Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1928, Page 64

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASIHINGTO - D. C.. TEBRUARY 19, American Legion. om reservations for the national ion of the American Legion and | can Legion Auxiliary, to be committee at Indian- under which reserv ot made ed for the Sax be available, tional legislative committee of Legion. as approved re- he natlonal execu composed of an, New s T tee, ach: The commander or Vice Comdr. Mar- Compto! n Legion, and preparations membe: lentine p: t Tuesda: ¥ Club. resented the post ! services at Ar- afternoon. of Dept. Comdr. evening the American 500 ‘4 500 carg part t 8 ocioc make addresses. | meet Tuesday in the board room of the | District Building. | Members of the post who are en-| titled to the City of Verdun medal are requested to send a photographic or | certified copy of their discharges to| Adjt. Martin' Goerl with one dollar at | {once. “These will all be sent to France | together for the medal and at a date! t0 be announced later they will be! presented to their owners. are being made to present at © meeting the film, “America | Goes Over,” which shows scenes_taken | during the World War abstracted from | official _archives. A scquel entitled | Ten Years Later.” showing the Le-| glon convention in Paris. will also be | shown. The date will be announced in the near future. : Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mectings for coming weck are as fol- National Capital Post. smok- { T hian Temple. 1 _Wednesday, Front Line Post, 935 hly meeting of the Depart- | Council of Administration was i in the boardroom. District Build- . last Monday. with Comdr. Joscph | 1ty presids 1928 buddy poppy committee, ap- ed by Comdr. Beatty, consists of C. B. Jennings, chair- J. Hale, vice chairman. laining members will be named t commanders, one from each committee has been given power to proceed with the plans for vear's campaign and a meeting has n called for a near date to determine the number of buddy poppies that the D. C. Department will handle in this 'S dr he buddy poppy is again ved by disabled World 1l be sold during | every post of | 1 the United States { nce committee, with | head at the head, was | ed by the department com. to handle any and all com- 1}1\1 gricvances made to this de- report was read by E. J. Bettelheim, . on the activities of the transient re- °f committee. This committee main- 'S a fund in the offices of Capt. Bettelheim for the purpose of extending aid to veterans temporarily in the city | fl{m} in 7;re‘dd of assistance. This fund | is furnished by this depar t | its popps receipts. = . The council extended a vote of thanks to Charles Kohen, who for the pr;);( three years has headed the committee i rge of hnfiplt;qllem#rtammrms tions. He is leav v ¥ next month, SR Ry 1s department is considering the ity of publishing & menthis T IS members. The subject ssed at the recent council & and it was decided to place the ter before each post before proceed- ing further with the proposition, | | i | | | | ational Capital Post, No. 127, held | meeting last Monday eventng. o lan Temple. The recommendation the committce, consisting of Past | t Commander A. E. Pierce. chair 3 Judge Advocate Herbert H. Shi Past Senior Vice Comdr. James F. | _appointed by the commander to ider the recent opinion rendered by judge advocate relating menting the department welfare e fund, the post denied the | of the proposed procedure as the judge advocate of the ent of the District of Colum- | bfa in s opinion ! qa:}\)" e under date of Jem~I i post went on record as i | the resolution as submitted by Teing | 1 No. 1401, relative to compen- sation for the dependents of A. Eopoluc- . Who lost his life April 1, 1917, when feamer Astec. on which he was 2 as an armed guard, wi Ta‘gl 'man submarine. R Tibute was paid by th t ,h°m" and memory of the uuc’;; uk’xr; lost their lives in Havana Harbor Feb- ruary 15 1898, when the battleship Maine was sunk. Tribute was also paid | w T. C. Davis of United States Soldiers | Home, who died February 3, 1928, Taps | was sounded by Bugler Sergt. Hrnryl oy st A report on the progress of the ar- rangements for the post smoker, to be evening, was given by Loveless of the. rnrl‘l’g‘umsr:l;sn!( tee, Department Comdr. Joseph tie, commander National Capital 27, and R. C. Muschlitz will | A. A. Hoffman, who has just returned | from his home in ongnn,’den\'rndnag address relative 1o the Veterans of Fore eign Wars activities in his State and on e Pacific Coast. Wilfred H. Major, who has just returned from an official ;mr of ;nv; nxau:rn'-ms of France, Bel- ium and Italy, tld z et of conditions exist. ! The following were admitted to mem- ip and obligated: John A. Myers, intendent U S. National Cemetery. 8 Va. ‘;h'l{fr»d H. Major, H. C. | Parrish, William M. | emon F. Brousseau, Edward ' Walter E. Trorne. | nder has appointed as his | arrangements on trans- | the post to participate in day cele- Va., February n, Oscar W. Hollings- S Hapgood. It i3 re. 2ll members of the post | nittee. The place of | ¢ will be announced at | Tuesday, Nk Lockhead of Colum- | L 2 . headed the dele- of post members who attended day exercises at B, | Episcopal Church. The color | v Jonn R. Bart and Merie | J. E. Brooks and C: p'-i armor it of individual members indorse- of members of vper, who has just | Blates by way pleting & tour extended by the present session of Con- RTeSS. ‘The Ace Chapter of the D. A. V. met in the boardroom of the District Build- ing recently with Lee Turner, the new commander, presiding for the first time. N. O. Isaacson, commander of the Department of Iilinols of the D. A. V.. came to Washington last week for con- sultation at the Washington office of the organization and to discuss with Director Frank T. Hines several Vet- erans’ Bureau problems in Illinois. As soon as the membership drive is completed, the District of Columbia de- partment of the D. A. V. plans to con- centrate in speeding up action on the Rathbone bill for the transfer of the old Ford Theater, on Tenth street, to the use of the recognized organizations of all wars. If Congress will pass this bill it is ex- pected a committee of the various or- aanizations will be formed and a pro- gram for the use of the assembly room | will be worked out and each outfit will | be assigned regular offices in the build- ing. American War Veterans' Club. The American War Veterans' Club will participate in the George Washing- | weekly alimony until some other ar- | rangements are made. ton birthday celebration at Alexandria. | The club’s Valentine party was reported a success. Prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Karl Greene and Maj. and Mrs. A. L. Palmer. The former for handsomest costume, the latter for most grotesque; Mrs. A. R. Thom for be: ingle costume: A. Va., February 22. NEW HUDSON PRICES Coupe umble scar 330 exrra) $1265 Standard Sedan $1450 - Custom Victoria $1650 | lnfl!‘r she divorced Watson had married | Pictiorus, most unique costume, and Capt. and Mrs. G. Thomas, as Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs. The board of governors will meet at President Charles Riemer's residence Friday evening. MUST PAY OTHER'S WIFE.! Man Unaware of Divorce Faces Suit for $2.765 Alimony. Correspondence of The Star. DETROIT.--Alleging he did not know she had ever divorced him, though the | two had been separated 15 years, John S. Watson appeared before Judge Adolph | F. Marschner in Circuit Court to ex- plain why he had not paid §2.765 ali- mony to Hattie F. Watson-Coran. | The former wife, who a short time | Coran, told the court she had not be- | gun action to collect the delinquent ali- | mony sooner because she did not learn her former husband was in Detroit un- | til a short while ago. probation and ordered him to pay | Many shows, nowadays, arc advertis- | cd as “cabaret,” yet, strictly speaking. | most of them have no claim to the title at all. A “cabaret” means a small room | MARINE CORPS I Col. Philip M. Bannon, who was re- cently ordered to report to headquar- ters, Marine Corps, this eity, will shortly be retired from active service. Col. Ban- non was appointed a second lieutenant in the corps on July 1, 1897, and was awarded a brevet rank of first lieuten- ant on June 13, 1898, for gallantry in action under fire at Guantanamo, Cuba, ! during the Spanish-American War. Col. | Bannon is & member of one of the oldest families in Maryland, a native of Annc Arundel County, and has a host of friends in social circles about Annapo- lis, Md. First Lieut. Charles W. Laviett was February 13 ordered placed on the r:- tired list upon report of a board of med- ical survey. He joined the corps in the status of an enlisted man and during the World War was given temporary commissioned rank, afterward receiving permanent_appointment - Marine Gunner Charles A. Penning- | Judge Marschner placed Watson on | yon will on February 20 be piaced upon | the retired list, In accordance with the approved report of medical survey. Col. John T. Myers, upon reporting tc headquarters, this city, will. it is statad, be assigned to duty as a member of the senior examining board. Capt. T. E. Kendrick, heretofore on recruiting duty at Kansas City, Mo., —a private room as opposed to a hall So the first cabaret shows were the|S. battleship Teyas. for duty in charge | and First Lieut. Towell M. performances of entertainers hired spe- | for some private par | will report Febryary 20 aboard the U of the Marine defachment thereof. Capt. C. P. Matteson, commandirg pirg reat Pyramid i 118-inch Chassis Coach $1250 127-inch Chassis Custom Landau Sedan $1650 Custom 7-Passenger Sedan $1950 All prices §. o. b. Detrois, plus war excise tax ¢ Department | entertain the experiences 1ona y from ld the full 1y, requiring nterim the quarterly initia- Lment committee, con- ¥ H Hale, Capr. J. Al- na Part Honorary Pos, Hart, 15 ralnment, the sed 1 defray \he ex- delegate 1o the In mient Past Depart Ieiily has been ap- the “On-to-1n- commitice a memiber of Clun” Disabled American Veterans. ced fo) aing vies for mentally alling World a E lste of At Commanaer of the Dis Veteran Bt Den er neat particular Interesy iezislation for the dis Wrshinglon 1o comtinus with the s 0 bs he - NEW planning a | ip additional hos- | ) President | | the Marine detachment ahoard the bat- tleship Texas, will on or about February 20 proceed to Nicaragua for duty with the 2d Brigade of Marines. Sccond Lieut. R. Fagan, heretofore on duty at Pensacola, Fia., will on February 25 report to the commanding general, Parris Island, S. C., for duty. Capt. Joseph J. Staley has returned to duty in the reserve section at head- | quarters. The commissioned officers attached to the Marine Barracks, Eighth and I 17 in the band room of, the barrack: rangements, The National Capital Detachment of the Marine Corps League met February 16 in the District Building. A special drive for membership is now on and the various police stations and fire houses have been circularized by Lieut. Paul Sullivan, who is the detachment pay- master. The District of Columbia Association | of the Marine Corps Reserve Officors; held its monthly dinner at the Army and Navy Club last Tuesday evening | Representattve Samuel C. Arentz of Ne- | vada. former Representative Frank T. | Appleby of Ashury Park, N. J.. and Maj] | Wilbur Thing. director of the Corre- spondence Schools. Quantico, made ad- rdrrssl‘s Among those in attendance were Capts. Ketcham, Layne, Staley and Miller: Lieuts. Wheeler, O'Reagan, | Sisson, Sullivan, Whyte, Kalisch, Egan. |1. U. S. A. R, the latter a guest. 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