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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 15 Feb 1922, p. 12

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1 i f 12 LEGION EDITION, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 15, 1922 POST ADJUTANT Marcus D. Richards, 2nd Lieuten- ant, Air Service, Ellington Field, Texas.; Assistant Field Adjutant Legion Opposes Slash of War Nurses' Compensation + Washington, D. C.--Opposition to the provisions of the Lehbach bill, re- classifying civil service employes of the government, which would cut the pay of nurses caring for disabled sol- diers, is made by the American Le- gion. The bill already has the appro- val of the House and is now before a Senate committee. Pressure is being brought to bear 'by the Legion to have changed those provisions of the bill which would slash the salaries of nurses and drop them from the professional to the scrub-maid class. ON INELIGIBLE LIST Secretaries, dietitians, and techni- clans who served with American forc- "have been declared ineligible to mbership in 'the American Legion Great Legion Seal Will Feature Cabaret Display | | The largest American Legion Seal | |in existence, a gift to the Winnetka | | Post of the American Legion by Ivan | land Melvin Albright, sons of Adam | | Emory Albright of Winnetka, nation- | ally known artists, will add "eolor" to| ,| he Cabaret Ball decorations at the Wo- | | man's club building Friday evening. This reproduction of the. insignia | of the American Legion is five feet in | | diameter and colored exactly like the | original Legion buttons. | Melvin Albright, one of the artists, has just won a competitive prize at | the Chicago Art Institute as one of | the three men who will submit mod- | els for the final selection of the Fresh | Air Fund 'memorial. For Hardware Cutlery | Electrical Goods | Tools | General Repairs Come to Hubbard Woods Electric and Hardware Company 902 Linden Ave. Phone Wilmette 871 60,000 SEEK COMPENSATION More than 60,000 applications for adjusted compensation have been filed by ev-service men in Ohio, according to the American Legion, which is dis- tributing necessary blanks throughout the state. FORGOTTEN? Thousands of disabled soldiers who {should be. in hospitals are forced to work and support their families be- cause their compensation claims have | American Legion newspaper of Tole- not been allowed, according to the|do, O. Grimes was a lieutenant in American Legion. Hanford Mac-|the A. E. F. Nider, commander, has called upon | the Veterans' Bureau to effect prompt | adjustment. BUILD OWN CLUBHOUSE | With forest logs hewn and hauled - | by their own hands, American Legion WANTS VETERANS' PARTY | men at Stigler, OKkla., have erected Formation of a new political organ-|an "overgrown cabin" for a clubhouse, ization, to be known as the Soldiers' | where, before two roaring wood fires, Party, is advocated by William B.| they can gather on wintry nights to Grimes, New York, in a letter to an | fight the war over again in comfort. Personality in Pies If you need cakes, pies, bread or pastry of any sort, telephone Mrs. Smith at Winnetka 112. Deliveries are made. IVES and mothers in Win- netka and along the North Shore know "Mrs. Smith's" cakes and pies. . They come to her with an assurance built upon years of experience. They buy pastry there knowing that it is the best --- Mrs. Smith's pastry is the result of a careful study of baking. MRS, SMITH 819 Oak Street Winnetka 112 hod the uational organization. | H. D. HI West of WINNETKA 514 Linden Street Tel. Win. LL WINNETKA E. R. STONE WILMETTE ILL &STONE | mz NORTH SHORE PROPERTIES INSURANCE Depot 1544 WILMETTE 404 Linden Avenue at N. W. "L)" Terminal Tel. Wil. 1644 KF or Sale and Rent | WN

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