Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1926, Page 33

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 20, 1926—PART 1 Veterans American Legion The accomplishments of the Ameri .an Legion, through its national leg islative committee in this city, was outlined to the members of George Washington 1 No. 1, @ held last Tuesday night at house, 1 E t, by Thomas T ommittee and @ member of the post. These accomplishments include pro vislons in bills passed by the present Congress, which have been signe President Coolidge War is authorized phies captured durin ¥ the club. John to allot war tro the World W o the American Legion Museum at | tails of the flag-r | connection with t dianapolis. Members of the Ameri Legion in the ce will be given 60 days leave in n order to attend is conven tion. An appropr secured imounting to $2 500 for the par icipation of the United States in the quicentennial celebration at Phila delphia. An archives building will be | from the Virginia end of the scott erected in this city to prese the records of the World War, and a bureau of civil aeronautics in the De- partment of Commerce is provided. Provislon is contained in a bill for an ppropriation of $3,000,000 for the Battle Monuments Commission, of which $800,000 is immediatel ible. In order that employes of the v us Veteran Bureau hospitals v make a better lowance ade for furnishing and laundering i white duck suits and white canva shoes to employes whose duti necessary the wearing of suc ing. Appropriations for the V Burean have been made to $458,000,000 as follows: Administr ion, $£44,000,000; compe: n, $140 £00,000; medical and hospital servic $35,000,000; insurance, $123,000.000: ad justed service certificate fund, $116, 100,000 Tmmediate entrance into the United States of alien veterans of the World War forces as non-quota imn nts. together with their wives and minor hildren, and their immediate 1 ali atlon upon arrival here same condition as pert 1 they were in the se the United States prior to the Arm and the allowing of ‘this naturalization priv ze to other alien vete now this country, was another accomplish ment. Another bill provides for the extension of the period in which war risk term insurance must be converted to December 1926 months, and authorizes the relatives of insane veterans. or veterans who have disappeared, who have been pay ing prer the nec conversion. veteran, if sane, sould would himself make Among the military bills passed is nne granting relief to those boys who vera disc ed from the Army dur tng the World War because of mis representation of age. A bill pro vides for the eq ation of promo. tion of the staff corps of the with officers of the line. The sum $18,500,000 is provided in a pension s ¥ vice ¢ which the be found, il for veterans of the Spanish-Amer. | sented jcan War, Philippine Insurrection and Boxer Rebellion A for the widows and dependents. The nationa defense act was amended relating tc etirement, anc ) a bill providing for the rei s of the Army and Nav of $774.000 a year is p etired p: ar of Army and who prior to pay act n the among ovided in the were retired ng the Costello an Legion will give rtainm ¢ the veterans Alto H al. Paul Blegden the o “A Hu Wednesday the An an ent Mount will present morous Quartet ser Klein baritone: soprano: s A Margaret Bowie Grant at Marie Howe Spurr, pianist mona Newm: soprano ence Adams, T¢ Branson and his 10-piece colored or: chestra will_also perform. Charles Kohen, chairman, ment District of Columbia and welfare committee, will charge. the piano Miss R: Miss Flor depart hospit: be in of the 8 Saturday - Sycamore ng later to the barbecue e 40 and § by Col. William Mitchell. The regular meeting will be at the home of Lois B. McRae, Tefferson avenue, Riverdale, Md., on * Wednesday, June 8 p.m. Partners 40 held a picnic last Tsland, & ven to t of the U. No. 2, held in the The June Tacob Jones Post Endion Club, 13 Jacks lay evening, June 14, tended and 11 comrades tiated. Comdr. W vered a Vi the origin of iong was the the recent flag code sonsidered an author and development of the meettr was well at were in- Furlong, 1 de. address, depicting omdr. Fur- | representative at nference and is on the origin United States R the guests of the evening <. W. R. Furlong, Depart- Senior Vi Comdr. Thomas i . Comdr. Emily Carey, Woods Post; Comdr. Thad Baker, Sergt. Jasper Post: Past Comdr. Wal- lace Streater, George Post. Auxil The American Legion Auxiliary. Department of the District of Colum- bla, is giving a benefit theater part at Kelth's Monday evening, June 28. Mrs. Anton Stephan, 3540 Albemarle street, is chairman of the committee | in charge. The returns of the poppy campaign, ¢ which Mrs. Mamie Palmer Dorse: s chairman, are gratifying to the department of the American Legion Auxiliary. The Woman's Auxiliary of the « ftsman’s Club of the United States Veterans’ Bureau held the last meet- ing of the season Tuesday evening. . A card party followed the regular business meeting. The annual out- ing of the auxiliary will be held Sat- irday afternoon, July 17, at the home of Mrs. Jean M. Ritter, Gallaudet Col- lege, Seventh street and Florida ave- 5 Supper will be served Do You Read the Classified Section? If not, better acquire the habit. In The Star effort is made to keep the classified adver- tisements miniature storles of reader interest. Almost everything is cov- ered from the buying and selling of small household and personal articles to val- vable real estate proposi- tlons. Also interesting places to go_on vacation are found well described in the Resort classification. Something is there to in terest every one. Better siart today reading these valuable little mes- sages. flor, vice chairman of the | the | in | Belleau | Washington ’ .of Great War A | va t a meeting | hext in |¥ | e ork time a f by | this Summe The Secretary of | rell, who will ente of t | aue: overnment serv- | of Uni 1 7 | ticipate in the outing and will take |, la p o | made Thirteenth s | nue, [ Chu ville, d toc J schedule provides fc uta Maryland and V vited | vete amounting | vailey. At 9 | mew . | the valley pike at Mount Jackson and |3 cont they | Caverns. own t the | the Gilld | 3a. ody | via | Lur: The | Lie or about six [of the automobi Ameri | em | trail in the re ums on'the policies, to make | ready breakdown: A arranged by | man take place in the lowes: caverns nique feature of the tr Fred B. R will The the of T {ans al rement of the Nurse Corps | erans’ An increase | but reser Liet cers of the | Aetropolitan | lum the | P ing National ( ng Brower and J. Randolph i place, Mon- | i | | | automobile out musical while | University G rection of Musi An invitation Is extended to veter- | of Santiago. Comdrs. A. T Purce and W. L. Thomas, the newly elected representatives to committee from the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, vice Edward H. Hale and . C. Lucos, presented their and im mediately offered -operation | i support of chart ctivities which the committee Is engaged behalf _of all service men and | The chairman reported the of Albert Michaud anish War Veterans, suffering from injuries re- War Veterans' Club. with the jin to Orkney Spri m Shenandoah Cave women. unday will be a ceremony to [ continued inged by the American War |of the ins' Club, when a large Ameri- | Who s g will he nnfurled at the top | ceived in a recent automobile aecl a tall flagpole in front of the|dent. Comrade Michaud is under hey Springs Hotel, It is the first |Lreatment at Walter Reed Hospital, pole has been erected at|Ward 31. tesort and E. L. Cock- | Comrades Puree and Thom iin the members | borted that the Veterans of Forelgn i has re- | Wara of the District of Columbia evi 5 he e | denced in the sent department con- lited tho club to ufsmge e ' | vention enthusiasti seevort ot the e TN souad | ork of the Veterans' joint commmittee g i har. | They tendered the comumittee com Marines Wil e wdation from Comrade Reilley wly elected department commander, nd his staff. | The chairman reported th {age for the Jast month of five ser men and women had filed claims for assistance from the committee. This large number is attributable to the re- | ductions in force in the Navy and asury Departments. The commit [ tee con: nd approved actlon in ift On account of the ) re the committee and to p at a s the part of the chairman, ed to detail the claims tee members. Comr ted the results of a seri rences with the Register of the reasury. Comrade Howard outlined the actic ken in_obtaining prefer- ence for those who had been referred to him. The charman reported the inia have been in-| . ngideration shown the committee by well as many {the War Department and the commit in the Shenandoah | 4 and in 2 | appreciation of the interest and assist morning the |ance rendered the committee by Post will return to | National Commander Hanford Mac der of the American Legion. Let ters of thanks and commendation from Senators Tyson and Oddie were read. Though each member of the commit- gaged at this time with iy serv feature in connection and the re he club and their States in the ceremony this city will be next iwrday morning from reet and New York the Lee Hig rominent part he start from o s} & . following Bridge, throush Middleburg, Upper- down the Shenan asburg and Wood pil it Mount pring: The ¢ the caravan of the hotel at 4 | for those on Key reh, IFairfax, Winchester. h Valley to St leaving the on for Orkne smobiles reac k, allow.r de Burns of con 0 o'clock -y ball will ballroom of the minent residents of AL 8 3 milif place in Many pre to the & ns residi 1, o'clock Sunday nbers of the party inue down to New Market, where | will proceed to the Shenandoah Here they will be welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Chapman, | tee is busily e ers of the erns, who will en- | personal appeals from the 7in them with @ visit through|ice men and women who caverns and dinner. A feature of [about to be, discha . nevertheles trip will be the | the next two months will find them the National|ziving scrious study to the problems Club, under the di 1 resolutions which are to be pre Director Glynn L. | ed to the national conventions of George E. Pickett,|the Army and ¥_Union, Disabled of the “Mel |/ n Vete Veterans of For trip will be | American Legion and ational Park, | d States War Veterans. It is the Winches| {hope of the committee that many of 5 faults in the present efficiency system may be remedied by the na tional organizations upon the presenta tion of proposed reforms. It is by reason of the maladmi ation yd improper basic system that the render service in case ol | t H i vf‘\lfl\ ”‘l;;f, Serst. Napoleon Bonaparte |, ar'jth almost unanimous approval Ao . {of all vete still others will be sug n initiation cerémony has been| ‘logser obse and Maj, William N. Free. | Eested upon Closer observation and Wallace Streater to | Veterans of Foreign Wars. part of the e o Reed Post No. 284 e et r opened its g ' r new for its preside at the various fu s A d to the club will accompany e iy e party, guarded by a detachment | Ut Daving A strong auxliary e a S appointed a committee to as its development. rs of the evening uxi mpany the American War Vel |SmOng, tt Reilley, department Club on this two-day outing ‘eterans of Foreign rtions should be made with | " Mary Lucas, state deputy rles Riemer, secretary, rict of Colt Bank Building. ns of Forel * Steed, known men as “Mother Steed.” teinmetz entertained ongs. pre eut is business director Boys.” The retur the Shenandoah Ay, Sperryville and caravan will Curtiss W. Handley mmi san War Veterans' Club. rzency car with supplies will wr of the motor party rest prope o and Maj g quality-Walter ns, president o nd their friends and families to | T Veterans' Joint Committee. 11 service erans Joint Committee for | Miss Aimee I t of the District of Co- | With popular Tuesday in the office of | MARINE chairman, with the followin, he Washing ent: James A, Bur fine Corps the United i mieatiiie jmdr. C. O. Howard \ ine Club, Kleventh and Adjt Fox of the Army | I, streets, Wednesday evening. enior Vice Comdr. | meeting was presided over h » Comdr. | R Betancourt, temporary Wood, | The folloy officers were el represent. | Dial H commandant; Charles ) advocate; Thomas F. Albert R. Betan bia met it the Arm) nal Ikins judi adju the committee American Legior and John M. Watts of the'So- | Hogan, th Featuring greatest values—not lowest terms Washington’s Outstanding Home Buy at SHELBOURNE Bladensburg Road & M St. N.E. 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Charles R, Wiederman, | duce women to abandon the simplicity Frank J. Loudiana. Ellis Curtis, Wal | that has - marked = thelr hats and ter R. Ptake, C. David Slayton and |gowns for so long and to make more Adolph E. Beeg, national paymaster. [use ‘of ornaments is being !lnm]e in A letter from the commandant, Ma- | Paris. Various trade associations con- rine Corps League, recommending |nected with the feather industry, lace, that the Washington detachment join | embroidery and flower-making have the Belleau Wood Memorial Assocla- |taken the initfative in the matter be- ton was read ;md u:u‘-..vs.L l\;uh a|cause it hys h(‘(’nlfnun;l that _‘nul!en"n view to obtaining, without delay, a|excessive 'simplicity Is leading to vertifieate. of membership. 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