Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 28

'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 16, 1925—PART 1. Kenyon, a past commander of the Gardner Post; John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the national legis- Veterans of Great War || umsarts wi e egion: J. Easby-Smith, past de) t- ment judge advocate; Danlel J. n- American ' Legion. The official call for the seventh national convention of the American Legion bas been fssued at national headguarters, at Indiunapolis, Ind., by James A. Drain, national commanger convention was called in con formidity action of pational conv tion and the na tional executive committee and will be held at Omaha, Neb., October 5, 6, 7.8 and 9. Included in the call is the an nouncement that the national ex scutive commitiee will meet in the courthouseat Omaha on the af: ternoon of Octo- ber 4. The natlon- al executive com- j4wEs A. PRAWN. mittee will als meet at the call of the national com mander within 24 hours after the adjournment of the national conven- n. The committees on credentials rules and permanent organization also directed to meet October 4, e Omaha courthouse for the pur- Dose of preparing the reports ach departme advance representatives to serve on these committees. In the call the suggestion that each department delegation select | a chairman and oy prior to the departure of the deledution for the convention. The chairman and secretary, or their representative: should arrive in Omaha in advance of their delegations and not later than 10 a.m. October 4, it i3 pointed ow There will be a meeting of the d gation chairmen and secretaries in the courthouse at that hour. All ad vance representatives must report to t national adjutant immediately arrival in Omaha. Each- dele establish headquarters in h it is assigned 2 Adjut: Jame Bar ton and division heads will open con vention headquarters in the Audito rium at 9 a.m. September 23, 1925 The greatest number of Pullma sleeping cars ever gzathered in an one place at one time has been as sured, the legion for convention. | The Pullman Co. has promised th: 800 Pullman cars will be shunted out at Omaha October 5 to 9 for the o venience of visiting legionnaires. Iman City"” will s 1 will ‘have a popu than a day ers will assembled business district and is said, house as I the hotels of an 0,000 popilation onnaires who live in while at the convent ibout all the conven hose who live in h car will be pro vided w lephone with city con nections. legion special post office deliver mail direct to each car ower baths will be installed re will be free automobile serv naires. 'Phese free 2,500 of them, will b “Pullman City” day and C. Spengler, Post No American L named for L Henry C I one of the t of Columbia National ction 1 smposed National Guardsmen of District of Columbia. It holds meetings at the National Guard Ar ory. The post is determined to giv full support and loyalty to Depart ment Commander Peyser's adminis- tration: and has set itself the te of doubling its members the 1326 department encampment James F. Barton of Towa, is now in char ad, ant of the Ameri took over the duties of the on August 1, when they down by Russell Creviston of Marion, Ina Establishment of a claims expert at the headquarters of each of the five field appeal boards of the United States Veterans' Bureay planned by the national rehabilitation com. mittee of the American Legion, cording to the announcement by Watson B. Miller, chairman. The directed to designate | s partment legislative officer. > | mander of the Jane A. Delano Post latms experts will assist the veterans | 0Van, DASt commander of the Vinceat lm presenting thelr appeals proper] B. Costello Post: Frank L. Iof‘khum, | “Complete . decentralization by the | Past department commander;: Miss | Vete Bureau of its cemtral office | Helen McCarty, third vice depart- b ®f appeals has now been uc. |nfent commander, aud Theodore | complished, declared M. Miller, | Coggswell, dgpartment vice command. W in future disabled vetcrans will [ er I their claims, not to Washing- | The committee on weltare, relief Jut to the five points at which | and memorlals consists of Mrs. John { sections of the central appeal board | Lorentz Steele, Joseph J. Idler, Wiil- ting.” fam Ivanklin, Miss Helen N here tlons now functioning | Carty, Robert M. Tolson and West Boston, New York, New Orleans, | A. Hamilton. an Francisco. Director | The delegation which will go to Hines of the Veterans' Bu-|Omaha, in addition to Department rea s considering recommendations | Communder Julfus I. Peyser and Past submitted by leglon officials for the |‘Department Commander Paul J. Me- establishment of a sixth section at |Gahan, the national executive com- Denver. mitteeman from the District of Co- Phese appeal groups will pass upon | lumbia will include: Past Depurt- claims which are appealed from the | ment Commander Frank L. Peckham, laction of the claims and rating |B. . MacNeill, Willam F. Franklin, | i boards in the 32 regional offices of the | \liss Helen McCarty, Joseph J. bureau. Should the action of the ab- | Idler, Harlan Wood, Willilam N, peat group be unsatisfactory to the | Norrell, John Themas Taylor, Will- veteran h il appeal his case |jum Woll Smith, Howard S. Fisk, to the director of the bureau for ber- | Jack §. Connolly, West & Hamilton. sonal review. The claims department | p,yl Twyman, George M. Landis and of the rehabilitation \on_nm(\re of ulm Robert Zacharlas. legion will continue to function as in | " irl GREAMEAS ing clalmints Qiggctly bafbrs the | the national assembly, and in 2 short | directc . | time an announcement relative to appeals it is believed that few cases | ;i o4 1o the convention will be made Il find their way to Washington, e e Drahches ‘of the appeal | Y Department Commander Payser. board have all the authority of the dwrector himself to settle disputes. Veterans of Foreign Wars. Columbia Post, No. §33, Veterans ok sation of the District of | Of Forelgn Wars, at its meeting in e minary plans for the | deciled to send its delegation unin. | e oaching national | Structed to the national encatpment Iance A A Do ener ot | Of the V. T3V ai' Tulge. Dkl loav: de- | InE to the discretion and judgment of | the delegates the choice of national | officers. vention at the delegation representing the partment marked the past week rtment Commander Julius k = 3 3o it u meeting of the depart- | The post strongly advocates the ecutive committee held at the “r:“‘“h’;“l‘g(:‘:l“o,‘;.(fl;m‘,‘bi“flfi’fiffl wdquarte ifteent® | make the accomplishment of this treet northwes niEht an. | object one of its major purposes dur- mced the appointment of varlous| iy the coming Winter. department oficers and committee | "E 10 CoRE Winter. L snments for ' the ensuing 3 that the degree team of the post Wedne ¢ night Commander would unite with as host to the delegation that will | yegera) pes VitR "é‘;‘f’ifi;“i;g:g"}’; to Omaha at a dinner at the {he full initiation cefemonial at a m Hote! int meeting of sts oseph J. 1dler, who has been de- | in Noyember, O "OUh PSS to be held tment adjutant and executive r, was reappointed. Idler has| Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284 been executive officer of the depart- | Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hoid & ment for almost four vears and this | special meeting Thursday evening at is his second term as department ad- | Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street T tane northwest, called by the commander Bernard S. Buscher, for the purpose of obligating 3 large vice commander, was ¢ class of new members, also making finance _ officer. ) al arrangements for the trip to ulsa. Okla., during the last week in the present mouth, at which time the annual encampment of the Veterans istant de-| of Foreign Wars will be held in that wnder, and William F. Frankli st senior department Vv were named as city of oil wells. past com-| Commander John D. Wischusen has McCullough | invited the entire membership of Tov Notch Tent, Military Order of the ander of the was renamed as the de advocate. Dr. C. B. Mac named as the department rancis J. Hurney, a past de- tment chaplain, was again desig- 1 as the department chaplain Willam Wolff Smith was named department historian; Harlan F. department Americanism offi- aul Twyman, department ath- Rubin, department Alexander Mann, ter-at-arms; West A | on, department quartermaster; | | Louis Green, department bugler, and st Post Commander H. L. Wilson was named for his fourth term as ge- George Davis and James H. Allen {were designated as the department | color bearers. James E. Stewart was named as| | chairman of the child welfare com- mittee, and -Commander Charles {gire “dlamond "Hing."Yery Mne eut as Kohen of the Vincent B. Costello el R R L R R Post was selected as the chairman of Dhires. A Teal bargaln. { the entertainment and hospital com- 311 I mittee. Senior Department Vice Command- er Thomas J. Fralley and Past Senfor Department Vice Command- Francis F. Miller were designated as the Ar an Legion members of the veterans' joint committe Walter Bruce Howe, a past coms mander of the Augustus P. Gardner | Post, was named as chairman of the ways and means committee, the membership of which includes Past National Vice Commander Watson B. { Miller; Miss Alice M. Prentiss, com- | Diamond One $165 absoluts bl One absolutely blue white solitalre diamond ring. welght 1% carut less 4. fine cut and fery diamond. Party must sacrifice. $175 | Wallace Streator, commander of the George Washington Post; J. Miller INQUIRE ABOUT QUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN Cootle, including the famous clown band of TNT, ta be the guests of the post Thursday evening. The wembership campalgn of this post, which was inaugurated at its last meeting and will be continued up to November 17, has alreary made an unusually sirong start. The post has provided to award a gold *boost V. F. W. lapel button to each me: ber who ohtained not less than fi paid-up applications within any one month during the campaign, and al- ready two of the distinctive buttons have been won. Additional application cards may be obtained from 'Adjt. Mitchell P. Walker, 319 Metropolitan Natlonal Bank Building. The Department of the District of Columbia, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has appropriated funds for and au- thorized Department Comdr. Francis €. Huhn to maintain a District of Columbia headquarters at the na- tional encampment at Tulsa August 30 to September 4. These headquar- ters will be the rendezvous for all members of the local posts during the nutional encampment. To insure a full delegation at the mational encampment the depariment commander has directed all posts to complete the credentials of their del sates and alterpates and submit them to him prior to the departure of the V. F. W. speclal. A mew and unique custom is to be inaugurated at the national encamp- ment at Tulsa this year. The com- mander in chief will personally deco- rate post colors carried in the annual parade. ‘The department commander and his staff attended the excursion to Marshall Hall of National Capitol Post, No. 127. In an address to the wembers of the local posts and auxil- faries Department Comdr. Huhn urged loyalty, co-operation and in- creased membership; pledged bis ad ministration to a material growth in members, posts and wuxiltaries, and videnced bis determination to axpand the V. ¥. W. in the District of Columbia by personglly donating 350 to the department recruiting com- mittee, to be applied to best advan- tage by Chairman Gardella and his fellow members of the committee. National Quartermaster Gen. R. B. Handy, jr., shipped a consignment of 50,000 Buddy popples in addition to the 100,000 poppies ordered by the local posts and auxiliaries during the recent Buddy poppy campaign, which were disposed of by the local units of the V. F. W, One of the aims of the Department of the District of Columbla, V. ¥. W., is to obtain the active support and in- fluence of the national encampment for an adequate and modern National Guard armory for the District of Co- lumbia National Guard. More than 800 members of National Capital Post, No. 127, Veterans of For- eign Wars, their families and friends, attended the sixth annual outing, Au- gust 7, at Marshall Hall, when 73 dis- abled veterans from Walter Reed and Mount Alto hospitals attended in a body as special guests. 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(grant the request of Edwin R. | death Henry Loveless and Council Adminis- | Scott of 8an Francisco for the use |volved the use of ultra violet or infra tration Ernest Wickstrand and Sam- | of some of its equipment on which to| red rays with a destructive force uel Berlin, made an address. Quartermaster Statsberg, Adjt. said, because of the lack of informa- Harry P. Clements, Officer of Day G. |tion con H. Forester, Guard A. Cotter and Past [quest couid not be heeded. Feveral William Harrington. | months ago the Department gave |Correspondence of the Associated Press. alter Reed Post |Scott a letter to naval officers on the st authorizing them to place | yiona) police conference in New York recently fulfilled its object beyond ex Ofticers of Equality-W: c present were: . John D. Wis. | West ¢ Comdrs. Miron § and H. C. For- |preliminary way. but the letter re- o Guartermmster Witnon e Ganor: | Peived today. Wdicated that he had | pectatins, in the opifion son, Adjt. Mitchell P. Walker and F. | not presented these credentials. G. Thomas, Comdr. L. d b: gt x i Federal Post and | eee—— “omdr. Frank Higse of Potomac Poit A. Grudd and Gunnar Statsberg were | committees; Mrs. Laura Weaver, ju. | It Supplied the much-felt want of y nior yice president, charge of trans. | ting the police chiefs of the entire Ladies' Auxiltary, National Capital | portation; Mrs. Elsie Miller, secretary, | world in close touch with each other. Post, attended the outing and took |charge of invitations; Mrs. Gertrude | Col. Kuenzer praised the New York following details:| Clark, Mrs. Maude Cooper, Mrs. Mary | department and Commissioner En Margarat Jacobson, treasury, | Grant and Mrs. Anne Allen, charge of | right and added that nothing ever had | in conjunction with ( Lidston, president, | refreshments; Mrs. Fernanda Stats- | made such a deep impression upon |and - Iberg and Miss Ethel Weaver, charge | his official heart as the parade of [ American in charge of athletics. in charge of program; Mrs. Ma ter, senlor vice president Comdr. Huhn | demonstrate the effectiveness of a new |pussible at a distance He announced that | destructive force he claims to have |miles. recruiting campaign | invented. would be launched in the near f .| A letter was received at the De- Officers present. wera Comdr. 1. 7. |partment yesterday from Scott ask.| PRAISES POLICE PARLEY. Leahy, Junior Comdr. Everet Miller, |Ing the use of a dozen alrplanes and Cavanaugh, lone or two old battleships, but it was ning the {nvention, the re- Eoaitessrive. and Junior |some facilities at his disposal in a 3. Eliff and T.| Mr. Scott has been quoted as deny: thletics. Vew York’'s ‘finest D FOR FINAL WIND.UP Piano Sale Closes Tuesday Your opportuntity will have passed! act now while these low prices and easy terms are available. —and save money! ! ! - PRICES CUT TO ROCK BOTTOM On AH Traded-In and Shopworn . PLAYERS 51685 $198$215$235—$298 eatest Navy May Refuse Loan of Airplanes To Test Alleged Death Ray in Pacific| CLAIMED FOR AUSTRIAN i PP BERLIN, July 23.—The , but intimating that it in. several Berlin Chief Commends New York interna- of Col Kuenzer, of the Berlin police depart- ment. 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