The American Legion Monthly [Volume 15, No. 3 (September 1933)]
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Legionjr ^The Jlmerican MONTH L FIFTEENTH NATIONAL CHICAGO OCTOBER 2 to 5 ! . IN GOLDEN NOT ONE BLOW-OUT PLY TIRES! LASTED 3 TIMES LONGER IN GRUELLING HIGH-SPEED TESTS "No blow-outs." "Lasted Today's high speeds generate terrific heat inside your tire. Rubber and fabric three times as long." First separate. A blister forms . inside the tire, where you can't see it . and GROWS . quality tires without the bigger and bigger, until . BANG! A blow-out! And your car shoots madly off Golden Ply failed at one-third the road. the distance ... or less. To protect you from blow-outs, every new Goodrich Safety Silvertown has the amazing Life-Saver Golden Pb/. This new WAS the sensational news that THAT invention resists intense heat. Rubber made our most skeptical tire men and fabric don't separate. Thus, blisters cheer. Gruelling high-speed tests — on the don't form. Blow-outs are prevented be- world's fastest track proved the amazing Heat generated by internal friction separates rub- — fore they even start. ber and fabric — starts "blisters," which grow and stamina of the Golden Ply beyond a ques- grow until BANG ! A blow-out. tion of doubt. Remember, Goodrich Safety Silvertowns are the only tires in the world that offer Telegraph wires fairly burned with the life-saving protection of the Life-Saver these marvelous reports: the safest tire Golden Ply. Yet they cost not a single ever built had been made at least 3 times penny more than standard tires. Look up safer from blow-outs at high speeds. your Goodrich dealer's name in your Heat ... the unconquered enemy of Classified Telephone Directory. Have him tires . checked the had been beyond put a set on your car NOW and be safe fondest hopes of the world's crack tire builders. The Golden Ply had made the same quality tires last three times as long at CD PC | Handsome emblem gruelling speeds! I ll LL with red crystal reflec- tor to protect you if your tail light Hundreds of thousands are flocking to goes out. Go to your Goodrich this new kind of tire. Millions more will dealer, join Silvertown Safety League, receive one FREE. Or send 1 0«! buy it when they buy tires. Because it and Remarkable new Goodrich invention resists heat (to cover packing and mailing) to doesn't cost a penny more than standard — making the New Goodrich Safety Silvertown Dept. 219, The B. F. Goodrich Rub- 3 times safer from blow-outs at high speeds. tires. ber Co., Akron, O. Goodrich H>@f@@(y/ Silvertown Copyright, 1933, The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. // 1/ WITH LIFE-SAVER GOLDEN PLY " " " Onfya STRAIGHT EIGHT can give Straight Eight PERFORMANCE! "I like Pontiac because I want Straight Eight performance — not something just as good. "I like safety and com- fort,and these hot days, believe me , 1 prize 'I Pontiac's Fisher Con- \ trolled Ventilation. "I don't want cheap- ness, but I want a real automobile and I wantpractical econ- "A car is a business omy. Pontiac gives necessity for me. Pontiac meets my me just that. first need because it lasts, stands tip and PONTIAC— the Economy Straight Eight — is one delivers." of the outstanding successes of the year. It is show- ing the way to big-car comfort and Straight Eight performance at low price and with operating econ- omy. Pontiac's 77-horsepower Straight Eight en- gine gives 78 real miles per hour. And don't forget that only a Straight Eight can give Straight Eight "Pontiac not only performs like a truly performance. modern car—it looks the part, and I'm Pontiac is the Economy Straight Eight. Ask any proud of it." Pontiac owner—and you'll find it is giving 1 5 miles or more to the gallon— and gives that not only for a few thousands of miles, but for many thousands after you'd expect it to show signs of wear. One of Pontiac's outstanding features is Fisher Controlled Ventilation. Many say no car can be con- sidered modern without it. Try a demonstration. Let Pontiac itself con- vince you that it has no equal at or near its price. "I've been used to costly cars, but I must say my Pontiac gives meeverything I could want—andgives it economically." The 2-door Sedan, $6i$,f.o.b. Ask your dealer a copy the booklet, for of Pontiac. Special equipment "What do you mean — Balanced Value." extra. Body by Fisher. It is free. A General Motors Value. $585 AND IIP F.O.B. PONTIAC EASY G.M.A.C. TERMS BE SURE TO VISIT THE GENERAL MOTORS EXHIBIT WHILE IN CHICAGO SEPTEMBER, 1933 I 5 ; togetherjor following purposes: (Jo uphold the Constitution CforQod and country , we associate ourselves the and defend <_y ofthe "Zlnited States ofAmerica; to maintain law and order; tofosterandperpetuate a one hundredpercent {Americanism, to preserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreatlWar; to inculcate asense ofindividual obligation to the com- munity, state andnation; to combat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight; topromote peace andgood will on earth; to safeguardand transmit to posterity the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracy; to conse- crate and'sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to the Constitution, ofThe American Legion. Vol. No. September, 1933 Legion 15, 3 MONTH L Y Published Monthly by The Legion Publishing Corf oration, 4$$ West z2d Street, Chicago, Illinois EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES EXECUTIVE OFFICES WESTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE 521 Fifth Avenue, New York Indianapolis, Indiana 307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Editorial and Advertising Correspondence Should be Addressed to the New York Offices, All Other Mail to Indianapolis G'over Design: with a quartering breeze by Leon A. Shafer Late Harvest by Leonard H. Nason 5 Illustrations by J. Clinton Shepherd The Man of the Future by Irving Bacheller 10 Decoration by Forrest C. Crooks They Wore the Gray by Marquis James 12 The Court Takes the Case by Louis Johnson, National Commander 14 Cartoon by John Cassel That Ounce, of Prevention by Orland Kay Armstrong 16 The Golden Fleece by Richard Giles 18 Illustrations by Remington Schuyler A Latchstring Out in Paris by Bernhard Ragner 21 Wherever There Was a Fight by Frederick Palmer 22 The Best Defense Is to Attack by Wallgren 26 Off Again, Back Again by The Old Timer 27 Your Big Moment Is Due by Philip Von Blon 28 The A. E. F. of 191 by John J. Noll 32 Drums and Bugles, Plus by John R. Wilson 35 The Voice of the Legion 36 The A. E. F. As Its Chief Press Censor Saw It FREDERICK PALMER, who from time to time has been giving readers of the Monthly the details of his colorful career as a war correspondent, in the October issue carries his story to the point where, discarding the near mufti of an observer, he became Major Palmer, Chief Press Censor of the American Expedi- tionary Forces. It makes a thrilling story, one you will not want to miss. The Ambrjcan Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion and The American Legion Auxiliary and is owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1933. by Legion Editor, The Publishing Corporation. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 26, 1931, at the Postoffice at Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1879. General Manager, James F. Barton; Winterich; Business John T. Managing Editor, Philip Von Blon; Art Editor, William MacLean; Associate Editors, Alexander Gardiner and John J. Noll; Advertising Manager, B. L. Dombrowski; Manager, Richard E. Brann. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorised January 5, 1925. Price, single copy 25 cents, yearly subscription in the United States and possessions of the United States $1.50, in Canada $2, in other countries $2.?o. 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