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Legiow- 6 JJmericcLn Wythe Williams - R.G.Kirk and Prize Winninq BIG MOMENTS FOR CfiRlSTOmS Each of these unusual Legion Christmas gift suggestions is an outstanding value. Each has been carefully selected be- cause of its utility, beauty and acceptability. Any one of them— ring, wallet or belt set —would provide an almost AL-15— 10-K solid yellow gold ring with midget emblem, hand everlasting pleasure to the recipient, and serve as a daily AL-65—Sterling silver ring, with 10-K solid gold midget emblem carved eagles. Our most popular reminder of your thoughtfulness and good will. Immediate ring. Price $12.50 plain Gypsy type mounting. A deliveries if you act promptly. real value! $3.00 No. L-836—Pocket Lighter. Non- No. 6645—Key Kaddy. Genu- tarnishing chromium finish. Ham- ine hand-colored brown steer- mered and engine-turned design. hide, laced edges, suede lining, Gold-plated Legion emblem beau- tifully enameled in colors. Price six hooks. Legion emblem embossed in t colors. Price each $1 Collar and Tie Set—This striking $1.25 I combination is in white metal with a contrasting gold-plated Legion No. 1812—Letter Case. Genuine emblem. Tie holder of latest design brown leather, hand-colored, with an adjustable back to accom- glazed, two-tone effect. Two extra modate any width tie. Collar pin 3 ' pockets. Size () 4 "x4". Legion em- has patented clamp attachment blem in two colors on inside left which holds pin securely in place. pocket. Price each $1.75 Set packed in attractive cigarette humidor—capacity approximately forty cigarettes. Complete. .$1.00 Set No. 10—Dirigold buckle (closely resem- bling gold), one initial in black enamel and Legion emblem reproduced in colors. Genuine cowhide l?s" leather belt. Price per set, com- plete $1.00 No. 4144—Matched Set—Genu- ine brown, hand-colored glazed No. W-1200—Combination Ciga- leather, two-tone modernistic ef- rette Case with Lighter. Very thin, fect. Bill-fold has Talon fastened No. 1073—Combination Cigarette knife edge model. Holds fifteen bill compartment. Key kaddy to Set No. 20—Sterling (solid) silver buckle, Case with Lighter. Knife edge cigarettes, single row. Non-tar- match, with six hooks. Two-color with three cut-out initials and separately ap- model. Non-tarnishing chromium nishing chromium finish. Simu- Legion emblem on inner flap of plied, gold-plated Legion emblem in colors. finish. Hammered design with in- lated burl maple French enamel bill-fold and on outside of key Genuine cowhide l?s" leather belt. Price per laid black French enamel stripes. front and back. Gold-plated Le- kaddy, as illustrated. Price per set, complete $3.50 Gold-plated Legion emblem enam- gion emblem enameled in colors. set, complete $2.50 Sets 10 and 20 : One-week delivery. None CO. D. eled in colors. Price $2.95 Price $5.95 MAIL NOW STANDARD RING GAUGE Emblem Division, American Legion National Headquarters 777 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana Here is my check for Ship C.O.D. for RING SIZES $ $ in payment of the following merchandise: © C\ oo h~ so if\ xj« i Cut a slip of paper or string that will fit snugly around the second joint of the finger on which the ring is to be worn. This must be Name.. done carefully and accurately to insure a proper fit. Lay the paper or string with one end exactly on line "A," and the other end will Street.. indicate the correct ring size. Rings also furnished in half-sizes, i. e. 7'/,, 10K:etc. City ..State.. , (forffod and country , we associate ourselves togetherjor thefollowing purposes:Oo uphold and defend the Constitution, w/ ofthe UnitedStates of&merica; to maintain law and order; tofoster andperpetuate a one hundredpercent Americanism topreserve the memories and incidents ofour association in the^reatlVar; to inculcate a sense ofindividual obligation to the com- munity,state andnation; to comhat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses; to make right the master ofmight; to promote peace andgoodwillon earth ;lo safeguardand transmit to posterity the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracy ; to conse- crate andsanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to the Constitution ofThe American Legion. r December,' 1935 Legionw The Jlmerican MONTH L Y Published Monthly by The Legion Publishing Corpi 455 West 22d Street, Chicago, Illinois EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES EXECUTIVE OFFICES WESTERN ADVERTISE 521 Fifth Avenue, New York Indianapolis, Indiana 307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Editorial and Advertising Correspondence Should be Addressed to the New York Offices, All Other Mail to Indianapolis V_>over Design: The Night Before Christmas by Forrest C. Crooks Homecoming 631 John Black Cake Eater by R. G. Kirk Illustrations by Forrest C. Crooks Who Runs the Reich? by Wythe Williams Their Big Moments: $500 a Month in Prizes Illustrations by Herbert M. Stoops They're Still Over by Bernhard Ragner The Dues to Pay by Wallgren Editorial: One Iron in the Fire The Name Is Murphy by Frank Miles Wanted—One Goat by James E. Darst Illustrations by Wallace Morgan Win 'Em All by Dr. H. Clifford Carlson Pharmacist's Mate, 3D Class by Clarence H. Philbrick Cartoons by Herb Roth R. F. D. by Fonville Neville Illustrations bv Hanson Booth The Play's the Thing by Philip Von Blon Ace of Aces by John J. Noll Bursts and Duds Conducted by Dan Sowers The Voice of the Legion News of Veteran Interest Has Your Post A General Grant? THE big and immediate job of every Legion post as December opens is member- ship. Not until the work of signing up all men now on the rolls and getting all possible new members is completed can a post find the energy, the driving power, it needs to go through to 1936 objectives. The lucky posts are those which already have named membership chairmen of known and demonstrated ability, men who will be sure to get going early and keep going until 1935 enrollment is passed, and then the quota for 1936 reached and exceeded. If your post hasn't named its chair- man, perhaps there is someone, still not recognized, who once he is named will turn out to be a Napoleon. Remember General Grant! Nobody knew he had it in him until he got the chance. The American Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion, and ia A. Stanley Llewellyn, Camden, S. C; Raymond Fields, Guthrie, Okla.; Frank L. Pinola, Wilkes- owned exclusively by The American Legion. Copyright 1935 by The Legion Publishing Cor- Barre, Pa.; Ed. W. Bolt. San Francisco; Perry Faulkner, Montpelier, Ohio; Jerry Owen, Port- poration. Entered as second class matter Sept. 26. 1931, at the PostofEce at Chicago, 111., under land, Ore.; General Manager, James F. Barton; Business Manager, Richard E. Brann; the Act of March 3, 1879. President, Ray Murphy, Indianapolis, Ind.; Vice-President, Eastern Advertising Manager. Douglas P. Maxwell; Editor, John T. Winterich; Managing John D. Ewing. Shreveport, La.; Secretary, Frank E. Samuel, Indianapolis, Ind.; Treasurer, Editor, Philip Von Blon; Art Editor,. William MacLean; Associate Editors, Alexander Gardiner Elder, Indianapolis, Ind. Bowman Board of Directors: John D. Ewing, Shreveport, La.; PhiliD and John J. Noll. L. Sullivan, Chicago, 111.; William H. Doyle, Maiden, Mass.; Louis Johnson, Clarksburg. W. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of Va.; Jean R. Kinder, Lincoln, Neb.; Harry C Jackson, New Britain, Conn.; Phil Conley, Char- October 3, 1917. authorised January 5, 1925. Price, single copy 25 Cents, yearly sub- leston, W. Va.; Edward A. Hayes, Decatur, 111.; George L. Berry, Pressmen's Home, Tenn.; scription, $1.50. In reporting change of address (to Indianapolis office) be sure to include the old address as well as the new DECEMBER, 1935 i i%.mericans are proud of the industrial achieve- ments that have made their brawn, courage and ingenuity world famous. The chief disease which threatens that supremacy is tuber- culosis. It is the greatest cause of death between the ages of 15 and 45. Help protect American man power from this enemy by purchas- ing the Christmas Seals that fight it all year round. The seals you buy today may save your life tomorrow. The National, State and Local Tuberculosis Associations of the United States Buy Christmas Seals 2 The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly ! Homecoming f\NE Who Was There in i<)ig ^ When the Legion Was Organ- ised Reports His Impressions of the Sixteen-Years-Later Convention B ifJohn Black. VAN WINKLES. That was us. Dazed, bewildered RIPRip Van Winkles. Prodigals come home after sixteen years. Yes sir, that was us, all right. No doubt about it. We were the iqiq St. Louis Caucus delegates who returned in Septem- ber for the Seventeenth Annual National Convention of The American Legion. We had our work cut out— trying to reconcile our memories of the handful of pioneers who founded the Legion in St. Louis in iqio with the army that invaded the city this year. "Well," exclaimed Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, President of The Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, as we chatted over some historic aspects of the Cau- cus, "you men who came to St. Louis in iqiq should be very proud— you certainly started something!" The convention badge featured a Plym- Started something! The almost in- outh Rock type cradle as a reminder credible growth of the Legion since that of the Legion's swaddling clothes days. historic meeting absolutely dazzled us. At left, John Black, delegate from New To us whose memories span the two York, with his 1919 and 193 5 badges conventions the difference between iqiq and 1935 was bewildering, overwhelm- ing.