The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-10-02
LEGIONNAIRES AT PLAY

LEGIONNAIRES AT PLAY
 The Legionnaires had a great time at the New York convention and so did millions of New Workers watching them. The following incidents gleaned by the eagle-eyed New York Word-Telegram reporters give an idea of how the boys played:
 determined Legionnaire with a burning desire to see the Legion parade crowd crowd, turned up at the Public Library before dawn and climbed the towering fagpole.
 He fashioned sling for himself at the top and placdly waiting for the parade to show up when Park Department employees arrived to hoist the flag.
 The Legionnaire obligingly manipulated the hal- yards the flag could be raised but he refused to accept the pressing invitation of the Park men or police to down
 And when they told him he just had to come down. he blandly waved a bottle by way of reply and didn't budge. So, having any steeplejacks among them the police had to let him stay on top of the fagpole.
 
 Legionnare with amplfier assigned to identify passing units for spectators in the reviewing stand in front of the Public Library AS detachment of marines drew smartly abreast the stands Legion naire announcer's voice boomed with the triumph of one settling old
 Marines! There were 10000 Marines in France during the They were percent of the American forces and they got 75 percent of the publicity
 The forty musicians of the Chattanooga Tenn, Legion band got ready for the parade by taking mud bath with their uniforms on. They brought dirt all the way from Chattanooga dumped it in front of the New York Times Annex at 43rd St. and Broadway and poured buckets of water until they had hog wallow that would have pleased the most discrimin- ating Then the Chattanooga Legionnares widowed in their mud It fun.
 The North Dakota delegation seemed to have something better to do. One of the delegation had ariat with which he tried to asso kssable ladies in the crowd He finally got the arat around girl and did his best to make her buy her freedom with kiss but all he got laughed at.
 Miss Grace Gibson of Ajo, Ariz- thought it was great fun lassoing spectators but she didn't try kiss them.
 AS the Vermont delegation swung proudly by 3Oth St a loyal Democrat yelled from the sidewalk Three cheers Vermont is back in the union"
 The photo-eectric cell is remarkable nvention but it doesn't fast enough for one Legionnaire He approached the doors to the Hotel New Yorker ter race room. These doors swing open person walks up to them They still trying to figure out why the device failed to work when this particular soldier up. In any event he went right through the plate glass
 The precautions taken against damage the New Yorker is typical of all the midtown hotels The chambermaids, when they enter to make up the beds take the pillows away during the daytime the boys won't rip them apart and dump the feathers all over the place When the maids return to the Aoolr switch the lights they bring the pillows back
 The Hotel Pennsylvania failed to take one pre- caution that other houses in the thought about before the convention opened Most of the hotels have shut off the standpipe outlet for water and the corridor hoses all dry. Each hotel keeps stationed at the head of the standpipe twenty four hours day, ready to turn the water in of fire. At the Pennsylvania. however, gang of California delegates got of the hoses down and started shooting water the elevators they past. Later they played the stream out the windows The management worked fast and got the water turned off just the boys preparing drag the hose into the lobby.
 At 33rd St. and Broadway Legionnare from Ohio sat on the curb his shoes under his arm .!e stone sober but he said his dogs were t-fretting him and he wasn't going to stand mony just to be polite.
 Four Legionnaires walked out of the Astor Hotel and set up bridge table and folding chairs on the car tracks. While crowds surged about them they began playing contract One asked North who was facing downtown if he were vulnerable "Why?" demanded North. Because" said the other player there's street going to climb all over you in about two minutes"