The American Legion Magazine [Volume 45, No. 4 (October 1948)]

BIG SAVINGS Greyfount/

firtie BIG EVEJVTS cffi///

'Most everything gets a fresh start in the Fall! leave on the most frequent schedules, from That cool tang in the air puts extra zip into stations right downtown. outdoor sports, late vacations, business COVERAGE . . . Greyhound reaches all plans, big games, school and college of the 48 States, Canada, Mexico. activities. The political pot boils merrily! COMFORT ... in well-ventilated, smooth- Greyhound SuperCoach travel will keep riding coaches, with reclining easy chairs. you in close touch with stepped-up Fall

activities . . . for Greyhound alone meets COST? Less than any other form of trans- these special needs of Autumn trips: portation. It's KickofJ season . . . to get in

CONVENIENCE . . . Greyhound buses the game, go Greyhound!

mm l/vPty ••• ,or 7 ... for Kj^y PLANNED TOURS FALL SPORTS GREYHOUND Today, Long Distance calls go through in about two minutes on the average. Now and then there are delays, but we're about Long Distance handling nine out of ten calls while you hold the line.

We've added many new circuits and switchboards and more are coming along. Our operators know their job.

Our aim is to put your out-of-town calls through faster than ever before. And we're

working hard to do it.

BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM Vol. 45 No. 4 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE The American Legion Maga- looktrimmec zine is the official publication of The American Legion October 194 8 and is owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copy- feel better, wear right 1948. Published monthly at 1100 W. Broadway, CONTENTS Louisville, Ky. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Can You Survive the Hunting Season?. . by pete barrett 11 Section 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Jan. 5, Picture yourself in these settings 1925. Price, single copy, 15 cents; yearly subscription, SI .25. Entered as second And Here's Miami by b. class matter June 30, 1948. boyd stutler 12 at the Post Office at Louis- A preview of what you'll find at the National ville, Ky., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Convention

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Nothing Could Stop Sack by frank c. sheppard 14 Indianapolis 6, Indiana Here's a vet who is too busy to worry about being EDITORIAL AND handicapped ADVERTISING One Park Avenue I Flew Black Market Gold. . .As told to james l. h. peck 16 New York 16, N. Y. An amazing account of a mammoth smuggling ring WESTERN OFFICE 333 North Michigan Avenue Our Artists Model by irving herschbein 18 Chicago 1, Illinois Meet some famous cartoonists on a shopping spree

Please notify the Cir- culation Department, Johnny Lujack's Crucial Year by ed Fitzgerald 20 Publication Division, Post Office Box 1055, The success story of a gridiron star

I ndianapolis, Indi- ana, if you have changed your ad- How fo Cook Game by harry botsford 22 dress. Be sure to give your 1 949 member- What to do when Mr. Nimrod brings home the bacon ship card number and both your new and your old address. With Wally in Paris by tip bliss 24 A tribute to a man loved by millions of veterans Vilas H. Whaley, Racine. Wis., Chairman of the Le- gion Publications Commis- sion; Tom W. McCaw, Den- FEATURES nison, Ohio, Vice Chairman; Members of Commission: Roland Cocreham, Baton Previews 4 Report From Hollywood . 32 Pouge, La.; Jerry Owen, Oakland, Calif.; Theodore Washington, D. C. Cogswell, The Editors' Corner 6 Lining 'Em Up 38 Lawrence Hager, Owens- boro, Ky.; Frank C. Love, Syracuse, N. Y.; Earl L. 44 Meyer, Alliance, Neb.; Paul Sound Off! Vets With Ideas 3. Dague, Downingtown, Pa.; Raymond F. Gates, Rocky Hill, Conn.; Max Newsletter 25 Book Reviews 54 Slepin, Drexel Hill, Pa.; Roger Cole, Jasonville, Ind.;

Josephus Daniels, Jr. , Ra- Parting Shots 56 leigh, N. C; John Stelle, McLeansboro, III.; George D. Levy, Sumter, S. C; Charles E. Booth, Hunting- HELP YOURSELF stand right, feel right, ton, W. Va.; A. C. Jackson, POSTMASTER: Please send notices on Form 3578 and copies returned under Lubbock, Tex.; Dr. Charles labels Form 3579 to Post Office Box 1055, Indianapolis 6, Indiana. look right with "Bracer Royal"! It gently R. Logan, Keokuk, Iowa. Please do not send notice on Form 3578 if a notice has already been sent pulls your stomach in, your chest goes up, to the publishers of The National Legionnaire, Indianapolis, Indiana, with Director of Publications shoulders back. You feel and look years respect to a copy similarly addressed. James F. Barton younger, clothes fit better. Many men say Indianapolis, Ind. it gives real relief from fatigue. Ass't to Director Mike Dolas, this month's cover IN A CLASS BY ITSELF, "Bracer Royal" offers Frank Lisiecki artist, has decorated the outside of you exclusive style and comfort features: Editor The Saturday Evening Post, Liberty, full stretch all-elastic — Alexander Gardiner 2-way waistband This Week, and regularly illustrates lightweight, cool, porous! Exclusive tubu- Managing Editor stories in most of the better maga- lar elastic leg bands — no crease, no curl, Boyd B. Stutler zines. He started drawing as soon no roll! Roomy, no-gape fly-front pouch Executive Editor as possible after he was born on is selj-acfjusting — perfect for all-day wear! Joseph C. Keeley Dec. 12, 1912 in Waterloo, New

Associate Editor York, and kept it up thereafter. He Ask at your department, men's wear, Robert B. Pitkin attended Art School at Syracuse Uni- drug or surgical store for the finest gar- Art Editor versity, graduated in '34, served in ment of its kind! "Bracer Royal". . . $5.00 Al Marshall an enlisted status in the Army's "BRACER'" — a popular priced garment with Make-up and Production Signal Corps until "the war seemed many of the same features $3.50 Editor safely in hand," whereat they mode Irving Herschbein •ReE. V. S. Pat. OfT. him a Lieutenant at le Shima. Eastern Advertising Manager BAUER & BLACK Russell Holt Western Advertising PICTURE CREDITS: PETE BARRETT 11; FPG, INC. 12-13; FRANK C. SHEPPARD Division of The Kendall Company, Chicago 16 Manager 14-15; GEORGE GILBERT 18-19; INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO. ACME 20-21; P. K. Babcock CAREW-CALDWELL 22-23; WARNER BROS. PIC. 32. FIRST IN ELASTIC SUPPORTS

2 • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 — —

This 1600-page Master Volume gives you A COMPLETE COURSE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT learn in Spare Time — at Low Cost!

You can get ahead faster in business, advance to higher duties and larger earnings — if you are TRAINED to handle executive responsibilities. THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE'S HANDBOOK gives you clear- cut guidance on how to prepare yourself for business leadership.

17 BOOKS IN ONE This self-instruction volume makes available to you 1600 for instant use a vast wealth of business information that you can PAGES apply immediately in whatever work you do. The Handbook is so arranged that 5x8 inches, you can (1) look up any item you need, with the mere flip of a finger, and (2) study a with particular branch of business from its fundamentals to its advanced applications. CHARTS, TABLES. THE MOST VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BUSINESS INFORMATION EVER DIAGRAMS. ILLUSTRATIONS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN A SINGLE VOLUME — TO HELP YOU Fully Indexed for Instant Reference

Get This Executive Training The BUSINESS EXECUTIVE'S HANDBOOK shows you the most effective ways to handle business matters of every description, including: in Just a Few Minutes a Day THE DOLLARS in sales contracts; contracts ap- torneys and banks as credit re- pointing agents for sale of mer- porters; law relating checks, Prepare Yourself to Make More Money! AND CENTS OF to BUSINESS: A chandise: miscellaneous clauses notes, drafts or bills of exchange; Now you can learn, in spare time, the techniques real executive in agency agreements; contracts how to write letters granting or of successful executive control. At home, evenings knows how to employing salesmen; special pro- refusing credit; how to write visions salesmen's or week-ends, or during lunch time, why not set "figure" — knows in contracts. collection letters; collection rein minders; form collection letters. aside a few minutes regularly to gain this greater short cuts HINTS ON BUYING MER- business mathe- Buying the right HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE knowledge of business? CHANDISE: matics that make him a quick thing; how to standardize speci- WHO OWE YOU MONEY: Col- is THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE'S HANDBOOK thinker business deal. This fications; buying the right lection of a claim by suit on the virtually a complete course In business manage- section of the Handbook shows amount at the right place, at unpaid obligation; out-of-court ment— giving you step-by-step guidance on every you how to calculate simple and the right time, at the right agreements; assignment for bene- phase of business you must know about to qualify compound interest; bank dis- price; procedure for handling and fit of creditors; equity receiver- for advancement and bigger pay. count; savings through cash dis- analyzing bids; requisitions and ships; voluntary or involuntary WITHOUT this knowledge you run the risk of being count; trade discounts; averages: purchase orders: receiving and petition in bankruptcy: corporate tied down forever to a "dead-end'" job, while others markup and selling prices; annui- inspecting incoming goods: check- reorganizations. who are tra ned for executive work move ahead to ties; sinking funds and amortiza- ing invoices; inventory control. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Can better jobs and more money. The training you get from tion; depreciation: freight rates; HOW TO you read a balance sheet? The verifying MANAGE AN Handbook tells you the meaning THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE'S HANDBOOK can be by check numbers: OFFICE: Do the little details of current assets; fixed assets or applied immediately. Every section —every chapter tables of weights and measures. office routine "throw" you? Here of fixed capital; tangible fixed every page gives you practical business facts you can is a commonsense road-map to — WRITE BETTER LETTERS: Can investments; deferred use to cut os s save time— build profits— make your- you follow when you need help on assets: put your ideas across "on charges; current liabilities; fixed self WORTH AfOSF in whatever work you do! paper"? planning and maintaining the This section of the liabilities; deferred credits; con- Handbook covers: plan to im- office for efficiency; equipment, a tingent liabilities; reserves; cap- prove letters; compiling a corre- files and appliances; making ital stock; surplus. letter-apprais- office procedure function smooth- spondence manual : BUSINESS INSURANCE: How al chart, spirit the ly; economies in the use and tone and of to reduce the cost of ample in- THSS BOOK FREES letter; how to answer an inquiry; printing of forms; hiring and surance protection; law govern- letters refusing requests: letters training new employees. ing insurance policies; types of to revive inactive accounts: let- BF YOU ACT NOW! HOW TO CHECK CREDITS policies; fire, burglary, theft, ters that build goodwill: to how AND INCREASE COLLEC- robbery insurance; fidelity and answer complaints; legal aspects TIONS: Sources of credit infor- surety bonds; credit insurance: YOURS FREE—AN INGENIOUS of business letters; mechanics of mation; Dun Bradstreet -SOLV- & re- miscellaneous coverages. DESK -SIDE PROBLEM the letter; special forms of ad- ports; special agency reports; OFFICERS, ER. In addition to the Hand- dress; dictionary of correct usage. credit interchange; salesmen, DIRECTORS. at- STOCKHOLDERS: Law relating book, you receive at once—FREE HOW TO SELL BY DIRECT to directors; removal of director — a copy of "OFFICE PRAC- MAIL: What products can be with or without cause; liability TICES—THAT CUT COSTS," an sold? What are the steps in of director for acts beyond cor- ingenious desk-side problem- planning direct-mail selling? Here porate powers; law relating to is expert guidance on: selecting liability of an officer for solver, packed with tested ideas officers; lists; types of direct mail: self- mismanagement; rights, liabili- that you can put to work in question chart of direct adver- ties of stockholders. your job. Yours as a gift if you tising; testing: how to record re- CORPORATE MEETINGS, MIN- mail coupon below at once. sults: how to get and build mail- UTES AND RESOLUTIONS: ing lists; how to w rite sales letters. PARTNERSHIPS: TYPES of BUSI- HELPFUL FACTS ABOUT AD- NESS ORGANIZATIONS: etc. VERTISING: Facts for small advertisers; developing demand: PRENTICE-HALL. a guarantee of how to work with an advertising t s agency: fixing the advertising SEND NO MONEY coupon RELIABILITY for over 35 years appropriation; selecting the right media: testing your advertising; PRENTICE-HALL. Inc., Dept. S AL-1048 Ask ANY accountant, lawyer, banker or top cor- how to design and register a 70 Fifth Avenue. New York 11. N. Y. poration official about PRENTICE-HALL. He will trade mark: copyright procedure; tell you that PRENTICE-HALL is one of the printing and typography. Please send me, for 10 davs' free inspection, a copy of the

world's Prentice-Hall BUSINESS EXECUTIVE'S HANDBOOK . Within foremost publishers in the field of business. MANAGING SALESMEN: If you 10 days I will either it are ever required to build and return and owe nothing, or send you initial manage a sales force, turn to payment of $1.50 and then $2.00 a month for three GOOD! HERE IS PROOF! the Handbook for useful facts months until the full price of $7.50 (plus postage) is paid. (from actual buyers' letters on file) on: determining sales territories; FREE GIFT! I am also to receive AT ONCE—FREE—a copy "It is a gold mine of information." sales quotas; recruiting and se- of "OFFICE PRACTICES—THAT CUT COSTS" which is —C. W. Wall. Kansas lecting salesmen; equipping, train- mine to keep no matter what I decide about the "Business "The best book on business I've ever been able to ing and compensating salesmen. Executive's Handbook." get. Wouldn't take $50.00 for my copy." SALES CONTRACTS AND If you send entire amount of $7 50 with this coupon, we — FORMS: Essentials of a contract; will postage. privilege money Stuart Randolph . Georgia pay Same return —and your a sales contract must be in "Greatly exceeds what I expected, and I only when back if not completely satisfied writing; forms of contracts for wish I had known of your offer sooner." sale of merchandise: conditional Name —V. C. Glass, Texas sales contracts; lease agreementeements; MORE THAN 105,000 COPIES SOLD! miscellaneous clauses ( Please Print) Address FOR GIFT AND FREE TRIAL MAIL THIS COUPON City Zone State. .

How REMINGTON OF PRODUCTS reviews INVENTIONS BXPRBSS* Shells IDEAS

Here are the things being developed PLUS for better living now, next month, PATTERN or a year or more from now.

This Year ! WIRE FOR WET PLACES. A new electrical wire with rubber insulation that improves when soaked in water has been developed by United States Rubber Company. Being IT MIGHT be a tough shot or a chance at a big marketed under the trade name Laytex RUW, it was designed for use underground mallard that almost knocks and in wet locations where high moisture resistance gives it longer life and increased your hat off. A squirrel safety. It is particularly suitable for underground lead-ins and for wiring damp base- high in the timber ... a ments. Tests conducted by the Underwriters' Laboratories, where the wire was im- pheasant out over the tall mersed in water at a temperature of 122 degrees F. for 24 weeks, showed that its insu- corn. No matter what the lating properties improved in that time. shot, you'll get power, speed and knockout punch when you shoot Rem- — SLIDE-RULE RECIPES. When planning a meal for two people it ington Express shot shells. frequently seems as though all the good recipes are made for In addition, Remington four or more persons. To reduce these to two persons, an shells have the New Rem- ington Flat-Top Crimp, im- interesting device is now on the market which will reduce proved Wet-Proof con- or increase the measurements to the desired amount. Similar struction, corrugated bod- to a circular slide-rule, the gadget is made of rigid plastic ies for easier handling, and is printed in colors and over-laminated. The maker is progressive burning pow- Recipe-Ralph Company, 470 Nevada Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif. der, lubricated wadding, Price is $1.25. perfect shot pellets and Kleanbore priming.

INSIDE STUFF. An x-ray telescope capable of giving physicians a fluoroscopic view of a patient's internal organs 500 times clearer than now is possible is being built by Westinghouse scientists. The x-ray telescope, which will make possible movie-like viewing of the human body, has been described as "potentially the greatest advance in x-ray diagnosis since these rays were first put to medical use."

TO CLEAN YOUR MOTOR. Legionnaire Sidney G. Harris, manager of E. F. Drew & Spark photo shows City, tells how shot charge of Company, 15 E. 26th Street, New York us about a product made by his old-style shells is ob- company which may be of interest to car-owners. Called Purrge, it is said to improve structed (arrow). Re- sludge through of solvents. sult, a "blown" pot- engine performance by cleaning out gum and the use To tern (circle). Note use it, oil is drained from the engine and Purrge put in. The engine is idled, then holes and thin spots in pattern. the Purrge is drained out, the engine flushed and fresh oil put in. Mr. Harris submitted testimonials from fleet-owners and others who have used it successfully.

Spark photo shows unobstructed flight FOR RAPID SALVAGE. Sportsmen who have lost fishing tackle of shot charge produced by the New or guns by letting them fall overboard will appreciate an in- Remington Flat-Top genious new gadget called Retriev-a Buoy. This is not just Crimp. The result . . a perfect pattern a float and anchor arrangement to mark the spot where equip- (circle). ment has been lost. It is a light, compact aluminum case which is attached by screw or snap to casting rod, tackle box, gun, camera or what have you. The case contains a small float, a See this proof of penetra- nylon line release tion! Tests made at 30, 40 and and a mechanism. When an article equipped 50 yards with No. 4 shot using with it is dropped overboard, water seeps into the case and %-inch pine planks. Note the deep pellet penetration. Yours disintegrates a chemical cartridge. This releases a powerful with every Remington Express spring which hurtles float and attached line to the surface, shell. Remington Arms Com- remaining attached to the lost article. The is picked pany, Inc., Bridgeport 2, Conn. the other end buoy up and the lost article is hauled to the surface. Made by Panef Manufacturing Company, Inc., Milwaukee 1, Wis., the Retriev-a Buoy comes in different sizes ranging in price from pmin

LONGER- WEARING AWNINGS. A new awning fabric which is resistant to fire, mildew and weather is made of fused glass fibers coated with Vinylite resins. The new material comes in ten stable, non-fading colors. Because it is non-absorptive, the fabric will not wilt or stain. Grease, soot or dirt can be re- moved easily with soap and water. The manufacturer is The Holton Corporation, Hibernia Building, New Orleans 12, La.

FOR CHAMPAGNE CONNOISSEURS AND CATSUP USERS. For thirty years, we are told, Joseph N. Amigone was troubled by the problem of removing corks from champagne bottles. After this long period of fiustration he invented the Ami Champagne Cork Extractor. It is a pincers-like device with a series of forged serrations inside the grip- ping jaws, and the jaws are circular to insure proper fit around the cork head. However, if you don't use champagne, the extractor can be used in opening other stubborn closures. Made by the Ami Company, 3404 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y., it sells for $1.95.

LUMINOUS FLASHLIGHT. A flashlight whose case glows in the dark has just been placed on the market by Winchester. The two-cell fixed-focus light has an ivory-colored case and has a harmless luminous material baked onto the solid drawn brass case. This luminous material is "charged" by exposure to light for five seconds or less, after which it glows in the dark and can be seen without lighting matches or turning on room lights. The price is $1.89 with batteries.

FOR MEN WHO WANT A SMOOTH LINE. Worried by the kind of tailoring that make a man's coat bulge at the neck when he sits down, an outstanding designer, Nick G. De Marco, has developed a neck-hugging principle which is said to keep the neck zone smooth under all conditions. Now being used by the Merit Clothing Company, MOTOR OIL of Mayfield, Kentucky, in their Style Mart Clothes, De Marco's principle calls for a new method of manufacture. The coat collar is built first and the shoulders and arm- holes are then cut on an angle. When the coat is put together the tendency to bulge tlows msr or hitch at the neck is eliminated. STAYS T0U6H! ELECTRIC WEATHERMAN. A portable electric weatherman, which automatically and continuously records wind direction and For safe driving during wind velocities in remote, unmanned weather stations, has been developed by the General Electric Company for the changeable fall weather, Army Signal Corps. The device is slightly larger than an infantryman's pack and requires attention only once a month. get instant and lasting Time, wind, speed, and wind direction are marked continuously on a moving roll of paper which is long enough to make lubrication ... Change to an 800-hour record. double-action Pennzoil!

NEW WRINKLE IN MAIL BOXES. If you'd like to have your newspapers and magazines reach you in good condition you'll be interested in a new type of mail box which News-Meter Distributing Company, 3305 Chestnut Avenue, Baltimore 11, Md., is about to place on the market. Designed especially for newspapers and periodicals, this all-aluminum device looks like the conventional mail box which you mount along- side your front door. However, there's an important difference. Instead of having a slot at the top. the box is hinged and swings open from the bottom. A concealed clamp inside holds the newspapers and magazines. The News-Meter comes in two sizes, one selling for $2.00 and the other for $2.25.

At this sign of better dealers, coast to coast

Inquiries concerning items in Previews should be addresed to Previews Editor, The Tough-film PENNZOIL* gives all engines American Legion Magazine, 1 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. an extra margin of safety

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 5 Left: Mr. E. R. Dodge, of the Navy Depart- ment, and Mrs. Dodge, are typical of the nice people you'll meet at trailer parks.

SOLDIER OF NO FORTUNE

You have read of soldiers of fortune, perhaps? This month we give you the experience of a soldier of no fortune. His Right: Fun for the whole family! The economy story is written in collaboration with trailer coach puts lake, woods, seashore of a James Peck, a professional writer on avi- at your very doorstep. ation subjects. It is I Flew Black Market Gold on page 16. We have good reason to EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR believe this article is true in almost every detail, and if it is, the bulk of the profits from this adventurer's biggest en- terprise may lie buried today in a bunch of bottles under a highway in England. Here's today's biggest dol- But that's telling too much. You read it. lars' worth in living comfort. T.C.M.A. approved HOW ABOUT THE LADIES? trailer coaches, built to basic standards by lead- Is this a man's magazine? You should ers of the industry, offer built-in furniture, be in one of our editorial huddles when

private bedrooms, equipped kitchens . . . we kick that question around. About

insulation . . . heating. An American three million Legionnaires are men, about way of life enjoyed by more than a 200,000 are women — from the ranks of million. Write for 72-page Official the Waves, the WACs, the Spars, the Yearbook with pictures and spec- Army and Navy nurses and the lady ifications of America's finest Marines. So there is no question that our coaches. Dept. 1009 Trailer actual proprietors are mainly men. How- Coach Manufacturers ever, the bulk of one million Auxiliares Association, Civic read these pages and we know from research and our mail that the sis- Opera Bldg., Chi- wives, ters, mothers and daughters of most cago 6, Illinois. Legionnaires are avid readers too, and the best estimate is that about six million people, only slightly more than half BUSINESS of whom are men, read this magazine OPPORTUNITY monthly. So, though our first allegiance is to the men we never miss an oppor- Build . . . Own a tunity to provide fitting material which Profitable Trailer Park should interest both sexes. This month There's profit in housing the we are quite pleased to present an article nice people who prefer trailer which takes the female side of a subject life. Thousands of parks are making money; many more needed! YOU which is generally masculine. The sub- be the one to start a good park ... a ject is hunting (male), the slant is the civic asset ... in your town. T.C.M.A. can problem of cooking game in the kitchen give you or your Post valuable facts, guid- (where the lady is boss), the article is ance, free architect's plans and expert advice. How To Cook Game on page 22, and the As a first step, ask for "Planning a Profitable author is Harry Botsford, whose hobbies Trailer Park," containing pictures, diagrams, costs are hunting, fishing and cooking. Harry data. Address Trailer Parks, Dept. 1009 T.C.M.A., Civic Opera Building, Chicago 6, Illinois. looks equally good with a shotgun, a fly rod or a skillet and is an acknowledged expert with all three.

CAN YOU STOP HIM? OR TOP HIM? THE EMBLEM OF T.C BUY A TRAILER COACH BEAR NG We receive hundreds of manuscripts "Kill TO BASIC STANDARDS" each year about disabled men who stand on their own feet and face the world ADAMS • ALL-STATES • AMERICAN • CASUE CUPPER • COIUM6IA • CONTINENTAL successfully. We receive about three • • • EMPIRE • GENERAL DREXLER DUO El CAR dozen each year on the better known GLIDER • HOOSIER RAMBLER • HOWARD INDIAN . IHGUSSCHULT • INTERNATIONAL successful disabled men, such as Monty IRONWOOD • KIT . KOZV COACH • I.A SALLE Stratton, the one-legged baseball player, LIBERTY • LIGHTHOUSE • LUXOR • MACOMB MAIN LINE • MAJESTIC • MODERN and Jimmy Savo, the one-legged night NATIONAL • OVERLAND • PACEMAKER club entertainer. We are, in fact, the PALACE • PAN AMERICAN PLATT PRAIRIE SCHOONER • RICHARDSON natural target for any manuscript on this ROYCRAFT . SCHULT • SILVER DOME subject, for the interest of this organiza- SPARTAN • SPORTSMAN-COLONIAL • STEWART STREAMLITE • SUPERIOR • SUPREME tion in disabled men is no secret. TERRA CRUISER • TRANSCONTINENTAL We don't print many such stories be- TRAVELITE • TRAVEIMASTER • TRAVELO TROTWOOD UNIVERSAL • VAGABOND ' cause, while they are highly inspirational, VINDALE • WALCO • WHITLEY • ZIMMER they also tend to ease the public con-

• The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 science by "proving" (falsely) that "a disability is no drawback to any man." Dependable We sit back and wait for the very best of such articles, and we have one this month. You will go a long way, in our opinion, before you find such a sunny, indomitable, unbelievable character as "Sack" Little, the blind ex-Marine, whose story Nothing Could Stop Sack, appears on page 14. CHAMPION

WAS IT A SEA MONSTER? America's Favorite Spark Plug In our August issue we ran a photo of a peculiar-looking beast from the briny deep in conjunction with the article King of the Shark Fishermen, the story of Ray Knopp, a veteran who successfully introduced a new idea in the field of com- mercial shark fishing. We weren't very helpful in identifying the creature we pictured, which looked somewhat like a monstrous salt-water mule of the genus heeby-jeeby. Actually, we thought the twinkle in Ray Knopp's eye as he posed with his "sea monster" would tell the whole story. We have learned, however, that from Honolulu to Hatteras Legionnaires have been arguing and laying bets on the true nature of this incarnation of a tuna-fish's nightmare. Just to settle all bets here's the story: That monster was a big, fat shark of a heavy and not-too-familiar variety which had become disfigured in Knopp's fishing apparatus so that, quite by accident, when hung with its head flopping backward, upside down, it took on the appearance of a huge, grotesque face. Author S. Robert Russell, who took the picture, casually labelled it "sea monster"

Knopp's Monster When the fire department Is called, fire apparatus must start instantly, accelerate quickly, and reach the scene of action with all possible speed. This and passed it on to us. By the time we requires absolutely dependable spark plugs. That's why leading producers of called him on it his tongue had created a permanent bulge in one of his cheeks. fire-fighting equipment specify dependable Champion Spark Plugs. They, like To get an idea of the real critter turn other experts such as race drivers and operators of fleets of buses and trucks, the picture upside down, overlook the know that Champions insure the utmost in performance and dependability. large accidental (and probably retouched) CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY, TOLEDO 1. OHIO. eye, consider the big, flopping ear as a fin, and you will see an unusual and enormous shark, with a heavy head and FOLLOW THE EXPERTS a slightly protuding lower jaw — but a NEW DEPENDABLE shark, neverthless, and no goofy, long- DEMAND CHAMPIONS FOR YOUR CAR necked, water- breathing Mortimer Snerd.

RBP Urfto to \h% CHAMPION SOU CAU • • • Harry Wltmer't faff tporhcatl »v»ry Friday nigh) over Ihe ABC network

Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • The American "J .

Dry Seaft/

Writers must give name and address. "CAN WE HEAD OFF WAR?" Name withheld if requested. Address: Hats off to National Commander Sound Off, The American Legion O'Neil for his splendid article Can Magazine, One Park Avenue, Nerv We Head Off War? It is too bad there York 16, New York. aren't enough red-blooded Ameri- MUTUAL HELPFULNESS cans left to pass on a little more of this type information to the neigh- What do I think of The American bors. It might help get the average Legion? It's great! God bless it, and easy-going let-the-other-fellow-do- always keep it strong. it American awake enough to see that "... WORLD EVENTS absorb him so much, We had a Blue Baby. Nobody could it is vitally important that they in- yet he overlooks important little things. say when she would die, but our fluence "please-everyone politicians" His hair's a sight! It's dull, unkempt and doctor said she couldn't live to be into taking action before it is too late. he's got loose dandruff, too. I'd better tell more than eight. There are quite a number of us who him about 'Vaseline' Hair Tonic— it'll do When my husband had been home don't think the United States is going him a world of good!" for a few months he was asked by his to have six months or a year to pre- brother to join the Legion. We told pare to fight another no one about our daughter, but my war. The next war is apt to happen any day now if husband's brother mentioned it to a we continue to Hair /ooks fetter^ few Legionnaires. Before you could bend over with our back tempting say Jack Robinson the Child Welfare possible aggressor nations. sca/p fee/s tetter. . committee of Kenosha Voiture of the As an officer in a National Guard 40 & 8 took charge of it. They talked unit I have been brought face to face whenyou check to our doctor and made arrange- with the attitude of the majority that ments with the Memorial Hospital in the veterans have already completed Chicago for an examination, fol- Dry Sca/p their job of American lowed by an operation. Now, three Defense and that the non-veterans have no desire months later she has gained weight to be placed in such a position as to and is on her way to becoming a fill the first lines of defense in the healthy, normal child. They paid for event of another crisis. consen- everything, sent flowers and cards The sus seems to be that this country is and came to visit her. My heartful poorly prepared to go into another thanks go to all those of the Legion, war, but that the other fellow should Auxiliary and 40 & 8. If it weren't for be the one to do the work to fore- them we wouldn't have our child

stall such a possibility. . . . today. God bless them! Mrs. John Dabulski John L. Hixon Kenosha, Wisconsin Atchison, Kansas ERROR TO THE MAGAZINE'S STAFF In Questions and Answers on Some months ago I criticized the National Service Life Insurance magazine, and it was printed in (August) one answer was incorrect. Sound Off! Now let me congratulate It reads in part: "... you on a 100% better job in the July Anybody can

convert NSLI term insurance . . . un- issue, and with a great format. I appreciate the changes. less he is 100% disabled." May I point SEE HOW MUCH better his hair looks now, L. C. Wetteran out that even a totally disabled vet- thanks to 'Vaseline' Hair Tonic! A few drops eran convert his policy Post 5 can NSLI a day do the trick. Why don't you try it? Nashville. Tenn. except that such a man cannot con- Keeps the hair well-groomed, naruraAlook- vert to an endowment policy? All The Legion Newsletter is the best ing. Loose dandruff is checked. Remember, other permanent plans are open to section of the Legion Magazine. . . . 'Vaseline' Hair Tonic contains no alcohol or him. By all means make it a permanent other drying ingredients ... is beneficial Carl W. Bangert feature. The need for something like with massage before every shampoo. It gives Tyndall. South Dakota it has been lively for a long time. As double care ... to both scalp and hair . . . and it's more economical, too. a matter of interest it will be wel- Comrade Bangert is right. The only comed by every veteran for its news restriction on converting NSLI term value and information covering en- insurance is that totally disabled vet- Vaseline acted and contemplated benefits and erans may not convert to endow- TRADE MARK ® conditions applying to veterans. ment policies. Furthermore "totally H. B. Garthwaite disabled" in this case is a special Veterans Service Officer term for insurance purposes and is HAIRTONIC Grundy County not the same as "100% disabled" for Look for the new green and Tracy City, Tennessee disability compensation purposes. white package — out now!

g • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 ELCOME AS A RAINBOW!

You know now it feels to look up ana discover a rainbow in tke sky. You'll kave tkat same sensation of pleasure wken you discover tke glorious pre-war

equality of 7 Crown ... Seagram's finest American wkiskey. 0*^ Seagram's Sure (3**^,

SEAGRAM'S 7 CROWN. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86.8 proof. 65% grain neutral spirits, seagram -distillers corporation, chrysler building, new york ^BOL OF 70,000 yEARS Qf ^0***

If you had been born 70,000 years ago and were the board. They are a fourth of all the emplovees still alive, think of all you would know about Alcoa had 25 years ago, pretty good indication what has happened on earth. that it's "a good company to work for". And if you had devoted all those vears to But here's the most significant point: Sixty working with one particular material found on years ago, when Alcoa started, only five men earth . . . say aluminum . . . think what you were employed. Today about a million people would know about that. have jobs in the aluminum industry, an industry Actually, man has known of aluminum for less comprised of: three companies who produce than 150 years and didn't really start to use it a: minum from ore; a score of companies who commercially until 1888 when Alcoa started smelt aluminum scrap; others who make semi- producing it. Yet in Alcoa's employ today is a finished aluminum products; and hundreds of group of men and women who possess a total companies who manufacture useful articles in of 70,000 years of aluminum working knowledge. which aluminum plays an essential part. These people, 2,700 of them, proudly wear this So even if you have lived but 60 years, a new button as members of the Alcoa 25-Year Service industry that gives a million Americans a good

Club. Many have been in the family longer than living has grown up during your lifetime . . . 25 years. Their jobs range all the way from mill grown up around Alcoa. Aluminum Company hand to president, from engineer to chairman of of America, 614 Gulf Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Pa.

ALCOA first in ALUMINUM 1 2

an you survive the

hii fifing season?

By PETE BARRETT

Every year people are killed in hunting ac- cidents through folly. Here is your chance to test your common sense in gun safety afield. In these pictures John McLain, Jean Specht, and McLain's spaniel, Duke, are on a pheasant hunt. In some of the pictures Jean and John treat their guns with proper respect. In others they do not. Except for the first picture, the guns are loaded. Mark each picture right or wrong, and give reasons if you wish. This is a matter of life and death and you'd better get all six right. Grade yourself as follows: All correct—Smart Cookie. Five correct—Hospital Case. Four or less correct — Dead Hunter. Answers with explanations are on page 30. HERE'S

Rub your eyes, guys and gals! This The twin is only of ^-»^^f£^i The Parrot Jungle with its bright plumaged birds one the bathing beau- ties that decorate Miami beaches will give Pacific vets a touch of homesickness for that dear old New Guinea. Look at the girl friend!

There's a wealth of art and culture, too, for those who do not go in for the vigorous door out- Bluest-blooded horses do their stuff in a sports. Below, a fountain on University campus is a favorite spot for art students magnificent setting at the Hialeah ( Oil I SO MIAMI Some of the things Legionnaires

will see in the fabulous recreation

city when they meet in National Convention, October 18-21

By BI1YU B. HTUTLEB

Waterskiing on Biscayne Bay with the Miami skyline for a backdrop is it said, has just Greater miami, is one of the exciting and exhilarating sports of this famed beach playland about everything it takes to make the ideal vacation and playground center — all of which accounts for the the 21st, will mark a return to the trek, year after year, of hundreds of normal pre-war meets, with restric- thousands to that sun-kissed strand, tions of travel and housing lifted that filling the twin cities of Miami and will permit a record-breaking attend- Miami Beach until they are almost ance. There'll be plenty of gas for ready to burst at the seams. The family parties to drive leisurely to things that go to make it a recrea- the convention city in the old family tional area also make it a great con- gas-buggy, and a record number of vention center. special trains, airplanes and sea-going A goodly number of the more than ships will head into the Miami yards, 3,000,000 Legionnaires already know fields and Biscayne Bay in mid- the place well, and to this segment October. The cities will be ready to the spread of scenic shots will awaken receive the great influx of visitors, for nostalgic memories — and a desire to down in that section the handling of return. Miami was the site of the 16th crowds, large and small, has been re- National Convention in 1934, of pleas- duced to an exact science. ant and happy memory, and it was The Convention Corporation, headed also the site of great training centers by President Joe Adams, has broken for the Army, Navy and Air Force all records in the matter of securing during WW2. There thousands of hotel rooms and housing, all signed young Legionnaires were fitted for up and ready for occupancy during combat and sent out to do their bit in the week. Decorators have been plan- the global war. Aside from other con- ning for weeks and when the first siderations of climate, natural and wave of Legionnaires makes its beach- man-made wonders, some thousands head the city will be gayly bedecked of the younger veterans are going with miles and miles of bunting and back for reunions with their com- the like. rades on their old training ground. Greater Miami has put in many The 30th annual National Conven- months planning for the care, comfort airplane hangars tion of the Legion, to be held in and entertainment of the convention At Dinner Key two were converted into a great convention Greater Miami October 18 through visitors. Welcome is the word. hall for the Legion's business sessions

Colorful, stately pink flamingoes, always in abundance at Miami, attract Palm-studded Biscayne Boulevard is a bit of exotic tropical land attention of visitors. Below, on the infield lake at Hialeah race course set down in the USA — it's worth a trip to Florida to see the Boul' EORGE ANDREWS LITTLE, six fOOt tWO, U one hundred eighty pound ex- Marine sergeant, has an outstanding war record. He is rapidly earning an Nothing Could even more enviable reputation for bravery and righting spirit as a civilian. His friends know him best as "Sack," a nickname acquired in childhood. Sack enlisted at eighteen and went Stop Sack through the usual period of boot training. In February 1944, he landed on Saipan with the first battalion of the 29th Marine Regiment. He was a The story of a blind ex-Marine platoon guide at the time and the third man in the line of command of his unit. The third night after enter- is tackling his peacetime problems as ing combat his platoon was attacked by a band of sword wielding Japs. The lieutenant in charge of the pla- aggressively as he went after Japs toon was severely wounded and the platoon sergeant beheaded, leaving Sack in command of the unit. For his By FRANK C. SHEPPARD bravery on Saipan he was awarded the Silver Star. After Saipan his outfit moved on to the assault on Tinian. At the end of -

the Tinian campaign his battalion was removing his right eyelid completely. an Uncle in Oakboro, N. C, to learn said to be the most decorated in the While he was in a hospital in the how to farm. Marie lived on a farm Marine Corps. Later, during the battle United States a field commission, just outside the little town. for Okinawa, Sack was wounded. As which had been following him all Before he was discharged he pur- acting commander of the 3rd Platoon, over the Pacific, finally caught up chased a thirty-acre farm about half "C" Company of the First Battalion, with him. Ironically, he couldn't ac- a mile from Marie's home. On the 29th Regiment, 6th Marine Division, cept it— he couldn't pass the physical great day when he became a civilian he led his men ashore at Yontan air- examination. again, he tackled the job of building field. On the eighth day after the He spent seventeen months in vari- a home and getting his farm on a landing he was on patrol when a Jap ous hospitals undergoing plastic sur- paying basis, using the same daring occupying a lookout post took to his gery and learning to live in a world that had earned him the Silver Star. heels to spread the alarm that the of eternal darkness. In all, twenty With the help of his in-laws he cut Marines were coming. Knowing that seven operations were performed — enough timber from his land for the sound of gunfire would give surgery on his eyes and plastic sur- lumber to build a modern, eleven- away their position, Sack attempted gery to rebuild his nose and facial room brick home. In addition he sold to dispose of the Jap by running him structure, as well as grafting of both enough to pay for his farm. He had down and using his knife. In hot pur- eyelids. While still in the hospital, he studied drafting in high school and suit, he rounded an outcropping of determined to realize his two boy- he painstakingly explained to Marie rock only to find the Jap waiting with hood ambitions — marry his childhood the architect's method of drawing floor a rifle aimed straight at his head. The sweetheart and own and operate a plans to scale. They spent long hours bullet cut through Little's left eye, farm of his own. He married the girl, dreaming and planning their home. removing the eyelid, and into the Marie Smith, while on Christmas leave Under his careful instructions, Marie bridge of his nose where it expanded from the hospital in 1945. Marie and faithfully recorded their dreams to — tearing out the bridge of his nose, Sack had gone together for six and a scale. With some misgiving, they took his right eye and most of his cheek half years. He first met her when, at their draft to a merchant who made bone and right temple, as well as the age of fifteen, he went to live with architectural (Continued on page 28)

hand. He found him behind an He takes advantage of the Library of Congress straight at the Marine's head service or transcribed books for blind veterans

Little made the tool chest. The tools were presented to him for excellent work in the hospital

This is the house that Sack built. With his wife's help he planned

it, and he took an active part in the construction — even carrying shingles to the carpenters working on the roof This article was presented to us as a true story. After having checked it as much as possible, we believe it is true. By printing it ice do not condone the illegal actions described. However, we believe the article describes an operation that our readers will find extremely interesting, and we consider the story one of the most fascinating we have ever published.—The Editors.

made more than a quarter of a mil- -— less four months ! - I lion dollars in than . — — as an operator for the Gold Market — but this is no success story. £7 Certain Scotland Yard inspectors would have given their eye teeth two years ago to learn how we spirited a king's ransom out of England. They might still be interested in a personal interview; but they had ample opportunity when they had me within their grasp on at least two occasions. They did jail several of my colleagues and The fantastic operations of a big-time ring many of the couriers. However, Scot- land Yard never to this day succeeded in breaking this ring which was mas- of smugglers draining gold from England to the terminded from Paris headquarters by a genial man we knew only as "Mon- Continent, as described by one of its members sieur B." It was no accident that some of us RAF fighter pilots turned out to be As told to JAMES L. H. PECK naturals for shady deals, providing BY they were exciting. If you have known ILLUSTRATED WALTER SKOR nothing but adventure and excitement, the craving for them can become like could collect from normal circulation Scotland Yard. The patriotic, graft- a drug. You've got to have them. You in England large quantities of gold hungry Surete, although cooperating can fight for peace just so long, then currency and move these to France "officially"—was less conscientious; but when you get it you can miss the for highly-profitable disposal. In time, I never permitted myself to take this fighting. In my case, here was the other family groups were included. for granted. chance to satisfy this hunger for ac- Still later, trusted outside agents and My enlistment came about innocent- tion. Moreover, it was a chance to operators were adopted. As will be- ly enough two days after V-E Day, as I make big money doing something that come evident, the ring was a sturdy sought a present in a small curio shop did not seem too dishonest and just weed whose roots branched into the in London's Soho district. I finally se- risky enough to rekindle that combat very highest London and Paris finan- lected a tiny Victorian pendant in the spark. All of us found more adventure cial circles. hope that I might bargain with the —and more money—than we bargained France profited. It was to her ad- elderly proprietor. But he gave me for. vantage to secure all the gold cur- quite a sales talk, as well as a thorough The Gold Market must have been rency possible, since the Nazis had sizing-up. He must have known how conceived long before the war's end, confiscated all gold reserves, even to badly I wanted the piece; but the price but it was not until then that wide- jewelry. On the other hand, it was amounted to more than a month's sal- spread operation began. From what I wholly to Great Britain's interests to ary, which he also knew. learned, the business started as a plug this leak that eventually became "You were in the Battle of Britain family affair. The Big Boss — as we a strong, steady flow. This is why the weren't you?" I told him yes. Did I called Monsieur B — reasoned that he ring became a top-priority target of still fly? (Continued on page 36)

Jeff Keate is partial to widespread collars such as he is wearing here with a pure silk rep necktie. The white shirt of course, goes well with his Rogers Peet suit of unfinished worsted — a smart double breasted drape model. To augment his wardrobe Jeff is buying a striped shirt of fine broadcloth which complements the English fou- lard necktie he is matching to it.

OEFF KEATE

'Shirts?"

Our Artists

How do America's top cartoonists dress? We asked six of them to show us and they gave us the cartoons on these pages. Doubtful, we tracked them with a camera to a New York Rogers Peet store

Dick Ericson stopped in just long enough to pick up some items for a week-end trip. His camel hair overcoat is just the thing for cold afternoons in a football stadium. His hat is a snap brim model in Ascot- brown with a midnite blue band a good color contrast.

While his fellow artists were busy looking for heavy clothing to stop the fall winds, Tom Hen- derson selected his wardrobe for Florida. Rogers Peet calls the straw hat, "Solight" Bali-Buntal, and with it Tom is wearing an all-wool Cheviot sports jacket and gabardine slacks..

18 *<>S Like most big men Dan Kilgo is very fussy about his selection of shoes. He insists upon comfort as well as good styling. For every day wear he has a pair of wing-tip Scotch grain oxfords which go well with his preference in socks — colorful Scotch Argylls. His moccasin type blucher oxfords with thick crepe rubber soles will be good for rugged outdoor wear or long hikes in the fall.

^^^^^ Model

one Thursday (cartoonists' day off). A fashion expert tells us the cartoons are a little out of his line, but the discriminating man can get some ideas for his fall wardrobe from these photos.

"No! No! My age is 69 - My size is 39.T

Of course, Will Johnson isn't 69 years old and the suit fits a good deal better than he has portrayed it in his cartoon. In fact, this single-breasted drape model of all wool-worsted-cheviot is very popular with the young businessman who wants to present a smart appearance on the job.

Having been there we can assure you that Bill King did not look like the middle man in his cartoon, but there's no denying that his new ensemble is very good looking. The coat he has chosen is the always popular fly-front gabardine which has almost become a must item for fall wear. Topped off with a smart brown hat, Bill can't be blamed too much for admiring himself.

"You should have come to us sooner — before your image got set in his ways." 19 John Lujack, Jr., running and passing star of Notre Dame, works for the Chicago Bears this year at $25,000

College ball was easy for the talented Lujack.

prisingly easy to get. You When a great college quarterback moves up to fill may even discover that one of America's greatest uni- versities is willing, even the shoes of a great professional, he has to have it! eager, to give you a free ride all the way to graduation day. This year Lujack tries for Luckman's job The career I'm talking about, of course, is professional football. Iti ED FITZfiERALD One of the most fabulously successful operators in this relatively new line of business is a Polish kid You won't find it in any of the clean up a fast fortune; some wash out. from a small town in Pennsylvania copybooks, but there's a profitable What makes it such a typically called Connellsville. His name is John new career open to vigorous, hard- American field of opportunity is the Lujack, Jr., he's the son of a boiler- working young college graduates in fact that you don't have to have any maker inspector on the Pittsburgh America today — and I don't mean stuffy qualifications to make the grade. and Lake Erie Railroad, and he re- television. You can be anything but a brilliant cently started work on a four-year The job I have in mind requires, on student and still get by. You can be contract with the Chicago Bears that the average, almost as many years of from the poorest family on the wrong will pay him approximately $100,000 preparation as becoming a doctor, and side of the tracks and still be wel- for laboring five months a year for you can't work at it too long — but it's comed with open arms by the so- the next four years. a gold mine while it lasts. Like most called best people. True, you almost The men of Connellsville, who other jobs, it has different levels of have to have a college education, but watched old John Lujack's youngest compensation. Some people just make if you prove in high school that you've boy grow up, who said hello to him as a pretty good living out of it; others got the stuff you'll find a degree sur- they walked to their factory or rail-

20 for playing a game with a ball, and wondered what next. If so. they were sharing an emo- tion with Johnny Lujack himself. For the kid from Connellsville. enjoying at 23 years of age a fame almost as great as that of the President of the United States (and a whole lot less

controversial) , is also wondering what next. Johnny Lujack used to say he had two ambitions in life. One was to go to Notre Dame and play football there; the other was to play for the Chicago Bears. He has, of course, made both those boyhood dreams come true. But now he realizes he still has a third dream, and he knows in his clear-thinking way that it will

Opposing teams usually got this kind of view of No. 32, a great back behind a great line take a little doing to pull this one off. He wants to make good for the Bears. road jobs with their black lunch pails He wants to make good for the fans Can Lujack fill the shoes under their arms, didn't make that who have shown so much affection of ageing Sid Luckman (belowl? much money doing manual labor 12 for him already, for George Halas, months a year for the last 25 years. who gave him the richest contract When they read in the papers that any player ever got from the Bears, the Lujack kid is getting $25,000 a and for his bride of a few months, year for playing football, they prob- Patricia Lujack.

ably were shocked. But it must have He's not nervous about it, or scared.

been a pleasant shock they felt un- He thinks he can do it. But he knows derneath their rough flannel work it won't be easy, and he knows he's shirts, because no man can help feel- oing to have to work like he's never ing good knowing he's bringing up his worked in his life. kids in a country where such things If you have any ideas about college can happen. Just the same, they must football being bad for the kids who

have thought of all that money, just play it, you'll (Continued on page 29)

Here on the Chicago Bears' bench many a great college star finds his biggest moment whooping at the deeds of less-well-known teammates

Mrs. legionnaire, does your cook- begged to be taken. We have to figure and season to taste. It's glorious made book tell you how to make a what to do with it now that it's here. with venison; it's equally good made tasty dish out of that critter your hus- Don't let the bulk frighten you, with beef or veal. band shot? If he brings home two lady. Take it to the family butcher squirrels, a rabbit and a woodchuck and have him cut it into appropriate THE traditional royal roast saddle of (or maybe even a deer) does he tell cooking portions, hung in the cooling venison is a dish for the most for- you what to do with them, except: room until ready for use. Though not mal of dinners, easy to prepare. Mari- "Cook 'em"? the same in size and proportion, the nade (in other words soak) a saddle Does he know how to cook them? cuts of venison are about the same as of venison in a mixture of % red You know very well he doesn't. All the cuts of beef, which your butcher wine, Mj water, plus a liberal quantity he can do is sit around and tell lies knows so well. There are round steaks of pepper, bay leaves, thyme, mustard about the Mighty Hunter (himself). on the haunch, flank steaks from the seed and sliced onion-24 hours should But if my watch is right it's almost belly, and there are rib steaks and be sufficient. (A saddle of venison is six o'clock now and he has his feet rump steaks, and so on. just what it says — the meat on the up on the coffee table while he waits The fat is not very palatable. Cut back, over the ribs.) Remove the meat for the four people he invited for off the fat and substitute salt pork or and insert tiny slivers of garlic in it. r supper, and my guess is that you've suet. And then simply remember this rub lightly with salt, roast in a 350 slipped some of that game into the cook venison as you would lamb or oven, basting with the marinade and garbage pail and the frown on your drippings until the meat is brown and face comes from trying to figure how SHANK tender. Remove to a hot platter, add to make that Vienna sausage pass for 1 glass of currant jelly to the drip- ROUND squirrel. You remember too well that pings, plus cup of sour cream and RUMP V2 pheasant you ruined. Of course you 1 tablespoon of brandy. Stir over a LOIN put a dry, spicy stuffing in it, treating high heat until the mixture thickens

it like a common chicken. FLANK into the finest of all gravies. Sur- Yet it's not your fault. You didn't round the roast with sliced oranges buy the stuff. Nevertheless if you and spiced pears. It's a dish that calls PRIME RIBS don't watch out he'll bring a deer for the best china and silver, the best home next and you might make the PLATE linen, the finest crystal and a bottle mistake of preparing it like beef. You of Burgundy at room temperature. can cut venison like beef — but there CHUCK Candles, too! the similarity ends. May I give you a BRISKET How about pheasant or grouse? the If few tips handed down from days NECK They deserve special treatment. the when game was the only meat on the cook remembers a few simple rules, American groaning board? SHANK success will attend her efforts. No The cuts of venison heavy seasonings, if you please! No

|% I early all game is swell eating when sage, thyme or spices. These wild 1^1 prepared like game rather than veal, never as you would beef. Serve birds are endowed with their own

like something else. Woodchuck can be it well done. That's all. delicate flavor which is easily de- mighty tasty, as many old woodchuck But if you want something special stroyed. Roast or broil as you would eaters know. Our upland game birds, try a venison gulyas (not goulash!). chicken. Don't rub spice on the bird wild ducks and geese, deer, rabbit Ingredients: for every 2 pounds of or make a spicy stuffing. Some people and squirrel can be as good or better. venison cut into cubes, use 1 tomato, complain about the dryness of game- Learn how to prepare these eats and 2 sliced onions, 1 diced green pepper, bird meat. If you are roasting one you can sock away some of your 2 tablespoons of Hungarian paprika your cue is to make a mild, damp butcher allowance for panties or what- and 1 ounce of diced salt pork per stuffing which will remove the dryness. not and really put the Old Boy's pound of venison. hunting trips to good account. Heat an iron kettle very hot, use 1 % M /oodcock and quail are small birds. Without further ado here are some tablespoon of cooking fat for every WW Usually only the breast is served. recipes and advice. pound of meat. When the fat splutters, The meat has an entrancing, delicate, Suppose that so-and-so really brings toss in the venison cubes to brown. memorable flavor when properly home an entire deer. Let's pretend he Next drop in the onions and remove cooked. Here's one sure-fire way of really stalked it fifty miles through the kettle from the fire and stir while preparing either bird: Plan on one impenetrable forest, like he says, and adding the paprika. Return to the fire, breast to a serving. Place under a hot brought it to its knees with his last add other ingredients, clamp on the broiler, baste with olive oil seasoned bullet, guided only by a faint spoor cover and turn the fire low. Shake with salt and freshly ground black wafted over a hill half a mile away. from time to time to keep the contents pepper. Time: 10 to 15 minutes. Brush Let s not argue, even though we know from sticking. Use no water! When with melted butter, serve on buttered the thing walked right into camp and the meat is tender, thicken the liquid toast sur- (Continued on page 32) The career of the beloved

cartoonist of the First

A.E.F. in the City of Light

Hi Til 1 HUSH One day, out of a clear sky — that being one of the days it did not rain ILLUSTRATED BY SHEPARD MAC -Captain John Goodman approached the Company Clerk, carrying a t was really through the instru- folded paper in his hand. mentality of Rags, a little black "How'd you like to go to Paris?" dog mostly poodle, that the Sergeant he asked. came to meet the man who was The Company Clerk did what any destined to become the voice of the soldier would have done under the A. E. F. The Sergeant wasn't a ser- circumstances. He goggled. geant at that time and Rags hadn't It was an order dated May 13, been christened-all that came later. 1918, directing Serial Number 293770 The Sergeant, then a corporal, had to proceed to Langres, there to ac- acquired Rags from a young lady quire a right-hand drive Model T named Madeleine something - who with a solid rubber tire strapped on Hved in the city of Rennes where its side, also a cook and a corporal. the Sergeant's duties took him a The order was duly executed, the couple of times a week. Mr. Made- cook being deposited at Tours and leine was in the French Army and the corporal at some unidentified Madeleine couldn't see the needed village along the way. Then, as per expense of supporting a dog (most- orders, he located the office of the

ly poodle) , so the Sergeant took him Army Newspaper — The Stars and over. Stripes, reporting to the Command- So much for Madeleine. The Ser- ing Officer. geant never saw her again. A young man in the uniform of a The Sergeant, who hadn't attained private in the Marine Corps looked that grade yet, had been located in up from a drawing board on which a small town some twenty kilo- was impaled a large sheet of heavy meters from Rennes where he had paper partly covered with the be- been Company Clerk. It was a good ginning of a cartoon strip. His legs job as jobs go, since it spared him were protruding into the aisle and the duty of squads easting or double- a pack of cigarettes stuck out of his timing under a full pack up half the packet. hills in Fi ance. "Well," he (Continued on page 34)

J . . . : , LEGION NEWSLETTER A DIGEST OF EVENTS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO YOU

October, 1948

REGISTER, THEN VOTE: The American Legion THE LEGION: For the third successive year is throwing its weight behind an intensive the Legion has exceeded the 3 , 000 , 000 campaign to awaken voters to a sense of mark in paid-up memberships. .. .17,090 their responsibilities as partners in our chartered Posts were actively operating government. . . .Every citizen is being urged at the mid-August head-count. .. .Of this to register and vote at the coming elec- number, 75 located in 29 States had ex- tions . . . Voters are not told how or for ceeded 2,000 members each, 7 of which had whom to vote . . . .Placards and other mate- more than 5,000. .. .Pennsylvania, with 10, rial to stimulate the campaign have been led the roster of giant Posts. . . .New York sent to every Post by the Americanism and Illinois each had 7; Iowa, 5; Cali- Division. * * * * fornia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio and West Virginia, each had 3; Alabama, Ari- NEW RATING SCHEDULE: Of interest special zona, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, Okla- to Service Officers are the extensions to homa, Texas and Washington, had 2 each. the 1945 VA rating schedule prepared and released this year, containing recommen- * * * * dations of the Special Rating Schedule ALASKA PRIZE WINNER: 19-year-old Air Force Committee of The American Legion, ... This Corporal James A. Shain, on duty as com- committee was authorized by resolution at munications equipment technician at Fair- the Milwaukee National Convention in 1941 banks, Alaska, was winner of the Legion's and is composed of outstanding practicing "Days of '98" grand prize.... a trip around

Service Officers. . . . The 1945 schedule con- the world for two. . . Corporal Shain passed tains many of their recommendations . . . up the trip, settled for $4,000 cash, and The 1948 extensions are further recommen- will bring his wife from the family home dations designed to make adjustments and at Sikeston, Missouri, to Fairbanks, to to cure deficiencies and inadequacies in set up housekeeping. rating certain types of disablements. . . * * * * * * * * COURSE OF LEGION STUDY Post officers and SENIORITY RIGHTS UPHELD: Another seniority chairmen of committees, as well as Legion- right decision of wide importance to WW2 naires in general, are offered an oppor- vets was handed down by 9th U.S. Circuit tunity to know more about their particular Court of Appeals. .. .This decision upheld duties and the organization in general a veteran' s right to return to a union j ob through the correspondence course of study. with the same seniority ranking d hel when . . .A complete training course in the back- he left for war, despite union contract ground and programs of the Legion is offered. changes made in his absence .... The case . . . Study groups are b eing organized in hun- was that of three Burbank, California, air- dred s of Posts . . . .Write the American craft workers who had returned to their Legion Extension Institute National Head- jobs. . . .then discharged. . . .later rehired quarters, Indianapolis, Indiana, for full without their old seniority ranking. particulars. X" H' WAR CLAIMS ACT: A number of inquiries have AMONG THE POSTS: Five Rothleder brothers been received about the War Claims Act of — Wilbur, William, Willard, John and 1948 (Public Law 896, 80th Congress) re- Melvin — all Army WW2 vets except Melvin lating to former prisoners of war.... — are' active members of Downtown Post Washington advises that the War Claims No. 64, Buffalo, New York. ... They turn * em Commission has not been appointed and out rugged at Sunbury, Pennsylvania, where probably will not be until after the all 29 Past Commanders of Milton-Jarrett- November elections and the convening of Norman Post No. 201 are living, active in a new Congress ... .No instructions or ap- business, and in community and Legion plication forms are available as yet.... affairs. A dinner for the Past Commanders Legion is advised that private agencies with all present was held recently. Only a soliciting business among former prisoners few 30-year Posts can tie this record.... of war have no favored standing with the Leslie Kreps Post No, 32 of Salina, Kansas, G overnment and are not connected with the has a uniformed funeral and burial team of

Government. . . .National Rehabilitation 32 members. The group has rendered the last Division, The American Legion, has prepared honors to most of the returned war dead a circular giving brief of the legisla- brought back to the Salina area.... Miss tion. .. .Legion is interested in seeing Arrilla Tupper, former WAC Corporal, is the that all such claims are processed without new Commander of Edwin Lavin, Jr., Post cost to veteran or beneficiary. No. 1047 of Chicago. (Continued on next page)

25 , . . ,.

Commander Tupper will skipper an outfit has been awarded to only 32 men in the composed of 125 men and two women. "She's Legion' s thirty-year history. . . .Ralph D. done more for our Post than any five guys Cole Post No. 3, Findlay, Ohio, has com- would think of doing," writes one of the pleted 25th continuous year of Boy Scout enthusiastic 125. sponsorship, with four Scoutmasters. A

Z H- * * survey discloses that more than 600 boys have been enrolled in the Troop; 104 served RETREADS WILL REUNE : Retreads, men who in'the armed forces in WW2 and 8 were killed served in both World Wars and most of whom or died in service ... .228 of the 1,100 in the Legion, will hold are old timer s Posts in Illinois sponsor Boy Scout Units. their first reunion with The American * * * * Legion at Miami, October 18-21 .... Several "Huts" have been formed in New York and NATIONAL COMMANDER SCHOLARSHIPS: Winners one in Dade County, Florida. .. .Lisle of the National Commander's Scholarships Burroughs, 1153 Shore Road Ext., Brooklyn for 1948 have been announced. .. .20 such 14, N. Y., is the Adjutant. scholarships are given annually by the Legion for full time course at a college, * * * >.<• university or technical institute to sons RED CROSS BLOOD CENTERS: Legion support of deceased veterans of either World War. the peace-time national blood program of ... 1948 winners are : Charles A. Jenkins, of the American Red Cross has been prof- Jr., Willimantic, Conn. ; Donald Alexander fered by National Commander 0'Neil....It Newcombe, Melrose, Mass.; Donald Bounds is planned to establish 200 centers in Kiddoo, Wilmington, Del.; Conrad L. Mc- principal cities with mobile collection Culley, Vienna, Md. ; Robert Bruce Shearer, units to supply c ivilian hospit als and Gainesville, Fla. ; David Hope Burley, other institutions with b lood without co st Clemson, S. C. ; Joseph A. Markus, Breese,

$ ' ¥ If- 111. ; Donald Leslie Mattox, Tecumseh,

Neb. ; Richard L. Mann, Hamilton, Mont. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOR NEW SERVICE MEN: ; The Bureau of Veterans Re-Employment Sam Newell Murphy, Mount Vernon, Washing- ton; Charles Lloyd Carper, Dunbar, W. Va. Rights, U.S. Labor Department, has ruled ; that re-employment provisions of the Se- William J. Englert, McGrann, Penn. ; Donald B. Riester, Auburn, N. Y. Henry W. Garrett lective Service Act of 1948 apply to en- ; Birmingham, Ala. Henry Wilson Arnold, listees and re serve personnel as w ell as ; Camden, Tenn. ; Max Anthony Gozesky, St. inductee s. . . .Those who voluntarily enlist or are called to duty after the passage of Charles, Mich.; John F. Kovarik, Omaha, P. the Act are entitled to all re-employment Neb. ; Frank Rempp, Yankton, S. D. ; James Leonard Bemis, Bellingham, Wash. ; and rights and benef its . . . .The re-employment provisions are based on a three-year period. Felix Edward Dugger, Chula Vista, Calif. * * * * * * * * VA SAYS: Trailers and houseboats do not HOUSING BILL: Special sessions of Congress qualify as homes under the loan guaranty in its closing hours passed a housing bill, provisions of the GI Bill. .. .Lapsed Na- signed by the President, and now a law. . . tional Service Life Insurance can still be This measure, among many other things, re ins tated , but since July 31, 1948, vets authorized VA to increase interest rate on whose insurance has lapsed more than three GI home loans from 4 to 4% percent . . . . The months will have to pass a physical ex- Act eliminates the r oom maximum and es- amination to qualify for reinstatement. . . a family unit maximum of tablishes $8,100; Immediate openings for 100 young doctors provides interim finance on prefabs; au- i nterested in taking re sidency training in thorizes insurance for on-site fabrica- psychiatry or n eurology are available in tions on not less than projects of 25-family VA hospitals. units ; increases mortgage limits for ¥ * * * owner-occupant loans, and makes provision THE BABE PASSES: Babe Ruth, the greatest for rental housing and veterans co-opera- home run hitter in the history of baseball tives.... No provision was made for 'slum and one of the sport's most loved char- clearance or public housing. acters, died in New York City on August * * ¥- * 16th, of cancer of the throat .... The Babe, ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Child Welfare Chairman always intensely interested in the welfare Ralph Heatherington has announced that the of youth, had acted as consultant to the Legion expended nationally a record sum Legion's Junior Baseball Program. .. .Rep- of $5,323,969.27 during the 1948 fiscal resenting the Legion, Alexander Gardiner, year i_n direct emergency aid to needy Editor of the Magazine, and Bob Bell, of children of veterans ... .Radio Station the Public Relations Division, attended WHEB of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the the funeral services at St. Patrick's 1,000th regular weekly broadcaster of the Cathedral in New .York. Legions' s DECISION NOW program The * * * * Alabama Department Convention adopted a WELCOME AT MIAMI: Legionnaires flying to resolution recommending the award of the the Convention will be very important Legion's Distinguished Service Medal to persons to Eastern Air Lines Post No. 292, Dr. George Washington Carver, distin- Miami .... Special service is planned, with guished scientist and educator. This medal greeters and info booths. 26 Joe Vaughn "knows his onions"!

I* Joe Vaughn and his brother run a food store in High Point, North Carolina. Maybe not the biggest market in town— but you'd find it one of the best! Joe's plenty shrewd, but never "sharp." He takes pride in giving his customers the most he can for their money. "But," says Joe, "I wonder if a lot of business firms, today, aren't making too much profit."

2. That same thought is often expressed by thousands of other Americans. Perhaps you yourself have thought that manufacturers' profits are too high. In a recent nation-wide poll, a great many folks guessed that industry's profits take a pretty big chunk of the sales dollar. Then they were asked what they thought would be a fair profit for industry to make. Most of these same people said from JO to 15 cents out of each dollar of sales.

3. How does that check with the actualfacts? Government figures show

that industry averages less than half

that much profit!

4. So you see, industry's profits are a lot less than you may have thought. And remember, about half of what industry does make is plowed right back into business to help pay for the development and progress that produce more goods,

more jobs, and greater security for all . . . That's how the "profit system" works to help give you and all other Americans the highest standard of living on earth!

N ATIONALNAL ^ SSOCIATION OF ANUFACTURERS

Cjfior a Better Tomorrow for Everybody NOTHING COULD STOP SACK When young Kurt Allen made his ap- vegetables as well, as chicken and meat. pearance, his father became very con- keeps three four (Continued from page 15) He or hogs for his meat scious of his responsibility in providing supply. He had eight acres in oats, six sideline. The drawings as a hobby and future security for the son he will never in corn and six in milo maize this year. finished drawings merchant struck off see. He began "looking" around for some He pays for the sowing, his father-in-law making and had blueprints made without farm activity which would assure him of takes care of the harvesting and they any changes ill their plans. The house sufficient income to support his family. split the crop. their careful is sufficient testimony to He was determined that his farm pro- Once his chickens are on a paying proportion. planning and sense of gram would be something that he could basis, he plans to sow his land to pasture their and Sack used most of savings operate alone. Chicken farming seemed and raise beef cattle. Then he will be secured a ten thousand dollar GI Loan to be the answer. able to operate his farm almost entirely would to build their home, a house which independent of outside assistance. He southern easily bring $25,000 in most |ast year he started with five hundred walks about his farm at will and swims construction cities today. Much of the L White Leghorns of good stock. He has in the nearby river. When in urgent need work on the house was done by Sack. He a 48 by 26 foot cement block chicken of help on the farm he has even walked carpenters and carried supplies to the house with a cement floor. Recently he the four miles into Oakboro. While bricks and mortar to the masons. purchased a six hundred egg electric in- The plastic surgery performed on his carpenters on he carried shingles to the cubator and will hatch his own chicks in face has been very successful, but there story house, his wife the roof of the two the future. Now he has a thousand is still some work to be done. The dam- she had shuddered and wondered why chickens. Some time this fall he will com- age to the right side of his face was so nothing that ever been warned to do plete a second chicken house, twice as extensive as to prevent the wearing of himself might destroy his confidence in large as the present one, and will build an artificial eye and the surgeons give blue When his shins became black and his flock to fifteen hundred chickens. The him little hope of correcting the situation. against the ob- from constant bumping chicken houses have automatic drinking Until such time as the eye is blanked in around a jects that always accumulate fountains and feeders, with a feed room he is forced to wear a bandage over it out and bought construction job, he went in each building. They are completely at all times. When contacted by a VA a pair of high leather boots. modern, even to the point of having large representative relative to entering a hos- He can hit a nail better than most windows on the front, equipped with a pital to have the final plastic surgery the amateur carpenters and helped with special wire screen that keeps the ele- performed he replied, "I certainly would to sheathing and sub-flooring. Unable ments out and lets in the ultra-violet like to have the surgery completed but hole for his secure anyone to dig the rays to encourage maximum productivity. I'm just too busy to take the time to excavation and septic tank, he dug the So far he has had no difficulty in find- have it done now." roof laid the drain alone. He put a tin ing a ready market for his eggs, fryers Remembering his own disappointments and his on the well house unassisted. He and broilers. When his buildings are all and difficulties in getting started in kitchen, wife laid the asphalt tile in the completed and he steps up production, he chicken farming, Sack offers this advice did breakfast room and bathroom. Sack will need a steady market for about a to other interested veterans. "Get a good the cutting and fitting, sawing the tile hundred broilers each week as well as standard breed of chicks to start — and wife telling him with a hacksaw with his for fryers and eggs. He hopes to get don t be disappointed by your first year. and on when he was getting off his mark lined up with a couple of large hotels or You must expect setbacks and have the of the which side. He put down most a produce market in nearby Charlotte, determination to carry on." Sack was shoe mold, and hung the cabinet doors N. C, on a contract basis Then he can probably remembering the time he laid the cabinet, in the kitchen and fitted set up a regular production line with his out his first chicken house and had the hardware. He primed and painted the electric incubator and modern chicken foundation poured - only to have his first coat on the window frames and houses, and produce any number of broil- father-in-law pay him a visit and tell auto- painted one room. He has made ers, fryers or eggs required each week. him that he was putting the building chickens. his matic feeders for his When Gardening on a rotation basis, he is practically on his neighbor's line. Or the young son insisted on interrupting work able to get three crops a year from his fateful morning when he found that a continually by the simple expedient of fertile soil. He can plow and plant the hundred of his precious chicks had falling out of his wagon, Sack built a garden alone, but he admits he has some smothered. "I'm going to keep my brooder pen on the wagon. difficulty in separating weeds from vege- in the basement from now on," he says with But then Sack is pretty handy tables. His wife cans all the family's doggedly. the end tools! When still in the hospital, a Philadelphia firm offered a set of tools to any veteran building his own tool chest. Sack turned out a wonder, with leather bound corners and fittings for holding a complete set of hand tools. Although he didn't have his wife's keen eyes to tell him when he was getting off the line, he solved the problem with typical GI ingenuity. He merely clamped a steel square to the boards and sawed along the edge. He admits it was mighty hard on the hospital's saws but it gave him a straight line — and he won a fine set of tools. He recently cleared almost an acre of land surrounding his house. He cufdown most of the trees himself. The only casu- alties were several axe handles and one pole supporting a power line. Sack swears that it was the only "tree" that didn't drop just where he wanted it and that it wasn't really his fault anyway — the

wind did it. Marie doesn't care whose fault it was. She reminds him that she had beans baking in the oven and a washing in the machine when it happened and that he had to walk half a mile for help.

2Q • The American Legion Magazine • October 1948 lUJACK'S CRUCIAL YEAR under the shimmering Golden Dome at of Ensign. From there it was the bound- South Bend, Indiana, he went. And ing main, sea duty on one of those tiny ( Continued from page 21) neither he nor the university has ever sub chasers you used to see plowing have a hard time hanging on to them been anything but wildly happy that he through the water with their sharp noses after you examine the case of Johnny did. Unquestionably, it was a good deal buried deep and their pitching decks Lujack. The Lujacks never went hungry, for both parties. awash with angry waves. Johnny served and you don't have to feel sorry for them. What Johnny Lujack did in a Notre as third officer on the ship, later becom- They always took care of themselves. But Dame football uniform is so familiar by ing the executive officer. There were only

not one of them ever dreamed of getting now that it would be useless to list all three officers on the whole vessel, so he from the world what Johnny has gotten his feats. He stepped into the spotlight had plenty of work to do as they prowled — and it was football that gave it to him. when Angelo Bertelli, the renowned around in the European theatre doing It's football that promises to give him "Springfield Rifle," went off to war in whatever sub chasers do for a living in more and more, until he's as much a the middle of the 1943 season - and the wartime presumably chasing slabs. national landmark as Joe DiMaggio or spotlight never left him. Furthermore, Ensign Lujack received orders to inactive the Statue of Liberty, until he's got so on him it looked good. He was a cham- duty on June 15, 1946, and after a much money stashed in the bank that he pion every step of the way. brief stay with his folks in Connellsville, gets the Grade A smile and handshake There was a coolness about this kid during which he joined the local post of from the vice-president when he walks from Connellsville that caught the imagi- the American Legion, his eager feet in to make a deposit. nation of everybody who saw him play. turned once again to the Golden Dome The athletic career of the young man at Notre Dame. He was going back to who has become the Red Grange of his pick up where he had left off three years generation had its formal beginnings at before, back to the school he loved and Cameron Junior High School in Con- the game he loved. Back to meet all the nellsville. There, at the tender age of 13, guys who had been away, too - includ- with hardly any meat on his bones but ing Coach Frank Leahy, the skipper who a big wad of moxie in his heart, Johnny ran the show so brilliantly. attracted widespread attention with his There was only one thing in the minds kicking, his passing, and his running. of the Notre Dame veterans as they Picking up a couple of years and a couple a4> poured back to South Bend from all of pounds, he did the same thing — only parts of the globe back from the Army, more of it at Conncllsville High. the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Like the hero always is in the pulp Forces, and the Merchant Marine. "Beat magazine stories, Johnny was the whole Army, Beat Army, Beat Army." That was works at Connellsville High. He was the the theme song, the big job that had to ranking football hero, the captain and be done. "Beat Army and get even." star of the school basketball team, and .The men of Notre Dame didn't like the a fine baseball player. Despite all the murderous shellackings their wartime adulation that inevitably came his way, teams, shorn of all their big stars, had he remained such a nice kid that his taken from the awesome elevens welded follow students elected him president of at West Point by victory -conscious the senior class. Colonel Red Blaik. They were out for When you're evaluating the character revenge, and they said so in very plain of Johnny Lujack, it's well to remember language. AMKK1CAN LKlilON \M(.A/.1\'K that. What's happened to Johnny, in his Lujack and his pals went to work. It 23 short years of life, is what practically was hard work. Anybody who plays foot-

every healthy young male in the country He had an air about him. It wasn't ball for Frank Leahy knows what hard wishes to Heaven would happen lo him. cockiness. It was sheer grace, ease of work is. But they didn't mind. They He's the arch-type of the All- American motion, instinctive "know-how," and shrugged off the sore muscles and stiff boy, the famous football star, the guy level-headed confidence. He had a tenac- joints, the aching backs and bruised everybody wants to shake hands with, ity of purpose that carried to every per- shins. They wanted to beat Army. walk down the block with - the guy son in the stands, that made you know It took them two years to do it, but every girl takes one look at and reaches here was a football player you couldn't they did it. They held Davis, Blanchard, for her compact to see if everything is lick unless you beat him into the ground. Tucker, and Company to a scoreless tie shipshape. But it hasn't changed him a bit. Angelo Bertelli was an unusually good in 1946, then burst over the Davis-less, You can probably credit his brothers quarterback at Notre Dame, probably Blanchard-less, Tucker-less Cadets in with an assist in that department. Val, even a great one. But a few weeks after '47 like an avenging armored division Allie, and Stan Lujack did a good job his quiet departure for service in the The score was 27-7, and when it was on their kid brother. They took him United States Marine Corps, Bertelli over Johnny Lujack smiled. along on their trips, let him play in their wasn't being missed. Lujack had taken There were other big games to follow. games, and stepped on his neck when- his job as though he'd run the Notre Southern California was slaughtered, ever he showed any signs of getting out Dame "T" all his life. Not only was he a 38-7, in the last game on the Notre Dame of hand. The results of their handiwork wizard at throwing the ball into the schedule, and the team finished the sea- are readily apparent in the poised, good- hands of his receivers, a genius at calling son undefeated and untied. Lujack was natured, genuinely modest person Johnny plays and maintaining the pace and drive All -American, and AU-just-about-every- Lujack is today. of an offensive, but he was also a solid thing-else. His picture was printed in as When he was through at Connellsville rock on defense. Notre Dame men looked many newspapers and magazines as High, young Lujack got the standard at him and marveled and worried. It Clark Gable's, and his autograph was "rush" from football-minded colleges all couldn't be true, they fretted. There must insistently sought by every freckle- over America. Perhaps it's true, as the be a catch somewhere. When Johnny faced, football- crazy kid who spotted him colleges insist, that they don't go out and quarterbacked the Irish to a stunning on the street. Trophies and honors flowed shop for football talent. But even such 2(5-0 victory over Army, they knew it in his direction. He was picked as the masters of double-talk will have to con- was too good to last. And they were Athlete of the Year in the annual Asso- fess they do occasionally drop a slight right. ciated Press poll. But he was still the hint in a promising player's ear. To all There was a war on, and Johnny Lujack same Johnny Lujack, still one of the hands, Johnny was polite but firm. He had a mind to get in it. He enlisted in boys and still the greatest, classiest, even refused an appointment to West the Navy as an apprentice seaman, and most wonderful football player of his age. Point. He was going to Notre Dame, and in December of 1944 he was graduated Johnny played quarterback for the that was all there was to it. from Midshipman's school at Columbia East team in the annual East- West Shrin- To Notre Dame, to the beautiful campus University in New York with the rank ers' game, and put another classic into

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 29 the record books. His passing, his run- loved the game. He still does. He couldn't town had been an inspiration to the kid ning, his field generalship and his bone- possibly be as good as he is if he felt brother; Val, the steelworker who, like splintering tackling powerhoused the any other way. But he also had his eye his father, had sweated overtime to earn East to a one-sided 40-9 triumph. Foot- open for the main chance, and when it the money to go to Notre Dame to see ball fans all over the country saw what came he took it. The Chicago Bears Johnny play; Stan, who had always loved he did, in a dog-eat-dog game of star swooped down on him, in the hulking to coach the kid unobtrusively and help against star, and nodded with satisfaction. person of owner-coach George Halas, him learn to do the things it was in his The kid from Connellsville was no flash and Johnny saw his second boyhood heart to do; Mom Lujack, who had had in the pan. dream become a reality. Ignoring the to swallow her fear all these years and The pattern of Johnny Lujack's life currency-laden blandishments of the be satisfied simply to pray he wouldn't had been set for a long time, but now it Chicago Rockets, of the rival All-Ameri- be hurt. They had all been part of began to move toward its inevitable cli- can Conference, he shook hands with Johnny's struggle, and now they were max. He was a bright kid, quick-witted the National League's Mr. Halas and part of his success. He made sure they and alert and hard-working, physically said, happily, "You got a deal." He agreed understood that was how he wanted it. strong and eager to carve a place for to play at least four seasons for Mr. There was a girl, too, with a special himself in the world of men. But it was Halas, and further agreed — with no no- pride in Johnny's accomplishments and a a foregone conclusion that he would not ticeable reluctance — to bank about a special reason for being proud. Her name seek that place in an office or a factory. hundred thousand of George's numerous was Patricia Ann Schierbrock, she lived Johnny took his Bachelor of Science de- dollar bills over the same period. in Davenport, Iowa, and she'd been gree from Notre Dame and waited for He was a man now, with a man's job, Johnny's best girl ever since they'd met the offers to come, the propositions from and back home in Connellsville the at Notre Dame in June, 1946. the rich magnates of professional foot- family congratulated him quietly. They Genevieve "Snub" Pollard, Frank ball. They came swiftly, and they stag- were all proud of him, all happy that Leahy's secretary, had invited Pat to gered him with their munificence. they had had a part in his development. visit the university, and it was the Lujack had played football because he Allie, whose football career at George- month Johnny came back from the service that she went. They met, and though CAN YOU SURVIVE THE HUNTING SEASON? they didn't rush off to the nearest Justice of the Peace or anything like that, they (Answers to quiz on page 11) began to see a lot of each other — and in them. L. Right. Jean looks through gun bar- ness— is often practiced by February of this year they were engaged. rel for obstructions before loading. In this picture Duke could easily Pat, whose father is an automobile John and Jean both load outside the dislodge both weapons so that they dealer in Davenport, and who was edu- car. In many States it is illegal to carry would fall toward their owners, pos- cated at Marymount College at Tarry- a loaded gun in a car, and it is never sibly with fatal results. People get town, New York, visited all the Lujacks thing to do. Here, John loads killed this way every year. a wise in Connellsville shortly before the en- While resting in or near cover where from the shell box. When he puts the gagement was announced. remainder of the shells in his pocket the game might spring up suddenly, he should not mix up the sizes. A weapons should be laid out flat and June 26, 1948, at Sacred Heart should never carry shells of broken, though they may be left On hunter Cathedral in Davenport, Johnny and loose in his loaded. It takes only a second to snap more than one gauge Pat were married. They both are Roman — 20s — for, with a shotgun shut. Automatic and pump pocket like 12s and Catholics, and the wedding mass was and automatic shotguns especi- guns should be laid out flat with the pump celebrated by Father Tom Brennan of is danger of a barrel burst safety on. As an additional precaution, ally, there the Notre Dame faculty. All the Lujacks shell slipping past open the action. from a wrong-size came up from Connellsville, and what the chamber and lodging in the barrel enter the 5. Right. Jean and John with all the Schierbrocks, and the friends exploded later. When excited it's to be woods simultaneously, and move for- of the young couple, the church was easy to load the wrong shell. ward abreast of each other. Careful jammed. hunters will always do this to the best 2. Right. Wise gunners always break "It was enough to scare you," Johnny their weapons when climbing fences, of their ability. When leaves are thick said, grinning. "All those people!" Com- visibility is poor, hunters jumping down banks and negotiating and many ing from him, it sounded funny. slippery stream crossings — then a fall give frequent low whistles to keep After the wedding, the young Lujacks of other. whistle is less cannot cause an accidental gunshot track each The — Pat is 21 — headed for a Hawaiian likely tip a voiced call. wound to nearby companions. to off game than honeymoon. They went over on the When climbing minor obstacles many Note that John and Jean carry their steamer Lurline from San Francisco, other. competent gunners merely break their weapons canted away from each spent a month at the luxurious Royal pieces, being sure to point the muzzles Should either fall and fire the gun ac- Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach, and the away from companions. After a fall al- cidentally, no injury would occur to flew back home. other. Their shotguns will be on "safe" ways check to be sure the muzzle is "Let me tell you," Johnny said, softly, at all times loaded, except when not clogged with dirt, mud or snow. when "that's the life. It's wonderful, being firing. will yell brought up for John with your girl all the time." 3. Wrong. While Johnny laces his boots "Mark left!" or "Bird left!" if he flushes Incidentally, there's a humorous story Jean could easily blow a nice hole a pheasant which crosses so close to about that honeymoon. Johnny had been through her palms, not to mention her Jean that he feels it unsafe to fire. This picked to play with the College All-Stars head, if that rock should roll from warns his partner that a bird is coming against the National League champion under the butt of the gun and cause and often saves the day. Chicago Cardinals at Soldier Field in it to fire. 6. Wrong. Stay home if you missed August in the annual charity game spon- The seasoned gunner never puts his this one. Jean commits the hunter's sored by the Chicago Tribune. The Trib hands over the muzzle of his betsy, cardinal sin by carelessly pointing the makes a practice of sending each college whether or not he "knows" it is un- gun at John's leg. Should Duke leap boy enough cash to pay his round- trip loaded. Neither does he rest the muzzle at the pheasant and perhaps tear off fare from his home, wherever it may be, on his foot, nor permit the muzzle to its head Jean might easily pull the trig- to the campus at Northwestern Univer- point at any part of himself even mo- ger in her surprise and excitement. A sity in Evanston, Illinois, where the team mentarily. good gunner never permits the muzzle trains every year. 4. Wrong. The error illustrated here of his weapon even to cross the body Johnny and Pat were at the Royal will be missed by many inexperienced of a companion or a dog, for he has had Hawaiian when the mail brought a form hunters, for leaning a loaded gun the gunner's age-old motto drilled into letter from the Tribune. The paper against a tree, fence, car or the side of him: "Never point a gun at a living wanted to know where Johnny would a building-just for the sake of handi- thing unless you intend to kill it." travel from when he left for Evanston. Johnny was planning to stay in Hawaii

3Q The American I.eqion Magazine • October. 1948 until the last possible moment before Notre Dame. It matches the current var- eyes gleam. It certainly made him won- he had to report for training, so he sity against the graduating seniors in a der about the wisdom of putting Lujack's laughed as he showed the letter to Pat. game designed to give the varsity a good quarterbacking talents in the refrigera- "We'll tell them we'll leave from San stiff workout. A couple of weeks before tor for a year. Francisco," he grinned. "That's the far- the game, Johnny's pals noticed that he thest point in the States I can think of. was back in serious training. VtRY few observers of the football That'll cost them plenty." "What are you working so hard for?" scene are unwilling to predict that Pat grabbed the letter and studied it. they demanded. "Leahy's not gonna bawl Johnny Lujack will warm the cockles of "San Francisco nothing," she said, firmly. you out if you're lousy." his boss' heart on many another football "You'll tell them you're leaving from Johnny's strong jaw stuck out. He afternoon in the future. He may be a Honolulu, which is exactly what you're pointed toward Notre Dame Stadium. "I rookie, and he may be only a part-time going to do. They'll have to pay it." never lost a game out there," he said, quarterback this year, but he's got a And that's what Johnny did. So when grimly. "I don't intend to start now." heaping helping of what it takes. he pulled into the Northwestern camp to The day of the game, a battered old As for Johnny, he thinks he's going join the All-Stars, Chuck Frederick of ambulance clattered up to the Old- to like his new job. "It's a challenge," he the Tribune staff, in charge of such de- Timers bench a few minutes before kick- said, seriously, "and I figure I'm going tails as reimbursing athletes for their off time. Everybody stared at it. Then to enjoy it." traveling expenses, took one look at him everybody roared as out stepped Lujack, Johnny is determined to set up a busi- and fled. ness for himself at the first opportunity, "There ain't that much money in the so he can lay the foundation for the day joint," he wailed. he'll quit footbali. Not that he intends Johnny took the All-Star training seri- to hurry that day unduly. He's perfectly ously, not only because Frank Leahy content to play as long as Halas thinks was supervising the coaching staff, but he can help the Bears. Pat doesn't share because he knew it would have to take that view. She, like Johnny's mother, al- the place of preliminary training with ways worries that Johnny will get hurt. the Bears. He didn't join Halas and the Lujack never worried that way, but he rest of the gang until the last part of was smart enough to insist on a clause August. And he wanted to be ready, as in his contract that says he gets paid for ready as he could be, because he knew the whole season even if he's hurt on he was heading into the fight of his life. opening day. Then he was hurt even be- He had been the biggest guy in the col- fore opening day, in the All-Star game lege game, but professional football has in August, after sparking the Stars' only big guys by the dozen. In the pro game, consistent drive in a losing game against he realized soberly, he'd be just, a rookie. the Chicago Cardinals, and was benched More than that, he'd be a rookie with in the Bears' pre-season opener, August a glittering reputation, rookies everybody 22, against the Pittsburgh Steelers — a would be out to stop because stopping game where Luckman and Layne starred him would make them look real good. as the Bears won handily. But Johnny refuses to worry. He doesn't He doesn't have any desire to become think the guys around the league will a coach, because he doesn't think the go out of their way to be nasty to him "Let's see, dear - When was the last profession pays enough. He hopes to because of his college reputation. time we bought you some new have a couple of his brothers join forces "Lots of guys have come up with more clothes?" with him when he gets a business started, AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE publicity than I got," he reflected. "Any- but he wants to make sure the business way, the way I see it, if you're a nice will survive before he asks them to risjt it. guy and you prove it, you don't have George Connor, and Ziggy Czarobski. But Johnny loves music, and he likes to much to worry about. Nobody's going to the laughter died away as the varsity dance, but he's no hepcat. He likes clothes, lay for you." lined up, and the Old-Timers squared off too, although he's far from being a Nor is Lujack disturbed by the fact on the other side of the field. What would clothes-horse. "I like to dress up, though," that the Bears have struck a Comstock Lujack do? Would Tripucka outshine he says. "Maybe that's because I never Lode of quarterbacks. Halas, whose 1948 him? Would the boys make him look bad had a chance to do it before. I only had team is considered by most experts to in his last game at Notre Dame? one suit when I went to Notre Dame." have a crew of stars capable of making Nobody was more alert than George No matter what he's wearing, the his old Monsters of the Midway look like Halas. This was his first chance to sur- rookie riot of the Bears is quite a hunk high school kids, is hip-deep in quarter- vey his $100,000 beauty in two years. He of man. You look at pictures of him for backs. He's got the old master, Sid wouldn't be human if he didn't wonder years, and you get the idea he's a nice- Luckman. He's got Bobby Layne, the at least fleetingly whether or not Lujack looking kid, but when you actually meet famous Texas Terrior. And he's got would make him look like a patsy. him you're unprepared for what you see. Lujack. Nobody who saw that game will ever There are a lot of guys in the movies

forget it. They'll remember the savage who aren't half as good-looking. His Fon a while, last Summer, Halas con- line play of big Moose Connor and rol- brown hair is straight, and it isn't always sidered employing Lujack strictly as a licking Zig Czarobski, and they'll re- carefully combed, but it's unlikely that halfback this first season. The theory was member for many a year the pure per- any co-ed ever took a look at it without that Luckman could still do a lot of fection of Johnny Lujack 's performance. wanting to muss it up. His features are damage, and Layne could back him up The kid from Connellsville said goodbye remarkably regular, something that isn't nicely. Meanwhile, Lujack could be ex- to Notre Dame with a flourish. Playing too apparent in his pictures, and his pected to do the club a lot of good at 52 out of the 60 minutes, he completed ready smile and quiet voice add up to one of the halfback spots. Halas hadn't 16 out of 29 passes, one for a touchdown, a lot of good looks. seen Johnny play in two years, but he'd and his shattering, pile-driving tackles Good looks, of course, aren't going to been told plenty about the kid's defen- dropped ambitious varsity ball-carriers help Johnny when the mammoth linemen sive prowess, and he figured he could all over the field. He invented plays as of the National League- plow toward him put Johnny's throwing arm in the deep fast as Leahy himself could have done it, with mayhem in their hearts. But you freeze for a year. and he did it on his feet, in the heat of watch him as he moves around on the Then George heard that Lujack in- the struggle, just as a great orator puts field, you study his easy-flowing grace tended to play in the annual Old-Timers together an extemporaneous speech while and the solid shock of his tackles, and game at Notre Dame last May, so he he's standing in front of the crowd. It you can't help thinking here's a football went over to take a look. was a rocking, socking farewell, and it player who can take care of himself in The Old-Timers tussle is a big thing at must have made tough old George Halas' any company. the end

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 31 HOW TO COOK GAME

(Continued from page 23) 1 rounded by grilled mushrooms. A $6 meal I assure you! The most likely game to enter your KrviewH of Importuot Xv\\ Movies home is rabbit. Don't sneer. Rabbit is truly a great meat. Try haven pfeffer. Clean and skin your rabbits. (I take that IU II. WILSON lilUIVW back. Let the Mighty Hunter clean 'em. You cook 'em.) Cut into serving pieces JOHNNY BELINDA conductor's admonishment to look after and place them in a marinade composed Linda as an excuse to have her followed A Warner Bros, picture starring Jane of 1 pint of water, same volume of cidei by a detective (Edgar Kennedy) . What Wyman and Lew Ayres with Charles vinegar, 3 sliced onions, 1 teaspoon of the detective mistakingly reports causes Bickford and Agnes Moorehead. Directed pepper, same amount of salt, 4 cloves and the conductor's imagination to run riot. by Jean Negulesco. Based upon the play a little fresh tarragon. That's sufficient As he conducts Rossini's "Semiramide" oj the same name. for one rabbit. After 24 hours, remove overture, Wagner's "Tannhauser" and rabbit, drain and brown in butter or ham This is a different kind of tragedy in Tschaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini" fat. Add some of the marinade from time which Jane Wyman, as Johnny Belinda, overture, his imagination fellows the to time, and simmer lightly until the speaks not a word. She is a deaf mute mood of the music - murder, Russian meat is tender. Remove meat to a deep whose mother dies at her birth and whose roulette and forgiveness. Although Rex platter, add 1 cup of thick sour cream to doesn t know a word of music, he has the frying pan juices and stir over a high been expertly coached so that he con- heat until the gravy is smooth and thick. ducts a 110-piece orchestra with skill. Correct seasonings of the gravy to suit Particularly good is the way the camera your taste, pour over the meat — and goes right through center of the orches- watch how quickly it's gobbled up. tra for close-ups of Rex's eyes reflecting Ever eat a roast woodchuck? Delight- his moods. This picture is recommended ful and tender, blessed with an excel- for the entire family. lent flavor. The woodchuck is the most cleanly of animals, a strict vegetarian HAMLET and the meat has a delicate texture you'll A J. Arthur Rank picture (U-l release) like. Have the Mighty of the Shakespearean drama with Lau- Hunter skin and clean rence Olivier (who also directed). Eileen the woodchuck, re- Herlie, Basil Sydney and Jean Simmons. move the scent sacs, (small red kernels lo- Jane Wyman does an outstanding job One of the world's greatest works of cated just inside the as the deaf mute Johnny Belinda literature comes to the screen this month. front legs where they After the artistic handling of Henry V join the body), split by Laurence Olivier, it is only proper the carcass down the father hates the girl for it; there is a t hat he should play Ham let. This he does

middle. Let's hope doctor (Lew Ayres) , who wins over the with dignity, grace and naturalness. ur is father to treating his daughter as a Maybe the classic student will miss a Arrows indicate y° chuck y°un 8 scent sacs and plump. human; and a young fisherman who gets favorite line here and there, yet here are Rub the meat with drunk and assaults her. There is a mur- 155 minutes of great drama done so sim- a mixture of butter and flour, season gen- der of honor, a dramatic trial and intense ply and starkly that you will marvel at erously, lay strips of bacon across the human conflict when the finger of guilt the ability of the camera to capture such meat. Put in a roaster and cover the bot- mistakenly points to the doctor. While a intelligence and well proportioned dra- tom about \'2 inch deep with wine vine- real deaf mute might depend upon exten- matic intensity. It proves that the screen gar and water. Place in a 350° oven and sive use of the sign language, such could can rise to new heights of stature and baste frequently. After the first 30 min- not be done in this case as the movie utes, add 2 cups of sliced onions. audience would not be able to follow When the meat attains a golden brown it. Thus Miss Wyman does a magnificent and is tender, remove to hot platter and job of telling a complete full-length story make a glorious gravy by beating an merely by facial expressions and simple egg yolk in 2 cups of cream and stirring motions of the hands. It definitely puts this slowly into the residue in roaster — her in the Academy Award class which correct seasonings to your taste and serve. she so nearly achieved in The Yearling. Surround the roast with the sliced It is the third postwar picture for Ayres halves of tomatoes and serve with baked who served the Army as a medical corps- yams, green peas, a field salad and beaten man and later as assistant chaplain under biscuits, and you'll find it a meal fit for fire in the South Pacific. This, in our a king. The same formula can also be opinion, is the best of all October re- used with a raccoon or an opossum. leases. It is a great picture. For adults. Squirrels, fat from gorging on nuts and berries, are prime eating. Here's a favor- UNFAITHFULLY YOURS The British deliver another fine Him ite hunt club recipe: Have Big Boy clean, in Hamlet, starring Laurence Olivier A 20th Century-Fox picture starring Rex skin and quarter the squirrels. Dust with Harrison and Linda Darnell. An original seasoned flour. Cover bottom of a casse- story written, produced and directed by role with diced ham fat and place meat that it is still capable of growth. The Preston Sturges. on this bed, cover with juicy sauerkraut single setting is the Elsinore castle, but and bake until meat is tender. This dish Here is a picture based upon the prem- it might have been a hundred sets — so emerges from the oven exuding a glori- ise that audiences like intelligent fare perfectly does it change its complexion pus aroma, and tasting even better than — the effects of music on the mind. It is to suit the mood of each scene. And al- it smells - which is saying a lot. a tale of a symphony conductor (Rex though it is a long picture, the camera is Here's another trick with squirrels, Harrison) married to a young and beau- constantly moving. We recommend this right from my favorite country kitchen. tiful wife (Linda Darnell) of whose picture not only for the superb entertain- Saw a large Hubbard squash in half, re- devotion he is certain until her brother- ment it offers, but as a great lesson in move seeds and bake until tender. In the in-law (Rudy Vallee) mistakes the drama for every student.

2^ • The Amei icon Legion Magazine • October. 1948 ! gUUHEK

* CUNNING FILCHED My WITH HAST THOU DAUGHTERS HEART !

is a Midsummer Nights Dream

TRUE DELIGHT IN THE SIGHT...

WITH 'PICTURE WINDOW VISIBILITY ! meantime, cook 3 fat squirrels in water WITH WALLY IN PARIS to which has been added 1 tablespoon of (Continued from page 24) vinegar. Remove squash from shells, season, mash with cream and plenty of but- said, "I never expected to see the day of the Sorbonne floating through his ter. Remove squirrel meat from bones when I'd have to see a dog about a man." head. and blend with the squash and place in So that was how the Sergeant came to "Well," said the uniformed Simon the squash shells. Cover the halves with meet Wally — Abian Anders Wallgren — Legree, "let's see you art then." 450'' 1 cup of diced ham and place in a whose cartoons were to bring much So he put Wally to work lettering such oven for 20 minutes. This is a one-dish needed cheer to hundreds of thousands, watchwords of democracy as "Latrines meal that should make your warrior perhaps millions, of men in the base hos- This Way" or "Turn Left to Officers' cheer mightily. pitals, in the Service of Supply, in outlying Canteen."

You'll have trouble with wild ducks if and isolated posts, at, home, in fact every- "That was all right as far as it went," you try to prepare them as you would where that men could be reached. Wally commented innocently later, "only the domestic variety. From the very first, the cartoonist and he didn't tell me where to put them.

That's the direct road it And is it my fault if an officer gets his , the Sergeant seemed to hit off together. to culinary disaster. They roomed on the same floor of the pants caught on a hunk of barbed wire It's easy if the cook Hotel du Pare in the Butte Chaumont or a thorn bush, while an enlisted man takes a few tips from section, where, according to report, aris- finds himself enjoying the hospitality — hunt club chefs, who tos were beheaded daily during the Reign such as it is — of an officers' canteen? are specialists. One of Terror, but which was now of ines- Until he gets caught, at any rate." trick they practice is timable value to Rags on account of the One day a traveling troupe staged to place a cut lemon trees and other vegetation. their conception of a circus in the public and an onion, cut in The hotel was kept by a spade- bearded square outside the Hotel du Pare. In no half, in the orifice of Frenchman who looked like all the way did it resemble an American circus A quartered each wild duck. These spade-bearded Frenchmen in old comic except in regard to the number of squirrel are left there for at strips, and by his wife, who kept a grim people who tried to get in free. least 18 hours and are hold over the keys to the bathroom on One of the main features was a decapi- thrown away before the duck is cooked. the second floor. The results might have tation act which was put on in full view They serve to extract from the duck any been tragic, since the bathroom for some of the audience. The m.c. would call for fishy taste or extremes of flavor that might obscure reason was open only one day a volunteer from the crowd who would be unpalatable. a week and Mrs. Spadebeard was gen- lie flat under the guillotine to have his Best wild duck, in my opinion, is when erally AWOL, had not Wally perfected head neatly severed. He must have been it is broiled. Use only the breast. Brush a simple but practical method of getting a hardy soul, because apparently the for act with lemon juice and broil 10 min- it open. same "volunteer" went through the utes. Prepare a baste sauce of 2 table- day after day and anybody would have spoons of prepared mustard, 1 tablespoon And they ate together — when they were thought that in the long run that sort of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon of in funds, which wasn't often - at any of thing would have told on a man of butter and V2 cup of boiling water. Baste one of a number of straight civilian restau- lesser endurance. and turn the breasts and baste several rants, frequently one of the Duval chain, Wally decided that it was probably a times for an additional 20 minutes. This somewhat similar to the Childs restau- trick done with mirrors, and for a while recipe was given me by the editor of a rants in the United States. Wally dis- after that nothing would induce him to hunting and fishing magazine — and it covered that a bottle of ketchup, pur- shave, until finally the Sergeant per- never fails. The meat is tender, juicy, full chasable at the canteen for an absurdly suaded him that the square of stainless of flavor. small amount, would buy the good will steel he used for general beautification If you want to roast your ducks, first and practically anything else in the wasn't really a mirror and didn't actu- use the lemon-onion treatment, stuff with establishment. ally count. Wally 's remark, invariably your favorite dressing, roast in a 350 There was one time when he ordered delivered after one of these operations, oven and plan on about 35 minutes for escargots largely because he liked the was a minor classic. each pound of duck. Baste in the final sound of the name, without knowing ex- "Gilding the goddam lily, if you ask 15 minutes with a mixture of equal parts actly what it meant. Halfway through the me," he would say. of catsup and chili sauce, spiked with a meal he laid down his tools while his That same circus boasted — if that isn't little Worcestershire sauce and a couple eyes popped open in horror. too strong a term — of a shooting gallery. of drops of Tabasco, with the oven turned "That one crawled right off the side After a while Wally, always a good shot, up to 450". Garnish with sliced oranges of the plate," he announced in awe. tired of the monotonous massacre of clay and surround with mounds of currant "Why don't they call a snail a snail?" jelly. Serve with wild rice. The financial arrangements when pay- Although hunting is primarily a sport, day neared were always complicated. Hope there is no justification for shooting more Sometimes it was the Sergeant who owed game than can be put to good use. Every the cartoonist two francs fifty centimes true sportsman takes no more than he can and sometimes the other way around. use and knows how to use it. That's sport! But generally after a due amount of Cooking game isn't difficult. A little ex- conscientious wrangling they decided to perience added to your natural, instinc- call it a draw. tive sense of culinary correctness will Wally had enlisted in the Fifth Marines generate fine game dishes. Once you know and remained a private for the dura- the rules, you will produce memorable tion. That was probably a matter of dishes, the final dividends Nimrod's hunt- choice, for he had a horror of the brass ing has earned. hats — a horror that may have had its Game deserves the best attention it inception through an incident in his can be given in the kitchen. I hinted early career. that it is the most expensive food in the Shortly after he had landed in France world. It is. Examine the cost of the a Gyrene minor brass hat had discovered equipment, the travel, the time expended that Wally had drawn a comic strip for by Mr. Legionnaire, and you'll find that a Philadelphia newspaper. the cost-per-pound is in the upper "So you're an artist, huh?" he de- brackets. manded in an I-don't-know-anything- "I believe he does look So what? It comes out of his budget, about-art- thank- God- but-I-know-what- " more like you, Jim not yours. Take advantage of that. I-don't-like attitude. [.KfHON M V"A7T VK THE END "Yes, sir.'' Wally answered, with visions

Thp Americnn I.oqion Mngnzinp • Ortobor, 1948 birds, bullseyes on targets, clay pipes felt himself to be a marked man for ered what was the matter with its steer- and the rest of the paraphernalia so he weeks thereafter, slinking into alleys, ing gear. And how Wally refereed a let himself be inveigled into a mechanical absenting himself from mess call, ne- bout between Rags (who had been device vaguely resembling a Ferris wheel glecting reveille, and in other ways act- brought aboard disguised as a crate of except for the fact that instead of occu- ing in a manner unbecoming a represen- canned pineapples, because Military pying a seat while he was propelled up- tative of democracy. Regulation No. something forbade the ward the customer clung to a pair of Such as watching with delight the shipment of mascots) and a baby goat metal rings. daily battle between Rags and the some- and a bear cub, that last entrant being It was when Wally had reached the what primitive system of flushing that the property of an outfit which had been zenith of the contraption that he care- was given the streets and gutters of located in Siberia. lessly loosened his grip to wave at the admiring throng and crashed to the pavement below. The Sergeant, appalled by the tragedy that had overtaken the best friend a man could ever have, was first on the scene, only to be elbowed aside by a French civilian carrying a paper cup filled with water. "De Veau?'' he inquired solicitously. The "corpse" opened one eye and the glance of withering scorn he gave the life saver was another minor classic. There was another occasion on which General Pershing, accompanied by a raft of other military dignitaries, invaded the office to tell the men how good they were.

Of course, they knew it already, but it was reassuring to have it confirmed. It was just the Sergeant's luck that he was the first one to be introduced by Lieutenant Steve Early, then in command and later Press Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Sergeant was at a loss. Ordinarily, of course, officers were a dime a dozen in those days and nobody ever bothered to salute, but this was a Special Occa- sion. Four Stars might rate a highball — the Sergeant didn't know. Paris in which Rags would attack the And how he invented another stanza He raised his hand in an uncertain ges- streams of water from the hydrants, al- to the immortal "Mademoiselle from ture that might have meant anything, ways retiring defeated but game to the Armentieres," which ran: but Blackjack better understood the pro- end. The Pretoria passed a ship one day prieties of the situation. He thrust out Such as in rare instances in the Pare Parley voo, his hand and Rags (the French called du Butte Chaumont permitting himself The Pretoria passed a ship one day him Chiffon, because they couldn't pro- to be served with refreshments by Anna Parley voo, nounce his name without making a the buxom Alsatian waitress, until, over- The Pretoria passed a ship one day. gargling sound) thought his boss was come by the sylvan surroundings, he But the ship was going the other way. being attacked. dropped off to sleep, while the Sergeant Hinky- dinky parley voo. He dashed out from under the desk clumsily filled in the last panel of his Whether Wally realized there was and nipped the General squarely on his cartoon. something the matter with his health — glistening boot. Visions of a firing squad Such as overlooking a grimy and un- something from which he couldn't rein the gray dawn leaped into the Ser- attractive train slated for enlisted men cover — nobody will ever know. He went geant's mind and even Lieutenant Early and, tailed by the Sergeant, negotiating on drawing pictures funny pictures—for turned a pale green, but all Blackjack the mazes of tracks that seemed to the veterans of two world wars because did was to boom: strangle the Gare du Nord until he found that was his job. "Glad to know you, Sergeant B!" a glistening conveyance Brest-bound, Some of the men to whom he dedicated And then it was Wally's turn. The where reposed an important looking his work avd his lije are still in uniform Sergeant had never seen the cartoonist colonel. And how Wally nonchalantly in occupied countries, on distant atolls in so immersed in work before, but doom saluted the chickens on the colonel's the Pacific, scattered all over the globe. was in the offing. Early's voice was inex- shoulders, remarking to the Sergeant Some are in hospitals. orable: how lucky it was for both of them that But the majority are back in civilian '"General Pershing, I want you to meet his immediate superior General Whozis life merchants and mechanics, bankers our cartoonist, Private Wallgren." was on board and how they would both and busboys, doctors and dairymen, "I have heard of you before. Private go back to see said Genera! after a while lawyers and lighthouse keepers, farm- Wallgren," said the general. to render their report. ers and factory hands, statesmen and Wally raised pallid features. And how Wally professed himself stewards. And they still have theii "And your name is not altogether un- amazed by the passing parade of small memories. known to me, Gen!" he replied. French towns and his wonderment at the Memories of the man who kept them "Gen," indeed. French lack of originality in allowing laughing when there was really nothing Wally-Abian could go on indefinitely. all their cities to he named "Hommes- to laugh about, memories of the man Such as his first experience in a French Femmes" since that was the only visible who was on their side on every day of barber shop. How a lady Amazon of a sign on any of the stations they passed. those long tragic years, memories of barber - all the able-bodied Frenchmen How the Pretoria (God rest its bones the man who hated oppression and of military age being in uniform -swathed at the bottom of the sea), which had tyranny a hatred so inconsistent with him up to his chin in a shroud and in been gathering barnacles in Hamburg his general character. lieu of soap, which was practically non- harbor since the beginning of the war, Wally isn't with us any more, but hi? existent, squirted him with a liquid and sailed around Brest Harbor for three c oul goes marching on. proceeded to shave him. And how Wally days and nights until somebody discov- Amen, Wally! THE END

TIia Ampriran I.pgion MnqTzinp • Odnhpr, 1948 — I al- any word for I I FLEW BLACK than actually suspicious but was Max. knew now that MARKET GOLD ready hooked. there had to be, but failed to realize how The following morning, on the pre- I was being tested. He said to tell Max (Continued from page 17) text of visiting some buddies in Germany, what a nice meeting we had. And please

Fighters or bombers? Was I stationed I had myself "booked" with Operations remember, "Josephine is having a baby near London? I became curious. for proper clearance. It was a simple in two months." "Nothing is too good tor you chaps, matter to start on a course for Germany After landing at my station I told you know,'' he went on, eyeing me keen- - just in case Radar should be plotting Operations vaguely about the weather ly. "We could not have stuck out the me — then swing back into France. Only being too bad over that part of Germany blitz without you. Now in return for a Yank units were based around Paris, and for me to chance a landing. This was a little tavor I can make it possible for I knew that no one paid much atten- good alibi. They would have no reason you to have this little piece." He had tion to an RAF pilot who landed on any to check, and I would still be clear to not heard from his relatives in Paris of these fields. I sat the Spitfire down on make my flight to Germany at any future recently, and was anxious about them. Logncs airdrome after 50 minutes flying time.

"If you will take a letter and a parcel time. Once in Paris, I followed instruc- Max was so pleased by my prompt re- to them your next trip across, I will be tions. The dapper, middle-aged Andre turn and whatever information my mes- glad to give you the pendant." picked me up within a few minutes. Al- sage conveyed to him that he gave me not Presently, he brought both from a though I realized that this man who only the pendant but a wad of notes I back room. Still a bit curious, I asked drove the Citroen was nobody's poor later found to amount to 50 pounds. him frankly what was in the package. relation, we took an immediate liking to When I suggested that the jewelry might With equal frankness he answered each other. We arrived before a shop and be sufficient payment, he would not hear quickly, "I'll tell you. I am just sending went upstairs to a very comfortable of it. Then he asked if I might be going them some money. You understand, it's apartment. Two older men greeted us, to Paris again. the only way I can help out now." I then we were joined by a swarthy chap When I said I planned to, he came out appraised the package, but he was 'way and a woman who must have once been with what I was waiting to hear. "There ahead of me. "Certainly it is more than very beautiful. are difficult days ahead for all of us. the legal ten pounds one is permitted to Everyone wanted to know how Max Now wouldn't you like to make some take out of the country, but they need was. It was splendid of him to remem- real money and perhaps join our little this badly." ber them. By now I was keenly suspi- family?" There was more sales talk, then the cious, but they played their roles well I said I already liked the family and greying man who called himself Max enough. Presently, we enjoyed a lunch asked what he meant by real money. His concluded by asking me to be careful. that was decidedly not poor fare. Was answer of 600 pounds ($2400) amazed I took the parcel and also a name and there anything I wanted? They had me. "Just take some more money to Paris telephone number. The instructions black market connections, explained Andre. This is no small parcel, though. puzzled me: I would go to the north Andre. He wasn't kidding. Wouldn't I You must be very careful." section of Paris, call the number and ask like some souvenirs for my girl, some Max agreed that I could operate ac- for one Andre, tell him where I was perfume or stockings perhaps? Here was cording to my own schedule, and my calling from and wait. He would ap- Max's approach with a different twist: plan then evolved itself quickly. During proach and offer a watch for sale. I I had been kind to them, and honest the first couple of trips I wanted to feel would reply, "No thank you because you about the money. Take the Chanel 5 and my way along. Although I had my own have three watches." the silk stockings and pay them when I car, I didn't feel quite free to risk trans- It sounded a bit too mysterious, and returned. Max trusted me. They could porting a suitcase of gold coin and keep I said so. Max explained quickly that his too. this around my quarters at the station.

relatives were Maquis and that certain ' This was it. I knew I was involved in At Chelmsford a town 35 miles from elements of the government were none something, but had no way of knowing the center of London, I made reserva- too sympathetic. That seemed good exactly what. They wanted to know, tions at an inconspicuous inn. Operations enough. I wanted that pendant; it was then, when I might be coming back to at my station booked me for another flight I instead to worth 55 pounds and I could complete Paris. Jacques, the swarthy one, would to Germany. flew the contact within a couple of hours. I meet me in town. As Andre drove me Chipping Ongar, an airdrome near I for ficti- returned to my station more curious to the airdrome, I asked if there were Chelmsford, where asked a tious person. When informed that no such officer was stationed there, I apolo- gized for my stupidity and asked if I might leave the ship parked there for a short time. Of course, they said. On schedule, I picked up the car of Max's courier half a mile from the field and we drove into town. Like other couriers with whom I later came in contact, he was a well-dressed chap whose car bore an official seal of some sort. In my room at the inn, I emptied the case he had delivered to me. This idea of having ten sovereigns—gold coins worth a pound sterling, slightly larger than a dime sewn between two canvas layers four inches long and 1% inches wide was one of my own schemes. I commenced "dressing." With wide adhesive tape, I first made a belt of the coin-filled strips. Then I built up another belt, like a second layer, around my waist. Next, I fixed a number of strips over each shoulder, suspender fashion. Placing was the important thing, and this came to me with experience. quarts 'Let's see noic.tve need two Freedom of arms and legs, with no pon- milk and a pint cream." of of derous appearance or tell-tale bulges be- AMFRIOAN t.EOmN MAOAZINB (Continued on page 40)

35 ' The American Legion Magazine • October. 1948 PLAYTIMK...for <.lt I <.OIt V PECK, and You!

WHETHER it's GREGORY PECK, loafing at home after a day at the studio—or you, in your own playtime mo- ments—both will find Pahst Blue Ribbon always a pleasant, friendly companion. That ever-faithful, real beer flavor you enjoy in Pahst Blue Ribbon was achieved by 104 years of pioneering in the Art of Brewing . . . and the Science of Blending. Blue Ribbon By tasting, by comparing, you will understand why millions the world over have settled down to the real beer enjoyment and satisfaction that come only with blended, splendid Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Tune in the EDDIE CANTOR show Copr. 1U48 3a FIXE BREWS BLENDED l.\TO ONE GREAT BEER every Thursday night over NBC. PabGt lirewine Company, Milwaukee, Wl». Now Available IN TWO DIFFERENT STYLES Iti \\ . H. It. SMITH

The following questions and an- ten thousand. The subscription price of Paratroopers . . . ex-paratroopers . . . sportsmen!!! Here are your boots. For duty, swers deal with subjects on which two dollars per year entitles you to one for dress, or for hunting, fishing, hiking ana this Department receives an unusu- free classified ad. The address is Colum- all kinds of outdoor use. The famous soft, comfortable and very rugged boots worn only ally large volume of mail. It is im- bus, Nebraska. by paratroopers during the war are now possible to reply promptly and in- available in two styles . . . one military, the

other, civilian . . . both similar in con- dividually to all letters, since many €|. What is a .357 Magnum? struction, design and high quality standards. require checking and research. A. This is the name given by Smith & Paratroop Jump Boots Wesson to a special cartridge they developed. The .357 indicates the actual cali- Q. I want to get a Poly-Choke for my The same boots worn by Paratroopers during ber. This cartridge is really the .38 S. & W. war. Comes in tan elk finish. Not government pump shotgun but am undecided whether surplus stock. special with a longer case and a more to get the regular model or the ventilated powerful load. It cannot be inserted in the type. Which do you advise? Can I attach standard Colt or Smith & Wesson .38 the Poly-Choke myself? Special because of its length. like the nozzle A. A Poly-Choke acts much On the other hand, any of the .38 Special of a water hose. When you twist it, it series known for their super accuracy can a opens or closes the choke to give you be used in the .357 Magnum revolver, shot pattern. more or less concentrated which incidentally is the most powerful The ventilated type, while fulfilling this ever manufactured commercially. function, gives you the added advantages of a Cutts' type compensator. In other Q. Why are all really good receiver words, it not only gives you a variable sights calibrated in minutes of angle? choke for all types of game and general shotgun shooting, but it also tends to re- A. Because this system permits you to duce recoil. In view of this fact, I suggest determine mathematically how much to you purchase the ventilated type, as 70 elevate for all given ranges and windages percent of the purchasers do. You can not once you have zeroed your rifle. Remem- attach your own Poly-Choke efficiently. ber that no one can sight a rifle in for you Send the barrel to the factory or to an and that rifles sighted in at the factory accredited installer. It is necessary to cut will not necessarily perform for the shoot- the barrel back two inches to remove the er according to standard yardage scales. factory choke, and the threading job is Thus, a short stocky shooter can zero in not nearly so simple as it seems. The spe- a .30-06 to shoot perfectly into the black cial factory equipment alone can guaran- at two hundred yards, and if a tall, long tee perfect satisfaction. armed shooter fired the same rifle without sight alteration, he will overshoot as much Q. A friend tells me that Palma Com- as 20 inches. It will be seen therefore that pound is the best gun oil on the market. minutes of angle (a ballistical measure- Is it okay for use as a preservative? ment) will enable every shooter to adjust sights to his own requirements scientifi- A. Any gun oil manufactured and recom- cally, while if the scale reads in yards, mended by any of the major arms manu- it can never be more than approximately facturers is perfectly satisfactory, so I do correct unless sight alterations are made not believe it is possible to classify any by the individual. one product as "the best." However, Palma Compound is a most unusual combination for cleaning, preserving and lubricating Q. To settle an argument, ivhat is the all types of arms. I am partial to it myself finest shotgun made? approved by because it is the oil used and A. For all normal hunting or trap shoot- Same features as Paratroop Jump boots, only and Marine Corps. I have made in heavy-oiled waterproof elk finish. the U. S. Navy ing uses, there are no better shotguns, dol- found it particularly valuable as a rust Send coupon below, enclosing check lar for dollar, than the standard adver- or Palma. money order for $11. 87. Pay postage on inhibitor. You can't go wrong on tised American brands. The model and receiving boots. Specify sire and widths and type wanted. Money back if not satisfied on type which suits you best in your price any publication receiving them.

2Q • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 AMERICA ON GUARD Famous "Fighting 69th" Still Fights to Keep Our Country Strong

17-YEAR-OLD FOLLOWS IN THE GLORIOUS TRADITIONS OF NEW YORK'S SUPERB REGIMENT

Steeped in tradition is New York's illus- trious "Fighting G9th," now the 165th In- fantry Regiment of the new Nat ional Guard. Like 17-year-old John Casey, pictured here with combat-seasoned T./Sgt. Robert F. Talbot, thousands of alert young men from 17 to 34 years of age are joining the new National Guard. These men want to live in

a peaceful America . . . and they realize that only in strength lies security.

There are still some vacancies for non- commissioned officers in the new National Guard. If you have the ability to help train young men, see your local National Guard unit today.

COL. MARTIN H. MEANEY, Com- COMMUNICATIONS instruction, like WAR TROPHIES fascinate young John manding Officer of the 165th, is also much National Guard training, will be Casey, member of the 105th Infantry New York City's Deputy Police Com- helpful to Johnny in a civilian job Regiment of the new National Guard. missioner. Johnny is meeting leaders when he finishes Franklin K. Lane This showcase contains records of such

. . . learning to be a leader himself . . . High School. He also enjoys the Guard's heroes as "Wild Bill" Donovan and as a National Guardsman. sports and recreational program. Father Duffy.

For information, see the commander of National Guard unit in your community

or write Adjutant General of your State !

Here's how the National Guard Helps You

Pay * Educelion

Fellowship * Training

Spoils * Leadership

Write or »i>il yt>ur comrriumly'e unit of thw

BAZOOKA on Johnny's shoulder is the with the new National Guard's mod- type of rocket-launcher first used in ern, up-to-date training equipment. World War II. Johnny is delighted And he's learning how to use it. ©/ the United States (Continued from page 36) cause other than the amount of money neath the uniform tunic — these were the I was carrying. It was the kind of money. CARBURETOR' essentials. When I finished there must have In this case, as in the first two, were HEW attached packs of 5-, 10-, 20-, and 50-pound notes, been 50 pounds of weight to me. I felt like a guy in a divei's suit. Had I and I knew that these denominations had KAYWOODIE fallen, I could not have gotten to my feet been withdrawn from circulation in Eng- unaided. land more than a year ago. Ordinary I got a lift out to the airdrome, had folks with this kind of money could not . . . for the man with a myself booked for a flight to Paris, dispose of it without a good explanation, sensitive tongue thanked everyone concerned, and made if then. I surmised, correctly, that Max rendezvous with Jacques in the city, all and other agents had contacts by which in little more than a hour. Andre and the they could cash these notes through others were intrigued by my adhesive bank channels. belts; but getting the stuff off my hairy As to the reason these had been given body proved to be a painful experience. to me, that was simple. This return

Next time I would shave myself in the money — had it been in the normally- right places. Later, the scheme became used, spendable 1-pound notes — might standard practice for all operators, and have tempted an operator. Until he was I got so that I could carry more than thoroughly proved, his returns were made 80 pounds in this manner. Belts were in this unhandy currency that he could added around the thighs and around the not spend if he did steal. On each of the calves of my legs, garter-style, to be three trips, Andre had given me forty hidden by my high socks. 1 -pound notes for expense money. There The coin I delivered was counted was an equally simple explanation of carefully, not only because I was a new- why a new operator could be "trusted" operator, but also because I would be not to flee with the large amounts of given the exact amount in British paper coin. We were all so well paid that the pounds to fly back to Max. This seemed temptation was not too great. Secondly, more like trade than theft. This money, once the gold was in our possession, the I had to chance carrying in a suitcase safest thing to do was get rid of it. We that I was barely able to crowd into the could not do this in England and could cockpit with me. not accomplish it unaided in France. One From Bretigny, I flew back to England had to go to agents such as Andre for and landed at another airdrome, no't far quick, profitable disposal. This set of from Chelmsford, called Rwenhall. Here circumstances was a direct source of I pulled the same routine. Then, with my protection to the ring as a whole. precious case of paper pounds, I was Max asked me to join him at dinner given a lift into town and returned to after business was concluded. In addi- my room at the inn. A new courier de- tion to the original 600 pounds he had livered the second case of coin directly promised me for the first gold flight, he to me there and took the case of paper paid me 1,300 pounds for the two sub- return money. I dressed and flew to sequent deliveries. Counting Andre's ex- Paris again to land on Buc airdrome. On pense money, I had made myself in four the third day, I flew back and landed on days' time 2,020 pounds, or $8,080. This Matching airdrome with the second case was just the beginning, Max assured me. of return money. My ruse worked again, They were highly pleased with my initi- and still a third courier met me on the ative and the way in which I hand han- road near the field. We traded cases and dled the operations. I went to the inn. This time I landed at II Toussus airdrome. The following morn- Operational duties of another sort pre- ing I left Paris with the third case of re- vented me from making another gold turn money to land this time at my own delivery for nearly a week. Meanwhile, station. According to the record, I had all but a few pounds of my pay — which we iforf to cut a Before "returned from Germany." incidentally, had been given to me in Koywoodie Pip*, Nature ho* Late in the afternoon, I took suit- tightly-pressed 1- been of work 40 to 250 the packs of spendable years forming the briar case to Max in my own car. My uneasi- pound notes — I secreted beneath a floor burl, of 'fie bos* of ffie ness during the drive stemmed from a plank under my bunk. I realized that, as hush. These burft ore fh# only portion used.

MM IUI KM I By S. It. STEVEXS 1

Cool air is drown into pipe club supper tonight through Carburetor COME & BRING

As you smoke this pipe, its Carburetor* YOUR FRIENDS Action keeps the bowl dry so that there

is no "wet heel"' at bottom. The Carbu- retor-Action improves the flavor of your

tobacco. It is a very mild smoke, very welcome to those who are switching to a pipe for the first time, and to anyone who likes an extra-mild, coot pipe Available in various shapes.

Identify by Cloverleaf 1^). Kaywoodie Company, New York and London. 630 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 20. Pipes of qual- AMMlll'AN I.KIMHN MACA/lSi: S6.S. ity since 1851. 40 • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1940 9 With, this cribbage hand, non-dealer should

lay away the and .... in the crib.

You can balk the crib and keep five points in

hand by laying away the 7 and Ace . . . your best choice. (Dealer would lay away 9 and 7.)

j2 # With this pinochle hand, the best bid is Many players would bid 350, but if someone then bids 360, this hand can't safely bid 370. Best bid is 300, and go to 350 if pushed.

»# Whatever game you play,

men who play cards agree...;

THE CARDPLAYER'S CARD, of course! There's more snap and slip in a Bicycle deck, more endurance

. . . better action! Men who play cards agree on Bicycle, the long-life cards that are life-long favorites! Today, BICYCLE THE UNITED STATES PLAYING CARD COMPANY *^ Cards are three times more popular than before the war! MAKERS OF BICYCLE AND CONGRESS CARDS. CINCINNATI 12, OHIO. (In Canada: The International Playing Card Company, Windsor, Ontario.) my cache assumed more sizeable propor- Coffee was extremely scarce on the weight in gold coin for "an operator's tion, I should have to find a permanent Continent, and such as was available at expenses" and a case of penicillin. These hiding place away from the station. fantastic black market prices was poor would go to an address in Nuremberg In sealed bottles I buried my money stuff. In England, though, coffee was not where one Henri would identify himself as it accumulated every two or three rationed, and a pound of it cost only a by our countersign and give me a small trips. I thought I had picked a perfect few shillings. On four flights, I carried parcel to bring back. He did not explain spot in a grove near a few in addition to the gold cargo several further, and I rarely asked questions any miles from the station. I could not de- pounds of coffee in the form of green more. He emphasized, "I have never posit such amounts of money without beans. Andre provided me with a list of asked this of you before. You have al- exciting suspicion. RAF officers have clients who would pay from 10 to 15 ways been free to operate on your own. bank accounts, and our pay was de- pounds (in francs) per pound of coffee, But this is something special." posited in each man's name on the first and no questions asked. I did not bother Fortunately, I was able to get imme- or thirtieth of the month. We wrote further with this side money, but re- diate clearance to Par ; s. I wanted to checks, at the bank or elsewhere, when cruited six of my closest friends at the check the weather, but this might have in need of funds. Although I now had station to carry on these "mercy flights." created the suspicion that I was not fly- ample funds, I continued to write occa- People in Paris and other cities were ing to Paris. We rarely checked the sional checks, just to keep the records glad to have the coffee, and the transfer weather there; it was usually about the similar to those of the times when I was of it was no crime in Britain. My bud- same as here at the station. I had to take just a poor Squadron Leader. Attention dies could make money doing something the chance, but I grew uneasy, for some to just such details meant the difference in their spare time, of which they had reason. My crew chief, on whom I had between failure and success. so much. More important, this would been showering presents of late, filled With confidence, I now carried coin make the men on the station less suspi- the fuel tanks without question. As I and return money in my own car be- cious of my own frequent flights. As far checked over the ship, I noticed that the tween Max's shop and the station. And as they knew, I too was flying only coffee. oxygen tank was only a third full. Since in my quarters there I had had built I intended to fly on the deck most of the an additional closet in which I could || ut in addition to the regular gold runs, way, I did not feel like chancing suspi- conceal enough coin for two flights' sup- 0 I was dispatched occasionally on cion by requesting a full oxy bottle at ply. Besides the body gold, I began special missions that brought generous this late moment. carrying rolls of coin in my musette bag. bonuses. My first flight to Germany since But here was one singular instance in The more I delivered, the more I was the war ended was one such mission; but which caution almost did me in. paid. Moreover, I reasoned, Scotland 1 came very near not collecting. I went I lifted the Spitfire off at 10:04 and Yard would deal as roughly with me for to Max's this particular morning and he headed in the general direction of Paris more moderate amounts, if I were caught. surprised me: "Can you fly to Nurem- at 1,500 feet. Out over the Channel, I My big problem now was in getting au- berg and return by evening?" changed to a southeasterly heading and thorization for my frequent flights, and I thought a moment and answered dropped right down to the water. I stayed keeping my squadron mates from be- yes. Was I certain? What about weather? there until well into Belgium, then I coming suspicious. I flew off on a new The flight must be made today, he in- noticed the weather building up ahead tangent to seek a solution. sisted. There would be about 20 pounds and to the south, slowly but definitely.

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 4 J "

I decided to keep beneath the lowering ceiling. It sank lower as we crossed the

Rhine. . . . I started up through the clouds on The LEGION instruments, after having pinpointed my position on the map. Navigation from now on may be strictly "dead reckoning." MARKET 1*11 hold my course and fly for just the length of time, at 300 cruising speed, that Last Year Advertisers spent over a will put me in position to let down and million dollars to reach to« through the land at Fiirth airdrome north of the city. pages of your At 10,000 feet the overcast is still solid. AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE I switched on the cockpit heater, then the oxygen as we reach 15,000. The oxy- Here are a few of their reasons: gen! Will I have enough? I had not As Legionnaires you bought more than: figured on this as a high-altitude mission, but it is still thick at 25,000 feet. I 24 million quarts of motor oil know now that I have encountered a 1 V2 billion gallons of gasoline cold front. These things build up for 1 8 million shirts miles. We hit a clear level, then another secondary cloud strata. I go easy 20 million pairs of sox but I need all I can get on the oxygen, 1 7 billion cigarettes at this height. It thins out at 29,000, and presently we are in the clear with We pass these facts along to give you an indication of Legion buying power and its only scattered cirrus above. importance to American manufacturers. I watch the flow meter indicater hand creep to EMPTY, and I nurse the last whiffs of the precious oxygen. There's START A BUSINESS nowhere to go but down. But under- at HOME... others make cloud floor neath are those solid miles of DOES THE WORK OF BIG MONEY point around here, happen 6 TOOLS IN 1 that, at any "Enclosed find 56 orders Holds 20 times its more solid. representing 91'2 hours to shroud something weight in water work on Monday and Tues- day." "Enclosed are 12 Nosing the Spitfire down, I take a last orders secured after sup- Hands per this p.m. deep breath as we plunge into silvery Never Housewives P/eosed cloud mass. Maybe I can hold out and Touch Everyone that sees this outstanding CELL-U-MOP The remain conscious until I let down into immediately want one . . . That's the reason our dis- decent breathing air around 12,000 feet. Water tributors are so successful . . . For MOPPING, WAX INC. WALLS, WIN- Soon I am certain that I can. A wonder- DOWS, AUTOS and CLEANING RUGS. Sells ful feeling of well-being and cockiness quick to Taverns, Clubs, Hotels, Hospitals, Stores, comes over me. Here is that first insidi- Restaurants, Homes, etc. Drain Bracket squeezes ous symptom of the oxygen starvation out water thoroughly. Write for FREE particulars they call '"anoxia." CELL-U-MOP CO., Dept. L-10 FREEPORT, ILL. All the Merlin's 1.600 horses are sing- ing like so many trombones in unison, TINY RADIO! sliding higher. Louder! The wing and FITS IN YOUR HAND tail have developed a shrill, two-toned REALLY WORKS TOO! Unbreakable KED plas- discord. My eyes unfog but they will not tlc Cabinets. NO TUBES, BATTERIES focus properly. Instinctively, I begin to OR ELECTRIC "PLUG- INS" ! Works on new Pat- on the control stick. It takes ented "Ptrmaervstal" EASY ease back SE! SHOULD LAST FOR Y ARsV both hands to even move it against the GUARANTEED TO WORK! terrific air blast. There is an awful on local programs by following instructions emptiness in the stomach. Now I can see. $3.99 POStpaid SM-£'$&»£& SSfcSSS $2.99 plus postage on delivery. COMPLETE READY The altimeter says 4,000 feet, then it TO PLAY ON SIMPLE ATTACHMENT PERSONAL IfPHONE — MARVELOUS GIFTS — BARGAIN PRICED! keeps on unwinding fast. More pressure GET YOUR TINY RADIO NOW! MIDWAY SALES CO.. Dept. TAL-IO, Kearney, Neb. on the stick. But I have to take it easy. Neither the fighter nor myself can take DIRECT FROM FACTORY — REGULATION too-sudden a pullout at this speed. We are diving at what must be well over GOO miles per hour. The nose starts up. JUMP I can feel the plane "mushing" or skid- ding downwards as I haul the nose up to BOOTS what the automatic horizon says is level. cold swells in throat. Something my Their ore new, regulation 10" Jum The altimeter reads something less than Boots, just like the paratroopers wore, designed for all-around loot COmfo 500 feet, and I know that it lags greatly built lor all hard, outdoor wear Hea plioble. elk-fm, sh cowhide; hard bo. toe, at this speed. There are hills that high Goodyear welt, lull, grain-leather inner sole around here, hidden somewhere in the 2 lull grain leather outer soles, oll-weolher, marking, na-skid rubber hall sole; beveled, l> cloud envelope. Then the vision goes trip heel, heovy inner ankle webbing gray. Blackout. snug fit, firm support; steel instep si WORLD CHAMPION AMMUNITION ['"""no'" long, leather rawhide laces. Sizes This is different than before. I'm con- YOUR MONEY BACK 3'A 10 13'r Widths scious but just cannot see. I hold the IF NOT SATISFIED FREE! Please send me folder giv Spitfire in what my fogged senses tell Branch, ' technical details of the new SUPER-X GEORGIA SHOE MFG., CO. Flowery Ga. me is an easy climb. Like a roller coaster long-range Shot Shells. Send me a pair of JUMP BOOTS. Enclosed is check sensation, there is the feeling that we arrival. Western Cartridge Company, Department 101-D Money Order for $9.95. I will pay postage on Illinois, Division of Olin Industries, Inc. several East Alton, shoot upward for what must be NAME — thousand feet from the terrific mo- NAME ADDRESS- mentum of the dive. STREET & NUMBER. No telling what happened during the CITY CITY.. ..ZONE STATE 105 long dive, or how far off-course I am Siie and width of shoe-

42 • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 by this time. But I turn 95 degrees by the compass to get back on the original heading. My watch shows the time to be about right for what I can guess our position ought to be. From the map, I know that there are high hills everywhere in the vicinity, and there is not a suggestion of a hole in the clouds. A OFFERS EXPERT momentary glimpse of earth might be INTERIOR DECORATION enough for me to orient myself. Lost? A New Free Service! Now there is another problem. Fuel

Here's new color and charm . . . never is running low. Something moves me to before offered in trailers. Luxuriously veer toward what appears as a lighter "done" in grays, greens, with a touch spot in the half-world of shadow and of dusty rose, this spacious room was light. personalized by Indian staff Interior We break through at 360 feet. I'm fly- Decorators as a free "extra" service. ing straight down a valley with cloud- — shrouded hills close on either side. If I WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET had not made that right turn! No two interiors alike! Inves- I push the wet canopy back and peer tigate this service, today! over first one side then the other. I watch the hills closely to keep equal distance on either side of the ship. Must get down. There cannot be fuel for more COMPARE INDIAN than five minutes. What if this should "EXTRA" VALUES be one of those blind valleys? I ease Compare the extra comforts, down a little more, despite the thought. values, and free services of Suddenly the valley broadens out. Then Indian Trailers. For living or travel I see a field that does not look too bad; — there's Nothing Finer! For proof, there is other choice. I it. no can make check with your Indian Dealer or Swinging the ship around easily, I come write for free catalog and Interior in, fishtailing kill to speed. Decoration folder. Dept. AL-10. The ship bounces lightly, then stays DEALERS: Indian offers you a sure-fire down. It rumbles along the rough ground new promotion plan. Write, wire, phone " high » *f M~> through grass. Then I ease on the ,„;„.,„ C |,„, for details. A few dealerships still open. and '- if brakes. I slouch down in the seat. All I want to do is relax and get myself to-

gether. The gold feels terribly . . . heavy. H ^L Bartholomew inoinn The sound of someone banging against President TRAILER CORP. the fuselage awoke me. I looked down 122 EAST 63rd STREET at the farmer and asked how far was CHICAGO 37, ILLINOIS Nuremberg. About 15 kilometers, he said, then asked if I was hurt. I climbed down and took the musette bag in which I had the penicillin, then set out toward the road he described. At a fork a few kilometers later, a PSORIASIS (Continued on page 46) "is it a

vitamins, attacks what is now believed to be the SKIN DISEASE? internal cause of Psoriasis, and tends to aid in the digestion and assimilation of foods. LIPAN is harmless, non-habit forming, and can be taken with confidence • After years of research, many noted medical 1 by both young and old. Physician inquiries are in- scientists have reached an opinion that Psoriasis vited. Ask your druggist for LIPAN or write us direct results from certain internal disorders. A number for free booklet. Or, order a month's supply of LIPAN of physicians have for the last five years been re- —bottle containing 180 tablets—at once, enclosing porting satisfactory treatment of this malady with check or money order for $8.50. a new formula called LI PAN — taken internally. m LI PAN. a combination of glandular substances and Spirt & Company, Dept. A-10, Waterbury, Conn. WANTED Bronze Memorials MAN WITH CAR

Like No Time Mm"%2 Now to Get In AWprtf McNess Business It's no trick to make good money when you use vour car as a McNess "Store on Wheels." Farmers buy everything they can from McNess Men because I IseYour McNess Products are tops in quality, represent extra values. Attractive busi- CAR ness-getting prizes and premiums; also money-saving deals to customers make to Raise TRAVEL FOR "UNCLE SAM" necessities a snap. selling McNess daily Railway Postal - — — — — — — — — Capital— Start Now! Your FRANKLIN INSTITUTE "—And here's something that'll hand We Supply Clerks / There's no better work anywhere. Pays *-»-»-r • Dept. F62, Rochester, N. Y. PAY $229-g>3o7 Controlled) you a laugh—they said 'that country well, permanent, need no experience to ^ (Not Government Sirs: Rush to me, without charge start, supply capital to help you MONTHv O and we { 32-page book with list of ivill get you—it'll have you talking to 0. 1 ) get started quick. You begin making money first day. Many other ^ Government Jobs. (2) Tell me yourself in no time'!" Write at once for McNess Dealer Book. It's FREE. Government O how to qualify for a position. Tells all — no obligation. « (1) Jobs. /J / Name AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE Mail coupon * THE McNESS CO.. 634 Adams St.,Freeport III. r today, sure. / Address The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 43 quipped, "if machines would give out hot coffee instead of this?" A few nights later Rudd and his wife visited the Melikian's. Mrs. Melikian served instant coffee which recalled Rudd's remark. "And why not?" asked the wives. Soon the two young men were making rough sketches, and finally came up with the nation's first fully automatic hot coffee vending machine. It is an electrically operated unit, known as "Kwik Kafe," that dispenses, without refill, 500 servings of delicious coffee in sanitary paper cups. All it takes is a nickel, and Gate That Swings Forever presto! you've got a cup of black Carl E. Kessler, a Columbia City, coffee, piping hot. The push of a but- HITCH UP Ind., vet with big ideas, got his big- ton or two serves cream and sugar, gest brainstorm while on a routine if desired. A spoon is supplied, and AND GO training flight for the Army Air the whole operation takes only five You'll enjoy new Forces in Texas late in the war. The seconds. travel freedom with result of it is that Kessler is turning Their biggest problem came when an American Trailer out daily 100 or so nifty, durable they talked dollars and cents. They Coach — any place at aluminum gates. "They last forever," pounded the pavements for months any time. You take is one of his slogans, and so popular. contacting over three hundred po- your living accom- During his flight over Gainesville, tential investors, most of whom had modations along. Tex., Kessler spotted huge piles of the stock answer, "It's You'll have your a great idea, ." government surplus aluminum. His but. . . Tax structure own wide, restful beds; large, airy liv- seemed to be ing rooms; complete cooking and heat- visits with ranchers had acquainted the culprit taking all possible ven- ing facilities; and insulation for year- him with their problems of upkeep, ture capital. However, they finally

'round comfort . . . everything for enjoy- repair and frequent replacement of managed to round up fourteen back- able, low-cost traveling or semi-perma- old-style wooden gates. ers to the tune of $75,000, and formed nent housing. literature Write tor on 3 Swinging a GI loan after his dis- Rudd-Melikian, Inc., in Philadelphia, new '48 models. charge, Kessler bought some alumi- May 31, 1946. AMERICAN COACH CO., Cassopolis, Michigan num and set up a small shop in First they placed thirty-five ma- Stephenville, in the heart of the chines in the Philadelphia area to Texas cattle empire. His first gates test the market. These machines were brought such an enthusiastic response manufactured in the cramped quar- from the ranchers that Kessler imme- ters of an antiquated garage. The diately decided to go into mass pro- coffee machine caught on like wild duction after hurriedly throwing to- fire, and the coffee boys had to move gether a factory 130 feet long and 30 into larger quarters. So in 1947 they wide, calling it the Aluminum Prod- built their own factory, and really ucts Co. got into mass production. So far, Kessler has purchased about a million pounds of aluminum from his favorite uncle, and he intends to remain in the gate-making business for a long time. His gates come in varying styles and prices. One is a 12-foot-long affair weighing only 66 Now they have nearly 500 employes pounds and costing $22.75. Corral operating over 1,000 machines located gates come as low as $9.50 — and these in all sections of the United States, prices are lower than the cost of and they expect to gross between $3 wooden gates. and $5 million in 1948. Demand for the attractive gates has The "Kwik Kafe" venders are serv- come from almost every state in the ing coffee in factories, department Thrifty Transportation country as well as from Mexico and stores, banks, hospitals, and in nu- South America. ...A'o Parking Problems merous other locations. - By C. J. Papara And they aren't stopping here. Army Vets Hits Million Dollar BARLEY-DAVIDSON 125 They have just brought out a new Coffee Jackpot compact coffee dispenser especially LIGHTWEIGHT • SINGLE CYLINDER When Lt. Lloyd Rudd, a veteran of designed for restaurants, cafeterias, Save wear and tear on your car! Save Guadalcanal, and Sergeant Cy Meli- coffee shops, and the like. One of time and money! Here's the answer to kian, a B-17 flight engineer, went to these can do the work of a number of congested traffic and parking problems get some coffee at the Wright Field, the conventional large urns. . . . the quick, easy way to reach your Ohio, cafeteria one bleak morning in Rudd and Melikian seem to be try- office, store or factory . . . the conveni- 1944, they were confronted with a ing to meet the goal set for them by ent way to go shopping, visiting, sight- posted order. No coffee served be- officials of the coffee industry who seeing! Comfortable and safe to operate, tween meals, "By order of the Com- predict that within years, the the Harley-Davidson 125 takes you any- two where — parks anywhere. Amazingly manding General." They went over consumption of coffee in the United quiet and smooth riding. And so eco- to a coin machine, and bought car- States will increase 25 percent all be- nomical to buy and drive that your bonated drinks instead. cause of the "Kwik Kafe" machines. pocketbook never feels it. See your "Wouldn't it be great," Rudd — By Joseph A. Dougherty Harley-Davidson dealer and take a ride. HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY DEPT. AL, MILWAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN 44 "Dandy," pedigreed white poodle, painted from life in the music room of his famous owner, Efrem Kurtz, Conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

"Critics praise his drinks, too, since Efrem Kurtz switched to Calvert!"

Noteworthy fact: moderate men everywhere are finding Calvert Reserve is really smoother, Clear Heads Choose really milder, really better tasting. All because

America's most experienced blender really does create better-blended whiskey. Switch Calvert Reserve

will it . to Calvert Reserve— just once. You, too, find BECAUSE IT'S SMOOTHER, MELLOWER . . TASTES BETTER the most satisfying whiskey you ever tasted!

Choice Blended Whiskey— 86.8 Proof— 65% Grain Neutral Spirits . . . Calvert Distillers Corp., New York City Advertisement (Continued jrom page 43) reconnaissance car full of Yank GI's crowded me in. They dropped me just three blocks from the house where I found Henri and made my delivery. From where I sit The sun was getting lower in a clear- ing sky by the time I reached the 9th Air Force airdrome near Strullendorf and not too far from the spot where I had landed. The Yanks not only agreed jSyJoe Marsh to give me some fuel, but drove me back to the field in a tank truck. Later, they stood by as I made the take-off. Max was highly pleased. I didn't ask him what was in the small box I had brought from Henri, curious as I was. But it must have been important, and so must the delivery of the gold and penicillin. I was paid 800 pounds. Ill Sandy Had the Folks It occurred to me that it was getting a little too busy to continue to account for my frequent flights as coffee missions. in Stitches! I cut in the same buddies and a few others on another racket that was much more profitable to them and still covered my real activities. The perfume At the Friday Night Social, Sandy Andre had given me more than a month was the inspiration for this aside. Crowell had the whole audience in ago The stockings had pleased Enid no stitches —doing a take-off on the end, but she had gasped when she saw the Chanel 5. "I have good perfumes, dear. blustering, cocksure character who be- This is worth a lot of money. Sell it. You need the money." littles everybody and everything that I was getting rich, but she knew noth- isn't from his own home town. ing of my real operations. I consulted Max and he gave me the address of a Well, we can laugh at that sort of wholesaler in the city. I told this dealer that I believed the bottle to be worth character because from where I sit, 10 pounds. He hedged a bit, then said, Americans are just the opposite. We "If you can bring me this, or other good perfumes, by the case I will be inter- like to boast a bit perhaps, about the ested. A single bottle is hardly worth paint job on the new barn, or the the trouble." We settled for six pounds for the bottle missus' style of cooking —but we aren't I had; and he promised me seven per intolerant of people who don't think bottle, by the case, delivered, of course, to his place. Andre, happy to see me with or act the same way we do. some extracurricular business, arranged to get me perfumes at 300 nancs — one- In our town, for instance: Some pound—per bottle. I paid, then, k.4 pounds for a case and sold it to the London folks like band concerts, others don't wholesaler for 168 pounds—which was a neat turn. I made money, and so did the —some families serve beer with dinner; other pilots on the station. By this, and others, buttermilk. As for politics, traffic in fine Swiss watches I bought for a few francs and let the men sell in there's plenty of healthy disagreement. England for 15 pounds profit on each, I made a lot of friends. Even the station But when it comes to denying folks CO was won over by my frequent presents in the form of watches, perfume, right to think or act as they choose the stockings, and other items. It was terribly hot that July morning . . . no, we're simply like you —we they caught me. I landed at Bretigny it, it goes for don't believe in whether and came into Paris carrying 70 pounds serving beer, or speaking one's mind of gold taped to me and easily another 45 pounds in my musette bag. The latter on public affairs. were done up in bank-type rolls, only not so expertly or rightly rolled. Some of the coins I had on my person were, luckily, as it turned out, U. S. $10 gold pieces. Sweating under the load, I start across the Boulevard St. Michel, almost heed- less of the gendarme standing about 10 yards ahead of me on his platform. And then suddenly as I start across, a car bears down on me. I jump safely, but my weight Copyright, 191,8, United States Brewers Foundation (Continued on page 49)

43 * The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 I

GKOSLEY

I*/ KITCHEN installed in winner's home

DONATED BY THE J. J. SEAGRAM POST!

LOOK WHAT YOU GET . . . a brand new all electric you receive a beautiful American sink with elec- kitchen styled and completely equipped by the tric garbage disposer and American kitchen cabi- Crosley and American Central Divisions, Avco nets plus such conveniences as American Venti- Manufacturing Corporation. You get a large 10.5 lator, toaster, electric mixer, electric waffle iron.

cu. ft. Crosley Shelvador* Refrigerator, a deluxe This Crosley-American Kitchen, installed free in Crosley electric range, a famous Crosley Frost- the winner's home, will also have famous Mosaic master Home Freezer—and even a Crosley tele- Tile flooring and wall panel. Yes, some Legion

vision receiver. All that would be enough to glad- home is going to be happier and gayer when the

den the heart of any housewife, but in addition, lucky winner is drawn.

( here's what you do ... if you are a wife, 1 American Legion Convention Corporation of Florida daughter, sister or mother of a bona fide Box 6335, Station B, Miami 36, Florida

Legionnaire, or a woman member of the Please enter my name in the free drawing for the Crosley-American Kitchen

NAME _ American Legion, just fill out and mail cou- (Please Print) pon. That's all there is to it. A drawing will HOME ADDRESS . be held October 18 at the American Legion CITY.... STATE... Convention, Orange Bowl, Miami, but it is American Legion Membership Card No _ _ or Membership Card No not necessary to be present at the drawing. of Husband Father Son Brother. The Crosley-American Kitchen is donated by Post Nome _ City _. -State the Post. J. J. Seagram IL cmi I wj^kt fa km) BitMfttz is Milwaukee's Finest Beer!"

says

Famous Motion Picture Slur and President of the Los Angeles Dons, All-America Football Conference.

"Back in Wisconsin where I come from," says Don Ameche, "folks are good judges

of fine beer. And they ought to be, for

Milwaukee is the brewing capital of the world,

home of America's finest beer. So, with our

choice of choicest, when I tell you that Blatz

is Milwaukee's finest beer, you can believe me.

I lived in Milwaukee and I ought to know."

"Out here in Hollywood/' Don Ameche says, "I always keep plenty of Blatz Beer in the refrigerator... so I can treat all my friends to true Milwaukee hospitality —and the refreshing flavor of America's finest beer!"

ail. VI ^ IS MILWAUKEE'S BOTTIED BEER

©1948. Blatz Brewing Co., Est. 1851 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Continued jrom -page 46) ^HHiiUMimmiioimiiiiiioiiiiiiiiinnMiiiiiiimnim overbalances me and I sprawl on the pavement, with coins spilling out. The VETERAN'S SCHOOL and COLLEGE gendarme shoos the gathering crowd OIRECTORY away, picks up the coins, and a few minutes later we are in a police station. liiiimiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiir^ imo| The inspector takes a handful of the Learn Profitable Profession jingling them loose coins and commences in QO days at Home together as he contemplates me with Men and Women, 18 to 50 gendarme Many Swedish Massage graduates make shrewd, close-set eyes. The $50, $75 or even more per week. Large full time incomes from doctors, hospitals, sits down. Obviously, both are waiting sanatoriums, clubs or private practice. Others make good money in spare for me to speak. I keep quiet. It is hot- time. You can win independence and prepare for future security by ter in here than in the street: or per- VwV f , "1 Jf training at home and qualifying for BUSINESS OR A GOOD PAY JOB IN diploma. Anatomy Charts and 32 of perspiration are from page illustrated Book KliKE— Now! RADIO - ELECTRONICS - TELEVISION haps the rivulets of The College Swedish Massage The Sprayberry i I. don alarm as much as humidity. The Surete Dpt. 875M, 41 E. Pearson St., Chicago 11 — you learn by building. Radio sets and equipment! I send you 8 big kits of real, professional radio parts . . . pot you to work has a reputation for being extremely ^doine over 175 experiments, including building a LEARN powerful 6 tube superhet radio and ' range test rough and ingenious with unco-operative meter. I start you at the beginning. Learn Radio through simple, easy, interesting lessons. Get the prisoners. facts about Spray be rrv Training Mail coupon below MEAT CUTTING TODAY for my book "How To Make Money In Ra- dio. Electronics and Television "— plus sample les- For what must be twenty minutes I son-BOTH FREE. through actual practice. Profit- VETERANS : Approved for G.I. Training under Public Laws 16 and 846. stand there, getting more tired from the able Meat Cutting and Success-

ful Meat Merchandising taught SPRAYBERRY ACADEMY OF RADIO I weight, as he toys with the coins. Then F. L. SPRAYBERRY, easily, large President t> quickly in cutting 28108 Sprayberry Bldg., PUEBLO, COLO. Rush Coupon there is a sarcastic laugh. "I suppose, rooms and big modern retail Rush my FREE Sample Lesson and Book. meat department in just six short weeks. Today! Check here if a Veteran my brave pilote, that I should ask your \

| NAME name. But you would not give me your LEARN BY DOING AT TOLEDO | right one, of course. Then I could ask Training given under actual meat market conditions. For begineers or men with ex- i for your identity card." He motions to a | CITY and Zone STATE perience. Thousands of successful graduates | second officer who has joined us. "But throughout the United States. you would probably have a fake one. COMPLETE TRAINING IN 6 WEEKS LEARN WATCHMAKING & JEWELRY Perhaps the uniform is also a camou- All related subjects taught thoroughly and completely. Diploma given upon graduation. WORLD'S LARGEST flage, eh?" Then to the gendarme, help. money-making store of your Job Get a WATCHMAKING SCHOOL own. Assured future. PEOPLE MUST EAT. "Search him!" Finest training School in operation for over 25 years. in mechani- "I have nothing to hide," I said quick- cal profession of great opportunity. All phases taught, ly, backing from the gendarme's APPROVED FOR Gl TRAINING away including electronic watch Send today for FREE 52 page illustrated cata- outstretched hands. I take from my timing. Enroll anytime, day log. No obligation. No salesman will call. change, or night classes. Ideal for pockets several pounds and some certain disabled persons. then a notebook. I even take my auto- NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEAT CUTTING Nationally accredited school, established 1936. Dept. A Toledo 4, Ohio matic from the shoulder holster and Every student bonded upon hand it to him, grip first. The ruse of Approved For graduation. Veteran Training co-operation is fooling them. They must Send for free 36-page phofo book not search me and find gold on my WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA person. HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE "Ah, that is better, so," says the in- Desk 36, 808 Ridge Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. spector with mock graciousness. Then, In Spore Tim* — At Horn* or at Allied School In Chkooo the cell "To with him!" KIT POSITIONS OPIN IN INDUSTRY

It is a dark, dank place with a solid ) • Mechanical Drafting • Tool and Die Making Train Now/ Can a Man MY Age door which has a small peep window. • Tool Design and En- But it is cooler. I collapse onto the hard tslablithod Nationally Known, 1938 Fully Approved in • Product' Design and Become a School and bunk, weak from holding up all the extra FREE Illustration Endows by weight. After a rest, my mind begins to EMPLOYMENT Approved for Civilians Ineuatry ... SERVICE and Veterans . . . clearly again. I Hotel work How can get word • • • Write for Cafolog — Ale Postcard a Executive out of this place? I have two things to ALLIID SCHOOL Of MECHANICAL TRADES Even > -sin- 1J40- 1342 S*. Michigan Ava. Though He Has No 4710 Allied Bids. CHICAGO 5 Pre vious Hotel Experience? Would you like to step into a well-paid position Hotel. A YHlli;i!E\ IE II II I.I II M as Uub. Inn or Restaurant Manas* r. Purchasing Agent BE A REAL ESTATE BROKER Social Director, Assistant Manager? Would you like to be able to look forward happily to the future? EASY TO LEARN— Start The success BIG.' of Lewis graduates from 18 to 50 PltOVES — PAYS and ran your own busi- vou can though you never had a minute's ness quicKiy. Many graduates report making up experience in hotel work. C. P. Hearne Becomes Hotel Steward to $1000 a month. Course of study covers Sales, Although Property Apprashta, Loans, Mort- He Knew Nothing About Hotel Management , tusn ess gages and hundreds of related subjects. Course in 'Shortly after receiving my diploma home study or classroom instruction in leading cities. rom the Lewis Hotel Training School, I rwsrtr B'tar new illustrated catalog from this nation- ;ave up my job in a power plant and flltt ally known school. G. I. Approved. Send a Post iccepted a position obtained for me by Card Todav. he Lewis Placement Bureau as Assistant o the Manager of a famous Virginia WEAVER SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE (Estab. 1936) 'ountry Club. Steward 350- 15 E. Pershing Road Dept. Kansas City, Mo. Now of this le oom hotel. Have been here eleven nonths and have had three raises In

Step Into a Weil-Paid Hotel Position BE A Chiropractic DOCTOR FREE Book Gives Fascinating Facts Be independent. A pleasant career. Provides Our FREE Hook. "Your liig Opportunity." explains how pood income. More than 30 million patronize you can qualify for a well-paid position at home, in leisure

Chiropractic'. . . world's largest natural healing time; tells how you are registered FHEE of extra cost in profession. Four year professional course in- the Lewis National Placement Sen-ice; shows how you can cludes adequate internship. Approved for vet- be a Lewis Certified Employe — certified to "make good" begins November 8th. when erans. Fall semester placed in a position. Mail the coupon NOW I Write for booklets. CARVER Chiropractic Course approved for COLLEGE, 521 N.W., 9th St., Oklahoma City. Veterans' Training.

Lewis Hotel Training School WHY DON'T YOU Room NT-4724, Washington 7. 0. C. 33: WRITE? Send me the Free Hook, "Your Big Opportunity," S without obligation. I wish to know how to qualify I Writing short stories, articles on Veterans' activities, for a well-paid position at home, in my leisure time, | sports, hobbies, travel, local, club and church activities, etc., will enable you to earn extra money. In your own home, on your own time, the New York Copy Desk Method teaches you how to write the way newspaper men learn — by writing". Our unique "Writing Aptitude Test" tells whether you possess the fundamental qualities essential to successful writing. You'll enjoy this test. Write for tt without cost or obligation. VETERANS: This course approved for Veterans* Training City .Zone State. From October, 1933 A.L.M. NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Q Check here if eligible under G.i. Bill of Rights Suite 5778-S, One Park Ave., New York 16. N. Y.

• The American Legion Magazine October, 1948 • jjg fear. Officially, the Surete is cooperating with Scotland Yard. There are many WANT TO EARN agents from the Yard here in Paris. If surrendered to them, I should get ten S9000 A YEAR? years—even with the best attorneys, and my war record notwithstanding. On the Then here's your chance to enter a business # WHEREVER YOU GO other hand, there is the probability of offering an opportunity for unlimited earnings

. . . plus the satisfaction of rendering a worth- the inspector trying to exact graft on From Maine to California— from Can- — while service in your own community. Many of the threat of turning me in. He had a ada to the Gulf the new ZIMMER our representatives earn $4000 to $9000 a year TRAILER commands nationwide atten- fool-proof weapon, if he realized it. My and more! tion. Matchless performance on the Have you the qualifications for success as a identity card is genuine; I dare not carry road — spacious living accommodations, life insurance salesman? Our scientific Aptitude a false one in England. sleeping 4 to 6 persons— extra rein- Test will help you find out. forced aluminum top The little panel in the door opens. A and all-aluminum For those who qualify our program includes body with baked enamel finish are guard peers in at me briefly, then slams an excellent on-the-job training course, and the features that assure high resole value. it Mutual Lifetime Compensation Plan provides the thing shut. Every five minutes, The new ZIMMER is built to last— yet liberal commissions and service fees, with a seems, he goes through this inspection. I moderately priced. comfortable retirement income at 65. Send for see enough of his face to get an idea. I the Aptitude Test today. If you show a good aptitude, you'll hear from our nearest manager. get up and approach closer to the door. With rest and coolness my confidence THE MUTUAL LIFE has returned. We have an emergency INSURANCE COMPANY of NEW YORK telephone number for just such situa-

34 Nassau Street Alexander E Patterson tions; not Andre's, but one in another New York 5, N. Y. President part of the city. I loosen one of the strips and take from it two of the $10 PLEASE SEND ME YOUR APTITUDE TEST gold pieces. He opens the door again. "Captain," I flatter him, "will you do me a favor if I do you a greater one? Call my girl. She's waiting for me and will be very anxious." Write for free literature He slams the panel. ZIMMER BOAT & TRAILER CO. Has he gone to the inspector? This 25645 GRAND RIVER Dept. A DETROIT 19, MICH. Every Mechanic needs AUDELS AUTO GUIDE. Saves may make things worse. Time & Money. Highly Endorsed. Covers Whole Subject. Presently, though, I 1. Principles. 2. Construction. 3. Ignition. 4. Service. 5. Re- he returns. go pairs. Handy Size. Easily Understood. Fluid Drive. New through it all again. He says that there Hydraulic Shift & Diesel Engines fully covered. Over 1700 pages— 1540 Illustrations showing Inside Views of Modern is no phone in the jail he can use with- Cars, Trucks & Buses with instructions for Service Jobs. Ask to see it on 7 davs Free Trial. Mail Order Today. out the inspector's knowledge. Moreover, 34. Complete. If O. K. Pay Only $1. a Month until paid. it would cost me money. He knows I AUDEL. Publishers, 49 W. 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y. SHINE WITHOUT 'POLISH' have given all mine to the inspector. New Invention ! • Sells Like Wild Poor men cannot demand favors. aces messy pastes, liquids. Sim- ply glide over snoes— and prestoI EVERYTHING FOR I hold up one of the gold pieces. "This — you nave a lustrous. 1 / / / I long- lasting shine. No is gold, better il/y American even than your mess. Nomuss. No soiled own. It is ten dollars." He looks, incredu- hands. Clean. Handy. WORKS LIKE MAGIC 1 lous. "Just call and ask for Suzanne. Tell For Men's, Women 's and Children's Shoes . Low her what's happened, but just say that priced. Lightning seller 1 'er sent im- I am delayed because of some irregu- __ .'to all who A penny postal will do. SEND NO MONEY—jw«l larity in my papers." KRISTEE CO., 146 1 Bar Street. AKRON, OHIO When he returns, I wonder if it means a more thorough search. I grow tense when he opens the panel again. But I've gambled right. He would go off duty in EXTRA MONEY ten minutes, he says, and will make the MAKE Build Steady Repeat Business call. I give him the gold piece then the No Investment — No Experience. number. I must chance it. SELL UNION LABEL BOOK MATCHES Here is more suspense. How will I direct from America's Largest Exclusive Union Label Book Match Manufacturers know that he actually the call? He made Every business, every store, political partiep might easily keep the gold and go home. I UH10H and all lodges and fraternal organization? are prospects. Make BIG PROFIT QUICK BOOK Write Today for SPECIAL OFFER and t»MCMS FREE POWERHOUSE selling kit. SUPERIOR MATCH CO. LUXURY... COMFORT... BEAUTY Dept. a-108 7528 S. Greenwood, Chicago Here are all the advantages of a smart modern home; glassed-in shower stall, chrome faucet, soft indirect lighting, and many other features put Stream- lite's new 1948 Shore- land Tandem deluxe in EVER a Class by itself. Truly TT America's No. 1 buy ! NEED THIS? - The galley (kitchen) de- beauty as well as signed for Maybe tonight's the utility. Gleaming chromium hardware and trim, stainless night you'll need a good steel work table and sink. electric lantern. Here it Every homemaker will de- is! Has dozens of uses, 1*1 light in the colorful, up-to- indoors and out. Shoots the-minute smartness of 800 foot beam. Light this room. "stays put" at any angle Write for full-color booklet and name you set. Buy at hdwe.. of your nearest Streamlite Dealer. &PU1sport,L, orUi elect,ClCll. stores.DIV1C3. . g CHICAGO STREAMLITE CORPORATION Delta REDDY/1& AMERICAN LEGION MAOAZINE Dept. A.L.. N. W. Corner 37th St. at Princeton. Chicago 9. Illinois DELTA ELECTRIC CO.. MARION, INDIANA

• Legion • October, 1948 JJQ The American Magazine ! . .

I said, "Now look here, you make the To the Person who is NEW J: call and bring me back the message and I'll give you another ten-dollar piece." Wm "Bon," he says, slamming the panel. But how will I know? Now he may re- DEAF turn and say, simply, that Suzanne is and is Tired of Straining to not at home. He might be telling the truth, or he might not be. How can I know? I must get word out. While he is gone, the new guard keeps HEAR up the old business of peek-a-boo every 0 Do you miss the precious things five minutes. Then I hear voices. My you should hear—music, the voices loved ones, all the sounds that friend opens the panel, and my heart of make up life? sinks as he says, "Suzanne, she is not Sounds which have been long lost home." I hand him the other piece — he — even low-voiced conversation, church sermons and business confer- The New A. I Stephens Bar might tell the inspector if I did not — ences, with many voices taking part, Refrigerated This New Equipment Revolu- then turn away. "But monsieur," he con- are all brought back with Beltone, Walk-in tionizes Bar Service! Servicing BACK BAR tinues, "I hesitate to tell you. ... A the new type One-Unit Hearing Aid. of bar is done inside refriger- and This tiny, one-unit device, which ated back bar which COOLS man answered. He said he was Suzanne's other features weighs only a few ounces, is all you which and STORES 14 half-barrels father." The guard smirks knowingly. wear. Gone, forever, are the incon- beer, 100 cases bottled bever- SAVE "He asks is there a message. I tell him veniences of old-fashioned hearing ages and bar supplies. heavy, clumsy sepa- Time-Work- the RAF pilote is being detained for aids. No more Built-in walk-in cooler, visible rate battery packs. No dangling, un- Space something. Then he says to tell not reach-in bottle compartments, you sightly battery wires. The Beltone to be anxious. INCREASE more seating capacity at bar, Suzanne will wait." reproduces faithfully the sounds you one compressor refrigerates en> He is telling the truth. "Suzanne, is want to hear—the music and laugh- Patronage love, tire unit. . . . Many other ter in the voices of those you and Profits fea she there?" was the code message for or inconvenience. Patents Pending tures. This "bar of the fu without discomfort "I have been arrested." The answer that ture" is the ideal club b Fnrr| Learn how Booths, Stools Write for new, illustrated cata she would wait meant that Andre and * E K • much better Chairs, Tables log and details. and more clearly Beltone company were going into action. Our uncovers precious sounds connections with the Surete were sup- you, perhaps, thought lost A. J. STEPHENS & CO. forever. Just mail coupon to airtight; in England it 28 14 E. 14th St. Kansas City 1, Mo. posed be but for valuable was something else again. I thank him free booklet. „ H«Mh»*rW No obliga- - sincerely, and he goes away after mum- tion. bling something to the other guard. MAIL COUPON FOR FREE BOOKLET Within an hour's time, someone — I BELTONE HEARING AID CO., Dept. ALM-10 never learned who — either visited or | 1450 West 19 Street, Chicago 8, Illinois I or obligation, the phoned the inspector. The still-suspi- Please send me, without cost | new FREE booklet of interesting facts about I cious second guard unlocks the door and DEAFNESS and HOW to OVERCOME IT. I motions me out. I find the inspector a Name Your Vindale Trailer Home changed man, all smiles and ever so gra- In your Vindale trailer Address home you will find cious. He behaves more like a host than all the things that make a home really a jailer. They had made a grave mis- Town State livable. Write today for free literature take. Could I ever forgive them? This on both the 29 and 21 foot Vindales. • Also Custom-Built Coaches goes on as he returns my personal be- SELL THIS NEW FLASHER SIGN longings, including automatic and the Used In every store window. my Plugs in everywhere, costs les« than lc per day to operate. bag of coin. I walk out of the place. Needed in every store everywhere! Write at once for free Illf CQRCH G>. It had happened almost too easily, and catalog of electric flasher THE signs, plastic aprons, price BROOKVILLE PRODUCTS CO., INC. I wondered whether or not the release tickets, electric turntables, Dept. AL, BROOKVILLE, OHIO shelf mouldings, menu covers, plant of sort. Just in price ticket holders, change- might be a some able signs, window display sets itei case, I took the Metro. Here was the ig OF best possible place to elude a tail in the PRICING PRESS 103 L A FAY ET E ST pept - N e w v o rI .3 . N. y . subway's crowd and confusion. By devi- Buy Direct From Factory » ^ 95 ous ways I wound up at Andre's. He FEET HURT? Write for free booklet «P H feet hurt when you walk or stand? complimented me on the way I had Do you and price list up ron's NEW FOOT CUSHIONS give blessed relief. Take painful pressure off INDEPENDENT handled myself and embraced me as CALLOUSES, CORNS, SORE HEELS, ACHING IRON WORKS ARCHES. CUSHION and relieve soles of your 2416 East ,23rd Street, Dept. AL though I had been away for years — as feet — help support WEAK ARCHES, absorb foot shocks. Light, spongy ventilated like Los Angeles 1 I, Calif. well I might, but for the efforts of the walking on pillow! Wear in any shoes. Dr. Barren savs: "Relieves tired, aching feet Big Boss and himself. from HEEL TO TOES." SEND NO MONEY! Pay postman $ 1 .98 fo-- PAIR plus postage (or send $1.93, we pay postage). STATE 4EVERBLOOMING IV SHOE SIZE AND IF MAN OR WOMAN. 30- DAY TRIAL GUARANTEE. Money back if no blessed relief! FREE — Dr. Barron's "FOOT About two weeks later, things took a HEALTH ADVICE" sent with order, to help keep your feet healthy. Beware of imitations! Get GENUINE Dr. turn for the worse in both Paris and Barron's Foot Cushions only from: ORTHO, Inc., Dept. 61-M ROSES-/ 2700 Broadway, New York 25, New York London. By this time I had learned that the gold we operators delivered moved OUTING QUEENS OF THE FLOWER WORLD! by very strange ways to appear eventu- 4 strong, heavy-rooted everbloom- ally in the Bourse. It was taken from ing rose bushes in best colors : reds, pinks, whites, yellows—ALL FOR $1 Andre's after dark, and the carriers Will bloom this spring. SEND NO MONEY—WE SHIP C.O.D. Just pay made rendezvous with others in a sec- postman $1 plus postal charges. Satisfaction ond or third car in various parts of the Guaranteed—Order Today! Catalog FREE. Marble's Woodcraft No. 49 city to transfer the gold coin. This par- Beautiful leather handle. Extra keen RJ412, Woxahachie, Texas NAUGHTON FARMS, INC., Dept. in. forged steel blade, with sheath. the cars were to meet near ticular night, Price . . $3.00 FILING SAWS one of the ruins of the bombed Renault AVAKt plant in southwest Paris. As the transfer of gold-filled suitcases began, a notorious Make a good extra Income with the Foley Saw Filer, gang of GI racketeers made an abortive Marble's Ideal No. 45 roley-f iled saws cut smooth' er, faster, bring repeat cash highjacking attempt. There was a lot of Marble's Waterproof All-Purpose for field, forest and camp. business. No experience Match Box Extra sturdy. With sheath, 6 in. blade. needed — FREE PLAN starts shooting but little blood, other than that Keeps, matches dry. $3.50; 6in. blade, $4.00. 7Sc Ask your FOLEY MFG. CO., 1035-8 Foley spilled by the traitor of ours who had S D l a Av Bldg., Minn. Marble Arms Mfg. Co. n°e. -S j c h 5:s.A. Minneapolis 18, joined this gang of deserters called the & Giadsfc .

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • "Forty Thieves," and apparently had tipped our hand. But their near-success made us rather edgy. So did the bad 7^4 news Max had for me back in London. y Scotland Yard had, at last, hit upon a delightful travel For long-sought clue: our scheme for trans-

porting the gold. One of the operators l and luxurious living had crashed near Hatfield. The poor chap's body had been found near his wrecked Mustang, with sovereigns scat- | tered all around and still others taped to his remains. This was the tip-off, and now we must be doubly careful. Because I did not now wish to live as a wealthy man in England, I thought REEVES FABRICS over a proposition friends in Rio had make strong, sturdy made to me. Moreover, my sudden riches in England would make me suspect. UNIFORMS.. .WORK AND SPORT CLOTHES Getting the fruits of my gold operations Dp in,,. out of the country presented a problem, Ask your dealer for uni- however, that I had to solve. sport Designed, constructed and styled yet My clothes of Reeves Fab- as a most complete and livable buried cache now amounted to more home. Vagabond continues to be than 45,000 pounds, or $180,000. rics. Reeves Army Twill*, of which Uncle Sam first choice among experienced bought 90 million yards, trallerists. some time, too, I had insisted on re- For insures extra wearability and good looks. ceiving my pay-off in large U.S. bills. Warm floors in winter, controlled Demand Glengarrie Poplin* for matching shirts. full insulation The logical excuse to Max was that the power ventilation, Sanforized— residual shrinkage less than 1% and perfectly fitted doors and accumulation of pound notes was assum- windows are just a few of the ing unwieldy proportions, and that I had Vagabond features which will make long since run out of bottles. This hap- REEVES BROS., INC. you, too, one of the great family of pened to be true enough. 54 Worth St., New York 13, N.Y. happy Vagabond owners. Occasionally, I would arrange for him to exchange some of my buried pounds for American due to motion upsetting currency. the organs ot balance, A new, full! color relieved with catalog: showing all My last three weeks were the most features of|both new Vagabondgtrailers is profitable. On the mission I planned as e for it. my final one, I pretended to myself that For Land and Sea travel. this was not really the last trip. Super- Results guaranteed or VAGABOND COACH MFG. CO stition perhaps. In addition to some 60 money refunded. BOX 44 NEW HUDSON, MICH. pounds of gold weight, I carried eleven of the canvas strips filled with uncut GO-GETTERS, ATTENTION.' diamonds. If I was ever tempted to go THERE'S EXTRA WEAR Earn big money. Easy, pleasant Excellent v AWOL, this was it. Andre and I had din- as sideline, as your own boss. You can 1 IN THAT FAVORITE PAIR V sell direct an item every woman wants, 0 ner again, but it was not easy to bring a satin-like beautiful up V lace-printed Plasti- SEE Magic table cover. New and better. Sells the subject. Finally I said, "Look Andre, YOUR SHOE REPAIRMAN like hot-cakes. Large profits. Convince yourself. Send for details today. this business is getting me down. Is it all 4m TIOGA OAK PLASTIMAGIC CORP., Domestic Dept. right if I take a little rest?" 1133 Broadway, New York 10, SOLE LEATHER V N. Y. He answered immediately, "You want j EBERLE TANNING CO., WE ST Fl EID, PEN NA. to quit, and you've earned it. Where will you go?" MEN and CROSMAN 6*tf RIFLE WOMEN "Probably to South America, Andre." "I understand," he said so softly that Most Amazing Gun Ever Invented for and Small Game Shooting I barely heard. There was an awkward Target The ideal rifle for year 'round shooting indoors or out. Shoots low-cost SUPER PELLS without noise, A odor or recoil. Requires no cleaning. WAIXGREJV BOKgUET At your dealer or write direct.

HIGH INCOME Adjustable power—rifled barrel for accuracy. . 1 77 TRAVEL* ADVENTURE and .22 caliber models. ...await in World Trade. Work for others or start your own CROSMAN ARMS CO., INC. Write for information* full or part time business in this big-money industry. Your 21 HENRIETTA ST., ROCHESTER 7, N. Y. home can be your office. Buy and sell world-wide without capital by mail order as I have. My practical low cost home study course teaches you quickly at home. World Trade is a common sense business which I teach you in a common sense way, based on my own twenty-five years' practical expert- ence. Simple words — clear instruction. No need to know or W" learn a foreign language. No previous special experience or anywhere: schooling needed. World Trade -Certificate awarded. Author- ities predict that the Marshall Plan will expand V. S. Ex- ports to $60 BILLION over the next five years; also billions in Imports will result. World Trade now offers the biggest opportunities in history for newcomers. Send today for FREE . . and in INFORMATION. Airmail reaches me overnight. utmost MAIL TOR FREE DETAILS comfort! B. L. MELLINGER, Director, The Melllnger Co. I422-8L WESTWOOD BLVD • LOS ANGELES 24, CALIF. Only coaches by Stewart give Vou the Slope- SEND FREE LITERATURE ABOUT MY OPPORTUNITIES IN WORLD TRADE Away Roof. Sheds rain quickly ... no pockets can form to collect water. Choice of three great models: 33, 28 and 23 feet in length. Before you buy any trailer, see, compare the Stewart. Free literature. Write Dept. AL. Convention Bound QTE1AIADT couch compnnY It wf M II I Bristol- inoiflnfi

- 52 " The Ame i n Legion Magazine • October, 1948 silence. Nothing left to say. Then I asked OWN a Business him to tell the Big Boss goodbye. He re- Clean and Mothproof minded me that one does not say "good- Bu bye" but "au revoir." Andre then drove VfvYGLiDER | Rugs and Upholstery t Service rendered "in the home," me out to Bretigny. He clasped both my * office or public buildings. Gross hands in his. Then I turned away. profits up to $15 and $20 a day on EACH of your service men. Easy When I returned to Max's shop, he to learn . . . quickly established. smiled wanly and said, "Oh, it is a pity. DURACLEAN cleans by absorption! No scrubbing, soaking or shrinkage. Dirt and grease vanish as if But you well deserve the rest." I could by mag'C . . . matted pile rises . . . colors revive. Every- thing completely dry in just a few. hours. Fabrics not imagine how he knew, but it didn't look newer, last longer. matter now. We talked for perhaps half kills moths and carpet beetles. Makes DURAPROOF All Glider dealers have a very liberal time pay- materials resistant to both. To our knowledge, this an hour. As I prepared to leave, he plan. Write today for the address of your is the only moth proof service backed by a National ment Money-Back. 4 YEAR WARRANTY! Guards against handed me a long business envelope. nearest Glider dealer and free literature. * mildew too. This was unusual. "This is for delivering Patented electrical equipment. We furnish enough material to return your TOTAL investment. Start the diamonds, and with it is a bon GLIDER TRAILER CO. I full or part time. No shop needed. Territories are 1828 WEST KINZIE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS limited. Write today for FREE Booklet explaining voyage remembrance." details and Easy Terms! Although my curiosity nearly got .the Cura-lecwi Co., 19-0 Ct., Deerfield, Illinois better of me, I let the envelope remain unopened until I reached the station. In Made to U. S. Army Specifications SHOE SHINE KIT the privacy of my quarters I opened it 16-JEWEL The E-Z Shine Aluminum Shoeholder to find fifteen $1,000 bills! has toe pieces for men's, women's, children's shoes, both left and right. ELGIN Demountable. $2.50. Check or posta II y separation from the RAF came remittance. Postage added to C.O.D.'s. Iwl about in due time. About a month $ 95 Back Guarantee. New self-polish- I Money later, I arrived in Rio de Janeiro. How 19 ing shoe-cloth 104 additional left England is incidental — and could not case, even — but Sturdy 16-Jewel ELGIN be revealed in any now men's wrist watches. Water \nP the important thing is that I was able to Repellent. Sweep second hand. Stainless Steel back. Unbreakable crystal. QUALITY! American handle only $55,000 of the cached money. made. Fully reconditioned with ONE YEAR GUARANTEE! Made for the U. S. Army Air There was just no way to carry anymore Corps. They HAD to be good. SEND NO MONEY.

' Simply pay postman $19.95 plus 10% tax and r»ifu. C0.1 of it at that time. Enid joined me, after postage on delivery. Cash orders sent postpaid. Limited supply. UNITED PRODUCTS CO., 7941 L. PA. a considerable delay in obtaining a visa, Dept. A WAYNE, S. Halsted St. Dept. RES-430 Chicago 20. 111. and we were married immediately.

I returned to England alone after an absence of seventeen months. My main was the recovery of reason, of course, NOW To Christmas Is the balance of our fortune. With condi- is ready tions returning to normal, I felt that my MONEY-MAKING TIME! for you chances for bringing out the money were NOW! good now. Too, we needed some of it for Sell CHRISTMAS*CARDS business purposes. Fast sales bring you big daily earnings. Show EMBOSSED Name-Imprinted In a car borrowed from a former Personal Christmas Cards. Miracle selling Furnished complete, ready for you and values at 50 for $1 pay you Big Profits. squadron mate, I drove late the same your family to live in and travel in. Alsosuperb 21 -Card "Feature" Christmas of Box, 30 other Christmas $1.00 sellers With living room, evening of my arrival in London out 60c to bedroom, kitchen- Everyday Cards and Stationery bring you added dinette and lounge. the city. As always I made the turn at cash. Send for "Feature" Assortment on approval and FREE Personals. Write today! on past and continued 617 ADAMS STREET SEND FOR toward my cache in FRIENDSHIP STUDIOS, INC. ELMIRA, N.Y. CIRCULAR Travelite Trailer Co. 4013 Wentworth Avenue the grove.

McMORROW, BERMAN & DAVIDSON ' ' Get Sample Radio Lesson and 64-page book . Be a Registered Patent Attorneys car with my flashlight in hand. I didn't Success in Radio," both FREE. See bow I train you Victor 146-X Building Washington 1. D. C. need it — or even the headlights — to see at home for good Radio jobs. You learn by building Radio Tester. Receiver, etc.. with parts I send. Make that the location where I had so care- money while learning, fixing Radios. Mail Coupon NOW! TRIM YOUR OWN fully reburied $109,000 in American VETERANS! APPROVED UNDER G.I.BILL TRIM HAIR AT HOME-SAVE BARBER BILLS pounds now only Trims- hair as it co.t, bs! Easy! Quick! Keepsmen's, money and 17,750 was SSgfcir. MR. J. E. SMITH, President. Dept. ° KJ« women's, children's hair trim, neat, freshly-cut an ugly, crazy scar in the gentle slope. National Radio Institute, Washington 9, D. 0. looking all thetime! Trims, tapers, thinsout un- Uselike . . _ and the whole grove had Mail me Sample Lesson and book FREE. pie. No experience required. Fine My cache legs, underarms! Sells Like Wild! ceased to exist! I do not know, and prob- Name Age SAMPLES for AGENTS ably never will know, if my fortune lies Address postal will do. SEND NO MONEY . under the new pavement or was found City Zone State.. Just your name. KRISTEE CO. Check if Veteran 1462 BAR ST.. AKRON. OHIO by some lucky workman. THE end

The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 • 53 On these pages are listed books HUNTING IN THE NORTHWEST which interpret American life in By Clyde Ormond. $5.00 terms of today. By filling out the the pincers moving victoriously up to given at the bottom of the Vicksburg. There is still big game to be found in form the United States — opposite page, and enclosing By and large, it would look as though

if you know how to check or money order, you can this were sufficient achievement for one get the books listed. Watch in the 1860s. but Miss Carroll hunt it and where to any of woman next month reviews acted also as confidential advisor to find it. The "how" out for of a and "where" are so other books of current interest. Lincoln, did a good deal of research into important, that re- The history of the outfit with the legal problems that surrounded Lin- gional hunting which you served may be ready. coln's exercise of his Constitutional and guides of this type THE EDITORS extra-Constitutional powers during the arc becoming in- Civil War, and wrote one of the basic creasingly useful, documents of the Civil War, "The War Ormond covers aJ Powers of the General Government" which between World Wars I and II. the seasonal hunting prominence was published by the State Department. Montana. Idaho The latter half of the book covers the Noble claims that Miss Carroll's almost in ; operation of the Garand, the Garand in ignored and \\ voming. Oregon, incredible achievements were the Garand as a match rifle. lost in history be- a nd Washington, combat and a stream of American field or shooter and and writes in con- The target, combat cause "no political leaders, no major news- gunsmith will find here all the facts he papers, cause, al- siderable del ail of the bunting of game dared champion her wants to know about the Garand. though the Washington Capital declared in those stales, lie is precise and specific shooter, gunsmith, ". in his instructions and suggestions. The Whatever kind of briefly . . Had Miss Carroll's services or just plain gun various how-to-do-it techniques are illus- arms historian, collector been performed by a man, in the military will give all trated by photographs, which in some nut you are — this book you service, that man would now rank high up answers. It's the bible on the Garand. along the Sheridans." cases are not too clear. If this information the Shermans and bad been presented in drawings, Uiis book WOMAN WITH A SWORD would be withoul a Haw. As it is, it stands COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE Hollister Noble. $3.00 as an example of bow a practical book By AMATEUR. By Keith Henney. $5.00 on hunting should be written. Hollister Noble, Color photography is now reasonably who seems a sober, foolproof, and within the means of any- HATCHER'S BOOK OF THE God-fearing histo- one who can afford a camera. It is still GAR AND. Rv Ma jor General Julian rian, has unearthed more difficult to make a good color photo S. Hatcher. $6.00 one of the most than a good black and white, but even

No rifle has ever created as much furor astounding bits of then, much too much color film is wasted as the Ml Garand, both in the making and history ever to because the average photographer has not in action. Its backers were just as violent emerge from the troubled to learn the principles. In the as its detractors, and for a while the whole tangled revised edition of Johnson-( iai and con- story of Amer a. his standard book trovers) seemed fair This reviewe. 's opinion is that Noble Keith Henney cov- to disrupt the whole has opened up a source of tremendously ers the field for national defense pro- fascinating controversy and has written both the beginner duct ion and training (even though it is fictionalized) one of the and the advanced program. It is won- season's most fascinating biographies. amateurl He tells derful to have this In its most important point the book how to make trans- sane, unbiased and threatens to tear down a lot of the prestige parencies, how to factually accurate which has acciued to Civil War leaders; make prints and book on the Garand according to Noble. Miss Anne Carroll, separation nega- by Julian Hatcher. the heroine of WOMAN WITH A tives. He describes The slory is a fasci- SWORD, first conceived the idea of using the apparatus for each process by brand nating one, and virtually amounts to a his- the Tennessee River as a strategic artery name, and gives an estimate of the cost. tory of the development of the semiauto- for the war in the West, and presented it This book is thoroughly practical, and matic rifle in America. to the Assistant Secretary of War late in not too much knowledge on the part of The first half of the book tells the his- 1861; she was also the moving figure be- the reader is presumed. It is planned logi- torj of the various Carands. from the hind the huge pincers plan which involved cally so that you can learn color photog- primer-operated .276 to the present .30 the attack in the West and a coordinated raphy in simple steps. The color film you Ml. and of the Hangs. Hatchers, Peder- action in the East— the plan which bogged have ruined this summer will probably sc il-. Remingtons. Whites. Colts, Rhein- down in 1862 with McClellan stopped be- pay the cost of the book. Get a copy and metalls and Johnsons that flashed into fore Richmond and the Western arm of save money over the winter.

5^. • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 —

A SPECIAL PRE-PUBLICATION OFFER George Washington

VOLUMES I AND II By DR. DOUGLAS FREEMAN

Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, author of the definitive ambition — on his patience in defending the Vir- studies of Robert E. Lee and of Lee's Lieutenants, has com- quenchless ginia frontier with a small, miserably-equipped regiment — pleted the first section of his monumental biography of and on the personal attacks made against him up to and George Washington — the culmination of his finest efforts over including the charge (false) that Washington manufactured many years in the field of historical study, research and evalu- the story of a sensational Indian raid to have his command ation. Volumes I and II take the career of young Washington recruits. with thorough, colorful coverage of his Virginia plantation increased by new George Washington is a book that will fascinate every background up to the time when, at 26, he resigned from — that will find place in every library. By command of a Virginia regiment, married, and settled down American a book a special arrangement, the American Legion Book Service is for 17 years as a Virginia planter. authorized by the publisher to sell this beautifully-bound set Freeman has filled in a portrait of a new and amazingly Legionnaires order different Washington— warmly emotional, completely human, of 2 boxed volumes for only $12.50 to who before October 15th. regular publication price is $15. vitally interesting as a man, and as an American. The Here are notes on Washington's first surveys, his land pur- On all orders postmarked before midnight, October 17—$12.50 chases, on the financial dealings which made him one of the Orders postmarked after October 17-$15.00 richest men in America. Freeman touches on Washington's ORDER NOW CASH OR C.O.D. THE AMERICANISM DIVISION American Legion Book Service St., Washington 6, D. C. strongly recommends the following books as important am- 1608 K N. W.. munition in the Legion's war on subversion. Gentlemen: Please send me the books indicated below.

COMMUNISM AND THE CONSCIENCE I enclose $ Send C.O.D. OF THE WEST Fulton Sheen $2.50 I SAW POLAND BETRAYED Arthur Bliss Lane $3.50 LAST CHANCE IN CHINA Freda Utley $3.50 LOST ILLUSION Freda Utley $3.00 THE IRON CURTAIN Igor Gouzenko $3.00 TELL THE WEST Jerzy Gliksman $3.75 Name (please print) LENIN, A BIOGRAPHY David Shub $5.00 THE RED PRUSSIAN Schwartschild $4.00 Street

All of these titles can be secured direct from American Legion City Zone State OCT/48 Book Service, 1608 K St., N.W., Washington, D.C. l : TIMELY QUERY The atom bomb is here to stay, To that, we all agree; PARTING We KNOW the bomb is here to stay—

SHOTS The question is . . . "Are WE?" -By F. G. Kernan ODE TO FREEDOM CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK Now, Freedom costs a priceless fee; young It's something we don't get for free. A Chinese student was living in a boarding But here is what I wish I knew: house which was anything Just when the next installment's due. but clean. In view of the dirty premises —By Edward A. Lawrence he was greatly surprised one day to find a card tacked on the front door by his PROOF POSITIVE landlady. CLEAN YOUR FEET, it said in big Two or three days after moving into who supervises this operation?" "Oh, letters. a new neighborhood, an attractive nobody," the American guide answered. The Chinese student took a pencil and young widow found herself in urgent "It's all automatically controlled and the on the same card, immediately under- need of a can of milk. Too busy to go results are recorded on a machine up- neath, he wrote, ON GOING OUT. herself, she hailed an urchin who lived stairs." The next, even more complicated —By Irv Leiberman next door: "Bobby, I need a few things section of the plant again brought the from the store. Can you go for me?" question, "Who looks after this step?", "No, ma'am," he replied, hurrying off and again the reply, "Nobody. It's en- ROUGH AND UNREADY to find his playmates. "But my Pop can tirely automatic." It was just then that No outdoor man, I must admit — I heard him say so." lady, the stepping closer to observe part From camping trips I jlee. —By Webb B. Garrison of the process, walked in front of one Whenever I go roughing it, of the air vents. Her skirts promptly AXIOM I find that it roughs me. blew up over her head. It was summer —By Richard Armour Small troubles, not big ones, in Tennessee, and everyone was made Nip joy in the bud. painfully aware that she hadn't much It's never the dress suit; on underneath. But British poise came SHORT ANSWER It's always the stud. unfalteringly through the horrified "Temptation!" was the reply of one —By L. Darcy silence that ensued. Rearranging her of Admiral Byrd's crew members when attire, the lady coolly inquired, "Isn't asked what he missed most during those

THAR SHE BLOWS there ANYTHING you do by hand in long Arctic expeditions . . . This isn't a secret war story, even this country?" —By Pete Simer though it's true and includes Oak Ridge. —By Patricia Tucker It's about a party of British scientists, FOR LIEUTENANTS ONLY including one lady physicist, who were A-RIDING SHE WENT During the war there was one pub in being shown around the impressive When the daughter arrived home late England that segregated the soldiers. U-shaped atom bomb plant, where all from a date one night, a perturbed There was a huge sign over the bar say- the machinery is on the lower floor and mother asked, "I thought you went riding, "Privates, corporals and sergeants personnel stay carefully on the upper ing, and why do you have mud on your only served at the bar." And over one level. There are no windows in this right shoe and none on your left?" To of the doors leading to rear rooms was factory; temperature and humidity are which the daughter calmly replied, "I a sign, "Officers served here." precisely controlled and machinery is changed my mind." _ By freu Wruble One night a young lieutenant came cooled by forced draft ventilation. into the place and shouldered his way When the first set of complicated gear A budget is nothing more than a to the bar and demanded a drink. The had been explained to the visitors, one mathematical confirmation of your sus- barkeeper tried to get him to use the of the Englishmen naturally asked, "And picions. _ By a . a. Lattimer rear room, but he refused. Several nights later he returned, and when the barkeeper again asked him to use the rear room, he got hostile. "None of these guys is better than me," he said in a loud voice. "I'll drink where I please." The barkeeper said nothing, but when the lieutenant returned several nights later, there was a new sign over one of the rear doors, "For lieutenants only." The lieutenant puffed visibly. "That's more like it," he said cockily. He stalked over to the door, yanked it open and stepped through— right out into the alley in back of the pub. —By Stanley J. Meyer

FIGURES DON'T LIE "What are the chances of my recover- ing, doctor?" asked the bed-ridden man. "One hundred percent," the physician reassured him. "Medical records show that nine out of every ten die of the disease you have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. Others all died. Statistics are statistics. You're bound to get well." —By Albert Kelley 5Q • The American Legion Magazine • October, 1948 ^CibfUO f?1 BOTANY MILLS INC. PASSAIC N.J

T^^tt^^ OAR 0 FF • PHILADELPHIA A —

UNIQUE IN HIGH-WIRE HISTORY HAROLD ALZANA SKIPS ROPE ON THE HIGH WIRE ...THEN-

JUMPS BACKWARD OVER THE SHORTENED SKIPROPE — WHILE THE CROWD GASPS/ "EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER"

IT'S TfWE IN TIGHTROPE WALKING.. .AND IN CHOOSING- CIGARETTE, TOO. WITH COUNTLESS SMOKERS WHO HAVE TRIED AND COMPARED... CAMELS ARE THE "CHOICE OF EXPERIENCE.'

FAMOUS HIGH-WIRE ARTIST HAROLD ALZANA says: THAT APPLAUSE IS LET YOUR LIKE THUNDER.- SURE WILL AND YOU CERTAIN Ly CAMEL "T-ZONE" TELL DESERVE IT. IS THE HAVE A CAMEL,, CIGARETTE YOU WHY! HAROLD FOR AAE.. MILD AND T for Taste... COOL / T for Throat...

That's your proving ground for any ciga-

rette. See if Camels don't suit your "T- Zone" to a "T."

Noted Aerial Artist ot Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus

According to a Nationwide survey: MORE DOCTORS SMOKE CAMELS THAN ANY OTHER CIGARETTE CAMELS- the Choice When 113,597 doctors were asked by three leading independent research organizations to name the cigarette they of Experience / smoked, more doctors named Camel than any other brand! It. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salom. N. C.