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Show Dependents Of Veterans Must Have Federal Aid, Says Charles R. Ma hey ' . - -'- "Every effort should be put forth by the American iWiiio'ii to maintain federal aid for dependents depend-ents of world war veterans," de-claied de-claied Department Commander Charles R. Mabey, ex-governoi, Salt Lake at the fourth district annual Legion and auxiliary convention, con-vention, held in Springville Sunday. Should the government reduce the aid for world war dependents, hundreds hun-dreds of the 400,000 war orphans and other dependents would have to be cared for by the various state government, he said. Approximately Approxi-mately 100 delegates from Utah, Wasatch and Juab counties attended attend-ed the meetings. The value of the American Legion Le-gion recreational program in decreasing de-creasing juvenile delinquency was explained by Otto Weisley, department depart-ment adjutant. "Approximately " 500,000 boys throughout the country participate in junior baseball, a phase of the program' he said. Auxiliary Department President Mrs. Ft. L. Harlan of Salt Lake, spoke on cooperation between the legion and auxiliary. Reports on the activities of 'he various units in the three counties were given at separate sessions oc the legion and auxiliary during this forenoon. Commander J. W. Grant and President Esther Johnson -welcomed the delegates and invited them to the banquet served at nonn. Short talks were given by Mrs. Ray Soernson, district committee-woman, committee-woman, Eureka, in charge of the auxiliary sessions; Rawlins Hughes, district committeema'. , Spanish Fork, in charge of general sessions; Mrs. Ann Anderson, department de-partment treasurer; Mrs. Je-sie Aldus, first vice president of the department; Mrs. Lettie Manning, department treasurer; Judge G. W. Worthen, district committeeman; Judge Joseph E. Nelson, national committeeman, E. A. Littlefield of the veterans' hospital, Salt Lake. The Fox sisters. Miss Inez Starr, Miss Lucy Wainwright,- Mrs. Juha-Sumsion, Juha-Sumsion, Mrs. Mary Bird and Le-land Le-land Farrer, state legion treasurer, Salt Lake, furnished a musical program. pro-gram. The next convention will be held at Lehi, the date to be announced later. |