Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1929, Page 31

Veterans of Great War THE AMERICAN LEGION. MEETINGS THIS WEEK, January 14—U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, installation, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 p.m. January 15.—George Washing- ton Post, 1441 Rhode Island ave- nue northwest, 8 p.m. January 15.—Vincent B. Cos- tello Post, Board Room, District Building, 8 p.m. January 17.—Edward Douglas ‘White Post, Colonial Hotel, 8 p.m. January 17.—August P. Gard- ner Post, University Club, 8 pm, The membership campaign for paid- up members for the year 1929 as com- pared with the year 1928 which closed December 20 at midnight resulted in first honors going to Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, the American Legion, De- partment of the District of Columbia, | for the post having a membership of | over 100 members. This post finished with a percentage of 107. ! The honors for the post with a mem- | bership under 100 were captured by James E. Walker Post, No. 26, which | had 142 per cent paid-up members. | ‘The only other post with a paid-up membership of over 100 per cent on December 20, was Tank Corps Post, No. 19. At the close of the week end- | ing January 8 posts with a paid-up | membership _included the following: | XKenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8; Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11; Tank Corps Post, No, 19; Cooley-McCullough Post, ¥o. 22, and James E. Walker Post, No. 26. A detailed report of the standing | of all of the posts in this department | was sent’to all post commanders and adjutants last Thursday by Department | Adjt. Howard S. Fisk, announcing the | winners of the two trophies donated by | Department Comdr Harlan Wood. Phese trophies will shortly be awarded the Quentin Roosevelt and James E. alker posts. Post commanders are ed to continue to show a gain in | paid-up membership this year over last vear with a possibility of winning hon- ors in the Edward E. Spafford trophy contest. ‘The annual department ball will be held at the New Willard Hotel, Janu- ary 30. For the first time the patron and patronesses committee is being headed by President and Mrs. Calvin | Coolidge and Vice President and Mrs. | Charles G. Dawes, all of whom ac- cepted the invitation extended them for this occasion. Not only are the de- partment officials and the ball commit- tee appreciative of this honor but also the rank and file .of the organization. | Others in the list include representa- tives of the executive and legislative branches of the Government. High ranking officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are also co-operating this vear in making | the ball a success. The boxes, which will line both sides of the large ball- room are being disposed of rapidly and the nxm’:ess of the affair is already as- su Music will be furnished by orchestras in both the large and small ballrooms with dancing from 9:30 to 1 o'clock. In the large ballroom the orchestra will be located in the center of the hall directly opposite the boxes containing the distinguished guests. The decora- tive feature this year will excell that in g:t years and the boxes which have n ‘secured by the various posts in this department will have their colors ; "I; 1nsdu‘le\'l (euture.d Ehe b‘klllnc”m. now engages ‘worl out the final details of the coming event and providing for the comfort of the guests of the evening. Announcement - has been received from national headquarters by Depart- ‘ment Comdr. Harlan Wood that of the 52 entries in th> First Kentucky Derby Membership Race for paid-up members for 1929 over 1928. the Distriet of-Go- lumbia was honored with: fifth place with 46.13 per cent of its quota for 1929 paid into “headquarters 3 Amerjcan ry of the District 0f Columbia had 18.06 per cent of its membership paid up on the same date. John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the national legislative committee, announced this past week that the Army appropriation bill contains $5,- 533,129 for the Organized Reserves, an increase of $331,152 over the 1930 esti- mated budget and provides camp for 19,448 Teserve officers, which will be of interest to reserve officers in the National Capital. This number was cut down by the budget, but was replaced by the committee. The bill also provides $5418,970 for 2 this estimate is based upon training a like number next year. The installation of officers of the U, 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, com- posed of yeomen (F) who served in the World War, will take place tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue. The retiring commander is Miss Mabel F. Staub and the incoming commander Mrs. Lucille Allen. ‘The annual banquet of the Eight and Forty and the Forty and Eight honor societies of the American Legion, will be held at the Washington hotel in the Rose Room, Wednesday, January 30 at 6:30 o'clock, just prior to the annual department ball at the New Willard Hotel. The affair is to be given in honor of the national officers of the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary representatives attending the Women's Patriotic Conference on Na- tional Defense to be held at D. A. R. Hall, January 29, 30 and 31. Mrs. Irene Arnold and Mrs. Robertta Fawcett of the Eight and Forty will act as co- chairmen at_the hostess room in the Washington Hotel, January 28, 29 and 0. Acceptances have been received from National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt, the American Legion; Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, jr., national president, the American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs, M. Ann Sey- mour, la chapeau national of the Eight and Forty, and John “Chick” Comny, chef de chemin de ber of the Forty and Eight organizations. Miss J. Beatrice Bowman, superin- tendent Navy Nurse Corps, and mem- ber of Jane A. Delano Post, was an honor guest of the Maryland nurses at the annual State banquet of the American Legion, Department of Mary- land, January 10, at the Southern Hotel, Baltimore, Md. Paul V. McNutt also was a guest. Disabled World War veterans in 30 workshops in different parts of the country are working busily making the paper poppies which the American Legion Au: ry will sell for next Me- morial day, according to Mrs. Paul rector, at national headquarters. Ma- terials for millions of poppies have already been shipped to the hospitals and workshops and the work was un- der way in all the poppy-making cen- ters by January 1, she said. The disabled men will earn approzi- mately $100,000 through their poppy- making this Winter, Mrs. Akin esti- mated. As the men employed in the work receive little or no Government compensation, their earnings will help support their families during the Win- ter or will provide them with a “stake” to help re-establish themselves in life when they leave the hospitals. In ad- dition to the money paid the disabled poppy-makers, the auxiliary expects fo raise funds from the poppy sale to fi- nance its extensive program of relief for the other disabled men and their families, in which it expends nearly $1,000,000 yearly. Official notification that the National and American Leagues have again ap- propriated $50,000 to underwrite the ex- penses of the American Legion's na- tional junior base ball competition in 1929 has been received by Dan Sowers, National Americanism director of the Legicp, from Kenesaw Mountain Lan- dis, eommissioner of base ball. ‘The Legion now is enabled to go forward this year to bring base ball to the greatest possible number of boys of Am:rica, said Sowers, who is in charge of the program. In announcing organized base ball's continued support of the sandlot activi- ties of the Legion, Commissioner Landis spoke of the @uccess of the Legion dur- ing the 1928 season, when 122,000 boys under. 17 played on the .Legion team: and when championship teams from v ‘gum{' State were brought, to. gether 'm&m\ elimination play fof the junier championship of the world. e 1929 competition will be con- ducted along the same lines as the com- petition of the past year, with only minor modifications of the _rules, Sowers said. He expressed confidence that the number of boys playing this year will be largely increased. In addition to the co-operation of the big leagues, assurances of the sup- port for the boy base ball program have come from the ~minor leagues which aided the activity very materially in their territories last year, Sowers stated. By giving the use of their parks to the boys for important games and tourna- ments, supplying umpires, grounds per< sonnel, t and other aids, the minor league clubs were an important civilian training cal Approximately 35,000 boys were last year and factor in making the competition a complete success, - Assurances have also National Commander | government hospitals and convalescent | Akin, the auxiliary's national poopy di- | THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 13 1929—PART T. come from civic organizations, business firms and individuals who supported the movement last year, that they will work with the Legion for boy base ball again in_the 1929 season. Definite plans for the 1929 competi- tion are already being made, Sowers announced. Virtually all of the Legion's 10,000 posts, located in the cities and towns throughout the country, are ex- mfl to sponsor one or more junior ball teams. City or county cham- will first be decided and these 1 champions, will then play off by| Fra districts for the State championship. ‘The State champions will then be brought together in 12 regional tourna- ments, six in the East and six in the ‘West. The regional winners will vlay in two sectional tournaments to decide the teams which will represent the East and West in the junior world series. The world title now rests in the West, being held by the Oakland, Calif, Junicrs, who defeated the Worcester, Mass,, Juniors, in the 1928 world serizs. George Washington Post will meet n | its building, 1441 Rhode Island avenue, next Tuesday evening, when Repre- sentative Hamilton Fish of New York will deliver an address on the Kellogg | treaty and also on an amendment to the Constitution which he has pro- posed in a resolution introduced in Con- gress providing for a referendum on war to be taken by a national populnri vote and limiting the power of Con-| gress to declare war shall not be waged | until a declaration of war by a majority of the qualified electors in the several States. Paul V. Collins, commander of the post, has invited all Legionnaires to at- tend the meeting. A discussion will fol- low the address. Veterans of Foreign Wars. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Monday, National Capital Post, No. 127, Pythian Temple. Thursday, Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, Pythian Temple. The department council of adminis- tration met last Monday evening in the boardroom of the District Building, with Comdr. Lockhead presiding. Re- ports were heard from the chairmen of the following committees: Welfare, by-laws, flag decorations, buddy poppy, entertainment and drum corps. An appropriation of $150 was made for the use of the entertainment commit- tee in preparing for the depavtment Midwinter smoker, which is to be held at the Northeast Masonic Temple the night of February 5. Capt. Harvey L. Miller was placed in charge of the drum corps commit- tee and he announced that the proposed musical unit of the department would shortly become a reality. There are still several vacancies and any mem- ber of the V. F. W. desiring to affiliate with this drum corps can do 50 by sub- mitting his name to Capt. Miller at the U. 8. Coast Guard Magazine. The by-laws committee submitted several proposed changes in the by-laws of the department, but they could not be acted upon by the council, the only agency having the power to amend the statutes being the annual department encampment. 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Goldenberg’s purchased the entire Gov- Exhibit ( recivssnd ciesting National Sewing Machine Co. of Fine Sewing Machines Electric—Console—Desk—Two-Spool and Footpower Models ‘ l/2 Price! Every Machine is New—Perfect—Doubly Guaranteed $145.00 2-||pool Electric Walnut Con-* 75.00 2-spool Electric Portable. .... 37.50 75.00 Automatic Electric Portable.. 37.50 4950 Electric Portable ..... 90.00 2-spool Cabinet Model........ 45.00 75.00 Rotary Cabinet Model. ....... 37.50 55.00 Drophead Cabinet Model..... 27.50 35.00 Hand Sewing Machine. .. 18.00 Hand Sewing Machine. ....... 65.00 Walnut Rotary Electric Port- able .. 90.00 nh.lnul Rotary Ek odel 39.50 Vindex Drophead . Charge Accounts Invited of the $72.50 . 17.50 9.00 . . 32.50 views. Coples of these proposed changes were ordered printed and forwarded to all posts of the department in order that every member of the organization may become acquainted with them be- tween now and the annual encamp- ment. More than 500 V. F. W. members and their friends were in the main audi- torium of the L’Aiglon Wednesday eve- ning to witness the joint installation 'leer:‘monks of the deplrhnmt‘.;o ;;1: installing officer was Dept. 3 nk Lockhead and Chief of Staff Frank Heise acted as master of cere- monies. The colors of every pest in the city were massed and the colors presentaiion was one of the big fea- tures of the evening. A uniformed de- tail from the Walter Reed Hospital de- tachment and the Marine Barracks formed the guard of honor for the flags. %he new commanders installed that evening are: J. D. Hollingsworth, Na- tional Capital Post; F. R. Campbell, Equality-Walter Reed Post: J. Hart, Columbia Post; B. E. Lapin, Federal Post; E. R. Kelley, Potomac Post, and H. L. Miller, Front Line Post. Rudy Albrecht and his orchestra furnished the music for the dancing which fol- lowed the installing ceremonies. The fifth annual essay contest con- ducted by the npational Americanization committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is under way. Headauarters of the committee in New York City is pre- paring to handle the thousands of com- positions which will be sent in. ‘The winners will be announced as soon 8s their names are received from the judges. The subjects selected for the contest of this year are: (1) How best to perpetuate the American spirit and ideals as ex| ed by the founders of our Republic; (2) Why do I love my country? (3) an original poem of not less than 48 eight lines, emphasizing the greatness of America today and its outstanding duty to the world. Sup- plementing these are the special sub- jects, with the prizes contributed by in- dividugls. Mrs. George C. Forster, na- | tional patriotic instructor of the V. F.| W. Ladies’ Auxiliary, will award $20 in gold for the best essay on “The Im- | portance of Work Done by Wgmen in Time of War and Continued 'in Our Peacetime Fight.” The Mary V. Field | prize is assigned to the subject “Is Free- dom Decadent in the United States?” while the prize of the national director of the V. F. W. Americanization com- mittee is set aside for the subject “What Is a Genuine American?” This essay contest is open to any person, and full information will be gladly furnished to all who request it by the national director, V. F. Americanization committee, 32 Union Square, New York City. .PIC De;k .. 2350 Our Regular Convenient Terms! Use Our Budget Plan—No Interest or Extras Added you up.’ Gen. A. W. Bjornstad, former com- manding officer at Forp Snelling, has been named general chairman of the thirtieth national encampment commit- tee at St. Paul, Minn. With a staff, he is already mapping out plans with a view of presenting an encampment pro- gram that will be a credit to the or- ganization in the State of Minnesota. All local vets intending to make tle. trip to this encampment can get infor- mation from ent Junior Vice Comdr. A. Grudd. The dates have beert announced as August 26 to 31. ‘The following members of the local department have been named by Com- mander-in-Chief Eugene Carver as a subcommittee of the national legisla- tive committee to study and make rec- ommendations on the disabled emer- gency officers’ act: W. L. Thomas, chairman; J. W. Boyer, Thomas D. Walsh, C. M. Reicht and Fred Living- ston. T. N. T. Tent of the Cooties at its meeting last week initiated 12 recruits. A supper is being planned as the main feature of the next gathering of this| tent, January 25. National Capital Post, 127, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet tomorrow evening at Pythian Temple, 1210 Ninth street. Oscar W. Hollingsworth, new commander-elect, and his officers will preside. Comdr. Hollingsworth called upon past post commanders for holding an advisory committee meeting Decem- ber 22, for the purpose of making selec- tions for appointive officers and com- mittees. Following past commanders were present: George J. Neuner, Daniel J. Leahy, John J. Allen and Post Comdr. Ruben C. Muschlitz; Past Comdr. Eugene A. Pierce absent. The following afipointmenfs were selected: Guard, Michael Guiffre; color bearers, Christian G. Schieble and Eli Lidstone; patriotic instructor, Samuel Mawson; post trumpeter, Samuel Nowlan; histo- rian, George J. Neuner; grievance, Ed- ward J. Sullivan_(chairman), John J. Allen, James F. Bird and F. H. Clark. Committee appointments are: Member- ship and recruiting, George J. Neuner (chairman), Past Comdr. R. C. Musch- litz and Daniel J. Leahy: publicity, G. J. Neuner and R. C. Muschlitz; welfare and relief, Edward W. Coffey (chair- man), Charles E. Neff, Michael Guiffre, D. J. Leahy, Ernest Wickstrand and John J. Allen; entertainment, John J. Allen (chairman), Ernest Wickstrand, | Michael Guiffre, Harry P. Clements, P. E. Schomette, Thomas McIntyre and Emil Guerin; employment, R. O. John- son (chairman), J. F. Bird and John F. Houck; memorial and decoration, D. J. Leahy (chairman), John J. Alle; Thomas R. J. Cavanaugh, George Dix W.|son and James M. Ruby; ladies’ auxi iary, D. J. Leahy (chairman), R. C. Muschlitz and Nicolo Marana; poppy, Star Classified Ads Serve Your Every Need See Part Six Eugene A. Pierce (chairman), John J. Allen, Jacob DeHart, Ernest Wickstrand, Harry Clements, Nicolo Morana, C. G. Schieble, R. C. Muschlitz, M. Guiffre, D. J. Leahy, Emil Guerin, Ed J. Sulli- van, P. E. Schomette, George V. Mac- Alear, Glauddis Burton. Past Comdr. Muschlitz will serve the post as adju- tant for 1929. The ladies’ auxiliary will meet Jan- uary 22 at Pythian Temple, when the newly elected president, Mrs. Rose Mac- Alear, with her new staff, will preside. Mrs. Laura Weaver, president, an- nounced all officers of National Capital Post Auxiliary will submit reports of the activitles during the year 1928, and appointments of officers and commit- tees to serve will be announced by Mrs. MacAlear. George H. Foerster, past junior vice commander, submitted an application for a charter to establish a V. F. W. post at Seat Pleasant, Md., to George J. Neuner, member National Council of Administration, fourth district, consist- ing of Virginia, West Virginia, Mary- | land and District of Columbia. The application for charter will be present- | ed by Mr. Neuner to Col. Robert A. Grammes, department commander of Maryland, Thursday evening, when he will be accompanied by Capt. Frank Lockhead, D. C. department command- er, and Oscar W. Hollingsworth, com- m;!r;der of National Capital Post, at a join 195 V. F. W. officers and their auxil- jary at Baltimore, Md. al Robert E. Peary Ship 427 w&fl"ms of Foreign Wars met Tues- day evening at Eleventh and L streets and elected the following officers and were installed by National Council member, George J. Neuner: Cu mander, P. V. Templeton; senior v commander, R. P. Fox; ji commander, J. J. Miller; chaplain, J. Callan; officer of deck, Wm. Fox, and Frank E. Elsop, paymaster and com- municating officer. Disabled American Veterans. A combination monthly meeting and support of the ‘Ace-Rusmessen Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans was | held Wednesday evening at the Co- loniai Hotel. The reports showed the addition of a number of new names on the chapter rolls, but Comdr. Richard Melton ex- plained that the ‘membership drive would be extended 30 days more in order to insure the chapter having a larger delegation at the ninth national convention at Detroit in June. One report showed the D. A. V. had finally been voted as a member of the Washington Community Chest, and finances were found to be in condition to require no restriction of the D. A. V. activities here between now and the ON'T make the prospect- . ive buyer ‘hunt you up.’ Give him a complete descrip- tion of your property in the farms for sale columns of The Star by all means, but don’t ab- breviate your address. A good live prospect may become so discouraged with ‘looking you up’ that he’ll decide to ‘give installation of Champagn Post | time the chest commences its regular contributions. Work of the D. A. V. committee among veterans In the hospitals here during the Christmas holidays was de- scribed in another report. Millard W. Rice, national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, came to Washington during the week for & number of conferences and to add. the support of the disabled men to the movement to get early and fa- vorable action by the Senate on the cruiser bill. To_Senator Hale, chairman of the naval affairs committee, and other lead- ers at the Capitol, Comdr. Rice ex- plained that the D. A. V. in conven= tion at Denver last Summer, had defi- nitely gone on record strongly in favor of the enactment of the 15-cruiser bill as one of the actions that surely should be taken by the Senate before adjourn- ment, the House having passed the measure at the last session. All that is needed is to bring the actual vote, as there is ample support for the bill, according to assurances Comdr. Rice received on Capitol Hill. ‘The subcommittee having in charge the Johnson bill, covering the proposed amendments of the D. A. V. to the laws governing the Veterans’ Bureau, is about to report, and assurances have been received that the veterans’ com- mittee of the House will soon take up consideration of the measure. Aside from this particular bill there is another bill that has been intro- duced by Representative Johnson of South Dakota, which would merge the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers with the Veterans’ Bureau. This bill has gone to the committee on expenditures and has the support of the D. A. V. A call to Washingtonians to turn over to the District of Columbia De- partment of the D. A. V., in the Earle Building, discarded clothing to meet the demands of veterans here, was broad- cast last week by Past Comdr. George Phillips, chairman of the D. A. V. wel- fare committee, in conjunction with the American Legion committee. Attracted to Washington by notices of the extensive Government building program here, hundreds of World War men_have come here to add to the usual number of disabled men who are pressing claims before the Veterans® Bureau. This has created a heavy problem for the D. A. V., and Chairman Phillips is co-operating with private and Government agencies in endeavoring to place these men in employment. There has been presented to the Attorney General a number of contro- versial questions on the Tyson-Fitzger- ald bill for the retirement of perma- nently disabled former emergency of- ficers and efforts are being made to obtain an early opinion. However, the D. A. V. is anxious to get favorable action on the Bingham 4nd Crail bills, that would g far toward removing objections to the ad- ministration of the retirement act. The annual department ball of the Disabled American Veterans is to be held in the City Club February 6. George W. Phillips, executive secre- tary of the District Department and chairman of the general committee on the ball, met with officers and mem- bers of all local chapters at the Co- lonial Hotel Wednesday night ¢nd acquainted them with the work com- pleted thus far to make this event the biggest - informal get-together ever staged in Washington for the former service men and their families. The co-operation of the local mem- bership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has been pledged to the ball commit- tee, and early indications are that the large ballroom at the City Club will be taxed to accommodate the dancers. Meetings of the ball committee will be held at various times during the coming week to arrange details of the entertainment. Under present plans, an elaborate program of entertainment is called for, with community singing of A, E. F. songs an added feature. American War Veterans’ Club. The American War Veterans' Club will hold its annual election of officers at the Mayflower Hotel January 25. Entertainment and refreshments will follow the business' session. The club is planning a costume dinner-dance on Washington's birthday, February 22. Several new members have been ac- cepted by the board of governors. They will be inducted into membership at the next session. The present officers dre: President, Lieut. Charles Riemer; vice president, Maj. Roy E. Hughes; treasurer, Lieut. A. R. Thompson; secretary, Harry Pollock; gvemm’s. Col. Pred B. Ryons, Judge Robert E. Mattingly, Isaac Gans, Maj. Wallace Streater, Lieut Comdr. George B. Tribe, Maj. William L. Browning, Col. Dunlop P. Penhallow, Capt. Charles O. Shaw, Capt. Harvey L. Miller, Fred Buchholz, Dr. J. W. Pollock, Dr. .Charles E. Morganston, Elmer Haberkorn, Ralph A. Susick, S. H. Wolberg and Lawrence Walton. Cathedral Is Rebuilt. SOFIA (#).—The people of Sofia, oy voluntary contribution, have rebullt the historic cathedral of Sveta Nedella. It was destroyed three years ago by a Communist’s bomb, which killed 123 persons.