The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1940, Page 11

e S — 1940 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3 ;‘ AM’ERKAN ufim PO“ | AMER!(AN" lEGION DEPARTMENT OF ALASKA, SHOWS‘ STEADY MEMBERSHID GROWTH I.EGISI.A“V 1. G e - b8 o \ AuflucAN.usGmN PAID-UP MEMBERSHIP—DEPARTMENT OF ALASKA—1924'TO 1910 : p [ B Compilation by J. T. (TOM) PETRICH, Department Adjutant DEPARIMm m | Location’ 1924 1925 1926 © C1927 1928 © ©193911980' 1931 1032 1933 - 1934 1935 1936 1937 16 1939 1940 A ] Anchorage No. 1. 80 84 72 T4 100 87 134 foa’ /100 152 146 165 186 178 131 164 Fyos Valdez, No. 2 31 25 21 1 1 10 13 13 13 10 18 a2 3& o ook b4 By E. M. POLLEY *| Gous 10s¢ of fides 1F obher nations ) Py WALTER B. KING erican Legion have done and are Ketchikan, No. 3. 81 59 66 87 142 126 142 216 127 108 167 153 168 142 100 27| iment Legislative Chalrman | to prove the solidness of our con- ¥ Vice-Commander doing everything within their | Juneau No. 4 105 90 121 114 166 157 182 160 147 18 138 170 201 154 156 167 175 T tentiong - B ' Department of Alaska power, individually and collective- | gaward, No. 5 20 36 27 46 20 23 54 60 67 63 4“4 45 40 37 41 38 40 Our position on these two mat- e . |1y, to carry: out ‘the mandates 1aid |y opnpel), No. 8 .... ' 38 38 a 30 26 2 49 52 5 14 52 40 3 : a1 42 34 | TFach convention of The Ameri-'ters is at ihe fore and we also lay , W For the past several months in down for them by the founders o . o " g 38 s 108 5 63 7 148 m 116 120 151 w6 86 w6 P 72 44 |cau Legion, Department of Alaska,| claim o jaaders in demandifg : the City of Juneau, Territory of of The American Legion, among i 18 It 10 9 7 13 14 16 13 | by resolutien or upon motion of s National Guard for Alaska. ': Alaska, the members of Alford John | them being the mandates to up- Nome No.9 18 : VIR | the assembly, duly carricd, directs These three subjects place us well 1 Biadiord Post No, 4 of the Ameri- hold and defend the Constitution | Unalaska, No. 10 4 ” - : v 3 that efforts be made to have the to the front, in prcparedness and ' y can Legion, been actively en- of the United States, to maintain Fairbanks, No. 11. 39 67 108 8y 84 90 114 157 177 % % ','“ J.l M‘l 101 ;' following session of the Territorial national defense. | 3 in preparing for another De- law and order and to foster and Haines, No. 12 51 73 43 48 53 Legislature pa laws remedying Child Legislation | [1I1IU.!( Convention and, judging | perpetuate a 100 percent Ameri- | Sitka, No. 13 36 29 32 2% 34 29 26 31 30 28 36 34 41 32 34 41 | some condition affecting the lives| We also claim distinction as ] by the kind of conventions which canism. Petersburg, No. 14 18 17 24 28 26 36 33 8 30 45 48 29 40 32 38 36 | of the people of Alaska lcading in attempting legisiation i the Legionnaires of the Capital 14 Beehives Palmer, No. 15 46 3 46 R | These attempts raight naturaily | looking for improvement in our : City have given us in the past, T\ gyery one of the 14 American Le-| Craig, No. 16 12 16 16 be of a selfish nature, affecting 18Ws to benefit the children In i‘ now that this convention Will be gion Posts in Alaska is a beehive Kodm'k No. 17 18 18 14 14 54 | only the lives of those who served| Alaska. In this respect we have been , lugger and better than any they for men who are striving to carty|guaovia No. 7 8 7 the nation in the World War of the first to sce the need, and have !, have put on during the Dast 20 cuy those mandates. By word and| >0 oo o T fress : . ~ | 1914-1918. However such has not [OF m"vl Ulmn( ten yoards. Sivcwd ¢ years, deed, 1 s & arries e p s ] = : 2 992 | been the rule, an ow of only @ great deal of time and talk, at- | However, putting on successful “I,\l(,dm,'::_(,:,i::‘ :::‘"r,:e L‘::(ikq"l': o TOTALS 502 532 629 562 061 658 006 1024 868 M1 85 861 1064 919 948 992 t’m r:-):].mw: e l‘i\‘:‘"b‘:m“""_"‘“‘: tempting to have laws placed upon \ conventions is not the ouly accom- | pijjs and on the trail, from Ket- " To 8/25/40. that the most biased person could! the books of our Territoty which | plishment which our Alaska Le-| chikan in the south to Nome in . interpret as coming under he head- 8l citizens of Alaska might point ¥ wites can be given credit for the ndrth, these men, Who Were|pe the living torch of freedom and the United States of America. And the Post has become an important ing of selfish, or class, legislation. 2 With pride. as a monument to any means. In Alaska, as else- ready to lay down their lives if| democracy for all nations of the as law enforcement officers, in factor in the development and wel- (H“.D WELFARE Our deliberations have been for| the youth and widowed mothers of . here throvghout the Nation, the peed be in order that this great! earth, are doing their “bit” to help whatever capacity it may be, they fare of the community and its of- the benefit of all the persons re- Alaska. Others are organized to & 1 almost 1,060 members of The Am- | pation of theirs might continue 10| make the Territory of Alaska the maintain law and order cven at|ficers are frequently called into NH{ER IS HERE siding in Alaska, and I might add;| Rrotect thr wel bejng of certtft i) : greatest and best and most law imminent hazard of life consultation by the men and women |1 not favored any particulas Adult groups who gf: residiuis of | Alaska, but tie A .ericun Legion & G abiding district in Uncle Sam’s Covasaningie. Ansst having the best interests of their class of Alaska residents. This 5 A 2 ) unity at heart whenever s FROM NA pxtremely g > wi o stands alome,. dedicoted o the domain. t feel that @ copimunity at he whenever some extremely at variance with charges: ™" g Fo $ in Al | | l one of the great 5 i mpr dledge th veLy el In Alaska, practically every city ... 4 . ™" néw undertaking or civic improve- | directed against us as an organi- Pledg ool # ’ assels that' any. community Cah ene.js contemplated. G "zation, but proves the wise direc-|Should have equal gpportuitics 1o or town in which an American 4 . 5 possibly have, not only in Alaska, f pedd . education, a-héall body nnd Legion Post is located can boast t o F % ;.| And be it said to the credit of tion hich our Department. has . y calelly bod ! be but elsewhere throughout the Unit- o 0 o0 B0 oion Posts in Al campbe” VISI'S Maska o e U | DeRArmENE 05 permitted” to_eri i Y ! of | doctrine of true Americanism. As i : ; } of some civic improvement, .SOMe | oq geates, is-an American Legion s g | worth while movement stacted and| post with. o live, up and going set| 28 that' no Post has vet fallen Posts — At Depan. it has been in existcuce. Laboring classes 1/ + Alaska | fostered, ‘and carried, to. comple-| of cgfioors. ' sontrol. and . an ac-| SOM% In its community service Lod Dattnks’ ChimbaiEn have found the Aris Legion ! fion by, Its. Leglon Bosk. A3, Bi6| ive industrious, wide-awake mems| V0%, NOF a8 Ay oSt lost the ment Convention Our conventions have been per- Well to the frant in trying to im | Brothers to the Boy Scouts, they ber;hi m hac"('““‘m ‘“p‘ Through confidence and respect of the peo- istently advocatine the construc- Prove the cn?m . umm_whlch H | strive to inculcate in the minds jpo 'm,:mmm,w'l” ronram theve | PI€ Of its community, nor failed . AT A tion of an International Highway they provide tic stindard of living | of the young men of the coms| i’ nojimic ’“') e vl-m:i fhat 5 them when called upon for - Millon D, ‘Campbell, Assistant Di- upq the urgency of the need tor a Which each American working man A { munity i Which they 1ive, by Dre-| sioss sk -do for.the. city or:folwn| 2nce o cooperation—gll of which rector of Child Welfare of The| fiit Jine of defense laid in Alaskq, Strives to maiatein : i | cept. and. example,. the, apirit: @nd | i ol 1. is. located ty or toWn .o.iainly speaks well, for the Am-| American Legion, Indianapolis, i8S pi ya5 peen nea Spotlight on Traitors ! | in which it is located. erican Legion in Alaska. here to attend the Department| ocoliiions on These are. in the main, the foun- That the several cities and towr dations ol our legislative program Conyention. /| were first disc ! in our mnual | citizens they, can be depended upon | ety { to uphold as well as to d»-‘:‘ AlAsks ';‘“““ SRtk AT e He passed through Juneau sev= counci fend the Consiitution and laws of | denced by the spirit of cooperation eral weeks ago to the Westward Delegate to Congj o | i manifested between the Posts and| Regarding the origin of the|io visit Legion Posts and has res|and other national figures, praying ——-- | citizens of their community; and name Alaska, the “Geographic| turned for the Department Con- that those vested with powers thi y of Alaska” s petsons who are the disciples of We Ti': Owr Hats to the ‘ to such an extent has this coop- Dictionary aska” says: “This| vention, accomplish such matters investi- i 4 “ Gr eration advanced that today, in word is the corruption of some ymEkel] Rns Slsib 6 hovor sbl fate our s in the premises| dictator hosses of foreign “isms, ome ocel'y cach city or town where an Am- native word or phrase, the mean-| ok e K We were able Some of which (I am ashamed tq i ! and act : erican Legion Post is established, ing of which is uncertain.” or now, as they have been in the past. Added to these, we of late have taken the initiative in throwing sotlight of publicity on those s sent to the from Alasks n dinner here, was a speak- iti angr : to sce the need for, and the ad-|J8Y) are citizens of our coungry by ! i 56 15 es 8 3 s ertain. r at the Chamber of Commerce S o i . | AMERICAN LEGION || Anericas Meat Co. e, G, e i, % A L G Bt ] ‘ bulwark. guaranteeing our national| 8ttach the shame due any traitor, | l | i | PV R d SRS SR T R S CESF R N SR - 3 i { To thos¢ of foreign birth, whom we s - ‘ Home Emcery 1 WELCOME |, “Tri. ivet. Whitads Biataa<President| [ Tt 1o pleasing to sec our early|lave too readlly accepted as citly zens, I wonld deprive of that pro= L] N !.nqunr Store bk | who was born an American rather| ideas bearing fruit, but some cf H [than a British subject was Martin| the joy is tamnted with the know-| tection imncdiately upon convics We express our sincere wishes , LEGIONNAIRES OF THE 21ST ANNUAL | |vin puren’ : the Joy s Lunted with the Know- | \i"as traitors to ihie land of thelr ¥ choice. Officials with administra- e duties who fail to act in such S SOOI ' 1Y instances should be barred from eve 2in having the opportunity to display rubber backbones, or & lack of that courage which we have | so long admired in our heroes of erday, in cur national affairs, I am proud to serve The Amgri- | cun Legion in Alaska as it's De- partment Lgzislative Chan‘man.; th 194 i : ‘ | ;: gsggqun%eg :2)?12 “;ei‘,iofi’ | migh Q,mmy AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION || i {. 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