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Show FREE LEGAL AID FOR NEEDY Loy J. Mollumby, Commander of Montana Mon-tana Pot, First to Sue In Behalf Be-half of Wounded. The first man In the United States to file suit against the government In behalf of wounded wound-ed Midlers was Loy J. Mollumby, young attorney of Great Falls, Mont. He won his case, which was to obtain ob-tain hospital treatment and cempensatlon for a service man who became Insane as a result of his war experience. A second suit i''Um against the government has buen filed by Mollumby In favor of Chris Tuss, service man, who died of tuberculosis. This action seeks to secure payment of war risk insurance to the young raun's needy dependents. The government govern-ment claims that the disease was contracted con-tracted after Tuss' discharge and after af-ter his Insurance had lapsed. Mov lumby contends that he contracted tuberculosis tu-berculosis while In the army. Mollumby, commander of his American Ameri-can Legion post in Great Falls, has set up a free legal aid bureau for all sick j I and wo.tnded ex-service men. |