The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-18
FRANCE FETES
A.E.E. OCT. 81
Chateau Thierry Memorial
and Pershing Statue
To Be Dedicated

PARIS. Sept. Is (UP).-More
than 10000 Americans are ex-
pected to take part in the thirdA.
EFF. pilgrimage to Paris, Oct. 5,
G and 7. According to present
arrangements the principal events
Of the pilgrimage will be pa
rade Oct. 5, dedication of the
persbing statue at Versailles Oct.
G and dedication of the Chateau
Thierry AE.F. memorial oct tn
The pilgrimage is to be call
ed "Twenty Years After-an A;
EFF of Goodwill to Europe" and
Mans are made for the veterans
and their families to visit Italy as
Harry w. Colmery, American
Legion commander, VIII mead the
nilSrimage. He is expected to be
accompanied by the new national
Commando to be elected at the
New York convention. He will be
rec;ved bv Premier Mussolini and
Pope Plus XII. -. :
Tho veterans will be guests Of
the French government for SIX
DAYS and will be given free trans
nortation from the port to Paris,
free hotel room and meals for
that neriod, a trip through the
Chateau country and battlefields,
= visit to Versailles, night at
the Paris exposition, a day OF
sightseeing in Paris and
"Paris by night" trip. -,
GOVERNMENT FUND SET UP
The government has appropri-
ated SIS, 900 and the Confedera-
t;on Rationale DIES Ancients COM
battants, $4,000 for the event
General Pierre Vincensim, at
tached to the ministry of pen
s;ons is in charge of entertain
ment of the veterans and their
wives and NJ. WON Delbos, min
;ster of foreign affairs. is honor
arv chairman of the welcoming
committee Of which Marshai
Philippe Petain is a member; -.
lanes l.. Mccain, formerly OF
Tuscaloosa, Ala, has been named
i;aison officer by Colmery; DR..
james V. Sparks, fromerly OF In
dianapolis, is chairman OF the re-
ception committee, named by the
department of France American
7 epion of which Ebert Lee
Dodds formerly of Fort Dodge,
Ia is commander; and Paris
Post, of which Bernhard Ragner,
formerly of McKeesport, Pa, Is
commander, will hold open, house
at Pershing hall during the pill
twenty-five ocean liners will
carry the Legionnaires overseas
TO the battlefields of Italy and
France. The SIS. Washington
will be the flagship for the Le-
zion fleet while the S. S. Champ
plain will be the official flagship
for the frolicking and fun-loving
40 and 8" division.
FRENCH LINE TOCARRY 1900
The French line. incidentally,
has estimated a 1900 passage list
on their liners. The De Grasse,
Champlain and Normandie. The
Normandie sails on Sept. 29 and
will reach Paris, Oct. A, in time
for the Legionnaires to march IN
the big parade up the Champs
Elysees the following day,
The Queen Mary will be the
first ocean liner to transport the
| Legionnaires. Her sailing date is
Sept. %. The S. S. Washington
follows on Sept. %, Immediately
after the windup of the conv,en-
ton in New York. The other lin
ers include the Roosevelt, Rex,
Vulcania, Manhattan, the Arnold
Bernstein Line, the Red Star line
and the Holland-American line.
Italy has arranged a ~ per
cent reduction in railway fares
for the veterans, along with a,
considerable discount in hotel
rates. This will be the first VISIT
| abroad in 10 years for the Le-
gionnaires and Paris plans a rous-
ing welcome.