Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1931, Page 52

‘The 1931 little world series of the American Leglon junior base ball pro- gram will be played in Houston, Tex. August 28, 29 and 31. This announce ment was made by Russell Cook, director of the Legion’s National Americanism Commission. This series will bring together the two championship boys' teams of the East and West to battle for the title of world junior champions. Threz games will be played to decide the champion- ship, one each day, unless the same team wins the first two on the schedule. In addition to other honors, the 15 players on the victorious team will be given a free trip to all games of the big world series as the special guests of the American and National Leagues. ‘The last date for teams to enroll in the junjor program is next Tucsday. Teams that fail to send in their entries to the department athletic ofiicer by that day will not be permitted to par. ticipate in the regular competition. The first phase of the combetition will be local, county and district tournaments leading up to the selection of the cham- pionship team in each State. The State winners will compete in the various re- glonal tourneys, which will be followed with the two sectional tournaments to choose the championship teams of the East and West, the Mississippi River being the dividing line for the States. Th> East and West champions will clash for the national honors. American Legion Auxiliary headquar- ters have been opened in D:troit for the national convention, September 21 to 24. Mrs. H. A. Pickert is chairman of the Legion Auxiliary Convention Committee; Mrs. Edward G. Heckle of Detroit is vice chairman: Mrs. Fred W. Lyons of Detroit, district liaison vice chairman, and Mrs. Fred J. Smith of Marshall,” Mich., is Michigan Depart- ment liaison chairman. Tank Corps veterans from all parts of the United States will be organized &t Detrolt in September in connection with the national convention of the American Legion. There are about 40,000 of these Tank Corps veterans in the country. Ray Kelly, chairman of the Reunions Committee of the Legion Committee, is working with the Michi- gan Tank Corps veterans in making | plans for the gathering. It is expected | 2 number of Tank Corps veterans from | the District will go to Detroit especially | to attend this gathering. | The Tank Corps will use the Olympia ‘Arena for its two meetings, which will | be prior to the national convention. | Among other things, the corps is plan- | ning a military ball in the arena on the night of September 19. The department athletic officer of the ‘American Legion, Francis J. McDonald, has announced an American Legion miniature golf tournament to be played at the Central Golf Course, Eighteeenth and Pennsylvania avenue, July 27 to 31. The Bond Clothing Co. has offered a trophy for the winner and all legion- naires are eligible. ‘The American Legion handicap golf tournament, pre- Viously announced by Mr. will be held tomorrow at Beaver Dam Country Club. Past Department Comdr. John Lewis Smith and Alternate Na tional Executive Committeeman Wil- liam Wolff Smith have offered prizes. Arrangements have been made to ac- cept entries all day tomorrow for this event at the Beaver Dam Country Club Capt. Watson B. Miller, chairman Na- tional Rehabilitation Committee, the American Legion, has offered a_trophy or the winner of the Junior American gion golf tournament to be played at East Potomac Golf Course on July 21. A meeting of the Department Execu- tive Committee of the American Legion, called by the department commander, Dr. B. C. MacNeil, was held at the District Building on Thursday evening. The Membership Committee convened on Tuesday evening at the Shoreham A committee headed by Ma: jorle Woodzell, third vice commander of the department, has arranged an excursion down the Potomac on the City of Washington for disabled vet- erans tomorrow. Other members of the committee in charge are Helen Sprague and Emily Carey. The presi- dents of the various units of the American Leglon Auxiliary will provide | refreshments. Committees appointed by Comdr. | william A. Kehoe, scheduled to con- | vene ‘prior to the next meeting of the | Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, the Ameri- can Legion, to be held at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue, July 1, include the unit designated to consider additional meeting space and the subcommittee on the American | Legion Auxiliary. The personnel of |the first group consists of Robert M. | Huey, Reed N. Painter, Louis J. Den- nis, F. J. Lyons and L. B. Richardson, |and the following nine members com- | pose the second: John J. McGinnis, Paul H. MacMurray, Joseph J. Malloy, Paul H. Robbins, Daniel W. Washburn, Edward L. Marthill, Luclen Jordan, Wiliam D. Himes and Thomas J. | Frailey. Reports will be prepared and sub- | mitted to the commander for regular |post action at the meeting of July 1. | A number of new mecmbers will be ad- | mitted and delegates to represent the | post at the department conventicn to | be held in this city in August will be 1clect.ed at the meeting. At the regular meeting of Stephen P. McGroarty Post, No.'37, held at 1103 | Vermont avenue, Post Comdr. Egbert E. | Corwin announced that the post had | secured a set of colors. The post de- | cided to make the first display of the colors July 4 by participating in the massing of the colors at the Sylvan | Theater, a feature of Washington's Fourth-of-July celebration arranged by | Dr. B. C. MacNell, department com- | mander. | A draft of a new constitution, pre- |pared by a committee consisting of | Wiley M. Fuller, Frank G. Howell and Egbert E. Corwin was read and dis- | cussed and after certain changes had | been made was adopted. Nominations for officers of the post are to be made at the September meet- ing and elections at the October meef ing. Joseph J. Idler was elected a delegate to the department convention to serve with the post commander. | Lewis H. Guenther and Wiley M. Ful- ler were elected alternates. { At the June meeting of the Stuart | Walcott Post, No. 10, members were | presented with emblems in recognition | THE SUNDAY STAR, M i 1 lll Il WASHINGTON, D, C. JUNE 28, 1931 am Lord Fairfax,” said the gentleman -in the center, “and this is my friend Colonel Washington. May we have the honor to krow your name?” T am Benjamin-Franklin. The Poétmaster General of the Col- onies had juét dismounted from an uneasy horse reémarking that he preferred *“two certain legs to four uncertain ones.” This simple introdudion marked the meeting of two men about whom the world was to hear much in- Cumberland, Maryland on U. S. Route 1. the future. The place: Fort —RART FOUR. B James W. Brooks w1, e } "\:U{ O Braddock Heights, westbound from Frederick, Mary- land. Here Lieut. Col. Washington rested his troops :‘u the way to Fort Duquesne in 1775. Silent guns to- Coprright 1990 by Jumes W. Brooks All Righte Reserved mark the way of American history ‘This.is an old Braddock gun at Winchester, Virginia. e Ty “Historically Correct Sketches By CALVIN FADER NE of the many historical pick- 1 th road is this boulder, loakdm:n ‘{]‘”S‘ 23‘ o 'S, near in the making. bership lines during the present year by Department Membership Officer Al Picconni. The following were nominated for delegates to the department convention to be held August 5, 6 and 7: J. O'Connor Roberts, A. D. Hiller, Vernon S. Auld, Charles Demarest, Samuel Rose and Warren E. Miller. The alter- nates are Henry F. Fones, Paul K. Carr, Leo F. Wise, John Kowaleski, Willlam C. Carney, Judson C. Dale, Nathan Silverberg, Charles L. Curtiss, jr., and John R. Carroll. Warren E. Miller, past commander, presided in the absence of the com- mander and vice commanders. The American Legion, Department of the District of Columbia, is sponsoring a trip down the river, on the City of ‘Washington, tomorrow for the patients at Mount Alto, Naval and Walter Reed Hospitals. The boat will leave at 1:30 p.m., returning about 5:30 o'clock. All Legionnaires and members of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary are requested to go on this trip. Admission to boat will be by membership card only. Nearby posts of Alexandria, Clarendon, Hyatts- | ville and Takoma Park are invited to attend. Due to the resignation of Comdr. Nichols, a special meeting of the Exec- utive Committee of Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, was recently called at the home of Comrade Duncan. Comdr. Nichols was presented with a past com- mander’s badge, and a picnic au?pfl' was served. She sailed June 18 to fake charge of the Government Hospital in the Virgin Islands. Senior Vice Comdr. of their recent advancement to posts |May Hawthorne was elected the ne McDonald, | of importance in the Veterans' Ad- | ministration and for their accomplish- | ment in work for the disabled. J. O'Conner Roberts, past commander, | ¥ho was recently appointed to the newly created office of solicitor for the | Veterans’ Administration, and D.| Hiller, who was appointed executive as- | sistant to Gen. Hines, responded to the presentations. | A resolution was adopted to double | | the present appropriation allowed by | | the National Rehabilitation Committee | |in furthering the interests of disabled | | veterans and their dependents, same | | to be secured from a Legion trust fund | |now in existence, if possible, and if the money for this purpose can- not be obtained from this source, the same to be obtained by borrow- ing. A vote of praise and commen- |dation was_given Watson B. Miller, chairman of the National Rehabilita- tion Committee, and his gtaff, whose | offices are in the Bond Bullding, for the results obtained for the disabled | | through_their efforts during the past | | year. ~ Under this resolution, the dele- | | gates from the District of Columbia | Would be obliged to work for the pas- | sage of this same resolution at the na- | tional convention. A bell was presented to the post as | a reward for its activities along me post_commander. Exercises were held at the Red Cross Chapter House June 19 for the class in | home hygiene and care of the sick. | py, h |women and was organized and spon- | sored last year by this post. Comrade Peterson, Americanization officer, with Comrade Conway as instructor, is in charge. Six members of the class, em- bracing five nationalities, Italian, Pol- ish, Rumanian. Russian and Spanish recelved “certificates of graduation. Comrade Peterson presided at these closing_exercises, and Comrade Hum- phrey, Red Cross assistant and national director of home hygiene and care of the sick, addressed the class. Comdr. Hawthorne prescnted greetings of the post, and Comrrde Conway gave a brief history of the class. Refreshments were served. At the national convention in Bos- ton steps were taken toward the forma- tion of a “National Organization of World War Nurses.” Comrade Hickey was elected py acclamation as one of nine vice chairmen, with the following States under her supervision: District of Columbia. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Comrade Hickey has recently appointed Comrade Woodzeil as subchairman for the District'of Columl All nurses who are members of the American Le- gion are eligible to join this organiza- tion. At the last meeting of the post the following were nominated delegates and alternates to the department convention to be held August 5, 6 and 7: Delegates, Comrades Hawthorne, Humphrey, Mc- Carthy, Pearson and Pryde; alternates, Comrades Hickey, Life, Owens, Parrot and Rowe. The next meeting will be held July 2 at 8 p.m. at 1746 K street. Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, held its fourth annual barbeque and fleld day at the Raccar Canoe Club Camp, on the upper Potomac, June 20, with more than 100 Leglonnaires and friends participating, under the chair- manship of Louis Allwine. Many prominent_Legionnaires were present, including Department Comdr. Dr. B. C. MacNeil and Grand Chef du Gare Joe Byrne, representing the Forty and Eight. Boat Club June 15 the post elected the following delegates to the department convention in August: Comdr. James H. Phillips, Senior Vice Comdr. Willlam H. Grass, Junior Vice Comdr. Raymond Neudecker and Past Comdr. Francis L. Fahy. The following were elected alter- nate delegates to the Charles C. Alles, Louis P. Allwine, Paul J. Bergh and J. Shadrick Ingram. Comdr, Phillips is arranging for a supper meeting of the post to be held !nnl the Raccar Camp during middle July. ‘The Bureau of Engraving and Print- | ing Post is preparing a down-river ex- cursion outing for 150 orphan children | of Washington on July 11. A com- | mittee headed by Hugh Marsh is plan- ‘There will be a pro- A delegation from the post, accom- panied by the post colors, will take part in the Independence day celebration to be held at the Washington Monument on_the morning of July 4. | On July 3 the post will sponsor a serles of patriotic exercises to be held {in the several rooms of the building. identical in each case, ort ad- | the singing of “America,” a “Taps,” | dress, the “Salute to the Flag, | the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The services will be held during the luncheon period and will be in charge of Vincent J. Orlando, post | room being & selected post member. The post will hold a dinner-dance at the Villa Roma, on the Rockville pike, next Tuesday evening. Invita- | tions have been sent to a group of | distinguished Leglonnaires headed by John Lewis Smith, who will toastmaster, and including Ben Fisher, past commander of the Department of | Oregon; John Thomas Taylor, Watson | B. Milier, Maj. Hitch, Col. Sweezey, past commander of the Department of ANNOUNCING JAMES A. BEALL & SONS 2321 Nichols Ave. S.E. We ta Lincoln 1757 As a Dealer For CHRYSLER EIGHTS—CHRYSLER SIXES and PLYMOUTH own brilliant achievements. ke pleasure in announcing our appointment to sell Chrysler and Ply- mouth pledge motor cars in this district. G We ourselves to back up every car we economical service. O We recognize that the fine reputation of Chrysler demands representation in keeping with their performance. 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Matthias, commander in chief, announced last week in his gen- | eral orders No. 7 tickets for the na- | tional encampment at New Orleans, La., | September 6-10, will be on sale in East- | | ern_territory from August 28 to Sep- | tember 10, fnclusive. Proposed resolutions and enactments Maryland; Dr. McNeil, commander of | the Department of the District of Co- lumbia; Norman Landreau and Fred | The committee is headed by F. Miller. ‘The last meeting of the Henry C. Spengler Unit, No. 12, American Leglon | Auxiliary, was held at the Thomas Circle Club Wednesday evening. The annual election of officers was held, as follows: President, Mrs. Jennie Knight; first vice president, Miss Lillian Rea- gon; second vice president, Dr. Laura | Praser.” | Francis 8. 'Brennon; chaplain, Mrs. Frank Fuller; treasurer, Mrs. Edith Arm- strong; historian, Mrs. Louise White; sergeant at arms, Mrs. Alma Dorsey; colorbearer, Miss Grace Sandhouse. Those_elected to serve on the Execu- tive Committee were the past presi- dent, Mrs. May D. Lightfoot; Mrs. Ruth Pritchard end Mrs. Clara Doocy. ‘The next regular meeting will be the installation of officers and will be held September 30. Mrs. Lee C. Addock, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy and Mrs. Blanche H. Brown were received into the membership and initiated. ‘The committees reporting were: Unit Finance, Mrs. -Jennie Knight, chair- man; American Defense, Dr. Laura S. Brennon; War Orphans and Special Committee on Flag Day, Mrs. James 0. C: Roberts; Girl Scouts and Special Committee on American Legion Ball, | Mrs. Louise Fis! Fidac, Mrs. Amy Hammond; Music, Mrs. Steuart John- | and auxilisles of the Department of War Veterans should besubmitted to national head- | quarters ot later than August 10 80 | that they an be referred to the Reso- lutions an Enactments Committee. | In comliance with a resolution | unanimous’ adopted by the Philadel- | phia Encamment an invitation has been [ sent to themembers of the Grand Army of the Repblic and the United Con- federate Veerans through their respec- tive commaders to attend the United Spanish Wr Veterans Encampment at New Orleas as guests of the organ- ization. | Departmat Comdr. Samuel J. Mc- Williams anounced last week a meet- ing of theCouncil of Administration will be heldfuly 11 at 921 Pennsylvania avenue souNeast. | Jere A. Costello, chairman of the Good and Welfare Committee, an- nounced lat week that all the czmps | the Districtof Columbia have received their ticket. for the Santiago day ex- | cursion to Iarshall Hall, July 17. Astor Camp met. with Comdr. Dono- van presidig. The following were mustered ito the camp: David A. Yingling, Ompany G, 27th United States Infatry: Lawrence Graebing, Company A,22d United States Infan- try; WilliamP. Begley, Company D, 2d United Stats Infantry, and John W.| Bowes, Compny L, 42d United States | Volunteer Irantry. Miles Camp pald Its camp isitation and was wel- comed. Remrks were made by Comdr. G. F. McGilliuddy, Senior Vice Comdr. Cleveland Kanicutt, Past Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson, Past Comdr. D. F. Cooneyand E. A. J. Sweeney, all | of Miles Cam. and Charles A. Strobel, | juntor_ vice fepartment command | Past Departmnt Comdr. Benjamin F. Motley, Past Comdr. John D. Patton | and Comrade orsyth of Astor Camp. Urell Campmet, with Comdr. Fres land in the chir. Lawton Camp its camp vitation, and remarks were made byComdr. Glaze, Past De- | partment Come. James G. Yaden, Past | Comdrs. Farne. Lamb. Barstow and | McDermott anc Comrades Davis, Swan- | son and Picke;, all of Lawton Cam Past Departmant Comdr. Arthur H. son; Hospitalization, Mrs. Clara Son- nemann; Child Welfare and Cradle ers, Mrs. Roberta Fawcett: Member- ship, Miss Katherine Beck; Medals, Trophies and Awards, Mrs. Bertha Shaffer. and the Secretary’s Report, Mrs, Rose L. Hidde. The Committee in Charge of the Elections was Mrs, Bertha Shaffer, chairman; tellers, Mrs. Margaret Ken- nedy, Miss Margaret Beck, Miss Bea- trice Wemple and Mrs. Margaret Isel League, Dewey Camp; Junior Vice De- | partment Come. Strobel, Pettit Cam Roll, Mrs. Katle Gross; Sick and Flow- | Department Cilef of Staff Galpin, | | Past Comdr. Gerge E. Cook of Harden Camp and Deartment Comdr. 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