Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 60

Veterans of Great War THE AMERICAN LEGION. Meetings This Week. ‘Washington ave. n.w., 8 B. Costello room, District ‘Tuesday—Vincen! . Costello Auxiliary, District Building, 8 ‘Tuesday — George Post, 1441 R. L p.m. ‘Tuesday—Vincent Post, board .m. WaneadlY-—K!rmeLh H. Nash Post, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Department _Mem- bership Committee, District Building. 8 p.m. ‘Thursday—Jane A. Delano Post, 1337 K st. n.w, 8 pm. Thursday—Sergeant Jasper Post, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Mass. ave. n.w., 8 pm. | | The creation in_the closing hours of of the office of Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, to which position Frank T. Hines, director of | the United States | Veterans' Bureau, has been appoint ed by President | Hoover, has result- | ed in the selectiol by Gen. Hines of J. O'Connor Rob- erts, judge advo- cate of the De- partment of the District of Colum- bia, the American Legion, to be his assistant and con- sidered by many tribute to accomplish- during - his Tvice in the tates Vet- 3. 0°C. Roberts. long United erans’ Bureau, Mr. Roberts is a native of the Na- tional Capital, having been born here October 14, 1895. He has lived here all of his life, attending the graded schools and graduating from Technical High School. He also attended Maryland Agricultural College and graduated from Strayer's Business College. In 1916 he entered Georgetown University Law School, but due to work necessi- tating extensive travel was unable to attend during the school year. He en- tered the military service in 1917 as a private in Company B, 312th Machine Gun Battalion, later being_transferred to brigade headquarters, 158th Infan- try. He served overseas, participating in sector 304 defensive and Meuse Ar- gonne offensive. On his discharge cer- tificate was written by his company commander the following: “An ex- cellent soldier whose willingness and good cheer under constant hardship was an example to those about him.” He was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1919. While in France he attended the A. E. F. University at Beaune, and on his discharge re- entered Georgetown University Law School in 1919, graduating in 1922, having maintained a general class av- erage of above 85. In October, 1922, he was admitted to practice, and is a_member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, United States District Court, Western District of Washington; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, having practiced before all of these courts, as well as many others wher:t Ihelm.s been specially admitted for particular cases. In June, 1919, he entered the United States Veterans' Bureau as a clerk, be- ing promoted in 1921 to the position of assistant chief, Jegal contract section, of the insurance division. He became a member of the central board of appeals in 1922; appointed an attorney in the legal service in January, 1923; legis- lative representative United States Vet- erans’ Bureau in 1925, and assistant eral counsel United States Veterans’ ureau early in 1926, which position he held up to his present appointment. Mr. Roberts is & member and past tommander of Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10, the American Legion; has been de- rtment judge advocate for the past Tone our years, occupying that position at the present time. He is past grande chef de gare of the Forty and Eight and at present is cheminot nationale. Mr. has had marked success as assistant general counsel of the Veter- ans’ Bureau, having represented the bureau on legislation for over five years, during which time many important amendments and laws have been adopt- ed, including the emergency officers’ re- tirement act and the consolidation act. ‘The last meeting of the Department | Executive Committee, over which De- partment Comdr. Charles H. Knight presided, was held last Thursday night in the board room, District Building. Reports of various officers were received and many matters of importance acted upon. Department Membership Officer Wil- liam E. Spicer reported that the mem- bership of the department had reached | 3,952, greater than the quota set by na- tional headquarters and slightly below the final count of last year, but that this would be reached at an early date. The plans for Leglonnaires contem- plating the trip to attend the Boston convention in October were outlined by F. G. Fraser, chairman of the Boston Convention Travel Committee. For the first time in the history of the American Legion, members will be permitted to select diversified routes, going one way and returning another. This year the trip can be made either by rail both ways or rail and water, as the Legion- naire selects. The rates vary slightly, according to the route selected. E. L. Marthill, vice chairman of the Department Convention Committee, re- Egfl.ed that the coming convention to held in the auditorium of the West- ern High School August 13, 14 and 15 would be featured with a parade through the main streets of Georgetown on August 13, The merchants of that section of the city are co-operating, as are the various civic organizations, to make the parade feature outstanding. ‘The allocation of posts this year in the parade, he said, would be different than in former years, the posts being given positions according to the membership percentage gains during the past year. | This same rul: will be followed in seat- | ing the delegations in the auditorium. Previously the posts were given positions in the parade according to the number of the post, the same applying to the seating arrangement. A resolution was presented from Leg- islative Officer H. L. Wilson providing for the payment of $2,500 to the de- of the officers and me:‘ 'l'“\-o Department Adjt. Howard 8. has sent to each post in this de) Good oil, as you know, is the life-blood of a motor. Poor oil is its death-warrant. Autocrat Motor Oil ranks as “Pennsyl- vania's Best.” By its use you avoid all lu- brication troubles. ment, in accordance with action at the department executive committee meet- ing, copy of & resolution adopted at the May meeting of the national executive Soaing oe vaTious posts throughout the u various out the Dy Bates to hold thei antwal tlec: tion of post officials at such a time that it will permit the newly elected officials to take their office not later than Oc- tober 20, which is the date set in the national constitution when dues are payable for the following year. A resolution was presented by Wat- son B. Miller, past department com- mander, expressing regret at the death of Mrs. J. Howard Clipper, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Kolhos, a pioneer member of this department. A floral piece was sent in the name of the department for the funeral, which was held last Sat- urday morning. National Executive Committeeman Paul J. McGahan announced that a special committee had been appointed by National Comdr. O. L. Bodenhamer to revise the ritual of the organization, and posts having any suggestions to offer were requested to advise him to this effect. Action on the committee's report will be taken at the Boston con- vention. A final report of the excursion to Marshall Hall last Summer was made by Department Adjt. Fisk, who was reasurer of the affair. A check cover- ing the balance in the fund was turned over to Department Finance Officer Madison L. Hill. The proceeds from the affair last year were used for defraying the expenses of the two drum crops to the Louisville convention. In order to expedite the business of the Boston convention six prominent Legionnaires have been appointed to comprise a body to be known as the National Policies Commission of the Legion, the duties of which will be to meet three days prior to the coming national convention to receive and con- sider all resolutions, and if germane to the established national policies of the Legion, to transmit the same, with or ithout comment, to the proper con- ention committee. National Adjt. James F. Barton has requested Depart- ment Adjt. Fisk to co-operate in every way possible with the commission. The_executive committee of the U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones No. 2 Post will meet next Thursday at the home of Comrade Tracy, 4707 Connecticut avenue. Com- rade Catherine Crowley will be joint hostess. All comrades who expect to take part with the post in the convention parade are requested to communicate with Comrade Charlotte Berry, tele- phone Navy Yard branch 28 and home telephone North 0770-W. The last social meeting of La Societe des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes during the present administration will be held August 6, at the home of Partner Emily J. Carey, 201 Forest street, Thrifton, Va. 4 The call to the annual marche de- partmentale will be sent out by Le Chapeau MclIntosh di the next few days. The date set for the banquet and wreck at the Hotel Washington 1s August 19 and reservations may be made with La Caissiere Herman. La Secretaire has not yet been ap- prised by Chairman Brackett of the housing committee for the Boston con- vention as to where the headquarters will be during the au{ in Boston. The partners who have aiready sent in for Teservations are Le Chapeau Depart- mental McIntosh, Irene Key, Lela Angleberger, Ethel Fowler, berta Fawcett, Eunice Cox, Florence Buechley, Janet McRae, Amy Hammond, Eliza. beth Stewart and L’Archiviste Nation- ;l‘evel':lll-lga.l Cll’ez Other partners reserval hroug} posts and units. . b h.}:a"vlfi?"&l Comdr. O. L. n a I comman of American le:it;enrl"gstmr:quuuna i‘:: erly authorized to contins The, Summary of the prograen® out: Mr. Bodenhamer's letter fol- 1. Get, your school auth on a course of study in zflveryu" cm.mmig :;:la “s:nhool on flag etiquette or flag 2. Make arrangements to American edals msscl‘\;ol plu‘“n u:n school award medals - Get school authorities to c-l)urse to every one of the ldv'::.ee; classes in the study of the Constitution during National Constitution week (September 14-20, which includes the anniversary of the signing of the Con- stitution). 4. Get school authorities to engage in 3 Legion educational progra uring m d (November‘lll’)‘-elré“:hlcfid“uuon s e A includes Armi- The national commander stated that th s M;#flpflns sole desire is to help in the Veterans of ;o:vln Wars, A department meeting will be held Butl in the board room, tomorrow. ay g omb District Plans for the annual the Veterans of m"“’“.}’;‘":}‘, being _completed. The will ‘e held Sunday, August 24, on the estate at Berwyn, Md. of Dr. Turner, ‘Transportation cfl;q&m")’,’“" of the ee has estimated h approximately 200 automobiles 3“:;'12’5. port the veteran guests who are patients in the five local veterans’ hos- pitals. The Entertainment and the Refreshment Committees have promised plenty of enter ol tainment and refresh- The Baltimore Conyention Commi has announced the receipt of an 0‘;:: for bus transportation, and the com- mittee is endeavoring to have each post engage two busses and each aux- iliary one, for September 2, the day of the big parade. If this objective is acgomplished, and the busses carry the ‘Cooties” and Overseas Band, it will aggregate a caravan of about 30 busses, A carnival is being held on Wisconsin avenue nightly by the Overseas Band and Drum and Bugle Corps. National Capital Post, 127, is com- pleting its plans for sending a record b e R est e t, 1t to have the biggest delegation :.'”B: line of march on the day of the Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. AUTOCRAT—THE OIL THAT I§ DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS Beware of Substitutes. Try Autocrat the next time you need oil, end judge its advantages for yourself. At the Better Dealers 3 NO. L WORKS, COLUMBIA 5228 1 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. important and all post members are requested to be p t. Federal Post at its regu meeting passed a resolution of confi- dence in one of its members, Herbert M. Campbell of Oak Crest, Arlington County, Va. in connection with his arrest in the Mary Baker case. Com- rade Stroble has offered the services of himself and all his post members to Comrade Campbell for the purpose of checking his statements as to his whereabouts on the night of the murder. Comrade Charles Rielly is leaving the commandership of Columbia Post, and Comrade Chester Riech will assume the dutles of that office. Follow-Me Post has returned from his tour of active military duty at Camp Meade, and Eli Busada has returned from his vacation, they are outlining | activities for the post. Potomac Post. 1085, met Thursday at Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and P streets northeast, while the auxiliary to the post met at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 1915 L street. John Kolster, Co. F, 1st Am- munition Trains, was elected to mem- bership. A joint meeting of the Post and Auxiliary Ways and Means Committee was heild Monday night at Soldiers, Sallors and Marines’ Club. Numerous activities for the Summer, lar monthly | % chartering of the boat City of Wash- ington Tuesday, August 19, when a moonlight excursion will be given. An uting to Bay Ridge, August 10, is planned. The post and auxiliary will sssemble at 1015 L street at 10:45 o'clock, leaving there about 11:15 o'clock by automobile. All members of both post and auxiliary are invited. The third birthday anniversary of Potomac Auxillary was celebrated July .26, at the home of Mrs. Dorothy Lodge, at’Silver Spring, Md. A convoy of 20 automobiles left Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club at 8:30 o'clock. This celebration was in the nature of a moonlight ride and open park social. A birthday cake, with three lighted candles, was cut by the president, Mrs. {Ida Emmert, after which speeches and Now that Comdr. Lloyd Kelley of | toasts were given by the officers of post and auxiliary. The next regular meeting of the post will be held August 14 at Soldlers, Sail- ors and Marines' Club, 1015 L street, at 8 o'clock. Disabled American Veterans. National Executive Committeemen of the Disabled American Veterans from coast to coast will meet here today for a two-day conference to decide upon any necessary revisions of the adminis- trative policies of the liaison service of the organization. The conferees, who make up a subcommittee of the Na- tional Committee, will be headed by National Comdr. H. H. Wiemer of Chi- Fall and | cago, and included in the meetings will Winter were planned. The first is the | be V. D. Corbly of Cincinnati, H. E. 2 b AUGUST 3, 1930—PART FOUR. Pinney of Los Angeles, E. D. Atkins of Philadelphia, A. B. Powell of Birming- ham, C. M. Jones of Charleston, Owen of Cincinnati, Monte Lowenstein of Cin- cinnati, Carter Smith of Chicago and Frank Mackey of Chicago. Eighty Disabled American Veterans liaison officers are today functioning throughout = the country, giving free advice to disabled veterans in preparing and presenting claims before the Vet- erans’ Bureau, the Disabled American Veterans being the first organization ever to be recognized by congressional enactment. “The four men engaged in liaison work in assisting Washingtonians are Ralph Chamber, Fred Kochli, Early Hendricks and George W. Phillips. Increased membership in the organi- zation during the past year, together with the steady growth of new claims under the recently enacted laws, led the Disabled American Veterans to plan on additional liaison workers and the con- ference is hopeful of completing its work and report by Tuesday night. It is planned to visit President Hoover and conferences at the end of the regu- lar meetings will be held with Gen. Col. G. E. Ijams, who has succeeded Gen. Hines as director of the Veterans' Bureau. In an effort to exceed last year's record, which marked an increase of more than 100 per cent in membership, the National Capital Chapter of the Galvin of Minneapolis, James Hannigan | Fal Frank T: Hines,. head of the new | Administration of Veterans’ Affairs, and | Disabled American Veterans has decid- ed to conduct an aggressive campal 1orlne' names, starting early in the ‘The recent elections resulted in the naming of C. A. Halpin as commander of the chapter and he will direct the drive, assisted by the following new officers: Amos R. Davis, senior vice commander; O. H. Wratchford, junior vice commander; L. E. Brown, treasurer; Claude Coffey, adjutant; Harold Floyd, sergeant-at-arms, and Harry Wathrop, officer of the day. B Gen. Frank T. Hines, head of the new Administration of Veterans’ Affairs, last week moved from the Arlington Building to the Interior Department, where he will direct the co-ordination of the Pension Bureau, the Veterans' Bureau and the National Homes, leav- | ing Col. George E. Ijams in charge of affairs at the Veterans' Bureau. Hines took with him A. D. Hiller and J. O'C. Roberts, who have been selected as his immediate assistants in his new work of consolidating the agencies hav- ing to do with the relief of veterans of all wars. Ultimately it is expected that the | Washington regional office of the Vet- erans’ Bureau will be located at Mount Alto, where there is now the diagnostic clinfc. This will make available the large building at 1540 I street, to which the Pension Bureau will move, so all the activities of the Administration of Veterans' Affairs will be under one roof, P Boomomical Tronsportation Gen. | with Gen. Hines returning to the Arlin ton Bullding. Officials_of the Disabled American Virginia, Maryland and West Virginis will be considered here this week National Comdr. H. H. Weimer and €. M. Jones of Charletson, national 8- Veterans here presented medals and mitteeman for this territory. cups at the closing exercises of the | Citizens' Military Training Camp at | Fort Washington on Tuesday and at | Fort Myer on Wednesday. Frank M. Owens, commander of the Ace-Rasmussen Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, is in charge of a moonlight excursion and dance which the chapter will conduct aboard the City of Washington on the evening of August 12. The Washington regional office of the Veterans' Bureau is now commencing | to feel the full weight of applications | on the new provisions for World War pensions. It is estimated that about 1,100 Washingtonians are eligible for this monthly allowance and several hundred have already appeared at the I street office for examination. So long as it has not resulted from misconduct, the origin of a disability does not enter into the decision on pen- sions, but to be eligible a man must have served 90 days, must not have paid an income tax last year and must have been honorably discharged. The pen- sions range from $12 to $40 a month, | the lowest percentage of disability being 25. Plans for expansion of the Disabled | American Veterans through granting a | number of applications for charters in | ]bolrd of directors of Fleet Reserve Association. ‘The quarterly meeting of the nationsl the Fleet Reserve Association will be held August 29 at ® m., the day before the opening of the national convention, which will eon: tinue in session through September 1 &t the Wardman Park Hotel. The board meeting will be held at the national headquarters, room 804, Earle z‘h;fl:r Building, to which members are vited. Floral Carpets Attract. 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