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Show LEADER OF OVERSEAS BODY Mies Louisa Wells of Chlc.vjo lo Re Elected Pieuldcnt of Women's Service Le.n,iie. Miss Louise Wells nl' Chicago has born i'i' elected pre-doiil nl' I In' Worn-n' Worn-n' Overseas Service league, known us tlio llllh' sisler nl' lln" American Legion because niafly Legion women II iv also members of tin' league, making mak-ing Cor elo,.or co-ouonil Ion between the two nr;;anl.al Inns. Members of the league won' tin Ai'iiiy and Ked Cross nurses, Salvallnn Army tussles, lln "Y" girls, signal corps girls, onnlooners, librarians and entertainers who served America's lighting nit'u In France. Many were ; gassed mid woninh'd and nmiv tlnin , InO nf llii'in died of such plagues as tronoh fever and lnlluenzn. A few wore killed In act ton. Miss Wells entered the service from Los Angeles. She Is the daughter of Arthur (J. Wells, vhe president of the Santa Fe railroad. After serving at f v x i f oour J " s t J y y y it J i 4 - : i I if i( P'l Miss Louise Wells. Camp Upton, she went overseas as a canteen worker. At Glenoble, at Al-levard-Les-Balns and at Lyon, she served as a canteen worker and with the entertainment forces. She organized organ-ized the Los Angeles unit of the league, and later was president of the Chicago unit. Speaking at a recent convention of the league, Brig. Gen. Charles D. Dawes said: "You never looked so good to nie as you did In your somber uniforms and hats, wading through the mud and mre, tramping through the rain, serving serv-ing hot chocolate for hours at a time. In that country which, before we went over, we called 'sunny France.' " Respects of the American Legion were paid to the overseas women by Past -National Commander John G. Emery ofGrand Rapids, Mich. |