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Much favorable comment has been made by leaders interested in good citizenship because the national comâ€" mander has named on the minimum program four activities that directly concern the children of the country. Junior baseball, according to the Leâ€" gion, is sponsored by this patriotic organization primarily because the competition is played under strict suâ€" pervision. Fair play, clean sportsâ€" manship and obedience to rules are among the principles emphasized, and which, later in life, will be reflected in obedience to law and good citizenâ€" ship. Likewise, the principles taught 2, 500,000 boys under 17 years of age playing junior baseball under Leâ€" gion rules and guidance. 4. 11,000 new . parks, or playâ€" grounds, for children this summer,. 5. 11,000 buildings, an average of about three for every county in the United States, marked for the guidâ€" ance of ‘aviators. The above comprise the five activiâ€" ties on the. minimum. program. . "It may look rather small," the national commander says in his letter, "but think of itâ€"11,000 posts doing the above job at the same time. No doubt some posts are doing one or more of these things alreadyâ€"if so, then selâ€" ect some other activity as a substiâ€" tute. I want each post to engage.in at least five different programs, and in as many more as can be effectively done." The national commander requests that this minimum work be done in addition to the Legion‘s regular, or continuous efforts, on such subjects as legislation for our disabled and their dependents, rehabilitation, child welfare, or membership. The marking of cities for the guidâ€" ance of aviators, alone, will be an outâ€" standing achievement of national imâ€" portance, when it is ‘considered that there are less than 3,000 counties in the United States, and with 11,000 posts daing such work, any air pilot, becoming lost, could quickly right himself by circling and county where he might be, unless it be in the desâ€" ert. A recent statement by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Aernautics branch, showed that 22,000,000 air miles were flown in 1929, as compared with 10,673,450 in 1928. The greatest cumulative, community service program ever undertaken in the United States, with a minimun of five definite activities being perâ€" formed in 11,000 towns and cities at the same time, is getting under way in this state through American Leâ€" gion posts. The program was started with the Legion‘s eleventh birthday, March 15. Every post commander in this state has received froth the national comâ€" mander, O, L. Bodenhamer, from Naâ€" tional headquarters in Indianapolis, a letter, asking him to lead his post in performing the minimun program of gcod citizenship and community serâ€" vice. This program will mean, in the next few weeks, <according to naâ€" tional headquarters, the following reâ€" sults: k 1. 11,000 Boy Scout trobps, each one the best in the community conâ€" cerned. 8. 11,000 safety first campaigns in as many towns and cities. GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE STARTED FOR THIS STATE Thursday, April 24, 1930 Mrs. Lyle W. Woodbury of Antioch died at the Kenosha hospital recently following an operation. in the Boy Scout program lead to cleaner‘ lives and better citizenship. The Legion, believing good health snd good minds go together, seeks to improve the playground conditions for children. The safety first camâ€" paign, carried on simultanecusly by 11,000 Legion posts, is expected to resul in ‘many lives saved, and in permanent good. T HE PRESS A sneak thief last week slipped unnoticed into the Fisher Realty and Insurance office in the Waukegan National Bank building and stole 36 gold watches valued at $750 and then as mystericusly entered Dr. L. F. Waldmann‘s office on a higher floor in the same building and vanished with several dollars in cash that had been left in the doctor‘s desk. â€" Fearing injury in a collision with a switch engine on the E. J. & E. line and the Rand road crossing at Lake Zurich, Carl Blum, 60, of 116 In search of some enemy who had already burned down two of her five cottages on Bluff lake and who was foiled in an attempt to burn down the third when a mattress which had bech lighted failed to bukn, Mrs. J. C. Nixon of Antioch has asked Sherâ€" iff L, A. Doolitte to investigate the matter. West Schiller street, Chicago, leaped from the auto in which he was ridâ€" ing with T. J, McKenna of 1419 N. Clark street, Chicago and was seriâ€" ously injured by the engine. 17