The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-23

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1ABERICAN LEGION
WEEKLY LETTER
4 Wall Street is determined to kill
the adjusted compensation bill at any
cost, according to b report sent by
4 American Legion to national head
quarters at indianapolis, Ind. The re-
1tport states that mandatory orders
were issued by AT least one large
stock exchange house, ordering en-
ployees, both men and women, to write
\ their congressman urging against the
passage of the measure Suggested
forms were handed out, and employees
were instructed to deliver their letters
in unsealed envelopes to their employ
ers for inspection.
Lined up with Wall Street against
the bonus is the u. s. Chamber of
Commerce, which, however, lis meeting
continued opposition from It's constit-
uent chambers in widely separate
parts of the country. Chambers in
Omaha, Nebr., iii Battle Greek, Mich.
and in several other cities I'M Okla
homa and Ohio, have now fatty de-
clared in favor Of the bonus In the
questionnaire sent out by the national
body. Iii Toledo, following hearing
by the American Legion, business men
Of the local commerce board refuse
vote on the matter, charging that the
issue had not been impartially pre-
sented by the II. S. Chamber. They
said that it had ignored three Of the
five options.
II think that / ana 80 years Of age.
I am five feet nine, and 100 pounds.
My eyes are gray and have blond
hair. I believe I was soldier LII
anyone can tell me who ann or any
think about my past, please telephone
the police
This is what clean-cut young man
told attendants in Los Angeles, CAL,
hospital. He wore an American Leg
ion button, and Los Angeles posts OF
the Legion are helping him find him
self. - ~ :. ~
~, Failing in his attempt to commit
suicide by freezing in snow-drift at
Emporia, Kan, Chester Hagerman,
jobless war veteran, is being sought
by the American Legion. A woman of
Medicine Lodge says her son, who
bore that name, was reported KILLED
ia action" and body, supposed to
have been his, brought from France
for burial here. -:-}-.: ~
Lined up patiently for hours in ad-
vance, hundreds of tattered ex-soldiers
received shoes, overcoats, and chill
dren's garments from the American
Legion distributing committee IN New
York
Convalescing at Kennilworth, NC,
from wounds received in the Argonne
one American Legion man sent 81 to 4
the Woodrow Wilson fund, and pro-
missed four more payments. Many
Legionaires arc listad ap,ono tba ao.
nors to the foundation.
Possessing all the requisites for a
dance except music, American Legion
men in Lincoln, Nebr.. called ON an
.ex-gob for HELM. HE rirged I'D i radi-
n 4 =
1000 miles away.
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A Spanisch bun 1iplat win IL stased
in Madison Square GARDEN. New York
by an American Legion Post one
stipulation IS that the bun shan not
be hurt.
A married man. who formerly w.s
earning S72.5O 4 week. applied ia TIE
American Legion, wholly destitute.
He took q lob as a hacker Mt S15. and
said he was glad to ret h.
Twelve majors, Eve naval cor,,-
manders, 27 captains. ana naariv 100
lieutenants have aDpl;ed for join at
American Legion empioyment I1arald-
quarters HI New Yorf since Senfrrn-
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