Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 70

~Veterans of Great War Veterans of Foreign Wars. Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. Paul C. Wolman of Baltimore was ‘elected national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Thirty-first National Encampment in Baltimore, and Kansas City, Mo., was selected for the National Encampment in 1931 Mrs. Ada E. Harrison of New York was elected national president of the Ladies’ Ausiliary sie Hanken of Revere, Ma the post two years. The new national com ordnance sergeant with the fantry in France from Ji 1918, until August, 191 A native of Carroll County, he has lived in Baltimore most of his life. Mr. Wolman was to have been gr: Maryland Law School in 1918, but the war delayed his qualification for a de- gree until 1920. After the armistice he studied law at the Inns of don, at Government expi ing to the United States 1919. He was one of the his regiment reported annihila t Montfaucon during the He began to practice law in and is now on the American Bar As- who held mander was an 313th In- return- sociation’s Board of Legal Consultants | to the United States Veterans' Bur Mrs. Wolman, whom he married i 1925, also is an attorney. On their return from a wedding trip in Europe they went to the V. F. W. Convention at Tulsa, Okla, where Mrs. Wolman | became legal counsel of the Ladies Auxiliary, a specially created office. Mr. Wolman, a member of Mont- faucon Post, American Legion, and a past_commander of the Lieut. George B. Redwood Post, V. F. ' it b came & national officer of the or- | ganization in 1924, when he was elected | to the National Council of Adminis- tration. In 1926 and 1927 he served | the V. F. W. as judge advocate gen-| eral. The following year he was elect- | ed junior vice commander and in 1929 senior vice commander. Darold D. McCoe was elected junior vice commander in chief. Admiral| Robert E. Coontz, U. S. N., retired, who | is now on the Pacific Coast, having re- | cently returned from Alaska, and R. B.[ Handy, jr., were elected by acclanration, | as junior vice commander and qm\r-t termaster general, respectively. George | A. Henderson of Newark, N. J, was | elected judge advocate general and Dr. Guy Seward of Fremont, Nel was re: elected surgeon general. | Edwin S. Beitelheim was eleventh consecutive time appointed chairman of the National Legislative | Committee and chairman of the Service | ; Lieut. Charles E. Weickhardt, B was, for the third time, ap- pointed naval liaison officer; James W. Boyer, jr., who was reappointed chai man of the National C. M. T. C. Com mittee, and Val N. Brandon, former | commander of Front Line Post, was elected to the National Council of Ad-| ministration. Comrades Handy, Bett: heim and Boyer are members of Equal- ity-Walter Reed Post, and Lieut. Weick- hardt is a member of National Capital | Post, while Comrade Brandon is now a | resident of California, and has been | honored by the State organization with | the office of senior vice commander. A further distinction which will attach to the District of Columbia department is that the Overseas Military Bahd, Drum and Bugle Corps, commanded by Maj. Harvey L. Miller, won the first prizs in band competition at the en- | campment, and by virtue of such honor will doubtless be designated by the commande-in-chief as the National V. F. W. Band, and which distinction will | in all probability gain for the Overseas Corps the opportunity of attending the next annual encampment at Kansas City, in 1931, at the expense of the na- tional organization. For the 1932 en- campment, Paris, France; Hawaii, As- bury Park, N. Los Angeles, Calif, and other cities have made strong bids, but with the holding of the Olympic games in 1932, at the last named city, the unrivaled attraction will probably determine for its selection. Practically every resolution sponsored and submitted by the District of Colum. bia Department was adopted by the en- for the ts of the local posts to promote vet- ndom's welfare. The encampment gave consideration to and passed upon more than 400 reso- lutigns affecting every phase of the vet- erans’ problem, which will be reflected in the enactment of further remedial | legislation before the next session of Congress adjourns. Subsequent to the adjournment of the national encampment, this city was visited by a number of notable V. P. W. personages, among whom were Comar. in Chief Wolman, Senior Vice Comdr. in Chief De Coe, accompanied by his wife, who holds the office of national conductress of the Ladies’ Auxiliary; Adjt. Gen. Handy, National Council Member Brandon, formerly of Washing- | succeeding Mrs. Bes- | |as a_war memorial, bearing the names | of 5,508 dead of the division was erected |and Navy Bullding. The division's bat- ted from the University of |tle casualties numbered more than 20,- | 000. | 1and | both National | Aimy troops to fill the gaps in the | our dead, to honor their memory and to 1920 | the living. For me, the sentiment is es- | list of the Army. It is my hope to greet | came to the dedication of the monu- | ilies of our dead, I send my affectionate | remembrance and gratitude for all that | vention Corporation. | Wood, on behalf of the post, presented ton, D. C, but now of California; John G. Lewis, national council member of | ‘Tennessee; Frank A. Tabor, past de- partment commander of Indiana; Lewis | Shippler, senior vice commander of | New Jersey, as well as hosts of other | comrades Who either wished to Tenew | and strengthen old friendships or else | contact the Federal bureaus in control | of the administration of veterans’ relief. | Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator | of veterans' affairs, addressed the na tional encampment on Thursday and, together with Acting Director George E. Ijams of the United States Veterans'| Bureau, was tendered a eption by | the delegates. Gen. Hines spoke of the | disability compensation -act and the acquisition of domiciliary facilities to be made available to beneficiaries through the consolidation of the Veterans' Bu- reau, Pension Bureau and Soldiers’ | Home as being two important features of recent veterans' legislation, and that the amalgamation of the three Federal agencies would enable the administra- tion to meet the trend in hospital or domiciliary populations and make serv- | ice needs by individual patients avail- | able from a single source, and that it | would be the policy to make the most of every oportunity to increase service | to the veterans and to tighten up on| administrative expense. The first official act of Mrs. Ada Harrison, following her election as na- tional president of the Ladics’ Auxiliary, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, was to lay | wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown | Soldier at Arlingtop Cemetery. Mrs. | Harrison let it be known that she would be in Washington for both the Memo- rial day and Armistice day ceremon During her stay in Washington Mrs. Harrison was the guest of Mrs. Clay Keene Miller, who has been appointed for a second term as national legislative chairman of the Ladies’ Auxiliaries, National President Harrison presented to Past Department Comdr. Miller a | diamond-studded V. F. W. lapel button | in appreciation of his support of the | Ladies' Auxiliaries during his adminis- trative term. National Capital Post, its regular meeting last Monday, Harry P. Clements presiding. Herbert, who served in France with (!\e‘ 399th M. T. C., was elected to member- ship, and, together with Comrade Bur- | nett, who was elected at a previous | mecting was duly obligated as a mem- ber. The entire delegation to the Bal- | timore Encampment was present and | individually spoke concerning the hap- penings at the convention. A written Teport by the delegation Will be sub. mitted at the September 23 meeting. In order to promote social activities, the post will launch a series of dances for October, November, December, January, February and March, the dates of the| programs to be announced later. Brief Temarks were made by Comdr. Hooley of Front Line Post and the comrades obligated to membership. ‘National Capital Post Auxiliary was well represented at the Baltimore En- | Gampment, Mrs. Louise R. Hoffman and ’ No. 127, held | Comdr. | Charles | | that the Portuguese government has | Mrs. Rosalina Morana having attended | as delegates and Mrs. Margaret Jacob- |son and Mrs. Rebecca Allen as alter- nates. On Scptember 9 a joint meeting of all the D. C. Auxiliaries was held at |the National Capital Post Auxiliary's | place of meeting in Pythian Temple, when reports of the convention procesd- | ings were given. First Division Veterans. The chief of staff of the Army, Gen. | Charles P. Summerall, as president of | the Society of Veterans of the Ameri- | can Expeditionary Forces, who served |in the st Division during the World War, has issued & call for the society’s annual reunion here from October 23 to | 25. inclusive. | _There were 87,000 veterans in the 1st Division. It is declared the approaching reunion is one of unusual significance, here in 1924, south of the State, War ‘The District of Columbia, Mary- and West Virginia contributed Guard and National ranks made by the division's casualties. Gen, Summerall’s message to the vet- erans is: “We now propose to assemble this year at the home of the shrine to feel the bonds of comradeship that unite pecially strong, as it will be my last meeting with you while on the active at least as many of our comrades as ment, and to the great number who want to come and cannot do so, and especially to our wounded and the fam- they have done in service and fidelity and my fervent wish for their happiness and success in life.” American Legion. At the Scptember meeting of Jane A. Delano Post, No. €, the following nomi- nations were made for the coming year: Commander, Winifred Nichols; senior i commander, Mary Hawthorne; junior vice commander, Phoebe Life chaplain, Annie S. Humphreys, and his- torian, Pauline McVey. The post voted favoring the continu- ance of the District of Columbia De- partment participating as an agency of the Community Chest. There will be a special meeting Sep- tember 18, at 8:30 p.m., of several of the Legion posts at 1337 K street to listen in on the coast-to-coast broadcast being presented by the American Legion Con- All Legionnaires are invited to attend and bring friends. Cash recoveries for World War vet- erans and their dependents obtained through the efforts of the National Rehabilitation Committee of the Amer- ican Legion amounted to $5,013,761.43 for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the committee's annual report prepared for submission to the Legion national convention in Boston October 6 to 9. The recoveries were in the form of Government compensation, Insurance, retirement pay, djusted compensation and other claims handled before the Veterans’ Bureau and its agencles. Norwood P. Cassidy was unanimously clected commander of Victory Post, No. 4, at the annual meeting Tuesday night. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and Virginia and of Sigma Nu Phi Fraternity. He s senior administrative assistant in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department. Thirty-five comrades were elected to membership. The officers were installed by Depart- ment Comdr. B. C. MacNeil and his staff. Dr. MacNeil, Past Department Comdr. and National Executive Com- mitteeman-elect John Lewis Smith, Past Department Comdr. Ben S. Fisher of Oregon, Mrs. Thacker V. Walker, past department president of the Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary and retiring president of Victory Unit, No. 4, and Capt. Charles M. Oman, Medical Corps, U. 8. N, of Victory Post, No. 4, were the principal speakers. Department Comdr. MacNeil extend- ed his compliments to Victory Post, No. 4, Drum Corps and made a personal gift of $100 toward its expenses going to the National Convention at Boston. The outgoing adjutant, Edward J. McGeogh and Finance Officer John W. Shultz were awarded presents by the post for their work during the past year, Past Department Comdr. Harlan a gold American Legion medal to the outgoing commander, W. L. A. Straw- bridge, and expressed appreciation for the accomplishments during the past year. Mrs. Thacker V. Walker, president of Victory Unit, No. 4, on behalf of the unit, presented a fountain pen desk set to the outgoing commander, in appre- clation of his co-operation during the past year and as a memento of the high esteem held for him by the unit. The regular monthly meeting of U. 8. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, was held on Monday at the Thomas Circle Club. As the next post meeting, on October 13, comes before most of the members will have returned from the Boston convention, motion was made and carried to postpone' the meeting until October 20. Comrades of the post are invited to participate with Victory Post, No. 4, in a meeting to be held at the auditorium of the Interior Building, Eighteenth and F streets, September 18, to hear a Na- tion-wide radio broadcast for the American Legion at 8 p.m. Members are requested to support the card party to be given by the depart- ment September 17, at Immaculate Conception Hall, Eighth and N streets, at 8 pm. for the benefit of the two drum corps. An appropriation of $200 was sent to the National Foundation for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., for a scholarship for the education of a blind child. Constitution week was observed at the meeting September 8 by a talk on the Constitution of the United States by Legislative Officer Kate K. Briggs. FIDAC. Maj. Julius T. Peyser of this city and vice president of the Federation Inter- nallice des Anciens Combattants for | the United States has received a cable | from the Fidac International head- quarters at Paris, France, announcing awarded the Portuguese Croix de Guerre to_the Unknown American Soldier. Maj. Peyser announced that the pres- entation of the war cross at the Tomb | of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery will take place on September 18 opening the eleventh convention of the Fidac and the sixth annual convention of the Fidac Auxil- fary. ‘The convention will continue through September 23. Making the | presentation will be the Portuguese | Minister and Portuguese military at- | tache, as well as 10 distinguished citi. zens of Portugal, delegates to the Fidac | Congress here. | The Pidac salute at the Tomb will | be marked by a number of similar deco- rations of the rican Unknown Sol- dier by the a governments which | so far have not awarded their highest decorations for valor to the representa- tive of the American soldier dead in the World War, Lieut. Col. Fred W. Abbott, president of Fidac, of Great Britain will make another presentation at the Tomb, This decoration will be the Fidac gold medal of recognition, the highest award in the power of the organization to grant. ‘The foreign delegates will arrive in New York City tomorrow and will be met by Mayor Walker's Reception Com- mittee. Each delegation will be enter- tained throughout the day by fellow countrymen. There will be a session in THE SUNDAY will be honored with a sightseeing tour and lunc and later dinner. A spe- cial train will leave for Washington with the delegates at 2 am. on Thurs- tion, will greet the delegates Thursday morning and escort them {o the Carl- ton Hotel, the local headquarters. There will be an_automobile parade from the Union Station followed by breakfast. Following registration the delegates will go to Arlington Ceme- tery. The congress wiil open its sessions in Continental Memorial Hal! at 2:30 p.m., when O. L. Bodenhamer, national com- mander of the American Legion, will give an address of welcome, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson s scheduled to deliver the principal address, fol- lowed by an address by Col. Abbott, president of Fidac. Dinner will be served at the Congressional Club. Paul V. McNutt, past national | commander of the American Legion, will | make an address, as will a representa- tive of Great Britain. Italy will be honored on Friday. There will be a business session from 9 am to 12:30 pm. followed by awards of | Fidac medals. Following luncheon at| the Mayflower Hotel, as guests of the | American Legion Auxiliary, there will be | a bus trip to Mount Vernon and 2 sight- seeing trip about Washington in the | afternoon. There will be a dinner at| the Wardman Park Hotel, as guests of Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley. A| representative of Italy will make the address. | Nation day for Poland will be ob- served on Saturday. At the business| session_officers will be elected. Follo ing a luncheon at the Pan-American | Building or Washington Hotel the final | business session will be held. Tt is ex- | pected a garden party will be held at the White House at 5 p.m., as guests of | President and Mrs. Hoover. A State | dinner will be held at the Willard Hotel, when Secretary of State Stimson and a | representative of Poland will make ad resses. | On September 21 Portugal day will be observed. - There will be a service at| Washington Cathedral at 11 a.m. and later a wreath will be placed on the | tomb of Woodrow Wilson. Following luncheon at the Carlton the delegates | leave for Annapolis to visit the Naval Academy. | The delegates will leave later on al special train for a brief tour through the Middle West as guests of the Amer ican Legion. They will visit Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Culver, Ind.; Detroit, Mich.; Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Albany and West Point, N. Y. ) | | BRODIE JUMP RIVALED STOCKHOLM (#).—A young Swede, | E. G. M. Seederberg, jumped irom the Skuru Bridge, near Stockholm, a height of 114 feet, and swam ashore without being injured, with the exception of a few bruises on his legs. i He did it on a dare, driving in a taxi to the bridge, where, with the taxi driver and a few friends as witnesses, he performed the perilous dive. Somec two vears ago a Swedish film company offered 60,000 krone ($18,000) for a jump from' this bridge, but there were no candidates. Pluto Planet Is Deliberate. Conservations and calculations of the complete orbit of Pluto places the new member of our planetary family as the most distant from the sun and the slow- | est in its revolution. It requires 251 ears for Pluto to complete its orbit | around the sun. This is nearly a century | longer than Neptune, Pluto’s oldest | neighbor, which requires 165 years for | one circult. Pluto's orbit will bring it | nearest our globe 58 years. from now. | In 1988 the new luminary will be distant 3 sstronomical units of about a,oun,oou\ miles. | 1 honor of Belgium on Tuesday at which Mayor Walker and others will make addresses, followed by an official lunch- eon and reception. There dinner in the evening. On Wednesday delegates from France Because of the Unusually Low Price, There .Will Be a Small Charge for Installation STAR, day. Maj. Julius I. Peyser, with a delega- | Country | WASHINGTON, D. Marine Corps Notes Brig. Gen. John H. Russell, American | high commissioner to the Republic of Haitl, according to report to the de- partment, arrived at his post at Port au Prince, Haiti, during the past week. He will remain at his present station for some weeks and will be succeeded in | his present dual duties by the Ameri- | can diplomatic representative to the Haitian republic. It is generally ex. | pected that Gen. Russell will be returned | to the United States and later assigned |to command one of the posts in this | country, he having been on forelgn duty since 1922. Capt. Louis E. Woods, heretofore on | duty at the air station of the East | Coast Expeditionary Force at Quantico, Va., has been detached therefrom and is to report to corps headquarters, this city, tomorrow. Capt, Chatles A. Ketcham, special as- sistant to the major general comman- dant, has been granted leave of absence for two weeks and is sojourning in | Maine. The following officers, having passed the required physical and professional qualifications and having been duly certified and recommended by the Marine Corps Examining Boards, re- spectively, at corps headquarters, have been promoted to their indicated grades: Col. Thomas C. Turner. (Cos. Turner is at present on duty at corps headquarters in charge of all avi- ation activities of the corps. 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