Show Elected Legion Chief by byi i Landslide e Vote I I Judge James A. A Howell of Df Ogden Honored With ith Place as National I I Vice Commander I James A. A Howell who was elected elected elect elect- ed a vice commander of the American American Amer Amer- ican legion at the national conVention convention conven conven- I tion at Omaha todaY has been a I I resident of Ogden practically all his I m H life He was formerly city judge and later occupied the bench in m the I district court At the expiration of 1 his term as district judge he returned returned re- re turned to the private practice of law until the United States entered the war when he became judge ad advocate advocate advocate ad- ad first at Camp Kearney and later in France He had the rank of colonel He is a member memer of the law firm of Devine Stine Howell and Gwilliam O OMAHA Neb 9 By the Asso- Asso Press Press John John R R. of East Cleveland 0 O. was elected na national national national na- na commander of the American legion on the first ballot at the le legIonnaires legIonnaires' legionnaires legionnaires' legionnaires legionnaires' le- le final session of their seventh annual convention cony here to toda to- to da day Joseph Cheney of Florida Raymond Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond B. B Littlefield of Rhode Island Hughes B. B Davis of Oklahoma Vincent Vincent Vin Via cent A. A Carroll CarrolI of Pennsylvania and James A A. Howell of Utah were elected national vice commanders The Rev William Patrick of California California California Cal Cal- was elected national chaplain chaplain chaplain chap chap- lain over the Rev Joseph Barnett of Redwing Minn who fought through the war as an enlisted man Mr Barnetts Barnett's motion that the election election election elec elec- tion be made unanimous unanimous' was passed S. S F. F WOMAN WINS Mrs Eliza London Shepherd of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco was elected national president of the women's auxiliary to the American legion at the closing closing clos cbs ing session of the national conven conven- tion She Sha defeated Mrs Ruth McCurr McCurry McCurry Mc- Mc Curr Curry Brown Brow of Little Rock Ark The election of was de decided decided de- de with votes of thirteen delegations delegations delegations still to be accorded it was wasa a landslide and upon motion of Howard Savage Illinois defeated candidate and Edward Spafford New York losing candidate was made unanimous REAL VETERAN Commander has had an as a of ii andor leer s serving In th the Spanish Amer ican lean war on the Mexican border and in the World war He Is 59 years old I He began his military career with entrance to Wooster college as a cadet and In the Spanish-American Spanish war served with the famous ramous Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Grays and the First Ohio engineers engineers en en- winning to the ranks I en of captain and major In the Mexican border trouble he served as colonel In the provisional regiment of en en- en In the World war war- Commander 1 mobilized the engi engl- He served in the war and was wounded in the ArI Argon Ar- Ar gon gonne e. e His Ris service was recognized I and he was appointed brigadier general general gen gen- J eral of the Ohio National guard and placed in command of the Seventy- Seventy third infantry brigade in the Thir Thir- ty-seventh ty division x CHIEF IN OHIO With the retirement to civilian life Commander became Identified with American legion work He was elected commander of the Ohio department serving from 1920 He also served as a member of the national executive committee from 1921 to 1924 and is isa isa isa a member to the Frederick W. W Galbraith Galbraith Gal Gal- braith Memorial committee and of the legislative finance committee In private life Commander Mc Mc- Quigg Is an attorney and banker Retiring Commander Drain in presenting Mr told the convention that there had been no agreement between th them m and that they never had a c conversation re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the candidacy PLEDGES HIMSELF TO TASK pledged himself to the completion of these legion tasks Rehabilitation child welfare and Increased membership Glancing at ata ata a sheet of note nota paper he talked I His election virtually was assured before the convention assembled for I its final session He came to Omaha with great potential strength and the efforts of the Other candidates all week had been concentrated upon breaking In into to it It OMAHA Neb Oct 9 Team Team medals in the rifle shoot were a awarded warded as follows First First Department Department of Minnesota second department of Wisconsin third department of Wisconsin No 2 and fourth department of of Ne Ne- I braska j t In the post team shoot the first honors went 1 tp Neenah Wis Vis Second Second Sec Sec- See See-S ond honors were won by Omaha post No 1 i |