The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06
NATIONAL figures
TOADDRESSL LEGION
M|NOT CONVENTION
Record Attendance Is Forecast
for Meeting July 22-24; Big
Drum Corps Contest

Minot, N. D., July 6.-HD-Hecoro
attendance for the American Legion
convention to be held here July % to
"a is forecast by State Commander
John K. Kennedy, Mandan, and Ad-
jutant Jack williams of Fargo. They
are in constant touch with w. H.
johnson, commander of the Minot
post, which is handling details Of the
convention arrangements.
The state officers in their visits to
posts throughout North Dakota have
found unbounded enthusiasm in con-
nection with the coming convention,
and estimate that $500 Legion men
and women will assemble in Minot
for the meeting. The Women's Auxtl-
larry, of which Mrs. J. r. Pence, Of MI
not, is state president, will meet on
the same dates as the ex-service men.
and Minot auxiliary members are
bus:ly engaged in making plans for
the occasion under the leadership OF
Mrs. Oscar Epstein. president, and
Mrs. j. A. HOfto, chairman of the
convention committee.
Prominent in convention activities
will be the speaking program, which
will headline Paul v. McNutt. OF In
dianapolis, national commander OF
the Legion. Commander McNutt will
be forced to use an airplane to take
part in the program.
Other nationally known speakers
who will address Legion men and
women include Mrs. Frieda Kramer,
national vice president Of the Wom-
ems Auxiliary; F. Trubee DAWSON,
secretary of var for aviation: Patrick
J. Hurley, assistant secretary of war;
Hanford MacNider, past national
commander of the American Legion;
and Watson B. Miller Of Washington,
chairman of the Legion's national re-
Mobilization committee.
Governor George F. Shafer and At
torney General James Morris, a Lee
gion man, are scheduled for addresses
| during the three days.
Features of entertainment and di-
| versions other than the actual busi-
| ness sessions will include a drum
| corps contest, with IA crack aggrega-
lions competing for $3.50 In prize
money; the greatest Legion parade In
| the history of the state organization;
a Legion picnic-banquet to be held at
| wildwood park; the annual Legion
ball, also scheduled for Wildwood: an
all star boxing card Of five bouts. fea-
turing Herman Ratzlaff. of Minot,
against the we'll known Al Van Ryan,
| of st. Paul; the American Legion
junior baseball tournament for the
state championship; theater parties;
dancing every evening and other at
fractions.
Business sessions and speaking pro-
grams will occupy the three mornings
of the convention for Legion men,
with Monday morning opening the
event with a joint meeting of Legion
and Auxiliary, at which Commander
McNutt will be the chief speaker. AZ
ternoons will be filled with other
features.
Monday will bring 40 and 8 society
activities, including business meeting,
parade, initiation and banquet, while
the Junior baseball tournament will
be held on the same day. Tuesday
will be featured by the drum corps
contest and the Legion parade In the
afternoon, with the boxing bill at
night. Wednesday, at the close Of the
business meeting, which will include
the election of officers, the picnic
banquet and Legion dance will be
held.
The committee on housing is en-
gagged at present in making reserva-
tions for delegates. distinguished
guests and speakers and compiling q
list of private rooms available for
visitors.