Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1929, Page 12

‘THE SUNDAY AR. WASHINGTON, D. DISTRICT RECEVES | LEGON TROPHES Remarkable Records - Made by Members Here Seen in National Contests. | The several silver trophies won by the department of the District of Columbia, the American Legion, as the result of membership contests during the present year, have been received and are now on display at depart- ent headquarters, 211 Transporation ilding. The Hanford MacNider Trophy. dbnated by Past National Commander MacNider, who was later an-Assistant | Secretary of War, was awarded to the | 1dcal department for having the high- est percentage of members for the period October 20, last year. to Decem- ber 31, as compared with the total number of members in the department | on December 31 of the year then clos ing. This trophy was awarded at the close of the eleventh national annual convention at Louisville in October. Owing to a change in the rules of | the national trophies and awards com- | mittee, this trophy, instead of being | turned over to the next winner on December 31, will be permitted to re- | main at department headquarters until June 30 next when it will be awarded to the winner announced as of the | last day of the prasent month. | The John G. Emery Trophy was donated by Past National Commander | John G. Emery of Michigan and was | won by the local department for hav 18g the highest percentage of member- ship on January 31 last, as compared with the average membership for the four preceding years. National head- | ouarters has adyised the local legion | officials that this trophy will be held by | the department of the District of Columbia until July 31, next vear, and then presented to the winner an- nounced as of January 31 next. Ruling at Headquarters. *In view of the fact that it was known on May 17 last that these chanres would be considered in effect on_and after October 20 of this year, 1t became necessary for mational head- quarters to determine a fair and equi- table policy affecting the present de- partment holders. So national head- arters in Indianapolis announced t its policy would be to allow the local department to retain the tro- phies six months beyond dates referred to, while the new winners will receive them in their custody six months after the above mentioned dates. This divided the custody into six-month periods for the present holder and the new winners, thus making it possible tb readjust the changes within one ourrent year. This change was recom- mhended by the national committee on trophies and awards. Another trophy ° which is highly prized by the department is that for winning the American Legion Ken- | Columbia participated and a similar TROPHIES CAPTURED BY CAPITAL LEGIONNAIRES Awards to th istrict of Columbia Department, whicl xhibiti | tucky Derby membership contest which | | extended from January 2 last to May 18, the winner being announced at the | same time the winner of the Churchill Downs world-famous racing event was broadeast. In this event, as in all of the other membership contests, the District of Columbia competed against 52 departments, comprising foreign and domestic departments of the American Legion. In this event the American Legion Auxiliary of the District of trophy forms part of the trophy dis- play at local department headquarters. Great Gains Made. ‘The figure attained by the local Legionnaires in winning the MacNider trophy was 149.69 and in the Emery Trophy contest 157.79. In the joint Kentucky Derby event, the figure, which was the great feature of this race, was 338.38. The Legion per- centage was 131.93, while the auxiliary, which made tremendous gains in me bership was 544.93, or a divided aver- age of 338.38 as stated. The local commitiee on trophies and awards of the department is composed of Paul J. McGahan, chairman, Forest F. Bartl, Austin S. Imirie and Norman B. Landrea. A Zulu woman may not call her hus- band by his name: she must use the phrase, “Father of So-and-so.’ | ined Dr. ion in the Transportation Building. IEORMCK DOCTOR QUEZEDBY BAKER Incompetent Millionaire’s Condition Was Variable, Physician Testifies. By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Decem- ber 7—Newton D. Baker, chief coun- sel for Mrs. Katherine McCormick, in her fight for guardianship of her in- competent multi-millionaire husband, Stanley McCormick, today cross exam- Nathaniel Brush, assistant esident physician for the past 10 years, Mrs. McCormick is seeking to oust Harold McCormick and Mrs. Anita Mc- Cormick Blaine, brother and sister of the mental invalid, as his guardians and grounds the fortune is being dissipated and the patient is not improving. In his cross-examination of Dr. Brush Baker dug into the mental an physical history of McCormick. He un covered information that the patient had made considerable progress from year to year since 1917, but that he had some slumps and also periods as far back as 1920 when he was able to con- verse coherently and lengthily. Testifying that he first saw the pa- tient in 1917, Dr. Brush said that when he became resident physician two years later he found considerable improve- ment. “I got the impression,” the witness sald, “that in my two years away he had gotten things to fill his mind.” mBl;l;;r asked how he was at Christmas “As T recall, he was not very good,” the doctor replied. o LON;MAN NO BANDIT. MEXICO CITY (#).—A hold-up man who operates alone is not a bandit under the new penal code, which says: “Bandits are those who in the num- ber of two or more attack any one with the object of injuring him or his patrimony.” | . A 20-year prison term is provided for bandits, whereas a lone hold-up man can escape with & much lighter sen- trustees of his $50,000,000 estate, on the tence, An Inspiring Collection of Far East RugS\f/Je Ideal Gifis Sc UR Collection, distinguished for the many rugs of unusual value, contains many examples of the less expensive but nevertheless dependable ‘weaves. 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C. $55 $300.00 and upwards $375.00 and upwards $295.00 C. DECEMBER 8, CLEM FELICITATES HURLEY ON CHOICE Drummer Boy of Shilch Among First to Congratulate Col- onel on Appointment. One of the first of many callers who personally congratulated Col. Patrick J. Hurley yesterday upon his appointment as Secretary of War was Maj. Gen. John Clem, better known in history as | “Johnny” Clem, the drummer boy of Shiloh, Gen. Clem, now on the retired list, called at the War Department before noon and was taken to Secretary Hur- ley's private office. The Secretary of War, a veteran of the World War, and the well known Civil War veteran re- { mained together for some time. +__Among others who called at the War | Department and extended felicitations | in person were William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury and twice a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination; Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A. E. F.; Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff; Senator Smith Brookhart of Towa Col. Hurley received messages of con- gratulation by wire from all over the country. Some of those from friends who knew him in the cowboy days in Oklahoma were phrased in a light vein and afforded the new Secretary-desig- nate much amusement. - . Capital represented by the cattle In- dustry of Uruguay now is nearly $1,375,000,000, or more than half the total national wealth exquisitely made . 1929: COMPLETION OF HOOVER MEDAL | BRINGS LONG LINE UP TO DATE G PART ONE: [ Available to Public at Treas- ury and U. S. Mint in Philadelphia. [Copy Placed on Display in Office of Director of Mint Robert J. Grant. ‘The long line of presidential medals | | has been brought up to date by the Tredsury Department, which has com- | pleted the Herbert Hoover medal at the | United States Mint at Philadelphia, and placed it on sale there to the public. President Hoover received the first medal has also been placed on display | Mellon the second, according to the age- | old custom. A copy of the new Hoover Medal has also been placed on display in the private office of Director of | the Mint Robert J. Grant, where there | is a complete set on exhibition from President Washington down the line. The Hoover medal was designed by | John R. Sinnock, ‘“engraver” at the| | Philadelphia Mint, who made also the Coolidge medal and is fast becoming | recognized as a sculptor of note, | The Hoover Medal. like all other presidential medals, is on sale at the Philadelphia Mint at the price of $1. 1_;};:5 parcel post transportation axpen‘sr.jl. e parcel post in the first zone is : S cents, and runs up to 13 cents for the | Petween th last zone. 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BROUSSA, Turkey (#)—A Turkish | aviator set this ancient town atwitter recently when he flew back and forth minaret of the famous ‘The minarets Yand B, ROVER WILL SPEAK ON DRY CAPITAL | Anti-Saloon League to Hear | Conditions Contrasted With | Pre-Prohibition Days. | An nddress by United States Attor- |ney Leo A, Rover and an illustrated Ilecture which will afford opportunity of comparing Washington under pro- hibition with Washington under the saloon system will feature the annual | meeting of the Anti-Saloon League of | the District of Columbia tomorrow night in the Friends' Meeting House, Thirteenth and Irving streets, The early part of the meeting will be a business session devoted to re- ports and to election of officers and trustees for the year 1930. The concluding number will be the lecture of Harmon C. Metcalf showing | conditions in Washington during the old license days. Each church organization or other friendly body is entitled to five repre- sentatives in the league. 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