The Oregon daily journal., December 31, 1922, Page 5, Image 5

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Plan . for. Reception of Alvin M.
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Owsley Made Includes Infor
mal Luncheon at Multnomah.
; Alvin SC. Owsley, national rmrmnn-
:'dr of the 'American Legion, will - ar-
, Ttve In Portland th evening; of Janu
ary 4, after a meeting at Kugene the
day before anS . a meeting in - Salem
January S. on his. way down the val
; ley. - U will be root at Eugene at S :28
. p. m. when he allg ht from the Call'
fornia train by Oeorge R. Wilbur, de-
- partment commander, and. Harry
. Kelson, department adjutant. Oregon
; diMutmtnt ; :
' , The mix Legion post of Lane county
t will give him a dinner at the Osborne
I hotel. Eugene, at o'clock, and at S
; o'clock he will addreea a public meet
: tag in the armory.- .
I The next mornlnr be win motor to
Salem, where he will be guest of Cap
ttl poet No. 9 and civic organisation
at a luncheon,
f FOXTLAXD BECSPTIOX
i'l The party will leave by automobile
:.at 2:30 for Portland, arriving here In
time for an informal luncheon at the
' Multnomah, arranged by a committee
from Portland post No. 1. composed
, ef Casstua R. Peck, chairman ; Bruce
Shuman, Percy Heatherton and John
Beckwith. A meeting will be held In
the evening in the post clubrooms. to
which all- Legion men and members
of Da trio tic educational, civic, frater
snal and business organisations have
; been Invited. A. luncheon will be
given at the Chamber of Commerce, the
i next day, with all . business men in
s vlted to attend. . ' . '
Owsley has had a busy time since
I his recent election, to the head of the
; Legion. He is a mighty orator and in
constant demand.
He was bora in Denton. Texas. June
' II. 1SSS. He atUnded the public schools
. and later was graduated from the vir
-; glnia Military institute. Lexington. Va,
: In the class of 1909. He then entered
the University of Texas and there was
graduated in 1412.
; Elf TEE 8 JjAyfi PEACTICB .
He entered the firm of Owsley A
Owsley, founded by his grandfather.
. and practiced law in Denton, Texas.
... Owsley was a delegate to the thirty
third lea-ialatnre of Texas from Denton
j county In 1913. gaming prominence by
hia oratory. Upon hia return, he was
elected district attorney for Denton
county. He served until the outbreak
i f the war. He entered the first train-
in cams at Leon Springs. Texas., In
icav. Due to bi previous military
training he was commissioned major
' and assigned to the 14 infantry.
Alvifrion. Camn Bowie. Texas, tie w
". detailed as divisional Insurance officer.
then was assigned as senior mstruc
" tor to the third offioers training school
t thai. eifflD. He was later promoted
. m lieutenant colonel of infantry and
! assigned adjutant of the 16th division.
A E- S.
He was in two offensives, the Aines-
ffcamnala-na and the Jfleuse-Argonne.
:H was discharged In July. 1919. and
. v returned to , his home in ana
iwns made assistant attorney general
Texas. He served until February;
iai. when he accepted the position
of aseietant national director of the
American Legion's Americanisation
ramminlon. He was appointed na
t tonal director of Americanism In June
'1921. in which capacity he has served
' until the present time. i
. GKEETED BT HARDEN
- " Last week President Harding re-
eeived the legion chief at, the White
House, and Mrs. Harding arose from
her sick bed to receive him in her
-: wheel chair. At the home of "Woodrow
Wilson the legion chief was also wel
NOW
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From thm Saturday
Kathoritto
FR DAY EVEtllilG
ifeS BEBE DANIELS
1) A VV AM0 CONRAD NAGEL
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comed.." The messages that .were sent
to the. legion and to all members of
the great war are as follows i "
From President; Harding :- Ton say
to. the : American, : Xegion and - the
American boys that they should a
what they aspect Xrom the government
and what they are entitled to.:
am behind tbje hospitalisation, program
and It will be pushed to a speedy con
clusion."" '-----
From Mra Harding : TT want to say
to r the . former 5 service men ; that , a
friend . of , the American Legion r has
been ill. but she. Is much better now
and will be on the Job soon.?
From 4 Woodrow Wilson j "Say - to
them that I -am their-comrade. Say
to them that they are real soldiers
who ; fought . for -. .the j liberty-' of , the
world. They were the crusaders for
liberty.". ; a ,.?:'H:.-Qi?
C; AavBigelowlto: "M
Be Acting Mayor -
. '-. , . .
C. A. Bigelow, commissioner f pub
lic affairs, - la now acting aaayor of
Portland, and will have this honor for
the next 30 days. Mayor Baker has
started oh bis trip ; to Dallas, Texas,
and Washington, D. C, - expecting to
be - absent about, one month studying
city government and traffic problem.
One of the mayor's last official acts
was to prepare - a notification to the
qfcty council, to be presented at its next
meeting, setting forth that, in accord
ance witn .charter ,! provisions giving
him this power, he has transferred to
Commissioner Bigelow full control of
the bureau of police, the municipal
court, office f city attorney and mo
tion picture censor board. :t
Mayor-Baker also at Friday s coun
cil mee Ins outlined his orders to the
police department, directing that the
parking-ordinance be strictly enforced
In all its details; beginning with Janu
ary 2. and expressed - the 'hope that,
during his " absence, the acting mayor
would, not see fit to rescind the order
in' any degree. ' 'Commissioner Bigelow
replied that he was in full accord with
the idea aad would see to it that the
order, was fully enforced. '
Deportment Club
Elects Dr. E. U. Joss
President for Year
Election of officers for 192$ for the
Portland Department club of the U.
S. department of agriculture took place.
at the last meeting of the year ith
the result that Dr. E. C. Joss, bu iu
of animal nidustry. was selected pres
ident and John D. Guthrie. U. S. for
est service, was chosen secretary and
treasurer. ,
The Portland Department club hu
been in - existence since 1921. when
George H. Cecil, district forester, was
chairman and was succeeded - th fol
lowing year by2 Edward L. Wells, dis
trict, forecaster. The purpose of the
club.- which is an inform a. I- organisa
tion . of ' representatives of the U. S.
denartment of agriculture located" In
Portland, is to enable members of the
12 different bureaus or boards to be
come better acquainted and to encour
age cooperation among the depart
ment's representatives.
.There are now 18 department clubs
id the United States. -The 1923 pro
gram : includes a list ; of Interesting
speakers who will speak at the month
ly meetings, which occur- the first
Wednesday at the luncheon hour each
month at the Portland Chamber of
Commerce. - , .
Kennel . Club Will '
Meet Tuesday Eve
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The" Portland Kennel club will hold
a meeting in the Central library, room
F, -Tuesday night, at which time plans
for the dog show -scheduled for March
win . be discussed. All , Interested In
making, the affair a grand success are
reauested to be on hand Tuesday night.
The gathering will be called to order at
7 :4 o'clock. ,
Tp HE romance of a Spaniah'
A dancer and ths flaminv
lure of scarlet lore. Filled
-with breathless climaxes and
dazzling settings. .
Bene Daniels m her most
alltxrinz role. : Adolph Men
jou in the supporting cast.
Evening Poat Story by
Nmwlin Burt
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Some day we expect to get around to showing an
other picture. We've worn otit one W.tliii
already and the organist plays the funny music in
his sleep. - ;
13J'T one-third more people saw iHastweek than
the week breo w
Yes we know we said the fourth and fifth weeks
would be the last. We won ft say it this week-rWe'H
run it all winter if you wantus to. Certainly if more
people come this week than last week we'll hold it.
But unless the whole town is 'seeing . it two and
three, times we can't possibly see how this, week
can help
being the last.
CAN; YOU. IMAGINE OT? BIX ;
VHint a wonder
vhat land - of picture
Imvcn't ceenitjust ar!c yourbelf
it must be lrmt ca every: record' and
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' . Big Annual
New Year's
Midnight Matinee
(Sunday Night Only)
A Riot , of Fun
Cyclones of Jazz c
: DOORS OPEN 1 1 :20
Admission 75c ' Loges $1.00
- Reserved seats now on sale at boxT
of f ice. An entire new show, not .
including "Dr. Jack."
WEEKS l
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precedent ever estabhehed;
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