Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1929, Page 34

AMERICAN LEGION. MEETINGS: THIS WEEK: February 5—George Washington Post, 1441 R, 1. ave. n.w., 8 p.m. February 5—Vincent B. Costello Post, boardroom District Build- Ing. February 5—National Press Club Post, National Press Building. February 6—Eight & Forty, 1326 Mass. ave. n.w., 8 p.m. February 7—Jane A, Delano Post, 1337 K st. n.w., 8 pm. February 17— Edward Douglas White Post, Colonial Hotel, 8 pm. ‘The annual ball of the Department of the District.nf Columbia, the Ameri-~ can Legion, at the Willard Hotel last| ‘Wednesday night, was ofie of the most | brilliant and suceessful given' in the history of the local de- partment. The two ballrooms were filled to capacity and the decorative scheme was said by many to have been the most artistic in years. National Commander Paul V. Mc- Nutt of the American Legion ‘and Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, jr., national president of | the American Legion Auxiliary, were in attendance and during a brief inter- mission addressed the large gatheriog. The speakers were -introduced by De- | partment Commander Harlan Wood. As the guests of the evening arrived in the large ballroom they were received by a committee composed of legionnaires, including many past department com- manders. One of the features of the evening was the presence of several hundred delegates to the Women's Pa- triotic Conference on National Defense, which held a three-day session here last week. The campaign to increase the mem- bership of the local department is to be given the right of way in the next few | days, and plans have been completed | by the membership committee, headed | by Austin S. Imirfe, for executing | these plans. The quotas of the various posts have been established, and if every post reaches its quota the goal of 5000 members will have been ac- complished as set out by Department Commander Harlan Wood at the be- ginning of his administration. Every effort is to be made to build up the membership also of the American Legion. Auxiliary units in the National | Capital, and in this connection the national officers of the auxiliary have arranged to assist in the program to the fullest extent. Mrs. Ficklen has evinced a keen interest in the local units and during her stay here last week aided materially in renewing in- terest and activity in them. | Department Adjutant Howard S.| Fisk has been advised by James F.| Barton, national adjutant, that John| ‘Thomas Taylor, vice chairman for affalrs ever | j " anderson, master at arms; Ernst J. | ican Veterans, and William E. Tate of | | Hines of the Veterans’ Bureau, Paul V. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 3 1099_PART 2. United States; Representative J. Mitchell Chase, past department commander of Pennsylvania. World War veterans interested in joining the drum corps are requested to communicate with Raymond A. Burke. 1826 Third street northeast. The monthly meeting of Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, American Legion, will be held at 1337 K street February 7 at 8 pm. Important businessswill be presented for discussion. The monthly meeting of Stuart Wal- cott Post, the American Legion, was held at. the City Club Tuesday evening. || This meeting being the first of a new administration, was presided over by the || newly elected commander, Warren E. Miller, and his staff—Charles Demerest, senfor vice commander; George R. Bruce, junior vice commander; N. J. Beausoliel, sergeant at arms; Lawrence Kay, quartermaster; Dr. Charles E. Ralph, chaplain; Dr. Ray F. Guynn, surgeon; Vernon S. Auld, adjutant; Henry F. Fones, finance officer. Plans for a_membership drive were -submit‘ed by Floyd W. Wooley, acting chairman of the membership com- mittee. John B. Covaleski*was elected to_membership. Crim to serve as liaison officer for the tor of publicity. Report was submitted by John A Troop No. 46, Boy Scouts, which was cember 27. men were appointed to serve on the troop committee: Norman Templeton, Charles Demerest and Ernest J. Kay. Junior Vice Commander George R. Bruce, chairman of the entertainment committee, announced plans were be- ing perfected for a series of monthly card parties, the first of which would be held February Burlington for members of the post and their friends. Plans for a smoker and dances are being formulated and | will also be announced at a later date. | ast Commander Templeton ad- dreWed the meeting concerning the || need of athletic activities in the post and recommended the reorganization of the post athletic association which was in operation until May 1928. It was also recommended that the commander appoint an athletic officer- who would || supervise the activities of the associa- | ton. Disabled American Veterans. Millard W. Rice of Minneapolis, na- | ional commander of the Disabled Amer- | Atlanta, past commander, were in|| Washington during the past week in conference with Director Frank T.t many years past of the national legis- lative committee, has again been re- appointed to fill that position for a pe- riod of three years, ending December 31, 19381. ‘The national executive committee has | appointed Miss Helen G. O'Neill, past| commander of the U. S. 8. Jacob Jones | P Post, a member of the national child welfare committee for a period of three years, ending December 31, 1931. Announcement has also been made of the appointment of Dr. Joseph M. Heller of this city as a member of the national rehabilitation committee for a | nev to veterans, thelr wives, widows and period of three years, ending December 31, 1931, and C. E. McCullough as a member of the special aeronautics committee for the present year. Past Department Commander Paul J. McGahan, who is national executive committeeman representing the local department, has been appointed by Na- tional Commander McNutt a member of the liaison committee with the board of directors of the American Legion Publishing Co. for the present year. In connection With ‘the appointment of John Thomas ;Faylor ' for another three-year term credit is. i for the successful™fermination- of the Legion program of the legislative com- mittee before Congress. The Legion was victorious in its long fight to ob- tain compensation for the disabled emergency Army officers of the World War when the Tyson-Fitzgerald bill, providing for the retirement of thesc | “Forget-me-not” campaign last Fall to articipate i carried on by the Legion for nearly | Bistrict of Golumbia department of the | five years to obtain this legislative re- | Disabled American Veterans at the City lief. It was chiefly through the efforts | Club ballroom next Wednesday evening. officers, was enacted. A fight had been of this committee that Congress au- thorized a $15,000,000 hospital building | there has been an encouragi program, which will enable the Govern- | for tickets and the indications point to ment to do away with institutions un- | one of the largest attendances since the suitable for the treatment of veterans| jnauguration of these annual dances and erect new hospitals to relieve con- | several years ago. gestion. Mr. Taylor is a member of George Washington Post, No. 1, the pioneer post of the American Legion. National Commander McNuytt has Rim | gisabled men Disabled American Veterans here dur- McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, and Col. Arthur Woods, Col. Archibald Thatcher and, other business men of New York, dis- cussing a proposal to create a national foundation to assist disabled veterans in the presentation and preparation of claims for relief at the Veterans' Bu- au. Realizing the ignorance of thousands |/ of disabled men and their dependents to their rights to relief voted by the Gov- ernment, the D. A. V. named a special committee to raise a large fund to pro- vide liaison officers to act as free attor- orphans. The meeting last week was called at the suggestion of Comdr. Rice || and at the conclusion it was announced that all present were in agreement as || to the necessity of having this work properly handled, and the endeavor will be to work out plans so the matter may be handled most effectively in all sec- tions of the country. | Indication of the appreciation of dis- |/ abled men themselves for proper liaison || assistance was indicated by the D. A. V. report showing a considerable sum has already been volunteered by individual to assist in raising the larger sum that will be necessary to support such a work as was indicated was necessary during the conference | here. Invitations are being sent out to all girls and women who assisted in_the the annual dance of the State Comdr. Fred Kochli announces ing demand The call for emergency relief on the The commander_appointed Howell G. || post and T. Norman Templeton direc- || man, guard; James F. Bird, post advocate; Dr. Myron Simmons, surgeon; Christ! G. Schieble and Eli Lidstone, color bearers; Samuel Nowlan, trum| Past Commander Ruben C. Mu adjutant; Samuel G. Mawson, patriotic instructor; trustees, Samuel G. Maw- son, Past Commanders John J. Allen and R. C. Muschlitz. The following were mustered to mem- bership: Millard F. Gray Bell, served with 79th Field Artillery; H. Perfield Connor, headquarters adjutant general office, and Alfred Jacobs, Medical De- partment and 26th Infantry; all candi- dates served in World War. Capt. Heinie Miller, commander Front No. 1401, accompanied by fcer of the day; Michael 21;;29 A. Grudd, department junior vice com- mander; Joseph B. Gardella, depart- o Victor Guillermain, Kavanaugh, all ‘members of Front Line Post; Frank R. Heise, department chief of staff, senior vice commander Poto- Post, No. 244, Brooklyn, N. Y., 3 H. White, member of Manila Post, Phil- ippine Islands, made addresses. t Comdr. Muschlitz gave his an- nual report. John H. Allen, chairman entertainment committee, reported ar- rangements had been made with the Washington Steamboat Co. for the ex- cursion to Marshall Hall June 1. Front Line Post, No, 1401, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will act as_host in the presentation of Father Hurney's Players’ Guild at Carroll Hall Tuesday evening. Members of all Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and auxiliaries are invited to attend. The next meeting of the Front Line will be February 13 at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club, at which time the Veterans of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps will be defl- nitely organized, its members being | . measured for the new uniforms. There are 10 vacancies for buglers and 4 for drummers, including the bass drum. Veterans of Foreing Wars applicants for membership in the new Veterans of Foreign Wars Drum and Bugle Corps are requested to communicate with Capt. Harvey L. Miller, 1412 Pennsyl- vania avenue, e FETE PLANS STARTED. Apple Blossom Celebration at Win- chester to Be in May. | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., February 2— | Preliminary arrangements are being made here for the annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, which has been a large and steadily growing Spring- time celebration about the first week of May for the last five years, the fete be- ing held at a time when the many millions of apple trees of the Shenan- doah-Cumberland-Potomac fruit dis- trict are in full bloom. J. Victor Arthur, director general of the festival, had expected to defer open- ing his office until about the first of March, but inquires have become so numerous the past three months that the manager found it necessary to plunge into the work six weeks ahead of time. Mr. Arthur stated today that a mass meeting of local people will be held at an early date to perfect the tentative organization. Output of cars and trucks in United States this year will be 4,500,000. Fords Win in Legal Fight. s’ . LANSING, Mich,, February 2 ‘U@).—, Henry Ford and his son, Edsél B. Ford, won at least a temporary victory yess terday in their litigation with Wilfred C. Leland and stockholders of the Lin- - coln Motor Co. when the State Su- preme Court ordered a suit in Oakland County Circuit Court dismissed. Le- land and his associates charged stock« holders of the old Linctoln company were defrauded by failure of Ford to carry out a contract agreement. The Supreme Court found the stockholders did not lose, but stipulated, however, that Leland and other stockholders might file an amended bill of complaint. House & Herrmann “Mid-winter Opportunities” Smith, scoutmaster, of the activities of | }| adopted by the post at its meeting De- il The following committee- |}, 18 at the Hotel |/} Seventh and Eye Streets House & Herrmann Seventh and Eye Streets Have Been Planned to Lower the Cost of Home. Happiness ing the, past months has been so heavy || announced the appointment of Past De- , | and J. Miller Kenyon as members of the national distinguished guests com- mittee representing the District of Co- lumbia. Each year the American Legion entertains & number of distinguished guests, and the appointments are con- sidered a_high honor, as a committee- man is charged with extending proper receptions and entertainment for per- sons who are guests of the Legion. The Quentin Roosevelt Post of this department has recejved a.challenge from an all-star bowling team in Phil- adelphia to play a series of 10 inter- city match games of duckpins, five games to be played in each city. Miss Emma. C. Puschner, national di- rector of the child welfare division of the American Legion, will be a guest of the local department on the occasion of her visit here from February 1110 15. She will attend the meeting of the U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post at the Thomas. Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, and address the members on child wel- fare. Miss Helen G. O'Neill is the na- tional child welfare representative and Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos the depart- ment child welfare officer. A benefit theater party of the U. S. 8. | Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, the American | Legion, will be held at the Belasco The- | ater Tuesday. The executive committee will meet with Hope Knickerbocker February 7. The post colors were displayed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ar- lington National Cemetery Thursday, when members of the Women's Patriotic Conference on Naticnal Defense placed wreaths on the tomb. The executive committee of the U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, the American Legion, met at the home of the com- | mander, Lucille Allan, January 24. The executive committee of 1928 weré the guests. { A benefit theater party will be held at | co Theater February 5. Elsie chairman of the ways and ommittee of the post, is working on the plans for this party. Past Comdr. Helen O'Neill, a member of the national child welfare committe: has returned from a meeting of th committee in Indianapolis, Ind. She was reappointed for three years on this | committee. | The next meeting of the post will be | February 11. Victory Post, No. 4, American Legion, held its last meeting January 22 in the | Woodmen’s Hall, 935 Grant' place, and | adopted a Tesolution favoring passage of the cruiser bill. The post also adopt- ed a_resolution urging the passage of the Brookhart pay bill for Government | gent of 35 men and this D. A. V. secticn | | employes. { will be “The appointment of Capt. John Lews | officers and 15 members from the D! Smith, past department commander Qf the Legion, was indorsed to fill the posi- | tion as judge of the Supreme Court of | the District of Columbia.. The post voted | unanimously to support the Community | Chest. - o A motion was made and adapted to withdraw permission of the Robley D. Evans Auxiliary unit using the name of | Victory Post, No. 4, until such time as the national auxiliary headquart recognizes the local organization. De- partment Comdr. Harlan Wood made an address. Among the prominent guests were Maj. Walter O. Woods, treasurer of the # week that nearly 100 disabled men have | been furnished with clothing at the d>- || partment’s headquarters during the | resent Winter. In addition a num- || ber of disabled men have been furnished || with reduced transportation to their|j homes in nearby States during the past few weeks. All the clothing that has been dis- posed of has been given to the D. A. V. by citizens of Washington and so heav has been the demand that the com- supply, which may be sent to_the de- partment’s offices in the Earle Building. | Chairman Phillips_explains that the/ D. A. V. is the only organization of! war's disabled recognized by the Gov- || ernment through congressional action, | and the organization here is making | évery effort to meet demands during | the Winter until funds from the Com- | munity Chest become available for re- lief among the former service men of Washington. 5 In the meantime the organization continues to maintain its liaison.officer at 1540 I street, who furnishes free in- formation to veterans on their claims before the Veterans’ Bureau. i Hearings having been completed, the | subcommittee on hospitalization of the veterans’ committee of the House is planning early executive sessions -to decide upon recommendations to Con- gress for additional buildings. The D. A. V. estimated that there is at present a need for about 2,500 more beds for veterans throughout the country and Chairman Luce of Mas- sachusetts, is hopeful that his group soon be able to announce its de- cision concerning the proposed con- struction. In the interests of improved admin- istration the D. A. V. has urged that Congress grant authority to the Pres- ident to transfer to the control of lhi‘1 Veterans' Bureau units of the system ! of national homes throughout the coun- try which are now managed inde- pendently of the Veterans' Bureau. Outpatient treatment for certain classes of disabilities and modified home treatment with maintenance for tuberculosis were among the recommen- dations of the D. A. V. to relieve the strain on the present hospitals in vari- ous parts of the country. been named chairman of the arrange- | ments for the participation of the D. A. V. in the inaugural parade on | March 4. Each of the recognized veterans’ or- ganizafions will be allowed a contin- divided between 20 national trict of Columbia Department, the lat- | ter to carry the organization colors and provide the armed color guard. | Veterans of Foreign Wars. 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