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Show Omaha Is Planning for Greatest Legion Meet Plans tor accommodating a hundred thousand visitors who will attend the national convention of the American Legion to be held . In Omaha, Neb., October 5 to 9, are being made, according ac-cording to announcement by A. II. Richardson, general chairman of the 1925 national convention committee. Mr. Richardson said: "Omaha will be the mecca for Legionnaires and visitors from all parts of the world during the .national convention. Plans are being completed that will make it "bunk" available to every veteran and visitor who wanders Into the city, fur what promises to be the greatest gathering of war veterans. Thirty-one Thirty-one hotels, five clubs with dormitories and 50,000 homes will be thrown open to the visitors. Railroads entering Omaha are setting aside adequate trackage where the pullmans 'that carry the boys can be parked during the meeting." |