THE FIRST YEAR IS THE HARDEST Ugion By Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson MAOAZIME MAD. I»S0 How Do You Rate as a Parent? By Walter Duckat TUNK in! Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cvlninn/'Tlie Halls of Ivy." Friday nighls on NBC © 1950, JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. The new "Hushed" Ride. As quiet as honey on velvet! Ford's "Life- guard" Body is "sound-conditioned" memerti in doors, panels. You roof and body get fine car comfort, too, with new non-sag front seat construction and (mf/iestcsfs foam-rubber cushioning. But take the wheel — try the feel of the one fine car in the low-price field! Yes, the only low-priced car with a V-8 engine —a 100 h.p. V-8! As quiet as skiing in the moonlight With super-fitted pistons that are designed to start "TEST-DRIVE" A '50 FORD quietly and run quietly! With a new "hushed" It'll open your eyes! laminated timing gear! With "quiet contoured" camshaft lobes that soft-pedal valve action! Yes, the new I 00 horsepower Ford V-8, the same type engine used in America's costliest cars, '^ihhpers while if works. And Ford production efficiency brings it to you 'sofonf for less than many others ask for a Six! There's a %^^c/in your future. .with a future built in Vitalis VOL. 48, NO. 3 care... LEGION Willly Richainis, our Contents for March I950 artist this month, has capturt'd a scene which will probably amuse PINBALL PETE (fiction) the women more than BY LEE EISENBERG 11 the men. Spring is on He could manipulate the machine, but he lost control the way and the man of everything else of the house feel.s it's time to ffel the garden started. His wife, how- THE FIRST YEAR IS THE HARDEST ever, isn't too sure BY LOUIS JOHNSON 14 that they should plan The Secretary of Defense describes a job not many a big garden because men would wnllt FEEL the difference in your scalp! What a she remembers what's wonderful wake-up glow — when you use happened in the past. YOU CAN'T WIN Vitalis "Live-A clion" care. That's Vitalis and After the first spurt of energy, spring fever BY JOHN LAWRENCE 16 the "60-Second Workout!" 50 seconds' mas- sets in and it's all she Maybe it's just as well you didn't win that radio giveaway jackpo" sage with active Vitalis (I) stimulates scalp can do to get him to (2) prevents dryness (3) routs flaky dandruff mow the lawn. THERE'S NO LABOR CHARGE IN THIS GARAGE (4) helps check excessive falling hair. Then 10 seconds to comb and you're all set! POSTMASTER: Please BY BOB GILMORE 18 send copies returned Where motorists pay for the privilege of fi.xing under labels Form 3579 their own cars to Post Office Box ...gives you 1055, Indianapolis 6. Indiana. WHO'S HYSTERICAL? BY EUGENE LYONS 20 Our maladjusted commies scream murder, but with The Amertcon Legion little reason Manpsomer Magazine is the official publication of The Ameri- HOW DO YOU RATE AS A PARENT? can Legion and is owned exclusively by The Ameri- BY WALTER DUCKAT 22 can Legion. Copyright Here is a test which poses familiar problems 1950. Published monthly at 1100 W. Broodway, Louisville, Ky. Acceptance HOW TO PICK A DAME for mailing at special rate of postoge provided for in BY ED "archie" GARDNER 24 Section 1 103, Act of Oct. If you po for female punkritude this is for you 3, 1917, authorized Jan. 5, 1925. Price single copy, 15 cents; yeorly subscrip- DON'T KNOCK WRESTLING: BOOST IT tion, $1,50. Entered as BY HANNIBAL COONS 26 second class matter June their 30, 1948, at the Post Let's speak kindly about the men who beat O'jt for us Office at Louisville, K/., brains under the Act of March 3, 1879. EXECUTIVE AND . ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES t^tdkmiS^e^knn^^ 29-36 Indianapolis 6, Indiana EDITORIAL AND Features ADVERTISING PRODUCTS PARADE . 4 NEWSLETTER 27 SEE the difference in your hair! How much One Park Avenue neater, handsomer your hair is —set to stay New York 16, N. Y. THE EDITORS' CORNER. 6 REPORT FROM HOLLYWOOD 44 that way all day! Natural-looking — never WESTERN OFFIfE SOUND OFF I Jt VETS WITH IDEAS 52 "slicked down." Vitalis contains no greasy 333 North Michigan Avenue liquid petrolatum just pure, natural PARTING SHOTS 64 — vegeta- Chicago I, Illinois ble oil. For a scalp that feels its best and hair that looks its best, get "Live-Action" Vitalis at any drug counter or at your barber shop. Please notify the James F. O'Neil, Man- Eorl L. Meyer, Alliance, Paul, Minn.; Harold A. Circulation Depart- chester, New Hampshire, Neb.; Charles E. Booth, Shindler, Newburgh, ment. Publications Chairman of the Legion Huntington, W. Va.; A. Ind.; Emmett So fay, Commis- Division, P. O. Box Publications C. Jackson, Lubbock, Jacksonville, Flo.; Clo- sion; Dan W. Emmett, Texas; Max Slepin, 1055, Indianapolis, vis Copelond, Little basic iny'- Ventura, Callfornio and Philodelphia, Pa.; Ro- ^. ^ .vu/mi- Indiana, if you have Rock, Ark.; Paul B, i Lawrence W. Hager, land Cocreham, Baton changed your ad- Dague, Downington, Owensboro, Kentucky, Rouge, La.; George D. laies scalp, P"-' dress, using notice Pa.; Josephus Daniels, form which Vice-Charrmen. Members Baron, Bethany, Conn.; - 22S you Jr., Raleigh, N. C; D, ness. may secure from of the Commission; J. Long Armstrong, Spo- Larcombe, Malta, kane, Wash.; Earl Hitch- L. Seers, Toledo, Ohio; your Postmaster. Russell Be Montana; Dr. Charles cock, Glens Falls, N. Y.; George D. Levy, Sum* sure to cut off the R. Logan, Keokuk, Iowa; Edgar G. Vaughan, St. ter, 5. C. address label on your Magazine and Director of Publications Managing Editor Adrertifiixf!. Director James F. Barton paste it in the space Boyd B. Stutler Fred L. Maguire Product Indianapolis, Ind. of provided. Always Art Editor We stern A drertising vnAus fs't Director A to Bristol-Myers give your 1950 Mijntifier and the Frank Lisiecki Al Marshall membership card Editor Fred E. Crawford, Jr. A ssocijte Editors number and both Joseph C. Keeley Detroit Advertising Robert B. Pitkin 60-Second Workout' your new and your A ilrtuny Eiiifor Reprcfentiitire old address. Alexander Gardiner Irving Herschbein Charles 0. Hepler 2 • The American Legion Magazine • March, 1950 your insurance dividend in year-round enjoyment television-radio No other investment gives so many happy hours to you and yours as a Motorola-engineered product ... be it clear-focus television or radiant Golden Voice radio. Here's television with simple 2 control tuning and the new BILT-IN-TENNA—eliminates rooftop installation in good signal areas! Here's FM/AM radio of sparkling reality! Here truly are your fondest home entertainment dreams come true! Visit your nearby dealer today! Select your television set now! features that prove Motorola TV Model 79XM21 your best insurance dividend buy! Stunning FM/AM / 2 SIMPLE CONTROLS . turn it on . select your station . table radio that's all! / BIG BROADVIEW SCREEN . gives up to 25% larger picturesi As beautiful in tone as it is to look at! BILT-IN-TENNA . for f/ NEW eliminates need rooftop antenna Elegant "Sweep Station" dial allows easier in good signal areasi tuning of stations. New miniature tubes pro- vide maximum performance — give longer life. / NO FADE OR FLICKER . thru Automatic Gain Control and "Radar-Type" FM Tuner locks stations at peak Automatic Brightness Control I of reception. Durable Bakelite cabinet in / NO PICTURE TEARING . new "Flywheel" Automatic Fre- mahogany or forest green with rich, gold- quency Control holds picture firm against interference! finish appointments. W pm of electronics experience guarantee Motorola In perfect tme -lie has PA* A sampling of items which are in process of development or are coming on the viarket. Mention of products in no way constitutes an endorsevieiit of them, since in most cases they are described as represented by manufacturers. A NEAT COLLAR FOR ONE-TENTH OF A DOLLAR. With the research laboratories of all the giant shirt factories working full-blast trying to make collars stay down, it took an ex-Chaplain, Claude M. Haygood, to solve the problem in the simplest way you can imagine. We won't attempt to describe his New Look Collar Pin, except to say that it makes surprising use of two common items to make a collar pin that really works. You can see for yourself by sending a dime to the New Look Pin Co., 1621 S. Court St., Montgomery, Ala. You may even decide you want to sell some yourself. Mr. Haygood is looking for agents and distributors. PISCATORIAL STUFF. To avoid the messy surgery that is often required to get a hook out of a fish, the Krichbaum Tool Co., of Brighton, Mich., has developed a K-T Fish Hook Remover that is both simple and efficient. It is a metal tube-like affair with a slot running down one side. The line is slipped into the slot, the tube is slid down on the hook, the line is pressed tight, and the hook twisted free and pulled out. The hook remover comes in two sizes; one for pan-size fish sells for lOc, a size for large fish (and hooks) costs 20c. ADMISSION BY CARD ONLY. Thousands of Legionnaires are said to be letting them- selves into their Posts these days by means of an ingenious device patented by Legionnaire M. J. Noregaard. This is a door lock which can be opened only by the insertion of a member's card which is held in a special plastic envelope.