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Show GREATEST HERO LEGION'S GUEST NEW ORLEANS. La.. Sept. 21 Sergeant .amu'-l WOOdflll, chosen by General Pershing as the greatest hero Of th. world War. und now working as a i rp. at r on the uhio river dam nt Sil.-r Grov.- Ky . In order to supple- Ku ment his sergeants pay and meet a mortgage on li Is farm, Is corning to j the American bpion national convention conven-tion here October 16-20. as the legion's le-gion's guest This announcement was made by legion le-gion officials following receipt of a letter let-ter rrom Mrs. woodfill, wife of th 7; hero Monp v. itji the other 50 odd men who recelyed the congressional medal ut honor for gallantr during th? world w.ir. Sergeant Woodfill was In-Ivlted In-Ivlted to come, with his wife, as the guest of the organization, with all expanses ex-panses paid ' We are coming unless sickness prevents," pre-vents," Mrs. Woodfill wrote the con-VOntion con-VOntion committee. "At first my hus- 1)1 band said he could not afford to los BCVi n days at 86 a day. but after your telegram arrived, w. decided we hn i better try and make the trip and pos- wvJII sibly we could make up for what Jffe S had lost In some other way. He h:n Obtained a lea e of absence from his M new employer and will not jeopaidlzo T P his position." |