Show A I Alamo City Ready for or American Legion Meet I r- r y 1 a ab t The tenth annual national convention of the Am American legion will be in San Antonio Texas October 8 Sessions will be in the city's new municipal auditorium above a war memorial Edward E. E Spafford lower left is national commander Some of the dele delegates ates are planning a tour of Mexico after the convention and will see th Monterrey arch above and many other points of interest below I the border y SAN ANTONIO Tex A P-A sp spectacular display of the American army as it is today wilt will be shown for the men who knew m It ten years realS ago when the American LegIon comes here for its national convention convention conven- conven tion October 8 S to 12 Battle maneuvers planned and executed by the second division of Fort Houston and an air circus with more than one hundred planes taking part are to be features of the reunion of the World orld war veterans veterans vet vet- erans ten years after hostilities Ceased Among the legionnaires ires who will watch the Second in action will be some who were members of that outfit when hen it att attained ined distinction during the war San Antonio and its accommodations have been given approval by bythe bythe the legion officials who for the past six months have been completing completing com com- details of the convention Only once before has the legion came below the Mason Dixon line to hold a reunion It met in New Orleans and there a Texan rexan Alvin C C. C Owsley was named national commander Another Texan Henry C C. C Lindsley also als has served as national national na- na commander The legions legion's business sessions here will wUl be in a municipal municipal pal auditorium erected as a memorial memorial me- me morial to San Antonios Antonio's service men and women It seats persons The Texas department of the legion le- le g gion on is arranging a a. series of sightseeing sightseeing sight sight- seeing jaunts below the Mexican border during the convention and after it closes a group of the delegates delegates dele dele- gates is planning a tour through Mexico Monterrey will be the first city visited after the border is crossed Then the party will continue continue con con- on through Tampico the states of San Luis Potosi and Guanajuato to Mexico City Six days will be spent there with side trips to other points of interest The party plans to return to San Antonio Antonio An- An tonio October 24 |