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Show SWALE WAS A DISHWASHER Commander of Legion's Washington Department Licked Kitchen Boss, Then Took His Job. Tho story of how n fist light madt him a dish washer Is told by Thomnd W. Swale, coin- f 1 ninndcr of tho ii$j8lly American Legion's JT'ss department of tho 8 state of Washing- JWa: C ton. -5P wtSfr. & While the down- , jXi "- f trodden bookkeep- JEi or of a Great w f? Northern con- )m&. structlon gang, i 5 A Swalo was cajoled fft A, yjM Into an encounter ffft-S with tho gang's 1 fSr bully, who held the rank of caini cleanser of the pots and pans. The light becatno rough, tho bookkcepoi knocked out thc dish washer and the foreman forthwith mndo up for lack of personnel by nsslgnlng Swalo to wash thc dishes until thc beaten kitchen kitch-en mechanic could return from the hospital. After gaining an education, Swale, at twentyrfhreo years and liOO pounds, wns tho "baby of tho Washington legislature," leg-islature," serving for two terms. During Dur-ing tho war ho served In tho army Intelligence In-telligence section In chnrgo of I. W. W. Investigations In tho Pacific Northwest. North-west. He Is a practicing lawyer Id Seattle, Wash. |