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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1921)
SATURDAY, JULY », IMI GRANTS PA*» DAILY COURIER THE LEGION BODY OF FRANCE AMERICAN •LEGION© I Cap y tor Thu lv»i«r«ni»ni su«>«n».l lb* Amortes» l<*«i»a S>w, > CONGRESSMEN FCIT* p : jy Veterans' Aaaocistion la Launched by Men Who Served In Va rious Wars. The old spirit of the A. E. F. and of America's war-time army, navy and marine corps broke out tn the halls of the nation's congress in Washing ton the other «lay. when veterans of the World war who are members of congress, joined by members who »erved In the Civil and Spanish-Amer ican wars, held a big meetlug and a regular feed at the University club and formed “The Veterans' Associa tion of the Sixty-seventh Congress." Two members of the United Stat«*s senate and 32 members of the house of representatives attended the dinner gathering which resulted in the organ isation of the congressional veterans into a body Twenty-atx of the mem bers of the house of representatives in attendance were veterans of the World war and members of the Anierleau Le gion. Representative Henry Z. Os borne of the Tenth California district, a veteran of the Civil war. acted as toastmaster. He felicitated the coun try upon the formation of the Ameri- can Legton, saying ¡hat the “vets of ‘tn*’ were willing and proud to turn the rein of patriotic endeavor sver to the “boys of 17.” In addition to ch<x>siug Congress man Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, pres ident of the association. and Congress man John E. Rankin of Mississippi as secretary, and getting away with an elaborate course dinner billed in rhe still familiar doughhoy French of “over there." the congressional vet erans listened to a careful explanation of the legislative program of the Amer ican Legion in congress made by John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the national legislative committee of the Legion, who was a special guest of honor and the only person present not a mem tier of congress. Mr Taylor went Into <letail«*d advocacy of the consolidation, vocational training, hos pitalization and emergency officer re tirement bills prop«ise«l by the I-egion. Kx-Patrlated Former Service Man Ro mains Abroad and Serves In Im- portant Capacity. When the last of the American ex- ¡»editnmary forces left France, a con aiderahle number of exservice men remained in that country as repre sentatives of American fl r m » and In various other positions. Among this group was Col. Francis K Drake, com mander of the de pa r t tu en t of France, American Legion. T h e ex-patri- ated former service men found that there were mutual ties binding them together and the result was the forma tion of the Legiou s department of France. Among the achievements of this <ls- tached body of Legionnaires are: The direction of the decoration of graves o( American soldiers ou the battle- fields and in the cemeteries of France on Memorial day; aid to stranded vet erans In France; the raising of a fun«! to defend the American sergeants w ho attempt««! to capture B«*rg<!oll. the arch slacker, on German soil nnd co operation with the French government in furthering memorial plans of the Amerteau Legion. Colonel Drake lias returned to France after a visit to America, during w hich he effected arrangements for the dec oration of all soldiers' graves on Me morial day. 1921. The Legiou «-otumunder attracted national attention when his Investiga tion of the alleged “Rhine Horror" showed that there was no groun«l for the assertion of prv-Geriuans that* French negro troops are participating in outrag«*s upon German women in the Rhenish provinces. CONVENTIONS OF 1921 OPEN Program of Department Gatherings of Ex-Service Men’s Organizations Inaugurated in, Alaska. When delegates from far-away posts of the American Legion in Alaska tnet at Vahlez on April 12, the pro gram of department convention« of ti«e ex-service men's organization for 1921 was Inaugurated. Departments which have announced the place and date of their 1921 con ventions are: Alabama, Florence. June 10 and 11; Arizona. Prescixt, Au WAR ON LEGION BACHELORS gust 8; Florida. Orlando. May 16 and 17; Iowa. Spirit Lake. September 1. Women’s Auxiliary of Sunflower State 2 and 3; Kansas. Hutchinson, August Issues Ultimatum to Unmarried 22, 23 and 24; Kentucky. Lexington. Ex.Service Fellows. September 2 and 3; Maryland, Ocean City, September 12 and 13; Michigan. War on bachelors has been declared Kalamazoo, September 6 and 7; Min in Kansas. Women of the Sunflower nesota. Winona. August 1. 2 and 3; State contend Montana. Lewistown. June 27 and 28; unattached Nebraska, Fremont. September 29. 30 that men can't get and October 1; New Mexico, Silver along without City, September 22, 23 and 24; New; them. York. Jamestown. September 30 and In furtherance October 1; Oregon, Eugene. July 1 of the flght, Miss and 2; South Dakota. Rapid City. Au McCoy of Topeka. gust 23 to 26 ; Termes»«»*. Chat- Department ser tanooga. July 8 and 9; Utah. Provo, re’ary of the June 10 and 11; Virginia. Norfolk. Women's Auxil September 1, 2 and S; Washington, ia r y of the Hoquiam. July 14, 15 and 16; Wis American Legion consin, Eau Claire, June 28. 29 and SO is spreading Other departments which have an broadcast the nounced conventions, with the exact battle cry ; bachelor posts In date as yet undecided, are: Colorado. Kansas." Every group of Legionnaire« Glenwotxl Springs, Octotier; Louisia Is to have an Auxiliary, according to na. Bogalusa, early September; Ne Auxiliary officials. vada. Gardnerville. July; New HaFi|f- "Who else can give you fine home shire, Weirs, last week In August ; cooking «with your banquets? Who New Jersey. Ausbury Park, Septem- else can straighten up the club house ber; Oklahoma, Enid, last week in and give It a homelike appearance? September or first week In October ; Who knows more about service than between Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, the women?" the propaganda reads. September 15 an«l 30. Legion prisoners captured in the Cam paign are being treated to fried chicken, pies, cakes and darnings and AMERICANISM BILLS GET 0. K patchings. Miss McCoy entered the burine»« Throe Measures Written by the Amer, world as an assistant tn a Kansas ican Legion Become Laws In bank. During the war aha stepped Oklahoma, Juno 29. late a position vacated by a soldier, hold it throughout hostilities and gave Three Americanism bills written by It back te the doughboy when he cam» the American Legion and Introduced heme. LEGION FLAG ADDS HISTORY ■x-Bervloe Men's Emblem Now Proud ly Floats Where Five Others Hold Sway. The American Legion flag will fly In a part of New Orleans that has been under flve flags, for the city administration has turned over a building In the heart of the old French quarter to poets of the Legion for four years. Not far from the Legion building is the Spanish Cablido where the Spanish colors flew In the breezes from the Gulf of Mexico until they were re placed by the French. The Louisiana Purchase In 1804 resulted in the ap pearance of the Stars and Stripes on the ramparts. In 1812, the British flag flew also In that vicinity for a few days. During the Civil war the Con federate colors waved proudly over the southern city. When the wounds of civil strife were healed the Stars and Stripes again reappeared. The Legion building will have an auditorium, offices and clubrooms. It will also house Ixtulsiana department headquarters, the I-egion employment and service bureau, local posts, the Women's Auxiliary headquarters and the Pellcanalre, official organ of the Louisiana department. ; 5 * « Rear wheels locked! a test every tire must meet The unseen weakness in ordinary tires • that causes trouble in emergencies RYTNG to hold back on a down grade' You jam on the foot brake—perhaps have to pull the "emergency." The locked rear wheels drag over the hard dirt road. Do strains like this profe too much for your tires? Why is there this con stant threat of tire trouble? Cannot tires be made to resist an abnormal strain? 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You are invited to call and «er these new tires for yourself—also the famous Crobde Compound Tubes. SMITH’S GARAGE Phone 65 GRANT3 PASS. OREGON CORD Cord and Fabric MADE LEGION DRIVE SUCCESS Dare Devil Louisiana Man Put Real Thrills Into Campaign for New Members. dared He entered the navy as an ensign and was discharge! In April, 191ft. Hr continued In servi«« a» an officer of the Merchant Marine until December, 1920. Do Not Have to Pay Poll Tax. When Anthony Kelley was dls- Ha«'ke<| by the American Legi«xi. a charged from the navy In New Or- law providing for the registration of leans. La., he found the life of a land lubber terribly devoid of thrill snd all riservi«-« men of all wars In peril. He had been going to «ea sln«-e stale of Montana wait pu««««1 by the age of flft«-eti an«l he miased the legislature. The new act exempts axel tement of stormy nights in the ex-service men from payment of dizzy heights of the crow's nest and poll tax and require* each «-ounty hair-raising trip« on the rope« far seseor to keep a record of the names and organizations of all veterans with above the deck. in his county. It le expected that otb With the start of a membership er state» w ill take similar acton »oon campaign of Rollin post of the Ameri can Legion In New- Orleans, Kelley blossom«-«! out as a professional dare Patience. devil to assist his fellow Leglonnnlres The need for heroism in our dally in attracting attention. He cllmh«*d a liven may seem to he small, but surely flag pole atop the city hall, several calls for patience are numerous hundred feet shove the pavement and entr.gh, patience with slow-moving clr rocked back and forth trying to break cun«iian<-cs, with the brother who does the pole. A net stret«he«j below was not see truth as we see it. with th« all that was between the daring le unreasonable people w ho must be gionnaire and some exceedingly hard managed. If they are to go forward at terrain. all. Last. unxtt Important of all. we Kelley was unable to break the flag need patfelKW with cur blundering, in the Oklahoma state legislature at pole, however. So he scaled an eight enslly dlacouraged solve:«. After all. the request of that organization, have • een-story building and hung from the It may t>e that from a greater height been passed by the state lawmaking coping by his toes. Film companies and clearer vision than ours, puth-wo body, signed by Governor Roberts«» rushed earners men to take motion Itself muy show ns a heroic virtue. pictures of the feat and the legion and will become laws on June 25. House bill No. 383 provides that membership drive wss a success. “None of It was as thrilling aa the the American flag shall be dlsplaye«! at all tiin«*s In every school room In ' four years and four moriths I waa in the state—public, private and denomi the war zone." Kelley declares. national—and that pupils shall be I taught proper respect and reverence for It by the state school superintend- I ent. A penalty la provided far viola tion. American history and civil govern ment are made compulsory subjects for study in all schools of the state ' under house bill No. 384. High schools, colleges, universities i and normal schools must require at least one full year’s work In Ameri can history and civics of each student WE CAN FI NNISH graduated. the most wholreome"botweenmeal In the future, each teacher who is food” In supplying you with our a ranted a certificate to teach In Okla homa must subscribe to an oath of fresh-baked bread. And In so do allegiance to the constitution of the ing we are always alive to our ob United States and of the state of ligation to growing youngsters Oklahoma under the terms of house They need a full wheat bread and bill No. 389. Teachers found guilty we give it to them. of public statements against the flag or country shall have their rertlflcates revoked. The bills have been widely praised Kelley Atop City Hall Flag Fela. In the Oklahoma press and have been GRANTS PASS BAKERY made a part of tbe national American was plying between American and 003 G »tree* ism program at the American fl-eglon Europ««n porta when war was do FABRIC This is Studebaker Because it make* its friends By its character Cord Tires Standard Equipment J. F. BURKE TOURIST GROCERY (Also (Igarw nn«l <'«infes tioni« ) HOME OF THE MILK SHINMIE” I Ic I«. A. Ill NO! ETTE Fre» r-nq and p ¿«tica. “Sonietifn.« you see » num.” said Beni or Sorghum. “w.'K. neh*vex to- werd nl» couütry the more as he do«« tow rd hl» «II«. 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