Show EDITOR WAS ON oil FIRING LINE commander of department of legion one of ma daiy ay newspaper men who head hea d call john francis williams commander of the department of tho the legion Is one of thousands of newspaper in men e n who left their t h e I 1 r typewriters w when hen n the w war a r b broke r ok e out enlisting as a private in the missouri nati national onal guard sir williams rose to the rank of first lieutenant te in the A E i P F lie serea as a machine gun kofl lee r with the thirty fifth division in the mountains and in the argonne mouse meuse drive after the armistice he served as instructor in the A E F university at beaune and later assisted in publicity in connection with the games sir mr williams who Is a member of robert S turman post 13 joplin mo served as post commander and state master at arms previously to his election as department head he la Is editor of the joplin news herald |