Show american leaion news FACTS NOT OPINIONS 1 maintaining contact with the main body of the american legion by natives native runners a traveling post of the legion is today moving through the jungles of west africa the post is the first on the dark continent and its establishment leaves australia as the only continent which has not been penetrated by the legion twenty three explorers for oil headed by robert H wamsley fell to discussing the war on the trail out of loanda angola and it was is discovered that 1 l eleven of the number were ex service men wamsley communicated with akron 0 post of tho the legion which arranged to obtain the necessary papers from national headquarters to establish the african post pdt the explorers will iemann in ili the wilds for three years wisconsin led the other departments of the american legion in new posts formed luring during the week ending 5 9 charters having been issued to three posts ohio chartered ten units of the auxiliary and pennsylvania nine there are now posts of the legion and units of its auxiliary t ak i 9 when the chief of police of amarillo TOX tex was vas threatened with death for his efforts in fighting the crime wave in that city american legion members formed an auxiliary police force and stood by the chief until the town was v as cleaned up 1 A V c thomas av W miller of delaware is receiving congratulations irom from members of the american legion in ili all parts of the country because of his appointment as alien property custodian by president harding colonel miller was a member of the paris caucus of the american legion in 1919 one of the incorporators of the organization in this country and chairman of the national legislative committee of the legion from june 1919 to june 1920 his new job is to look after a billion dollars worth of german and austrian property in this country taken over by the government ahen when war was declared against the central empires A protest alleging discrimination against postal employees because country the me world war will bo be placed before postmaster general will hays by the Ameil can legion according to lemuel bolles national adjutant of that orga organization n iza tion the legion charges t that hat provisions of the act giving wai yet veterans e s preference in civil service d examinations minati ous have been ignored the committee which will take the diat 1 ter up with mr hays will be headed by theodore roosevelt assistant sec rotary of the navy f to further better understanding between canadian and american vet tet 1 erans crans representatives of the american legion posts at oswego and watertown ter town N Y have been invited td attend the annual banquet and celebration of st julians day which will bo be held at kingston ontario april 12 22 2 and 23 under the auspices of tha army and navy veterans in canada ca n ada st julians day will mark the tha anniversary of the first poison gas attack which the germans made on the canadians near ypres cypres the legions action against docho bocho propaganda waa characterized by the canadian society society as a splendid stand in defense of our common liberties 1 full indorsement endorsement indor of the american legion has been voted by tho central labor union of willmar minn the resolution which ave avers rs that the alms aims of the legion and or gaimel labor are identical refers specifically to the arthur F Han hanscom scant post of willmar 0 0 V visitors to gotham from tho the ranks of the american legion are invited to have then their mail addressed in ili care ot of S brankin drew post west wesl forty second street new york city the post of the american legion at bristol on the virginia virgin ia te tennessee an edgee line has completed plans to operate an american legion bathing beach during the coming summer the beach will be free to all children childred mhd to disabled ex service men A bungalow will be built to house tha guests the georgia department of the 4 american legion has just completed a combined membership and service drive that netted about laoo 1000 new members and 2000 concluded clouded cases of claims of veterans the drive took two months representatives senta tives of the legion bureau 0 oc war risk insurance public health service and federal board tor for voca dional education visited every county countr in the state and interviewed men walo who had claims for compensation education or hospitalization former ice men wild who were not members of the legion bene fitted equally with le fe gionna iros |