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Show LEGION CONVENTION PLANS ANNOUNCED Arrangements have been completed for a great program of entertainment for the eighth annual national convention con-vention of the American Legion at Philadelphia on October 11 to 15, under un-der the direction of the general committee com-mittee on arrangements. Among the things planned for the great gathering of thousands of Legion Le-gion and Auxiliary members from all over the United States and several foreign lands, are : A Legion ball in the Sesquicenten-nial Sesquicenten-nial auditorium, a military circus, the first world's baseball series for boys, fireworks displays, drum and band contests, with the best musical organizations organ-izations in the Legion competing, the Legion parade, and a world's fair with millions of dollars' worth of displays and exhibits. Music for the ball in the auditorium audito-rium accommodating 20,000 persons will be furnished by two orchestras, a band and the $150,000 exposition organ. Special efforts are being made to provide the sort of dances Legionnaires in various sections of the country enjoy. Suggestions may be sent to the American Legion Ball Committee, 301 City 'Center Building, Philadelphia. Two thousand picked men will go through their, trick military stunts for the pleasure of the convention throngs. Huge lights will shed a noonday brilliance on the scene. Lighting will be one of the most spectacular features of this year's convention, arrangements. At the convention grounds there will be a aw J ' Col. Edward J. Meehan. light with a candle power of 6,300,000,-000, 6,300,000,-000, said to be the most powerful ever contrived by man. Fourteen superpower super-power searchlights will provide the concentration. At the entrance to the sesqui grounds will be a giant replica of the Liberty bell with 25,000 lights of 100 watts each, concentrated upon it. The bell, weighing 42 tons, is suspended from supports 70 feet high. . For the first time the Legion's All-American All-American junior world series will be played at the convention. Four teams, representing four regions into which the country has been divided, will play in the municipal stadium. These games are the culmination of a nation-wide sequence of contests in which champions have been chosen to represent their cities, their districts, dis-tricts, their states and their regions. Arrangements for the convention have Ueen in charge of National Vice Commander Vincent A. Carroll of Philadelphia, who is chairman of the convention committee. E. E. Hollen-back Hollen-back and II. Harrison Smith are vice chairmen. Edward J. Meehan, lieutenant colonel col-onel in reserve, is executive secretary of the convention committee. Upon him devolves a, very large part of the practical details of staging the convention. con-vention. Colonel Meehan, who holds the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre for his World war services, is a native Philadelpliian. lie served with the One Hundred Ninth infantry in the Twunty-eighth division overseas. He wears two wound stripes from that service. When the Paris caucus set in motion mo-tion the activity vvhich resulted in the format ion of tlu American Legion, Colonel Meehan was present as a representative rep-resentative of his division. Returning Return-ing to Philadelphia, lie aililiated wi'.h one of the first posts organized. |