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Show ' 'j Can-yHs Cn Wi'.h tlie , j American Legic - Not to be outdone by the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion and the various associations of war mothers. moth-ers. "Dad" is now forming an association associ-ation of his own. The new father's organization Is knou-fi as the "Order of Loyal Dads." It will co-operate with all patriotic orders, nnd will be especially affiliated with the American Legion. "Dad" Sheldon Foote. of Ft. Myers. Flu., Is the founder of the paternal pa-ternal order. Its principles will encourage en-courage "clean, patriotic living. Irrespective Irre-spective of party, politics. race or creed." Men whose sons se ed In the Spanish-American or Wort. vars. or who served In the army or nuvy at any other time, will be eligible. A -ales system for the hundreds of practical articles and ornaments that are being made by disabled veterans. Is being developed by the East Side post at St. I'atil, Minn. The sale opened on Bastille dny, July 14, with n carnival, the proceeds of which will aid their unfortunate comrades in civil re-es!ahllslnient. The American Legion Welfare Bureau of St. I'aul, Is righting for the unemployed ex-service men with financial handicaps In what It terms a determined effort to "keep the bread line and soup kitchen out of St. i'aul." Tliotnnn J. Rannigan, the new vice commander of the American Legion, is well-known In New England for his record as chairman of the legislative committee of the Connecticut department depart-ment of the Legion. He waged a fight against politicians who. be declared, were trying to "commercialize, federalize fed-eralize and politiealize soldier legls- lalion." As a result of this campaign the state of Connecticut turned over to the American Legion as disbursing agent, a fund of ?2,5M.0OO for the relief re-lief of needy ex-service men and their dependent fumilies. Cnpt. Harry C. Brumbaugh, formerly former-ly executive oliicer of General Pershing's Per-shing's information force which kept track of every man in France and the movements of, all troops and individuals, individ-uals, bns been chosen executive secretary sec-retary of the World war veterans' state aid of Oregon. Brumbaugh was formerly treasurer of the Legion Publishing Pub-lishing corporation and assistant national na-tional treasurer of the American Legion. Le-gion. After surviving several edgagements of the World war In which he won a Croix de Guerre and was twice cited for bravery, Clifford A. Laflin, member of the American Legion, died at St. John's hospital, St. I'aul, Minn., as the result of a pin scratch. Laflin was a first lieutenant in the Seventeenth field artillery. Infection from the scratch caused his death within a few days. National Commander Emery of the American Legion placed a wreath on the casket of Private Gresham at memorial services which marked the return of the hero's body from France. Commander Emery and Privute Gresham Gresh-am were members of the same brigade. bri-gade. The former was severely wounded nnd the latter killed in action. ac-tion. Private Gresham was one .if the first three Americans killed in France. A summer camp, conducted by the American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans of the World war, known as Camp Uulbraiih, in honor of Col. F. W. Galhraith, Jr., lute commander com-mander of the Legion, has been opened in a $100,000 l)tel near Port Town-send. Town-send. Wash. The camp will continue uutil September 15, and will be open to all veterans and their families for whatever period they desire. At the suggestion of Victor J. Miller, Mil-ler, president of the St. Louis (Mo.) police board, the Frederick W. Stock-hum Stock-hum post, American Legion, voted to form a committee to co-operate with the police in ridding the city of crime. President Miller characterized their work us a thankless effort to see that Americanism starts at home. Personal letters congratulating all aliens who receive their final citizen ship papers, are sent out by F. M Wood, commander of the American Legion post at Okmulgee, Okla. In the letters, Wood offers assistance of the Legion in steering a clear course iu Americanism and pledges fellowship. fellow-ship. The site for Kansas City's IZOCXV 000 Liberty Memorial building will b dedicated October 1, the opening day of the national convention of the American Legion. The dedicatiou will follow a parade of some 30,000 members of the American Legion from all parts of the world. More than 6.000 former service men have been assisted financially and Otherwise Oth-erwise by the Connecticut department of the American Legion, according to a recent report. Approximately $2."0,-000 $2."0,-000 from a fund appropriated by the state of Connecticut, has been speut In the soldier welfare work. Among the cities that have tossed their hats in the ring as candidates for the irvj'2 national convention of the American Legion, are New Orleans. Or-leans. Baltimore, Houston and Sun Francisco. |