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(Copy for This Department Supplied by tin- American Legion News Service.)
"A B C" of LONDON POST NO. 1 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
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R. L. BLAND,
Post Finance Officer.
Listing among lis members a former
United States army nurse who holds
decorations for valor from (ileal Bri
tain, France and Belgium, the London
post of the American Legion is active
ly engaged in cementing the friendship
between the two English-speaking
countries. The post, which has 110
members draws it* personnel from the
American embassy, American consul
ates, the U. S. Shipping Hoard, Ameri
can Relief Administration, U. S. Army
Liquidation Commission, Graves Regis
tration Service and from a host of pro
fessions and businesses. In It are law
yers, chemists, journalists, engineers,
salesmen, valets and chauffeurs, all
Joining In the activities of the first unit
of the American Legion to be estab
lished in Europe.
Miss Alice Emerson Findley is the
woman member of the post. She
WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY
New York Organization Opens Houses
for Accommodation of Disabled
Men Undergoing Training.
Ex-soldlers and sailors are not for
gotten by the Stage Women's War Re
lief committee which lias Just opened
two new houses at 38-40 West Forty
eight street, New York city, where dis
abled veterans undergoing vocational
training may live with all the coni-
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Miss Chrystal Heme.
forts of home for a nominal sum.
Miss Chrystal Heme, who Is shown
here making curtains for the new resi
dences; is the chairman of the com- !
mittee.
GREETING CABLED BY D'OLIER
Legion Commander Recalls Sixth An
niversary of Great Britain's En
trance Into World War.
On' the sixth anniversary of Great
Britain's entrance into the World War
Franklin D'OlUr, national commander
of the American Legion, cabled the '
following greeting to Field Marsha! '
Earl Haig and Admiral Sir David
Beatty:
"Honor to the statesmen who had
the courage to assume the responsibil
ity of that decision. Honor to the
British millions who, with valor un
surpassed and hearts of oak. executed
that.decision on Britain's many fronts.
When we contemplate what would
have been the state of affairs In the
world today had not Britain acted as
she did and when she did. the trials
and difficulties of the present hour,
however vexatious they may seem now
to be, sink into comparative Insignifi
cance. !
"United States forces have had the
privilege of service on land and sea
under British high command. The
memories of the associations of host
great days will never perish. They
will perpetuate themselves In our
hearts and thus serve to perpetuate
the indissoluble friendship of the Brit
ish and American peoples."
L. E. ANDERSON.
Post Commander.
joined the British nursing corps short
ly after war was declared in 1914. and
served In London. Paris and at the
front. As an American army nurse she
worked through two offensives under
heavy shell lire.
The London post received its char
ter from the American Legion on No
vember 25, 1919. Previous to that dale
it had been listed as a unit of the
American Legion of Europe, an organi
zation which replaced the American
War Veterans' association, which was
formed in September, 1919,
L. E. Anderson is post commander,
W. H. A. Coleman, post adjutant, and
R. L, Bland, post finance officer, The
work of decorating the 2,500 American
graves in England and Ireland on Me
mortal day was directed by Don A.
Smith of the London post.
AIM IS TO BE OF SERVICE
Theodore Roosevelt Sums Up Princi
ples of Legion Before Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce.
"We are service men and service
women. That Is our aim—to be of
service to this country."
With those words Theodore Roose
velt, son of the late ex-President
Roosevelt, summed up his speech on
the aims and principles of the Amer
ican Legion, delivered before the
Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland,
O. Three things, he declared, were
agreed upon in organizing the Legion.
They were :
That the Legion should lie a purely
service organization with absolutely
no distinction of rank between gen
eral and private, admiral and gob.
That the Legion must be non
partisan and must concern itself with
policies, not polities.
Thai there must be no distinction
drawn between branches of service,
between those who served overseas
and those who waited at home.
"The American Legion Is going to
be the biggest stabilizing influence in
America, in these disturbed times." he
said. He tiled a letter from his fa
ther, written in 1918, in which the for
mer president predicted that the dan
ger in this country lay In the tendency
to swing from extreme to extreme
from radicalism to reaction and vie
versa.
To show that the Legion does not
care for politics Mr. Roosevelt pointed
out that the first national commander.
Colonel Lindsey, was a Democrat
"while I." he said, "am suspected of
being a Republican.'*
"The United States army," lie COD
tinued, "was a democratizing Influ
ence, contrary to the belief of many."
Ho told of many instances in his regi
ment to show the abolition of class
distinction In the service.
NO INTRODUCTION IS NEEDED
"Speak to the Buddy With the But
ton," Slogan Adopted by
Ohio Post.
"Speak to the buddy with the but
ton" is the appeal expressed In a
resolution passed by the Franklin
county council of the American Le
gion In Ohio. This policy lias been
adopted by many other posts. The
resolution follows:
Whereas, during our service In the
World War we greeted each other
whenever we met and ate. slept, fought
and shot craps together without In
troduction ; and
Whereas, in civilian lift, we are
compelled to remain closer to custom;
Be it resolved. That the members
of the American Legion of Franklin
county, '». shall in the future regard
the American Legion emblem as an
open Introduction between wearers of
same, thereby creating a more close
knit and friendly organization.
Will Construct Club House
Pangburn post. No. 22, of lit. Ster
ling, Ky., is offering former service
men hi Montgomery county an oppor
tunity to invest in the construction ot
a memorial club house In lit, sterling
j any moneys they may receive by way
of adjusted compensation from the
' government. It is asserted that rent
j als and fees will make the stock a
' substantial In teal went.
CAN'T RUSH TO SAGHALIEN
Japanese Government Bars Ail jut
Business Firms Approved by
War Office.
There will be no rush of adventur
ers to the new fields for exploitation
opened up by the Japanese occupation
of Russian Saghallen, according to Mr.
Murakami, chief of the fishery bureau
of the department of agriculture and
commerce, who Is quoted Its the Yo
mlur!:
"None except those who really mean
business and are In a position to se
riously transact business will find any
place for them In Saghallen." said M.
Murakami. "All rights there are In
the hands of the military command,
and anyone that wants to go there,
row must obtain a permit from the
war office. Certainly the forests there
will yield plenty of wood pulp and
other raw material, while there are
rich coal mines nnd possibly oil wells.
But the chief product of that region Is
the output of the fisheries."
Speaking of the fishing rights In Sag
hallen, Mr. Murakami said that after
consultation with the army command
an auction was conducted nt Niko
lalevsk for those rights over which the
army command is able to furnish pro
tection. No detailed report of the auc
tion has been received. The bidders
had to file their applications with a
deposit to guarantee their good faith,
and they had to be persons who were
qualified -by long experience In fish
eries In that neighborhood.
W. H. A. COLEMAN,
Post Adjutant.
The Yomlurl says that many repu
table business establishments have
been holding back from enterprises In
Saghallen for fear of the competition
of adventurers and the hurt their rep
utations might suffer in a mad scram
ble for rights and concessions.— Japan
Advertisers.
HOLDING CHEMICAL TRADE
Statistics Show That Uinted States
Has Been Able to Hold High
Mark Set During War.
Official statistics for the fiscal year
1020 demonstrate that this country
has been able to keep its trade In
Chemical and allied products very near
the high mark set during the war, de
spite the loss of markets for purely
war supplies and despite the pressing
demands that must be met In the do
mestic market.
Such Is the conclusion reached by
O. I*. Hopkins, a well-known statis
tician, writing In the Journal of indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry.
"In almost all lines except muni
tions," he writes, "the exports in 1020
exceeded In value those of 1018. a fact
that can be explained in some cases,
perhaps, by rising prices, but which
nevertheless warrants the assertion
that the position has not been weak
ened. These exports, which very
greatly exceed those of the last nor
mal pre-war year, are made up almost
entirely of manufactured products.
"Imports have more than held their
own and comprise raw ami partly man
ufactured products required for for
thor advancement by American chem
ical manufacturers."
Largo numbers of sea lions on the
British Columbia coast which destroy
annually vast quantities of fish food
may be slaughtered ami their hides
placed on the world's leather market,
If a proposition which comes from
Premier Oliver and has the approval
of many experienced fishermen. Is car
ried out. The sea Hon weighs from
2,000 to 2,500 pounds, the hides being
nearly an Inch thick. These hides
make a tough and durable rough
leather such as is used In workmen's
gloves and In saddles. It Is stated
that these animals will eat 50 pounds
of fish In a day. Four hunters recent
ly killed several hundred sen lions In
one day In Charlotte Islands.—Scien
tific American.
Few flowers have been more Identi
fied with the world's history than the
mysterious lotus of Egypt. The phrase
"lotus eaters" Is a common one In lit
erature, and Is used to describe those
who live in a dream world. The food
made from the dried seeds of the
Egyptian variety seems to have had
an effect similar to various opium
products, and once In the clutch of the
drug the lotus eaters forgot both past
and family, and went mooning about,
oblivious of demands made by society,
kin, or even their own physical wants!
A diver was sent down recently at
New York to locate a case of machin
ery that had fallen into the river. As
soon as he reached the bottom he
signaled that he wished to come up.
When his helmet was removed, the
first thing he said was. "What's the
number of the case?" There were so
many cases at the bottom of the river
that he didn't know • which one be
longed to his employers. The amount
of cargo that Is lost in loading and
unloading ships Is enormous. — Popular
Science Monthly.
Recent experiments prove that, con
trary to the general belief, mosquitoes
do not thrive and multiply In foul,
stagnant water. In fact, mosquito lar
vae actually lose vigor and die when
surrounded by decomposed vegetation.
Whether this Is due to bacterial ac
tion on the larvae or to an excess of
injurious gas due to the decomposition
has not been ascertained. At any
rate, swamps are not guilty of encour
aging mosquitoes, and clearing these
swamps does harm.— Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
THE PULLMAN II KALI)
Sea Lion Leather.
"Lotus Eaters."
Davy Jones' Rich Cargo.
Mosquitoes Dislike Swamps.
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Buy Some Useful Article
For the Family Car
A Boyce Motor meter— to $10.00.
A warm Auto Robe —s6.7s to $11.50.
An Autoreelite Spot Light (three lights in one: spot
light, trouble-light and portable light); a won
saßmsmm derful present. Price $10. We will make Free asjamaß^Bfafj
- Installation after Christmas. „ „,.^._l
An Eveready Flashlight (always acceptable)—
to $2.50.
A Crescent Wrenchsl.oo to $2.25.
A pair of Krauter Pliers— sl.oo to $2.10.
A Radiator Cover for cold weather—s4.Bo to $6.00.
A pair of Weed Chains— to $11.50.
An extra Spark Plug—sl.oo.
A Goodyear heavy Tourist Tube (an extra tube is al
ways fine to have with you:.
A Goodyear All Weather Tread Tire (What would
be nicer than for all the members of the family
to pitch in and buy an extra tire. Goodyear tire,
for Dad's car?) —we will make you easy terms.
Baker Motor Company
Phone 81
Presents which will convey Christmas
greetings every day of
the year are
Edison Phonographs
Victrolas
Pianos
Player Pianos
I have a fine assortment of these in
• struments in a large variety
of beautiful styles
. Come in, look at them and test their
tone. Then make somebody happy
for months to come by giving one of
them as a Christmas present
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Pullman, Washington
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