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Show I - AMEHCAM i Cory for This Department Supplied by tli A me r Iran Legion News Service. ) ACTC.l EECOMZS LEGION MAN frank Tinney, Member of New York Cty Post Linos Up Many of His Buddies. T!: nmn with the smile is Frank rinne). Broadway theatregoers lire fniniliiir with llie Tinney expunge of countenance and so arc various former ' ' " aietnhers of the army and navy, wit!) both of wak-li branches Tinney served in the late lamented guerre. Tinney Is herewith snapped In tie very act of joining the American l.eion. K. IV. ;alhraith Jr. post, .New York City. C. 1!. Baines. general manager of ihe American Legion Weekly fastened the button in Tinney's coat. The actor's war record is an un-asual un-asual one. He enlisted soon after !h.' outbreak of hostilities in the navy as seaman, third class. After a hitch In the army passport transport service. 't -m ry5 Will 'j ! P yj - i I , C. R. Baines and Frank Tinr.ey. lie was promoted to ensign and then to lieutenant, junior grade. After eleven months In the navy he was transferred by executive order to the aruiy as captain In the Intelligence service and assigned as morale officer to various ramps in this country. He was discharged dis-charged three months after the armistice, armis-tice, with commendations from the oliief of the Intelligence Bureau and from the White House. Tinney has vigorously subscribed to (lie Legion motto: "Every member get a member" and has rounded up vurious members of the actors colony who nre eligible to Legion membership. LEGiON MN LOST NO TIIKE North Carolina Lieutenant Rosti From Farmer Boy to Numerous Rsnks During War. From farmer boy to high school teacher ami biter u latter and from buck private to first lietiteniu.r nre the records cf (.' K. Huress, the first (U'linrt-mont (U'linrt-mont (''Unniinnler f the Auierieun Lftfinn in Xin-ih (.'jtrulinn. wkti wns the pioneer Leioiniiiire hi his tiHc l.iirm'.-; is nljuuinl unit li till ti-ll ai icL' (U..UT ul' In- .N.,i'tl On tlepari ineiit. Horn July 15, 1S!U, at Mil Trap. CariiiU'ii County. N. C. Huriress was reared mi a farm. lie reee.ved h:s early edueatinn at the vil aire public selmol ;n id later wa?. radnaied lium Whilsell lit'lute. truiu ivhirli I i entered en-tered the I'niversiiy of .Nnrih C:in-lina. C:in-lina. lie roeelved liN I ;i t oelor of arts decree it) HMJ and taught m-Ii'iht In the pul:!lr hih school at Ka!c 'h tw o yea rs, s: inlying !w ;i t the sn me time. It) Scpiei-.hfr, liMH, lie was grained a license to prai-iHv inw in North Carolina an. I pursued the practice prac-tice of his pr-'fessiun until July. I'.MT. vhea hi1 enlisted as a private in, the First N. C. I''. A. N. (... whirl, rei:inu nt was soon afterward mustered into I-'etic. a I ser ice as t he 1 l.'.th l A., lidth. I Mvision. Purine the St. Mili;el oiTen dve he served as ariillery liaison otlieer. In the Ariroiine olVensixe and until after (he siujii: of the armistice ho served as regimental intelii-renee oliu-er. lie iv us in service eighteen inont hs and served as private, corporal, ercant. battiiliou sergeant-major, rivuhncnra' sei train -major, second lieutenant ami first lieutenant. With the latter rank he served a adjutant of his reirient during the last niO 'tlis of his sei vice. BOOSTING FOR LG10rV MtN Veteran of Royal Irish Rifles Seeks Recognition of Americans in th Canadian Service. The Herman invasion of Belgium In August. HI14. found Mike Sullivan. C ,.1 ve:e:an of the r;oy;n Irish U.lles, nianaging a hotel on Broadway. New York. He chafed behind the register regis-ter mini a hot day in .fune, IDlfi, when he bade farewell to his wife and children, gave them the year's prolils and sailed as a stew ard on a liner nound for Liverpool. I!e worked his way to Aberdeen Scotland, where, by citing his father' long servile wilh the tiordou High landers, he persuaded the kilts to cii-INl cii-INl him desp le his fortv-tive years.1 La'er he obtained transfer to the K'gbi.v-i'iinl lioyal lr!sb Itilies, w'.th whom be had fought three years in South Africa, end sailed for Franco in Al.gHSI of llllo. WoujH'ed at Arnientiercs, lie was sen) hack to i be United States in IHK! as "urt't for service." He spent a period :i: Mount Clemens hospital, was d schat ed and set out for i.'un-ada. i.'un-ada. where he persuaded the Three Hundred and Fifty-lift h infantry. Canadian Kxi edirionary Forces, to lake him on. Overseas his old wound caused t roil I I i, and he was sent lack to the Unite I Stales again, "unlit." etc. Arriving lii America in 1H1S. he toured New , ork and vic'n"ty for the Third l.iber'.v loan, appea'ing in his kills, singing trench songs and telling why the loan should I e oversubscribed. oversub-scribed. Villi Congress nan F. C. Hicks be likewise ca-mpaigned for the Vour;h Liberty loan, resi'.ng up while the Victory lean was ca.'ried through to success. ( m Sullivan, a member of ihe American l.eu'on al his home on Staten Island, recently appeared at national headquarters head-quarters of the Legion to offer .his aid in obtaining for Americans who enlisted wilh the CamMllans the same privileges as have been accorded the C. K. F. veterans. Now he is in Canada Can-ada seek'ng a hearing with Dominion officials in the matter. COMMANDS NEW S. S. 'LEGION' Captain Corkum Soon to Make Trip to South America Sent Two Subs Down. Capt. Alex C. Corkum, eonmiKtuter of the new S. S. American Legion which is soon to make its first trip to South America, is accredited with having sunk two German submarines subma-rines while he was commander of the U. S. transport trans-port "Amph on" In naval transport ervice during the t nr. I'repnr ations are now under way 101 a iwiuc. trial trip of the "American Legion" from Camden, N. J., wliere it 'as constructed by the New York Ship Building corporat:on for the United Slates sh'pping board. John CI. Lni cry. national commander of the American Amer-ican Legion, logether with olt M ofli rials of the leg'o i and represe'diiti res of this and other countries .vlll be on board Ihe ship during '-ie trial trip. Captirn Corkum. besides .i:s sal marine sinling record, is famous fo-laving fo-laving established a new world's ret on! for running time between Nov ' York and Soulb America. Ti e "Aniei 'an Legion" will be operated betwee New York anil Souib American ports |