Show ir 4 0 0 heglon copy tor for this department by the tb american lilon news 1 LEGION MAN DISPLAYS NERVE airplane fighter takes to coal cara cars to reach vocational training school there theres s no striking striling similarity between piloting a highflying airplane of the manne marine corps to riding tn in the cual coal cars of a freight train but between these modes of li travel thomas D lane junior law student at the university of kansas kan ras will complete his edlich uon tion t lane a member of the argonne post of the american legion at st paul minn aas attending school in the kansas university when ben his money ran out A letter forwarded to him from his native state told of the work mork of the federal board for vocational education in minneapolis through incident to his service as a flier he was mas entitled to the federal educational aid without fent funds to make the long trip as be he set out to aawar appear be toie fole the board ihmoe days in a bos box car a coal gondola and the tenders of three pa passenger stenger trains conveyed him to his destination several fast changes of cars unusual tn usual maneuvers and debates with mith trainmen were mere necessary but the aviator came through sn smiling illing 0 one mall cerk proved fri friendly endl but that train was bound bount for chicago after two more trials he found a bunk on some coal and wol e up the next morning in the st paul yards placing lils his case before the board he lie u was as classed I 1 section one en titling him to tuition supplies and training pa until he completes his coure MAKES DRIVE FOR AUXILIARY president of texas organization shows that she comes from fighting stock A record for sen service ice to america that dates from front revolutionary davs and includes the deeds of nathaniel green and daniel boone Is perpetuated in mrs E R clinton murray of houston 41 tex dent of the P auxiliary of the ameri amerl can legion of that state the first unit of the auxiliary of the Amer american lenn legion was founded there ft hen I 1 er husband who was past the age limit was accepted by the medical corps during the world war mrs murray likewise volunteered she made a record of thirty addresses in one week during a red cross drive she sold liberty bonds organized red cross units and did active canteen m work ork the oens auxiliary was organized nation nationally nIly in austin ter july 26 1919 1019 mrs murray was one of the first women momen to organize a unit in houston tn in march 1920 when she became state president there were twenty three units in the department under her direction thirty additional units have been formed and fifty others are now organizing mrs murray plans to obtain a unit for each of the pouts posts of the legion in texas mrs murray was mas born in concordia Concord la parish la both her father and mother cime onte c ime of old revolutionary stock steel ner her mothers paternal ancestor T was a near kinsman of daniel boone her fathers paternal ancestor was a descendant of nathaniel greene during the civil war her father served n a 8 a captain of cavalry in forresta For rests 4 brigade 4 4 PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR DEAD minnesota legionnaires pay homage to deceased buddies who fought 5 for their Theirl count Co v 4 V iv in f P I 1 aa when biilly at r r r indian sol aang for his country was lu I 1 carl anderson post of the Api eilean legion paid homage at his elsewhere through minnesota le li have ve been paying tribute at the funerals of their dead buddies bodies are being cretu returned ned from overseas he ile wag a 9 clean cut american one of our very ery best and his memory will be dear and sacred said the corn com mander of winnebago post at the fun oral eral service of private vernon bailey balley in eldeb fifty uniformed le legionnaires lonn alres took part the body of ralph oracle after born post Is willied maa visa burled nt sit lils his home tofu tovu alth honor |