Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 34

Veterans of THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Great War AMERICAN LEGION. POST MEETINGS THIS WEEK: December 10 —U. S. S. Jacob Jones, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 p.m. December 10 — Conference post commanders and post adjutants, room 1045, United States Vet- erans’ Bureau, 6:45 p.m. December 11 — Vietory, 935 Grant place northwest, 8 p.m. December 11 — James Reese ‘Europe, Installation, Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. An important conference of post commanders and post adjutants has | been called by Department Comdr. Ha: lan Wood tomorrow evening at 5 | o'clock in_room 1046, United States | Veterans' Bureau, at which time th2 | question of the proposed membership | campaign will be discussed and the | program outlined. | A meeting of the department bail | eommittee of the American Legion was held last Tuesday evening at.the Wil- Jard Hotel, at which time reports were presanted and appointments:of some of the committees announced. The meat. ing was presided over by First Vice| Comdr. Thomas D. Walsh, who Is chairman of the ball committee. The evening of January 30 was se- lccted by the conmmittee, both the large and small ballrooms to be used for dancing from 9:30° until "1 o'clock. Orchestras will furnish music in both of tine ballrooms. In the main ballroom the orchestra will be docated this year in the-center, with the distinguished | guesis’ boxes directly opposite. John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman | of the national legislative committee of the Legion, will be chairman of the dstinguished guests committee. An- nouncement was made that President and Mrs. Coolidge have accepted the invitation extended to them fo head | the list of patrons and patronesses: Last | year President and Mrs. ‘Coolidge not | only honored the Legion by heading this | list, but also visited the ball dufing: the evening, which was gratifying to | those who were present on -this bril- liant occasion. The committee expects to make this year's ball equally attrac- tive and the decorative feature this year will exceed that of previous affairs held under the auspices of the Depart- | ment of the District of Columbia. Past Vice Department Comdr. Theodore 1 Cogswell is chairman of the patrons committee and Miss Emily J. Carey, third vice commander of the depari- ment, chairman of the - patronesses committee. Past Department Comdr. Amcs A. Fries will head the reception committee, with Past Vice Department Comdr. Thomas J. Frailey chairman of the floor committee. . The ticket: distribution. will’ be in charge of Second Vice Comdr. Edgar I. Hale, and the boxes under the super- vision of & committee headed by Thom- as F. kfin. Chairman Thomas D. Walsh completed arrangements for the music and ballrooms and his report was approved at the meeting. Past 'De- partment Comdr. Paul J. McGahan is chairman of the committee on invita- tions. The treasurer of the ball will be Department Adjt. Howard 8. Fisk. Representatives of the local dzpart: ment attended and took an active part in the conference of department com- manders and department adjutants which took place December 6, 7 and 8, 2t the national headquarters in Indian- apolis, Ind. The' local Legionnaires are expected to arrive here tomorrow. ‘Thos2 who attended the conference, which was called by National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt and National Adjt. James F. Barton, were Watson B. Miller, chair- man of the national rehabilitation com- mitteet John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the national legislative commiitee; National Executive com: mitteeman Paul J. McGahan, First Vice Comdr. Thomas D. Walsh, repre- senting Department Comdr, Harlan Wood, who was unable to attend, and Department Adjt. Howard S, Fisk. At the last meeting of the James E. Walker Post; No. 26, American Legion. held at_the Twelfth Street Y November 22, final plans for the post dance which will be given December 1 at the ‘White- law Hotel, were outlined by the com- mittee of which Dr. Vernon S. Green is chairman. Commi! ‘of the. Armistice smoker, m cm’c welfare and the post Christmas fund were Comdr. W. L. adopted. Senfor Vx of Savoy was as the Christmas fund committee. ing of the pos! ?All members of the post are re- quested to attend the ne: meeting of the post, December 13, at No. 4, American Legion, will hold its next meeting in Woodmen of the World Hall Tuesday evening, and at that time will take up the question of new quarters for the post. The bugle and drum corps is making arrangements for a supper to be given at an carly date. Comdr. Ernest B. Lyons is planning surprises for the comrades at future meetings, and the membership drive ynder his leadership 1s progressing. Enactment of the unjversal duatt act “as & peace. insurgnoe: measure that fn the event of future emergency will provide a?ufl sexvice for all and special profit for none” will again be ;xrged. l.nhglb_ eonbx)\ < year by the American . %hemi{apona 1? the military affairs committee ‘of the Legion, which recom- mended thatthe Leglon continuz its Victory Post, Miss Helen O'Neill, national child wel~ fare officer. The entertainment program following was featured by showing of motion pic- tures depicting the progress of Army aviation. The films were secured by Lieut. A, K. Ladd of the Army Air Corps. Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, the Amer- | ican Legion, met Wednesday evening at | the clubrooms, 1326 Massachusetts ave- | nue, to witness the installation.of the | newly elected officers. Department Comdr. Harlan Wood, aftcr an appeal that every member of the Legion en- deavor to double the present member- ship, installed the following officers: Commander, Esmund Callahan; first vice commander, Andrew McLaughlin; second vice commander, Russell W. Clarkson; third vice commander, Fred | Real; chaplain, Walter Cupp; finance | officer, W. E. Shear; adjutant, William | H. Allen. | Past Comdr. Carl Brown presented to the retiring commander, John Orlosky, on behalf of the post, the past com- mander’s medal. ¥ Another ceremony was the inlifation of a largs class of new members; Four new applieants. were ‘elected to meém- bership: Elmer Nelson, Emmott Wil- liams, George E. McFeeley and Jordan Patterson. They will be initiated at | the January meeéting. i The retiring commander paid par- ticular tribute to Mrs. Marshall Mc- Kibben, past president of the auxiliary unft of the post, for her co-operation | with him during the past year. | The auxiliary served a supper and the evening concluded with dancing. | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, POST MEETINGS THIS WEEK: ‘Wednesday—Front Line Post, No. 1401, 935 Grant place; Co- Jumbia Post, No. 833, Thomas Circle Club. ‘Thursday—Potomae Post, No. 1085, Northeast Masonic Temple. Friday—T.N.T: Tent, Cootics, 935 Grant place. The regular monthly meeting of the Department Council of Administration | was held inf the board room of the Dis- | trict Bufiding last Monday evening, | Comdr. Frank Lockhead presiding. A resolution, forwarded from Equality- Walter Reed Post, commending Presi- dent Coolidge for his Armistice day ad- dress on national defense, was cne of a large number adopted by the council. The department commander was in- structed to formulate plans for a ccn- tral relief agency within the depart- | ment. As it is now, each post and the department have relief committees func- tioning and it is the purpose of the council to co-ordinate this work in one central body, thereby eliminating a duplication of effort by the various posts. r. Lockhead will shortly name a committee to complete the plans for this-agency and the subject will then be’put to each post-for their action. ; Comdr. Lockhcad announced he will soon recelve the V. F. W. National Guard trophy and that it will be award- ed to the winning .unit of the local militia at a mnear future date. This trophy, in the.form of a bronze plaque, is an annual award of the local depart- ment, for the unit of the Dictrict of Columbia National Guard showing the best rating in several subjects named by the V. F. W. 8 ‘The coyncil decided .not to affiliate with the community chést movement in the District of Columbia..- A commit- tee has been investigating this pro- posed agency for a period, of three months and made its report to the | council Monday night. The main rea- | son set forth for not joining the com- munity chest is that the six posts of | j their relief funds to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home for widows and orphans of veterans, which is lo- cated at.FEaton Raplds, Mich. This home is the only one of its kind sup- ported by a veteran organization. A citation certificate was presented to Charles Kohen by Comdr. Lockhead for | the work that he has done for the nesdy veterans in the District of Columbia during the past five years. Past Department Comdr. Joseph F. Beatty presented the council with a bound volume containing the records of the department during his term of office. Comdr. Beatty paid a tribute to Past Department Adjutant A. C. Fowles, whose untiring efforts made the records possible. John A. Lewis, national council mem- ber for the fifth district, was a visitor at the council meeting and in a brief talk outlined what the V. F. W. has accomplished in the five Southern States that he represents on the na- ticnal council. The department commander and his stafl lgst week visited two more of the local posts. Tuesday Fedcral Post was paid a visit and Wednesday Front Line Post was visited. Plans are being made for the joint installation of the newly elected post officers early next month. . Comrade Grudd is in charge of a committee mak-1 g arrangements for this affair, The department. entertathment com- mittee announces that the Midwinter smoker will be held during the third week of January, ; ‘Through the local V. F. W. and the courtesy of “Rudy” Albrecht, the pa- tients at Mount Alto Hospital were furs nished a program of music during the dinner hour Thanksgiving day. Front Line Post, No. 1401, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet at Wood- man's Hall, on Grant place, next Wed- nesday evening. Officers will be elected. New members include Rev. Father Francis J. Hurney, Harry Photis, George L. Monroe and Roy L. Chambers. The post is sending out a call to eli- gible overseas vetefans who would like to enroll in the new Veterans of For- eign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps. The new uniforms for this organization will be_selected at the meeting Wednesday. The auxiliary was instituted last week and sworn in ‘by: Mrs. Bessie Hanken, nationalpresident of the auxiliary of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars: Mrs. Hanken also presented.the auxiliary 'with a silk flag altar cloth. B A radio night Tecruiting drive will be staged in the near future and sev- eral other social evenings are being ar- ranged. -Eh National Capital Post, No. 127, Vet- erans of Forelgn Wars, Will meet to- go{r‘vzv Lh'evem“d"'. Pythian Temple. ue second meeting being sched- uled for December zlfklchrlstfias eve, this meeting will be ecanceled. There will be election of post officers. Ther: will be an entertainment and refresh- | ments after the meeting. Following are nominees: For commander, Oscar W. Hollingsworth; senior vice comman- der,” Jacob De Hart; junior vice com- mander, Edward W. Coffee and Adolpi Rudolph; quartermaster, Ernest Wick- strand; chaplain, Charles E. Nefl; officer of day, Michael Guifree and Charles Blakeman; post advocate, James E. Bird; post surgeon, M. Simmions; trustee for 18 months, retiring Post | Commander, R. C. Muschlitz. The recruiting committee “consisting of post officers and Past Post' Comman- ders George J. Neuner, Daniel J. Leahy, | Eugene A. Pierce and John.Allen will meet immediately after the élection of new post officers, and launch into a recruiting um?fl‘m _committes has avallablé a list of 800 prospects and letters will be prepared for'mailing to each - eligible, - National Capital Post being the er post of the V. F. W. | in the Distriet of Columbia, organized April 11,1919, -with ‘but 14 signers for charter, and celebrated its first birthday | April 11, 1920, with a membership of 1,450. | During the ‘past nine years five | new posts have been organized. George Forelgn Wars, announced more than & million names signifying approval of ths American public of “The Star Span- gled Banner” as the official national anthem of the Nation will be presented to. Congress this session by “The Star Spangled Banner” campaign committee of the Veterans of Forcign Wars of the | United States. The present drive for petition signatures came to a close No- vember 24, marked by a dinner of the national Americanization committee at the Mecca Temple Shrine, New York City. b The campaign in behalf of making | composition ‘of Francis | the famious Scott Key the officlal national anthem began early last Summer, when Capt. Walter I. .Joyce, director of the na- tional Americanization committee, New York City, started distribution of blank petitions to every V. F. W. post, fra- ternal and patriotic unit in the country. Signed petitions have been retutned from cvery State in the Union, with New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Colorado leading in the order named. The movement has been indorsed by State end city officials, the executive | bodies of national and fraternal patri- otic gocieties, noted musicians and coth- posers. “It. is. plainly evident”. comments. Capt. Joyce, “that 98 per cent of the iAmerican public is desirous of but one anthem, and that to be our own glo- rious ‘Star Spangled Banner. It can | never, be replaced by a composition written with the ambition of winning a prize contest. Francis Scott Key gave expression to an inner exultation and | inspiration born under- fire and at the moment when our national colors proved steadfast against the enemy's onslaught, “The spirt end patriotic emotions that brought forth ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ :will never be known to the man or woman who tries to create a national anthem under the inspiration of mere dollars.” ‘ Qne of the organizations strongly sup- | porting the movement is the American War Mothers, of. which Mrs. Thomas Spence, Milwaukee, is national president. | “Any attempt to' replace ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ as‘our national an- them is ridiculous and out of the ques- | “We will | tion,” declared Mrs. Spence. spare no effort_in : co-operating with the Veterans of Foreign s in stress- ing the necessity of designating Key's composition. as the official national an- them by this session of Congress.” Mrs. H. H. McCleur, Kansas City, Mo., department president of the Amer- ican War Mothers and a past national president, - personally took charge of D. C, DECEMBER 39, “The Star Spangled Banner” campaign in her section of she country. American War Veterans’ Club, The American War Veterans' Club will stage its annual. New Year eve carnival, dinner and dance at the Raleigh Hotel Monday evening, Decem- ber 31, commencing at 8 ao'clock. Souvenirs and novelties will be dis- tributed. A surprise tableau will usher the old year out and the new year in at midnight. Many reservations have been received .at the headquarters of the organization in the Metropolitan Bank Bullding. Veterans and thelr friends are invited to attend. Those desiring to participate are requested to communicate with Lieut. Charles Rigmer at the club’s offices. The honored guests will include wounded and maimed veterans from the Walter Reed, Mount Alto and Naval Hospitals. They will be looked after by Mrs. M. D. Shackelford of the Red Cross, assisted by several other nurses who have been invited as guests. The committes in charge is: Judge Robert E. Mattingly, chairman; Isaac Gans, Representatives J. J. McSwain and Morgan G. Sanders, Col. Fred B. Ryons, Capt. Harvey L. Miller, Dr. J. W. Pollock, Dr. Charles E. Morganston, Comdr. Gearge B, Trible, Maj. Wallace Streater, Maj. Roy E. Hughes, Col. Dunlop P. Penhallow, Maj. William L. «Browning, Capt. Charles O. Shaw, Fred Buchholz, Ralph A. Cusick, Lawrence P. Walton, Elmer L. Haberkorn, 8. H. Wolberg, George & Mueller, jr.; A. O. | Dille, Lieut. A. R. Thompson, Lieut, Howard S. Fisk, Harry Pollock, Dr. Albert H. Parham, Chester Bernard, | Dr. I P. Constantinople, Capt. Jeffer- son’ L. Ford, Capt. D, P. Guynn, Maj. Charles W. Fréeman, Lieut, Curtis W. Handley, Lieut. Walter H. Kilbourne, Frank J. Albus, James Pistorio, Capt. D. J. Shaw, Rush S, Young and Lieut. Charles Riemeér, chairman of arrange- ments. Gold Coast Wars on Gin. True to his promise made during his S)ur in Europe, Sir Ofori Atta, the Gold war on the large Imports of Dutch gin into West Africa. Boon after he re- turned home he wrote the following to an acquaintance in BEurope: “As you know, I hiad & case of gin presented me in London. I broughv this case with me to the Gold Coast, and the date that my spokesman rendered to the state, a report of my British tour the proceed- ings were ended by the burying of the gin. The contents of the 12 bottles were poured out, my ‘people unan- imously agreein| longer be thelr ‘friend.’ A Truly Remarkable Domestic Coal— Great Valley Anthracite " Mines in Virginia in All Sizes for Household Use—Contains No Mixtures ally no draft than Pennsylvania e “Rheolaveur” washery, as: coal. 13 h y s_lons. e preparation of burn- ‘Those interested in materfally reducing the cost of their fuel bills this Winter should try this unusual coal, and can obtain same at the following prices: Great Valley Egg....$12.75 . Grest Valley Stove Union Coal Company 01 5" Capiol B. Joy Co. 1112 oth St. N.W. Chevy Chase C ethes: Exclusive United Stat . 13.00° * < Great Valley Nut.... 12.75 Grglk Valley Pea..... 9.50 Sold by American_Ice_ Co. 132 F St per gross ton 2,240 lbs.' Rinaldi Bros. 645 B. 1. Ave, N.E. Rosslyn Rossiyn, Bldg. . Bldg.. Supply Ce NW. nd Canada Selling Agente— Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Company Neuner was the first commander. the V. F. W. in the city of Washing- ton, each year send a percentage of | efforts to have Congress this law, was unanimously. approved at the recent tenth nat’onal convention bf the Legion l in San Antonio, Tex. The repart placed the Legion op rec- ord as favoring appropriate legislation | llhlp;lu . 13jewel movemen to provide for additional temmmemu-l tions, awards and citations for services in the armed forces of the United States, and urged the continuance of the aid now being given to civillan rifie clubs in this country. ‘The monthly meeting of the U. 8. 8. Jacob ‘Jones Post, No. 2, will be held | at th> Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massa- | chusetts avenue, tomorrow evening at 81 o'clock. Officers will be elected. Nomi- i nations at the November meeting were | 28 follows: Commender, Marie Lueb- kert and Lucille Allan; enior vice com- | mander, Ethel J, Rule and Elsie Pinney; | Jjunior yice.commander, Gladys Allen | and Cagolyn Hermann; ?Blaln Amy Hammond; histoian, Cora Drake: ser- geant at .arms, Helen Opitz: ‘guarter- master, Charlotte Berry; .golor bearers, Martha Witeomb, May *C. Whitaker, | Mary Tatspaugh:~Viola Benedict, Elsie { Becke, Rose C. O'Hara, May Barrett and | Helen Sprague, ond trustee, Mabel F.| Staub. l Final on will taken on the revised !ltua:‘vfl%:by-hws. The executivecommtitee met Thurs- day evening at ihe home of Mary Welde. | Department Comdr. Harlan Wood | installed the officers of the Kenneth } Nash Post, No. 8, Wednesday .evening. Comdr. R. H. Madden succeeded Charles D. Allen. H. F. Bresee and Dr. Albert H. 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