Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1929, Page 46

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHT ] trustee, Thomas E.|Mrs. Charles O. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs, | friends, December 27, at Pythian Tem- | Fawcett; post advocate, Phillip Belt. | Harry Kampf, Capt. and Mrs. Char |ple. Alfred A. Hoffman ‘of National| The election of Kelly was by a| Dellenger, Mrs. A. Killeen. Mr. and Capital Post surprised the auxiliary by | margin of one vote over Heise. After | Mrs. Madison L. Hill. Mr. and Mrs. D shipping a trce irom his ranch located | the election the post adjourned and | McDonald, Miss Gaslin, Mr. and Mrs. | at Hubbard, Oreg. The tree was deco- | went in a body to the home of Henry | A. Price, Miss Mildred Price, A, Riemer, rated with gifts which were distributed | Ewing. where the ausiliary had pre-| Mr. and Mrs. John Dillon Fitzgerald 3 to all present, followed by serving lunch | pared a repa: Comrade Ewing was | Mr and Mis. A, Jett, Lieut. Howard S. | of National Safety Council | and refreshments. Hostessos of the eve- |on leave from the hospital for the, Fisk. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Haberkorn 5 Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15,|ning were Mrs. Laura Weaver, presi-| Christmas hollday. and was greeted by | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis, Lieut. and | Is Announced. | American Legion, at a recent me'enmz'\df t ifind Mrs. Rose MMA(‘M;- presi-| the membors of the post ‘,‘,”‘"u“fi“;‘;“éfih,f;’;‘.’?‘}&“"; ‘\’T‘q “,:““\‘.‘(’“ I By itie Associated Preas ! hel hoard e jld- | dent-clect, as: y their staff of offi- |~ The post celebrated New Year eve | Huntes . Miss Marion Von- : ? ::u;d ,’,';iéh'?r&?i'o“'fi?'“csfi'fi‘&'f‘ s’i‘r‘;‘é‘, | cers. Committees in charge of hospital | at the home of th retiring commander, | rosen and others. 5 CHICAGO. January 5.—Two girls who died December 16. Announcement | 1ctivitics submitted the Maj. Fawcctt. and about 40 members| The next dinner dance of the club|head the list of awards of the Presi- | was made that equipment for a proper | Marsaret Lidsione. b land their wives attended. Supper, |Will be beld at ths Ralcigh Hoicl genys Medal of the National Safety The Department of the District of | ritualistic initiation had been ordered | £CTeTa! chairvoman prepared by Mrs. Fawcett and Mrs. | Washington's Dirthday | et T st i ik vy Columbia established a mnew record from national headquarters. |Walter Reed Hospital, M ora M. Uhlarik, was served. | 3 s @ : y- i ¢ ; : Comrade Franklin made an address e e They are Miss Tola F. Wilham, Sioux et bt Falls, S. Dak., and Miss Mary Laughter, mufa ‘Sientz, Miks Loia Angltberaer. | (o meatings o month " "% THREE DEATHS BLAMED Rockport, Tex. in which he said the crowded conditions | AU Oiicborge than 50 per cent of Its membership aid | i Jeca] service. And Veiorans: Bureay | Miss Margarct Neate AMiss Margarct ON BLIZZARD IN IOWA “Ni& Wiham, nignt chief operator Rl i) | for the Northwestern Bell Telephone feh" i £ Mis: Secil Would. Mo up for the year 1920. A “garrison finish” | Hospitals is being relieved. _Dept. | Ko Pngi}fiml?)x‘jlrf e was made in the closing day of the vear | Comdr. Harlan Wood E Co. Sloux Falls, resuscitated Jam Pruitt, who was overcome by gas fume and Comdr. r Mother, chairwoman; a f the yeaT | o iler of Spangler Post made addresses, | C0\d, Star, Mother, chalrwoman; ¢ and Department Comdr. Harlan Wood | "Gii2 e SKolen made an appeal: for T e =g Bentingons with the officers of his staff worked un- | castoff_clothing to be used for needy | neiiie "Wolf. AMre. . Loneia Hoffman, | Miss Laughter revived Varna Brundett, | ceasingly day and night until the last velerans in and about Washington. New | yrre ™ Gertrude Clark, Mrs. An: 10, Rockport, after tha girl sank in a | of the returns were sent to national deep channel while swimming. headquarters in Indianapolis, reaching The President’s Medal is awarded to persons who save lives using the members admitted were G. T. Bradley. : v 5 ; Y. Dourgherty and Miss Helen Dourgherty P. B. Tew, Z T ‘Hamilton, P E.R. al Hospital, Chairwoman, Vice there the last day of the old year. Ac- companying the reports were telegrams Schacler prone pressure method of res- | piration. | Morquist. Harry Benosky, E. G. Yates, |} sented Hawaiian d: S s s y v, i v Mrs. Bassie nlan, Mrs awailan dances and lullabies. L. R, Voorhees, H. E. Hill, T. T. Tuohy, | himaent | M. Bossts, e er, Mre. | Among the gursis were: Judge and to National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt and | C. H. Orme, C. C. Campbell, R. F. ' National Adjt. James F. Barton, ex- Nickolson and W. K. Nickolson. Jozefa Fitzpal Mary ;\,11‘-;» erx;n L XRlo]laud. Judge and Mr: 5 Slizabe for | Rufus Bland, i tending best wishes for the new year. Arrangements are being made for a -‘Inrflu’. F;;!Qldkelrxflfl“ “.vln\;l\\.“,rr R epre: and M‘n ‘Arrangements going forward for ' Mminstrel show to be heid at the Jewish oot omon “acq, tha. president| Bob M M the annual department ball which will Community Center, the night of Jan- | {PA!HOMEN: e be held in the New Willard Hotel Wed- |Uary 24. ! and president-elect. Weaver | Jsaa t. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gan nesday, January 30, with dancing from |and Mrs. Rose MacAlear; past presi-| Col and Mrs. Harlee, Col. and Mrs. | 9:30 to 1 o'clock. The local Legion- i v | dents, Mrs. Margaret Jacobson, Eliza- Fred B. Ryons, Maj. and Mrs. Charles A v the s e s | beth Jeits and Margaret Lindstone: Mrs, | William Preeman, Maj. and Mrs. Charles | resence of National Comdr. and Mrs MEETINGS THIS WEEK: oy . acebson Eatre. Mabel Picrco, | Scoti, Mr. and Mrs, Leon Arnold, D aul V. McNutt and Mrs. Bovee Monday — Department council Julia Poore, Miss Leola Clever, and Mrs. L. Richardson, Lieut. Comdr. Marano, Mrs. Helena Davis 2nd Mrs. George B. Trible, Lieut. and ien, jr., national president of the Amer- | | of administration, District Build- sean Legion Auxiliary. President and | ing :nd Mrs. Maude Cooper.” The ausiliary Mrs, Charles [Riemer. Col. and Mis ] | Gistributed more than 500 boxes of Dunlop P. Penhallow, Col. and Mrs. M. Mss. Calvin Coolidge head the Hst of Wednesday-—Joint installations, | |candy, one bushel of orang>s and ap-' Parmlec Capt. and Mrs. Harvey L.| patrons and patronesses again this vear, all posts and auxilliaries, L'Aig- | | ples and 100 pairs of socks to patients Miller. Lieut. and Mrs. A. R. Thompson. the same as last year. The affair is ex- | | lon Salon : pected to be the most brilliant in the By Spoipans in need. and other gi Col. and Mis. K. Greene, Capt. and history of the local department and the | | Northeast Masonic Temple s. I N. Menikeim, Capt. and Mrs. by ' foat b 1 At the meeting December 27 of George McDermott, Mr. and Mrs. H ecorative features will be unusually Friday—T. N. T. Cootics, 935 | | Potomac Post ths following officers Murrell. Col. and Mrs. A. C. Waller, D e intc attractive. The various post command- | | Grant place, [erubles RS licEan: NoEsnyAder . BIoYd E:| antMEs D, QUAISI Mag art ie: and Knox was run down as he alighted ers will have their post colors d nating the respective posts. which n senior vice commander, Frank R. | E. Hughes, Dr. and Mrs. Albert H from a street car in Waterloo. add to the attractiveness of the scene junior vice commander, Comrad ham, Mr Ralph A X, = o—— . 4 : quartermaster, Dewin Warren, ' Dr. and M Morgan Elephant fights were favorite spec- | on A the patroness com- fration will hold its first session of the | o bt - 8 l i3 E1 | n“"\';ef'hg_;‘f;;d“ \Yx‘:« ‘m&‘u{,‘m{-fi:mu; " | new year tomorrow night in the bosrd | T of the day. and Mrs. . tacles in India at the old native courts. Oarey Is being assisted by Miss Marga- Toom of the District Building. Several | ret Shaughnessy, Miss Lillian ver, | very important amendments to the de- | l IONAI ) g 5 | at the way in which the jubilee had | resentatives of a noble tradition and of been celebrated throughout. the world |@ magnificent historic continuity and - sai E y S set a nple by all the faithful, with thanks snd |§3i%,Shat they should st an examp the uprightness of their lives and prayers. He saluted the members of | their perseverance in good works. He the Roman aristocracy present as rep %nm‘/Vafetflose Amazing Mystery Flower Superbmystic creations—importeddirectfrom Japan. A real mystery. Fascinating noveity flowers that will mystify your friends. h stock has a gorgeous rose ‘ndseveral buds of many colors. Beautiful beyond: ription. Blooms Instantly No waiting. No earth requi Just drop marvels in glass water. The magnificent rose and buds unfold instantly—in 3 sec- onds. As if by magic you have a collection of Water Roses. 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MEETINGS THIS WEEK. i January 8—Victory Post, Wood- men’s Hall, 935 Grant place northwest, 8 p.m. FEREEN—————- American War Veterans' Club. | The American War Veterans Club| held its New Year eve ball and dinner t the Raleigh Hotel. More than 300 participated n the festiviti Throe orchestras furnished the musi Nov- elties were distributed to the guests Th» Aloha Troubadour Troupe pre- Storm Increasing in Intensity. | | Temperatures Are Expected to Drop Below Zero. By the Associated Press, DES MCINES, Towa, January 5.—At least three persons lost their lives in cidents bla on the Winter's first rd in Io | storm. which started late yest day throughout most of th> State, was incre: sty today. Tempera- | tures were expected to drop to below ro throughout the State. reaching 10 | below in the southwest portion and zero to 5 below in the eastern scctor. | Dennis Rillahan, 49, of Valley Junc- tion, J. H. Coppert of Cedar Rapids and Robart M. Knox of Waterloo, were killed | in_accidents attributed to the storm. Rillahan was struck by an automobile while trying to keep the strest car | tracks here frec from snow: Coppert was Killed when his car crashed into another machine 13 miles from Vinton. | Otiers who received the awards were Orlo Cummings, Corvallis, Ore : John J. | Gartman, Meridian, Miss.. Paul H. De- s Free ‘This astounding shell flower. Re- sembles wild anemone. Some have one bloom— others two. Dm‘: shellin glass wit! waterand flowers unfold at once, just like Japanese ‘ater Roses. See extra special of- fer in coupon. POPE RECEIVES NOBILITY. Roman Delegation Presents New Year Greetings to His Holiness. ROME, January 5 (#).—Pope Pius tod received the Roman nobility, headed by Prince Marcantonio Colonna. | The visitors presented their New Year grectings and congratulated the Pontiff his_sacerdotal jubilee. The Pope replied that he was moved Post, EXTRAI Pretty .h.{vme-r Shell Flower. W order for & Water Roses: Red, B Yellow, The department council of adminis- 80e (Coin o stamps) Mr. il ered at this meeting. Reports will also | With the starting of the new year, be rendered by the chairman of the Department Adjt. Howard S. Fisk entertainment committee on the plans invites the attention of members of the | that have been formulated for the joint local department to the five big activi- | installation exercises and the depart- ties of the American Legion launched ment smoker. The inspectors’ reports ' at the recent commanders and adjutants |on the six posts of this jurisdiction will | conference which he attended at In-‘|also be rendered. Chief of Staff F. R. dianapolis and urges their support in |Heise will announce the standings of | rach instance. The activities are junior | the posts in the recruiting compaign | base ball, Boy Scout work, safety work, | that is now being waged in the depart- | emergency relief and national defense. | ment. This campaign has entered its Definite plans for each of these act final month, being due to close Jan-| ties have been worked out by the Na- |uary 31. ! tional Americanism commission and Comdr. Frank Lockhead will be en-| every post in this department should | tering the last half of his year's tenure swing into action immediately and make | of office at the session of the council this the biggest year in the history of | tomorrow evening. Since his elevation | Miss Ethel Baer and Mrs. Gertrude Partment constitution will be consid- | L NATIONAL Furniture Company <& NATIONAL l Furniture Company ' DISCOUNTS the American Legion. The first activity national defense and Congress now has before it the naval construction g pro- vision for 15 cruisers and an aircraft carrier. Adequate appropriations will be urged for the mainienance of the Army and the Navy, the National Guard, the Citizens’ Military Training Camps and the Reserve Officers’ Training Camps. ‘Aiding Boy Scout activities has been part of the Legion's work for a number | of years,” continued Adjt. Fisk, “and has proven its worth as an all-time | Americanism projsct. Sponsoring Scout troops, organizing Scout councils and conducting Scout contests and compe- titions are somc of the wi in which the Legion is aiding the Scout move- ment. | “When disaster has struck part of the country in recent years the Legicn | has always been first in the rescue | and relief work. In order that the Le- | gion may be ready to give relief serv- ice in emergencies in every community t last national convention directed that efforts be made to organize an | emergency relief corps in every com- | munity where there are Leglonnaires, | No post can tell when disaster may strike its community and it should be | organized so that it can spring to the | relief of its community in any serious | emergency. In conclusion he requests that every assistance be rendered in the promo- tion: of junior base ball this year. Last year the Legion gave 122,000 boy: opportunity to play base ball in a great, Nation-wide competition, all of which | > helps in making the boys better citi- zens and good sportsmen throughout | the Nation. The installation of officers of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No.: 2, will take placs January 14 at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, at 8 o'clock. National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt will be one of the speakers at the annual | banauet of the National Sojourners at | th: Mayflower Hotel January 11. The | drum and bugle corps of Victory Post, | No. 4, will be present on that occasion | and participate in the recention to the national commander. In the ranks of the National Sojourners ars many mem- bers of the American Legion and the affair promises to be an interesting one, according to Capt. George F. Unmacit, U. S. A.. national secretary of the or- | ganization. Reservation may be made through Paul J. McGahan, Theodore Cogswell, Howard S. Fisk, George F. Unmacht, Raymond A. Burke, Thomas D. Walsh, Wallace Streater and at de- partment headquarters in the Transpor- tation Building. Victory Post, No. 4, Amcrican Legion, will meet in Woodmen of the World Hall Tuesday at 8 p.m. for its first meeting of the new year. Plans for the new | year will be discussed. The bugle and drum corps is plan- ning on enlarging the number of men in the corps and would like to enlist more buglers or thosz wishing to learn. ‘The next social event will be a| chicken dinner. to be held at the North- €ast Temple January 16 from 5 to 8 o'clock. Comrade Hess will have a meet- ing of the committee for the smoker, at which time several announcements will be made. Harlan Wood, department commander of the American Legion of the District of Columbia, has been advised of the name of the horse the Legion and Le- gion_Auxiliary here will represent in the Nation-wide Kentucky Derby mem- | bership race of the Legion. The race got under way January 2, each State in the Union representing one of the winners of the historic horse race classic of the Bluegrass countr The District_of Columbia has been assigned the “field.” which con three horses. They are: Arisiid ner of the first annual Kentucl Tun in 1875; Vagrant, winner of the | second Derby, run in 1876. and Behave Yourself, winner of the forty-seventh Derby, run in 1921 H Fifty-two horses, representing the | various Legion and auxiliary depart ments. asscmbled at the barrier ac 2 p.m. Wednesday for a membership race that promises to_beat all records in | legion history. The position of the | horses will be'determined on the mem- | bership quota standing of the different departments. _ Pole positions will be awarded to the Legion and auxiliary departments having the best joint per- | cantage of quota. Rail positions will go | to those with the lower percentage of quota. One of the first things the Legion in the District did was to select a jockey for the department horse. At 2 pm.! May 18 the horses will be brought down | ihe homestretch. This is the actual day +nd hour for the fifty-Afth annual Ken- | tucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Lou ville. The Kentucky Derby membership | tontest was considered particularly ap- ropriate for 1929, in view of the fact hat the 1929 national convention will | be held in Louisvilie. | Under the rules that have been an- | nounced at national headquarters, the egion and ausiliery in the District will | ave to co-operate very clo: if* the | epartment horse makes a good show- g Winners will be determined on the pasis of the percentage of the 1929, membership quota attained. In every tate the percentage of the Legion and uxillary will be averaged to give fho | tanding of the different horsss. A high | verage of either the Legion or aus- | lliary would be pulled down in the! tc this office last June Capt. Lockhead has struggled to place the department | on a smooth working basis, bringing into it much of the efficiency and or- ganization that is found only in mili- tary administration. Every officer of the department is reported to be func- | tioning as a unit, and committees are carrying out their assignment wiXh ma- chine-like precision. The posts of the department are co-operating Comdr. Lockhead in all of his en- deavors. | Chief of Staff Heise, who will be in charge of the installation ceremonies at the L'Aiglon next Wednesday evening, | requests that all pest colors, in charge of a uniformed color detail, report to him that night in the basement of that building not later than 7:30 o'clock. All newly elected officers of all posts and auxilliaries are also requested to! report to the same offizer at th: same place and time. Post commanders will ¢ submit to Comdr. Lockhead, not later | than 7:45 p.m, a list of the members who are to be recipients of either ci- tations or past officers’ jewels. The| pro-rata cost of the joint installation | ceremony will be apporitoned among | the six posts and five auxilliaries of the department. Admission will be free and open to all V. F. W. members and| friends. Dancing will follow the exer- ct Many local veterans will go to Seat | Pleasant, Md., at the time of the insti- | tution of the newly formed Veterans of Foreign Wars post of that town. This to take place some time in this month and the work will be done by | Col. R. E. Grammes, commander of the | Department of Maryland, and his staff. Several men who have in the past been affiliated with Distriet of Columbia posts are the spnsors of this new unit. ! The méetings of Front Line and Co- lumbia Posts scheduled for Wednesday evening have been called off. due to| the department’s activities at the L'Alg- | National Capital Post is making plans for the celebration of its tenth anni- versary in April. paring to make this occasion one of | the most pretentious ever held by this | post. Being the first post organized in | Washington, the anniversary of Na- tional Capital Post means also the an- niversary of th= Veterans of Foreign Wars in this city J. D. Ryan of Equality-Walter Reed Post has been instrumental in the for- mation of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post at Manassas, Va., during the past several weeks. He also holds the dis- finction of being the biggest recruiter in the ranks of the Equality-Walter Reed Post, being responsible for no less | than 32 new mbers in the last two months. | Sixty. parsons sat at the table of | Front Line Post at the New Year eve carnival and dance of the American War Veterans’ Club held at the Ra- leigh Hotel ‘The drum corps committee of this post reports thet the membership is displaying much interest in the pro- posed musical unit. T N T Tent of the Military Order of the Cootie on December 28 elected new officers. A buffet lunch was sup- | plied by Cootie Nat Laden and his K. P. | detail. The new officers are: Insignifi- cant seam squirrel, Joseph B. Gardella insignificant blanket bum, F. R. Heise: insignificant hide gimlet, W. P. Cava- naugh; keeper of the crummy duffie bag, A. V. Cercell: provost marshal, M. Giuffre, and pill pusher, E. M. Snyder. The tent voted to purchase a page in | the Front Line Barrage, monthly paper | published by Front Line Post of the | Veterans of Foreign Wars, and devote | this space to Cootie activities. Each member will receive a copy of the paper every month. National Capital Post, Ladies’ Auxili ary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has | concluded a successful Christmas holi- day_program with a party for post What Shall I Do for Gray Hair? By ALICE STRAWN I am often sked ~ for air there are many pre a mixture of good old sage tea and sul- phur. You can either prepare tha mix- ture at home yourself. or. a5 most wom- en prefer. buy it already prepared and ready 1o use. 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