The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-02-15
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AZ army kitchen ana 1000 csts have
been placed In former besv1eks at
Cleveland to care for jobseas sx-sssv.
Ice men.
A. per cent discount on ali pur-
chases has been accorded members Of
the American Legion BY the. majority
al. merchants In Arcadia, Fla.
There IL. q Polish post among the
posts Of various nationalities Of tho
American Legion. Argonne Is it, name
and 1t IL located at Toledo. 0.
Motion pictures are shown three
nights a week at the American Legion
theater, which has just been estab-
lished By . post in Alta Vista, Kan.
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Agents Of. the Chicago American L.
gion post which has undertaken thu
reconstruction OF m esnil-en-Arronaiss,
Picardy, have gotten the project under
way.
Harold Wells. Petersburg, Va, blind
ed In the war. war loaned $1,000 by the
American Legion post there. He e.
tablished q tobacco shop and has paid
back the debt.
This country IL well rid Of Grover
G. Bergdoll, Stacker. according to an
Illinois American Legion post, which
recommends that the War department
drop the case.
The few remaining Confederate vet
a Of Tennessee were able to attend
the annual meeting Of their association
| because Of the efforts Of 20 American
Legionnaires Of Nashville.
Employees Of the elevated railways
| Of Chicago have formed q post OF the
American Legion and have dedicated a
bronze plate to the memory Of eight
Il" men killed In the wal.
Four leading concert companies are
to appear In Christopher. H., this WIN
ter because Of the American Legion
post there, which has succeeded in In
augurating a lyceum course.
The state OF Michigan has bought
the community house at Camp Custer,
improved the place and turned 1t over
to the American Legion posts to be
used as u hospital for veterans.
While Cincinnati was discussing the
need Of cleaning the William Henry
Harrison statue there. the Bentley
American Legion post, armed With
brushes, buckets and soap, did it.
An American flag has been given the
Hellenic post, Minneapolis, Of the
American Legion, by the Greek citizens
there. The post is composed Of Gre
clan born veterans of the A. +. +.
Five hundred ex-seryice men acted
as 'supers" in the filming of a motion
picture at Mamaroneck, N. Y. They
were sent to enact a battle by a New
York American Legion employment bu-
reau. II
H.X.a1xrN ~. -, W rn -, ,f,.,a -
face death again in fumigating immi-
grant ships. The American Legion
employment bureau in New. York had
received the call from the immigration
officers.
Due to the propaganda Of the Amer
lean Legion in Birmingham, Ala. the
hundreds of former service men have
been placed In positions ranging be-
tween that of short order cooks to con
struction fOremen.
Work has been supplied every appTi-
cant at the Wichita (Kan.) American
Legion post employment agency, ac-
cording to the Department Of Labor.
Seven states have been surveyed and
that city heads the list.
BY means OF entertainments given
by the school children Of Minnesota.
the American Legion Auxiliary Of that
state will be enabled to erect q build
ing to care for destitute veterans on
their discharge from hospitals.
Unemployed service men Of Mime
apolis have been organized By the
American Legion posts there and are
campaigning the city. selling hand
bags, automobile. bOt'ster plates and
similar articles bearing Legion sane
ton.