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LEGION PREPARES
FOR COUNTY DUES
$tate Finance Officer Calls on
Posts to Make Reports of
Membership and Pay Up
jiEEDS FUNDS FOR WORK
John IV. Brock, Jr., state finance offi
cer of the American icton, today nd
;drcssrn to the posts In Philadelphia and
, . Pennsylvania a com-
jMnfliSfa municatlon urginic upon
the importance of tak
ing into consideration
state and national due
for the ensulnc year.
Ami Avnlnlritni- ihn ll.
tails as to the p&yments of such dues.
The "question of dues wag Riven con
'deration yesterday by the executive
'committee of the county roinmittec.
livhich met In the Bailey Buildliic to
faft by-laws to be presented to the
county committee at Its meeting for or
gahlratlon next Monday nicht.
It will be necessary for the county
mWlttee to obtain from the posts in
'tho county sufficient funds to provide for
'the work of the county organization
during the coming year, the county
.Committee being provided for in the
fctato constitution. To date, the work "
S'hlladelphia county has been conducted
oh voluntary contributions, which have
teen received as the result of efforts of
tho county officers.
In the communication the question of
county dues is not discussed, as Co onel
Brock has nothing to do with such dues.
IHo letters to posts reads :
"The national convention of the
American Legion at Minneapolis fixed
tho amount of national dues at $1 per
annum, the same to include a sub
fecriptlon to the American Legion Week
ly Magazine. The national executive
committee on November 13 ruled that
all persons becoming members ot the
American Legion between November U.
31, and January 1, 1020, shall nay
$1 dues, which will carry them to De
cember 31, 1920.' All members en
rolled prior to November 11. 3010, will
be carried as paid up to December .il .
1010. Local posts will be responsible
for the dues for 1010 ot all men whose
names were reported to state head
quarters prior to November 11.
"The state convention nt Ilarrisburg
fixed the amount of state dues at CO
cents per annum. The same adjustment
with regard to new members received
after November 11 applies as iu the
caBe of national dues.
"Printed forms will shortly be sent
to all local posts on which to report
the membership and remittances for
1020. All official membership cards will
be forwarded from this office for all
paid-up members for 1020,
"A number of posts have remitted
dues at the rate of thirty-five cents
EVENING PUBLIC LEDQER-ZHILADELPHIA, OTE&DAT, DECEMBER 1019
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per member since November 11 without
stating whether or not thesu diies.
or any part of them, were collected
prior to that date. As this may make
a difference in the balance duo for 1020
post finance officers who htnc failed
to supply this information should do
so nt once. In case this report Is
not randc within ten days the sums
so received will be credited on account
of dues received from members nlnie
November 11.
"Checks and money orders berenlto
should be made payable to the order of
'American Legion, Department of Penn
sylvania.' "
Post No. 220 will meet tonight In St.
John's Hall, Mnnnyunk, to elect per
manent officers, .lohn J. Callahau, one
of Its organizers', declared today that it
has a membership of nearly !iOO, and
that the election was postponed pur
posely to give opportunity to those en
rolled up to the latest possible date to
have a voice n tho selection of officers
for 1020. A dance has been arranged
for Thursday evening in Pencoyd Hall.
.'1720 Mannyunk avenue, for the benetit
of' the post. The manager of the Km
press Theatre in Mnnayunk has dedi
cated the house to the Legion post Sun
tlnr, December 14, when the proceeds
will bo devoted to the post.
T)l.. A.Mn.,n,,f lint-nit nn Ztri
Broad street have been consummated by
Tioga Post No. 310, according Jo the
announcement yesterday by Dr. William
V.. Itaken, lillil West Krie avenue, posi
commarfder. This house will be a per
manent headquarters. Governor Pproul,
Mn-A..nl( frvn. ntll rithni- Mtfll Stflte
and city officials will be luvited to the,
dance and reception of this post in tlie
Second Jtegiment Armory, January -.
which will bo given iu aid of the build-
ing fund. The program nnd dance
committee met last night nt the home
of A. Andreas, 1-130 Venango street,
chairman of the dancp committee. '
At a meeting of Tost No. 41 at 4117
Mantua avenue, the following perma
nent officers were elected: Post com
mander, Thomas lliddle Kills,; vice
commander, I. Price Kwing ; secretary,
mnnnn T lllntitnn- irenKiirer. r red -
eriek jaspersen : post employment of-
licer, Frnul: L. Mueller; post insurance
officer. Hnndolph W. f'hllds. Trustees, I
Kdward W. Packer, William H. Mo- .
Ciune and James M. Hutchison. Kt !
ecutive committee, Lelun M. Haller,
T'nnt H Selmhert. Karl C. Wade. Alex-
ander II. Davisson. Jr., and Earl Kil
pntrirk. Representative to county com
mittee, Thomas Piddle Ellis.
GOWNS TO REMAIN
AT LUXURY PRICES
Little Hope of Reduction Seen in
Convention ui nmencun
Fabric Industries
U. S. GIRLS BEST DRESSED
Atlantic City, Dec. 2. Sad news for
the ladles! (iowns are not only hlgh
nrlccd, but will remain high-priced for
"some time to come."
This was announced here today nt the
convention of the Associated Dress In
dustries of America. Reduction in
prices Is not likely to come un,tll raw
materials are cheaper, wages are sta
bilized and workmen co-operate in in
creasing production in other words,
until the millenium dawns. At least,
that's how the delegates feel about It.
A graceful compliment was paid to
the fair sex and incidentally to the de
signers and makers of fabrics, when
David N. Mosessohn, of New 1'ork, de
clarcd American women were the best
dressed of any In the world today, not
even excepting the Trench, and that
American models wcro being copied
abroad.
Mr. Mosessohti, executive director of
the association, is presiding at the con
vention. The opening greeting was de
lllvcred by C. II. D. Bobbins, of New
York, who said (hut the organization,
hlch had started n year ago with
'llrty members ind now had 400, was
tlncd to become the grent controlling
forlor In its Held.
I-dwnrd Kwing Pratt, former chief
of Bureau ot Korelgn and Domestic
Commerce of the I 'lilted States, who
spoke this afternoon, said that the
I business represented by the organiza
tion had readied u turnover annually
nf .$100,000,000.
Mr. Prntt praised Congress for pro
viding n fund of SI. 000,000,000 to
finunce the export trade, but lamented
that nothing had been done with it.
He assailed Congress ns sickening the
people with a spectacle of demagogues
quarreling like so many boys over
trifles, while the people we went to
war to save were slowly starving' to
death or dying of exposure.
Municipal Committee to Meet
Members of the municipal commit
tee of the United Business Men's Asso
ciation will hold a special meeting
this nfternoon at 1 o'clock nt the Bing
ham Hotel.
BID FOR CITY STAND RAZING
Highest Proposal $3215 for Priv
ilege on Parkway
Three bids were received today b.
Director Datesman for razing the
grandstands along thei Parkway, erecte
last spring for the welcome home, cele
bratlon for the Twenty-eighth Di
vision. The highest bid wns that o.
Georgo Gray, a contractor, who bid
$.'1215 for the privilege of tearing down
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URING the past ten years $20,000,000 worth of
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The HtnndA were erected by William
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New Magistrates Take Oxths
.Tilde MeCullen, of Court No, 4, to
dny administered the official ouch of of
fice to MnKtatrnte-elecl DoiiRlierty, and
Tudfe Patterson swore in Edward Car
tier, who won one of the minority places.
Hoth men take, office the first of the
year.
Death Sentence for'NeBfo fctufrfiJrie
WllmJnton, Del., Dee. 2 Lemurt,
Price, neirro Blnyer of Policeman Zcbly
was convicted today of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to ne"hnd
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complice, was sentenced to twenty
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