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Show Frisco Prepares .to Entertain Legion . SAN" FRANCISCO, Aag. 11 By U. P.) Backed, by business man and prominent altlxene, American legion mem bare In San Francisco are preparing ' ta entertain tOO.OOQ, visitor during; tha fifth annual national convention Bf tha organisation organ-isation hare, October II to ft. The' first step that tha legionnaire took to inoure tha support of all elements In tha .city In entertaining entertain-ing the convention was tha election of Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, Lig-gett, retired, aa convention chairman. chair-man. General Liggett, who commanded tha FTrat Army corps In Franca, la ona of th moot popular war. lead- j era In tha aye of tha doughboy, whlla hia standing with San Francisco Fran-cisco 1 of th -highest. A general convention committee, rompoeed of both legionnaires and bueinea man, who have served on previous convention committees. Is arranging details for th reunion of tha former service men. Housing arrangements ar well under way. Tha convention committee com-mittee has enough big hotels available avail-able to assign ona to each state conventions It haa been necessary to bouaa many vleltora In private delegation. At previous legion conventions it has bean naceeeery to house many vial tors In private homes. Unusual entertainment facilities will bo. provided, for tha .cx-servic vltltora. Rifle ahoote, golf tourneys, tour-neys, swimming meets, baseball, tennla. football, bowling, boxing, wrestling and track and field and other cvrnta are planned. There will ha the customary; convention con-vention parade In which more than 60.000 marcher ar expected to participate. I In addition, there will be a huge night procession to illustrate the protluots grows In every county of California. |