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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE, UTAH 1HE . . . . .DICAN Pictures of Destruction of Santa ' Photo of Quake-Wrecked Santa Barbara by Wire ll<iiON (Copy tor Thlo Department Supplied b:r the American Legton News Service.) ARONOWITZ ACTIVE IN LEGION RANKS A record of service !rom a mere private In the ranks to department commander of New Yorl\'s American Legion Is the record established by Samuel E. Aronowitz, whose term saw the accomplishment o! New York's share of the $5,000,000 endowment, and a wholesome membership Increase. Aronowitz was horn In the shadow of the capitol at Albany, New York, In 1890, being now some thirty-five years of age. Through the Albany high school, graduated with an A. B. degree from Dartmouth, he completed his education at the Albany Law school and was admitted to prnc:ttce In This remarkable picture, received over the wires of the American Telegraph und Telephone company, ''a,; taken during the earthquake that wrecked Santa Barbara, Cal., and shows t'he ruins of the Hotel Californian and )ther buildings on State street. 1914. He continued to work in Albany until America entered the war, and then served In Company n, Three Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun battalion, Seventy-eighth division, as sergeant. Overseas more tb an a yt>ar, he saw service in the St. M!h!el offensive, the Llney defensive, and the Meuse-Argonne otrenslve. Quake-Shattered State Street, Santa Barbara Here Is a view on State street, Santa Barbara, Cal., taken just after the disastrous earthquake and transmitted of the American Telegraph and Telephone company. Arlington Hotel Ruined by the Earthquake These pictures, transmitted by American Telegraph ann Telephone wires, show the ruins on State street, the main business thoroughfare of Santa Barbara, immediately after tbe earthquake. Samuel E. Aronowitz. 'fhe famous Arlington hotel at: Santa Barbara, Cal., that was wrecked by the earthquake shocks which destroyed of that city. Photograph by courtesy of the Hock Island railroad. Noted Mission Razed by Temblors WON TRIP TO EUROPE Fine Home Wrecked by Temblor MIAMI'S BEAUTY Upon the American Legion's organization in New York state, he became actively interested, and aft€r the first state convention at Rochester he attended every annual state and national convention as a delegate. He was appointed state adjutant In 1920 and was a member of the state legislative committee five years and chairman four. Elected In 1924 as state vice-commander, he was elected department commander upon the strength of his six years of constant Legion service. II ll •• ,. ..·. .• .•· Closer Co-operation to Result From Conference Closer co-operation between the of Nations and the Fidac, Interallled Association of World war veterans, will result from the recent visit to Geneva, Switzerland, o:t Thomas W. l\111ler o:t the American Legion, president of the Fldac. After conference with the secretary general of the Leagne, Sir Eric Drummond, Mr. Miller was asked to select a member of the F!dac as a permanent member of the staff of the league. Among the suggestions for closer cooperation between the league and Fidac were the inclusion of a representative of the organized ex-service men in the various national delegations sent to the league, and the establishment o:t a closer contact between the cl.'ntral services of the league and the Miss Miami, shown above, was Fidac as to the actual facts and ten- chosen from 200 beautiful girls In dencies of league work in so far as it the contest for the most beautiful girl in affects the major work of peaceful co- the city. In private life she is Miss operation. Ruth Woodall. She wlll repre.o;ent her President ll!iller, previous to his city In the natlonal beauty contest In visit to Geneva, had made a week's Atlantic City. Though the Santa Burbu1;a earthquake was felt most' by the business tour of England In the Interest o! the sw.tlon of the city, all the resldencl.'s did not escape. This picture of the ruins veterans' association he heads. He of one fine home came over the American Telegraph and Telephone wlre.'l. addressed In London the national executive committee of the British LeIN DOMESTIC TANGLE gion, whlrh had gathered from all parts of Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland. llllller stated that In England he found the Brltl~h ex-service men facing the same problems as those In America, and that the British Legion was making the same fi;;ht !or the dis-abled as the American Legion Is makIng in America. Announeement of American Legion members on the council of direction of the Fldac was made recently In Paris, Fidac headquarters, by llfr. Miller. They are: Benjamin H. Conner, department commander of the Legion in Franct>; Erlwln W. Thorn, commander of Purls post; Dr. Edmund L. Gros, physician to the American hospital; Fmncis Jacques, architect; Leon Fra- 1 ser, nsRistunt counsel, reparations com- : rnls~!on; A. W. Kipling and Laurence V. Benet. The next convention at Fldac will be held in Rome next September, Lea~ue Business Block Laid in Ruins old Santa Barbara mission at Santa Barbara, Cal., which the ground under the shocks of the earthquake that shattered Boy~' Band From Iowa on Long Tour l\1ary Louise McCachren, an orphan whose home haB been the Presbyterian Mission school at Concord, N. C. sailed on the Leviathan from New York July 4 on a free voyage which she won In a contest of Bible st'ory-telllng. Mary Louise is a sixteen-year-old mountain girl whose parents died In t'he flu epidemic some years ago. The contest was open to all Sunday school pupils In the country and the first prize, won b;y Mary, was a 57-day trip to Europe. Loaf Faith "Dad, do you know the story of Jack and h.ts quick-growing beanstalk?" "Yes." Underwood & Underwood "18 it, a fal.ry talet" Twenty-t'wo youngsters from a children's home In Des Moines, Iowa, who "I guess all beall stories are fal.r1 on a year's tour throughout the United States, photographed In New York. tales," replied dad, glancing at hill band Is In charge of H. M. Draper, superintendent ot the home, who Ia garden plot.-LoW.VW• Courter-.Jouthe left torecroud Jl&l. No Fun Her summer escort haC! a new car and was anxious to show otr In it. "See?" he asked her. "I can stop this car dead still and in 115 secon«:a be going ro miles an hour again." ''But," she objected, "what's the uee of stopping at all 1t you do that?''American Leilon Weekly. Mrs. Lorita Clarece Simmons of Spanish Harbor, Fla.., Is the central 1 figure In a pecullar domestic battle. Recently she divorced her young hus· One of the big business buildings of Sant:a Barbara, Cal., u it appeancJ band so she cou,ld marry his father. Now the flrst husband 1B sult~g h1s after the earthquake had shattered lt. Photograph sent over the wtre. o1 1 the American Telegraph and Telephone companJ. l.lther for aliena~ her atrectlon.s. I |