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Show y New luik . Ay. WTnTT-t Pressing Close Second"" r"" Two sen-ice nfen of the World' war were among the four candidates who sought their pap. ' y' s nomination, t - for mayor of New I j York recently. 0ne of 'on. Hen- it' "7 H- Curran, won f Ut ln the contst A wlth an "-service N. - j comrade, F. n. S' LaGuardla a close f jW second. I Mr' Currln. nt V" Present president kaaiir,-ia,iltM4 of the borough of Munhutiun, taking In what Is commonly common-ly known as New York city, left off a thriving law practice to enter the-army. the-army. He entered the first officers training camp at Plnttsburg in 1017, was commissioned a major and served oversens as commander of the Three Hundred and Second engineers, Seventy-seventh division. Following his discharge ln April, 1919, he organized the Three Hundred and Second engineers engin-eers post of the American Legion and was prominent In the work of that organization or-ganization until he actively entered politics, when, ns he was holding an elective office and trying for another, he was unnble to hold any Legion office of-fice because of the service organization's organiza-tion's ruling. F. II. LaGuardla, president of the-New the-New York board of aldermen, a major In the air service during the war, on his defeat pledged his full support to-Mr. to-Mr. Curran. John Purroy MItchel, former mayor of New York, entered the air service shortly after his defeat de-feat for re-election In 1917 and likewise like-wise became a major in the air service, serv-ice, In which capacity he met his-death. |
