Legion44 Armies”
Launch Campaign
City-Wide Drive to Keep
Omaha Post Largest in the
World in Progress This
Month.
Three "arm!es• of member-getters,
under direction of Ted Metcalfe, are
waging a campaign to retain for
Omaha Post No. 1, the honor of be
ing the world’s largest post of the
American Legion.
This post, last year, as Douglas
County Post No. 1, held the honor
with an enrollment of 2,678.
The membership of the local or
ganization today Is 1,205, which, ac
cording to Commander Leo Bozell, is
greater than that of any other legion
post at this date.
"Our present 1924 membership has
eome In without solicitation,” said
Dozell. "The campaign now being
waged, and which will continue until
February 15, should Increase our
membership beyond last year's
figures.
Actlve In Welfare Work.
"Probably no organization In tha
country has performed more welfare
work among ex-service men and their
families than the local legion post.
"In 1923, we provided food, clothing,
fuel and medical attention In 1,200
cases, besides maintaining a legion
ward at St. Joseph hospital. We se
cured more than 3.000 Jobs for former
service men. We handled more than
2.000 claims of ex-soldiers for com
pensation, back pay, insurance, etc.,
and officiated at a score of funerals,
In several cases paying the expense
of burial.
Lead “Armies.”
Sam Reynolds, Harry Stevens and
Phil Downs are leading the three
membership “armies." Under earh
‘commander’’ are seven "top ser
teanta," each with a squad of seven
.lien.
The campaign for members will
'ast until February 15.
University Students
Must Be Good Boys
special Dlnpalch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, Feb. J.—Because they
asked a girl to go riding with them
last week, Eugene C. Leggett, Frank
Fisher and Claxit Gambon, univer
sity students, must go to church every
Sunday, must stay away from public
dances and bad company, pay their
bills promptly, work part time, and
must not touch liquor.
This was the ruling of Police Judge
E. B. Chappell today, when he paroled
the trio until September 1.
The “girl" in question proved to
be the wife of a Lincoln policeman.
Fisher is minus a tooth which the
policeman husband knocf.ed out, be
fore arresting him.
Still Time to Give
to Free Shoe Fund
Still there is time to give to the
Free Shoe fund. Much cold weather
is ahead and numerous little children
have no shoes.
"Inasmuch" as you do it for one
of “the least of these," you do it for
’.lie Master.
Send or bring cash or check to The
Omaha Bee and it will be put to 100
per cent use supplying shoes to the
little waifs. Acknowledgment will be
made in this column.
rrevinu*l.r arknou lodged . SI.Ml.AA
A Friend, Mend. N'eb. 2.00
Sfr, end Mr*. D. Donovan. I-mil -
villa. Colo. . 2.00
Tonne Israelite* Aworiation of
•lie Counrll Bluff* Hebrew
wheel s.oo
Mr*. D. E. Cole, Lexington, Neb. 2.00
Total .* 1,5J» S«
Life Passes Him By,
Takes His Own Life
Chris Kggc.. v/as 40, s laborer and
out of work. Ho lived In a bare room
in the Dodge hotel, 109 South Thir
teenth street.
Wealth, fame and love, all had
passed him by.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 the .38
caliber bullet which he shot into his
body penetrated Just over the heart.
Ue Is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Nohne Jurgenson, 4838 South Twen
ty-fourth street; Mrs. Minnie Mceves,
Virgil, 8. ,D., and three brothers,
Henry. Hartlngton, Neb.; Peter, Mur
dock, S. D., and Fred, Colome, S. D.
Utica Farmer Is Robbed;
Threatened With Torture
By AiMM-iated. PreiR,
Utica. Neb., Feb. 2.—Ous Shumann,
living four miles east of here, was
robbed of $66 early this morning by
five masked men who he said threat
ened him with death by scorching the
bottom of his feet with torches end
tying a rope around his neck.
Shumann told Sheriff Scott that the
men broke down the door of his
house and threatened hl/n with death
If he did not reveal the hiding place
of his money and after taking it they
escaped In a small car. The sheriff
expressed the belief that local men
or boys had robbed Shumann.
Beatrice City Officials
Arc Out for Re-Election
Beatrice, Neb., Fob. 2.—City politic
warmed up todny wh n Mayor C. C.
l'arlow and Treasurer J. TJ. High fllrd
ps candidate** for re-election. J. It.
KIM*, another members of the board,
In also a candidate for re election and
will file the first of the week. A num
ber of other candidate*, including
Kay Heffollnger, former mayor, and
Charles Doyle, merchant, have pigni*
fied their intention of entering the
race.
Physician at Holmsville
Tb Robbed of Narcotics
Dcatricc, Neb., Feb. 2.—Thieves en
tered the office of Dr. D. L. Noble at
Holmsville, seven miles southeast of
hire, and stole a largo quantity of
opium and dover powders which also
contain a small amount of the drug.
Kntrance was gained by prying open
» rear window. This is the third time
the doctor's office has been broken
Into by dope fiends the last few years.
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Union Outfitting Co.
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GENERAL
$147.50 Two-Piece Living Room $|1^Q 5G
Suite, Upholstered in Tapestry I/O"
This loose cushion suite for $98.50
is another example of the dollars
you can save on Living Room
Suites in this February Sale.
Each piece is full size, with com
fortable backs and coil spring
seats luxuriously overstuffed in a
serviceable, rich looking tapestry.
Terms $7 JO Cash, $5.00 Monthly
Simmons Monday for the February Sale Sim
q . mons, built for sleep, link fabric *** x
OprmgS springs, worth $6.00, are on sale for—
'his Was the Order Front
ihe General Manager:
“To Every Department Man
ager: To fittingly observe the
February Furniture Sale prices
must be reduced 10% to 50%.
“Every floor of the eight-in this
huge store must be gone over.
No department is to be spared.
All must contribute to make this
a never-to-be-forgotten event.”
And so prices are reduced
throughout the store, bringing
very substantial savings—and
only a hint of the many values
can be pictured.
Free Tickets
to our Dance at Empress Rustic Garden
Wednesday night, when we give a dia
>mond ring away, can be secured at the
store.
$98.50 Walnut Veneer
2-Piece Suite $69.50
This is a Jamestown make suite in beau
tiful veneer. It is attractive in design
and well constructed. The Bed has a
how-end foot—the Dresser has a 42-in.
top and French plate mirror.
Goods Sold Out of Town
On Easy Term*—Write for Information
Within a radius of 50 miles of Omaha we de
liver purchases of $100.00 or over to your
door wherever reasonably posible.
A Simmons
$14.00 Bed
Full size, rigidly built
steel bed in walnut finish
with 2-inrh continuous
posts and 1-inch fillers.
$52.50 Bed $4050
Davenport
An attractive model in solid
oak with back and roil spring
seat covered with brown,
imitation leather.
$42.50 Queen $4Q50
Anne Buffet
Finished in beautiful wal
nut, it comes with 48-inch
top, drawer lined for silver
and linen compartments.
$10.00 Kitchen $£95
Table, Only 0
Ha* rijridly bolted, white
enameled frame, sanitary,
easily cleaned porcelain top
and roomy drawer.
45-lb. Cotton $749
Mattress for ■
Carefully built from selected
totton with roll edge and
tufted top covered with a
serviceable art ticking.
$42.50 Tall
Chifforobe
For that room without *
closet here is a model in
solid oak with roomy ward
robe, spacious drawers and
hat compartment.
$27.50 Breakfast Suite $14.95
A very artistic suite for your breakfast nook, comprising: a
dropleaf Table and four comfortable Chairs carefully built of
unfinished wood, so you can paint to suit your fancy or to
match the walls of the room where it is placed.
Convenient, Easy-to-Pay Terms
$195.00 Dining Suite $129.50
A handsome suite of eight pieces iri genuine walnut veneer,
comprising a 54-inch Buffet with many compartments a
Dining Table that can extend to six feet five ( hairs nnd an
Arm Chair with soft tapestry seats.
Terms—$10 Cash, $7.50 Monthly
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Exchange
Department
For the convenience of our custom
ers we maintain an Exchange Dc
parment that will take in your old
furniture at a fair value and apply
it as a first payment on any new
rugs or furniture you may select.
L ave on a
Rug
Seamless Tapestry
Ruga, 1o»k wearing
8-3x10-8 sizes in
rich patterns are
Axminiter Rugs,
new spring patterns
in 7-8x9 sizes, only
Seamless Velvet
Rugs, 0x12 room
sizes in many beau
tiful pattern'--, are
$O950
Factory Demonstration
All This Week of the New 1924 “Edison”
Electric Washers
Free
Souvenir*
to All
Vi»itor*
W'e are Gmahrf agents for the “Edison" Electric
Washing Machine and know the wonderful record
for service it has in hundreds of Omaha homes.
Special Terms for the Demonstration
Theft $5.00 Per Month
You can save enough each month on laundry or
laundress bills to quickly pay for this splendid
washer.
The mechanism of the “Edison" Electric is simple, hut of great
strength the motor can run the machine and wringer at the
rnme time. The tubs are of rypress (the wood everlasting*
The wringer is fitted with ballbearings is adjustable and
equipped with safety release device.
This
“Edison”
Elccric
Many
Other
Models
^ UNION ,jgm
) Outfitting (ftffifl
" COMPANY iii
s. e. con. 16th d. Jackson
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During the Closing Days
• of the
% Off
Sale
Women Everywhere
arc taking advantage
of the opportunity to
secure smart, becom
ing apparel at a sav
ing of HALF, with
the added advantage
of paying no money
down.
Come Monday, as the
offer is for a limited
time only.
All Winter Suits
Vi Price
All Winter Coats
Vi Price
Wool Dresses Y2
All $19.50 Dresses at. § 9.75
All $24.50 Dresses at . 812^25
All $29.50 Dresses at. §14.75
All $37.50 Dresses at. §18 75
All $44.50 Dresses at. §22!25
S & H Stamps with Any Purchase
Any Man’s or Boy’s
I This smashing price reduction
brings a saving that makes it
worth while anticipating future
needs. Nothing is reserved and
you have the advantage of con
venient. easy-to-pay terms.
Men's
Suits
25% Off
i,.>od-lookirg Suits with TWO pair of
pants suits of sorgo amt medium
weight fabrics you e an wear this
pving all go on tale a* a FOIRTH off
MS money down if you come this week
