Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1931, Page 30

rB—14 HEADS DAUGHTERS " OF CONFEDERAEY Mrs. Amanda Byrne, Veteran West Virginia Leader, Is Honored. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 20. —Mrs. Amanda Austin Byrne of Charles- ton, W. Va, an outstanding figure in the work of perpetuating the ideals and traditions of the old South, yesterday was elevated to the highest position in the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, the presidency general. Daughter of Capt. Samuel Hunter Austin, who served as a surgeon with the soldiers in gray during the war be- tween the States, Mrs. Byrne is a dis- tinguished parliamentarian and has a brilliant record in church, historical and women's club work. Father Served in Army. ‘Born in Lewisburg, W. Va., then old | Wirginia, Mrs. Byrne was graduated from what now is Greenbrier College for Women. She lived at her birth- lace until 1889, when she married Wil- | rlf\m Eston Randolph Byrne, a member ©of the West Virginia bar, and moved | to_Charleston. Her father, who was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1840, began his military career as a cadet at Virginia Military Institute in 1856. He attended a med- ical college in Winchester, Va., and en- | tered the Confederate service in June, | 1861, with the rank of lieutenant in | Company B, 22nd Virginia Infantry, at Ripley, W. Va. Later he was made a ! captain at the battle of Lewisburg and served as an assistant surgeon. Mrs. Byrne is a_member of the| Charleston Chapter, U. D. C. She was president of the West Virginia division for five years and in recognition of her @-hievement was made honorary presi- =nt. ! In 1919-20 Mrs. Byrne held the office - of corresponding secretary general of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy and in 1922 was made recording secretary general. Selected as first vice president general in 1925, she was re- elected to that position at the Rich- mond convention. Keeps Priceless Records. For 25 years Mrs. Byrne has been yegistrar _of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and as such precerved many priceless records of the early American history. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, Mrs. Byrne also has held many offices in the auxiliaries of that church. She conducts & monthly class in parliamentary law in the Wom- en’s Democratic Club of Charleston. GEN. GLASSFORD ASKS AD MEN TO AID FORCE ‘Appeal for Co-operation in Drive to | Enlist City’s Support of | Police Is Made. * Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, ad- dressing the Advertising Club of Wash- ington yesterday in his first public ap- pearance since his installation as chief of police Monday, asked for the co- operation of advertisers all over the city in his campaign to “sell the police force to the citizens.” “The task of selling the police force #to the public is one of the matters which will be & very necessary function of my fice, to overcome the apparent attitude {n some quarters that the Police De- artment is more of a hindrance than a #help,” Glassford said. “The police force ¥s an important and necessary element ‘dn any community, and it deserves the ungualified support of the citizens.” The Advertising Club pledged its sup- port to Brig. Gen. Glassford’s adminis- fration and extended to him its best Nvishes for his success. Gen. Herbert B. ‘Crosby, police commissioner, introduced the new police chief. CAPT. CHISWELL GIVEN NORFOLK ASSIGNMENT Assistant Commandant of Coast Guard Will Command Largest Division of Service. Capt. B. M. Chiswell, assistant com- manaant of the Coast Guard, now on duty at headquarters here, has been transferred to Norfolk, Va., where he will be in command of the largest givision of the Coast Guard. Capt. Chiswell, who is senior rank- Ang officer of the service, next to Rear Admiral F. G. Billard, will have super- vision of the district from the Delaware Capes to Savannah, Ga., and the whole hesapeake Bay and Potomac River §regions. This includes supervision of he cutter Apache, which occasionally Fgets into local waters. § _ No successor to Capt Chiswell as as- | sistant commandant has yet been named. {"His transfer is effective December 15. Capt. P. W. Lauriat, who has been ‘chief of staff of the New York division “of the Coast Guard, reported yeterday {"et headquarters here for duty in the Inspector’s office. HEADS ACCOUNTANTS Eugene R. Woodson Is Selected to Lead Railroad Group. & Eugene R. Woodson, secretary-treas- rer of the Railway Accounting Officers’ Association, was elected president, and ‘Edwin F. Hill was elected first vice president, at & meeting of the Kiwanis Club yesterday in the Raleigh Hotel. Other officers are Dewey Zirkin, sec- ond vice president; T. Hardy Seay, secretary, and James H. Baden, treas- urer. Lewis T. Breuninger, Pinckney ‘Harman, Albert W. Howard, W. Seton Kent, Harold N. Marsh, Edward S. Pardoe and Dr. Orville U. Singer were ‘elected to the board of directors. James B. Edmunds, former president of the club, was elected district trustee. Next week’s meeting will be held Wednesday at 12:30 o'clock in the Raleigh Hotel. A campaign against rigid film cen- gorship in British Malaya has been Have the Rugs Cleaned for Thanksgiving The manner in which we do our work renews the sheen of colors, without harming the “body” of the rugs. Let| us get your rug and return| it in time for Thanksgiving. 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