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Show LfflON Copy for This Pepurtmont Supplied by tho A mor loan Uojflu" Nowa SorvU'o.) LEGION SEEKS MISSING MAN Mother Appeals to Organization to Help Locate Her Son, Boyd Martin McClure. Pilljient search Is being made for floyd Martin McClure, a World war veteran, who formerly served In the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth, One Hundred and Thirtieth nnd Four Hundred Hun-dred and Seventieth aero squadrons, until December, IMS. To the efforts of the various civil organizations, government gov-ernment agencies have added their services In the quest for the missing man. McClure, whose mother resides In McKenzie, Tenn., enlisted In the army In Great Falls, Mont., In August, 1017. l'rior to that time he had been employed em-ployed by the Great Northern railway as a fireman. He reached England while In the service, hut was returned and discharged, leaving for the West. According to reports made by investigators, investi-gators, he worked for the Great North ern after his return. He Is said to have lost his personal effects In a fire which destroyed a railroad hotel In Fargo, N. D., amng which was his army discharge, which had previously been sent to htm by his mother. In May, 19-2, he made application to the executive secretary of the Red Cross in Billings, Mont., for a certificate certifi-cate of discharge In lieu of the lost original. Further trace of the man was found at the Salvation Army headquarters head-quarters in that city, where McClure was a guest about this time, but the man disappeared in June, 1022. No trace has been found since that time, though it is believed that he may be at work in the Dakotas or Montana. M.cClure's mother is said to he in need of help at her home in Tennessee and seeks the assistance of the Ameri can Legion in locating her son, thougl she fears he is dead or a patient ii some hospital, because of an illnes: which followed an attack of influen.: while in service. At the time of enlistment the mai was twenty-two years of age. He wa: . six feet in height, weighed about 14i pounds, had brown eyes, brown hail fair complexion, upper teeth slightl? protruding. Any member of the Legioi or other person in possession of infoi mation concerning this man should ai: dress Mrs. U. G. McClure, MeKenzh Tenn. |