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Show LEGION CHAPLAIN SETS PACE Iowa Department Official, Elected Sheriff, With Aid of Buddies, Rounds Up Criminals. When veterans of the World war In Des Moines, la., elected Rev. W. E. I ' i V . as-" Robb, chaplain of the Iowa department depart-ment of the American Amer-ican Legion, to the o fli c e of sheriff of Polk county, they disregarded dis-regarded party lines for the good of the community. The Legion chap-laln chap-laln ran far ahead of his opponent op-ponent In the face of a landslide. After he assumed his office, Sheriff Robb set a pace that woke up the county. He seized more Illicit liquor and bootleggers In the first 00 days of his term than his predecessor obtained ob-tained in two years. His 21 deputies were almost all members of the American Amer-ican Legion. Then he turned his attention to an alleged graft ring composed of Des Moines police officials. He caused the demotion of the chief of police, his assistant as-sistant and the chief of detectives. Chaplain Rcbh was a theological student at Drake university In Des Moines when war was declared. In some manner he succeeded In obtaining obtain-ing a commission as a chaplain in the army before he was ordained and went overseas with the One Hundred nnd Sixty-eighth Infantry. He served 18 months in France, was decorated with a D. S. C. for bravery under fire and was idolized by the doughboys of his regiment. |