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Show (Opy for This Department Supplied bj the American Legion News Service.) TO STAMP OUT ILLITERACY 'iats-Vide Effort in Progress in Oklahoma Okla-homa Under Direction of the American Legion. A state-wide effort for the stamping out of illiteracy in Oklahoma is now In progress under direction of the American Lesion. Dr. Frank II. Mac-Oiegor. Mac-Oiegor. chairman of the department of Americanism of Hie state Legion or-giiniznrion, or-giiniznrion, is in charge of the work and has developed a novel plan to eclu- cute those unable to read or write in j that state. 1 According to recent surveys, there , are 50.SO4 illiterates in the state,- of whom 5.463 are foreign born. It is Imped that it will be possible to include in-clude all persons coming under this ' classification in the Legion's plan for education. To this end the aid of edu- ' cators. school organizations and of local officials has been enlisted through Doctor MacGregor's office. The method to be used is known as ti e "Jones plan," so called from its Introduction to the Greer county s-hools by Will C. Jones, superintendent superinten-dent and a Legionnaire. The first step is the organization of "principals' clubs." whose members are the heads of all schools in the district. The work of Americanization is thoroughly outlined out-lined to these men, and they pay personal per-sonal visits to every illiterate in their district, offering assistance through the Legion plan, tabulating notes and making mak-ing suggestions that may be of use to volunteer workers. The volunteer workers are to come from the teachers and students in higher classes. One person is "adopted" by each of these workers. A course of reading, English, Eng-lish, simple arithmetic, and as the 11-liierate 11-liierate progresses, civil government and American history is given. The plan is in operation in several schools of the state, but it will not b'i put into complete use until the terms open next fall. Doctor MacGregor declares that if the work Is undertaken in every school within the nest two years he will he satisfied. Doctor MacGregor, who resides in Mangum. Okla., served for 22 months overseas, a portion of which was spent in England. He was regimental surgeon sur-geon of the famous Scottish Highland divis!on the "Laddies from Hell" for several months. He was decorated by King George for "gallantry in action" ac-tion" during the second Marne campaign, cam-paign, and later became chief surgeon of the British base hospital at Calais. DISABLED MAN AIDS BUDDIES Haas Hunsdorf, St. Paul, Victim of Tuberculosis, Still Working for Fellow-Sufferers. Disabled himself, perhaps no man In the Mid-West is doing more active work among disabled veterans of the World war than Hans Hunsdorf, now In the Aberdeen hospital at St. Paul, Minn. Hunsdorf has personally interested inter-ested himself in the cases of his "buddies" "bud-dies" who are suffering from the effects ef-fects of their service in the World war and is endearing himself to these men by his splendid efforts In their behalf. Hunsdorf was born In Eidswold, Norway, Nor-way, in 1878. At thirty-nine he enlisted en-listed in the army at Fort McDowell, Cal., and went to France as a mechanic with the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Eighty-sixth Aero squadron, where he made a splendid record. He received a certificate certifi-cate of disability In line of duty and is now totally and permanently disabled from the ravages of tuberculosis. Thla gave rise to a long period of hospitall-zat.on. hospitall-zat.on. during which time Hunsdorf has been in seven government institutions, institu-tions, beginning in France and ending at St. Paul, where he is now a patient. Spurred on by conditions he saw in these hospitals among his companions, Hunsdorf set out by personal work to relieve the troubles of those about him. He has assisted hundreds In their cialms for compensation and similar lines. He has attended every military funeral which has occurred in his lo-caliry. lo-caliry. and has placed "the poppy of remembrance" on every coffin. ' Recognizing the American Legion as one of the agencies for affording relief to World war veterans, Hunsdorf has put much effort Into securing members for the organization. Since the opening open-ing of the 19-3 campaign he has personally per-sonally written the applications of 101, though this is probably the least of his service to the Legion. Without thought of the personal sacrifice involved, this man. of foreign birth, has given unstintedly un-stintedly for the country of his adoption, adop-tion, and now facing defeat because of the physical conditions brought on by his sacrifices, still devotes himself to the alleviation of suffering and anxiety among his former comrades-at-arms. Willing. The bargaining for the cow had been going on leisurely for an hour. Finally the prospective purchaser caiue flatly to the point. "Mow much milk does she give?" he asked. "I don't know rightly," answered the Tanner who owned her. "But she's a darned good-natured critter, an' she'll give all she can." American Legion Weekly. AMONG LEGION FUNMAKERS j Hc-ward E. MacDonald of Seattle, Holds Office of "Correspondant National" of the Organization. AUhough the Forty Homines et Hult Cheveaux organization is known as j the "playground society" of the American Ameri-can Legion, its formation and development develop-ment required the strenuous efforts of a number of Legionnaires. Among the leaders in the funmaklng body is Howard E. MacDonald, of Seattle, who holds the office of "cor- j respondant national" or national ad- Jutant of the organization. j MacDonald was a charter member of ; the third Legion post organized in I Seattle, Rainier No. 21, and served as j assistant adjutant nnd adjutant. This post later was consolidated with Elmer J. Noble Post No. 1, and became Rainier Noble No. 1. He went to Kansas City as a de'e-gate de'e-gate to the first Promenade Nationaie I 'm ' M til lipi Howard E. MacDonald. of the Forty and Eight It was largely through his efforts that order was brought out of the chaos then existing In the national organization. Upon the election of Edward J. Eivers, of Portland, Ore., as chef de chemin de fer (national president) of the order, MacDonald was made "cor-respondant "cor-respondant national, " and was reappointed reap-pointed to that office following the last convention at New Orleans. MacDonald served 22 months in the army. He was overseas 14 months as a sergeant major, senior grade, Coast Artillery corps, at First Army Artillery Artil-lery headquarters. LEGION WILL WAR ON DOPE Americanism Commission Director Powell Makes First Announcement of Organization's Activity. Ninety-five per cent of the ever-increasing dope peddlers in America are of alien birth or parentage, declared Garland W. Powell, director of the Americanism commission of the American Ameri-can Legion, in an address at Indianapolis Indianapo-lis recently. Mr. Powell said that If the drug menace is not checked this country will become a drug-soaked nation na-tion within 25 years. This is the first official announcement announce-ment that the American Legion would enter the war on illicit narcotic dealers deal-ers and dispensers of habit-forming drugs. Mr. Powell urged that the restriction re-striction of immigration to this country coun-try would check the traffic in dope and that the Legion would proceed to that end. In describing the activities of the dope peddlers, Mr. Powell made these assertions : "One person in every seventy-three uses drugs as a habit. There are 1,-500,000 1,-500,000 persons now in America who cannot face existence without drugs, and who are swiftly sinking into a condition con-dition of hopelessness and death. "The death of the drug addict Is premeditated pre-meditated murder on the part of the peddler, for he knows the fatal result of the habit. If I were in a position to Introduce a bill in congress or in state legislatures, I would make capital capi-tal punishment the penalty for peddling ped-dling drugs." Mr. Powell made the statement that the use of dope is steadily growing among children. He declared that federal investigators had recently found cases of drug addiction among high school students and also among the pupils of lower grades. He cited one Instance where a peddlei was arrested ar-rested as he waited outside for his "customers" to come from their classes. |