The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-05-01
AMERICAN LEGION
Services Planned

The American Legion and it's Aux
iliary are rapidly lining up speakers
and making other preparations for
the observance of Memorial Day. In
many cities and towns throughout the
state the Legion is taking the place
of the G. A. R. as chief sponsor of
the occasion when graves are decorat-
ed and tributes paid those who gave
their lives in the service of their coun-
try. Particular attention will be
paid in all cases to the wishes of
the G. A. R. in making arrangements
for the ceremonials.
Among Legion speakers already
"signed" for Memorial Day duty by
Assistant Adjutant Phil O'Toole of
the Headquarters office in st. Paul
are 1. E. Gottlieb, ST. Paul, who will
speak at Hinckley; the Rev. T. A.
Hoff, Minneapolis, will speak in Ash
by; William Scott, St. Paul, will
speak in Litchield; Ray Scallen, Min
neapolis, will speak at LIE Sueur
Gerhard Bundle, st. Paul, will speak
in New Richland; Albin Pearson, St.
Paul, will speak in Olivia; The Rev.
Joseph Barnett, Red Wing, state
chaplain, will speak in Winnebago
DR.. Helen Hughes Hielscher, Manka-
to-, will speak in Candy; The Rev.
E. c.. Clemans, Owatonna, national
chaplain, will speak in Pipestone,
Worthington and Round Lake, giving
morning, afternoon and evening adj
dresses; Henry Young of Willmar will
speak at jackson; Frederic D. McCar-
thy, St. Paul, national committeeman,
will talk at Blue Earth; Ray Cummins
of st. Paul will speak at Lake City
John Palmer, Minneapolis, will speak
at Luverne; z. L. Begin, Minneapolis
will speak at Proctor.
Other speakers are rapidly being
signed for various towns, some by the
Legion posts and others by the posts
working with the cooperation of De-
partment Headquarters.
In accordance with Legion and
Auxiliary policies the occasion will
be made one of mourning. All en-
tertainments and other activities in
which the organizations might nor
mally engage are taboo on this day
when the service men and women pay
their respects to the memories of their
dead comrades of American wars.
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Papers Due New Citizens
Approximately $4,000 naturalized
defenders of the nation" lack evil
dence of citizenship, and the Bureau
of Naturalization has asked the Am
erican Legion to assist in having them
apply for papers due them. Applica-
lions for certificates Of naturalization
granted while in service in the army,
navy or marine corps should be made
to the Commissioner of Naturaliza-
ton, U. s. Department of Labor,
Washington, D. c.. AS property
rights and other important questions
may be involved it is important that
those who became naturalized during
the war not only be citizens in fact
but that they have evidence at hand
to prove it, the Bureau points out.
10000 Poppies Ordered
One hundred fifty thousand peoples
have been ordered thus far for Pop
py Day sales to be held by Legion
posts and their Auxilaries in Mime
sofa just previous to Memorial Day,
Miss Blanche Scallen, Department
Secretary, reports. The flowers are
made by disabled veterans who have
no other means of raising funds
chiefly by those in hospitals who are
awaiting verdicts on compensation
claims. The. money collected by the
posts and units is utilized for the
care of the disabled.
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! ia Posts Score
One hundred fourteen Minnesota
Legion posts of the 500-old organiza-
lions in the state have gone lover the
top" of their 1923 membership fig
ures, according to latest reports from
Department Headquarters office. Dis
trict Six headed by Leon Brown of
Bemidji, is the first of the districts to
surpass its 1928 membership mark,