The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1944, Page 16

l’Abl: FOUR | cut stut: EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 NS ISSSUNSFSIRCT EENEG i BORDING'S | TRANSFER | '+ EXTENDS THE DAILY ALA My husband is m' Post 119 of The American Legion here a real friend in need. Egano was driving home from |Camp Crowder, Mo., on his first furlough since returning from ooseve ' r a e’ Alaska. He had 30 “flats” on his l' ‘hdd tire between St. Louis and In- |dianapolis, and finaly the tire blew | lout. s | merlcan eglon ! He hiked into Greenfield and Hooray! We Welcome the Legion and its ; WE EXTEND GREETINGS to the LEGION!! Commercial Liquor Store We Handle the BEST . . . LIQUORS — WINES — BEERS sought help from the Red Cross in b ] Igemng another tire. He was sent a tion board. Unsuccessful h‘. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—The sud-|ijea, It was enthusiastically re-i o * ¥ S ppe den death of Brig. Gen. Theodore | | ceived. (heu‘ he was referred to The Am- mncnn Legion by the Red Cross. Auxiliary Roosevelt, Jr., 56, son of the 26th, GREETINGS “ 4 his dii ther- | E 1 d President, in Normandy, July 12,/ 'WhY not let ‘l;" “”“’t'n‘:“om | Legionnaire Lends Own Tire 10 Juneaul | PHONE 52 Xienas saddened the hearts of American N8 consider itelf as a temporary| commander Russell listened sym- » ] Leglon officials ahd members the;cOmMittee to launch' the moOVe-|pathetically to the soldier's story.| Slons A )mt‘nl? asked Roosevelt. He himself served with the 115th to i e | Gre(:‘illlgs “ This was done unanimously. pngineers, 38th Division, in France | General Roosevelt who Wwas Te- p o cevelt was elected temporary Gy i st War, The | sponsible more than any one else ., .irman, Clark temporary vice| “Well ks that yoi get Home? | h for tr ception of The Ameri- i W mporary sec- ! n b i 3 " H b Sh H | 10 I e C:I" Lemms:]xi,KdLi;d 1:( a heart attack :,l.]::.yban st e e ‘S‘xl’: ::;d.“ e el al ol “l {l“e TryUsFor-- ® Lunches ® Fountain Service Candies LEGION | and ifs as he rested quietly in a captured qys gemporary committee made| |German truck which he was using as his office right on the invasion He took the soldier to his garage, | the arrangements for the h‘““’”"\nvked up his car, removed a tire ® Mixers The Suga r Bowl assistant commanding general of the 4th U. S. Infantry Division. He was laid to rest in the 4th Division military cemetery in ganizations organized a veterans''get home,” Commander Russell said society and named it The Ameri- po then arranged for a lift for the can Legion. |soldier to get him and the tire Roosevelt did not attend the pack to the stranded machine wheie Paris Caucus because he took onyrrs Bgano was waiting. WE ARE ALWAYS §| GLAD TQ SERVE {| front in France. Up td" the mo- y49 4¢ which more than 1,000{y0 as nee 3 : - T.i, P — I RY ¢ ¢ o 10001570 as ded by Private Egano. AN @® Tobaccos AMERICAN | mene or s aeain e nad contin- Gt rom vavious AP o i, et o ey Phone 352 1 AUXILIA ued his strenuous daily duties as 3 during Paris Caucus, March 15 to 1T!which happened to be of the same | - 'y 1 France to sleep forever in the soil o yegignment of returning to the| : YOU' oS g 9 o8 Y | After the soldier got the tire on H PHONE 773 Convenilon of Prance where his brother QuUeN- y;iieq gtates immediately t|nis car, he turned around and| Y tin lies, who was killed in the last ,, oy, 5 simultaneous movement|qrove back to Greenfield. He won:i ’ W“O“] virds v baboge s’ dbgd, there: It was his directing Renlu&\;"mghl W Aha WHoE oF - St e sl o that brough about the St. Louis,| Greenfield Reporter and gave him i SR General Ropsevell had f‘njoyed A'Mo., Caucus, May 8, 9 and 10,/ (ha tboi: visit with his son, Quentin, & ¢ap- jg19 gt which the organization of! 1 want all Greenfield to know tain .of the 1st Division. #The 1yo American Legion was com-|what o fine fellow this Legion by General's brother Major Kermit ;104 fe himself, as temporary!commander is” the soldier told MaY YOU.I‘ VISH n Juneau |Roosevelt, died a little more than .,.iyman called the caucus toihe editor. . la year ago while on active service ... et 3 % y ¢ | Five days later the express com- B . UF e e e k;‘“"“’d s Roosevelt Refuses Office [pany delivered the tire to, Com- ea 3 Greelln s (24 F.“h::] o dori Y. igin,, [O0seveElt wak: given, an ovation.\mander Russell along with a fer- 3 [t YRS SIS RS ' The delegates by acclamation |vent letter of thank L R b d / g before the Armistice, that General i, .o 1o elect him as permanent| e o Ong' emempere ne ¢ To Alaska Roosévelt couceivfd e ideta of (hairman. But Roosevelt refused | l d E A | helping to organize a great as- i, (4xe any office in the new or-| ‘soclanon of American veterans ganization lest kis doing so mlghl 4 ea ‘ urope ces egionnaires | i e doc i e A sipeon ot v e o e w E 0 S' ) o {that time he was convalescing in ,o...¢ion [ e Xpress ur lncere Base Hospitai 2 in }?nris, after dis- Although Roosevelt never ac-! - T o 7/\“? tm.guxshed service with the 1st Di- cepted an elective office in The welco..'(’ . wlshes thai Your l 44 epartmeni ws‘lon. : y e American Legion, he held a number ' & % o 1 a park across Irom the hoS- . committeeships. His popularity Legronnumnr | fAlaska Conveniion Be 13 pital one day he met Sgt. Willlam i pegionnaires everywhere was g L 0 Patterson of the 26th U. S. In- immense. F: “”d { . ' fantry, convalescing from a. wound o served on the national execu- | b, ad d T Oroug uccess: the in the knee and later killed in o committee from May to No- /‘“x.llary | # 00 “C“g"- i 5 ks vember 12, 1919; he was a member | i “Expect to be back soon, ser- o . : Fidgic s ket H H . r | o ST of the committee in civil sel : { “Y(, 11"(,’ Wlth Y“.l m “’lo KP?“"; Roosevelt then a major in- | oterence in 1921; of the com- g JACK FARGHER q“';fl" : s & | re. Mittee on distinguished guests dur-| ) 7, . he sergeant grinued and TOZjng.the Foghitour. in 1981 and of| ‘ our Good wo. ,c plied: the national defense committee i o2 ” 3 “Yes, sir, anxious to get back 1928, 1 N i 5 o 5 i b gt ; a . A].terln i nwhole el Othiee Heosee!s . KIEhI(Ehis | T::e’:::ne becausebie d:iu’trg‘ayvea CHAS. w- CARTER v . “So am I,” Roosevelt responded. hligh of p 'y “By h M iido \hen O Some of the other highlights college education, Capt. Walker M. as a usl( upp y ‘ 1 i Sl e :’ e 1€ nis career included: Mahurin of Fort Wayne, Ind, is < eanlng Cel(;nml\» raally tfile! hck?:’ .| Member of the New York State‘ now America’s leading ace in the Y 1 “Go home a start a veterans' as- aqcemply 1919-20; Assistant Secre-! Euro; theatre. He is credited " " " " 3 s As y, ; As ! pean theatre. He is credi LILLIAN" and “ART [ ] Pressnl sociation for the good ©of the (,;y of the Navy, 1921-24; leader| with 20 Nazi planes. (International) | | g country, sir,” the sergeant an- o iy, expeditions into Asia, 1925| - 2 3 LR A 1 syered. ? i and 1928-29; Governor of Puerto| | Sgt. Patterson did not live t0 gjso 1929-32; Governor General of Ph 528 ipid out that idea, but Roosevell tne philippines, 1932-33; vice presl-‘\ - - - - v - one d dent of the Boy Scouts of America; All L y d Roosevelt Dimitr [President. o uhe Natonal Health| To egionnamres an | The Armistice came along and o Council. | lwith it a great unrest in the whole | Roosevelt was ordered on April HEA : - |AEF. The douhboys wanted to go 22, 1941 to return to the active —— DOme. GHQ called a meeting in ., mond of the 26th infantry, 1st Paris for February 15, 1919 of a piyigion as a colonel. It was the number of officers to discuss bet- game regiment with which he! terment of conditions and develop-'co vedq in World War I. He was| ment of contentment in the Army promoted by presidential order to! in France. la brigadier general, December 15, | Roosevelt seized this opportunity,jgos ! |to start the ball rolling for cre- ating the veterans’ organization There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! Auxiliary Members May Your 25th Convention g Days Be Happy and Fruitful t | | Juneaw’s Greatsst Show Value GREETINGS FROM | Those. present included Lt. Cal, | Bt 1AL halsOkeh, ' the 88th Division. sick wife, became stranded 3 miles are the Greetings ;i first proposed by Sgt. Patterson. i } He invited 20 officers to have din-| mra e ner with him at the Allied Officers’ Hey, (o ,[ from the Club in Paris, on the night of i : Help SITKA HOTEL ° : Bennet C. Clark, now a U. S. Sen- e r e s p IMIITDA | ator from Missouri; Lt. Col. Ralph D) D. Cole of the 37th Division; Lt. Col. Franklin D'Olier of the SOS,| 20¢th Century Theatre L P o 9 The American Legion; Col, now, then of the 42nd Division; Captain| GREENFIELD, Ind.—When Pri- Ogden Mills, now dead, of the 6th vate Joseph Egano, 302 Floyd Street, Division; Lt. Col. George A. White ' Brooklyn, N. Y. a veteran of 13 of the 4lst Division, now dead; months of hard service with the and Lt. Col. Eric Fisher Wood cf‘Army Engineers in Alaska, and his Legion Conceived 'gast of here after a blew blew out At that memorable dinner Roose- on their car, they found Com- ’velt explained Sergeant Pflttersons umnder Chase Russell of Hancock HAIL TO THE LEGION ELECTRIC S*VICE SHOP Extends GREETINGS fo ALL AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES and VISITORS during the 25th ANNUAL C VENTION Kindly accept our cordial greetings and may your sojourn in Juneau prove to be a most happy and delightful one. 0, . « . and CARRY ON Is the Wish of-- Fred Hennjing ‘. (Complete Ontfitter) We Seer inthe Electricfia} Line California NICK BAV D and ggry Co. 217 Seward St. Phone 166