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Show mm woooooocoocoooooocoococ j Carrying on j With the i? American Legion : woocccccoocoooooooocooco ttupy for Thl Department Supplied by the American Lealon Next Service. I missel O. Gross of Philadelphia who tilled Slacker Ilergdoll's place In the army and who was killed In uctlon In France nfter winning a citation for bravery, will be honored by the Over brook, Penn., post of the American Legion, whose mmbers have decided to name their projected community house for the hero. Tbe Ovcrbrook pot will nUo change Its name to tho Hyssell C. Gross post. The apprehension of nearly MX) draft deserters since the publication of tho slncker lists began has Justified the position of army officials and tho American Am-erican Ixglon In their stand favoring tho publication of the list About half of the 00,000 names of deserters have been published and of the COO men arrested ar-rested through the publicity of the lists. 200 havo been tried and 80 con vlcted. e e William G. Hockcfellor, a brother of John D attended nn American Legion Carnlvnl at Greenwich, Conn., recently. The following day there was delivered to Mr. Itockcfellcr's garage n shiny new flivver sedan. It cost h'm $15 which Is the sum ho had paid for entrance en-trance tickets. One of the tickets was numbered 13, which proved to bo tho lucky number. In Florida they look at hot weather as n state of mind. It was announced that the American Legion football sound of Jacksonville had begun practice. prac-tice. The team Is coached by Joe Ilerchnn, who wns on tho coaching staff of tho University of Georgln. Tho Jacksonville soldiers expect to have one of the strongest tenuis In tho south. Wlillo citizens of Ephrntn, Washington, Washing-ton, wero discussing plans for a public pnrk, which hns been talked about for years, members of the. American Am-erican Legion organized a working crew with wngons, shovels, rnkes and picks nnd converted n vacant lot Into a park with lawn, trees nnd walks, thus puttlug nn end to the discussions. A fund for the erection of a monument monu-ment ns a memorial to the lato F. W. Galbrnlth Jr., national commander of the American Legion, hns been started by nopewood post at Pittsburgh, Pa. The post has forwarded to the national headquarters of tho Legion a check covering Its contribution to such a fund. Members of the American Legion at Anthony, Knnsas, determined to earn cnouuh mpuey Bhocklng wheut topay for the equipment of their new club rooms. They contracted to shock COO acres of wheat and each evening nt 0 o'clock they went to the fields and worked until dusk. They expected to earn nbotit $100. The Hluo and Gray Association of Oklahoma has announced thnt It will turn over Its reunion grounds and buildings nt Iirldgcport, Oklahoma, to the American Legion of that placo on September 1. Tho grounds' have been used for reunions of Civil wur veterans for many years. California Is far In the lead of other states In providing legislative rewnrd and rehabilitation for service men ot the World war nccording to Gov. William Wil-liam D. Stephens, who hns signed five welfare bills Introduced and sponsored by the Amerlcnn Legion department of California. Sergt. Alvln York, famed for his Individual In-dividual war record, has enrolled na a member of the David King Summers post of the Amerlcnn Legion nt Chattanooga, Chat-tanooga, Tenn. York was present at tho organization of the Legion In Paris In 1010. Fifty dollars reward for the nppro-hcnb'ion nppro-hcnb'ion of an army deserter will be used by the American Legion of Hardin, Mont., us purt of a fund for relief work. Tho deserter's nrrest wus cuuscd by the post commander, After crushing a poppy he had purchased pur-chased and ther muklng disloyal remarks, re-marks, Italph Altmun of Melrose, Minn., apologized for the act before members of the American Legion post at Melrose. The apology was accepted. An American Legion baseball team at Kuyne, La., defeated a girls' team In u recent game, ufter which both teams were entertained at u tea und dunce given by the leglou post. Members of the St. Charles, Mos post of the American Legion recuntlj held a "hummer und saw" meeting at which a portable dauce-tloor was erected In three hours. The Azalea Post of the American Legion at Oteen, N. C, has uunounced pluns for collecting a foud to be distributed dis-tributed as needed to disabled soldiers of the post. e New American Legion posts have been orgunlzed lu Minnesota at Brook Park, Clarissa, Morgan i'urk, Duluth, Olrchdale and Albany making a total of 483 Legion posts In the state. e e e An exclusive section of Hose Hill Burial Park, New Orleans, Lu., has been set aside for use of American Legion posts of the city, |