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V / 'i SEPTEMBER, 1940 1 r i THE ALEXANDER TWINS...Dorothy and Grace, Famous Drum Majorettes for American Legion Post 42, Martins- ville, Virginia SAwrf yoi/ IGARETTE LI06CTT i MVCQS TOBACC AJVD sAie/r£ 1 FOR R£y^l MilDA^FSS lyA/VD B£rr£R TASTF These are the twin pleasures you look for in a cigarette. You'll find them in every Chesterfield you smoke...and it takes the right combination of the world's best cigarette tobaccos united in Chesterfields to give you the added pleasure of a cooler smoke .,. Make your next pack Chesterfield andjoin the millions ofsmokers who say Copyrighc 1940. Liggett & Myers Todacco Co. ORAIll D 60 S> . I Dear Brother Elks: I am deeply appreciative of the honor accorded ing our American youth into war on foreign shores, we me in being elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benev(^ are in favor of the fullest and most adequate prepared lent and Protective Order of Elks. In assuming this high ness to meet any war of aggression, to defend our shores office, I am well aware of the heavy responsibilities en and our national honor. tailed and that this country is facing a grave period in You have chosen me to lead you in this crucial year. its history. However, I am glad of the opportunity of I need your help m order that the Elks may uphold the leading this great Order in these momentous days, and glonous record of achievements, written during the days I pledge the allegiance of every member to our govern of the World War. As soon as the Elks National Defense ment in any eventuality that may arise. Commission prepares its program, and it is made avail So, in this, my first of a series of regular messages, able, I want each and every member of our Order to do I am appealing to all members of our Order throughout his part so that, in presenting a united front, we may the land to stand 100 percent behind our national defense prove to the country that we are loyal citizens and ready program. At the Houston Convention, the Grand Lodge to sacrifice both life and property, if necessary, to defend unanimously adopted a resolution creating an Elks Na our land and our institutions. tional Defense and Public Relations Commission. I There are many points in my program which I would named the Hon. James R. Nicholson, Past Grand Exalted like to discuss, but these will be taken up in later mes Ruler, of New York City, as Chairman and I am now sages. I want to thank the membership of our Order for requesting State Associations and subordinate lodges the confidence placed in me and I assure you that nothing to name a similar committee so that, all working together, will be left undone to make this year a glorious one in we may cooperate to the fullest extent with our national, the annals of the Order. state and local governments. We must establish ourselves firmly in the hearts of We all know the situation that confronts us now, but every community. We must prove that we are loyal Amer what the future holds, no one knows. In my acceptance icans, for by so doing we shall go forward. Membership speech I stated that we must see that America is safe in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks must be guarded from within, as well as without, for in this made a goal to be cherished and encouraged. Then, and blessed land of ours there must be no divided allegiance. then only, will the Elks be fully serving our communities Those who attended the recent Convention heard Con and our government. This goal can be achieved if the gressman Martin Dies, a Texas Elk, dwell at length State Associations and subordinate lodges do their part. on conditions as they exist in this country. Our eyes were As your Grand Exalted Ruler I am appealing to you opened by his revelations and I recommend that every for support. Be Alert. Be Loyal. Do Not Fail Me. We member read his speech, which will be published in a Must Follow Through. forthcoming issue of The Elks Magazine. Fraternally and sincerely. There are many ways in which the .membership of the Elks can prove its loyalty. Eternal vigilance is neces sary if we are to preserve the personal liberties obtained by the blood and sacrifice of our heroic forefathers. Everywhere, as Congressman Dies pointed out, there are '^•''"foes of our country ready to undermine our government and who seek to lull our citizens with propaganda so that GRAND EXALTED RULER we will not be prepared if the time comes when we must rise to defend our country. Be alert and loyal at all times, for while the Elks, as an organization, is opposed to send- IVidc World Photos I SEPTEMBER 1940 Cover Design by Frederic Widlicka A Message from the Grand Exalted Ruler 1 Obituary Notice for Past Grand Exalted Ruler Walter F. Meier. .. 4 The Grand Lodge of Sorrow 5 Floats on Parade 6 Touched in the Head 8 Stanley Frank What America Is Reading 9 Harry Hansexi For Us the Living 10 David Lamson A Watch and the Wilderness 14 Max Brand Your Dog 16 National Publication of the Benevolent Edward Faust AND Protective Order of Elks of the United The Gold Coast 17 States of America. Published Under the Kiley Taylor Direction of the Grand Lodge by the Na tional Memorial and Pubucation Commission Editorial 18 Under the Antlers 20 "To inculccrie the principles of Charity, Justice, News of the State Associations.... 28 Brotherly Love and Fidelity; to promote the weHore and enhance the happiness of its members; to quick The Social Side of the Grand Lodge en the spirit of American patriotism; to cultivate Convention 32 good iellovrship. .. —From PreamWe <o the Con stitution, Benevolent and Profecfive Order of Elks Supplementary Report of the Elks National Foundation 34 Winners of the Elks National Foun dation Scholarship Awards 35 The Elks National Memorial rf'i District Deputies Appointed by the AND Publication Commission Grand Exalted Ruler 36 Bruce A. Campbell Frank L. Ram Rod and Gun 52 Chairman Secrelary-rreofiurer Ray Trullinger Rush L. HolloDd John K. Tener Vice Chairmon Executive Director The Elks Magazine Editorial Offices, 50 East 42nd St., New York City WiUiam M. Abbott The Elks Magazine. Volume 19, No, 4. September, 1940. Published monthly at Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen N, J., by the Benevolent and Protective Order of EIl<s of the United Slates of Amer ica, Entered as second-class matter November 23, 19,36, at the Post Coles Phillips Oflice at Dunellen, N, J., under the Act of August 24 1912. Accep tance for mailing at special rate of postage provideci- for in Sectioh Editor 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized May 20, 1922. Printed in Dunellen, N. J.. U. b. A. Smgle copy price, 20 cents. Subscription price in the United States and its Possessions, for Elks, .SI,00 a year; John Starr for non-Elks, 52.00 a year; for Canadian postage, add 50 cents a year: Assisfanf Editor for foreign postage, add .$1.00 a year. Subscriptions are payable in advance. In ordering change of address it is essential that you send us: 1. Your name ana membership number; 2 Number of your lodge; Osbome B. Bond W. H. Magrath 3, New address: 4, Old address; 5. Occupation or business. "Please a^so notify your lodge Secretary of change and allow four weeics' time. Business Maaagelr CompfroJ/er Address notice of change to The Elks Magazine, 50 East 42nd Street. New York, N. Y. Manuscripts must be typewritten and accompanied by suflicient postage for their return via first-class mail. They wit! be handled with care, but this Magazine assumes no responsibility for their safety. CopyrigM, 19^0. by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks i« the United States of America THIS MONTH We Present— "^AVID LAMSON is with us again -/ with a story of Nazi Germany before the war. We know that it is dated, but it is such a gripping yarn that we think you will like it as much as we do. It is illustrated by George Howe, whose drawings have ap peared in most of the national maga zines. Mr. Howe knows Nazi Ger many from bitter personal experi ence. He says he enjoyed reading the story. It has been a long time since Max Brand has appeared in The Elks Magazine. In the meantime, he has become even more famous than be fore, with his Doctor Kildare stories. You have all seen them in the movies —and if you haven't, you should. Most of them were written for the movies and then published in Cosmo- politan magazine. Mr. Brand is about as prolific a writer as they come. He has turned out stories under as many as fifteen pseudonyms in the past twenty-five years. Most of his best Westerns were written from a secluded little spot in Florence, Italy—as far as possible from any western "local color". STERLING HAYDEN Hollywood weaned him away from 23-year old skipper, Italy, and he is still on the Coast, who has sailed the turning out pictures by the gross. Seven Seas. His story, "A Watch and the Wilder ness", will be included in a collection of his works which will be published by Dodd, Mead in September, or thereabouts. ON page 4you will find an obitu ary notice of the sad death of Past Grand Exalted Ruler Walter F.