Show aflee MT dian LEGION TV C copy fo for r this department departs su supple ole ld the Amer american loan legion N newa service MY 10 NEW LEGION LEGIO HEAD mason cry la 19 man la Is chosen national commander of tho the american legion we must build this legion odours of oura so eo big and fine and strong keep heep if it so lean dean ind straight and american that when we ask for things for tho the ix ex service man for the disabled man mail and tot fot those thas who are arc financially disabled our communities will say if tho the legion la Is tor for it we ave are for it this was the first message of nan iian ford macnider ia to members of tho tha american legion following his election as national commander of the organization mr macnider Is the il 4 V HANFORD newly elected national commander of the american legion youngest national commander the legion lifts hns ever tad had lle iio Is thirty four years old lie Is a natural naturel leader of men say his friends who have watched him plug ills his way through II harvard arvard university and who later saw him mine come out of the world war a lieutenant colonel with three citations and several decorations hla military record begins with his service on the mexican border in 1010 1910 as a first lieutenant with the second lown iowa infantry when the united states entered the world war lie he enrolled at the officers training camp at fort snelling and was sent to france as a provisional second lieutenant in the regular army in F france rance ho he was with the ninth infantry of the second division ue ile was wounded at st MI billiel lliel mr macnider Is an investment banker at mason city la ia where he was born ile ho has been an active legionnaire gion glon nadre and has served its as commander of the lown iowa state department of the legion |