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Show t (Copy for Thl DparimTU Supplied by the American I.Pt'in ?i-rvi MILLIONS FOR WAR MEMORIAL Indiana Legislature Appropriate:) Nearly Near-ly $10,000,000 for Legion Structure Struc-ture at State Capital. A suitable national headquarters building of the American Legion in Indianapolis was assured with the passage pas-sage of three bills by the state legislature, legis-lature, appropriating almost $10,0UO,-000 $10,0UO,-000 for a war memorial structure, which will house the Legion's main offices. Five city blocks in the heart of Indianapolis will be used for the memorial me-morial project. Tlie building will be erected In the middle block, with the remaining plots transformed into a magnificent, city plaza. At one exterior ex-terior of the memorial site Is located the Federal Postoffice building, erected erect-ed at a cost of 50,000,000. Facing the outer end of the plaza is the $3,000,-000 $3,000,-000 city library. Tentative plans for the construction of the buildings are now in the hands of a state commission, of which Postmaster Post-master General Will H. Hays is a member. Selection of the architect will be made by the National Institute f Architecture, following a contest In t " 'Vy"t) DR. T. VICTOR KEEN E. which all architects of America have been invited to participate. The legislature legis-lature set aside a fund of $100,000 to defray expenses of the contest and to award the artist whose designs and plans are adopted a prize of $50,000. Invitations have been issued to national na-tional headquarters of the Grand Army Ar-my of the Republic, the AVomen's Relief Re-lief Corps, Service Star Legion, American Amer-ican AA7ar Mothers, Spanish AA'ar Veterans Vet-erans and AVomen's Auxiliary of the Legion to occupy quarters in the Memorial Me-morial building along with the Legion. To Dr. T. Victor Keene, national executive committeeman of Indiana, will go much of the credit for making the war memorial possible. Dr. Keene fathered the movement from its infancy in-fancy and fought for it when other Legionnaires, although supporting the fight, were fearful of success. Dr. Keene was the first officer of the reserve corps of any branch of service called to 'active duty during the AA'orld war. He was a colonel, medical corps, In command of base hospital 70 overseas. |