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Show "WHEN WE SALUTE THE FLAG" Toledo (O.) Boy Wins First Prize in Essay Contest Conducted by Buckeye Legion Post. It took the thirteen-year-old son of a sailor to give the best reason for saluting the Stars and Stripes. Mark Winchester of Toledo,'' To-ledo,'' O., received $15 for the work of his patriotic pen, winning first prize in the essay contest given by the American Legion Le-gion .post in Toledo. To-ledo. "When we salute sa-lute the flag," Mark wrote, "it is but an outward motion ot the patriotic patriot-ic feeling within. It is not the mere physical movement that counts. It is what it signifies. When we salute the Stars and Stripes we show reverence rever-ence for the flag that our forefathers made and preserved. It shows that we realize what the red, white ant? blue typifies." A little Russian girl won the second prize. She said she liked to salute our flag because this country, unlike Russia, had so few pogroms and starving children. J |