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Human Interest . in Legion’s Acts Seen in Survey Thousands of replieshave been re- ceived at national headquarters of the American Legion from Legion posts throughout the country to a recent questionnaire pertaining to Le. mon activities, and each mail brings in from scores to hundreds more. 0. L. Bodenhamer, national commander, is expecting each of the 10,000 posts to give the information sought, and requests that posts which have not already done so, to return the ques- tionnaire sent them, properly tUUd in, at once. Throughout mdre than 3,000' receiv- ed, and which have been carefully studied, tttere runs a thread of sin. cure human interest. understanding and sympathy in thy accomplishments and endeavors listed by the individ- ual posts. . "The morning I was to bring Herb home on his last journey, I had to wait until 1:30 p.m., for the train down to Detroit. I was also at the time. About 10 o'eloek the command- er of the local Legion post came in and said they wanted to hold a short service for my brother and escort him to the train. I gave my permission. He said he had 30 members on the rolls, of which 18 lived in and near the town, the rest being scattered throughout the northern part of the state. . "When I arrived at the post hall, I found a typical little country meet- ing hall, with an old wood stove in the rear, and I learned that it had been erected by the G.A.R. in the 1870'ss, and now turned ovel to the Legion. My brother's casket was in the center of the' hall, draped with the American fiairsand flowers. Fif- teen members were present, and every man was so sincere in his sympathy and desire to do honor to a departed enmrade that it made the deepest im- pressiun on me. as bearers and escorted Herb to the small country-town hearse. Four then marched in front, two color bearers with the American and Legion flags, and two guards with rifles. The eight bearers marched four on a side, and the three remaining men marched in the rear. Although we had but a block and a half to the station, they had an auto for me to ride in. "They had a young chaplain, who stated that he was not eligible to be- long to their post, but he had served four years with the Canadian forces. He was wonderful and his remarks were the most beautiful I have ever heard on a like occasion. Following his talk, eignt at the comrades acted "The sight of the colors, the 15 comrades, all wearing Legion caps. their real sincerity and absolute lack Thursday, June M, 1930 of 'being on paradé’ was something to make one's throat lumpy, and was above all, 2Gidi evidence of a true fraternal spirit. A: the train bearing Herb and me pulled out of the sta- tion, the 15 of them stood at salute. Just before we departed, I told them that I had the honor of being com- mander of my post in Washington. "l hope I may be pardoned for in, tiieting on you an account of a purely personal matter, but I did want you to know what my Legion membership meant to me - and to my brother-- in this instance." 4.50.21 $6.65 4.75-19 7.95 5.00..19 8.40 Phone Highland Park 391 C E L E B R A T E ) Independence Day A Balloons on your' ear-then forget about tires. Here is a low cost trouble-free tire. That Double- Breaker, right under the tread, resists punctures and blow-outs. Only Firestone Tires can give you this protection-and look at these low prices. Come in and let us equip your ear with a set of these new tires today. 4 . C IVS (ttttt l . in PUT .85 4.40-21 a set of Firestone Anchor Double-Breaker Haak Auto Supply Co. THE [BESS All Other Sizes Priced Proportionately Low by making yourself independent of tire troubles . ANCHOR DOUBLE-BREAKER BALLOON Sleeping can embodying entirely new principles of railway' passenger: car construction, such an wide side doors permitting of easy Beeet" to middle of the cars, in addition to the usual end doors, and rubber insets in the cur construction to absorb shock. nnd insulate the cur interior from ex- ternal noise, feature the ncw,Roches- ter, Minnesota. special of the Chicago & North Western railway, which was New Type Sleeping Cars on N. W. Railway 5.00.20 38.55 5.25..20 9.85 5.25.21 10.25 on display Salaam Chieatto pun-Inger line. ' these our; He wring ht top of the cur instead from the lune. nnulhc. designed to eliminuw nu urious Pullman medium- ally constructed bedroom, add fu rt her 25 South Second Street in the 5.50.20 $10.70 6.00-20 12.70 6.00-21 13.05 Ct.rtr bedrooms are itteiud and Ira com fort “DE rulllinx um: the In des [mud anchored 0nd f mum peel the that the ,ux