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t THE ALLIANCE HERALD. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1021 A i i AMERICAN LKUION NOTES "No plan for future preparedness can be carried out without the support of tho American legion," paid General l'ershing during his talk at the ban quet held in hit honor in Lincoln Fri day night. "National Preparedness" was the general subject of the toa.t list, the other Fpcakers being Chancel lor Avery of the University of Ne braska, Earl Cline, pant state com mander of the American Legion, Gen eral Omar Dundy, commander of the Seventh army corps and Robert G. Simmons, department commander of the Legion. The entertainment arranged by the general's home post of the Legion was ihe feature of his brief stay in Lincoln. Several hundred local Legionnaire, roany visiting post delegations, veter ans of the civil and Spanish wars and city officials turned out to do honor to the nation's general. General l'crtdiing was frankly delighted to be among "home folks" and entered heartily into the spirit of the occa sion. Each speaker on the toast list em- ?hasized the necessity of America's eing prepared for any eventuality, preparing for war before it come rather than after. The new national military program was outlined, and the legion urged to support the na tional guard and the citizens' military training camps. General Pershing also expressed his own deepest inter est in the matter of the disabled ex service men, and explained that the government was now organized to take care of these cases in a satis factory manner. The audience rose and cheered for several minutes when the general entered the room and sev eral times interrupted the speaking by their applause. An informal reception was held after the banquet and most of those present met and talked with lenerals Pershing and Bundy and th state legion officials. The melting pot works overtime In the little town of Frontenac, Kansas. In a population of less than 2,000, twenty-two nationalities are abiding in peace. All of them are represented in the local posts of the American Legion and its unit of the woman's auxiliary. More than ninety per cent of the Le gionnaires are members of the United Mine Workers, employed In the coal mines near Pittsburg, Kas. When it was proposed that the fa mous Hindenburg wooden statue, into which the former kaiser drove a gold nail and the common German iron one, should be sold at public auction, an American appeared on the scene. He offered 30,000 marks for the figure. Pressed us to his reason for buying the statue of the boche general, the Amer ican declared that he proposed to bring it to America and let Americans drive nails in it again at the rate of twenty five cents a nail. Half the proceeds would go to the American Ieginn and the other half to the Red Cross. gone on record unanimously as en dorsing the American liCgion and leaders of the labor organization will be among the principal speakers at the Iowa Ieion convention in Spirit Lake next fall, according to the state head quarters of the ex-service men's or ganization. The endorsement came at a recent state labor convention at Burlington following an address by J. C. Lewis, newly elected president, who urged union men to support the American Legion "until such time as there is conclusive reason to believe that it op pones the union associations." Stanford MacNidcr, Iowa Legion commander, received an unusual ova tion from the labor delegates when he declared: "The Legion has no quarrei with labor. Anyone who says so lies. You have a lot of veterans among your members. If you don't like the way the Legion is being run, get into it and cast your votes." A house-to-house canvass of the en tire city of Chicago has been under taken by posts of the American Legion in seeking out veterans who have been unsuccessful in adjustment of compen sation claims with the government. A recent membership campaign in Illi nois netted a gain of 10,000 members for the first four months of 1921 over the corresponding period of last year. The Iowa federation of labor has The success of the American Le gion's two year fight to obtain relief for disabled veterans of the World war is threatened by an amendment in the Sweet bill, orginially drawn to decen tralize the bureau of war risk in surance, according to F. W. Galbraith, Jr., Legion national commander, who has sent a letter to all members of congress uring them to support the unamended bill. The Sweet bill provided for the es tablishment of fourteen regional of fices of the war risk bureau and such sub-offices as might be necessary. Every office would have the power to examine, rate and award compensation claims, near complaints and grant medical care. This decentralization was one of the chief recommendations of President Harding's special com mission on veterans' affairs, which was headed by Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes. Recently a sub-committee of the house of representatives reported the unamended Sweet bill favorably The committee of the whole, however, amended section 6 of the bill so that regional offices would be able to ex ercise the functions of the central of fice, "except to make compensation and insurance awards and grant voca tional training." "Tho amendment does not permit sufficient decentralization of the forces of the veterans' bureau to enable that organization to go into the field and meet its problems." said Mr. Galbraith. "The restrictions imposed by the amended section would so hamper the veterans' bureau that redemption of the disgraceful conditions of neglect end maladministration which have characterized the government's hand ling of the disabled problem will not be possible under this measure." legion members are urged to ask their congressmen to vote against the amendment. ELLSWORTH We have no complaint to make about the dry weather. Abundant rainfall has been our blessing this season. However the roads through the sand hills are now in excellent condition. Miss Stufia Duknt of Spade is now working at the Wightman home. Considering the wet weather the dance, Saturday, June 4th, was well attended, there being some sixty peo ple present. Another good dance will be given Saturday, June IS. Mrs. C L. Murphy and children were Bingham visitors the latter part of the week, Mrs. Murphy's mother returning with her for a short visit Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Young, Win. Brennean and Perry Law motored to Alliance the latter part of the week. F. M. Hoenshell was an Ellsworth business visitor the fore part of the week, stopping over night and inci dentally taking his usual trimming from the Ellsworth sharks at progres sive whist. A very nicely contested base ball game was played between Ellsworth and Bingham Sunday on the home diamond, the home team winning by a 9 to 6 score. The game was close and exciting throughout and was en joyed by a goodly number of fans. Sunday. June 12th we play Lakeside on the home diamond. This promises to be a very good game as we lost to Lakeside two weeks previous by a 7 to 6 score. New uniforms and equip ment have been ordered for the Ells worth team and we expect to have them for the game Sunday. Marvin Ellsbury who enlisted in the navy about a year ago is now home, having received an honorable medical discharge. Marvin has. many interest ing things to tell us as he was on the united fleet trip around the world and has visited nearly every principal sea port. The Ellsworth Fourth of July cele bration is going forward with great success and a meeting will be held Saturday in Ellsworth for all inter ested in the celebration. Watch for bills. Don't forget the baseball game at Ellsworth Sunday. We are out to even up our defeat and we will need your support. Mrs. Walter Wightman and children are expected to arrive from Omaha I this week. Miss Margaret Kennedy who is now visiting in Omaha will re 1 turn with Mrs. Wightman. IMPORTANCE OF LITTLE TIIINGS She: Just think of it! A few words mumbled, by the minister and people are married. He: Yes, and, by George, a few worda mumbled by a sleeping husband and people are divorced. Boston Transcript SAD ASSOCIATIONS "I can't play billiards in the winter time at all." "Why, not?" "Evervtime I get to knocking those three balls around it reminds me of my overcoat" Gargoyle ( Michigan). We should worry when a man blows his own horn unless, of course, it should be Gabriel. Another way to prevent mail rob beries is to put the robbers in jail and keep them there. It 13 noteworthy that a five-room bungalow can be built in eight hours, but nothing is said about the fact that a tenant can be found for it in eight minutes. "What's the charge, officer T" "Vagrancy, your honor. He was loafing around a street corner." "Ah. impersonating an officer." Puppet (Carnegie Teen.) Why do the thin lemon-fed girls think they have to wear low waists and high skirts just because the corn fed girls look good in them? THE UNIVERSAL CAR NEW PRICES on Ford Cars Effective June 7, 1921 Those who have been waiting for a reduction in Fords need wait no longer. Place Your order early. SEZmFFJ &wr f. o. b. factor y 01d price Touring car, without starter $440.00 Runabout car, without starter $395.00 Touring car, with starter $510.00 Runabout car, with starter . $465.00 Goupelet ..." $745.00 Sedan $795.0Q Truck $545.00 New Price Reduction $415.00 $370.00 $485.00 $440.00 $695.00 $760.00 $495.00 $25. $25. $25. $25. $50. $35. $50. 00 00 00 00 00 00 The above message was received from the Ford Motor Company this (Tuesday) morning to take effect at once. GOURSEY & MILLER Brailla characters nre, of course, read with the fingers, but one armless blind man has been taught to read with his tongue. Herald Want Ads 1( a word. Fourteen food articles have in creased in price and 29 decreased, and some of us will ne unable to satisfy our hunger outside of the 14. VACUOUS He: "I've an awful cold inmyhead." She: "Well, that's something." Brown Jug. , STEALING "If I should kiss you, would it be petty larceny?" "No, it would be grand." Jester. It is not every man's friends who think the more of him the more they know of him. Some of the job seekers are discov ering that the plura tree isn't over bearing. Even a counterfeit American dollar ought to go better than Russian ruble. It rams But it IT WAS "company night" ... BUT WHEN I got home. ... I POUND the Browns. ... HAD A sick baby. ... AND COULDN'T coma. ... 80 I chortled "Oh, Joy. ... WONT 8UE and I have. ... SWELL EATS for two!" ... BUT NO, Sue sail. ... "YOU DON'T suppose. ... I'D WASTE all this rood. -... JUST ON youf ... AND SO I said. "LETS PHONE the Smith." ... BUT THEY had headaches. ... THEN WE tried the Joneses. ... AND THEY fell for It ... AND WHEN grub for four. WAS JUST about ready. ' r THE PHONE beU tinkled. pours.1 AND THE Brown baby waa better. ... AND A minute later. ... THE 8MITHS changed their mlnf ... AND THE Missus fainted. "OH, WELL," I said. THE MORE the merrier . . WHAT'S THE difference!! .... IP THERE Isn't enough foodj : Y I'LL FEED the males. ... 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