul, April Goth,
the 9Th in Hibbing on April 22nd, the
10th Pine City on April 22nd, the 7th
meets in June-and the Big Gopher
Legion Rally Of District, County and
Post Adjutants and Commanders comes
to Minneapolis May 6th-7th, at which
time a big "Forty and Eight, init1a-
ton viii also be held:
Fifty Years Of Service
In St. Cloud, Minnesota, the Grand
Army of the Republic is disband1ng
Before doing so, the few remaining
members have asked St. Cloud Le-
gionnaires to 'scarry on.' Thus ends
more than half a century Of steadfast
loyalty and service to country ana
comrades. st. Cloud Legionnaires have
already arranged for Memorial Day.
State Auditor Chase will be the prln-
cipal speaker.
Transfer from Washington to the
District Office of the Veterans Bureau
in Minneapolis of control of over
nine thousand cases Of service men re-
ceiving or seeking training or COM
pensation, has been announced
by G. D. Hibbard, district manager, in
q bulletin dated April Z.
Completion Of the case transfer from
Washington is characterized as the
biggest single step yet taken toward,
carrying out the provisions Of the
Sweet Bill, which declared that the
functions centered in Washington
should be decentralized to the district
Offices with full power to act on them.
The nine thousand cases over which
complete control was transferred to
Minneapolis were received about ten
DAYS ago ana the work OF consolidat-
ing and putting the last Of them into
shape for full 1unctioning in Minnea-
polls was finished yesterday.
Another shipment Of twenty thou
sand disal]owed claims soon will be
forwarded to the Minneapolis Office,
which, although temporarily inactive,
can be reopened by the man at any
tine upon his representing that cause
for compensation or training has
arisen since. the case was disalloWed: 4
The changes effected make possible:
Settling back claims Tor comPensa-
ton without reference to Washington,
and immediate payment Of amount
due. l.. g..... @s q. ..lt g.y#s s IS. H.tti "
Increasing or decreasing Of com
pensation paid because the service vice
man s condition is found to have fl
changed. 5S }5.. 4 .55. !.
Saving Of nine days on cases sent
tc Washingto ten, ana multipics Of that
number in case papers have TO- be sent '' Z
back. s & sHs s* a4}i3 VI E59 5 NJ W..
.l Immediate transfer from g .mpensa:
ton to trair;ug or vice essa, and
discharge from either, " the Minnie
apolis district Office. I, I'll II
The status now reached Is that com
Is templated by the Sweet Bill
Since the passage of the bill, new
II application from former service men
3 s5 resident in the states of "a f[iinnesota
North and South Dakota and Nom ~
have been hand 1rreiset from ~
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