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Show Amdbcsn LEGION (Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) BEAUTY IN LEGICN PAGEANT Miss Gladys Hicks, Louisville, as Miss Columbia, Wins by Fifty Thousand Thou-sand Votes. Trim, piquant, lovable, little Miss Gladys Hicks, voted the most beautiful beauti-ful girl in Louisville, attracted the eye of the artistic, as well as the lay world, when she appeared recently In the American Legion pageant accompanying accom-panying the presentation of the patriotic pa-triotic tilm, "The Han Without a Country." Coun-try." Legion posts of Louisville In con-Junction con-Junction with a local newspaper conducted' con-ducted' the contest and several hundred hun-dred thousand votes were cast. Miss Hicks won by some 50.000. after her r 1 ' ' ? r L ' s ci I ; V ;W k V i j' i.liss Gladys Hiciw. photograph and those of other entrants were published. For a week thereafter thereaft-er she posed as Miss Columbia in the Legion men's tableau of America. Of course, letters by the thousands came to Miss Hicks following her leap to fame, and offers of matrimony were as numerous as mulberries in August. Stage and screen managers also recognized rec-ognized in Miss Hicks' features an ap peal that might become widespread and she received several flattering offers. of-fers. One manager, of undoubted financial standing, made a flat offer of $12,000 a year for four years. However, How-ever, the queen of beauty, in a city ever renowned for its fair women, has to date refused all offers. VERY BUSY AUXILIARY UNIT Minnesota Department Distinguishes Itself in Activity in Behalf of the Wounded and Others. Minnesota department of the American Ameri-can Legion auxiliary Is again at the front with its distinctiveness. One little lit-tle unit, auxiliary to Hutchinson post, No. 90, has particularly distinguished Itself in activity recently. A short chronicle of the activities of the uult follows : Twenty-four pairs of pajamas were recently contributed to one of the hospitals, hos-pitals, the work of the members. AU sick soldiers were kept supplied with flowers; $250 was cleared at a circus given under the auspices of the auxiliary aux-iliary ; a poppy sale netted the unit $237.50; two flags were purchased for the Legion post and one for the unit ; when the forty and eight conducted their initiation, the auxiliary gave a banquet, with a $15 profit. This was sent as a contribution to Doctor Helen Heilscher's welfare fund. The unit has been very active in chan'ty work ; two needy families have been taken care of financially and socially so-cially ; a cedar "hope chest" was disposed dis-posed of at a profit of $187.50. This money was used In furnishing a room In the new community hospital at , Hutchinson. On Christmas, 48 boxes filled with personal gifts were sent to the disabled soldiers of Minnesota by the unit, also 12 pairs of pajamas Three families were made comfort able and happy at Tuletlde, by tht Hutchinson auxiliary members. Worh never stops with this unit, which U at all times progressive. INTERESTED IN WORLD PEACE H. Nelson Jackson, Vermont, One of Legion Men Presenting Program to President Haraing. n. Nelson Jackson of Huntington, Vt., is one of the prominent American Ameri-can Legion representatives in its relations re-lations with veterans' organizations of other countries. Mr. Jackson is vice president of the Interallied Veterans' association, composed of societies of ex-lighters in eight allied countries. Kucently, Mr. Jackson, with other Legion representatives, submitted to President Harding a program leading toward world peace, recommended by the international veterans' organization organiza-tion at its last convention held in 'New Orleans. Lorn in Burlington, Mr. Jackson was graduated from the public schools and the University of Vermont. Following Follow-ing his graduation, he entered the practice prac-tice of medicine in Burlington. In 1000, ' fuiling health caused his retirement from professional activities, and he entered en-tered in a series of extensive travel in continental Europe. Continuing In his J quest of health. Doctor Jackson took up motoring in 1P(K1, when the automobile automo-bile was in its early stages of development. develop-ment. He was the first man to accomplish ac-complish the difficult trip across the American continent by automobile, making the journey in 03 days. Afterward After-ward he went to Mexico. From the beginning of the World war, his interest was on the side of the allies. When Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt offered to raise a volunteer division di-vision and to lead it against the Germans, Ger-mans, Doctor Jackson, on Colonel Roosevelt's personal request, guaranteed guaran-teed a regiment of cavalry from Vermont. Ver-mont. On America's entrance Into the war, Doctor Jackson was refused enlistment en-listment for active combat service on account of his age. Volunteering thereafter in the medical corps, he was commissioned a first lieutenant He reached the front line trenches a major In 191S, and was wounded thret times in the capture of Mont Faucon. For his heroism on the field of battle, lie received tliei Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre, and the decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. A leader in American Legion affairs In Vermont, Doctor Jackson obtained national distinction among ex-service men, and served the Legion as a national na-tional vice commander in 1921-1922. K. C. PROVIDES $30,000 FUi'JD Organization Turns Over Large Sum to Legion to Aid Tubercular Veterans Vet-erans in Southwest. Tubercular ex-service men are fiock-'ng fiock-'ng by 1!" thousands to the stales of ( V-' Claude J. Harris. the Southwest, where they hope to find the promised prom-ised land of convalescence, con-valescence, according ac-cording to Claude J. Harris, director of the American Legion's national service division. Mr. Harris, with ( William J. Mc-Ginley, Mc-Ginley, supreme secretary of the Knights of Columbus, Co-lumbus, has com pleted a survey of conditions among tubercular veterans in a number ol states, which has resulted in the allotment allot-ment of a fund of $50,000 by tht Knight: of Columbus to the Legion to relieve the situation. "Our survey showed that the former fighters, vho are migrating to Colorado, Colo-rado, California and other states, ara oftentimes in destitute circumstances," Mr. Hurris stated. "Iu many instances they have brought their families with them. Legion posts and charitable organizations or-ganizations are attempting to provide for the veterans, but their number has Increased to such an extent that theso organizations are unable to care for a large percentage of veterans." The Legion will administer the fund authorized by the Knights of Columbus Colum-bus in the communities where the problem Is the heaviest, according to Mr. Harris, who stated that the fund will relieve many ex-fighters who have developed tuberculosis since the war. A great many of these men are ineligible for compensation from the United States Veterans' bureau be cause their disability developed at a period later than two years from time . of discharge, the bureau's time limit for compensation In cases of pulmonary pulmon-ary tuberculosis. GIRL, LEGION POST ADJUTANT Miss H. C. Hllden, Cleveland, Is Honored Hon-ored by the Shupe Machine Gun Organization. Wounded veterans In the hospitals of France learned to submit to the rule of the weaker weak-er sex as represented repre-sented by members of the army nurse t corps. Members of the Shupe Ma- I chine Gun post at j Cleveland are now ' bossed by Miss H. C. Hllden, a former nurse, who has recently been elected post adjutant. , . 1 Miss Hllden has u. ., . , Miss H. C. miucn taken a great Interest In-terest in the various activities of the post. She has been especially interested inter-ested In the relief of disabled ex-service ex-service men and of other sick and needy veterans. In a recent membership campaign tUss Hllden led her post to victory. |