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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1925)
There are a hundred good reasons why every American who is eligible to join the Ameri can Legion should join Omaha Post Number 1. Of these hun dred reasons we offer but two, either of which ought to be sufficient evidence of the value of Amrican Legion Member ship. FIRST—It is the DUTY of every ex-service man or woman eligible to membership to join the American Legion because of the work the Legion has done and is doing for disabled veterans. “Help carry a buddy’s pack” is more than a mere phrase—it is an obligation upon hu manity and a problem to which the Legion alone knows the an swer. i * * SECOND—The eyes of the Nation are on Omaha as the city designated for the Na~ tional American Legion Convention in October. The responsi bility of entertaining the largest and most unique convention in the history of the Legion rests upon the Omaha Post. It is your duty to your buddies, your city and your state to help keep Omaha Post the largest American Legion Post in the world. Don’t wait for a solicitor to “drag you in.” Call Headquarters at 16th and Farnam streets and join now! The need is great. The cost negligible. It is an honor that but one in twenty may enjoy. JOIN THE LEGION NOW! 1 BM 1 I I ■ I ■ I ■ Here Is the List of Some of the Things U Omaha Post No. 1 Did During 1924— I ; Maintained 5-bed ward in local hospital which Assisted with over 2,000 claims of veterans for has provided hospitalization for several hundred disability compensation, vocational training and lervice men. hospitalization. m aw y y • • The Post’s employment bureau secured approx- Assisted with over 2,000 claims of veterans for Membership Lsnip&isn u°° ^ ^,h*pa,t >ear f°r “ervite 1-10 1 . %T.l I 1 • Provided meals and lodging for 500 men. " H aK /nH TH l\h Gave assistance to approximately 5,000 men Provided service men and their families, and M. Jm 4tfllVI CW • til 111V1 VIUl Y W In applying for the government Adjusted Com- a,so a ]arf?P n„mber of transient veterans, with pensation certificates. articles of clothing turned in by members of the Conducted twenty funerals of service men. ' Post. Collaborated with American War Mothers in Maintains a trained liaison officer who repre placing name plates on irees planted in memory veterans before the \ eterans Bureau. He of deceased service men ,n Preparing their claims, and in case of • _ — A V W A ya y ^ ° riissaatisfaction with the rating or diagnosis given f n JL m ^ I l^kl __ | Co-operated with existing agencies in the pro- by the Bureau, he argues the claim before the I I Ljk ijL B W I I motion of Americanization work. Rating Board. 111 * ^ A Sponsored a Bov Scout troop. , Provides the service of a lawyer in cases be The World s Largest Legion Post . JM SSMDrum and P" -~Ubli!hed. Medics, Clini, cpmp0SPd o£ • Provided Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets leading specialists of the city, who examine ser- j for families of fifty service men. vjce mPn who are not satisfied with the diagnosis ^ ’ Provided a Thanksgiving and a Christmas din- or rating given them by the medical staff of the ner for thirty transient service men. Veterans’ Bureau. I * JHELP CARRY A BUDDY’S PACK ~ This Page Contributed to Omaha Post No. 1, American Legion by the Following Generous Firms and Individuals A Friend m Walter W. Head ^/ John Deere Plow Co. j&tf Ford Transfer and Storage Co. ' / Central Typewriter ^ jri Guarantee Fund Life ^ H. A. Wolf Co. Randall K. Brown John Hopkins Epsten Lithographing Co. Dr. A. S. Pinto Sam Reynolds Nebraska Power Co. H. O. Wilhelm Co. Eggers O’Flyng Strand Theater Acorn Press Gordon Rainalter Co. Bernis Omaha Bag Co. Beddeo Clothing Co. The Pantoriuin Herbert S. Daniels Nicholas Oil Corporation T. C. Byrne George &; Co. Byers Bros. & Co. Roy A. Sheppard Shuler & Carey