Carson-Wilson Post News

• Carson-Wilson Post News

VOL. 12 TULSA, OKLAHOMA • JANUARY 2, 1948 NO. 16 CAMPAIGN NOW FOR UMT IMPORTANCE. OF IMMEDIATE ACTION STRESSED Commander O'Neil BY TAYLOR Here January 15 National Legislative Director Outlines Strategy Which Should Be Followed in Order that UMT Get Prompt Attention in Congress LEGION LEADER WILL MAKE STATE TOUR, APPEARING ON By JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR, National Legislative Director PROGRAM AT TULSA. Under the priority legislative program of The American Legion, National Commander James F. our Universal Military Training Bill, H. R. 4278, will require im O'Neil will be guest of the Carson mediate attention insofar as The American Legion, throughout the Wilson Post on January 15, it has Departments, Areas, Districts and Posts, is concerned. Every mem been announced by Department ber should make this legislation a ma{ter of personal concern. Commander Brad M. Risinger. Petition forms have been mailed to every post of The American Le meetings of luncheon clubs, and Commander O'Neil will arrive in gion and unit of the American Le other societies for the dissemination Tulsa shortly before noon on Thurs gion Auxiliary through the post of information and knowledge to ad day, January 15. He will speak at commander and the unit president. vise the public on the 'provisions of a luncheon that will be held in the Additional quantities of these lorms H. R. 4278, The American Legion Chamber of Commerce hall in the can be obtained from the National endorsed legislation, is highly im Tulsa Building. This hall win ac Headquarters of The American Le portant. That legislation has been commodate approximately 300 for gion in Indianapolis. The Impor reported by the Committee of the the luncheon. The committee here tance of gaining millions of signa Armed Forces of the House of Rep will consist of the Executive Com tures to these petitions cannot be resentatives, with unanimous ap mittee and all Post Commanders. over-emphasized. Every member of proval and is now on the calendar Tickets are $1.00 each and may be our organization should not wait to of the House. obtained now from Eddie Shields be asked-they should seek the op All members of national commi'& or Frank Crawley at the Legion Hut portunity to sign. tees, department commanders, de 1120 E. 8th St. Contact Organizations partment adjutants, of The Ameri When the Commander speaks, the Post, district, and department can Legion, department unit presi doors will be thrown open so that committees in every town, city, dents and secretaries of the Ameri those who had not arrived in time county, district, area and depart can Legion Auxiliary, members of for the luncheon may hear him. ment should contact patriotic, fra department legislative and defense Legionnaires, in northeastern Okla ternal, business, and civic organ committees, and post commanders, homa, in large numbers, are expect izations, especially those whose na and unit presidents should immedi ed to converge on Tulsa to hear the tional groups are participating mem ately initiate movements to organ National Commander on that date. bers in the National Security Com ize and hold such meetings. From Tulsa, Commander O'Neil mittee, and secure and offer full The drive is now on to have Con will go to Muskogee, arriving there cooperation in the necessary activit gress fully informed that 76 per cent at about 3:00 o'clock in the after ies to secure the signatures to those of the American people favor the noon. He will be guest at a recep petitions which, when completed, enactment of UMT legislation and tion from 3:00 until 3:30. This re should be immediately sent direct demand that such enactment be im ception will be open to all Legion ly to the Congressman from the dis mediate. naires who care to meet the Com trict in which they are signed. Let From now until Congress con mander. At 3:30, he will visit the ters should be addressed to the sen venes in regular session, January 6; veterans in the Veterans Adminis ators from the respective state, tell 1948, this drive must be intensified, tration hospital and make a talk at ing them of the petitions sent in reaching its ultimate during Uni the close of his tour of the facility. and advising of the number of sig versal Military Training Week, To Visit Hospital natures thereon. which is being proclaimed in most Immediately following his visit at The holding of meetings and the of our states for January 5 to 12, (Continued on Page 4) furnishing of speakers for regular 1948. CARSON-WILSON POST NEWS JANUARY 2, 1948 CARSON-WILSON POST NEWS would be authorized to issue federal Published every Friday by Carson-Wtlson Po•t No. 1, American charters to non-profit corporations Legion, Tulsa, Oklahoma. to be known as Veterans Homestead Flash 1 Associations, upon applications of ALL MEMBERS who have paid DEXTER MOSS, JR. ------Editor five (or more) honorably discharged their 1948 dues by January 16, GREGG CHANCELLOR-Editorial St&tt veterans of World War II of good EDNA ALLEN ______Editorial Staff will be admitted FREE to a Soon JACOB STERNBACH--Editorlal Sta.ft character and responsibility. CHARLIE CLARK ____Advertlslns Mgr, er Membership Party. Details ADVERTISING OFFICE (2) Such Veterans Homestead As later. 818 South Chyenne sociations would construct and pur Phone 2-9196 ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE chase housing to be sold to veterans P. O. Box 2480 Tulsa 1, Oklahoma for occupancy by themselves, per Member sonally, together with their famil grants-in-aid to states, cities, coun AMERICAN LEGION PRESS ASSOCIATION ies and dependents; construct, pur ties or other political subdivisions H �20 chase, maintain and operate housing or associations for provisions of to be rented to veterans; make loans streets, sidewalks, utilities, fire pro The Carson-Wilson Post News ls en• to veterans for the purchase of terd as second class mall matter at the housing. Veterans participating as tectio·n, street lighting, schools, rec Post Office at Tulsa, Oklahoma, under the Act or March a, 1879. members in the Associations would reational facilities, etc. 8ub•crfptlon Price 1 be required to post $100. Housing With Legion Dues, per year___ 50c Summary - By the non-profit units provided by this program method, by mass buying and con POST OFFICERS could not cost more than $10,000. HARRY L. S. HAhLIDY struction, by the lower interest rate Commander (3) The VA would completely and by the federal contribution to Clinton Bohannon ___ lst Vice Commander guide and supervise the program. Guy Belford, Jr, ___0 2nd Vice Commander land development (6 above) experts John A. Cochran ___ 3rd Vice Commander (4) The permanent financing of who have studied the bill believe it ' Clement O. Glttlnger____ Finance Officer property acquired or loans made by Mrs. Pat Rupe______Hlstorlan will reduce the monthly payments c. M. Johnston. ______Chaplaln the Associations would be done by Harry Pope______Sgt.-at-Arms by veterans on their private homes the medium of bonds sold by the s Jas. H. Neal, M. D, ___ Post Surgeon or for rental quarters, from 20 to 25 VA (up to a total of 2 billion dol EXECUTIVE COMMl'l'TEE per cent over current levels. With Glenn H. Coddington lars) as the fiscal agent of these Hess Crossland C. C. Johnston out the benefit of the lower interest Associations and with the guaranty Joe Herman Sam Craig rate or the federal grants-in-akl. N. H. Davis Irene Gaddis of payment by the U. S. govern ALLEN E. BARROw:i, Adjutant Legion posts have sponsored a num EDDIE J. SHI.l!JLDS, �ent. The income derived by the :Asst. Adjutant ber of cooperative housing projects. purchasers of these bonds would be Office Hours: 9 :00 a.m. to 5 :00 p.m. More than 3,000 units have been LEGION HUT, 1120 Ee.at 8th St. tax free, an incentive for \)rivate fi Phone 8-o'l:13 erected. Average cost was between FRANK CRAWLEY,. Service Officer nancial institutions to bid for and Office Hours: 9 :00 a.m. to :005 p.m. $6,500 and $7,500. LEGION HUT, 1120 East 8th St. buy the bonds at low interest rates. Phone CS-'1898 This would permit the Associations to bQrrow money at from 2 to 3 per Mrs. J. B. Allred, Unit President Night Emergency Calls Ph. 6-0366 P••t meet• every Tuesday evening at cent interest, about half the cost of of the Auxiliary to Carson-Wlison 8 p. m. Vl•ltlng Leslonnalrea Welcome current financing. As an example, Post No. 1, announces that hte next .. interest at 4½ per cent on a $10,000 regular meeting will be held in The home is $450 per annum. Interest at American Legion Hut on Tuesday, EXPLANATION OF THE 2.5 per cent on a $10,000 home January 6 at 8:00 p. m. All member, would be $250 per annum. In carry are urged to attend this first meet VETERAN HOMESTEAD ing charges, this would reduce the ing of the New Year. ACTOF1948 monthly payments for veterans by about $16. Introduced in the House by Rep. The Appellate Division of the Edith Nourse Rogers (R., Mass.) (5) Interim financing for such as State of New York has affil:med the 1502 as H. R. 4488 (and similarly spon sociations, pending the issuance of ruling of Supreme Court Justi� sored by other members of con bonds, would be provided by loans Benjamin F. Schreiber who refused gress) and posted in the Senate from the VA. Such loans would be to issue an injunction to Sidney by Sen. Edward Martin (R., Pa.) made from a revolving VA fund of Reiter, World War II combat veter. T � S. 1'759. The House commit $100,00�000. an, to restrain the General Duffy tee on veterans affairs commen (6) The Federal Works Adminis Post 1141 of The American Legio� 801 S ces hearings on this legislation \ration would be given $200,000,000 from expelling him as an admittecl Dec. 18, 194'7. to make not in excess of 50 per cent Communist.

mstory-The Veterans Homestead Act of 1948 was drawn up by the Superior Ambulance Service National Housing Committee of The FAMILY GROUP PROTECTION IN OUR BONDED BURIAL ASSN. American Legion after more than a year of study. It is the official program of The American Legion. TULSA FUNERAL HOME It is designed to overcome the prob GUY P. BELFORD, President GUY BELFORD, JR., Vice Pres. lem facing the average veteran, that EDWARD A. FLINN, Secretary-Treasurer is, that current housing is now pri ced beyond his means of payment. 1919 East Third Street Phone 4-8124 Provisions of the Act-(1) VA CARSON-WILSON POST NEWS JANUARY 2, 1948

TROY BAKER COMMITTEES Week's Legion News AMERICANISM: Legionnaire - 40-8'er Charles Holden. Chairman - General Auto Repair - In a Nutshell BAND: HI W. 6th 2-948!, 8959 Eddie Gambill, Chairman ALL WORK GUARANTBBD BLOOD DONORS: The Second Annual National Invi Jack Woods, Chairman tational Basketball Tournament of BUI Johnson, Co-chairman BUILDING: JONES RADIO SERVICE The American Legion will be spon S. R. Smith, Chairman sored by the Department of Indiana BOYS STATE: Paul Jones, Legionnaire at Jeffersonville, Ind., April 2 to 4, Sol Degan, Chairman Member Carson-Wilson Post No. 1 CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS: 1948. BUI Eagleton, Chairman Marlon Blake New and Used Radios and --0- M. S. Bernard Record Players Fifty members of Broad Ripple John Cochran 1410 E. Admiral Phone 3-8068 CHILD WELFARE: Post 312 of The American Legion in Sarah Victory, Chairman Indianapolis, Ind., rebuilt over a DISASTER AND RELIEF: weekend the fire-swept home of T. D. Murray, Chairman. DAVIS AUTO REPAIR ENTERTAINMENT - General Auto Repairing - Charles Brethaµer, 56-year-old blind Sam Burnham, Chairman. ''Pigskin" Davis, Legionnaire World War I veteran. FINANCE: C. C. McCrary, Chairman Phone 4-7031 -0- 801 S. Boston GREETERS: A newly-chartered post 1701 of Bob Rocka, Chairman The American Legion in the Bronx HOUSE AND GROUNDS: has been named after the late New Otto Koenig, Chairman DODGE AND BOND, Clothiers JUNIOR BASEBALL: IRA BOND, Legionnaire York Legionnaire Mayor Fiorello H. Roy Youts, Chairman 5 East 2nd Phone 2-5686 La Guardia. KITCHEN: --0- Hess Crosslp.nd, Chairman LAIASON COUNCIL: Containing 36 pages of old rules, Linus Walker, Chairman SOUTHERN MILL & MFG. CO. amended rules, new rules, records LAIASON AND INVESTIGATION: and pictures, The American Legion Guy Belford, Jr., Chairman Special Mlllwork N. H. Davis Junior Baseball Handbook for 1948 Floyd Long Curtis Woodwork is off the press and on its way to C. C. Johnson LEGISLATURE: 16,772 posts. Whit Mauzy, Chairman JACK BEASLEY --0- ORATORICAL: Real Estate The l.ouis E. Davis Post 56 at C. C. Victory, Chairman Bloomington, Ill., not only leads If you want to buy or sell, POPPY:J. B. Underwood, Chairman Call 4-4234 all posts in the Department in .1948 PUBLIC RELATIONS: Legionnaire membership ·but also has enrolled Edna Allen, Chairman 146 recruits for the 396th Illinois PUBLICATIONS: Dexter Moss, Jr., Chairman SOUTHERN SANITARY SERVICE National Guard Anti-aircraft Bat Edna Allen talion. Gregg Chancellor COMPANY Glen Conden Discolorations and Stains Removed -0- Jacob Sternbach from Rest Rooms The 135 American Legion posts in RADIO: Kings County, New York, are rais Gregg Chancellor, Chairman 527 South Zunis Phone 6-6448 RESOLUTIONS: ing $10,000 to provide an auditorium Merrill Bernard, Chairman for the showing of movies at the SERVICE: FAULKNER FURNITURE Manhattan Beach hospital. C. E. �lcholson, Chairman COMPANY SPORTS: Lyle McFetrldge, Chairman Grady Sklllern New and Used Furniture Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, one Dick Arnell Sam Avey 1502 E. Admiral Ph. 1-34!'1 of the outstanding leaders of World Ga.yle Howlett. Jr. War II and a life member of the SICK AND VISITATION: American Legion, is retiring from Virgil v. Veach, Chatrman SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION: NEW SEIBERLING TIRES active naval duty on Dec. 15, 1947. Oliver Knudson, Chairman Tires Recapped and Repaired Use Our Budget Plan N-V TIRE COMPANY The Veterans Administration now The Ohio American Legion now 801 S. Peoria Phone 3-5483 receives about 14,500,000 pieces of has 741 posts as the result of char mail a month at its central, its tering 15 new World War II "chap I branch and its regional offices. ters."

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Tulsa'a QuaH,21 Departm.en.t Store Fifth and Boston EDDIE YARGEE, CH.A.S. ,I.. CLINE, PHONE 4-1522 ERDIE CLARK, I CABSO�-�N POST NEWS JANUARY 2, 1948 Commander O'Neil- gion Post No. 35, at 10th and Robin in camp to be followed by instruc (Continued from Page 1) son, Oklahoma City, Okla. tion in school or in civilian com the Muskogee hospital, Commander Following the luncheon, Com ponents will cause a minimum of O'Neil will go to Ponca City where mander O'Neil will be available for interference with job or education .. he will spend the night. Friday, visits from Legionnaires who care This training plan now being dem he will make an early morning in to call on him. At 2:00 o'clock he onstrated at Fort Knox is military, spection of the American Legion will visit the Will Rogers hospital educational and spiritual. Its uni Home School where he will visit and later in the evening will depart versal adoption will make better with the more than 100 orphan chil for Baton Rouge, La. Americans and a stronger America. dren, of veterans, now living there. It is expected that Legionnaires After his visit with the children, he from the western and central pdr will go to the Continental Company tion of the state will come in great PROCLAMATION Cafeteria for breakfast where many numbers to see Commander OtNeil December 26, 1947 while he is in Oklahoma. Legionnaires from northern Okla WHEREAS, The President's Ad homa are expected to assemble to visory Commission on Universal meet him and to have breakfast Military Training, composed of out with him. UMT Could Save Us standing American citizens, after All those expecting to have break- From World War Ill long study unanimously endorsed fast at Ponca City with Commander By WARREN HI ATHERTON and recommended universal military O'Neil, should write to Willis Mc training as an indispensable factor Cabe, Adjutant, American Legion National Chairman, Universal Military Training Comm. in a well designed program of se Post No. 14, at 104 N. 2nd, Ponca curity for the nation; and City, Okla., asking that a place be World War Ill would be the most WHEREAS, such universal military set for them. dire catastrophe that could curse training has been endorsed as a The· National Commander will the human race, you think. There wise and prudent investment in se complete his appearances in Okla could be one worse disaster. That curity, liberty and peace for the homa when he is guest of honor would be to fight a. World War Ill nation and its people; and at a luncheon to be held in Okla and lose it. WHEREAS, the subject of univer homa City at 12:30 Friday, the 16th. The United States must be kept sal military training is worthy of This luncheon will be held in the strong. Peaceful conciliation from sincere study by all the people of Venetian Room of the Skirvin Ho us as the strongest nation on earth the nation in order that they may tel. Tickets for the luncheon will may prevent Wor Id War III. If know the necessity for, advisability be $1.53 each and these tickets may the extended olive branch does not of, and obligations attached to the be secured by writing to Gene Rass save us from attack, we will so:r;ely proposed system; man, Service Officer, American Le- need strength and preparedness to NOW, THEREFORE, I, Lee Price, save our freedom, our homes, or by virtue of the authority vested in families and ourselves. me as Mayor of the City of Tulsa, WHERE BUDDIE GREETS BUDDIE in the County of Tulsa, State of Only an all-out preparedness and Oklahoma, proclaim the week of Scotty Taylor, Ned Markham, Dale a balanced defense plan can stave Welp, Carroll Richmond, C. H. January 5 to 12, A. D., 1948, as Uni Lawler, Speck Mathews, Jim Hanlin off attack and organize the winning versal Military Training Week in S. G. HOLMES & SONS thrust. Tulsa, during which week our peo 40:S South Main Phone 3-4619 Atom scientists, air strategists, ple should fully inform themselves naval experts and army leaders tell regarding all aspects of national se us that there is no single weapon curity, preparedness and defense. or branch of the service which can LEE PRICE, protect our country by itself. All Mayor agree that the tide of battle always (SEAL) has been and always will be finally ATTEST: turned by men. S. MAXWELL SMITH, Floyd A. Long In our country, we get men for City Auditor. C. E. Brown C. R. Briggs defense and attack from the ranks Hans McLain R. E. Siler of civilian youth. Therefore, to George Tesh Arthur Hansen strengthen our national defense, we Chicago Police Post 207 of The Carl C. Hoel L. F. McIntyre must afford American youth the op American Legion with a 1947 rec Russ D. Mayes Harvey Slaton ord membership of 2,253 operates Ray B. Powell Ray Druse portunity to train to defend Amer ica if war should be forced upon us. with 58 adjutants. All Members: Carson-Wilson Post 1 The American plan of training which provides for only six months SPECIAL! GET A FREE LUNCH For Printing of A.ny Type .... Anyone securing one new mem bership or three renewals will be Call Dexter Moss, Jr., 2-9196 entitled to a free luncheon ticket (Member Carson-Wilson Post No. 1) for Commander O'Neil's meeting DEXTER PUBLISHING COMPANY to be held January 15 in the Publishers and Commercial Pr.ID.ten Chamber of Commerce Dining 811 South Clae�enne. Room, Tulsa Building, at 12 noon.