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HEN it comes to broad these free public roads. Therein our high- highways, our people have way development has differed from every far outstripped the Romans, other comparably large American achieve- w the great road builders of ment. It has come about because every- ancient times, and all other peoples of one has recognized, whether or not he the earth. The United States has one- owns an automobile, that good roads third of all the roads in the world today, are important to him. is building improved roads at a faster A rough measurement of how highway rate than any other major nation, and transportation affects various portions of strangely enough is in urgent need of the population is supplied by recent sur- more good roads all the while. veys of traffic. People who live in the Behind this apparent paradox is the country do sixty percent of their driving automobile. Motor vehicles and good on main state highways, twenty percent roads are inseparable. Without the auto- on main county roads, fifteen percent mobile this country would never have de- on "land service" roads, five percent on veloped its highway system. Without city streets. City people do forty-five the ever-growing highway system, auto- percent on main state highways, ten per- mobiles might still be hand-made toys cent on main county roads, five percent for millionaires instead of mass-produc- on land service roads, forty percent on tion tools for everyday living. city streets. From these figures it is Taken together, roads and automobiles plain that main state highways have have in twenty-five years changed Ameri- affected our living habits more than any can living habits far more radically than other single class of roads. And if to most of us have realized while it was measure their over-all importance you happening. They have cut new channels apply these figures to the percentages of retail trade such as came when cus- of tax revenue paid by rural and urban tomers who had been content to buy from citizens—twenty-one percent and seven- catalogues turned to stores in their trad- ty-nine percent respectively—you find ing centers, or when certain goods have that main state highways are responsible moved bodily from ten thousand Main for almost half of the total, city streets Streets because farm men and women for almost one-third, main county roads can drive fifty or a hundred miles to and hard surface roads for the remainder. larger stocks of merchandise with little more effort than was formerly required BECAUSE finding facts like these pro- to get to the R.F.D. mail box. They vides the only accurate method of have almost uprooted the sociable old gauging the importance of roads in our custom of after-supper calls between national life, highway engineers are families, and have cost the nation's studying out methods for developing swains untold expense in buying movie fair and intelligent road-building pro- tickets for evenings which by a previous grams. Most of the pioneering has been generation were costlessly employed in done—the cities have been connected front-parlor visiting. They have moved by hard roads which get the motorist factories and city workers into rural dis- out of the mud. Now the job becomes tricts, they have built modest summer one primarily of making these existing cottages on the shores of a thousand in- roads adequate to modern traffic, of land lakes formerly accessible only to the taking out the deadly curves, of widening wealthy or the idle. They have changed the bottle-neck stretches and otherwise our lives in more ways than we can recog- making the roads serve the best interests nize—and have made life for the average of the average American citizen. Most of citizen more eventful and interesting us are agreed that motor tax revenue is than at the beginning of the century the fair way to provide highway funds, seemed possible. and few motorists grumble when they know that their gasoline and license OUR people have purchased motor taxes go into building and maintaining vehicles freely because they could roads for them to use. use them on our good roads. They have A grave threat to an adequate highway PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING cheerfully taxed themselves to build system is the (Continued on page 57)

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(fforQod and country , we associate ourselves togetherjor thefollowing purposes:0a uphold and defend the Constitution oftheTlnited States of&merica; to maintain law and order; tofosterandperpetuate a one hundredpercttt&rnericanism; topreserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreat'~War; to inculcate a sense of'individual obligation to the com' munity,state andnation; to combat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight; topromote peace andgoodwillon earth ;to safeguardand transmit to posteritg the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracy; to conse" crate and'sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to the Constitution, ofThe American Legion.

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- = * CONTENTS for copies of Legion- New York National Con- EEQUESTS THE HUNTERS Cover THE naire Arthur Mitchell's August By Paul Bransom vention is over—just over. The cover painting, "The Old Gray ROADS TO ALL OUR DOORS 1 full story will be published in the Mare," have been so numerous that By Blaine S. Smith next issue, with photographs. Keep BITES OFF THE APPLE 5 reprints have been made available the convention issues from year to By Thomas Malone J. year they are Illustration by Lowell L. Balcom — a permanent record of PINEAPPLES 6 Legion programs, the chart that guides By Clifford W. Kennedy the organization. You can keep your- Illustrations by Frank Street self informed on Legion policy by PRO PATRIA 10 skimming through the By Harry W. Colmery, Retiring Na- annual conven- tional Commander tion story from time to time and YOU'VE GOT TO FOOL 'EM 14 brushing up your knowledge. Thereby By Andy as told to Stanley Kerr you will not only inform yourself, but Woodward PROFILE OF TWO DOGS 16 be able to inform other people. By Roy Dickinson Illustrations by Grattan Condon WILLIAM D. LEAHY, Ad- DON'T PLAY WITH 18 MATCHES miral, United States Navy, and By Stephen C. Garrity EDITORIAL: back home 21 Chief of Naval Operations, is not a YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CRAZY 22 man of many words. The editors, By Arthur Van Vi.issingen, Jr. therefore, feel they are to be con- HIS 24 THE MASTER DOES STUFF gratulated in having from him an By Wallgren article of absorbing interest and im- I MARRIED A LEGIONNAIRE 25 and will be supplied to anyone in- Anonymous portance which will appear in the terested for ten cents apiece. The re- Illustration by L. R. Gustavson November issue: "Sentinels of Se- prints are on heavy plate paper with WAR DRUMS ON THE Am 26 curity." In these troublous times By Fairfax Downey wide margins and are without letter- YOU CAN'T STAND THERE, (there have been troublous times ever ing, ready for framing. Arthur SOLDIER! 28 since 1914, but right now the times Mitchell was reared an honest-to- By H. L. (Pep) Plummer seem to be heading for the trouble- Hecuba cowboy. A native of Colorado, THEIR BROTHER'S KEEPER 30 someness championship since 1918 By Boyd B. StuTler he quit the range dozen years at least) , the means, should a ago WOMEN IN WHITE 34 Navy or and to art under to American than came East study By John J. Noll mean, more every Legionnaire Harvey Dunn (who, by BURSTS AND DUDS 37 it has meant in almost a generation Conducted by Dan Sowers the way, will supply the cover design since, in fact, the battle wagons of FRONT AND CENTER 38 for the November issue) . Inevitably 1918 watched the road to France. Mr. Mitchell has specialized in IMPORTANT Western scenes, bringing to his can- ALEGIONNAIRE in upstate New vas an authentic interpretation of the A form for your convenience if you wish York writes to suggest we make to have the magazine sent to another ad- life he knows and loves best. This some mention of the beauties of dress will be found on page 6j. In noti- magazine still receives from time to Letchworth Park, in the valley of the fying the Indianapolis address be sure to time requests for his painting include the old address as well as the new Genesee some fifty miles south of "Roped!" which appeared on the and don't forget Ike number of your Post Rochester and southeast of Buffalo. and name of Depaitment. Allow five cover of the issue for October, 1935. The region is not only lovely but is weeks for change to become operative. An Apparently America is still strong for particularly rich in Indian survivals. issue already mailed to old address will not horses, horses, horses, and not just be forwarded by post office unless subscriber There's still time for homebound con- the kind that win, place and show (or sends extra postage to post office. Notifying ventionnaires to include it in their not). this office well in advance of impending itineraries. address change will obviate this expense.

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WA S easy to look at , with that all SHEbut unachievable air of not being aware of it. Two counters away, I was admiring her, as one will, and half wondering, hopefully, whether I knew her. How often have you too asked yourself, "Where have I seen that face before?" So in a hotel lobby what man will not perk an ear and listen alertly to a bellhop's paging? I did not know the lovely shopper in the dime store, but I might have known her. I did know women who wore seal coats and just that minimum of makeup that kept one guessing as to whether it was makeup. Anyhow, there surely could be no harm in looking at her, if not caught at it. She was standing before a compartment filled with those rubber-bag squawkers, hundreds of them, little deflated balloons in various colors with wooden-tube mouth- pieces, delight of small boys and bane of nervous adults. She took one up, put it to her ruby, her carmine, her incarnadine, her what-you-will lips, blew into it, let the bag exhaust with its jarring squawk—and put it back. She tried another; five or six more she tried and put back. She didn't buy any. It was unthinkable to a chivalrous mind that so beautiful a being might be a carrier and disseminator of disease-producing germs, a menace to everybody about her. But might she not be herself He is attentive, diligent endangered by such contact with what eager to please, but- other persons doubtless had, like her, put eager to please, with a cheery word for their fingers and lips to? customers, but—on his show-case stands When the lady had walked away, I said, and obligingly blew one up for my one of those large transparent containers strolled over and made out to the sales benefit. She put it back. like a gold-fish bowl. It holds shelled girl that I didn't quite understand how All this reminded me of a certain neigh- nuts, usually walnuts or pecans. To fill an were used. "Lookit," she the squawkers borhood grocer. He is attentive, diligent, order, he plunges {Continued on page jg)

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MORE than anything else Curley Another Story see men workin'." Another would project liked to play pitch. Sure, he'd his opinion: "I notice they ain't afraid as eat, but hurry up so's we can the bosses thought about ketchin' onto deal a coupla hands before the machines." whistle blows. Sleep? You could peel Behind ^war "But the bosses got 'em to start che<"p, Curley from his downy couch any time in just on that excuse," added a third wise the night, shake the grumbling stupidity man. "You take notice, they'll never put out of him, then ruffle a deck in his ears into industry, you don't appreciate how men back on—even when there's enough and watch his snarl melt to a smile. We contrary to all regular habit Curley come back over here; women '11 always be know, we tried it once—the week we all sounded just then, talking about some quickerin' men on a lot of operations 'n' slept in the plant, when we had to cut girl in the plant. Someone put it in words. willin' for less pay." over the Omcer-45 buildings. Just a small "It don't seem nature to bust into a room Then someone threw the switch over to matter of tying them up to power, light full of women—y 'expect all the time to Curley's line. "Where yuh puttin' the and steam with machinery running time now yuh wanted to swap?" he asked. twenty-four hours around making cartridges. We worked in shifts that time, four hours on and sleep four; eat when you could, but get those rooms hooked on without shutting one down more than an hour. All that's coming later; right now we're playing pitch with Curley, sitting around an old relay panel balanced on an empty powder keg for a table, in the electricians' crib. As we said, had Curley possessed such a thing as a family coat- of-arms, its escutcheon would bear symbols in bold relief of high, low, jack, and game. Undoubtedly. Switch him to poker and pinochle? No luck. Auction was raging then—during the middle of the war—-but you couldn't have lured him even with contract. He was asking, "Anybody here want to swap jobs with me?" Nothing but silence answered. When he offered to trade, blind, like that, usually he had a bruiser on his end of the deal. But he answered himself; "This is once I don't figure to swap; I'd ruther keep workin' around the women." Which made Van uncork; Van was the foreman. "Being you're a ladies man, you better not swap—the girls'd be fussed over any other man. Might spark a grenade and bring another blow-up."

"You're tootin' I'll keep it," snapping ace, king, jack and low on the board for game, "there's one with black eyes I'm watchin'. Name's Eleanor. One o' the roving guard's eyein' her too—only I don't like his expression." Except that you remember back clearly to the time the war first brought women

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Curley started away, with the whistle dispersing the gang to sundry jobs, pointed for the galvanized-sheathed stretch of grenade building. Someone called him, he thought, but his turning showed only the usual columns of tall factory buildings piled up behind him and over beyond the railroad, the row of old shops where we put out navy stuff. What lay between him and the tracks would smother a dozen ordinary factories for size— machine shops and stamping mills to fabricate empty, brass, 30-Springfield shells ready for powder loading. His name again; then the hail material- ized into face and form coming from the other direction, from out the earth and sod bunkers—small forts—protecting the works from explosion latent in the fulminate houses nestling among them.

"All right. I know. I'll take it to her." Curley thought he was beating him to the routine question but, instead, Steve asked, "Has she been crying today?" "Cryin'? With a spasmodic jerk Not that I seen. What'd make Birchall rolled to hands her cry?" bothering and knees and rose half "That guard's her again." bent, streaming water "Who—Birchall? I'll hammer on his dirty trap." from his eyes "You might do that thing. It'd save me plastering him, if I catch him outside." "Over on the hand grenades." ("Pine- Both were referring to Eleanor with apples" had not yet drifted back over the the dancing black eyes, one of a hundred ocean to our works.) girls strung along bench rows where "What's them? I ain't heard anything grenades were assembled and loaded. about 'em." Just her looks had her marked in Curley 's

"Dynamite o. ttich eggs," Van. inter- catalogue, even if he hadn't been playing ceded for Curley, busy shuffling for the at Cupid, bearing notes between sweet- last hand. "You throw 'em 'stead of heart and swain. On his first day's shootin' and they plaster up a whole assignment at grenades her nimble wits regiment all to once with slugs. They're grasped the advantage of his noon-time tough on the girls," he added, "bit the trip down for lunch and pitch, particu-

OCTOBER, 1937 larly pitch, and back again, as a way to searched, mentally, for a way to disrupt communicate with her Steve. At first Birchall's activity. He stepped behind Curley had grumbled, inwardly, "Steada Big Bertha. No, she wasn't aimed at loanin' a chew, it's may I please borry Paris, but her long range, with two your powder puff in these works now; hundred pounds of muscular substance yuh convey mush notes to a feller where to match her height, rightly added the y'd useter take odds on Jeffries or some sobriquet of the famous German gun to 'un. Ugg!" In his throat the gutteral her name. He noticed her bulk also con- noise akin to throwin' up, but his mind cealed opportunity in a wall panel box in was already reducing under the flux of back of them. He manipulated a certain her persuasive smile. fuse and one group of bench lights "Them guards make it tough, ma'am," flickered first off, then on, followed by a out loud, "you, you've gotta go right chorus of oh's and squeals. Birchall from the gate to your clock, but me, my straightened up, looking for causes. This pass lets me get around. Sure I'll take time all the lights in the room winked your message." and he saw Curley 's provoking grin Then to Steve he objected: "If they's reaching over Bertha's shoulder, match- any answer, I don't lug it in there. You ing the Bronx cheer the forelady hooted kin come out t'me." You could get only a at him. scattering of our crew to work around the "Look-it the mug now, takin' a sneak loading rooms or at the Park mixing house for himself." Big Bertha spat con- or inside the grenade building. Powder, temptuously, then called to the girl, "You're stayin' put," he assured her laying around, scared them off. Not that "Don't let that big swill keg bother you, sharply. "Get Steve to walk you home at we blamed them. Of course it was dearie; we're gonna lay him out some day, night 'n' play pretty with words to that different with the regular operators and the freshie!" guard while you're in here. Some of us'll foremen who had their hands in it all the Eleanor shook her head bravely. "I see he's fixed." Just how, he wasn't ex- time. Bill B. had issued a standing invi- don't mind him," she replied, but to actly sure. tation to anybody in the plant—you could Curley approaching, in a low voice, "I He knew a roving guard patroled a transfer there, anytime, and welcome to don't know what to do. He wants me to regular beat around his part of the plant, the extra-hazard pay. Right away he had go out with him. Ugh!" she shuddered. like a policeman, which would let him a waiting list. Bill B.? For William B. "If I don't, he says he'll show Steve up." regularly at the girl. Birchall, once a cop, Fenner, superintendent or production knew how Steve had been in stir over manager, as four-square a man as ever some unfortunate mixup in his past life. initialed a time card. Steve had seized on the high pay of a "In there," though where Steve fulminate mixer, disregarding the hazard, worked, nobody could go without a in a brave attempt to re-establish his special permit and then only when they position in society. That had been before weren't mixing fulminate and each man we entered the war when past records had left after thoroughly washing his weren't scanned as thorough- mixing house out. For the fattest pay ly. Exposure now would proba- envelopes in the plant those fellows bly mean Steve's dismissal. poured innocent looking powders onto a You could count on Birchall clean sheet of paper and stirred them to press every such advantage together by rolling the sheet from corner in favor of his own licentious to corner. They got an unruly, fiery- designs. From the very be- tempered compound which they poured ginning, the employment of into rows of little copper cups. Primer women and girls in factories caps, yes. It's the hottest stuff in the added a fresh field for the plant just as much as you could hold on illicit energies of the kind of ; your little finger nail would blow your males the libidinous guard face off, if it flared. Mix the compound a \ typified. And why should it be little too fine, just two too many rolls of WrM —why must industry shelter the paper and blam! No warning from such predatory crawlers? that spiteful stuff—just a reverberating In another part of the plant, bang; then funeral services over such just the opposite kind of a remains as might be found. It takes man, Bill B.—our superin- something most of us don't have to stand tendent—was ushering a visi- over a mixture forming to maybe send tor into his office. several pieces of you floating along with "You've been persistent," the clouds. That's what made the fellows, he smiled at the slim, trim, like Steve, working in the line of bunkered elderly lady he was seating. fulminate shacks, seem to us like inmates "They tell me you were never of Death Row over at the State Pen. employed here before and yet This noon, Curley saw Birchall, the you insist on working only in roving guard, behind Steve's the loading rooms. How did you know girl, lowering his lust-leering about that kind of work? That's why I expression closer to her cringing asked for you to be sent up." ear and neck than ordinary "If they "I know of the job because my courtesy required. Boos and swer, I daughter, Eleanor, works here," she cat-calls aimed at his evident it in ther replied. "It isn't the loading room—did intentions floated from all over come out you call it?— that I want, sir; I want to the room to light unheeded, like be with her." toy balloons, about the concu- "And where is that? I'm sorry I don't piscent guard's head. Curley know your daughter."

8 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine initials terminated the second letter and that gentleman recom- mended a gag for the party who was so free with information confidential to his Ballistic De- partment. Only he didn't know just where to hunt to catch the rabbit. There wasn't a particle of comfort from the guard captain, who had dictated the third memorandum. Evidence of a leak of valuable and essen- tial information was acknowl- edged but neither his office nor secret service were as yet prepared to make an arrest. When or if Bill B. retires from guiding the industrial activities of hundreds of hirelings, he should turn to teaching mathe- matics. His mind leads from one logical step to the next as surely as Hal Sims bids his one over one to a successful contract. Methodically he browsed over his files of employment records; what was known of the past and present activities of this one and that one? From the nature of the leak he knew the betrayer must be one who had reasonable and unsuspected access to the closely guarded plans of three departments—to the machine division as well as to his and Hawley's bailiwicks. That condition plus secret service's thorough shadowing of every employee who came anywhere near the development work, from janitor, machinist, to technician, to the bosses themselves, eliminated virtually every suspect. "It's got to be someone so common and ordinary to our Fear-frenzied strength in her arms hurled the monstrous regular routine—like my desk thing in a mighty heave out the door. Then she fainted chair here—that I don't even ," think of hisor her being present he said aloud to the groove his "Of course you wouldn't. She works on a protecting arm about the frail shoulders. pacing back and forth was wearing in grenades—you pay more for that don't "But we'll find something better, safer the floor. Why had "her" came to his you?" with just as much money. We certainly mind? He thought of the story, just then "For the loading operation, yes much can do that for you and your son." going the rounds, of the more than— " and continued: Then Bill B. returned to something charwoman who washed "You know it's dangerous?" more important—to him, of extreme windows at the British Bill B.'s visitor smiled—was it just a consequence. Three deep, wavy wrinkles Embassy and who non- little wanly? "I guess I can't help that. furrowed between his kindly eyes and the chalantly signaled to My boy's home you see. He's fought for grey hair above, a line for each worry watchers across the street, his King ever since 19 14—we're British docketed in three intra-factory letters in a predetermined code of don't you know—and now I have him gracing the surface of his desk. Some- wig-wag with her polishing back home, or what is left." Brave eyes where in our engine was a leaky valve cloth as it moved back and brimmed with tears. "It was gas, sir, one that was robbing us of much power. The forth on the window of the shells, he was burned fearful and letter from the works manager's office, pane, the contents of they cut off mostly one side of him in from Witham, merely quoted a bitter memoranda a traitor hospital. I've had a fearful long fight to statement from Washington : Why should within the Embassy make them send him over to me. But I've the War Department hear from cverseas, laid on a desk ad- got him back and he's living and I must through Army Intelligence, that our jacent to her window. work to carry on," she concluded plant would attempt the manufacture of a Unconsciously he hoarsely, yet essaying a smile. new and successful design hand grenade, glanced at his win- "I'll not deny your wish, be sure of that our raiding parties, across, would dow and smiled, no that," Bill B. offered her soberly. "You soon be saturated with them, when they they didn't have start right in tomorrow; go back to the were yet hardly beyond the experimental charwomen at this office with this order." He got up to wrap stage? Hieroglyphics signifying Hawley's (Con I. on page 54)

OCTOBER, 1937 The National Com- TWEN-TY years mander speaking ago the at Sommepy dur- courage ing the dedication and initiative of the memorial to and loyalty of the achievements American man- of the 7 0,000 hood fighting American troops overseas who served in the brought to a Champagne region. victorious end At right, the beau- the World War, tifully impressive the greatest Aisne-Marne Me- conflict be- morial overlooking tween nations Chateau-Thierry in all history. which will be de- In grateful dicated in October recognition of during The Ameri- the high service can Legion Invita- rendered by the tion Pilgrimage to American Ex- France and Italy peditionary Forces on land and the United States Navy on the sea, our Government has created in France and Belgium an imposing group of monuments commemorating permanently the valor of our arms abroad, and has established a number of beautiful cemeteries, including one in England, where 30,901 Harry W.Colmery of the American soldiers, sailors and marines who gave their lives in defense of the unselfish purposes which carried THE AMERICAN LEGION us into that war still are enshrined in honored glory within the bosom of the soil upon which they died. In August it was my honor and privi- lege, as your then National Commander, to represent The American Legion at the formal dedication of these magnificent and impressive testimonials to all who our men of the A. E. F. overcame as they and most assuredly I take neither side, served overseas in the armed forces of smashed their way to victory, some very because the question of whether we our country. The power of words be- definite impressions became so deeply should or should not have participated is comes impotent, and the strength of rooted in my mind that I shall always beside the point in this discussion. But rhetoric inarticulate, in any effort to have them with me. And in this brief I do take issue with the growing tendency, portray the story of those ceremonies, so message it is of them that I would like to the cruel tendency, to forget and even I shall not try. But as I passed over the speak. to minimize the valiant service, the un- scenes where our comrades fought, and We hear a lot of talk in our country selfish service if you please, that was some of them died; as I beheld the scars today about the World War, and most of rendered by the men who wore the uni- of the war still present over vast miles of it seems to be to the effect that America form. It is only twenty years after, and the sacrificial altar which history will never should have entered that war on yet in so short a time the memory of the record as the Western Front; and as I the military front. I do not quarrel with four and a half million who surrendered came to understand the titanic obstacles honest debate on that or any other issue, every right that is dear to the heart of an

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American—save only the right to fight and suffer and die for America—may be lost in the forensic barrage of those who are so willing to fight the war with words two decades too late. I am glad our Government has erected those monuments, glad that they were dedicated at this time, and glad that The American Legion had a part in the dedi- catory services. Sometimes in America there may be a tendency to forget the

service our comrades rendered, but I as-

sure you it has not been forgotten in

France and Belgium. I found that as- surance not only in the presence of the high officials of those countries who attended the dedications, at several places but even more in the presence at every ceremony of thousands of plain and some-

times ragged ordinary citizens. I saw it in the warmth of their reception and I saw

it again in the reverent manner in which they removed their hats as the Stars and Stripes passed by—a mark of respect we see too little of in our own country today.

I saw it in the faces of the little children Above, a striking view of the Aisne-Marne ceme- who came to drop flowers upon the monu- tery, with its chapel at the edge of Belleau Wood ments and to sing The Star Spangled Banner; I saw it, too, in the faces of the French and Belgian and British and Italian and Canadian veterans who once again carried their colors beside our own. I wish that those who seek to belittle, and those who rush to the press with pro- tests when we request reasonable government protection for our disabled World War comrades could have stood with me at Montfaucon, where a sublime monu- ment; topped by a statue of liberty, testi- fies to the gallantry of the First American Arm}', which there crashed through with the sweeping offensive that brought the enemy to their knees with a plea for the armistice; or at Montsec, in the presence of the beautiful memorial to the divisions that wiped out the dangerous St. Mihiel salient and other fronts in Lorraine and Alsace; or at Sommepy, where another memorial bears witness to the fact that more American divisions, serving as the center of the French forces there, stopped the last German offensive of the war and pressed on to storm and capture the dominating stronghold of Mont Blanc Ridge and other points in the heavily "The crosses, row on row" of the Meuse Argonne Cemetery, largest defended Champagne sector. of those maintained overseas by the United States Government I wish, too, that they might have been

OCTOBER, 1937 ii with me when we dedicated the gemlike chapel in the cemetery at Flanders Field and the monuments at Mont Kemmel and Audenarde, in Belgium, where additional American divisions were rushed to the relief of the British and Belgian armies as the closing Allied offensives got under way in the Ypres and Flanders sectors; and back, again into France, where additional memorials were dedicated at Bellicourt and Cantigny, where American troops again wrote their name upon the scroll of honor and glory. I would like also to have them stand before the striking memorial at Tours, erected to commemorate the achievement of the Services of Supplies, and the monuments at Brest and Gibraltar, looking out to sea, where the American Navy wrought an achievement unsurpassed in all history by safely bringing to France the men and supplies which made the victory possible. I know that the cynicism of the doubt- ers and traducers would vanish in the presence of these scenes, where the men who had no part in making the war bravely and loyally offered their lives as the forfeit for regaining peace for a bruised and staggering world. They would find that wherever the fighting was thickest and the going toughest, sturdy waves of American doughboys had gone into the lines—and never stopped going until they had stopped the war.

They did not tarry to ask if it was right or wrong; theirs was not to reason why, theirs was but to do and die. I wish, too, that those who like to scoff at our American system of government might have walked with me and our Legion party among the crosses in the peaceful American cemeteries at Belleau Wood, Flanders Field, Romagne, Fere- en-Tardenois, Thiaucourt, Bony and Suresnes. I believe they would have beheld a renewed vision of the solidarity and purpose and origin of our country and

Through the shell-shattered ruins of the famous church at Mont- faucon looms the impressive shaft of the Meuse-Argonne Memorial, commemorating the forty-seven days' fighting that constituted the greatest battle in American history and provided the war's knockout blow. At left, part of the throng that heard the National Com- mander, General Pershing and other speakers at the dedication

ensmith, Ross, Urdahl, MacLeish, Dillon and Quigley; Pliml and White, Barnes and Rode&, Cantacesso and Jacobs, Blakely and Brown and Jones—and so the names run, from State to State, from one racial group to another, all blended into the united American people, and all enshrined forever beneath the flag they served in common. our Government. There, forever en- of which our country and democracy The most confirmed modern intellec- graved in the pure marble of the crosses have emerged as an indivisible unit. tual could not walk through those mag- is the story of the great melting pot out Comina, Guth, DeForest, Harvey, Kling- nificent cemeteries, nor behold the titanic 12 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine every mother I want to say: I have seen where your boy lies pillowed in glory, and I assure you from the bottom of my heart that he could receive no more tender attention or higher honors than those with which he is constantly surrounded both by the people of our former Allies and by our own Government. I hope that some day you may visit his sepul- cher, and see for yourself; you will be comforted forever after. And now, as this message appears in print, many of our comrades are crossing the sea to France where The American Legion will dedicate the last of the beautiful battle monuments—the magnificent structure at Chateau-Thierry, commemorating the brilliant victory of the Ameri- can troops in the Aisne-Marne sector, where our own doughboys stopped the drive on Paris in the spring of 1918. Erected to commemorate the valor of our troops in action and their devotion to the highest form of loyalty, these monuments are dedicated to the principles for which our country fought—democracy and a heritage of peace for all peoples. May they ever remind the people of Europe, of whatever nation or race they may belong, that America waged war not because we wanted war, but because we love peace. And may they serve to guide the nations, in these troubled times abroad, to a permanent and peaceful settlement of all international misunderstandings.

(Editor's Note: The dedications of the American battle monuments in Europe, with one exception, were completed within a two-week period in August. In order that several thousand Legionnaires and their families who will comprise the Third A. E. F. on its pilgrimage to France and Italy, may participate, the dedication of the Aisne-Marne Memorial was postponed until October sixth. The memorial, nair Chateau-Thierry, commemorates the Ameri-

Towering above the harbor that saw hundreds of thousands of doughboys arrive in France and leave for home, this shaft at Brest is an impressive reminder of the United States Navy's share in the victory. At right, dedicating the beautiful fountain at Tours which commemorates the work of the S. O. S.

accomplishment of our troops more than 3,000 miles from home, without instinctively feeling the strength and the soundness of our perfect Union. Those who sleep beneath the white crosses represent neither caste nor creed, nor rank nor position; they constitute the pure equality of all in our own United States; they are the martyred symbols of the perfect democracy that is America. There they shall rest through eternity tenderly within the embrace of the na- own democratic form of government. can victories in the Marne salient—the tions they saved; there let them sym- As I close I want to bring a brief mes- turning point in the World War which led bolize for all nations the perfection of our sage to the mothers of those boys. To to the defeat of the enemy.)

OCTOBER, 1937 13 Got fofOOL&rv Ifh/ Andy Kerr (2s

TWO armies of equal strength, teams of equal power come together the IFequal ordnance and equal morale dig logical thing to expect is a scoreless tie in in terrain which offers neither an unless one of them can fool the other advantage, the chances are, or so into leaving an opening. For that military men tell me, the war will never be reason most of us coaches have over, no matter how hard they pound at lost our faith in sheer power. each other. If one commander, however, Sure, we like to have it can trick the other into massing his reserve around, but no matter how for the defense of a certain sector and much power we have, then attack somewhere else, the attack- sooner or later we are ing army has a chance to break through going to find an op- and force a retreat all along the line. ponent whom we can't The same situation holds in the mimic batter into submis- warfare which is sion. American foot- When that hap- ball. When pens we've got to two hide the ball,

run when he thinks we're going to pass, pass when he thinks we're going to run, feint him and fake him, get him off balance so that ultimately he is ripe for the coup de grace.

As in war, the theory of deception in football is to threaten one point and hit another, or to do the thing that no one expects you to do under the circumstances. Games between teams of equal power are generally won because the beaten team chased a dummy or took too much for granted.

When you plan a football attack which is calculated to fool the enemy, you don't just get together a bag of unrelated tricks. You start with one preliminary maneuver, say a pass from center to fullback, and you develop a whole string of plays which start alike. You polish the thing with great attention to de-

14 Tht AMERICAN LEGION Magazine toward the line, then spun around and handed the ball to Ed Walker, left halfback, who circled behind him. Walker then faded back and threw a long pass to Ted Shipkey, left end, who caught it for a touchdown just to the left of the goalposts. Murray Cuddeback kicked the extra point and we were within reaching distance of California. In those days California was a kicking team. Andy Smith liked to wait for the breaks. Accordingly they chose to kick off to us which gave us another chance to put on our offense. We carried the ball

painfully across midfield. Ultimately it was third down with seven to go, a natural passing situation. Even on the bench we could hear the California players calling to each other to cover Shipkey, who in his day had the same kind of reputation for catching passes that Larry Kelley made for himself last year. See all those white jerseys? They'll certainly nail him The play started the same as the other before he's gone far. A little deception might have helped one. Bogue took two steps toward the line, threatening a buck, then handed the ball to Walker. Shipkey ran straight down just as he had before and three California backs, forgetting everything else, ran to cover him. This left Cuddeback wide open. He ghosted down the right sideline, caught Walker's forward pass on the 10-yard line and ran over unmolested. A man dropped dead in the stand when he kicked the extra point, making the score 20 to 20. One other influence which added to the deceptive nature of the plays was the fact that Walker was a notoriously poor passer. With Cleveland out of the game

Football officials have to be on their toes when they're handling a game in which Andy Kerr's Colgate Uni- He snared that forward, he's just about to be tackled. But maybe he'll be able to get off a lateral pass in time versity teams participate. Sleight-of-hand stuff, in- tail until you yourself, standing behind days before the game. Notwithstanding, cluding perhaps a couple the defense, do not know what is coming we had a decided advantage in the first of laterals mixed until the particular passer or runner hits half. We outplayed California decisively in with a the spot. and kicked two field goals. forward pass, is a common- When I was coaching Stanford in I don't know what Andy Smith did 1024, to place with him. Each Christ- a combination of mechanical deception the Golden Bears between the halves. All and unorthodox tactics enabled us to tie I know is that they came back in the mas San Francisco watches California, 20 to 20, in the greatest foot- second half with a fury that knocked our a Kerr-coached team do its ball game I ever saw. The Stanford- team apart. They ran all over us and be- stuff in the East- California affair is known on the Pacific fore we knew it they had scored three West game Coast as The Big Game and there really touchdowns and were leading 20 to 6. is no rivalry like it. On this particular That was the situation eight minutes occasion there were 100,000 people in the from the end of the game. We had the California undoubtedly did not take our crowd. The California Stadium, then a ball on the California side of midfield. It passing attack seriously. Walker, as far year old, was jammed and thousands who was second down with three yards to go. as I know, never threw a pass before or couldn't get in bought standing room on We sent in George Bogue, who was nearly since. All of which causes me to add a an overlooking hillside for twenty-five as powerful a line-bucker as Nevers, postscript: We may have been just a cents apiece. though he lacked some of Ernie's other trifle lucky. We went into the game handicapped, attributes. Now you don't always have to build up for Ernie Nevers, our All-American full- The California team and everyone in the tactical situation within a single back, had a broken ankle, and Norman the crowd thought we would buck for the game. Scouting these days is very Cleveland, another of our first-string first down and we led them on. The center thorough and intelligent and once in a passed backs, had been declared ineligible a few to Bogue who took two steps while you can {Continued on page 52)

OCTOBER, 1937 15 OFILE^

WAS when I was eleven til/ Roy ITyears old and lived in New- ark, New Jersey, and in corduroy pants. The time D ickinson is one of the few dates I can set / correctly in those dim, lost years. on a leash and he'd go pulling along For my white rat had just died, in a straight line. If a small dog miserably frozen to death in his snarled at him he was likely to do cage on the stairs to the third nothing at all except give him a floor where Theresa the cook look such a look sometimes he lived. She disliked him and I — — would roll the dog over and put one always thought she left the win- paw on him as he held him down dow open purposely that bitter, squirming. But let a mastiff, a tragic winter night. He was the Great Dane or any really large dog best pet I had ever owned up to make any sort of a pass at him by that time with the possible exact, look, grunt or growl, and a ception of a rangy, racing box white streak flew at the big one's turtle. * » throat. The white rat's name was Hp40* jar of snuff became a necessary Teddy Roosevelt Hobson Trixie A part of equipment every time Dickinson so the year was ob- my I took him for a walk. It was the viously 1899. His death was more only way he could be loosened from than the loss of a friend. It also his happy, closed-eye grip on the marked a deep loss of confidence other dog. Kicking, prying, tail and morale to me. No more twisting did no good. He'd give a could I terrify my mother's visi- little twist, then in a tranquil sort tors in the plush and gold front of joy, he'd just hold on some more. sitting room, when Teddy would pinch of snuff was the only thing peek his pink nose, then his whole A that would work. At the moment head out of a coat sleeve. The of sneezing, a quick pull and the sense of superiority I always felt other dog was saved, that is, if you when I quieted the resulting arrived soon enough with the snuff. hysteria and walked away with had been bred as a dog-and- the rat perched on one shoulder, He cat-fighting machine. He liked was gone. almost every person, colored men Something had to be done, my The only time I ever dad decided, and just at that especially. angry at anybody was time there came a lucky break. saw him get the time Wolcott Jackson started Jack, a gentleman, white bull ter- to punch me on the nose on my rier, had killed in fair fight two twelfth birthday. The haymaker beautiful collies belonging to scarcely started in my general Governor Murphy of New Jersey. had direction when the whole boy dis- He and his owner were in deep appeared. He had been dragged trouble. Jack had to be killed, or down suddenly from the rear and at least disappear utterly. The stood over his fallen form, news came to my father, he made Jack growling but making no move. a suggestion and that night, a big was entirely sufficient. white dog with deep pink eyes The growling His technique with cats was and rippling muscles along his terrifying. He'd run behind them, back and flanks, was brought and toss them in the air with secretly to our house in a gunny grab never moved sack by a short colored man. one motion. The cat From that moment on for three again. In nightmares I still recall one years he never left me except horrifying cat episode. Jack and when I was in school. Always I faced each could count on him being two a yellow fighting torn paces behind me, right flank rear, like a Japanese wife or Gunga Din. He was a powerful dog and gentleman, power- good tempered to people. But to JACK: A ful, good tempered to people, cats and other dogs he was sud- but sudden death to cats den death. He wouldn't go out and other dogs looking for fights. I'd have him The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine 16 TWO DOGS

other on opposite sides of Hyatt's the youngest boy, licked his hand tall iron fence on High Street. and we had a guide, guard and The torn scratched his nose with friend until the day of his death. swift, jabbing lefts and rights He was a tri-color, big across his between the pickets. Like Joe head between the eyes. Not one Louis, Jack let him make the of your show collies with the too leads. Then a sudden jump and long wolf-hound muzzle, but a dog his long white muzzle shot be- with brains between his eyes, a real tween the iron pickets and he person, no animal. He had some- had the torn by the chest. He thing. Only once or twice in a life- hung on, he pulled, the pickets time, I believe, does one find it in were narrow, the chest stretched a dog. A sense of justice, loyalty, like rubber, I didn't have the alertness, humor, a friend for every snuff jar. It ended better than mood of every member of the you might imagine. family. Jack was a pit bull terrier and If anyone was sick he'd lie all he died in the pit, but I didn't day by the bed, guarding him, hear about his epic fight until always ready with his smile, a real years later. Two big colored men smile, teeth and eyes both, to cheer with brown caps had been seen the patient. He would try so hard around the house that afternoon to help with the housework, follow- and one of them carried a potato ing to see that each bed was made sack. When I came home from right, that the doorbell was an- a football game, Jack was gone. swered and who was ringing it. His reputation had sought him His sense of humor was better out. No trace of him was ever than that of most humans. He found, but in 1906 when I was at would laugh at himself. I remem- college I met an old ebony coach- ber the first time he ever saw a man who told me about the last sheet of water. It was a little lake night of Jack's life. up in the Ramapo Hills. He ran He had won one grueling fight around the edges for a while. Then in a Kearney pit against a terrier finally he tried to run over the of his own weight. The two smooth place, lying in the sunlight gamblers who owned the dogs under the trees. He went under, were tied at four fights each. The tried to bark, turned his head gambler put Jack in the final around toward us in fear, then fight against a heavier dog. struck out straight for the middle Tired, bleeding from his first cruel of the lake. There he turned battle, one leg badly chewed, he around, swam to the shore where took hold and hung on. The big we were calling, shook himself, bull stopped struggling, Jack then laughed, actually laughed at walked a few weak steps toward himself, half ashamed, but wholly the side, looked around, dazed, amused. He disliked water ever and fell down. He stayed down after. that time. He had all the good human qualities, including a sense of THERE were other dogs in shame. He showed it when he the years that followed but was detected in the only bad thing only their names and dim mem- he ever did. It was in his early ories remain. Then married, puppyhood. He had been waiting middle aged, with three growing patiently in the dining room while children who craved a dog, we the family had lunch. He had found Wolf. As soon as we saw learned to give his paw and nudge him playing around with four a person's elbow, invariable re- other Shetland shepherd pups we quests for attention or food. No knew him. He walked over to one paid any attention. He was told to leave. He lay in the hall. After lunch a noise was heard. One of the family caught him almost in the act. He had seized a strip of WOLF: A real person, butter, of which he was inordin- loyal, with a sense of jus- ately fond, and when finally found, tice, always ready with a was sitting in the middle of a pink smile, a real smile velvet {Continued on page 44)

OCTOBER, 1937 This elaborate device went sour because the inventor omitted one small precaution. The strip of sandpaper (6) fitted neatly into a larger piece which was found in his possession (see below)

R5 Is a Dangerous A Game—You Have to Use Gadgets, and the Gadgets May Turn Around and Bite You

will recall that Little YOUBo Peep's recipe for the re- covery of her lost sheep was simply to "leave them alone and they'll come home wagging their tails behind them." I can hardly go so far as to suggest that the average arson case is solved so easily. Head- work and legwork are both called into play, particularly the former. But the arsonist, when brought home, is usually identifiable by a tail that he has left wagging behind him. Then one of our staff of de- tectives in the fire marshal's office (most of whom, like their chief inspector, George O. Mansfield, are Legionnaires) has the job of proving UONT that the tail belongs to the suspect. Often

it is possible to do this so convincingly that the suspect confesses, thus saving the community the expense of a trial. Not long ago the fire department in a large Massachusetts textile city made quick work of a blaze on the lower floor of an ordinary dwelling house and then made the usual precautionary inspection tour of the premises. On the second floor they found a bucket set on a wooden tilt and anchored by a string affixed to the wall. A gasoline-soaked cloth trailer also ran from wall to bucket. The idea was, of course, that the trailer would take fire as the flames rose from the lower floor, part- ing the string and upsetting the bucket, which contained eight gallons of gasoline. Matches The State Fire Marshal's office was called in. I want to say right here that this office gladly and properly gives sition in solving arson cases and cutting Our inspector went to work. The ninety percent of the credit in solving down the loss from set fires. In this bucket bore the stamp of a Chicago crimes like this to the local fire depart- statement I'm merely quoting A. Bruce packer. Filled with a legitimate content ments. With that help we have been able Bielaski, Chief of the Arson Division of of lard, it had been sold to a retailer in the to put Massachusetts in the No. i po- the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Massachusetts city. The retailer had sold

18 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine it, along with five just like it, to a local fact that this boy was a mental delinquent resident. The five unused buckets were did not detract from the potency of his found in the local resident's barn. conflagrations—they were just as good as The inspector didn't stop there. He if they had been set by a college graduate. Stephen took the tilt to the barn, and found there I mentioned the matching of wood in a piece of wood to which the tilt joined the lard-bucket case. Wood-matching as C.Garrity perfectly, grain for grain. That sort of an effective clue in criminal cases won tied the case into a neat bundle, but the worldwide prominence during the Bruno detective wanted to make a good strong Hauptmann trial. Our inspectors have knot to finish off. So he explored the barn, had frequent occasion to apply the same COMMONWEALTH unearthed a crowbar with a speck of technique. A disappointed suitor (you o4- MASSACHUSETTS plaster on the point, and found, through see we sometimes even get love interest laboratory analysis in our State Police in an arson case) tried to burn down the headquarters (all of whose fine scientific home of his heart's choice by building a facilities are available to our division), fire under her window. The blaze was

that it matched the plaster in the readily extinguished, and of course its supposedly doomed house. The felonious character was obvious. The owner of this veritable wealth of investigating officer took a sample of the incriminating evidence, when con- wood to the rejected lover's house, eleven fronted with the detective's story, miles away, and had no difficulty in

readily confessed. In fact, in his matching it perfectly from the family confession he involved seven other woodpile. Love's labor lost. persons, all of whom were con- Following a series of barn fires in a victed. rural section of the State, an inspector Four out of every five arson noticed that the trap used to set one fire cases are insurance frauds. The which hadn't quite come off had been fifth case is likely to be the work of crudely planed. A search of a suspect's a firebug. The firebug is likely to be premises revealed a draw shaver that the tougher of the two to catch. might have done the trick. The inspector That is why we pay particular applied the draw shaver to a scrap of the attention to folks who turn in false same type of wood, and the result was

A sliver of wood stuck to the extension bit, and the sliver fitted perfectly into a floor hole drilled in order to give a healthy draft. Result: Conviction

A draw shaver makes as highly individual marks on wood as a pistol barrel does on a bullet. In the figure below, the sample of wood at the right was found at the scene of a fire, and an inspector, using the suspect's shaver, produced the exhibit at the left

alarms, because they some- microphotographically compared with a times graduate into folks who piece of the trap. The lines fitted as neatly set fires and then turn in real as the parts of a jigsaw puzzle, as the alarms to watch the excitement. illustration given herewith shows. As proof of the fact that such As I said earlier, all the resources of careful attention to what is science are at our disposal. Dr. Joseph apparently only a mischievous Walker, formerly of the Harvard Uni-

if troublesome prank can pay versity faculty, makes elaborate chemical out, let me cite the case of a analyses and confounds culprits with the youth in eastern Massachusetts results obtained from his spectrograph. who was arrested as a false- Sergeant Warren Toelkin, waitime pho- alarmist and who admitted, tographer and Legionnaire, blows up a somewhat to everybody's sur- latent fingerprint until it becomes a prise, that he had set 46 fires in veritable finger of accusation pointing three communities which had squarely back at the criminal. Dr.

caused a total loss of $217,000 Perlin L. Charter, also a Legionnaire, is and almost resulted in the right at home among the scores of grades deaths of three women. The and types of gasoline and kerosene. A

OCTOBER, 1937 19 A trailer catches fire through the plaster, the bucket upsets, the gasoline spills, and the insurance company pays. Only it didn't work suspect claimed that a scrap of rug we chant four doors down the street only the a look at the photograph of the elaborate found following a fire had just been day before. alarm-clock contrivance shown with this cleaned with kerosene. Dr. Charter The evidence began to pile up—empty article. The bell striker was supposed to proved that the substance was gasoline. hooks in showcases which should have wiggle a piece of sandpaper back and The suspect was convicted. been full, proof of heavy shipments out forth across a book of matches, setting

Here is another instance where in- of town a day or two earlier, an assort- off the paper trailer attached to the book. spectors from this office matched wits ment of price tags cut from salvaged The fool forgot that you can't light safety with criminals and won by matching garments. But the clincher was an matches on sandpaper. He was caught wood: A man and his wife who had left a extension bit with a large splinter still when the two strips of sandpaper he used long trail of fires behind them settled in adhering to the blade. The splinter fit were found to fit neatly into a larger sec- Massachusetts. They tion in his possession. made a business of open- Most of these cases, ing small shops, insuring you will note, involved them as heavily as pos- such quick action by sible, shipping most of local fire departments the stock into another that the evidence could State, and then setting be gathered virtually off the fireworks. In intact. What of fires planting the fire they which really go through, followed a pretty ortho- and leave only ashes or dox plan— the blaze smouldering ruins? Here would actually start in Exhibit 1 was found at the scene of a fire are a couple: cellar or basement, and and Exhibit 2 in the suspect's cellar, Put A group of fires of spread to the ground them together and they spell a jail term similar character, but in floor by means of holes widely separated locali- drilled in the floor. Mean- ties, was brought to the while the contents of the notice of the state fire ground floor had been marshal's office. An in- liberally sprinkled with vestigator, glancing at alcohol. It had worked the lawn in front of a several times. completely ruined sum- Well, this particular mer home, found six fire wasn't so hot, in bright new pins. Actu- more ways than one. The ated by something more firemen had made quick than the old see-a-pin- work of it, sniffed, and and-pick-it-up maxim, sniffed, and called in the he collected the speci- fire marshal's office. The man in the case fairly into one of the vent holes between mens and began to use his head. New pins was on a buying trip to New York (it's a the first floor and the cellar. implied that something might have been great convenience to be somewhere else It may be of interest to record that taken out of the house before the fire, in an arson case) . The woman blamed the following their arrest this pair wtre re- which in itself would be a suspicious fire on the fact that she had been making leased on bond and promptly jumped bail. circumstance. It was fairly easy to get an coffee on an electric coffee plate which Traced through twenty-two States, they inventory of the contents, and tracing had become overheated—she'd been were apprehended in Detroit, returned these to a second-hand furniture store using the plate a couple of months, she to Massachusetts and convicted. was simply legwork. A little plodding, said. Arson investigations often prove that unromantic investigation brought the There were no grounds in the coffee the more clever a criminal tries to be, the furniture to light in a shop thirty miles pot, and the electric plate, unfortunately, more likely he is to make some foolish away. The fact of arson was thus pretty proved to have been bought from a mer- mistake that exposes his whole plot. Take well proved. (Continued on page 6i)

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ANOTHER National Convention has come sented its home city with complete fire-fighting /\ and gone. Much of the Legion was equipment. / m there—many folks probably believe Springfield (Massachusetts) Post gave the JL most of it. But it wasn't. Back home public schools of its city equipment for audio the other hundreds of thousands were carrying visual education—a type of instruction that has on, just as the hundreds of thousands who went become a necessity in progressive education. to New York had carried on during the workaday Hanford (California) Post presented radios to year. thirteen rural schools. The throngs who lined Fifth Avenue on Sep- tember 21st caught no glimpse of that other IEGION clubs of blood donors, organized to Legion—of the Legion striving and accomplish- a give blood to comrades and in emergency and ing in hundreds of communities up and down the charity cases, continued active. Outstanding land for the good of its own home towns. contributions were reported by the Forty and This is a fitting season in which to summarize, Eight of the District of Columbia; Legion of largely from the files of this magazine, a few of Blood Brothers of Allegheny County, New York; the accomplishments of local posts during the Walter C. Lee Post of Walla W'alla, Washington; Legion year that has just closed: Carl Yogel Post of Lake W'orth, Florida. Joe Carson Post of Tulsa, Oklahoma, presented THE Arizona Legion and Forty and Eight a local hospital with an iron lung and full equip- built and equipped a motorized laboratory ment for use in the treatment of all kinds of for travel through the State in a campaign to pre- asphyxia. vent tuberculosis among children. Clyde B. Jones Post of Oconto, Wisconsin, James J. Tappen Post, Staten Island, New gave its city complete apparatus for life-saving York, and Wellsville (Ohio) Post operate clinics in cases of drowning, suffocation or shock, in- for tonsil and adenoid operations for children cluding inhalator and resuscitator. whose families are unable to bear the expense. Charles L. Baudry Post of Biloxi, Mississippi, Hundreds of posts in all parts of the country established and operates a manual trades continued their annual Christmas parties for school. underprivileged children. The Legion of Nebraska organized a tree General Gorgas Post, Birmingham, Alabama, planting campaign in observance of Arbor Day. presented to its county Anti-Tuberculosis Asso- Result: Fourteen million young trees planted in ciation a pneumo-thorax machine. the Cornhusker State. Aviation Post, New York City, sponsored a The Boys' State program was continued by national aviation show in Grand Central Palace the Departments of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, featuring every development of aviation. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, California and The American Legion Hospital for Crippled Oregon, with the possibility of the organization Children, established and operated by St. Peters- of a Boys' Nation in 1938. burg (Florida) Post, celebrated its tenth anniversary by dedicating a new building and increasing PRESENTATION of ambulances to com- its bed space by almost fifty percent. munities not having such facilities was made Legion posts and Legionnaires rendered dis- by a number of posts—more than 300 Legion tinguished service in the forest fire disaster in the ambulances are now in service. New members* Northwest centering at Bandon, Oregon; in the of the Ambulance Donors Club reported are G. landslide at Juneau, Alaska; in the Ohio and C. Burkadt Post of Carlstadt, New Jersey, and Mississippi floods from Pittsburgh to the Gulf; in Montgomery County Council, Maryland. Johns- the school disaster at New London, Texas town (Pennsylvania) Post gave approximately wherever disaster struck during the year. $8,000 worth of equipment to the five hospitals The Michigan Legion placed an American Flag of Cambria County. The sum represents the in every rural school room in observance of entire profit made by the post when host to the American Education week—7,670 flags. Pennsylvania Department Convention in 1936. Los Angeles, California, led by Hollywood Morris Frock Post of Hagerstown, Maryland, Post, staged a Parade of the Living Dead through furnished an automobile to the public health the streets of the city— 1,04.2 marchers represent- nurse assigned to that area. ing as many persons killed in traffic accidents the Harold Angier Post of San Diego, California, previous year—in furtherance of traffic safety. dedicated Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at A similar event was sponsored by the Legion of Point Loma. Designation of the old military Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. cemetery as a National Cemetery was made at Lester Keate Post, of St. George, Utah, pre- the request of the post.

OCTOBER, 1937 21 9- (Bub Arth u r it Van Vlissingen , answered, "No, you don't but it helps." . HEPUBllCft OE HONDURAS — Jr. CONMEMORATIVO ^-fil Every human being has in him some II instinct for collecting this or that, as witness the gadgets which accumulate in any small boy's pockets. If this in- AS A STAMP collector who has read stinct is turned toward stamps, then it /\ in general magazines at least gives the person an interest which will recreation for his lifetime. Most / \ eighty-seven articles on stamp supply their collecting, I am at last yielding real collectors feel that they get to the urge to write The Article on Stamp money's worth from Collecting to End Articles on Stamp Col- the pleasure of gath- lecting. Most stamp articles are terrible stamp collection, are you?" Heaven ering the collection because the writers who turn them out knows I have yet to discover a duller and the consequently know little or nothing about stamps. method of spending time than showing garnered knowledge. This article may be terrible because I stamps to someone who does not care That a well-made col- have never claimed to be another Robert about them. lection actually has a Louis Stevenson. But at least it is a Stamp collecting, like golf or tennis cash value which may sincere effort to put down on paper some or movie-going, can be justified on no be realized in time random facts about why stamp collectors rational grounds except as a recreation. of need, either by get that way. Likewise, why most adult If you or I find pleas- themselves, or by their

collectors keep at it until old age over- ure and relaxation in ! heirs, is simply a pleasant by- whelms them or until they have to sell any hobby which does product. Incidentally, a good their collections to keep the grocer quiet. not harm ourselves or collection may be turned into cash notice in any large Like all serious collectors I am com- others, doctors and s \ on an hour's pletely hardened to the dazed expression psychologists agree I 3 city, or in the time it takes mail which passes across the face of some old that it is of definite \ I to reach a large city from any other friend when he uncovers this weakness value to us. Constitu- ^1 point on the face of the earth. of mine, that familiar look which says tionalists agree that Nobody knows how many stamp

«as plainly as if it were actually spoken: such a recreation is part of the pursuit of collectors there are in the United States, "To think this guy is crazy, and all these happiness which is theoretically the but a most conservative figure is 1,625,- years I hardly suspected it!" Also I can right of every American citizen. I will 000 serious adult summon a -convincing, though wholly admit that stamp collecting is a little collectors and at hypocritical, chuckle when some other- bit goofy if you will meet me half-way least again as wise charming guest says, "Now, you and admit that golf and tennis are slightly many active kid aren't going to make us look at your ridiculous occupations for serious-minded collectors. Sev- adults. I concede that golf and tennis eral stamp statis- are good for their devotees, myself ticians of more among them, and you concede that stamp optimistic bent collecting is perhaps good for them as can prove that, likes it. Now we have a mutual point counting in the from which to depart on our voyage to children, the to- find out what there is about stamp col- tal is at least ten millions. The dis- lecting that appeals to so large a number crepancy probably arises in the definition of otherwise sane individuals. We can of what constitutes a real collector. You both laugh with the non-collector who probably do not know of all the stamp demanded "Do you have to be crazy to collectors around you because most of collect stamps?" and was promptly us avoid fruitless arguments with scof-

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he will collect. consistently produced so artistic and so fers by keeping quiet about our hobby Few adults at- high a quality of postage stamps. except in the presence of fellow collectors. tempt all the The average citizen looks at postage One index of numbers is that there are stamps of all stamps no more than a diner-out looks over two thousand active stamp dealers the nations, beat the waiter; stamps and waiter alike in the United States, and several times cause this goal are merely methods of transportation as many abroad. is worse than without personality. But there are in- A deal of mystery surrounds the mo- hopeless. The teresting facts, interesting even to the tives which can induce an apparently millionaire may non-collector, on the face of many an level-headed individual to gather great pick on the Au- everyday stamp. Try looking at them quantities of the printed stickers which gust 1S61 issue and see if you do not agree. Unfortu- governments for of the United nately, United States counterfeiting laws some ninety-five States stamps, prohibit reproducing more than the years have been sell- of which the three cheapest margins of our stamps, so the points ing to prepay mail. sell between $30 and $50 made by my weak words cannot here be The odd thing about apiece, and the other five backed up with pictures of the stamps it is that collecting at from Si 500 to perhaps themselves. sprang up spontane- $10,000 each when he can Remember the time a few months ously shortly after find them. At the other since when your morning mail carried at stamps were first extreme, anyone who wishes least one Michigan Centennial stamp issued (by Great to hold down the expense and one Boulder Dam stamp? The Britain) in 1840, and V ftOST-E-Sf-RA-NCX may have a lot of fun on a Michigan stamp showed the state seal, has flourished in- dollar a month, with, say, was beautiful by any standard. The creasingly ever since. German stamps of the in- Boulder stamp carried too much fine What is there about flation era at a few cents a detail for beauty—collectors have been a postage stamp, pound. Many a farmer saying since its issue that you can't give whether used or un- collects only stamps show- a dam on a stamp—but is a first-rate used, to arouse such ing agricultural scenes, some view of the project as completed. The devotion that the architects specialize on build- San Diego Exposition stamp showed an victim neglects his wife, snarls at his ings, a circus man on animals, many airplane view of that city's waterfront. youngsters, slacks on his job, and stays athletes on games and con- Shortly before home from church on Sunday mornings tests. came the lovely r 4 to soak stamps off envelopes? Probably more than half Connecticut Ter- No stamp collector can answer for all of all adult collectors in this > centenary stamp his tribe, because stamp collecting has country collect only United 1 showing the Char- m\ « more variations than poker. This is one States postage. Since this ter Oak. < of its fascinations. Each collector particular field contains most To a Middle writes his own ticket as to what and how of my own scanty knowl- 1 Westerner like 4 edge, suppose we try to dig 1 myself who has out of United States issues never gazed upon the secret of what stamp Charter Oak or collecting is all about. Boulder Dam, upon San Diego harbor In the first place, most of the stamps or even the Great Seal of our neighboring are beautiful specimens of steel engrav- Michigan, each of these stamps was in- ing—except a few issues of twenty years teresting for what it showed. Moreover, or so back when some experiments were the Michigan stamp opened a chapter made with other kinds of printing. It is of history new to me, for it turned me to a question whether any other nation has books where I (Continued on page 48)

OCTOBER, 1937 23 THE MASTER DOES HIS STUFF Judge Hawley Uncorks- a Few for the Benefit of Columbus (SEE PAGE 31) By Wallgren

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reasons that are not FORconspicuously apparent, the author of this article prefers to remain anonymous, and the editors of this magazine, ever zealous to accommo- date a lady, are resolutely respecting her wishes. They can, however, vouch for the fact that she does exist and that she is all she asserts herself to be {and so's her old man). A few clues scattered throughout the article may disclose her identity to some readers, hut this is not a guessing game

"AND that," I ,hear you say con- l\ clusively, "made you eligible / % to The American Legion Aux-

iliary." You are right, it did, but that does not happen to be the angle of this story. I married a member of The American Legion and thereby hangs a tale; a very commonplace tale perhaps. A tale that might have been written with variations by the little wife in Jonesville or Keokuk or Bloomfield, except that in this case it was written by a wife in the West, where legend has it "men are men" and incidentally many men are Legion- naires.

Now this story, as all stories go, has a logical beginning. I might begin in the middle and still have a fairly trite tale but the first of my story was made for the last and so I shall begin with the first. I met Mac shortly after the war. A veteran of two years' overseas service Faces I have never and victim of a gas, he had been advised seen before Mac to find out-of-door employment. short A greets with very time later found in fruitful him the valley evident affection which was my home. I was the small- town school teacher, guided by lofty (if at times impractical) precepts. That L.R.Custavson Mac and I met, (Continued on page 46)

OCTOBER, 1937 25 WAR DRUMS

RADIO BATTLE ALARUMS MAY NOT BE THE REAL THING, BUT THEY HAVE TO SOUND LIKE IT

ALMOST any day now you can cock an /\ ear and listen to the rumble of the big / % guns, the scream of shells, the deadly riveting of the machine guns, and the rattle of ritle fire. It need be no feat of imagina- tion, nor need you take a trip abroad. You capture battle sounds simply by turning a dial on

The handful of loose paper is rubbed before the microphone and the illusion of a soldier creep- ing through bushes is put over the air perfectly. From "Roses and Drums," a National Broad- casting Company drama of yesteryear

crash, is moved to remark to less experienced listeners, "Say, that's the real thing!" And sure enough in many cases it is. You may have sat in a studio of a broadcasting company and watched a war story go on the air. Opposite the orchestra with

its all-important building up of the "atmosphere" and behind the your radio set to a actors clustered about a microphone, the sound effects men swing home station. into action. With marvelously exact timing and at carefully Perhaps it is be- calculated distances from the "mike" they do their stuff. General- cause there has been ly they use the most incongruous-looking articles to make their war in the air for so din, but over the air a perfect illusion is created. many months that Considerable research and repeated trial and error are the there is more war foundation for these successful results. To track down their than ever on the air. origin and development, this writer turned himself into an air But warfare has been broadcast for some years and will continue war correspondent and first visited the N. B. C. sound effects to be, since radio, like the movies, is well aware that Old Man storeroom. Mars is a sure-fire dramatist when stirring moments in the past It looks more like a combination toy shop, hardware store, and

are being re-created. It may come to pass that radio will join the tool room than the veritable arsenal of battle noises it is. Most motion pictures in recording real battles in progress, as it does of the clamor of combat is filed away in cabinets, cabinets full other current events. The National Broadcasting Company of phonograph records. In spite of an index labeling contents, proved that was possible by covering the U. S. Army maneuvers it is still somewhat of a shock when Ray Kelly, chief sound effects at Pine Camp, New York, in 1935. If the ruckus in Spain or technician, plays a disc and one's ears are assailed—not by the China were only handier and technical difficulties not quite so dulcet tones of Caruso or a dance number—but by the roar of insuperable, you might actually hear the combatants in action. tanks, motorcycles, troop trains. Here are records of ten types Meanwhile a large percentage of all the big scraps in history of airplane sounds: Taking off, swooping low, landing, and so on, have been and are being fought over the air—down to and in- along with the wicked screech of an aerial bomb dropping too cluding and especially the World War. A veteran of that session, close for comfort. Here are bursts and sweeps of light and heavy hearing an ash can coming over and detonating with a tremendous machine guns, and rifles opening up along the length of a trench.

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Here is everything the artillery ever sent over, salvos, volleys, gets his cue, he presses a button. The needle drops on the turning and barrages—going and coming— 75's or heavy stuff. Name record—and the war is on. By turning a dial, the intensity of your racket and there's a record of it, a record which is bang-up the canned conflict can be varied or it can be faded in or out, just in its realism because it was made where actual shot and shell as you vary the volume on your own radio set. were waking the echoes or ploughing up the landscape. Sometimes battle tumult may come to you fourth-hand and The bulk of these recordings were taken at the United States four times increased in volume by being passed through an Army Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland; nor could a better auxiliary amplifier in addition to regular channels. The phono- spot have been chosen. There the Army is constantly testing all graph technique is fairly recent. While it is highly satisfactory, types of ordnance from big guns to small arms, from 2000-pound it has not ruled out such older gadgets as the electrically-vibrated bombs to sub-calibre cartridges. Other records were made at the piece of sheet iron which reproduces a hot and heavy cannonade or the thunder drum, rive and one-half feet square, which doubles for anything from a trench mortar to a hand grenade. When they can, sound effects men always use the actual article. For single shots, as when the sharp crack of a rifle rings out, a .22 calibre pistol loaded with blank cartridges will be fired in the studio. (Once a super-realist insisted on firing a heavy horse pistol for a Civil War scene and it blew out the microphone.) On the other hand, the synthetic sound effect often excels the real for practical and economical reasons. For instance, when they want to indicate infantry marching over a bridge, they have a contraption which saves hiring fifty actors to stamp around the studio. This device is a frame from which scores of wooden blocks are loosely strung on wire. Thump that on a table top and you have your doughboys crossing their bridge, having broken step according to regulations. Also war horses in the flesh are dispensed with in the studio. For their hoof beats are substituted the rubber suction cups with which plumbers open up a drain. The sound effects men smite their manly chests with those cups in the tempo of walk, trot or gallop and over the air thunders a mounted courier or a troop of cavalry. So much for the infantry and the cavalry. As for the doomed engineers, the studio stocks a supply of spades, That contraption that picks, and gravel takes two hands to to furnish the base operate records the for digging noises. sound of marching Cellophane crumpled in feet for Columbia front Broadcasting System of the "mike" supplies the crackling listeners. The revolv- of flames. Sound er shot is a revolver effects men rustle shot in the script broom straw or crushed-up news- maneuvers of the In- papers to indicate diana National Guard troops pushing which several years ago through under- burned a lot of powder brush. For a bomb in great sham battles. or a shell crashing through a roof, they smash a bunch of berry The records are played on wheeled phonographs, each carrying boxes. When one script called for the sound of a company- three turntables for the discs. As many as four of these phono- slogging through the mud of sunny France, suction cups were graphs may roll into action around the microphone for one used in a pan full of water and flour, flour being much easier to battle script. An indicator attached to each turntable has obtain around the sidewalks of New York than a pan full of mud. enabled the operator to determine the exact point on a record If the Signal Corps is helping to win the war, the sound crew at which occurs the particular shell scream or machine-gun burst wheel in their communications machine. This is an odd-looking he desires. Over that point he has poised the needle. When he cabinet, equipped with electric batteries {Continued on page 40)

OCTORF.R, 1937 27 (UmQntS'\AND THERE,£«a&&t/ By H.L.^»Plummer tfjMA-iatzL 1'LctZcrnal. {Z^m/otuL THE AMERICAN LEGION

a doctor wants to manhood of America inspired by a decla- highest peak in 1931, when a total of

ration of expression in the I 0 was recorded. WHENcheck the state of health purpose whose i Then came the on S3.9°9 of his patient he calls for Preamble is one of the masterpieces of years of economic depression and the the hospital chart. When the English language. Legion inevitably lost members, being I want to know the state of health of The chart has made its record through reduced to 760,551 in 1933. Stability of The American Legion I scan the great fair weather and foul. It reached its membership became a matter of the blackboard chart in our National Head- quarters. That chart records from day to day the membership of the national organization in the same manner that the hospital chart records the pulsation of the heart of the patient. Each day I study it with care. For five years that chart has been my special charge and I have come to feel a personal responsibility for the story it tells. I know the symptoms when the lines begin to sag. I also know what to expect when the lines take a definite upward swing. That chart tells a long story. It tells me that when the pulse of the Legion is weak, indicating weakness in numerical strength, there follows a sluggishness and indifference in action—then we have a Legion whose resistance is low, stamina weak, and little accomplishment. But when that pulse is strong and regular in its beat and the membership lines swing ever upward, then we have the rich, health-throbbing pulse—the very heart of the Legion—and the organization moving forward with sure and certain stride. Membership is the life and spirit of The American Legion. Without organized membership we would have World War veterans in a milling mob, so to speak, with no goal for which to strive

and with no service to render. With it, we have the irresistible force of the best

This magnificent clubhouse and memorial to World War soldiers is the home of Hollywood (Cali- fornia) Post, and the pride of its home city. Few Post homes are better known or are more frequently visited by celebrities than this one in the heart of Movieland

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The brand-new home of Koch- gravest concern. No great organization of the great American civil conflict. In Conley Post at Scranton, Pennsyl- could long stand such a defection from its earlier years its membership swung vania, dedicated last April by Na- its ranks, though the Legion's loss was up and down, though it had approxi- tional Commander Harry Colmery. less in proportion than those suffered by mately 1,700,000 eligibles from which The clubhouse was erected at a many other social, fraternal and civic to draw the men who made up its rank

1 cost of more than $200,000 and organizations. The end of 1933 was the and file. It had fat seasons and lean, houses one of the big posts of the lowest ebb—with the beginning of the but its peak membership was not reached National Organization. It is stabil- membership year of 1934 the pulse until 1890—twenty-five years after the ity of membership that makes quickened, the lines on the chart swung close of the war—when its greatest en- homes like these possible upward and have continued to climb rolment of 409,489 was reached. From until this day. Each year has recorded that maximum the Grand Army steadily an increase in stabilized membership in- than 1,000 each, with Omaha, Nebraska, declined until today only a few thousand dicating a most healthy condition. There topping the list for first honors. are left to carry on the organization and has been no mushroom growth. Each The care and study of the great black- only a few hundred have the strength year the membership has crept closer board chart has led to some detailed and vigor to meet in the annual national and closer to the high mark of 193 1. consideration of the organizations made conclaves and to march in the parade. This year, with three more months in up of veterans of other wars, particularly The Grand Army carries on with its which 1937 memberships will be reported, as to membership. The graphs reveal few seventy-two years after the close of has shown the same marked increase. that the two major organizations of wars its war, and the announced purpose is to With the 1936 total of 056,273 long since in which a great number of American maintain its organization as long as there passed, it is confidently believed the chart soldiers were involved—the Grand Army is a member left. Only a few years more will record a total very close to the mil- of the Republic and the United Spanish and the Grand Army will be history. lion mark when the membership year War Veterans—have moved along on ends on December 31st. After reviewing lines paralleling each other in a most THE United Spanish War Veterans, the chart covering nearly eighteen years astonishing manner, and, what was more which had a much smaller number of of Legion endeavor, Doctor Plummer astounding, it was disclosed that the eligibles from which to draw, was a little reports the patient in the best physical graph lines of The American Legion since later in getting under way. But even condition in its history. It can also be its organization, with deviations in cer- with the handicap of a late start, its reported that on July 31st there were tain years, has followed a course run- record runs true to the lines laid down by 11,386 active chartered Posts in the ning in almost exact parallel with the the great veterans' organization of the Legion national organization, the very two senior organizations. generation before. Its peak member- highest number in all its history, thirty- The Grand Army of the Republic was ship of 120,000 was reached in 1926 eight of them with a membership of more organized in 1866, a year after the close twenty-eight years {Continued on page 42)

OCTOBER, 1937 29 ^Brothers PREPARATION OF foreign born for citizenship was a responsibility assumed by many posts when the Legion wasyoung. That work has been continued as a part of the educational and Ameri- gested industrial canism program. On this areas, these Natu- after the new citizens ralization Officers have sworn allegiance page are pictures of a few of The American to their adopted coun- of the graduates of a recent Legion forced ex- try, they are gathered ploiters out of busi- 0in the court room for a class of the citizenship group photo- ness and closed graph. The Judge of the Superior school conducted by Long- cases that had Court addresses the new citizens view [Washington) Post dragged on for briefly on their obligation to the years. country; a representative of the This phase of Elks lodge presents each one with a NATION that houses five and Americanism work small silk flag, and a representative one half millions of foreign born has been continued of the Daughters of the American A exercised the as an important Revolution hands to who have never each one a copy right of naturalization is carry- part of the edu- of the Constitution of the United' ing a great liability. Load that nation cational program. States. with another million and a half who have It is not a work Each of the three classes a year taken out first papers, declared their in- that arouses widespread attention, because is attended by an average of fifty tention of becoming citizens, but ap- it is carried on quietly by men who feel a aliens who are desirous of becoming parently intend to go no further along the responsibility to their country and to the citizens. The Longview Post's citi- road to full citizenship, and the matter man or woman who has a genuine desire zenship school becomes a responsibility resting on the to become an American citizen. has attracted shoulders of the entire population. Out in Longview, Washington, one wide atten-

For years the doors to America swung night each week there is a gathering of tion in the Pa- wide open and immigrants were invited folk from the far corners of the earth. cific North- to a land of opportunity. They came in Week after week, month after month, west. droves and continued to come until our these repre- From the land had reached a little more than the sentatives of a Pacific Coast point of saturation. The years of eco- wide variety of we cross to nomic depression disclosed that we had a nationalities New England, great surplus of unassimilated aliens. and races come where an out- However, many of these people needed together, driv- standing piece only a little help and advice to put them en by a com- of educational work and assistance in the into full citizenship. Others, because of mon purpose naturalization of aliens has been accom- lack of understanding of the laws, had —the attain- plished by a number of posts in the De- been exploited by unscrupulous persons mentof Ameri- partment of New Hampshire. Of this and crooked agencies who made a busi- can citizen- Americanism program, Chris J. Agrafio- ness of preying on the alien and taking ship. The class is sponsored by Longview tis, Chairman of the Department Ameri- fat fees for no service. Post of The American Legion, and the canism Committee, writes: It was in this field, very early in the instructor is Joe T. Woods, an attorney "During the past four years New life of the Legion, that many posts found who was once a sailor, who has become so Hampshire has put on an intensive pro- their first Americanism work. Many posts interested in Americanism work that gram in the interest of its immigrants by established night schools for the benefit he has prepared and published a hand- the establishment of citizenship schools. of the foreign born who had no knowledge book, Preparation for Citizenship, for the These schools were carried on not only of the English language, and these same use of his students. for the purpose of securing naturalization posts and many others established Three times each year examinations papers for these aliens, but for the broader citizenship schools for the more advanced. are held for the prospective American purpose of educating and enlightening Naturalization Officers were appointed by citizens. The class work is carried on with them in the tenets and principles of the posts whose duty was to seek out the considerable formality in order to im- American nation. aliens in their area and assist them to press the candidates for citizenship with "The American Legion succeeded become citizens by naturalization. These the importance of the step they are through these schools in gaining the con- schools were manned by Legionnaires and taking, and to inculcate a reverence and fidence and friendship of thousands of all expenses were met with Legion funds. respect for the Flag, the Government and men and women who enrolled. It suc- In many sections, particularly in the con- the Constitution. On examination day, ceeded in stamping out exploitation of the

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Sweeney Post of Manchester, Hooksett Post, and many others." In Herkimer County, New York, where there are about seven hundred aliens in process of perfecting their United States ments, Government Printing Office, citizenship, ranging from first papers to Washington, D. C, are used as citizen- the final examination, the naturalization ship text books. work is carried on in just a The great service rendered aliens by little different way. In that the Naturalization Committee of Herki- county no schools are main- mer County is not so much in providing tained by the County Organi- class work but in contacting the appli- zation or by the posts, though cants, advising them as to procedure and immigrant by those who the Legion has urged the es- following through with the case until it were clever enough to tablishment of night schools is finally disposed of. A complete record appear before these for- by the .public school system system has been devised, with master eign born people and to teach English to the begin- cards, kept in the office of the County offered to 'help them' ners and citizenship and civics Chairman, and other cards in the office become naturalized at a to those whose of the local post and one for the informa- price far beyond the applications tion of the judge before whom the appli- means of many, but who could pay little will mature cant will appear. The follow-up continues by little on the installment plan. within a few throughout the hearing. "The largest and most outstanding months. school was established in Manchester, in John D The Salutin' Demon of Ohio the heart of New Hampshire's industrial Henderson, area, where the greatest number of aliens Chairman of BACK in the early days of 1018, when had made their home. This school was the Naturali- the A. E. F. was just beginning to sponsored by the William H. Jutras Post, zation and strike its stride and The Stars and Stripes and carried on under the supervision and direction of Joseph Fortin and Mrs. co-chairmen of Ameri- Madeline Gladu, AMERICAN LEGION CITIZENSHIP COURSE April 1936 canism activities. Attendance ran as 9, Fulls high as seven hundred annually. The Totoaaco Giovanni 4«il ,E. Delaware -it.. Little Married «j n classes became so large that it was necessary to increase the committee and in- 11/1B/94 *>">>•*•<• Palermo, Italy thirty interested members of **V* clude about HMltta the Legion and Auxiliary. "The work of this fine school does not end when its series of classes come to a close. During the summer recess the Legionnaire instructors are kept busy filing applications, advising on questions affecting their applications or their rights as citizens, and in assisting others of the Dal* Scurf* of Iiifarmtttoo byalcal disability foreign born in a hundred ways. «/6/l!<18 Indue te d Herkiner, It. Y. , dlschd ( tnmp Dlx, N. J., 4/19.1918; p first papers detaiea. Iieapplied ' 1/6/1934 under pruvialuu act J/E5/193E as Tetaran "The citizenship work has become a 6/807 1921 used May . 1936 Cotvtijmad aach t em Bin™ "T, lSaS. D1mn , very definite part of the New Hampshire James Easter and 10 Ton Onarlo program. Many other schools were es- Kltb aod 00 Baa* 3 Little Falls REFEBEED TO S 31 AMERICAN LEGION Little Falls N y tablished and all have accomplished a POST AT very worthwhile work. These include the schools maintained by Concord Post, Record form used by the Naturalization Committee of Lester W. Chase Post of Derry, George Herkimer County, New York. Member of the commit- E. Coffee Post of Nashua, Suncook Post, tee assist in filing applications for first papers and carry through until the case is closed

('Hay.i.Nor \SO Iwd? Americanism Committee of Herkimer was getting under way, a strip cartoonist County, writes that from experience in (no thought of the Minsky variety) was that section they have found it better to casting about for a subject. That car- contact first-paper applicants as early as toonist was one Abian A. Wallgren (that's possible and get them into English classes, his Sunday name—Wally to you), late gradually working them into citizenship of the Marine brigade of the Second Divi- classes just before they are eligible for sion. When he met Private Hudson their final papers. In the last named Hawley, who had been sent from the 26th

classes, Books I, II and III, which are on Division to do most of the text on the sale by the Superintendent of Docu- same soldiers' sheet, his troubles were

OCTOBER, 1937 •1 ended. He had found his subject; what- booby prize, a barbed wire athletic sup- The playground activities of Bingham ever else might be said of Hawley's port, was awarded John Duncan of Post were inaugurated seven years ago soldierly qualities, he could salute—and Franklin Post, Columbus, for his radio under the leadership of Commander Roy did, with or without provocation. Artist announcement of the event. Shilling, who later became the first State and model met. Result: The Stars and Chairman of the Sons of The American Stripes Salutin' Demon character, con- Bingham Keeps Boys Busy Legion. He named George Bihler as tinued by the creator in The American chairman of the committee on play- Weekly and The American Legion of the most successful playground activities, and Bailey Santi- Legion ONE J. Magazine; a character scarcely less well ground projects undertaken by a steven, coach of the Bingham High known than General Pershing himself. post of The American Legion is that es- School, as director of the playground and From time to time unofficial Salutin' tablished in 1930 by Bingham Post of supervisor of the athletic program. Both Demons have made their appearance at Bingham Canyon, Utah. Each year the have remained in the positions originally Legion meetings and a take-off on the program has expanded until now, in a assigned. popular character always met favor and district with a population of 8,000 and a A varied program is offered the youth rounds of applause. But it remained for the Department of Ohio at their Nine- teenth Annual Convention at Columbus on August 16th, to put on the first de- partmental Salutin' Demon contest. Ohio now has its own official Salutin' Demon, the pride of the Department and envy of the several thousand former soldiers and visitors who watched him go through his paces. Jacob Humenick of Canton Post carried away top honors, but he had a sore arm, a headache and a general husky voice for a week afterward. The judges were none other than Wally and Hawley—artist and model working together again. Jerry Katherman, a six- foot member of the State Police, arrayed in a gorgeous uniform of red, blue and gold, portrayed the General. He received most of the salutes, but his arm became tired and he was forced to the sidelines and from that place of retire- Five junior baseball teams were in play at the same time ment squawked his orders. when the Copperton Park recreation playground was opened Cups were awarded the first six taking for the season. The park is maintained by Bingham (Utah) part in the contest. First place, of course, Post, and is the third largest playground in that State went to Jake Humenick. The others were Harold P. Olson, Akron; Garry (Chips) Hermann, Reading; Thane Shaw, school enrollment of 1,200, the play- of the copper mining towns centering Mansfield; Orville A. Brown, Toledo; ground serves a daily average of 350 boys around Bingham Canyon, including and Flaval Black, Columbus. Hermann, in athletic events under skilled direction swimming, tennis, football, and other by the way, is the first sailor who ever —including a city junior baseball league sports, but the major emphasis is placed thought he was a Salutin' Demon. The in two divisions of ten teams each. on the great American game of baseball, with twenty regularly organized teams in the two divisions. Games are played each day, several of them, on a regular schedule and champion teams are given special recognition. Bingham Post has for three years past entered one of its best teams in The American Legion Junior Baseball competition, and on this team seventy-five percent of the boys have played American Legion baseball under American Legion supervision for at least five years. Adjutant S. W. Jacques writes that juvenile delinquencies have decreased in the Bingham Canyon area to a noticeable extent since the establishment of the playground, so noticeable in fact that the chief of police reports a clean slate for 1937. The expense of the playground is met by the post through co-operation with business men and industrial enter- prises in the area served. The girls of the six copper towns, Bingham Canyon, Frogtown, Copperton, Salutin' Demon Jake Humenick won first honors in the first Copperfield, Highland Boy and Lark, official contest at Columbus, Ohio. The judges were Wally are not neglected in the playground pro- and Hawley, creator and model of the greatest saluter ever, gram. This work is done under the direc- who posed with the new title holder in the above picture tion of the Auxiliary of Bingham Post

32 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine American children living in and in addition, dancing, games and vari- Havana, Cuba, are given a nomic problem to the French people. ous work projects are carried on in the big Fourth of July picnic Hundreds of these children were adopted Legion hall. each year by the local Legion and provided for by units of the American post, the last one on the Army and by individual officers and sol- Havana Fetes the Kiddies grounds of the National Hotel diers as a result of a campaign carried on by The Stars and Stripes. Upon return EACH year since 1923 Havana (Cuba) to the homeland and demobilization of Post has devoted the Fourth of July patriotic days are observed appropriately, the war-time regiments and divisions, to the American children resident in that but the Fourth of July belongs to the most of these adopted children were not city, a day when the children, and a lot children. provided for and thus reverted to their of the older ones, turn out to attend a big This year, under the direction of Past previous condition in 1919. picnic and patriotic celebration under the Commander C. C. Fitz Gerald as Chair- During the summer of 1920 Harold W. auspices of The American Legion. Other man, the fifteenth annual picnic held on Ross, then editor of The American Legion the splendid and spacious grounds of the Weekly, began a campaign to induce National Hotel was declared the best Legion posts to take up where the A. E. ever. With a soft trade wind blowing, F. left off and re-adopt these children. the Gulf Stream, indigo blue in color, Hundreds were cared for generously by flowing almost at one's feet, a glorious posts in many Departments; the records day, a beautiful setting, there was little show that the first two re-adoptions were left in the natural surroundings to be de- made by National Headquarters of The sired. The post entertained 245 children American Legion. The first post to re- with a patriotic service and with all kinds spond to the appeal was Karl Ross Post of games and prize events, about seventy of Stockton, California. more than at the 1936 event. The Auxili- Leafing through (Continued on page 60) ary provided refreshments for the youngsters and assisted in the entertainment program. The picnic was attended by the most prominent members of the American colony, including the United States Charge d'Affaires, the United States Consul, members of the Embassy, and other distinguished officials. The games were directly in charge of

Legionnaire J. Leo Kenan, while Legion- naire H. B. Krummel acted as timekeeper and judge. To keep the fun moving Bill Piatt made his appearance on the grounds as Uncle Sam—a part often and ever well played by him—supported by Past Com- mander H. L. Chemidlin and Buddy

O'Neill, Jr., as clowns.

Marcel Sevel, a French war Evanston s War Orphan orphan adopted by Evanston (Illinois) Post, is now doing THE thousands of homeless children his military service in the air in France who had been orphaned by force the war became a serious social and eco-

OCTOBER, 1937 33 WHAT?A woman in the Na- vy! Never heard of it!" That customary retort from men veterans when she states that she served in the Navy during the World War has caused Nell Weston Halstead to rise in wrath and set forth something about what our and her sister Legionnaires had to do toward winning the war. And Nell Hal- stead of 8128 Ellis Avenue. Chicago, has a well-earned right to speak out and tell her brother Legionnaires about it —because Nell Halstead is Adjutant of the First District of The American Legion, Department of Illinois, the only woman Dis- trict Adjutant in that State's twenty-five my Legion men comrades who are un- time when the need for men was great districts. She rose to that eminence right- aware of women's active part in the and who relieved men for active duty in fully, being a charter member of Sig-Yeo World War. Because service in our mili- the Navy and the Marine Corps. Post, a Legionnaire of more than seven- tary forces has always been considered a "The 'Marinette' in her olive-drab teen years standing, and having served man's duty, little consideration has been uniform was a familiar and pleasant sight in every office of the Post, including that given to the more than 35,000 women who to those whose war work kept them in the of Commander during three terms. regularly enlisted in the Army and Navy nation's capital. Over 300 women en- Women in the Navy? Well, take a Nurse Corps, the United States Marine listed in the Marine Corps Reserve. At squint at the picture displayed above. Corps Reserve and the United States the same time, women were enlisted in Those white-uniformed women were just Naval Reserve Force. So I am prompted the Naval Reserve Force—over 10,000 of as regularly enlisted members of the to enlighten some of my male comrades. them met the mental and physical re- Naval Reserves as any salt-sprayed, "The service of Army and Navy nurses quirements of the Navy and served as weather-beaten tar who might have seen is familiar to everyone, because care of the stenographers, typists, recruiting officers, service with the mine-sweepers in the wounded and sick is a natural feminine telephone, telegraph and radio operators, North Sea or one who went down into the function. The War Department records printers, artists and draftsmen. They sea in submarines. Miss Halstead tells us indicate that three Army nurses received were generally referred to as 'yeoman- that the formation shown was the final the Distinguished Service Cross, twenty- ettes,' but the Navy officially recorded

review of Yeomen F on the Mall in four the Distinguished Service Medal, them as Yeoman (F) . The 'women sailors' Washington, D. C, July 30, 1910. The while more than two hundred were were subject to all of the regulations of the reviewing officer, the man with the cane, awarded citations for braver)' during the Navy, the same as the men, and similarly

is Josephus Daniels, wartime Secretary of World War. were required to learn the Blue Jackets' the Navy, the man in uniform is Ensign "When we entered the war, the Navy Manual for advancement in rating. O'Neill, officer in charge of personnel, was pitifully in need of trained women "Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the while dimly seen above the No. 2 Yeoman nurses, as only 200 were then in the corps. Navy during the war, commends them F in the front rank is Assistant Secretary Enlistments brought this total to over most highly in his book Our Navy at War, of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1800. The records of the Navy Depart- in which he devotes an entire chapter to And now, Comrade Halstead, you tell ment commend these women highly for their loyalty, efficiency and patriotism. I 'em: their splendid work. But what surprises think the most thrilling of their experi- "After seventeen years' membership in me is that so many are still unaware that ences was the part they took in military The American Legion, I am still very there were other enlisted women besides drill. In Washington, the four companies much surprised at the great number of nurses who rendered valuable service at a of Yeomen (F) in their snappy blue Nor-

34 The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan- iels, accompanied by Ensign O'Neill and Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roose- velt, inspects the battalion of Yeomen (F) on the Mall, Washington, D. C, in its final review on July 30, 1919 White

folk uniforms, blue sailor hats with patent at me and said, 'What the hell could a leather chin straps, and spotless white girl do on a battleship! Get back to your

gloves (they changed to white uniforms in job.' And needless to say, back I went. the warm months), took part with other At that, perhaps the Engineering De- military units in public gatherings, as partment file room was a step in the right escort to the President upon his return direction; today I'm secretary to the from France, in parades and other func- Chief Engineer of one of the largest tions, and they made a handsome industries in the country—so patriotism appearance. is paying a dividend. "As for 'action'—we fought the war in "The good work of the patriotic en- offices: 'Presenting' pencils, 'shouldering' listed women did not end with the note-books and 'going over the top' of our Armistice. Thousands of them are mem- typewriters in the course of our daily bers of The American Legion and are still routine. What surprises me is that I carrying on 'for God and country.' The didn't jump down the captain's throat or Department of Illinois has three Posts something like that to relieve the monot- composed entirely of women, all of them ft fcfl ony. I was in the file room of the Bureau located in Chicago, and these women take of Engineering, typing endless excerpts an active part in the Legion's extensive from incoming and outgoing letters. One program. Much of their service and wel- . T day it got my goat so completely that I fare work is done for the veterans in the boldly sailed into the captain's office—an Facility at Hines, Illinois, and in this n 2 oldtimer in the Navy, with basso voice hospital will be found the only ex-service and glowering eye—and told him we women's ward in any of the Veterans' didn't like our job and wanted to go to Facilities—made possible largely through France. Imagine it! Well, he just looked the efforts of the women of these three Posts. That ward is jokingly referred to

1 by the men in the hospital as 'No Man's n In submitting this unusual sou- Land.'

venir of the A. E. F., Edward H. "Prior to the Legion National ' Con- McCrahon suggests that others vention in Chicago in 1933, the women's might show equally odd mementoes Posts conceived the idea of having as a

35 regular feature of the convention an ex- have brought service women's dinner and reunion and back. Funny the huge task of contacting all the women articles, serious of the Legion was undertaken. The idea ones, those of was greeted with enthusiasm and the historical value. first annual convention reunion was suc- I am enclosing cessful beyond expectations. Now our a photograph of idea has become a regular feature of the my prize souve- National Convention. The convention's nir and here is big parade would not be complete with- its story: out the women in their Legion blue. "I happen to "Being one of those 11,000 'women be a little Irish sailors,' and having had my say, I hope boy, almost six the men of the Legion will not again look feet tall, weight aghast when a woman tells them she 237 pounds. served in the Navy during the war." Have had experience in sev- ODDITIES in the Archives." That eral armies and paraphrase of the weekly radio several wars and announcement in the program of a many years in well-known columnist might well be used the Reserve. for the title of what we hope will be an Now considered interesting feature of the Then and Now a soldier of mis- Department. The archives we refer to are fortune. Only those most of us veterans have in which wealthy in are gathered our prize mementoes of the memories and war. Pictures of unusual souvenirs of experiences. As service have several times appeared in far back as we these pages, but we give credit for the can trace our idea of establishing an Oddity Column to ancestors, there

Legionnaire Edward H. McCrahon of 1 721 is no Jewish Euclid Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. blood in our line,

We show a picture of McCrahon 's but what I prize souvenir on page 35 and ask him to tell us as my pet souve- about it and to set forth his suggestion: nir of the World "Here is an idea that might materialize War is a beau- into something worthwhile: Why not an tiful sterling Oddity Column in the reminiscent de- silver plate partment of the Legion Magazine? representing an Almost every World War veteran, open book or whether his service was in France, Italy, tablet. On it are

Garko\— Weep With the open deck of the destroyer Downes as -H*' Change V, his shop, Otto Lenz doubled as barber to his shipmates during the few spare moments he could find while on convoy escort service in the war period

engraved the symbols, in Legionnaires to submit their souvenirs, ancient Hebrew, of the or picturesj)f them, together with a story Ten Commandments. It as to what they are, how and when they is suspended on a chain. were acquired, and such other interesting "This locket was car- facts. We hope we will be swamped with ried by a German soldier contributions, even though space restric- whom I believe to have tions may permit us to use only the most been a Roman Catholic unusual or interesting of those submitted. and who gave his life in Let's go! the Meuse-Argonne Of- fensive during October, WONDER how "Rocked in the igi8. It is now my prized Cradle of the Deep" as rendered possession, although I by a barbershop-chord quartette on one England, North Russia, Siberia or in this know nothing of its history, as a dead man of the ships of the Navy would have country, or even for a time in a German cannot talk. Several opinions of the souve- sounded? But perhaps the "You're Next" prison camp, salvaged (?) souvenirs of the nir have been expressed to me—that it is customers of a ship's barber wouldn't war, and each man no doubt has a pet an ancient piece of jewelry made by some have felt in the mood to sing— it was bad souvenir, a prized article that he values as Hebrew silversmith or that perhaps it enough to place yourself at the mercy of much as his right eye. came from the Holy Land. To those re- some of the wartime barbers (notice, we "Some soldiers or sailors or marines or marks, all I can say is 'Who knows?' said "some") on good, hard, solid ground. nurses probably collected bridge work and "Surely some of your many readers will These musings are the result of the pic- were disappointed because they didn't want to show us their souvenirs and tell ture that came to us from Legionnaire get the Kaiser's. Others might have us about them. I know that I shall be Otto Lenz. Otto's home is out from Con- collected Austrian and Hungarian tou- interested in seeing them." toocook. New Hampshire, on Rural pees. In my contacts with veterans, I We concur in Comrade McCrahon 's Route 1. We wondered about this have been amazed as to what the men suggestion and hereby invite our fellow al fresco shop (Continued on page 62)

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SAM KESSINGER, BILL LANGFITT, of Pittsburgh, FOR collectors of un- onetime sergeant in forwards one about a party who was usual1 roadside signs, the 313th Ambulance standing at the bar drinking by himself. Past Department Com- Company, is circulating Every few minutes he would let out a mander Herb Blizzard the yarn about a dinner laugh and then say, "Aw nertz." This of New Jersey passes guest in a Virginia home had been going on for some time, when along one that hangs who was telling his host the bartender finally asked: in front of a Pennsyl- how to prepare ham that would be even "What's the idea? You laugh, and vania road house. It reads: " better than the famous Virginia ham. then say, 'Aw nertz!' WE DON'T SELL BEER ON SUNDAY, "Place the ham in a deep pan," said "Oh," explained the stew, "you see AND DAMN LITTLE ANY OTHER the guest, "and for one whole day soak I'm telling jokes to myself, and I've TIME. it in rye whiskey and then cook just a heard those before." little while. The second day add a bottle of Jamaica rum, and cook a while. The AND then there is the one about the third day add a bottle of port wine and on ACCORDING to William R. Johnston, ii old preacher who dropped his the fourth day a bottle of bourbon." IX. of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, an ad- pocketbook. A tough character picked The host turned to his Negro cook, juster for an insurance company who it up and returned it to the preacher, who who had been standing by listening with was mild of voice and very gentlemanly thanked him, adding: "Yet some people great interest, and asked: in manner was talking to a man who was say you are not honest." "Virgie, what do you think of that?" hard of hearing. He asked: "Well, parson," said the tough char- "Ah don't know about de ham," she "Is it the consensus of opinion in the acter, "I'm honest to goodness." said, "but it sho' do sound like de makin's neighborhood that Winter's fire origin- of mighty good gravy." ated from some natural cause, by accident, or has it an incendiary atmosphere?" COMRADE Walter Beckley, of Mans- The hard-of-hearing man, failing to field, Ohio, is telling one about a THE man was before the magistrate understand, turned to his wife, who doctor trying to check an epidemic. on a charge of running down a pedes- loudly translated to him: Visiting a family in his neighborhood, trian with his car. "What der man wants ter know is, he asked: "I tried to warn him, your honor," he was Winter's fire ketched or sot." "Are you taking precautions to pre- said, "but the horn wouldn't work." vent spread of contagion?" "Why didn't you slow down and give "Yes, sir, doctor," replied the head of the man a chance to get across the FROM Jim Cordray, the family. "We've even bought a street?" asked the magistrate. of Morgantown, sanitary cup and we all drink from it." "Gosh! Your honor, I never thought West Virginia, we get of that." the one about a minister in a church that used AND then there is the one about a natural gas for illumi- l\. tourist who was asking a lot of THE "boys were arriving back at the nation. In solemn tones, questions about a town and the oldest fraternity house after the summer he announced his text to the congrega- resident was having a good time giving vacation. tion: the answers. "What have you been doing this sum- "Yea, the light of the wicked shall be "How about your water supply mer?" one asked another. put out." what precautions do you take against in- "Working in my dad's office. And In an instant after he had made the fection?" ?" you statement, the church was in total dark- "Well, first of all, we boil it." "I've been loafing, too." ness due to a failure in the gas supply. "That's good." With scarcely a moment's pause, the "Yes, and then we filter it." minister said: "Splendid." MISS EVELYN HAMMETT, of "Brethren, in view of the sudden and "And then," continued the old man, Cleveland, Mississippi, writesabout startling fulfilment of this prophecy, we "we drink beer." a little girl refusing some food at the will spend a few minutes in silent prayer table with an emphatic, "I don't like it." for the gas company." "Oh, don't say that," chirped up her EMERSON MANN, younger brother. "The more you don't Grand Correspond- young man approached his ent of like a thing the gooder it is for you." THE the 40 and 8 in sweetheart, sad and sorrowful. She Kentucky, relates a tale watched him with anxious eyes, and about a city detective SALES manager asked on the trail of a notor- A had one of his "How did father take it?" ious outlaw. salesmen on the carpet. "All right," he replied. In his extensive search, he had stopped The young salesman "I'm so glad!" she cried. in a small village and looked up the vil- resented the call-down "Well, I can't say that I am. At first lage constable, of whom he asked the usual and becoming quite huf- he wouldn't listen to me." question: fy, said: "Did you tell him you had five thou- "Have you seen any mysterious stran- "Don't talk to me that way. I take sand dollars saved and in the bank?" gers around here lately?" orders from no man!" "Yes, after all else had failed." "Well," replied the constable, "there "Now we're getting somewhere," said "And what did father do then?" was a feller here with the circus last week the sales manager. "That's just what "Do!" replied the young man. "He who took a couple of rabbits out of my I'm raising hell about." borrowed it!" whiskers."

OCTOBER, 1937 37 — — — — fflCNTWCfNTER

That Big Parade I realize, of course, that even our good The incidents in his diary coincide with Americans must be taught new tricks her stories told me as a child. She and To the Editor: I was having a line recently to cope with some of our "ism" friends, two other girls, without male assistance, with a Legionnaire of National Prom- and I appreciate the fact that constant pulled a hand cart to Utah at the same inence. and continuous teaching of our ideals time the diary of Mr. Bermingham was "What's the use," said I, "of our pa- will make us all better Americans. written. She had three grandsons in the rades unless we do 'em as near as possi- However, we must reach more of our uniform of our country in the World War. ble like 20 years ago instead of our usual neighbors. We must increase our natur- By this story and diary the scope of in- '20-Years-After' stuff?" alization efforts and our interest in boys' terest of our magazine pre-dates the time "Buddy," came back the Legionnaire work and kindred lines. The smaller of its inception and the World War. of N. P., "the fellows want to march, towns do much better than the larger F. C. Packard, Springfield, Utah. although their dogs won't let them march cities along these lines. far. So far as military precision is con- Might I suggest that when each Post cerned, you're dead right, and maybe or County or District holds its next A Chance to Work someone ought to set up a parade prize Americanism Rally, that no Legionnaire To the Editor: In your July issue I note ior the most soldierly Department in the be permitted to enter the meeting unless an article written by James G. Mott of parade." he brings with him some man from his Worthington, Minnesota, regarding labor He didn't specify what parade, but it town who is not a Legionnaire, or even a and capital in which he states that the was simple to see he meant the recent veteran? At least we would then know laborer of today is likely to become the national event in Gotham. that 50 percent of our audience were capitalist of tomorrow and vice versa, Let no one doubt it for a scrap of a from outside the Legion and then our with which I disagree. Thirty or forty second, the eyes of the remilitarizing rest program would be assured of that much years ago such was the case but not today of the world were on that very demon- greater coverage. Think it over. and so far as his statement that even a stration. The showing by our veterans James M. Golding, Brooklyn, N . Y. dog will defend his bone I would like to of The American Legion on that precise call his attention to the fact that the dog occasion was taken in the most numer- Reunion Made to Order A who is trying to get the bone is also en- ous War Ministries abroad as the best titled to some consideration. possible indication of whether our United To the Editor: In the article "Legion Raised" Franklyn Adams in the I infer that his remarks are meant to States is and will be ready to defend it- by J. August issue of the Magazine he missed refer to the struggles now going on in the self in 1937 and following years. Bonetti, pitcher for the St. Louis labor field and I wish to assure him that One first-class reason is that foreign Julio if he was the victim of an economic sys- military experts know perfectly well, as Browns. I was coach and manager of Bonetti played in tem that makes it necessary for persons they knew in 1017, that our regular and the team on which the wanting to work to go without a job for trained reserve armed outfits are away opening game of the Legion Junior eight or more years he might have a dif- below their true proportion for actual tournament in San Francisco in 1928 ferent point of view on this matter. defense of the United States supposing when Bonetti won an n to o victory. Bo- Eliminate the restricting of opportu- they were to have to take the full brunt netti gave the other fellows a single hit, nity under the present system and you will of that operation. and that was secured by Yince DeMag- give communism a body blow. Raymond Military experts have been getting gio, now with the Boston Braves. I am L. Campbell, Hill City, Minnesota. more and more the notion during our looking forward to seeing Bonetti, and dominantly pacifist emotionalisms of the Crosetti, Joe DeMaggio and Lazzeri of the New York Yankees, all San Fran- past decade that the people of the United Buying From Veterans States would never again put themselves cisco boys, during the coming Legion soldierly foot- convention in New York City. The on a genuine man-for-man To the Editor: About the matter Louis Yankees will be playing the Browns, so ing, not even in their own defense, until E. Austin brings up: grievously too late. it will be a reunion made to order for me. Would we? I have been a member of The American —Albert Blum, San Francisco, Cali- James Dunn, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Legion since 1920 excepting the year fornia. 1935, when I was out of work and could A Constructive Idea "To Utah By Hand" not get any kind or class of work at that time, but since that year I have made a To the Editor: Are we, as Legionnaires, To the Editor: I received my July Ameri- comeback and thank God it was not doing all we possibly can to properly can Legion Magazine the other day and through the aid of our Federal Govern- spread the gospel of Americanism? Do was naturally interested in the article ment either that I was able to secure a we employ the proper method or are we "To Utah By Hand" because of my loca- job at a very small salary. guilty of lost motion? tion. I immediately read this article and It seems to be the general idea of all I have attended hundreds of Legion was surprised and glad to realize, under ex-service men to trade with the other Americanism Nights in big cities and date of April nineteenth in Twiss Ber- fellow, especially if he was not in service. small towns during my eighteen years' mingham's Diary, that the Sister Branni- I have always been a booster for a buy- membership in our great organization. gan referred to, and again under date of it-from-a-buddy movement, but some of When one views the make-up of those July eleventh, was my grandmother. those better fixed and with plenty of in attendance we find that from 80 per- money would always pour cold water on cent to 90 percent of those present are a movement of this kind with the explan- members of the Legion. In other words Because of space demands, letters quoted ation that it would not be fair to those we are selling Americanism to real in this department (responsibility for state- others in the same business. But where ments in which is vested in the writers and "he-men" Americans. It's like selling were those others when our country not in this magazine) are subject to steam heat to residents of the lands wanted them? A. H. Gerrans, Kings- on abridgement. — the Equator. ton, North Carolina.

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(Continued from page 5) his hand, a grimy, ebony-tipped hand, down into the bowl, bringing it up full to overflowing. He empties the hand into a paper sack on the scale and down it goes again into the bowl. I wonder just what takes place in the kitchens of public eating-rooms when visitors are not about, those behind-the- scenes places where anything may happen and probably does. Does the cook drop the steak on the floor or belch into the soup? Does the waiter's finger stray into the cream before serving? Are the dishes and the knives, forks and spoons washed in boiling water or merely slushed round in lukewarm, much-used water and returned to use again? What about the shared gum of child- hood, the transferable lollypop or all-day sucker, the bites off an apple? How many people hold coins, tokens or transfers in the mouth while waiting for street cars? What of the barber, of the dentist, who fails to wash his hands between customers? What of the physician who drives to your home, tosses his gloves into the 1 "TELL US ABOUT I W-E-L-L.THE ICE FIELD YOU PROFE9SOP I THINK "r WELL,:JUDGE, PRINCE -/ PLACE car seat, bustles into the sick room with GLACIERS, r SEE HIGH UP THIS VALLEY YOU EN DOV GEOLOGY ALBERT GOES ANY PROFESSORJ IS GLACIER REMAINING MUCH AS YOU THAT I GO. ITS GOT THE complete ignoring of the basin and its A AS DO J FROM THE ICE AGE, WHEN PRI NCE ALBE RT |T MELLOWNESS AND GOOQ fresh towels in the bath adjoining, feels AVALANCHES OF FROZEN WATER, FULL BODY TO KEEP A NO the patient's inspects COCK, AND EARTH ALMOST 3000 MAN CONTENTED pulse, his throat, FEET THICK CARVED THESE MATTER WHAT takes his temperature, paws him with a U-SHAPED VALLEYS FROM HE'S DOING! MOUNTAINS stethoscope, applies the blood -pressure AND ROCK band—and so on to, and through, the next call? What of all this coughing with the guards down in theater, church, street car, bus, trains and other public places? In which hand does one hold the handkerchief when in use; and in shaking hands thereafter does one extend that vYTTimi mum nun i n m n 1 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 j j i < 1 1 u/\ same hand? Anybody can think of dozens of such kinds of lapses by persons met with. But what of it? Does it mean that we take our Ik HIT!) lives in our hands whenever we leave SMASH home, when we ride in train, street car or Copyright. 1937. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. bus, go to church, school or movie, eat in IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE 3 GROUPS OF PIPE-SMOKERS a public restaurant? Is some little bug likely to get us at every step we take? Public health authorities whom I have talked with refuse to get excited, some to show concern even, over the possibility. The majority are inclined to hold that the very general lapses in personal hygiene, such as cited, are not, by and large, necessarily or even commonly inimical to health—that their offense is against taste, rather. The question, they say, is mainly IT'S ALL WE SAY- OR MONEY BACK one of esthetics, not of health. Smoke 20 fragrant pipefuls of Prince Albert. If you don't find it the mellow- You may object on esthetic grounds to est, tastiest pipe tobacco you ever smoked, return the pocket tin with the rest of the tobacco in it to us at any time within a month from this date, having the other person sputter in your and we will refund full purchase price, plus postage. face, to shaking a hand that has come un- (Signed) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. washed from the toilet, to using a knife that was dropped on the floor on its way to your table, but the danger of infection, THE NATIONAL of contracting disease, from such, while JOY SMOKE not non-existent, {Continued on page 40) Prince A

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is on the whole fairly remote. This is a which cause the common communicable lets, as in sneezing and coughing; or by free country and one may be as squeamish diseases is in human beings. other means. With regard to the com- as one pleases about food and personal "Careless habits of persons who are municable diseases of the respiratory contacts; but, say these public health not themselves harboring disease-pro- tract, investigators differ as to the rela- folk, one may as well know the valid ducing organisms can not infect other tive significance, among modes of trans- basis for such squeamishness. persons. Only 'carriers'— that is, well fer, of droplet infection, soiled hands, and The chief epidemiologist of one of the persons who harbor such organisms—and improperly cleansed and sterilized cook- oldest of state health departments in the actual 'cases' can transmit infection. ing and eating utensils. United States said to me: "All the prac- Harborers of pathogenic germs are po- "Transmission indirectly through air, tices you speak of may be revolting to the tentially dangerous to all about them; water, milk and other foods presents a sensibilities, but as a matter of plain fact, they are charged with dynamite. Such different problem, while transmission by

based on observation, if they were such a human hosts are often persons who are intermediate hosts, as insects and rodents, menace to health as they might appear, having or have had an attack of the dis- falls somewhat outside the field of your wouldn't we all be dead?" ease, but a person may be a carrier of inquiry. pathogenic germs, as of typhoid or diph- "Then, too, when the disease-produc- SPECIALISTS in that department said theria, without himself ever having had ing microbe is transmitted to a new and the answer was that uncleanliness, an attack of the disease or given clinical healthy host it requires favorable condi-

filth, of whatever kind or source, could evidences of it. He may be naturally tions to multiply there and produce dis- not of itself transmit disease. Only ty- immune to infection by the germ and yet ease. It succumbs easily to unfavorable phoid can give typhoid; only mumps be capable of passing it on to and infect- conditions. For one thing, the germs of mumps. ing another person who is less resistant the commoner communicable diseases, "Despite all that has been spoken and to it. In fact, 'carriers' are responsible with some exceptions—as those of tuber- printed on the subject in recent years," for the continued existence of those culosis—do not survive long outside a they went on, "many people have only organisms. living host. Dryness, sunlight, heat, are the vaguest notion as to the cause of a "The human body has certain means hard on them. Again, the 'dosage,' the communicable disease and how it is by which pathogenic germs escape. Of number of germs transmitted, has much 'spread' or 'contracted.' Frequent restate- them the most common are sputum, to do with infectivity, as has their viru- ment serves a good prupose. Certain feces and urine. To them may be added lence, which is the degree of severity, of diseases are infectious because of living the excretions of the lining of the inner vigor or 'kick,' they have. Of great im- disease-producing micro-organisms. These surface of the eyelids and the front of the portance, too, is the susceptibility of the somehow enter the human body and have eyeball, and of surface wounds on the recipient host to infection, his power of the power, under favorable conditions, of body. Germs so escaping have, in gen- resistance. Of a dozen persons equally multiplying there and setting up definite eral, corresponding portals of entry into 'exposed' to an infectious disease, one or reactions which we call infections or other human hosts—as pneumococci or two only may be infected and the others diseases. diphtheria bacilli expelled in invisible escape." "These micro-organisms, bodies too or visible globules of saliva, through Man wages a constant warfare against, small to be seen without a microscope, coughing, sneezing or even talking, by or with, Nature for the prevention, con- some of plant and others of animal na- one person and taken into nose or mouth trol and cure of infectious diseases. In ture, are variously termed bacterium, by another. However, correspondence unhygienic personal practices, the very bacillus, coccus, microbe, germ, and so between emanation source and entry respects in which his efforts often prove on. Some are harmless, even beneficent, portal is subject to much variation. least effective, Nature in one of her be- to man. Others are pathogenic, disease- "A good deal remains to be learned as nign moods seems to come to his aid and producing. Each of the diseases result- to the exact steps by which the dangerous protection. There is an old saying that ing from infection by micro-organisms germ is transferred directly from one host Providence looks after fools, drunken men germs for short—has its own specific to another—whether by actual contact, and little children; perhaps at times the organism. The reservoir of the bacteria as in kissing and handshaking; by drop- rest of us are included in its watchful favor.

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and guaranteed to provide buzzer signals, maps pored over, battlefields visited in so difficult of access that you might think voices as they sound over the telephone, research for radio warfare to insure ac- they were a war secret. However, in the the whistle of a radio set, and the click curacy both in factual and in sound de- studio orchestras are musicians of various of telegraph keys. In fact, it is capable of tail. The Navy Department was ex- nations and they can be counted upon to producing all the noises of liaison except haustively consulted in the preparation remember and sound off with needed what a runner says when he falls in a of a submarine story in order that com- trumpetings as blown in their native shell hole or the departure of carrier mands given should be followed by the land. pigeons. That last was a tough one. For proper sounds of machinerv. For any It may be only a few seconds of mili- a month they vainly tried making records World War continuity, veterans in the tary noise that is being wafted over the of birds in flight. At last they got the employ of the N. B. C. are called in to air, but it must be checked and double beating of pigeon wings by holding the pass on the authenticity of the sound checked. A logical assumption won't do, ends of a slack silk handkerchief in front effects before they are broadcast. When because somebody who knows seems al- of the microphone and repeatedly snap- bugle calls are required, ours are easy to ways to be listening and ready to hop on

ping it taut. obtain since their scores are in drill an error. One careful script writer did a Histories and diaries are scanned, regulations, but foreign bugle calls are scene on a Turkish battleship in which

The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine 41 ship's bells tolled the hour. After the broadcast, an English officer with a Near East service record wrote in to advise 1 that on Turkish vessels the time is marked by drumbeats. OddFadsof Boston To demonstrate how a war script goes FREE 1000 MINIATURE REPRODUCTIONS 10 HIGH OF on the air, let this air war correspondent OLD SPINNING WHEEL THAT ACTUALLV quote and annotate the most stirring WORKS FOR IOOO BEST LETTERS ON *WHY OLD MR. BOSTON FINE LIQUORS battle story in his experience. That was t a broadcast presented in honor of the REFLECT THE QUALITY TRADITIONS OF OLD BOSTON'!

BOSTON, DEPT. ALIO , 1 6th annual reunion of the Second OLD MR. BOSTON, MASS. Thh offer good until Oct.25™ but not in States where such offers ore prohibited' Division Association, the script written by Burke Boyce, at the time continuity editor of N. B. C. Burke Boyce is the son of Major A. L. TEETH Boyce, who drilled 30,000 New Yorkers FALSE during the World War and is commander emeritus of American Legion Post No. 23, New York City. Burke Boyce has fought over the air almost every war from the Crusades on. His own World War service

was as a seaman aboard a transport, « < -m mxj* <%> mfl ran. where he saw action in a submarine at- lfl m tack. However, the Second Division battles were no less realistic for having been written by a gob, since Boyce assembled his material from men who were there from Maj. Gen. James G. Har- bord down through the rank and file. LER Take this bit enacting the attack on Belleau Wood: Fade in heavy artillery fire—whistle of shells, roar of planes, etc. One plane fades in louder and comes to stop. The background noises fade. (Here four turntables went into action at once playing artillery and airplane records amplified. The thunder drum and sheet also thundered for all they were worth. One turntable operator pressed a button and the needle dropped in the groove giving a landing airplane noise, heavily amplified. All records were then dialed down low to let the voice of the German pilot, making his report, come out). German Voice: Herr Hauptman, I wish to report I have just returned from air patrol above the front. The artillery fire is tremendous. From my plane I could see shells bursting on every path and road. Noises up again. Fade them behind the next lines. (Records on again here. Dialed loud and then soft for a scene on the other BURK,IN<:. " 57 6E N side of the line.) COP" American Voice: Looks like action, buddy.

Another: And plenty of it! . . . American Voice: What'll it be this time? Another: Wha'd you expect, with the CRAFTSMANSHIP HIDE OF OF Boche sittin' over there? We're going into INGREDIENT P VdUbostonbranoIS THE Belleau Wood, boy! And you want to hang tight! Noises up again—Fade them. (Records, with dialing again.) American Officer: The men ready, sergeant? Sergeant: Yes, sir. lOO Officer : On the jump-off line? 0 Sergeant: Yes, sir. Officer: We shove off at 3 14$. Pass the word along the platoon commanders. Noises up again—Fade. (Same effects. dJ$uJik,cJnc., Walton ,Q7la65. This "bridges," (Continued on page 42)

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in the technical phrase, to another scene.) Battalion. The story of Frank Luke, pandemonium was rendered as follows: Williams: General Harbord. the balloon buster, was another exciting (1) Cellophane crackled in front of Gen. Harbord: Yes, Williams? broadcast; it used every airplane sound "mike" plus a phonograph record made Williams: Three-forty, sir. effect in the shop. "Roses and Drums," at big fire; (2) Opening the valve of a Gen. Harbord: I know it. Five minutes a Civil War series by James W. Glover compressed air tank plus a record of a more. (the 'series, now ended, ran longer than fire hose in action; (3) Thunder sheet; Pause— For five beats. Otf.ccrs' whistles the war_did), and met and solved many (4) Everything in the shop—the works. jade in, one by one, as along a waiting line. sound problems. It paged Confederate Black Tom was like that. (The different whistles are so spaced from veterans to record the Rebel yell and A script by the present writer in the the "mike" as to indicate a long line.) radio actors took many lessons from the same series called for the sound of a pla-

Narrator (Over whistles) : June 6, 1918. phonograph until they had their grand- toon of field artillery galloping into ac-

. . . Whistles blow along the line. The fathers' famous battle cry down pat. tion during the New York draft riots and Marines go forward! Belleau Wood! When the fight between the Merrimac sweeping a street clear of a bloodthirsty

Voices: Shove off! . . . Let's go! . . . Keep and Monitor was staged, it was necessary mob with grape and cannister. Bugle

moving! . . . Spread out! to reproduce the firing of the latter's bat- calls rang out. The platoon moved for- Keep down there! teries as heard aboard that vessel (that ward with those characteristic artillery Yells, as the men charge. Rattle of rifles was the thunder sheet and drum) and the sounds, the rattle of harness toggle chains

and machine guns in distance, and the Merrimac 's guns (turntable records dialed (real chains shaken). The guns and the zoom of planes. The whole battle builds in low for distance) and finally projectiles caissons went rolling along (a frame on

sound effects. . . . Fade in strong music be- clanging against the armor of the "cheese- iron casters rolled loudly around in a hind battle. (Yells by the actors. Rifle box on a raft" (that was done by pound- flat wooden box). Hoof beats rose to the fire by effects men popping away with ing a heavy metal cylinder on a piece of gallop (a flock of suction cups pounded .22 pistols. Machine guns and planes by sheet iron). When the scene shifted over away for dear life). Then musketry and turntable records. Then artillery records, to the Confederate ironclad, listeners-in cannon shots, as the platoon went into thunder drum and sheet, all going strong heard round shot from the foe smashing action three blocks away (phonograph for the battle, with the orchestra sup- similarly against its side or whistling records faded down with dial). Distant porting the excitement and bridging to through its rigging (a sound effects shouts, screams, and cheers and then a the next scene.) man whistling through an amplifier). bugle blowing "Cease firing." No veteran who heard that broadcast Even in such a comparatively peaceful So goes war on the air. The ether vi-

could help but be. thrilled by it. The series as "Echoes of New York Town," brates to the din of conflict. Veterans sound men were in heavy action. Ray martial racket is occasionally rife. A live over their battles again. Heroic deeds Kelly got a wound stripe in that engage- script by M. M. Musselman on the Black and gallant sacrifices are commemorated. ment when the thunder sheet cut a deep Tom munitions explosion gave these It's corking good entertainment when it's

gash in one hand. sound directions: "(1) Sound of fire . . . well done, and it can amount to a great

The "K-7" series by George F. Zimmer (2) Hissing water ... (3) Rumble in dis- deal more than that if these broadcast and Boyce re-fought several World War tance ... (4) Suddenly there is a terrific battles help keep us staunch in the pre-

battles, including the stand of the Lost explosion . . . Shells whistle by." That paredness which will prevent future wars.

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after the close of the Spanish-American approximately a million and a quarter there is one point that it does develop War proper, and twenty-four years veterans of the World War. That pro- so noticeably that it sticks out like a after the close of the Philippine cam- jection, of course, is subject to deviation sore thumb; that is, the common experi- paign. In all, the United Spanish War because of conditions affecting the or- ence of the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans had about 450,000 potential ganization or the veterans themselves, and the United Spanish War veterans, members, from which must be deducted but with the present strong and stabilized in their peak years, held but little more losses in the campaigns in which the membership composed of men who con- than twenty-five percent of their total armies engaged. Now, the veterans of sider their membership a continuing original potential members. The Ameri- the Spanish-American War and resultant thing and not merely a year-to-year re- can Legion can be added to this list as campaigns have reached an average age newal proposition, it will be a long, long having a similar record. Why this is so of 62 and the lines on the graph show time before the Legion falls to the low is something of an enigma. Member- a downward trend and will continue level of 1933. The average age of vet- ship experts have tried to find the an- downward until the bottom of the sheet erans of the World War is now approach- swer but have only had their trouble is reached. The lines of the Grand Army ing forty-five—men just in the prime of for their pains. It is a question of the are being paralleled. their usefulness—the Legion has many human element, the personal and social Laid down on the same graph the lines years of service before it before the lines slant of each individual member, and of The American Legion run true to the on the chart at Headquarters begin to stabilized membership must be worked history of the two senior organizations, droop and sag. And, according to the out on that basis.

and with about the same percentage of projection based on Grand Army history, There is no way to determine with an}' eligibles enrolled. Projected on into the it will be along close to the year 2000 degree of accuracy the actual number of future on the same ratio of increase as when the line flattens out at the bottom potential members the Legion has to that shown within recent years, the peak of the page. draw upon. But there is a vast reserve; membership will not be reached until Now this analysis may prove anything men who will yet—now twenty years about 1944, when it will have enrolled or nothing to the casual reader. But after getting into a service in which most

The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine 43 feel some degree of pride—join with their comrades and will become active and in- fluential members. The actual poten- tials cannot be estimated by roughly deducting the war-time casualties from the total number of men engaged—some 4,500,000—with an allowance for deaths since the war. Other elements must be considered. There are those who, even though their wartime record is clean and honorable and are desirable in every other respect, are not in close enough contact with a Legion Post and have no wish to be card-carrying Legionnaires. There are others who were embittered by war experiences who will never enroll; there are those who feel far above holding membership in a democratic organization where, in Post meetings, they must meet men in humbler stations on the same plane, where rank and class are leveled and even military titles are taboo. And there is another great class made up of those who have been "too busy" with their own affairs; too engrossed with com- plications of modern life to give thought to the interests of their comrades. In this last named class lies the Legion's great reserve, and from it each year are drawn men who do become interested and active and who bring into the organization high qualities of leadership and sound counsel. Just what can be done to enroll members of this class? All through the years since the first feverish days when the Legion was young I have striven for membership and greater enrollments, first in my own Department of Wisconsin where, in Post, District and Department, I had some responsibility. I have seen membership promotion in all its phases; from dignified invitation extended to highly desirable eligibles to ballyhoo campaigns accompanied by some spectacular stunt. This experience has given me one sig- nificant impression—members of the Le- gion, originally enrolled through whatever means or methods, to be held in continuing membership must have some- You'll cheer during both halves of Half & thing to do and they must have pride in their Post and the Legion. They must Half. Cool as a tie with two minutes to play. have some tangible evidence of the ad- Smooth as a touchdown that wins for your vantage of staying in year after year. So, as I sum it up, the answer to the side. Fragrant, friendly, full-bodied to- whole problem is activity—doing some- bacco that won't bite the tongue—in a tin thing, keeping busy, and, above all, accomplishing something. that won't bite the fingers. Made by our I have observed, also, that the well Not a bit of bite in the exclusive modern process including patent Telescope organized Post regardless of the size of tobacco or the Tin, which gets smaller its membership or the community it 1,770,920. Cool and smooth. Smells No. and smaller as you use- serves, which has a carefully planned your pipe welcome anywhere. up the tobacco. No bitten objective in community good. Makes service, youth fingers as you reach for a activity, rehabilitation and child welfare Tastes good. Your password to pleasure! load, even the last one. service, social events, and which sticks Copyright 1937, The American Tobacco Company close to the path of the broad Legion program has but very little difficulty in holding a stabilized membership. I have never known it to fail. An active >^ Post makes its own membership appeal, HALF HALF and the record it has made in its own community is the first thought of a po- TAe Safie 7>i/*e - Tcr6

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roster. It is human nature to want to be organization must work. Membership no rank in social or military life. Only a part of a successful and going concern. is the vehicle which provides the en- the individual, his service and his worth Sales resistance is much greater when the thusiasm to initiate, the power to carry counts. It is just a cross section of the invitation is extended by a weak and out our programs and policies, the in- American nation, placing no one man struggling Post. fluence to command respect and confi- above another. And such membership The American Legion is just about to dence, the inspiration to achieve results carries with it a distinction among one's enter its nineteenth year. It is entering of lasting benefit to our communities, our fellow men. It is a distinction of esteem its nineteenth membership year, and States, our nation, and our veteran com- with which others mark such a man. membership will be one of the first con- rades, and it also provides the money to Today, The American Legion, because cerns of the new Post and Department finance the organization and to make of this membership, has firmly estab- Commanders, who have just taken office, realization of our worthy aims possible. lished itself in the national life of America. T and of the new National Commander. Membership is the life blood of the The service man of the World W ar has Early enrollment of new members and organization, and no other one thing can emerged from the restless spirit induced payment of the annual dues by the old take its place as a symbol of power and by the stress and strife of conflict, and ones is not only desirable but necessary. influence to the non-veteran public. has settled down to become a permanent Many of the Departments have already Membership is a live, throbbing thing. and fixed factor in his community. worked out the details of their early It lives for our disabled veterans and Nationally, the Legionnaire has become membership-getting campaigns and have their dependents. It lives for every a substantial element of leadership and swung into action, with a resultant needy, homeless child of a World War influence, because his ideals, his en- stream of membership cards for 1938 veteran. It lives for all World War deavors and his purposes are welded into now flowing into National Headquarters. veterans whether in or out of The Ameri- a unity of thought. His objectives in his The Legion must make its ratio of in- can Legion, for the Legion in its service home community are the objectives of crease in 1938; it must pass that million to veterans and in its legislative program other Legionnaires in other communities. mark which has been the goal for many has never made a selfish distinction be- The Legion's efforts at home and as a years. It cannot stand still; it must keep tween members and non-members. It whole, nationally, are definite, well moving and the indicated direction is lives for every man, woman and child planned and harnessed into one huge forward. No, the Legion can no more outside of the organization. It lives for purpose—a purpose exactly defined by stand still than could the hapless passen- the nation as a whole and not for any the preamble to the Constitution and gers on the transport during war days, select few. It is the voice of the veterans policies fixed by the National Convention who were chased from place to place on of the World War and its influence has each year. That purpose is determined shipboard by the curt command: "You come to be sufficiently great that the upon by the Legionnaires themselves. can't stand there, soldier!" world is willing to listen when it speaks. You can't stand there, soldier, sailor

Membership is not the ultimate aim Membership makes no distinction as to or marine. The Legion is not standing of The American Legion nor is it a pro- creed, nationality or political affiliation. still, content with its honorable record gram in itself, strictly speaking, but it is It recognizes no difference between of eighteen years. It is moving on to the very important tool with which the poverty and riches. It acknowledges new objectives.

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chaise longue, consuming it. He was Wolf had been watching a football knew he was right. spanked and after a disappearance of game, guarding his young master. One The family was away one summer and two hours under the sofa, he came out tackle looked too rough so he ran on the I was alone at home with him. At three almost like a snake, so abject was his field and broke up the game by chasing o'clock one morning he woke me by apology. Like the dog Kipling once the tackier home. The tackler's father barking. I told him to shut up. He wrote about, he just couldn't bear to came out with a horsewhip to punish that mumbled and grunted to himself—kept have an accusing finger pointed at him; savage dog. By that time Wolf had come on. He was in the next room to me— far better the spanking. almost home. When the irate man ap- glass door between. I fell asleep, he still peared and made motions at the boy, it muttering to himself. Then he crashed Into the Presence, flattening while I crawl was enough. An angry streak of black, against the glass door barking. I let him From head to tail, I do confess it all. white and tan flew at him. Every few in my room, quieted him, fell asleep again. the fault, deal the stripes, but Mine was me steps down the street, a not too savage This time he pulled the clothes from the spare nip at his rear, until just at his own bed and then I smelled smoke. A cigar- The Pointed Finger which I cannot bear. front door, minus his whip, the man also ette in a seat of an automobile had The Dreadful Tone in which my Name is car was just about to named lost the seat of his pants which Wolf smoldered. The dragged me out of That sends me neath the sofa-fringe ashamed carried home in a calm, judicial sort of break into flame. He in to Yet to be near Thee I would face the woe satisfaction, as a token and pledge of his bed by his persistence, just time If Thou reject me, whither shall I go? loyalty in such matters. In justice to call the fire engines and save the house that neighbor, I record the fact that he from destruction. He took that and one other spanking called me up and asked me not to punish The fine things he did could be multi- he deserved, like the man he was, but he the dog. "I should never have lost my plied, the only bad thing he ever did has didn't fear anything when he was right, temper," he said. That incident reminds been told. not even a horsewhip. We knew that me of Wolf's other quick decisions and He was a real member of the family after he chased a man with one for blocks. his unfailing persistence every time he on equal terms with all. He romped with

The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine the children in the living room. He sat at meals with us. He went upstairs at night taking turns which bed he would lie under or beside. He had full rights on any chair or couch in the house. He stopped arguments between members of the family by gently jumping up on them and giving them a look. He went out and came in as he pleased. This is the Day for the Man Over 40! He was faithful in all things—fully as faithful as Hashiko, the dog whose statue adorns the station square in Shikoku, 700 Important Men Prove This— They Japan, the one who went every night for Tell Their Age at Time of Their eleven years to meet his master who never came back, because he had died. Greatest Achievements With all his freedom he never missed a date he had, such as welcoming the TODAY, in this country, you have barely finished school and started youngest back from school, meeting me to look for your place in the scheme of things— and you are already at the same time each evening, the games around 20. At 40, you have laid in the foundation for your life. at night, the yowling cat to be chased You have been learning all those ^- away from the back porch, the careful years. You know life now— as no Less than 100 had "arrived" before inspection of all visitors, and his regular younger man can know it. You are they were 38 — and around 100 more rounds of all the backyards of the neigh- mature, steady and able to think. in the next five years. borhood to see that everything was in The Great Majority of These Men About 275 came along in the ten order. Reached Their Peak Later Than 40. years between 43 and 53 — but the It was his faithfulness and his freedom Recently, over 700 men of the highest rest of these 700 men did not reach that caused his death. He had a regular ranking in the scientific field, includ- their peak until after that age! morning engagement the other side of ing those in administrative or educa- These older men certainly had not Park Avenue, full of automobiles. Our tional occupations, were asked when only fine minds and experience, but ice man came one morning, bringing his they had come to the positions of also the physical equipment to carry of active life. collar. A truck had broken his back. trust and responsibility they hold. them through long years A policeman put him out of misery. He is buried up on a hillside high in the What Others Have Done -YOU Can Do Ramapo Hills near a great gray rock on Made First Lecture Tour After 60 Leaves Office Work for Managerial Job which he used to sit and look off through the trees. Dear Life Begins: Dear Life Begins: real spirit A of cheerfulness, complete My long experi- I used to be a integrity and an influence for harmony ence with textiles cashier for a taxicab made me the logical company. I disliked went out of our home when he died. man for an educa- the work. It finally We will never cease to miss him. tional lecture tour got on my nerves. on a new fabric. I Constipation was was afraid to go. bothering me and I FAR as I concerned, I per- AS am am Before the day had splitting head- xxfectly sure that dogs, such as these was half over, I aches. I heard of a two, have life everlasting. Sometimes at would get a sunk, Then all-gone feeling. I job I knew I would night I can almost see them, muzzles was badly run- like—but my health between their paws, eyes straining down George H. Graham down. Gus Insel made me hesitate. A man twenty My wife had heard the high road as they wait there Young for 68 Gets Better Paid Job for their years younger than Fleischmann's Yeast folks, outside the City of Dreams. myself told me Fleischmann's Yeast helped does wonders for people in a slump like this him greatly in a run-down spell. I started one of mine. It is only certain narrow Christians, it to eat yeast—to see what it would do. I did I am eating yeast every day now. My seems to me, who persist in calling a cruel, not want to give up. constipation has stopped, also my head- mean and cussed man a brute or a dog or Apparently it encouraged my natural aches. I soon felt strong enough to tackle a energy and stimulated it in some wa>. For new job—and I got it. an animal. Buddhists seem to have my old health and vigor returned. I am now 42. I am one of the managers more sense. I went through this lecture tour easily, of a fine restaurant—younger and more since. ambitious than I was These dogs had finer human qualities and my health has been splendid ever ten years ago. GEORGE H. GRAHAM GUS INSEL than most humans one meets. If there is a life hereafter, they must live on. That dog Hashiko in Japan, who kept One of the First Signs of Growing Old is faith with his master for eleven long Slower Digestion years, was honored by his friends and If you are over 40 and feel yourself begin- Added to this is the tonic action of 4 vita- neighbors. A funeral was given him in ning to slow down, don't get nervous. mins in Fleischmann's fresh Yeast. There which sixteen Buddhist priests walked You can cheek this. is a generous supply of these vitamins— along with the body to its last abode, The digestive system is one of the first and each has a special and vital part in dug beside his master's grave. parts of the body to slow down and grow maintaining health. On a little island in the Caribbean Sea old. The gastric juices flow less freely and Eat 3 cakes of Fleischmann's Yeast a have a weaker digestive action. day— one cake about hour before each I once talked to a fine old priest who be- Its effect in stimulating the flow of meal — plain or in a little water. Most peo- lieved that his dog, with "A dim half gastric juices of high digestive power is ple over 40 will feel better if they keep soul," lived on. He said "half soul." I one of the most important actions of their digestions in order by the daily think Wolf had a full size, complete and Fleischmann's Yeast. eating of Fleischmann's Yeast. all-embracing soul. BE PAID LETTERS of success after so helpful to It is a good land with a fine broad road WILL FOR 40— others *25 we wish to print them. If you can truly credit to Fleischmann's where they wait. There is a total ab- Yeast some part of the health that made your success possible — write us sence of signs such as "Dogs Not Ad- —enclosing your picture. Life Begins, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York. mitted" or "No Dogs Allowed Here." Copyright, 1937. Standard Brands Incorporated They wander (Continued on page 46)

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{Continued from page 45) out across fascinating fields with all each other and be friends. They'll sit are two faithful friends of mine of years 7 sorts of good smells, drink from rippling there talking and as the golden light from gone by, and I am sure that W olf will brooks, then go back to their patient the city beyond shines over the whole meet me, first of all, to lead me home to- waiting with their gaze fixed on the wind- district, Wolf will try to explain to my ward other friends who have gone before. ing road. Once in a while when a little old friend Jack how the small boy he When the ferry has been crossed and boy comes up the road, some stray dog knew has changed in appearance, isn't the old boatman sets me down on the will go to meet him. They never knew quite as jolly as he used to be. He will other side, then the big moment will each other in the days on earth but those probably agree to point me out to Jack come: dogs can sense that the little boy is one when I come down that road, and Jack For now he quarters every plain and hill who always longed for a dog, but his will tell him he would know me any- Seeking his master. father wouldn't let him have one. Stray where, no matter how bald-headed, fat As for me, this prayer at least the gods fulfill dogs wait for such little boys or girls to and funny I have grown. That when I cross the flood and see come along. It somehow makes growing older some- Old Charon on the Stygian Coast will I think my old dog Jack meet what less of a burden, this belief, almost Take toll of all the shades who land, Wolf on some bright meadow beside that knowledge. I feel sure that wandering His little barking, welcoming ghost winding road and that they will know over those broad plains and golden hills Will leap to lick my phantom hand.

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{Continued from page 25) courted and married is another story but years without giving them perhaps too forthcoming conclave with as much en- that with our marriage there began for humorous a twist or losing a continuity thusiasm as I could muster. On the hot- me years of new adjustments, cherished of thought I should like to sustain. But test day of the summer we set out for friendships and associations is most cer- this convention is so much a part of my what I still maintain was the hottest tainly a part of this story. story in that it was my first official intro- spot in the State. After a long day's Having had no members of my im- duction to The American Legion. drive through this intense heat we ar- mediate family in the service I do not re- I tried to enter into the spirit of the rived at our destination. Remember, if call with any accuracy the found- you will, this was fourteen years ing of our local Post. During the ago, which was only four years years of our courtship I remem- after the war, and reunion called ber vague references to Legion for strenuous celebration and was affairs which were of little, if any, a test of real physical endurance. interest to me. But upon our By the time we were comfort- marriage I was confronted by a ably settled in a tent . on some very real contender for my hus- one's shady premises, the cele- band's time and interest. bration on the streets below was Now I have always been, and in full swing. We registered and still am, of the conviction that a then sauntered down to the cen- thoroughly congenial married life ter of activity and merrymaking. is based on mutual interests and A parade was in progress; not a even then I was determined in dignified, orderly parade but con- a naive and bridelike way to fusion and bedlam in the narrow share with him this, his crowning streets. Drums beat and bugles interest. But unsophisticatedly blared with no semblance of har- speaking, "That was something mony. Atrocious costumes met else again!" the eye and honking automobile We had been married only a horns greeted the ear. Many few weeks when he announced participants showed evidence of one day that we were going to having begun the celebration the Department Convention. much earlier in the day. I can- Had he said, "We are going to not restrain a smile when I think Siam" I would not have been less of the wave of disappointment prepared. As I mentioned before, and resentment that passed over we live in the West and this con- me. vention was to be held in a sec- Everywhere there were men, tion of the State which is typic- young men jubilant with the ally western. It is a cattle and spirit of reunion. Here were sheep country where even in faces I had never seen before those prohibition days the law which my newly acquired hus- was passively ignored and gamb- Upon his return from Europe following the band greeted with a genuine ling and like vices went on quite dedication of the American war memorials, affection. Here was a spirit and openly and with little interference National Commander Harry W. Colmery is sentiment intangible and foreign from the authorities. greeted aboard the liner Normandie by Jeremiah to me and with which I was in no

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dashing young man, garbed for the occasion in distinctly western style, seated himself at the piano and with exaggerated flourishes pounded out familiar war tunes. A quartet at a table in the far end of the room broke forth with "There are no wives with us," and many lusty voices joined the chorus. After fourteen years that same dashing young man, a bit gray and pompous now, is to my mind a necessary part of every convention but the quartet no longer sings "There are no wives— It was then, too, I came to realize that there was another organization, the "40 & 8," which I gathered had something to do with a wreck. The name in itself foreboded no good and it seemed one night of the convention must be devoted to this mysterious and disturbing ceremony. My fine new husband with whom I had felt so well acquainted became momentarily a stranger in these strange surroundings. I sat with an Auxiliary friend on the veranda of the headquarters hotel until Her first thought is for well past midnight. It was useless to try her husband's safety but to sleep. I remember a multifarious — drum and bugle corps which serenaded us if the accident proves fatal and which with every entrance into the lobby of the hotel emerged one man less how will she meet the sud- until a lone drummer continued the den expenses ?

night's vigil. Nor can I forget a quartet what will become of the which sang for our benefit, amorously children ? and off key, "Sweet Adeline." I could go where can she look for on indefinitely. This then was in- my income ? troduction to The American Legion. I must admit, and a bit reluctantly now, LIFE INSURANCE answers that I was not overjoyed at the prospects of living with this organization for time such questions in advance. It to come and inwardly I said "Never, can be to you and your family never again." But a still, small voice a true and dependable friend. argued, "Stand by, old girl, there must

be something to it, or you wouldn't be here." We were, in those days, much younger and we lacked a certain tolerance and stability that comes only with years. It is a selfish but very human frailty <©ruoWial which permits our lives and opinions to be governed by those things which affect INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA us most directly and personally. EDWARD D. DUFFIELD, fV«id«,t © Home 0»i«, NEWARK, N. J. Mac passed from one Legion office to another, from Post Adjutant to Com- mander, from Commander to District Commander, to President of Tri-County DISCARD YOUR OLD AERIAL Council to Department Vice-Comman- It Is Most Likely Corroded and Has Poor or Loose Noisy Connections der. One would be very stupid indeed Complete NO MORE BUZZES, CLICKS and shorts from summer rains and winter snow and Does away with sleet when using an F. & H. Capacity Aerial Eliminator. Equals an aerial 75 ft. long, 50 ft. high, yet occupies only inch inch space to live in such close proximity to The Aerial entirely strung \% by 4 behind your — Just place radio—guaranteed to give you nationwide reception or your money back. American affected Legion and not be a an F & H Ca- BETTER pacity Aerial TONE AND DISTANCE GUARANTEED little or a great deal by its program of Eliminator Sensitivity, selectivity, tone and volume improved. No lightning danger or unsightly lead-in and aerial wires. Makes your set complete in itself. (size l'/i in. x Forget aerial wires and troubles move set anywhere. unselfish service. Since I am writing 4 in.) within — your your set. Simple this from the viewpoint of the wife of a instructionsfur- NOT NEW—VALUE ALREADY PROVED nished with unit On the market five years. 100.000 satisfied customers in U. S. and foreign countries. In from of Norway to Africa. Legionnaire, I purposely eliminate men- Easily connectt use the Arctic Region the Tropics of Each factory tested on actual long distance reception. Cannot harm set by anyone to aerial Easily connected to any radio, including radios having no ground or radios tion of the Auxiliary, in which I have a and ground of set. for doublet aerial. Note: It will not battery automobile radios. Your radio will then operate on or sincere interest. ^Ia 'i coupon at once. Pay postman $1.00 plus a and profound operate and tune in the 5 1 Rl DAYS AL few pennies postage on delivery. If not entirely same manner as if it Each office that Mac so conscientiously were connected to an satisfied, return withinfive days and your dollar will be refunded without question. both held aerial. Operates on ----- brought to me a deeper understand- short and long waves. f—— 'JUST MAIL THIS COUPON ' • F. & H. Radio Laboratories, Dept. 37, Fargo, N. Dak. ing of the vast and splendid program of WHAT USERS SAY Send F. & H. Capacity Aerial. Will pay postman $1 plus • San Antonio. Tex. It might interest you to know that few cents postage. If not pleased will return within 5 days • the Legion. For me, it grew in prestige with the Capacity Aerial Eliminator I get European for $1 refund. Check here if sending $1 with order— • Russia, stations easily and in the winter get Australia. thus saving postage cost—same refund guarantee. Check I get through his endeavors. It reached Honolulu and many Jap Short Wave Stations. 1 here if interested in dealer's proposition. I all Pacific Coast Stations on the broadcast band. greater proportions when after a half Signed : NAME. Davenport, la. Received your Radio Aerial Eliminator ADDRESS. day's drive (for {Continued on page it line. works swell on Shortwave 48) and sure works Also ' CITY. . y band. Wish I had found it long ago. Signed: mml/^^'m OCTOBER, 1937 When Answering Advertisements Please Mention The American Legion Magazine 48 / ^tarried a J^egionnatre

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this is a large State) we were warmly at our humble board and laughed so and still be able to laugh about it. Truly, welcomed by a small Post and Unit heartily with his small town comrades. "Loyalty is one of the first virtues of a in his District and where in that far, out- It somehow typified to me that spirit of soldier." of-the-way place, we talked in terms democracy upon which the Legion is I have always stood a little in awe familiar to us all of a service in which built. And I remember in the same of the deep and respectful friendship we shared a mutual interest. breath, as it were, the quiet comrade of which exists between my Legionnaire There was, to me, something signifi- our home Post who felt himself un- husband and his comrade and adversary cant and impressive in the joint installa- equipped to hold office but who faithfully who in a hard fought battle won from tion ceremonies of several Posts and brewed the coffee for our Legion and him the coveted Department Comman- Units assembled. In an obscure corner Auxiliary gatherings year in and year dership. I have marveled at the way of the meeting hall I thrilled to his words, out. It was to my mind a real manifes- personal differences and animosities are "There is no rank among us." It may tation of loyalty. set aside and forgotten for the good of the have been the realization that this self- It is with a sudden tightening of the organization. same ceremony was being repeated in heartstrings that I remember our first I am reminded of a remark made one thousands of Posts and Units throughout and overwhelming sorrow and the dear day by our small son. Looking long and the land. Legionnaire comrades who carried our thoughtfully at his father he asked, "How The American Legion became to me small son to his last resting place. I many Americans were there in the World very vital and real when at sessions of our think warmly of the Legionnaire pastor War?" His father answered in approxi- Department Convention he took over (then Department Chaplain) who minis- mate millions. With mingled admira- the gavel and I was permitted to step tered with such tender understanding, tion and incredulity he asked, "Does into the meeting hall and listen to the and the expressions of sympathy from our that include you too, Daddy?" And be- serious deliberations of that body. many Legion friends over the State. cause it did include him I too have been There are certain both pleasant and My conversation with a Legionnaire fortunate to share these fine experiences poignant associations which although from a neighboring State seemed only which are an aftermath of that war. personal in nature typify to me the spirit slightly inconsequential (I had been Conventions have come and gone and of the Legion everywhere. I trust they complaining of some faulty dentistry) with each year we look forward with do not appear trivial or irrelevant to the until he laughingly replied, "Well, I greater anticipation to the time when we reader for I cannot refrain from mention- can sympathize with you, I once had to shall again renew old acquaintances and ing them here. get used to a pair of wooden legs." It make new ones. And each year I say I remember the United States Senator, seems incredible that one could lose two with renewed pride and sincerity, "I am beloved by all ex-service men, who sat perfectly sound limbs for one's country glad I married a Legionnaire!"

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learned about Michigan Territory's un- tions prevailing in his lifetime. A den- rule pretty much governs prices of every- precedented zeal in sending two senators tist collector points out that anyone thing in this world. Consider, if you will, and a representative to Congress more interested in George Washington's den- three stamps issued by our Government than a year before its official admission tures can gain information from the in 1930 for the Graf Zeppelin's flight. to the Union, about the Ohio-Michigan Washington Bi-Centennial Issue of 1932. The stamps came in the unusual denomi- War of that time over the seven-mile These twelve stamps, from one-half cent nations of 65 cents, $1.30, and $2.60, to strip of land at the mouth of the Mau- through ten cents, carry contemporary fit postage rates for that trip. The conse- mee River, about the eventual peace portraits of Washington from young quence of the high values was a small compromise which placed Toledo in manhood to old age. The mouth lines sale: 93,000 of the 65-cent, 72,000 of the Ohio instead of in Michigan and Sault alter radically several times from his $1.30, 61,000 of the $2.60. When the Ste. Marie in Michigan instead of in middle life on—as he changed plates, Graf flew away, all of these stamps re- Wisconsin. explains my dentist friend. maining in post offices were recalled and

American history is, in fact, excel- One appeal of stamp collecting, then, is destroyed. That's all there are, there

lently illustrated by the stamps of the that almost anybody can find in it some- aren't any more. United States, particularly by the com- thing to tie in with his particular inter- Every album for United States stamps memorative issues. A teacher friend of ests in life. Before you discount all this contains a space for these stamps—re- mine has developed a collection which is as the aberrations of a bookworm, let member there are close to 1,000,000 a history of the United States elaborately us touch briefly on the subject which serious adult collectors specializing in illuminated with unused stamps of our seems of greatest interest to non-collec- United States stamps in this country country showing incidents and happen- tors and, rather unfortunately, to some alone, and thousands abroad. There are ings from the Viking ship such as Lief collectors. This subject is the com- several million collectors of airmail Ericsson sailed, down past Columbus mercial aspect of stamp collecting. "How stamps in the world, and each of their and Isabella, Jamestown, the Pilgrims, on earth can stamps bring such high albums demands a set of Graf Zcpps. the Revolution, to some of the major prices?" is one favorite question. An- Likewise, millions of collectors of com- events of this decade. other, "How much less are stamps worth memorative stamps the world over. Incidentally, if you have read many now than they were back in 1929?" Heaven alone knows how many millions biographies of the Father of Our Country The high prices of some stamps and the of general collectors likewise want them. you may recall his continuing search for low prices of others are easily explained. And there are exactly 61,296 complete

a set of false teeth which would really Unless the law of supply and demand sets of these stamps on earth if none have fit him—not an easy task under condi- has really been repealed, this economic been meanwhile destroyed.

The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine It seems perfectly logical, by the eco- nomics they taught when I went to college, that these stamps should be expensive. There are hundreds of collectors actively wanting each set that exists. The forehanded fellow who bought them at the post office five years ago paid $4.55 for the set. Today he can sell them above $20 a set, and dealers are asking $25 when they are fortunate enough to have any in stock. These have gone up $8 a set in the past year, and if I guess correctly will go much higher before they hit their ceiling. Why not? There are nowhere near enough of them to go around. Dozens of United States stamps are so rare that only a very few fortunate collectors can ever have them—they sell at prices far above Graf Zepps because they are scarcer. Many of the world's powerful and wealthy are collectors. The late King George V of Great Britain and President Franklin D. Roosevelt are favorite examples of all amateur writers on stamps, but there are dozens The extra miles in Florsheims of collectors who would pay the price of those two fine collections and never feel add up to real economy . . . the extra serv- the outlay. Such men can and will pay MOSTSTH.es any price within reason for a great ice subtracts from your footwear cost. Style $(^50 AND Sj rarity, and their ideas of reason are based on their supply of money. illustrated above, The Rambler, S-736. The August 1861 stamps of the United States costing in five and six figures have already been mentioned. There is the inverted airplane of 19 18, a variety of the The FLORSHEIMS first airmail stamp issued by our country. It is printed in two colors, carmine rose and blue. One sheet, and no more so far as anyone definitely knows, went into the second color press upside down, with the result that the airplane on it is flying Best Support on its back. Try to buy one of those errors for less than $3,000 and listen to ifor Rupture the owner laugh at you. Try to get even the cheapest of the inverted two-color Is the Human Hand stamps of the Pan-American issue of 1901 Why worry and softer with that rap- tare any longer? Learn about my per- for less than $200. Or any one of a size- fected invention. It has brought eaBe, comfort and happiness to thousands able number of comparable rarities, who suffered from reducible rupture. It has an Automatic Air Cushion whether United States or foreign, includ- which softly yet Becurely holds the

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(Continued from page 49) stocks, and most confirmed collectors commodities which are hampered in free from the color he thought was a two-cent will sell their stamps only when international movement by legal and stamp, along with a green one-cent they would otherwise have to sell the tax restrictions. stamp to make the three-cent letter baby. One of the few stamps to feel the How this has worked out is shown by postage of that time. A good many of effect of the bear market was the Graf another important collection in a Middle these stamps exist uncanceled, and some Zeppelin set discussed just above. It was Western city. The owner had been collectors had them canceled for their issued in April of 1930, before most peo- spending about $500 a month on stamps collections. But one which was obviously ple even guessed how hard and how long since 1926—which looks to you like used in ordinary correspondence, as the struggle would be. Some long- insanity, and probably looked worse to proved by the date on this postmark, is a headed individuals stocked up on them his wife. Last winter his business real rarity. at the post office as a good speculation needed a sizeable piece of money ; he went and, sure enough, they climbed steadily to a dealer with his collection. He MINOR varieties are usually less ex- up to about $15 a set. Then, as other named what he had paid for the collec- pensive. These include all manner panic losses began nipping at the specu- tion, said "Pay me twenty-five percent of plate defacements and marks which lators, Graf Zepps from these unassimi- above this cost. Take it or leave it." show on the printed stamp. For instance, lated hoards began coming on the market The dealer took it and has made money I have an inexpensive, irreverent bypath in such quantities that for a brief period reselling it. Let me restate for emphasis, off the main highway of my hobby: I they could be had at $7 a set. When most however, that profits are not the purpose collect stamps which depict George of the surplus had thus been dumped, of the true stamp collector or philatelist Washington slightly damaged. One five- they began rising and have risen ever (to save you a trip to the dictionary, the center shows him with a gash over his since. Do I hear you asking how it is accent is on "at."). eye. A one-center shows a mark on his possible to know for sure about values? Mention has been made of some out- cheek-bone where he obviously stopped a Stamp auctions are frequent in large standingly expensive error-varieties of left jab. Two errors in the one-cent of cities, and auction prices reflect values United States stamps. Several other 191 7 produced a black eye on one stamp rather accurately. errors and a great many varieties are and a prizefighter's broken nose on the

interesting if only because they prove other. I have him with blood streaming ANY collector who had all his savings that despite utmost precautions human from his nose on a red stamp, another x\. in good stamps in 1929 and managed beings cannot avoid making mistakes. with a rash on nose and forehead which to ride out the storm has a substantial Most surprising of the lot is the so-called must be smallpox. Most of these occur be- profit in his albums. Stamps are one of Five-Cent Error of 191 7, which owes its cause of plate or other constant errors the few forms of wealth which have not existence to the World War. The Treas- cracks, scratches, flaws, and the like. A shrunk seriously during the same period. ury Department's Bureau of Engraving purple three-cent stamp shows him all A spectacular example was the world- and Printing, which has manufactured all blurry and out of focus because a sheet of famous collection of a wealthy Easterner. United States stamps since 1894, was stamps went through the press twice, just This represented an expenditure of over rushed and short-handed in wartime. a little out of register. Do you object that half a million dollars, and even the owner Also, by chance, the postage stamps then these varieties are minor? Of course they agreed that some of his larger purchases current differed from previous and sub- are. But they amuse me, keep me looking had been unwise. When he died a few sequent practice by including several for other stamps to add to this specialized years ago, his estate was appraised at denominations of identical design. For little collection, which so far as I know is several million dollars, his stamps (in- instance, the two-cent stamp was red, unlike any other in existence. After all, cluding his bad buys) at about what he the five-cent was blue, but in all other these reasons seem enough to justify any had paid for them. By the time his es- respects than color and numerals of value harmless recreation. Of course these tate was settled, his stamps represented all were exactly alike. stamps are comparatively scarce because some fifty percent of its total worth. there is usually only one such different They sold for very close to the original AMUCH-NEEDED engraved plate for stamp in a sheet, and only in sheets appraisal. Everything else he owned, - printing two-cent stamps was found printed from a given plate. Such varieties a textile mill, a garage, hotels, all manner damaged; it contained three defective would be very expensive if they were of property, shrank to a small fraction stamp negatives. A workman was accord- generally collected, if they were uni- of the cost. His widow would not, even ingly sent to take three good stamp versally recognized as distinct stamps without the stamps, have gone on relief. negatives from another defective plate instead of minor varieties interesting only

But she has twice as much today as if her and patch them into this one. By error he to specialist collectors. As it is, they com- husband had not had this comparatively cut the three patches out of a five-cent mand small premiums in price, but small proportion of his wealth in stamps. plate, duly placed them in the two-cent nothing to amount to much. Besides the increased number of col- plate. The mistake passed the inspectors, Folks outside the stamp-collecting cult lectors, devaluation of the dollar has the plate went on the press with red ink, get their deepest belly-laughs from the raised the price of stamps to Americans. and the stamps were duly sold to the search for errors and varieties. Uproari- Stamps have a truly international mar- public with three red five-cent stamps ously humorous pieces on this subject ket, moving across borders with practic- unrecognized among 397 red two-cent appear in the general magazines, sending ally no duties or other restrictions. When stamps. Actually these stamps were used every reader (except the philatelists) into an American collector bids his 59-cent for months before anybody noticed it. gusty stitches. Just the other evening dollars for an item against, say, a Dutch- The stamps were immediately recalled some guests brought up the subject of man or Swiss, the American has to bid from postoffices and destroyed—this was stamp-collecting—Heaven knows I did more dollars. Foreign dealers and col- in the spring of 1918. One of my prized not bring it up. One of them, an other- lectors have since devaluation been pur- items is an envelope postmarked Decem- wise delightful woman, remarked that chasing more freely in the American ber 7, 191 7, at Brewton, Alabama, she understood some silly collectors go market. Thus collectible stamps have addressed to Mr. E. S. Smith, Box 17, around counting how many hairs appear risen in sympathy with devaluation far Selma, Alabama. On it the sender placed on George Washington's and Benjamin more rapidly than have most of those one of these five-cent red stamps, which Franklin's heads in search of varieties.

The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine Whereupon everyone present guffawed guided Chicago bank president who also copiously except your humble servant, fancies varieties. You would think a bank who managed a sickly and slightly absent- president, nationally known as a financial minded grin. Absent-minded? I had never leader, would have more sense. How I SKINNY? thought of counting hairs, but maybe hate that bird! The doggoned plutocrat, there might be something in the idea. he can always outbid me! Seriously, I fight feebly but unsuccess- LISTEN TO THIS fully against my interest in errors and The editors express their thanks to varieties. Next time a nice variety ap- Harry L. Lindquist of New York for his pears in an auction, I'll probably be there co-operation in supplying the stamps used bidding my head off against that mis- to illustrate this article.

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(Continued from page 1 5) use the very keenness of enemy scouts to aways" which told them when Jones and "Pass!" and ran to cover. The ball, how- aid your own cause. Ritter were going to circle from their line ever, went to Blue Howell, big fullback That happened in the Army-Navy positions. from Nebraska, who blasted through the game of 1935. Navy had scouted Army In spite of this Princeton hit with so middle of a Western line which we hadn't thoroughly and intelligently and had much speed and precision that both been able to dent all day for the touch- made note of certain invariable charac- Jones and Ritter gained considerable down. teristics of Army play. Army was using ground, a condition which ripened Kelley The situation was exactly reversed in a single-wing formation with Monk for the play which Princeton had devised the East-West game of 1936. Incidentally, Meyer, its wonderful lightweight back, in to capitalize his style. I hope Western readers will excuse me for the tail position. The Tiger had the ball on Yale's thirty- taking my examples from games of this yard line and went into its customary series which have been won by the East. IN ALL previous games, when the center short-kick formation with balanced line Though I have coached college teams on snapped the ball to Meyer, he either and two backs in tandem on the right. both coasts, my experience in the San passed or ran in the direction he started. The ball was passed to Pepper Constable, Francisco charity series has been as coach In other words Army's change-of-direc- the fullback and second man in the tan- of the East. Everyone likes to remember tion plays, its reverses and spins never dem. He spun around and faked to Jones, his successes and forget his failures, no were set in motion with Meyer handling who circled from left end. Kelley was matter how heavily the former may be the ball. Grohs, the quarterback, did the right on Jones's heels, figuring to catch outnumbered. spinning and faking. him before he got back to the line of In 1936 the East had a great line- scrimmage. I haven't talked over the matter with bucker in Don Irwin of Colgate. He kept anyone who knows the inside dope, but I But Constable hadn't given up the gaining through the Western line, though assume that the Navy coaches told the ball. He had just doubled up over it. Now neither team scored until the first play players, as any coach would, that there he tossed it to Jack White, the tail-back of the fourth quarter, when the West was no need of worrying about any fakes and the latter, who had been standing kicked a field goal and took the lead, when Meyer got the ball. Carrying the around as nonchalantly as a clothing 3 to o. burst into action thing further, I suppose the Army coaches dummy, and ran alone With this Irwin really went to work. figured that the Navy coaches would be around an entirely unprotected Yale In a series of smashes between the tackles smart enough to do that very thing, and right flank for the touchdown. he carried the ball to a first down on the schemed to capitalize on their very There was nothing new about the play. Wtst's thirteen-yard line. By this time smartness. It was a variation of "Old 83" which the Western defense had closed in tight In any event Army received the open- Fielding Yost used at Michigan in the and it was pretty difficult to do any more ing kickoff and brought the ball back to days when the Wolverine was mopping gaining through the line. the twenty-yard line. On the first play up the Western Conference as well as all other opposition. It worked because Ken from scrimmage, Meyer got the ball from THE opponents, however, were certain center and started running to his right. Sandbach, the Princeton quarterback, that Irwin would continue to whale called it tactical For the first time in his career, howevei, when the situation was away, and so when he called a pass on he didn't keep going. Instead he handed exactly right. first down—he was calling the signals as the ball to Whitey Grove, an excep- A team doesn't need to invent anything well as doing the bucking—the West was tionally fast man, who circled in the new to win football games. All it needs to caught flat-footed. Ed Smith of New opposite direction. do is to have an offense that will strike York University threw a short flat one to Navy was thoroughly fooled. The any point along the line and threaten Paul Pauk of Princeton which enabled whole team had committed itself to with passes any point in the secondary the latter to score standing up. stopping Meyer. The right flank was area. If it has equipment like this and Several of the Eastern players ob- wide open and Grove ran eighty yards for calls the right play at the right time it will jected when Irwin gave the pass signal a touchdown which broke open a game gain ground without doubt. in the huddle, but he knew that the situ- that promised to be one of the closest of There are situations in which a straight ation was ripe and refused to let his the season. line buck is the most deceptive play the judgment be overruled. Having got away on the right foot, quarterback can think of. That was the Of course you can set up a tactical situ- Army won decisively over a team which case in the East-West game at San ation just as foolproof as that one and was at least its physical equal. In the Francisco in 1928 when the East had two still fail to score through mechanical second half the midshipmen ran all over exceptional forward passers in Walter error. If Smith hadn't thrown a perfect the cadets, but by that time the damage Holmer of Northwestern and Howard pass and if Pauk hadn't handled the ball had been done. Harpster of Carnegie Tech. cleanly the touchdown wouldn't have That same season Princeton used a been scored and Irwin's choice of play similarly built-up situation to fool one of BOTH of these boys passed with such probably would have been severely the smartest ends I know, Larry Kelley, amazing accuracy that they kept the criticized. and to score a touchdown against Yale. Western secondary defense in difficulty A slight error in execution cost Colgate Kelley never played an orthodox de- all the time and finally implanted in the a touchdown in the 1930 charity game fensive game. He liked to match his wits minds of the West players the idea that with New York University at a time when with the offense and ordinarily he out- the East's whole attack was based on we had a play perfectly set up. That was guessed the opposing quarterback and passing. in the era when Chick Meehan was turn- maneuvered into a spot where he could By means of passing the East gained a ing out national leaders at N. Y. U. With- smear plays he had no right to touch. first down on the West ten-yard line. out the touchdown we lost we were ex-

Princeton that year was using two line- Holmer, a beautiful faker, pretended to tremely lucky to win the game 7 to 6. men, Jones, left end, and Ritter, right take the snap from center. He turned We had another great line-bucker at tackle, to carry the ball. Yale of course around and ran back, holding his hands that time, Len Macaluso. He had knew all about it. The Eli scouts may close to his body. carried the ball to the New York four- even have picked up a couple of "give- The Western secondaries shouted yard line and everyone in the park be.

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lieved he would be sure to buck again. had called had not been so complete. Our quarterback knew, however, that It was one of those great old games be- the New York line was stronger than any- tween Penn State and Pittsburgh. In the thing we had met before and rightly first quarter Penn State on third down figured that the time had come to em- found itself jammed against its own goal ploy deception. He called a complicated line. The logical thing to expect was a lateral pass play. Macaluso was sup- kick, and when Penn State went into kick posed to smash into the line and hand the formation Pitt brought two backs up on ball to a guard who in turn was supposed the line in an effort to block or hurry the to toss a lateral to Les Hart, our All- kicker into getting off a poor one. America left-halfback, who circled from It looked like a kick. The deep man his wing position. turned the ball over in his hands, took a Men look better The set-up was perfect. The whole left step forward, then threw a little pass over side of the New York line was sucked in. the middle of the back Pitt fine to Bob feel better, too, in Hart could have scored standing up if the Higgins, All-America end and present ball had ever reached him. But—one of Penn State coach. Higgins picked up a our linemen missed a block. couple of blockers and ran nearly a THE BRACER An N. Y. U. guard crashed in and hundred yards for the only touchdown of knocked the ball out of Macaluso's the game. hands. New York recovered and so a I was the goat in a similar situation play that was perfectly called and all but when I coached Washington & Jefferson. perfectly executed went to our disad- We led Lafayette, 10 to 9, with three vantage. minutes to play in a great game at We got even later, for the 1932 Colgate Franklin Field, Philadelphia. They had team, the one which was unbeaten and the ball on their own twenty-yard line, unscored-on, put over the same play on fourth down, and everyone on our side of New York University for one of two the fence heaved a sigh of relief. They touchdowns. Whitey Ask took a lateral obviously would have to kick. We would pass from a guard and got around end and get the ball, keep it as long as possible to over the goal-line before anyone knew he use up time and then set them back in had the ball. their own territory with no time to do In the first case our quarterback was anything. blamed for poor judgment—that is, by The trouble was that the Lafayette others than myself. In the latter case he quarterback didn't kick. Instead he got

was given general credit for keen think- back as if he were going to do it, drew our ing, and yet these two boys did exactly ends in toward him, then ducked around the same thing in situations which were one of them for twenty yards and a first identical, all of which proves that quar- down. The next thing I knew Lafayette terbacks are judged only by the success had completed a pass and was on our ten- or failure of the plays they call. yard line. From that point they put it I can well imagine the criticism that over a few seconds before time was up. would have been directed at Penn's 1910 The unexpected move, that run when a quarterback if the success of a play he punt was the {Continued on page 54)

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Here's power— all you need and more— to make clean, quick work of any North American game, including the biggest "The judges say to let him go he hasn't won a race all year!' — moose or Kodiak bear. Power and accuracy— defiance and resignation. Dimly Bill B. was swinging about catapult to the floor, but not weight. Every unnecessary ounce has recalled seeing her in the mail-office when she did and dove among the been trimmed off these why, she must have been there for years, spectators. With swishing strokes the superb sporting arms, he thought. When he withdrew from his oscillating extinguisher hose spit its to keep them friendly short conference with his superior both stream along the floor. Big Bertha with on the longest hike. woman and police wagon were gone. defiantly folded arms stood her ground Savage Model 99 Le"er Ac- tion Styles, 5 Calibers. Bill 9 He thought, as he trudged back to his before B.'s approach. In the center of Illustrated extreme left — office, of that quality of loyalty inherent the pool they saw a writhing form en- Model 99-T. in women. There was one who willingly cased in sodden blue uniform, dripping, Savage Model 40 Bolt Ac- tion 2 Styles, 4 Calibers sacrificed everything for a cause which saturated—Birchall—still on his back, a Illustrated at left. personified some in blinded, gasping, sputtering fight- was probably by man guard CATALOG FREE didn't think of her ing to dodge the persistent tail the background. She wet of the Describes all Savage Hi- work as ignominious or treacherous; it extinguisher and the cascade of water Power Rifles. .22 Rifles and Shotguns. was her duty, a way she could help. Her which still flowed off his features. With a zeal, her passion was no doubt as sincere spasmodic jerk he rolled to hands and as the little mother's, with whose problem knees and rose half bent, streaming water he had recently dealt and to whom his from his eyes. Then he too spied, mistily, thoughts were again turning. He must do his captain and Bill B. Curley was grin- CORPORATION something right away to shelter her in ning, Bill B. smiled and the captain was SAVAGE ARMS Dept. 7088, Utica, N.Y. some less risky task. torn between the comical, and the dis- Please send catalog, free. Name his Tops above Curley and his foreman, credit of one of guards. For a stupe- Address Van, was our chief—the works engineer. fied instant Birchall's eyes bulged in a With tightened belt and jaw Curley frightened stare before he spun about, walked into that presence, no, strode in emitting a shrill a-a-rch! and legged it for SAVAGE on a wave of grim determination. It had the far end door out of which he disap- taken a week's further observation of peared. Birchall to reach that stage. "I don't care Birchall had appeared as usual in the

if I'm fired," he announced belligerently, grenade room on his first round. What- then he told his boss all he thought of ever he said left Eleanor in tears. By the roving guards in general and Birchall in time he poked his red covetous face over particular. The Chief dodged among the her shoulder later in the morning, fires of HUNTING CLOTHES tailored of the famous Duxbak fireworks sufficiently to get the whole disgust and resentment smoldering in fabric that "sheds water like a duck's back." Turns story. They went over to the guard office; Bertha and several burly compatriots had the briars because it is thence, the guard captain accompanied been fanned to the bursting point. Then tough, yet ventilates the body because it is Curley for a talk with Bill B. Those three Birchall snapped the primer. By knuckl- waterproofed without men appeared afterward in the door of ing greedily, in too familiar fashion, under rubber. Insist on genuine Duxbaks for the grenade building, but to view the the startled girl's arm. Instinctively she comfort, wear, good looks and pro- unexpected. let go across his face a resounding slap, tection. America's A spreading pool of water on the floor and a cage of tigers flew all over Birchall. favorite make for over 30 years. lapped at their feet. Catching sight of Big Bertha first from in back, with rigid Send for Style them a dozen girls let empty fire pails elbow tearing his chin away from his Book — FREE Above is the popu- clatter to the floor and scurried away, neck and then as many others as could lar Style 10 Coat with real pivot back to huddle with the rest of the force pile on, scratching, tearing, biting and sleeves and pockets lined up there. One girl, laughing and pumrreling his every exposed inch. The where you want them. Also ask your dealer for Duxbak breeches, shrieking about putting the fire out, was squirming mass reeled to the floor. With jerkins, pants, vests, hat-caps and leggings. slower in discovering the big boss at the a knee on his chest Bertha yelled for Utica-Duxbak Corp., 838 Noyes St., Utica, N.Y. door but let the fire extinguisher she water. "Fire (Continued on page 56)

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56 Pineapples Give Your Gun (Continued from page 55) Its Needed pails!" she screamed. "Girls, get some selves. A contraption like the sling that Equal In water! Seein' he's so hot it'll cool scales clay pigeons, hurled grenades away him off." In a second the prostrate, to explode safely in high and distant Its LOADS grunting guard was deluged—that mob atmosphere. One out of every ten we was practiced in fire drills. One of them made—set it very gingerly in the sling, unhooked an extinguisher and threatened snap your stop watch—pull the ring pin you raise the hammer of your rifle, WHEN his eyes with its hose. "Are you cold yet, release the trigger all or push off the safety, for a shot at big — in the same game, you can count on getting world standard bimbo?" she was shrilling when the three motion—swish, away. One, two, three, performance if you have bought Winchester interrupted the party. five If it Staynless Cartridges. Sure fire. Full rated ve- men four, blam! wasn't a dud or late locity and power. Accurate. Clean in your rifle "Honest, I couldn't do a thing," Bill or misfire. barrel, from Winchester Staynless no-rust prim- expostulated. Bill ing. Winchester non 'mercuric advantages also. B.'s foreman B. looked beyond the row of felt- Winchester leadership is ahead with the world's "Had you been me, you wouldn't have encased, lead, powder holders, much like fastest commercial cartridge, the .220 Swift. said Bill B., under- Other fast ones, the new .219 Zipper and the tried to stop them," thermos bottles, surrounding Bessie, over new 100-grain .270 Winchester. lining the tried, and amused over girls at the pile of tests. "Don't take out same way with shells for your shotgun. The circumspectly mopping up, filling pails another test until you get trays," he Buy for the limit in service— famous Winchester World Standard Shells. For long range get Win- and sliding back to work benches. ordered. He heard Bessie gasp, but still Super Speeds — for their high speed, chester Since hand grenades production was he didn't sense disaster raising a fiery and short shot string, balanced pattern and abundant wallop far beyond average only a several week's old baby with us, bloody hand in one-twelfth of the next, effective shotgun range. For Bill B. was interested to review progress. ensuing minute. Count 'em one double all average range shooting get — Winchester Leaders for su- Nick-named pineapples from the surface and two double and three—up to five preme quality, or Winchester indentations on the hollow, machined seconds; just that long, or short, after Rangers for high dependabil- you ity with economy. castings trucked into assembly and load- pull the ring pin from a hand grenade and

Ask your dealer for Win- ing from next door, these juvenile bombs the handle flies up, does it take the spring chester—and look for the red Winchester trade-mark on passed in groups along the benches to be trigger to snap the hammer, to flash the the box. For FREE new 56- dressed up with handles, triggers, ring primer, to set the fuse sputtering inside page catalog of Winchester World Standard Guns and pins, primers and fuses. Next to the last, a meagre five seconds of spark traveling Ammunition, please write to near the front door, powder and slugs to powder and slugs and then the big Winchester Repeating Arms in; then screw up bottom noise. Bill B. was just saying, of Co., Dept. 25-C, New Haven, were funneled — "one Conn., U. S. A. plugs and nest the incense pots cautiously those might fall and " when Bessie in shipping crates. jumped. -WlNCff£5T£R Burns, blindness, death stalked near Next to her, terminating the row of the end of the bench line toward which operators, worked a girl who screwed in a the superintendent sauntered. A spark or plug to seal the powder in each hollow jar, vibration or some unknown factor casting. Then she would lean down to might send searing flame up into face pack the grenade within its compact Buy from manufacturer. N> hair, minute, partitions. Unwittingly Fall men's ties, shirts, hosiery, and eyes and any from the packing box she fast-selling novelties. Patented Beadv-Tled treacherous puff of a powder flare. Much pushed against the pile of tests; one Ties, Leather Ties. Make over 10(1 % profit. Start own business instructions free. GUI — Send little realized this awkwardly over the table edge. today for illustrated Wholesale worse, he how nearly wabbled Catalog of 42 Money Makers' and Free Sample Materials. his last stroll, that he was to Before it reached the floor in what might BOm^VARDCRAy^T^22_W^st^l_stSt.. Dept. M. 56. New York was be shortly within two seconds of perdition. have been a harmless fall, its cotter pin He directed his foreman to the loading ring caught, hooked over a short nub of Free for Asthma bench, especially to Bessie, Eleanor's bailing wire projecting like a nail from If you suffer with attacks of Asthma so English mother, Mrs. Wynne—the fac- the packing box on the floor. Bessie saw terrible you choke and gasp for breath if restful sleep is impossible because of the tory is a leveler, nipping aside all respect the guard pin almost yanked out of place. struggle to breathe, if you feel the disease for titles, age or proper names—tamping She watched it sway on the wire, its is slowly wearing your life away, don't fail to send at once to the Frontier Asthma Co. powdered death into a hollow casting momentum converted into up and down for a free trial of a remarkable method No matter where you live or whether you before her. oscillations, each motion of which, with have any faith in any remedy under the "Two things we must have at once," the point of the grenade a fulcrum Sun, send for this free trial, if vou have suffered for a lifetime and tried everything he said. "And that's a powder measuring against the box side, pulled the pin a notch you could learn of without relief; even if you are utterly discouraged, do not aban- trap on that funnel and a spring stop at a time. A third jerk released the pin don hope but send today for this free trial. arbor press to tamp it with. Machine entirely and the trigger handle flew out It will cost you nothing. Address thudded to the Frontier Asthma Co. 420-B Frontier Blrig. division's had my sketch for a week now. with a snap as the grenade 4«2 Niagara St. Butt'alo, V. If we keep up hand loading there'll be a floor. Five seconds, no more, to live. flare—and another one blind." In through Bessie's mind flashed a WAKE UP YOUR "Yes 'n' proper trays for those tests at vision of the girl next to her, of Bill B. the end," offered the foreman. He pointed standing in back, of her own Eleanor LIVER BILE- to completed grenades piled up danger- further up the row. One second gone. She ously at the end of the bench. tried to scream through parching, fear Without Calomel —And You'll Jump Out "What are those for?" stricken throat which only rattled and of Bed in the Morning Rarin' to Go "One out of ten goes to the park for gurgled over the shriek she would utter. The liver should pour out two pounds of liquid test. Ballistics' orders." Her chest contracted, cramped, pain- bile into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It just He referred to the fenced in, lighted, fully, as from high voltage shock. Another decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. ! Blindly she leaped You get constipated. Your whole system is poi- guarded stretch of open field and woods second nearer eternity soned and you feel sour, sunk and the world miles north of the plant, wherein onto the monstrous thing. looks punk. two our and scrambled Laxatives are only makeshifts. A mere bowel powder storage safely reposed. Besides Its handle, sticking out, seemed to leer movement doesn't get at the cause. It takes those and good, old Carter's Little Liver Pills to get these mixing at that distance all the powder at her like an urchin with thumb two pounds of bile flowing freely and make you used, one end of the Park was cluttered fingers flagged to his nose. Fear-frenzied feel "up and up." Harmless, gentle, yet amazing in making bile flow freely. Ask for Carter's Little with butts, ranges and targets among strength in her arms hurled it in a mighty Liver Pills by name. Stubbornly refuse anything she fainted. else. 25c at all drug stores. © 1931, C.M.Co. which the ballistic chaps disported them- heave out the door. Then The AMERICAN LEGION Magazine When Answering Advertisements Please Mention The American Legion Magazine —

In a graceful arc it whizzed across the back through the maze of buildings to his road lobbing end over end like a football pitch table. JUSTTOUCH BUTTON to drop into water behind the canal bank "When this war's over I gits me to bordering the factory street. It whistled some place where there ain't no women," its passage directly by Birchall's nose. he proclaimed. LATEST IB-TUBE MIDWEST Following his ignominious retreat that "That'll be where yu' ride to in the TUNES ITSELF BY gentleman had scurried to the security of hearse," his foreman suggested. coal bunkers just above the grenade "With no women it'll be heaven to me." building where he could at least wring out "For you, Curley," Van said, "the ELECTRIC MOTOR/ excess moisture and concentrate his devil's plague'll be a row of silk stockings scattered wits on an alibi. As the bomb and no legs to fill 'em." hurtled from the doorway he was making Curley persisted. "Used to be, the only his way, with attempted nonchalance, to thing painted red around here was the the guard office. He bit his tongue stripes on the cartridge boxes; now it's snapping his head back from the appari- women's cheeks and it's warpaint when tion skimming before his eyes and stood yu' count all the trouble it stews up." swaying in pop-eyed astonishment. Then "Been playin' Injun with 'em? Injuns a stunning explosion two yards away sat is bad to meet specially in the woods," Only Midwest's Direei-From-Faetory Policy Make* him with a hard thump, numb, torpid on Van advised and added as an after- This Feature Possible At Amazingly Low Price! the gravelly drive. thought: "Which reminds me of the YOU will lie astounded at tlie lightning-like action amazing new 1938 MOTORIZED deadly, hurtling grenade must Park, they're yellin' for telephones of the The more Midwest. Just touch a button (on top of the

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HAPPY RELIEF Pineapples FROM PAINFUL {Continued from page 57). BACKACHE Steve was gone from his mixing shack doubled back for the train: "And tell Caused by Tired Kidneys behind the sod banks—summoned to the Bill B. the Cap'n oughter let this feller Many of those gnawing, nagging, painful backaches guard office, another inmate disclosed go too, if they should fire Steve." Curley people blame on colds or strains are often caused by nor had Eleanor and her mother appeared was glad the train noise forbade further tired kidneys—and may be relieved when treated in the right way. for work since lunch. Uneasy in mind talk with Birchall. The kidneys are Nature's chief way of taking excess acids and poisonous v/aste out of the blood. Most Curley dropped his coils of two-pair and At the Park Curley lugged his tele- people pass about 3 pints a day or about 3 pounds telephone instruments to wait, and fret a phone equipment through a one-story of waste. If the 15 miles of kidney tubes and niters don't little, till the next train trip. Who should building where, on all sides of him, powder work well, poisonous waste matter stays in the blood. These poisons may start nagging backaches, rheu- appear to squat beside him but Birchall, making ingredients were being dumped matic pains, lumbago, leg pains, loss of pep and en- now resplendent in recently changed from sheet iron kegs into mixing ma- ergy, getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes, headaches and dizziness. uniform. For the good of his cause Curley chines. Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40 years. They chose to disregard any hint of the morn- From the machines the final explosive give relief and will happy help the is miles of kidney ing events, angling instead for news. was being poured into the lead "bottles," tubes flush out poisonous waste from the blood. Get Doan's Pills. enough mixture and enough containers BEAN'S CANOE SHOE HE SAID, "Looks as if th' axe going onto the train to spell the plant, Made of high grade tan elk leather with double oil tanned swings on poor Steve today.'' below, for just an hour's production. He moccasin sole, rubber heel and Talon Fastener. It is a combination "Slipper Shoe," used for many purposes "The captain agreed with me it'd be trudged on up to the rifle butts, passing around camp and cottage. Colors, brown and black. good policy." Birchall was a bit patroniz- rows of galvanized huts, bunkered like Sizes 3 to 12. Widths D, EE. ing. "With his record and his mug hang- the fulminate houses, from which rubber- Write for New Fall Catalog. Mfd. by ing on the rack down town there, it's tired, leather shod mule teams dragged L L. BEAN, Inc better for us he's out o' here." the powder kegs to the mixing room. Mfrs. Hunting and Camping "Better for who?" As he continued on his way, Curley Specialties "For the works. He knows too much waved to men in sombreros and chaps, 91 Main St Freeport $2.90 and how to do it." mounted on calico ponies, each one armed Maine Postpaid "Sure, he was in a hold-up once, but he with rifle, revolvers, and rope. The com- never done a thing that'd make him a pany had hired a bevy of Texas Rangers hazard in here." to ride the Park and its flood-lighted "Can't tell. They get bad ideas in the boundaries in a continuous, twenty-four pen, sometimes." hour chain as a special guard detail. As

Curley 's forefinger was irritating a spot Curley passed, the first rider of a four- all windows. Makes winter dr into redness his sign hour shift starting his circuit Comes in handy.cont&iner with sell-feeding of flesh over his ear — was of applicator top. Desperately needed by 25 million motorists. AGKNTS WANTED of thinking hard then he discarded his round and round and over again. He EVERY WHERE. Flu numcnaiprofiu. — quid of tobacco his special symbol of followed the last man of the old shift and | | SAMPLE OFFER ^VtSt — t"Ts..n in each locality who writes. N.i ot-liKati.m. Get details. Be .first— decision. behind him trailed number two of his WtWf s.h.I in your name TODA Y! KRISTEE PRODUCTS, Dept. 340, AKRON, OHIO Out of a variegated past some memory shift, each man in the chain riding so as was trying to ring through to a clear to always see the tail of the horse ahead circuit in his mind. With that hazy and everything between. weapon he struck out in the dark: "Le's see, you was a flat-foot before you GUN butts and targets were built •STOPPED IN A HURRY BY O DD came here—that's how you come to know against conveniently opposite hill- Are you tormented with the itching tortures of eczema, about Steve—why'd yu' leave th' force?" sides. At the bottom was thehundredyard rashes, athlete's foot, eruptions, or other externally I'd like the job better," re- range. little above and beyond, diag- caused skin afflictions? For quick and happy relief, "Thought A use cooling, antiseptic, liquid D.D.D. PRESCRIP- plied Birchall, but he looked Curley's onally, was the next rifle butt with TION. Greaseless and stainless. Soothes the irrita- suspiciously. "And there's more its two hundred yard target directly tion and swiftly stops the most intense itching. A 35c way trial bottle, at drug stores, proves it —or money back. money." opposite. The American Legion "You mean better pay; don't kid me So they went, zig-zag up, a pair for National Headquarters there's more money—around here." each hundred yard increase in range, to Indianapolis, Indiana Financial Statement "What d'yer mean?" the tenth step—the top butt with the July 31, 1937 "Nothin', nothin'. Sometimes you kin thousand yard target way off in the Assets git in a little hot money on the side, distance. A maze of sturdy fence built can't yer? I've even heard o' dicks being about the butts (and the targets across) hand and on deposit 446,968.37 Cash on ? for just that." Salt on a raw spot. prevented a thoughtless stroll into the Notes and Accounts Receivable 42,995.20 broken Inventories 130,661.81 Birchall squared off into a menacing paths of whining bullets. The sharp Invested Funds 1,571,844.28 Permanent Investment: attitude. b-r-r-p of a machine gun made him jump.

Graves Decoration Trust Fund . . 194,601.77 Overseas "You've been tryin' to get funny "Spell your name for you, Mister. Dime Office Building, Washington, D. C, less depreciation 127,597.63 lately, Mister," he growled. "Your a letter." The laugher let go another Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment 34,097.07 Deferred Charges 17,227.54 health's gonna get worse unless you lay sputtering strip. "There she is, one letter, Curley searched the hillside 552,565.993.67 off. Get me?" one dime." "No, yu' got me wrong. No offence," opposite to see a crude C dotted on a Liabilities, Deferred Income Curley protested sidling away from the white paper target the size of a bill and Net Worth threat. "Jees. Forgot my pliers—left 'em board. over in grenades. Hold the train for me The gunner pushed a bell button Current Liabilities $ 58,428.68 Funds Restricted as to use 62,183.60 will yer?" All the time he was making and stood in front of his gun, arms over- Deferred Income 301,319.22 Permanent Trust: haste over to tell something to Big head. A helper dodged out of the pit Overseas Graves Decoration Trust Fund. 194,601.77 across, below the target, substituted a Net Worth: Bertha. Restricted Capital 81,556,340.51 He had just jammed against a nearby clean target and ducked down again. Unrestricted Capital 393,119.89 JSl,949 ,460.40 live circuit. To that husky female, The telephone rang in the gun shanty. It $2,565,993.67 vehemently agreeable, he whispered ex- was out in front of the gun, with data Frank E. Samuel, National Adjutant citedly, shouting over his shoulder as he sheets and everything else, all to keep

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piece in the arsenal of testing equipment be like what I think her mother is." assembled there. Here, round after round We heard the rest of the story that after round of shells were fired as routine next week at four-thirty in the morning. to check for duds, lates, or misfires. Here Saturday afternoon saw us up at Officer- the bright-eyed bunch from ballistics 4S's. Shut off the big main, cut into the checked velocity, drop, deflection, swerve, branch, screw in the fittings, tighten the FALSE TEETH wind resistance and fifty other factors union. That was water for that section cf AND REMOVABLE BRIDGES of a bullet's flight or a shell's explosion. the new building. In that time steam While Curley soldered telephone lugs main and return lead were cool—repeat and worried over Steve, the latter's the process; then toil the rest of the night, NO _ fiancee and her mother were in the plant splicing, soldering, taping to get juice in BRUSHING hospital. Bill B. had taken Bessie there, to the plant. Just Works like magic. bridge in bewildered and shocked almost to illness, And so on. All day Sunday, Sunday nut plate or a httle with Eleanor tenderly supporting the night. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. '"ater and add powder Then, other arm. Work four hours, eat, sleep, work some Polident minutes, it is in a tew The two nurses had applied such treat- more, wait a while for production opera- polish- sweet, clean and ment and comfort as they could but tions to catch up. Work some more, sleep. ed-and actually purified! brushing or advised rest for the plucky little woman. We clanked the last manhole down Needs no Shortly after lunch the superintendent done—at four-twenty-eight Wednesday stirring. returned with an assignment of a different morning. job for Bessie. The nurse was waiting at At four-thirty we, and Curley, were the door to tell him that "The guard perched on shipping boxes around a big captain's wanting to reach you, Mr. cable reel we had slammed down on to and Fenner." its Sid?. v \«s tar" d'lS' sta are "I pitch it clubs," said Curley. Clubs osits No deP vvaV- right, thank in ALL you," the mean- to billies, to night-sticks to cops—that soW« da" No teat time signalling the operator. He lis- ' e way our chatter ran. Then to questions ad°- rnor , tened to a long report from the guard cap- about Birchall. And Curley did hold up tain. "You say that's Steve Tomblen?" play to tell us, as he shuffled, dealt, ex- Silence again, but Eleanor was all ears. amined his cards and let the bid run o^^es^, "Oh gosh, I don't want to do that, he's around to him. my best man . . . well, alright. If you say so," he added ruefully, "send him 5 HOW'D I catch on to Birchall right over." Playin' pitch o' course. Yep, that's Helps Remove False He faced a white but determined right. I always plays every night, there's Look From Gums Eleanor in the ante-room. Patiently, as a gang of us, in an all-night cart over < n he could edge in a word or two, he tried the Boulevard. Sometimes a coupla clicks Dentists highly recommend Polident to explain why Steve must go. Finally, drops in for a hand or two. They knew I for safe care of dentures. You will find it a "I'm sorry, my dear, I'm simply forced worked here and one night they said as to—" wonderful comfort and con- how Birchall was hired over here for a venience. Long-lasting can "'Scuse me Mr. Fenner—I went to your guard. They laughed, and I ast why. Say, costs only 30 cents at any office and the girl says you're over here who bid how much, last?" drug store. Money back if not delighted. I got somethin' to tell you. Cur—Mr. He stopped talking, while he examined Curley says you'd listen, he says to tell his cards. "Seems his precinct captain WERNET DENTAL MFG. CO. ," it 882 Third Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y. yu'— was Bertha interrupting him, broke him—he'd been protectin' a coupla I Good Housekeeping ASK YOUR DENTIST! Bureau a* Big Bertha almost breathless from ex- Water Street houses for so much a ni< ht citement and running, but, characteris- and stayin' inside every minute he could tically, fighting, when the rights of others between ringing boxes. Then a guy skips POLIDCIIT were in danger. parole and Birchall knows it 'cause he Bill B. listened carefully, he had stayed at one o' the houses, but he black- to—little chance to dodge the female mails Birchall not to uncover him. The type CHEAP OIL BURNER Hercules gesticulating before him and guy knew Steve and Steve knew Birchall WHY COOK OR HEAT With COAL or WOOD Quick heat at turn of valve—hotter, pressing down hard with her argument. knew. And Birchall knew Steve knew. cheaper, no dirt, ashes or drudg- ery. Burns cheap oil new way—no clogging op or carbon. Again, he wanted to listen, after he had Anyway 'twas all mixed up. Then the SENT ON TRIAL ^?al5 heard a little. He took advantage of parole board opens the whole thing to bills pays for itself quickly by what it saves at our risk. Offer of Steve's appearance, finally, to stem the Birchall's captain. But they let him come FREE SAMPLE Wonderful money-maker, spare or full time. Write quick—a postal card will do. Address torrent of words, and turn to Mrs. Bessie here without posting his true record in UNITED^FA^TORIES^^^^^actor^Bu^ Wynne. our guard office. When he commenced to Pass Cases For MEN! "You're willing to have this chap as a blackmail Steve's girl I got sorta mad and AMAZING son-in-law?" he asked. then when he was gonna have Steve put Coins And "I'm very anxious to," she replied, out I settled right down to remember all smiling. about it. I figured his record was worse'n "That's all I need to know. Steve, this Steve's—Steve was partly framed into his lady here," he motioned to Bertha, "has stretch. Then I squealed on Birchall. Stamps balanced, for me, that guard Birchall's That's all. I didn't wanta see anythin' Card PatentedLoose LeafPass record against yours. I guess it wipes the happen to that black-eyed girl and I Pocket Section - 4 Passes slate clean GENUINE and you can continue from the liked Steve." Ai*o vi.-.. Lodge fellows, business and railroad men all say HAI.VOK- good start you've made. I'm going to try His story ended, Curley returned to FOLD is the only one worth while for passes, money and cards. Must be right—more than 1,000,000 now in use. to put you in with in ballistics If your dealer—luggage or department store or jewelry Hawley the serious business of the moment store cannot supply you. order direct from us and give dealer's name. If looking for just an ordinary billfold. I hate to lose you but the plant will gain. back to his special pleasure. I guess we'll leave Birchall up at the "I pitch it hearts," he concluded. HALVORFOLD I Dipt M,

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3, 1920, the adoption of two French thing of its kind in the Southwest. Last in 90 Days at Home orphans, a boy and a girl, by Evanston year teams from four States, Louisiana, Hundreds of men and women of all 18-50 ages (Illinois) Post. now we have a re- Texas, Arkansas, make $10.00 to $20.00 in a single day giving scien- And Oklahoma and competed tific Swedish Massage treatments. There is a big for first demand from Hospitals. Sanitariums, Clubs. Doctors and port of the sponsorship. honors before a gallery of more private patients as well as opportunities for establishing Edwin Smedberg than four thousand. your own office. Commander W. Learn this interesting money-making profession in your writes that the post took the obligation That last own home by mail, through our home study course. meet was so outstanding that Same instructors as in our NATIONALLY KNOWN resi- of caring for these children as binding an official of the Bureau of Mines, who dent school. A diploma is awarded upon completion of the course. High School training not necessary. Many earn upon them and that their sponsorship had served as one of the officials at the big money while learning. was continued from the adoption in 1920 meet, said: "The First Aid Contest Anatomy Charts & Sample Lessons FREE Enroll now and we will include uniform coat, through 1928, and that during this period staged by Lowe-McFarlane Post of The medical dictionary, patentt-d reducing roller for and Hydru-Therapy supplies without extra Legionnaire John H. Wigmore, acting American Legion of Shreveport is the cost. The reducing course alone may be worth the a of trips to most efficient finest its many times the modest tuition fee. post, made number and contest of Send coupon now for illustrated sample lesson France to see to the general welfare and kind staged anywhere in the United sheets and Anatomy Charts. These will all be sent postpaid— FREE. schooling of the post's proteges. Since States. This post cannot be compli-

The College of Swedish Massage (Successor to National College the period of adoption ended the post has mented too highly upon this great hu- ot Massage) kept in close touch with its adopted manitarian work that it is doing." Dept. 775— 1601 Warren Boulevard, Chicago You may send me FREE and postpaid. Anatomy Charts, daughter, Paulette Champrenault of The post is making plans for the illustrated sample lesson sheets and booklet containing photographs and letters from graduates. Velars-sur-Ouche, and its son, Marcel eleventh annual meet which will be held Sevel, who is now doing his period of ser- at Shreveport on November nth, and

Name. . vice in the French army. In a letter to already qualified first-aid teams from five Address. the post he says: States have registered. The meet will "I reached my regiment on October 21, be held this year, as in former years, 1935, and was assigned to the nth Inde- with the co-operation of the United pendent Air Company. But a year later States Bureau of Mines, and officials this company was disbanded and the post of that Bureau representing several Big cash profits for yon; full or sp time. Over 250 household necessities was changed to the air base of Villacou- industrial areas in the oil and gas and coal * things people must buy. Proven fast sel lers; steady repeaters, earnings very firs' blay, 107th Battalion. I hasten to ex- fields will be sent to Shreveport to assist day. FORD TUDOR SEDAN GIVEN plain Villacoublay is not city, in the direction supervision of the YOU AS BONUS. I'll show you how that a nor and to start at once; eend yoo everything— Big Display Outfit and quick cash plans. Details even a village, but just a plot of ground contests. FREE-no obligation. Just eend name on postcard ALBERT MILLS, 4163 Monmouth Ave.. Cincinnati, 0 forming an aviation field. I was at first The Shreveport hospitals are drawn in the auxiliary service, but on arriving upon for doctors and nurses to act as NATURAL WHITE here I was placed on the preferred judges—a doctor and a nurse for each U. S. ARMY Rejects and Cy service. They have never assigned me to team entering the competition. from fin- Surplus. Made ^S^ft ^^^^ regular combatant service, in fact I have cotton. est combed S I X V^J-^'^ never once fired a gun or mounted Three Firsts in Contest Direct from ^s^g* ^— PAIRS for Plane S ~ guard. the less I give manufac-^C , None would my V°° ' W ^^^^^\ ^y^^^-"Vtional value. \\ e turei\^^ blood to defend the land and the flag for approximately two thou- II pa y parcel post. Men- WHILE t ' ' wanted: to ^S^Z* J^"^ on s zes 9% which our fathers fought, and when the sand Legionnaires and visitors 12 when sending money order. V^--^ PLYMOUTH KNITTING MILLS time comes France will find me ready." looked on, a fifteen-year-old youth ^«^Plymouth Pennsylvania How many other posts have kept con- lying flat on his back on a stretcher WE tact with their adopted French children? won three first places in the third annual model airplane contest held as one of the ToAnySuitT Louisiana Legion Promotes major events of the South Carolina De- Double the life of your coat and vest with correctly First partment Convention at Rock Hill. matched pants. 100,000 patterns. Aid Every pair hand tailored to your measure. The youth was Joe Mack, son of Major Our match sent FREE for your O. K. before pants are made. Fit guaranteed. Send piece years ago Lowe-McFarlane Post Murray Mack, formerly of the 30th Divi- of cloth or vest today. TEN SUPERIOR MATCH PANTS COMPANY of Shreveport, Louisiana, put on its sion but now superintendent of schools 209 S. State St. Dept. 619 Chicago initial First Aid and Safety Contest with at Fort Mill, South Carolina. Joe is a few teams competing and a small at- confined to his bed by a bone ailment PocketADDING MACHINE tendance of about two hundred. From a and last year he entered the contest from nrm for business or personal use. I lit AL Doeaworkof morecostly machine. Counfa local point of view the meet was highly a wheel chair. He was brought to the Not a toy. Gua Simple, accurate.TRIAL successful and the Safety Contest was 1937 meet on a stretcher and launched FREE .SO continued as an annual post activity. his hand-made planes from a reclining Send No Money Total Cost Order from ad, not sold in stores. Just send name and address. On delivery pay postman $2.50 (plus few cents postage). (If outside U. S. send cash). 10c additional in Leatherette Case. If not satisfied LEGIONNAIRE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE

Thomas J. M alone: Theodor Petersen Post. Minneapolis, Minnesota. ENLARGEMENT Harry W. Colmery: Capitol Post, Topeka, Kansas. Stephen C. Garrity: Lowell (Massachusetts) Post. Just to get acquainted FREE Roy Dickinson: East Orange Post, East Orange, New Jersey. with new customers, we will beauti- fully enlarge one snapshot negative Arthur Van Vlissincen, Jr.: Lake Bluff (Illinois) Post. (film) to 8x10 inches—FREE—if you Fairfax Downey: Second Division Post, New York City. enclose this ad with 10c for return H. L. Plummer: Robert E. Morsbach Post, Durand, Wisconsin. mailing. Information on hand tinting Lowell L. Balcom : August Matthias Post, Norwalk, Conn. in natural colors sent immediately. Street: Post, Jersey. Your negative will be returned with Frank Sergeant Clendenon Newell Leonia, New your free enlargement. Send it today. Conductors of regular departments of the magazine, all of whom are Legion' Dept. 549. naires, are not listed. Des Moines, Iowa

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position. The judges awarded him first lot of snow which had lain there since the prizes in the 37 to 60 inch wingspread previous winter. That gave Robert plane in two divisions and first in the Burns Post, of Two Rivers, a big idea YOU'RE C/JAiy- competition for ships with a wingspread a snow festival in mid-summer—featur- IF YOU DON'T CLEAN of 21 inches or more. ing their town as the coolest spot in Wis- The major prize in the airplane model consin. OUT YOUR RADIATOR contest was that offered by Captain Last March the post had tons and tons Elliott White Springs, wartime aviator, of snow buried in the marsh. There was BEFORE YOU USE author and textile manufacturer, in model plenty of it and it could be had in any ANTI-FREEZE.1 motored ships. This trophy was carried quantity for the digging. Then, during away by Bob Scarborough, of Buffalo, the latter part of July, when the Midwest South Carolina, with his trim K. G. ship and Northwest sweltered under a scorch- equipped with a miniature Brown motor ing sun, the Legionnaires of Two Rivers and fueled with three quarters of an ounce staged their first midsummer snow festi- of gasoline. The little plane rose from val, which attracted thousands of visitors the hands of its 19 year old designer and to Two Rivers. builder, climbed circling into the sky and A feature of the festival was a snowball remained in flight for nine minutes, fight between the Manitowoc and Two twenty-seven and three-quarters seconds. River Junior Chambers of Commerce. Thirty-five boys entered the contest this Teams of ten members from each organi- year with their model planes. zation lined up for the battle, garbed in Department Adjutant Felix Goudelock bathing suits, while the referee was at- writes: "We are delighted with this pro- tired in ear-muffs, overcoat, galoshes and DO IT FOR 10c WITH SANI- FLUSH gram and heartily recommend it to other a straw hat. No report was made as Never put anti-freeze in a dirty, clogged Departments. The plans, of course, need to the referee's decision. radiator! You waste anti-freeze. You run risk revision from year to year. It is now my The festival was climaxed when Com- the of an overheated engine and expensive repair bills. Sani -Flush removes all rust idea in future contests to have fewer divi- mander Heber Clayton crowned the Queen and sediment from the radiator. It's easy to sions and to place more emphasis on the of the Festival, Miss Ruth Henfer, who use, and inexpensive. motorized planes. But we will continue was seated on a throne constructed of Just pour some Sani-Flush in the radiator. the table models and a few other divi- pounds of ice. She was driven 20,000 (Follow directions on the can.) Run the sions." in to her throne a cutter drawn by two motor. Drain, flush and fill up with anti- white horses, with the Sons of the Legion freeze. Then you're set for a winter of safety. Snow Festival in Summer drum and bugle corps acting as a guard You won't lose anti-freeze. Poor circulation of honor. The festivities continued until won't spoil the efficiency of your motor. can't aluminum cylinder DURING the hot summer of 1036 far into the night, and late next morning Sani-Flush hurt motor parts. You'll find it in most workers digging in marshy land much of the snow and ice remained on heads or bathrooms for cleaning toilets. Sold by gro- near Two Rivers, Wisconsin, turned up a the streets. Boyd B. Stutter cery, drug, hardware, and five-and-ten-cent stores— 25 and 10 cent sizes. The Hygienic Products Company, Canton, Ohio. T>orCt Tlay with ^Matches Sani-Hush (Continued from page 20) KEEPS RADIATORS CLEAN

GIRLS AND BOYS I SEND NO MONEY! Now how about the suspected arsonists? recovered, and a bad gang of thieves and Near the scene of the fire was found a firebugs was broken up. clear tire imprint. Now tire prints are Firemen called to fight a brisk blaze in almost as individual as finger prints, an ice-cream parlor detected an odor of typewriting, or handwriting. The officer rubber cement on entering, but were SEND MONEY f secured a plaster mould of the telltale soon driven out by an explosion that re- GIVEN NO GIRLS' AND BOYS* 1 Send Name and Address tire print. sulted when the fire reached the volatile MICKEY MOUSE WRIST WATCH! with Chrome Finish Case and metal .bracelet as shown. About this time a building in another mixture. It looked like a case of all the Or liip; Cash Commission — YOURS for Simply Giving Away community was found which had been evidence going up in smoke. An investi- FREE Big Colored Pictures with our Well Known WHITE C LOVER I NE SALVE used for bums, chaps, sores, etc.. broken into, looted, and fire traps set. gator collected the firemen's boots easily sold to friends at 25c a .box (with picture FREE) and and remitting per catalog SI'ECIAL—Choice of 4il tfift-s for returning only $3. Onr 4Und year. Pie First. Write today for Salve. Kerosene had been poured on the scraped off sufficient rubber cement that WILSON CHE M. CO., INC.. Dept. 100 K. TYRONE, PA. premises from an ordinary oil lamp. Who- had adhered there before the explosion to ever did the pouring had removed the serve as evidence. Result: Conviction. lamp chimney (careful soul—a little too This case hinged on the fact that the Be a careful) and on the chimney was a firemen had noted the smell of rubber bluned but serviceable fingerprint. The cement before the explosion. It was the print was that of a man already under firemen, thus, who forged first the link No Time Like similar robbery. His associates in the arrest for a chain that brought a criminal to Now to Get in.. were investigated, and one of them proved justice. Make up to $75 a week It's no trick to make up to be the owner of the car which carried Our division, the Bureau of Fire Pre- to $12 a day when you use yourcaras a Mc Ness the tire which had left its imprint near vention, is a unit in the State Depart- 'Store on Wheels." Farmers are buying everything they UseYour the scene of the summer-home fire. That ment of Public Safety. All the splendid can from McNess men. Attractive business-getting prizes, also money- CAR was enough to put him behind the bars. technical services of this Department saving deals to customers make selling McNess daily necessities a snap. This to Raise He confessed, and implicated several photography, finger-printing, chemistry business is depression-proof. others. Altogether, as a result of the —are supplied the Bureau of Fire Pre- We Supply Capital— Start Now! Your There's no better work anywhere finding of those six bright new pins, vention by the Commissioner of Public pays well, permanent, need no ex- PAY perience to start and we supply cap- ' twelve men were arrested (eight of whom Safety, Colonel Paul G. Kirk, who ex- ital to help you get started quick. You start making money first day. Write at once for McNess Dealer have been convicted as this is written), tends all the facilities of the department Book— tells all —no obligation. (92- B) $80,000 worth of stolen property was to the State (Continued on page 62) THE McNESS CO., 501 Adams St., Freeport, III.

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INDEX of Fire Marshal. In other words, we discovering and preservation of evidence. ADVERTISERS have co-operation from both sides Eventually we intend to reach every from local fire departments throughout fireman. the State, and from the finely equipped That's why I say that ninety percent Akron Lamp & Mfg. Company 49 and operated branch of the state ad- of the credit belongs to the local depart- Albert Mills 60 American Tobacco Company ministration of which our division is a ments. They are the first line of defense, Half & Half .....43 part. not alone in putting out fires, but in Our division conducts lectute courses quelling the activities of folks who see Bauer & Black 53 throughout Massachusetts with a view to possibilities for illicit profit in playing Bean, L. 58 L instructing local fire departments in the with matches. Boulevard Cravats 56 Brooks Appliance Company 49 Burk, Ben. Inc. Old Mr. Boston 41 Women in White Calculator Machine Company 60 Carter Medicine Company 56 (Continued from page j6) College of Swedish Massagei 60

until we read this yarn from Comrade leaving nothing for a man to hold on to. D. D. D. Corporation 58 Lenz: A fellow had to know how to ride a buck- Doan's Pills 58 "I have had a great deal of pleasure ing broncho without gripping leather in from the old wartime pictures reprinted in order to walk on the bow of a destroyer F. & H. Radio Laboratories 47 the Legion Magazine, so I ran in rough weather. Florsheim Shoe Company 49 when Franklin Institute 57 across the enclosed I thought you might "Now about my special duties as Frontier Asthma Company 56 like to use it. barber in my on-deck shop: For the Furst-McNess Company 61 "The snapshot shows Jerry, the Wop, benefit of folks who don't know that a Fvr-Fyter Company 54 getting his haircut by me—Otto, the destroyer is too small a craft to rate the Dutchman—in a first-class barbershop on convenience and comforts of a transport Geppert Studios 60 board the destroyer, U. S. S. Dowries. or battleship, let me say that if the Gillette Safety Razor Company 3 Gore Products, Inc 64 Some job cutting hair on the high seas on destroyer's crew wanted a barber, he one of these tin boats, but Jerry was must be self-appointed and carry on his Halvorfold Company, The 59 game. But we had begun to braid our regular duties just the same. There were hair after having crossed the ocean the no barber slips or books sold for the con- Instruction Bureau 54 third time and after being ordered to cross venience of the barber to collect for ser- Ironized Yeast Company 51 it a fourth time without making port on vices rendered. In my case, it was all on a either end of the trip. During that time cash basis at the rate of ten cents for a Kalamazoo Stove Company 63 we lived on dry provisions and refueled shave and twenty-five cents for a hair cut. Kristee Mfg. Company 58 at sea. At the end of our fourth trip, we "Jerry, the Wop, was glad to pay a landed in Queenstown, Ireland, in April, quarter to get a non-regulation haircut as Landon & Warner 54 IQl8. he was a sheik. He was proud of his bushy LaSalle Extension University 63 "The Dowries was manned by a Naval hair, trimmed tango style, until I took Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company Shipbuild- revenge for rolling Chesterfields Cover II Reserve crew at the New York upon him me out of ing yards at Camden, New Jersey, until my bunk in the wee hours upon return

Metal Cast Products Company 57 March 17, 191 7, when we of the regular from liberty. I took it good-naturedly and Midwest Radio Corporation 57 Navy took her over and put her into com- humored him until he came to me for Myers, E. A. & Sons 49 mission on March 18th. While waiting another trim and I trimmed him in such for the finishing touches on the ship we a fashion that his own grandmother O'Brien, C. A. & Hyman Berman 63 were assigned to fan tail duty with belt wouldn't have recognized him. I told him and rifle, but whatever there was to be the reason, we had a good laugh, shook Plymouth Knitting Mills 60 guarded always remained a mystery to hands and Jerry promised to get even, Polident 59 me, as there was only a swarm of mos- but my enlistment ran out and I left

Prudential Insurance Co. of America. . . .47 quitoes to bother the guard. Jerry in Ireland. Upon re-enlistment in "Within a few weeks, we all heaved a New York, I went back to France and Reynolds, R. J., Tobacco Company Camels Cover IV sigh of relief when orders came that sent all I've seen of Jerry was when his ship Prince Albert 39 us overseas. Our duty was to escort was pulling out of port as we tied up—so Royal Typewriter Company 63 tramp steamers and Army transports I suppose he's still looking for revenge. through the mine-infested waters and to "I certainly would like to hear from Sani-Flush 61 guard against submarine attacks. It was old shipmates and particularly those Savage Arms Corporation 55 dangerous work, but I preferred it to the fellows who remember my make-shift Schenley Products Co., Inc. mosquitoes of Jersey! While at sea, I was barbershop on the Downes. It's been a Old Quaker 4 Schick Dry Shaver, Inc Cover III appointed 'oil king' and had to see that long time since I've seen any of them and Standard Brands Incorporated there was sufficient water and fuel oil at since that snapshot was taken." Fleischmann's Yeast 45 hand and consumed from tanks so as to Superior Match Pants Company 60 keep the ship at even keel at all times. FROM the town of Berryville in the This required a constant watch day and Ozark region of northwest Arkan- United Factories 59 night and the sounding of the tanks was sas, we received a wartime postcard pic- Utica-Duxbak Corporation 55 done from the top deck in perfect dark- ture that brought back memories of early ness lest we be detected by submarines. training days. If you were one of the first Western Cartridge Company 54 for Wilson Chemical Company 61 "In rough weather, this was risky contingents that checked into camp Winchester Repeating Arms Co 56 work because all life lines were removed, training, you will remember the coveralls

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that were issued until uniforms could be fare Board reported, in part, as follows: obtained, the rifles that were whittled "The names Frank C. Dennis or F. £1 YOUR CHILD from wood, and, if you happened to be a Dennison, do not appear in the Selective deserves this \K% red-leg, the classes in equitation that were Service list for California . . . Information better chance for success conducted on beer kegs mounted on from the Adjutant General's Office re- wooden legs, that served as horses. Take veals that National Guard troops re- You'd do almost anything, wouldn't you, to help that youngster of yours do better work in school... a look at the reproduction of the postcard ceived training at Camp Kearney during be a success in life. Tests in eleven cities by famed have proved, without question, the tre- picture on the next page and those train- the war. The fact that the postcard educators mendous advantages of a typewriter to the child in school. Typing experience is not necessary— for the ing days will come to mind with full picture was mailed May 7, 1918, would new Royal Portable, thanks to exclusive features, is force. not necessarily indicate that the subject use. You'll find | the easiest typewriter in the world to getting ahead, Norris C. Potter of Smith-Bobo Post was in the Army at that time. The picture a Royal a big help to you, too... in getting better pay. Send for the book that tells how. of Berryville sent the postcard to us and might have been taken during the time of s boys a calls attention to the fact that it shows a his enlistment and mailed long after he S;,i' ONLY A FEW PENNIES A DAV group of men engaged in aiming and was discharged from the Army, for sighting practice at Camp Kearney, reasons known only to him." ROYAL PORTABLE California. Note the home-made stand on Therein lies the mystery—the postcard FREE Trial in your own home. FREE which one of the rifles is resting and the received by his family a year after his Carrying Case. packing-case and sandbag that supports recorded discharge from service with a FREE Touch TVping Course. the other one. message indicating he was still in the This postcard has a further interest to Army. Another confusing note is that Potter and to the family of one of the men while the 40th Division, composed of who appears in it—the tall fellow second National Guard troops of Arizona, from the right. Postmarked in San California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mex- The typewriter Diego, California, 11:30 p. si., May 7, ico and Utah, trained at Camp Kearney, anyone can use'* 19 1 the card was addressed to A. where the postcard picture was taken, 8, J. Get the VALUABLE FREE BOOK/'Your 14% Bet- Dennis, Berryville, Arkansas, and bore concentration of troops at the camp did ter Chance for Success." Contains valuable tips on standing out in school, and getting ahead in business. this message: "Am in this company. Pick not begin until August, whereas 191 7, SEND THIS COUPON me out. (signed) F. Dennison." That was Dennis' or Dennison 's service with the Royal Typewriter Company the last message ever received from California National Guard was in March Dept. KA-1, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. I should like to know how I can get a Royal Port- Frank C. strangely, Q Dennis who signed and April, 191 7. able for only a FEW PENNIES A DAY, with FREE the postcard "Dennison." The search At any rate, we hope that veterans who Carrying Case and FREE Touch Typing Course. I would like a FREE TRIAL of a Royal Portable in for him has gone on with the help of trained at Camp Kearney will examine my home, without any obligation on my part. Also send FREE copy of your book, "Your 14% of Post. if men Smith-Bobo the picture closely and report to us Better Chance for Success." In January last, a report was received they identify the group or any of the men Name from the Adjutant General's Office in in it, and tell us when the picture was A ddress Washington, D. C, reporting that taken. If Dennis served at Kearney at City. State- records show that a Frank C. Dennis some time in the spring of 1918, it may enlisted March 28, 1017, at Los Angeles, have been under an assumed name and California, in Company C, 7th Infantry, it is possible someone may identify this mum California National Guard, giving the missing man—the second from the right PRICES. date and place of his birth as August 15, in the picture. 1888, or 1889, Russville, Illinois; emerg- SALE CATALOG-FREE Nearly 200 Styles and Sizes of ency addressee, E. Dennis, brother, the scores of reunions that J. WHILE eaters. Ranges, Furnaces at Berryville, Arkansas. He reported for were held during the Legion FACTORY PRICES. Easy Terms—aslittle as / 2c a day. service on March 28, 191 7, and was National Convention in New York City Write today for this FREE CATALOG. New styles, honorably discharged as a private in the will be but memories when you read this, new features, new colors. 30 days free trial — 24-hour same company and regiment at Mobiliza- no doubt plans are already under way for shipments. The Kalamazoo Stove& Furnace Company, tion Camp, Arcadia, California, April 28, many of the outfits to follow the Legion 2066 Rochester Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 191 7, by reason of disability. Nothing to its next convention city. In the mean- Over 1,200,000 Satisfied Users was found of record to indicate subse- time, of will held plenty reunions be 37 Years in Business AKalamazQG quent service in the United States Army. through the year in all sections of the Write for FREE Calaloo tjRBsi Direct toYou The State of California Veterans Wel- country. 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FOOT ITCH (Continued from page 6j) ATHLETE'S FOOT 35th Div. Reunion, Lawrence, Kans., Armis- John F. O'Ryan, Major General, U. S. — tice Day, Nov. 11. J. W. Murray, 504 Louisiana st.. Army (Re.t), who served as reunions Lawrence. 36th (T-O) Div.—Reunion, Ft. Worth, Tex., chairman for the New York City con- Oct. 9-10. Hq. at Texas Hotel. John A. Hulen, pres., (527 Ft. Worth bldg., Ft. Worth. vention is making a special effort to Club Rainbow (42d) Div. Vets.—National reunion, develop an up-to-date list of veterans of St. Paul, Minn., July 12-14, 1938. Natl, publication, Rainbow Reveille, mailed gratis to all Rainbow vets. the 27th Division, which he commanded Write to Sharon C. Cover, natl. secy., 4643 Notting- during the war. The general writes: ham rd., Detroit, Mich. 1 8th U. S. Inf. Assoc.—For roster of vets, "When a corrected list is completed, 1917-19, send name, address, company and dates of enlistment and discharge to A. B. Cushing, secy.- any 27th Division veteran may address treas., P. O. Box 1771, El Paso, Tex. the secretary and locate any other living 1:;0th Inf. and 4th III. Vets. Assoc.— 11th annual reunion, Olney, 111., Oct. 2-3. Joe E. Harris, veteran whose name is on the list. The secy.-treas., Paris, 111.

PAY NOTHING TILL RELIEVED Send Coupon According to the Government Health Bulletin. No. E-28, at least 50 r r of the adult population of the United States are being attacked by the disease known as Athlete's Foot. Usually the disease starts between the toes. Little watery blisters form and the skin cracks and peels. After a while the itching becomes intense and you feel as though you would like to scratch off all the skin.

Beware of It Spreading Often the disease travels all over the bottom of the feet. The soles of your feet become red and swollen. The skin also cracks and peels, and the itching becomes worse and worse. Get rid of this disease as quickly as possible, because it is very contagious and it may go to your hands or even to the under arm or crotch of the legs. Most people who have Athlete's Foot have tried all kinds of remedies to cure it without success. Ordinary germicides, antiseptics, salve or oint- Second from the right in this group of soldiers in ments seldom do any good. engaged aiming and sighting practice at Camp Kearney, California, is a soldier who mysteri- Here's to Treat It How ously disappeared in May, 1918. Can anyone identify the group and tell The germ that causes the disease is known as Tinea Trichophyton. It buries itself deep in the when the picture was taken? Also, does anyone know the name under tissues of the skin and is very hard to kill. A test made shows it takes 20 minutes of boiling which the man, known as Frank C. Dennis or F. Dennison, served? to kill the germ, so you can see why the ordinary remedies are unsuccessful. H. F. was developed solely for the purpose of treating Athlete's Foot. It is a liquid that pene- 60th Art., C. A. C, Btry. F 1st annual re- trates and dries quickly. You just paint the af- need for this list is indicated by the fact — union, Chamberlain Hotel, Fort Monroe, Va., Oct. fected parts. It peels off the tissue of the skin where the germ breeds. that while 40,000 men served in the 9. A. C. Willcox, Jr., secy., 1009 Main st., Rich- mond, Va. Division, probably 5,000 became officers 301st —20th annual re- Itching Stops Immediately Trench Mortar Btry in the war Army and were transferred to union, Lake Compounce, Bristol, Conn., Oct. 2. As soon as you apply H. F. you will find that Leon G. Hall, (ex-sgt.,) pres., Berlin, Conn. the itching is immediately relieved. You should other Divisions, and the addresses of 313th F. S. Bn. —Annual reunion, Chamberlain paint the infected parts with H. F. night and Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 2. Dr. Charles L. morning until your feet are well. Usually this many are unknown. It is requested that Jones, secy., Gilmore City, Iowa. takes from three to ten days, although in severe Vets, of 13th Engrs. (Ry.)—9th annual re- all veterans who at any time served in cases it may take longer or in mild cases less union, Hotel Roosevelt, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June time. the 27th Division sent their names, 16-18, 1938. James A. Elliott, secy.-treas., 721 E. H. F. will leave the skin soft and smooth. You 21st st., Little Rock, Ark. will marvel at the quick way it brings you relief- present addresses, business, grades and 25th Engrs. Proposed reunions of vets in East, especially if you are one of those who have tried — in St. Paul, Minn, and in Los Angeles, Calif. C. K. for years to get rid of Athlete's Foot without units in which they served, to me at 1 20 success. McCormick, 2346 N. 6th st., Harrisburg, Pa. Broadway, New York, N. Y." Vets. 31st Ry. Engrs. — 10th annual reunion, H. F. Sent On Free Trial Hot Springs, Ark., July 2-4, 1938. New roster avail- Details of the following reunions and able. Write to F. E. Love, secy., 104)4 First St., Sign and mail the coupon S. W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. and a bottle of H. F. will other activities may be obtained from the be mailed you immediately. 37th Engrs., Pittsburgh Chapter—Annual re- Don't send any money and Legionnaires listed: union banquet. Ft. Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., don't pay the postman any Sat., Nov. 6. C. W. Reynolds, secy., 1843 Kleber money, don't pay anything 3d Div. — Reunion of all 3d vets in Pennsylvania st., N. S., Pittsburgh. any time unless H. F. is w at Hotel Harris, Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 6. Wesley 109th Engrs. Assoc.—Biennial reunion, Cedar helping you. If it does help C. Brill, 551 Arthur st., Philadelphia. Rapids, Iowa., Oct. 2-3. L. O. Tisdale, secy.-treas., you we know that you will 30th Div. A. E. F. Assoc.—20th anniversary re- 1718 Park av., S. E., Cedar Rapids. be glad to send us $1.00 for union, Greenville, S. C, Sept. 29-30. Broadus 314th Engrs. Vets. Assoc.—Annual reunion, the treatment at the end Bailey, pres., Box 562, Greenville. St. Charles Hotel, St. Charles, Mo., Oct. 2. Bob of ten days. That's how m 313th Inf.—20th anniversary reunion, Balti- Walker, 2720a Ann av., St. Louis, Mo. much faith we have in H. more, Md., Oct. 2. Write to 313th Inf. Reunion 316th F. S. Bn. Assoc., No. Calif. Post— F. Read, sign and mail thej 924 St. Paul st., Baltimore. Stewart Hotel, San Fran- coupon today. Assoc., Annual reunion dinner, j/ » mm. 140th Inf., Co. I —Organization of company club cisco, Sat. Sept. 25, 7. p. m., R. Harvey, 41 First Report to L. E. Wilson, pres., 5908 Park, Kansas st., San Francisco. GORE PRODUCTS, INC. A. L. City, Mo. 258th Aero Sqdrn. —Proposed reunion. Darrel) 870 Perdido St., New Orleans, La. 325th Inf., Co. L—Annual reunion, Bridgway S. Jones, 403 Trust bldg., Newark, Ohio. Please send me immediately a complete treatment Hotel, Springfield, Mass., Sat., Oct. 30. Arthur W. U. S. S. Solace—Annual reunion of former ship- for foot trouble as described above. I agree to use it Silliman, Ardsley, N. Y. mates, Philadelphia, Pa., Sat., Nov. 6. Dr. R A. according to directions. If at the end of 10 days my 330th Inf., Co. H—20th reunion, Highland's Kern, University Hospital, Philadelphia. feet are getting better I will send you $1.00. If I am Restaurant, Chillicothe, Ohio, Thurs., Nov. 11. (Del.) Naval Base Soc. —Proprsed re- not entirely satisfied I will return the unused portion Lewes of the bottle to you within 15 days from the time I H. H. Sands, adjt., Logan, Ohio. union in Lewes, Del. W. A. Phillips, 956 Yeadon av., revei\e it. 55th Art. A.E.F. Vets. Assoc. —8th annual re- Yeadon, Del. Co., Pa. union, Boston, Mass., Oct. 15-17. Adelbert J. Yeomen F—4th annual Armistice reunion of vets NAME Tuleja, secy., Hotel Bradford, Boston. in N. Y. area, Bronx, N. Y., Sat. afternoon, Nov. 6. F. A. Assoc. re- Y. 312th —Annual banquet and Sally R. Wolf, chmn., 3400 Tryon av , Bronx, N. ADDRESS union, Hotel Emerson, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 16; memorial window dedication in chapel, Ft. Meade, Md., Oct. 17. Write to L. A. Lees, editor, 1468 John J. Noll. CITY STATE Drayton lane, Penn-Wynne (Phila. P. O.), Pa., for Clerk copy The Monthly Barrage. The Company

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