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Show TEXAN ELECTED I HEAD OF LEGION I Young Lawyer With Fine I War Record Beats Field CONVKNTION f AI.L. N FTW OR-LEANS. OR-LEANS. LA.. Oct. 20. (By the Assocl-ated Assocl-ated Press) Alvln W. Owsley of Tox-H Tox-H as, was today elected national com- 1 mander of tho American legion. Five, national vlco commanders Mil elected as follows: Edward J. Barrett. Sheboygan. Wis. Itobert 8. Blood. Concord. X. H.. Chiles: P Pltnnsr, Cmit, Wyo. I Earl Cook.-. Macon. Oa, Watson B. Miller, SVaahtDftOQ, t. C. The voto for Owlsoy was over-whelming. over-whelming. Owsley was carried on tho shoulders of legionnaires to u place on tho platform beside Mr. M.u Nldor who grasped his hand find thD tutn-ed tutn-ed to tho assembly. Tho Texas bund broko lopst- "BUI" Deegnn. former commander of NSW York, led In th capitulation of defeated candidates I and moved the vote be mado unanimous. unani-mous. The vote was announced as: Owsley 57 4. 1'eegon CM Thompson 206. McCormlck 11 Mr. Owsley was Introduced by Com-mander Com-mander MacNider. Pleaso accept my heartfelt gratl-tude." gratl-tude." ho said, "for the greatest hon-or hon-or that could come to ono who served in tho world war. "Wo pledged to America In the world war. that wo were her defend- era Wo now must pledge een great-B great-B er service. "Thrro are four great principles on B which wo rest: "Hospitalization, rehabilitation, ad- I justod compensation, Americanization. B "I pledge the best energies of my B with Judge Ksnssaw m. Landli be- tween them, the new and the old com-mandera com-mandera Of the ISfflOD pOSSd on the B platform for photographs BUTE W K EU KI Alvln M iwsley. newly elected com-mander com-mander and acting director Of the Am-eiican Am-eiican legion Americanism commls-alon. commls-alon. when barely 2o years old had gained distinction as a soldier and statesman In tho Lone Star slate 1 1 had resigned a position as district attorney at tho outbreak of tho war, to attend the first training camp open to volunteers and had been assigned aa a major of infantry' In the Thirty-sixth Thirty-sixth division. in this apa Ity. he had recruited his own battalion and t largo portion of the division In Northern North-ern Texas. After serving as division Insur officer and senior Instructor of the third officers' training school at Camp Bowlo, Texas, Mr Owsley srent over-eas over-eas with his division, lie w.ts mad' adjutant of tho division end tooh pari In two major rngag.-menta In Cham-pagno Cham-pagno and the Argonns. BSOOME8 LAWYER AGAIN After tho armistice, Mr. Owsley went to London, where he attended the courts of law and itudled English Eng-lish procedure. He resumed the practice prac-tice of law Immediately following his I discharge In July, 1919, and WSS ip- 1 pointed assistant attorney general of Texas. As head of the legton'a legislative committee in that State, he won out In a fight for a 12,000,000 hospital for disabled service men Il- resign) I hl" position as assistant attorney general B In February, 1021. to become asslst- ent director of the legion's national Americanism commission While engaged m national work and 1 speaking throughout the country in the interest of better cltlronahlp. Mr Owsley retains h'.s membership in th.-Arthur th.-Arthur McNItxey post of the legion, at Denton. Texas, his birthplace. 11' listed the services of the l.oy who gave H his life to hie country and hie nami to this post while serving In Mr. Owsley's Ows-ley's battalion. now UTAH OTED Eight Idaho delegates to tho Am- rlcan l con-,ntlon oted no to th resolution demanding removal of Drlgadll r Oenoral Sawyer, the roll call Showed Eleven Montana delegates ! voted yes. six Nevads delegates yes, ! Oregon fourteen no. Washington four yes, twelve no and i'tih sevt-n no |