Nogales international., 1930-08-26
NOGALES, ARIZ., TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. 1880

NOGALES, ARIZ., TUES
the military post. General Felipe
Rico, military commander of North
ern Sonora, and Mayor Villasefior
of Nogales, Sonora, extended the
visiting ex-service men a warm well
come to the city across the border.
They both spoke in their native
tongue.
Acting Mayor O. A. Smith well
coined the visitors on behalf of the
City of Nogales, in the absence of
Mayor Harry j. Karns who was
ill.
Mrs. R. L. Hoyal, chairman Ma
tional Child Welfare committee.
and Mrs. Dollie French, vice pres
ident of the State Auxiliary we're
introduced from the reviewing
stand. Mrs. Florence K. Smith.
president of the State Auxiliary was
unable to be present because of
illness. Jack Seider, Grand Chef
De Care of the 40 & 8, was in
troduced.
Declaring that Nogales was known
for its hospitality, Governor John
c. Phillips, the next speaker, gave
an Grafton on the Importance of
patriotism and assured his hearers
he was very glad to be present on
this occasion.
Ex-senator G. E. MacMillin, vice
commander of the state Legion, res
ponded to all of the addresses of
welcome. He declared this was by
far the greatest convention ever
held by the Legion of Arizona and
he gave credit entirely to Nogales,
Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora.
State Commander Hilliard T.
Brooke was then introduced by DR..
GuStetter and the state commander
introduced National Commander o.
L. Bodenhamer, paying the ma
tional head of the Legion a glow
ing tribute. Commander Boden-
hamer's address appears elsewhere
in this issue.
TODAY'S PROGRAM
The second days session of the
twelfth annual convention of the
American Legion, Department of
Arizona, today will consist largely
of routine business matters, in
Guiding reports of the various COM
mittees.
Outstanding features Of the day
will be the formal guard mount
which will be staged by the 25th
Infantry on the parade grounds at
Camp Little at 11:3O o'clock this
and the district dinner or
banquet at the Club Royal tonight
at 7 o'clock, which has been ar
ranged by the ladies of the Auxilia-
ry. Plates will be laid for 700 peo-
pie, It will be the largest ban
quet, in point of attendance, ever
held in the border cities.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The convention will be called to
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order at the Ali Baba theatre at
Camp Little at 9 o'clock this morn
ng and there will be reports from
Fred Turner, chairman, grand tro-
ohy and prize committee; j. H.
Moeur, national executive commit
R. H. Hughes, chairman,
committee; Ben Levy,
lcting secretary, Legion Press as
James P. Mulcare, field
secretary, national rehabilitation
committee, and M. j. Dougherty,
chairman, Americanism commit
ee.
At 1:30 o'clock the afternoon
BUSINESS session will convene at Ali
Saba theatre and the opening
eature will be an address by E. r.
'enke, regional manager of the U.
. Veterans Bureau. Then will fol-
wv the reports of J. c. Gentry,
hartman, constitution and bylaws
j. R. Mcfarland, chair
IAN, rehabilitation committee, and =
)r. I. L. Garrison, chairman, child
elfare committee.
The business session will adjourn
$3.50 and at that hour the Legion
ress association will convene in
1e council chamber at city hall and E