Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 214, Hammond, Lake County, 3 March 1922 — Page 2

''AGE TWO

TfTK TIMES

AHLGREN

ADDRESSES LEGION POST

Th only waj to get your post taek on a firm fotlnjj Is for every ex-sfrv-lce man to get hl shoulders to th kheel. meet all obligations and then open the throttle wide" waa the admonition of St-ate Representative Osca.r AMgrren in his address before th icembers ajnt visitors of the Indiana Harbor American Legion Post No. 26 at a meeting beld In the Odd Fellows hall lavtt wvenlcg. In a brief way Representative AhlKren cava a summary of the talon's Inception, growth, aims principles and accomplUhmezns) In this region since the 4lrth of the organization. Mr. Ahltrren U an ex-servica man and a monxber of the Whiting: Legrion Post. Being engaged in active work in the Legion lnca receiving: bis discharge, from the army, fie understanda the difficulties and hardships that faoe the local oranlsation and the work required to owTcoJTie thesft. Roy VT. FWk. principal of the ash-Ing-ton grade school, and historian of the Indiana Harbor American Legion Post, gave an address on "The History of tha American Lesion." Mr. Folk recalled the forming of a small organisation In Paris during 191 S, while most oX the boys were still "over triers," to the present time; a glgantio organisation of approximately 10.000 poata In serenty departments of the states, every American possession and practically vry foreign country. "And standing on the thresh-hold of the organisation's fourth year. The American Legion has now mora than an enrolled membership of more than two and one-half million.' ?aid ilr. FtoJk, Ha aaJd thU within the three years of existence it has convinced the vast majority of the hundred and ten million honest Americana that Ha ideal a are pure and lofty, that Its actions are honest, and that its sole purTos 1st the defense and prormilg-ation of the principle of American democracy. The Legion historian brought oat the points In The American Lefflem preamble to tie constitution and the pmrpose of the ax-service mm of the World War susaooiatinir themselves toSe?her. "For God and Country," were th words of Mr. Koik in paraphrasing' what the Legion stands for. The main lecture of tha ever Lrir was Iter. Frank Maples cf the E.-tst Chi-c-aajo Co ngr en ti on aJ church, who gave his experience as a Y. II. C. A . worker la France. The "Battles t f Paris. Tasira," and other S. O. S. headquarters wr mentioned In humorous part of the speLkers address. Evorythinir however, wun't ae lovely for the minister S3 miht have been xpectod Rcrnet'mo in the early part of the wnr Rev. taptas was attached to a French army division aad ordered to the front line. His experiences thtrc in the 3ng-out, dcd.iDg "Jerry's"' missies and witnessing the ttiotx"' n e- flown of . n i 'u i . . " ' . 'A- . 1

Gained 1 6 Pounds and Am Brimful Of New Life and Energy, Thanks to TANLAC cry Thot. J. O'Donnell, 1S6 State St., Rochester, N. Y. Tanlac, by its action on the digestive and assimilative organs, builds up the entire system, bring back the glow to your cheeks, the spring to your step and the glorious feeling of buoyant health to every fibre of your body. At all good druggists.

human souls, was the other sida of thu war, viewed by tha minister. Organizing a Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion is understood to be the main factor to the live Harbor Post. Mrs. Robert Mc-Quilkin spoke on the work of the sisters, wives and mothers of ex-service men in organizing; an Auxiliary in Iiiclian;i Harbor. The speaking- program was augmented by vocal and instrumental musiJ rendered by prominent lmvil talvnt. The meeting- was closed with a dance and lunch. Chairman Tim of the entertainment committee is to be congratulated on his work of-drafting: such a complete and entertaining program.

work in the punch prows room of the plant when the liro started. The plant o ft he Shaler Company was entirely destroyed and other buildings in the vicinity were damaged. The total loss is estimated at $350,000.

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BE FIRE VICTIMS f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' WAl.'l'l'N, Wis., .March 3. Mr. Howard Carney and Miss Ktepla Michels are missing today an dart? believed to have perished in afire which destroyed the vulcanizing plant of C. II whaler and Co. The women were at

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KLKHATtT. Ind., March 3. The New York Ontral inilrnnd manaa-ement has

adopted a policy of using- the same locomotive to haul a passenger train between Chicago and Toltdo. instead of cranping engines rere. All passenger trains are included in tre order, with the exception of the Twentieth Century Limited, following a period of experimentation. Theso trains number twenty-seven. The company estimates it will save several hundred dollar daily, chiefly in the cost of coal. The cost of wipingthe engines an 1 otherwise Retting them ready for their next trips, is also a heavy item in the total estimated cost of about $20 for each enplne. The engineers and firemen change during the station stop here. The engineers hav expressed their perferenc

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HUNDREDS VANISH IN YEAR FROM NEW YORK

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) XEW YORK, Feb. More than 1.C00

persons were reported "missing," swaKowed up by the hug:e city during! the year 1921, according to the report . of Police Commissioner Knright. More than that number were located, re- ; timed to their homes or disposed of in other ways. . they were considered '.In.sccl canes." These fieures showed a decreape from

persons were reported missing and 1,. 996 were located. The previous year 1,895 were reported missing, and 2,234 were located. Crime of all kinds showed a decrease from the year 1320. according to the report, making a continued decline

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ing me merea.xe m population, the un settled industrial conditions and th increase in unemployment." Traffic accidents increased. i,,;t. f,..

er arrests were made for traffic violations. Persons killed by motor vehicles numbered 244, while 5,612 were injured.

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