Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1933, Page 21

American Legion Second Division Post, No. 28, will meet._tomorrow night at the Cairo Ho- tel. The degree team, under the direc- tion of Post Comdr. Thomas Mason, Jr., has_arranged ‘several navel features in addition to the regular degree for all members_ actepted for membership at the last meeting. Chairman Stockman of the Membership Committee has of- fered prizes, open to all members of the post, in order to double the mem- bership by July 15. Details will be an- . nounced tomorrow night. At the.meeting of the Home Commit- tee Thursday night Finance Officer Fol- som offered a plan whereby the post will be able to purchase a post home at an early date and has called & meeting of his committee for Wednes- y to make final arrangements for said purchase Comdr. Mason wi n to the naticnal reunion of the Division Association to be hel at Chicago in July. Two busses havz been chartered for the trip and all comrades are requested to make reser: vations before June 15. Sergt. Jasper Post met at - the Thomas Circle Club, setts avenue, Thursaay, when Ralph J. Chaillett gave an account of the Spring dance held at the Raleigh Hotel. Chairman John J. Orlosky, in behalf of the Membership Committee, outlined the plans of the department Member- ship Committee, which is conducting wrestling matches sponsored by Joe Turner, athletic promoter, to obtain funds to assist members of posts, who are in financial difficulties, to pay Le- gion dues. Comdr. Paul H. McMurray presided. Memorial serv in honor of the ¢ of the World War will be con: ducted under the auspices of Vincent B. Costello Pos;, No. 15, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, May 21. at 5 pm. Arrangements are being made by Rev. Francis J. Hurney, chap- lain of the post. who served on the U. S. S. Charleston of the United States Navy during the big conflict. Fatner Hurney stated the principal ad- dress will be delivered by a nationally- known orator and the proceedings will be broadcast over Station WOL. Mem- bers of the Drum and Bugle Corps will act_as ushers and compose the guard ©f honor at the exercises. On Memorial day the members of the post. escorted by the post Drum and ‘Bugle Corps. will pay tribute to the memory of the late Vincent B. Cos- tello, private in the 53rd Infantry, 6th Division, who was killed in action dur- ing the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and after whom the Costello Post is named. A special conmittee, composed of Vice Comdr. Fred A. Thuee, George D. Frye and Raymond Queenin. is completing arrangements for the ceremonies. which will be conducted at the grave in Ar- lington Cemetery. Scnior Vice Comdr. Elmer Reynolds 1 head a post dele- | 1326 Massachu- | will head the delegation to represent the post at the massing of the colors at National Cathedral at St Albans May 28. chapter of. the Jewish War Veterans, exercises at local Jewish cemetery be conducted by Costello Post with a_participating delegation headed by Charles H. Kohen and composed of Julius I. Peyser, Meyer Taske, Isadore Sermk‘z. J‘oe Rosendail, Issaac Jacob- son, urice Kressen, Seymour Le and Hyman Popkins. i National Comdr. Louis Johnson has approved the work done in planning for the fifteenth annual national con- ;e'l:’tign to be held in Chicago October “rrangements are being made Yor a parade of more than 2!, miles. The business sessions of the convention will bz held in the Chicago Stadium, which 111_350-0652““15 capacity of approximately 50,000. The Americanism Commission an- nounces arrangements have been com- pleted to carry on through this season the junior base ball program. It is ex- pected 400,000 will participate Summer. Organized base ball this year, for the first time, was unable to lend its financial support as in the past, but this difficulty has been overcome by a change in arrangements whereby spon- sors of boys’ teams will bear the expense ?‘fs travel to and from elimination con- The task of selecting cities where re- gional and sectional tournaments are to be held are now under way with nu- merous applications from cities all over |the country. A mandate of the last national convention decreed that the world series this year should be held in New Orleans. When a State or department cham- pionship tcam- has been determined, that team enters the regional tourna: ment and the winning team of the re- gion is entered in the sectional tourna- ment. The winners of the Eastern and | Western sections then compete in the little world series for national cham- pionship honors. Cities_entertaining the regional and sectional tournaments this year will required to bear the local expenses in connection with their respective series, with the exception of the travel of the | teams. Experience has shown that | gate :-ceipts more than meet the local | expenses. The Legion post or city | sponsoring a regional or sectional tour- | nament will receive the entire gross | gate this year. All elimination contests | within a State will be held in such | manner as each State department of | the Legion determines. The National Americanism Commis- sion has arranged to finance the travel of the two sectional championship teams from their respective sectional centers to the world series city and return ‘ home. District National Guard In co-operation with local | ters Local National Guard officials are | members of the team my ngprechtion going ahead in a routine w making |of their very effective work. the usual preparations for the annual | — < field training - encampments of the | Master Scrgt. Ira F. %rid‘el:‘.sxflend' Tocsl outfits, i the absence of any | Juarters Detachment. 29th Division a definite orders from the War Depart- | his own request, has ‘\::frx‘n;fd:;egpf;m- t i orably discharged, v ted ment canceling the proposed training | 0% TOFHEY vear enlistment. periods. There scems to be a belief | Foee in some circles, however, that the War | gecond Lieut. Merrill D. Reich, 29th Department might abandon the field | piyision Military Police Company, has training camps as an economy MOVe. been ordered to appear before Maj. especially in view of the fact that all |Tindsay McD. Silvester, president of drills of the fleet Naval Reserve and |an Officers Examining Board, for ex- the proposed annual cruises have been | amination for promotion to the graae ordered suspended by the Navy De-|of first lieutenant of Infantry. partment. 131; 1. George L. Garland, Headquar- ichment, Special Troops, 20th Division, has been ordered promoted to the grade of staff sergeant. Corpl. Garrett C. Rush, jr., Headquar- ters Detachment, 29th Division, been ordered promoted to the grade of sergeant. Pvt. (First Class) Robert L. Headquarters Detachment, 29th slon, been ordered promoted grade of corporal. Regimental and separate organization commanders have been ordered to sub- mit reports, as of June 30 next, show- ing the names of enlisted personnel of their commands who hold commissions in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. The re- yports must be in the brigade headquar- i ters not later than July 15. The officers who made the trip to Frederick, Md., to study the battlefields in that vicinity were: Maj. Gen. Ste- phan, commanding the 29th National Guard Division; Col. John W. Oeh- mann, commanding 121st Regiment of Engineers; Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, Maj. Sidney Morgan, Inspector Gen- eral’s Department; Maj. William T. Roy, ial ; Cspt. Divi: to the Division; The following have been ordered transferred from the Reserve to the active list of their respective organiza- tions: Pvts. Herbert F. Mitchell, jr. Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery; |ville ‘A. Platt, Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery; John F. Maher. Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, and Jack D. Major, 20th Division, Military Police Company. ‘The Stella Clayton Union met May 3 at the Rosedale Methodist Church. Mrs. be | Walter Ernest led the devotions. A play was presented, “Cleaning up the Movies.” Miss Maud Aldrich, repre- sentative of the Federal Motion Picture Council of America, spoke. Two medal contests were held by the L. T. L., and ‘were won by Virgina Emmett and Rex- ford Blaine. ‘The Edna Taylor Young People's branch of the union met Monday eve- ning at the home of A. Scott Pollock, in Sixteenth Street Heights. Carl Carl- son, president, presided. Plans for the banquet to be held at Collier Inn May 16 were completed. Gordon Barns will be the speaker. Musical numbers will be given. Officers reporting were Miss Jane Crouse and Miss Ethel Newell. Columbia Union met May 8 at Gunton- ‘Temple Church, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter presiding. Mrs. James Trimble led in singing and Mrs. Lum conducted the devotional service. Mrs. Grandfield gave a resume of the address of Miss Janet Richards at the quarterly meeting April 13. Mrs. Roy Prince sang a_group of songs, accompanied by Miss Piror. Mrs. Lum and Miss Pettes, recently returned from Florida, spoke of temper- ance work in that State. Miss Stone of the Columbia Bible School announced a :{cnc:n to be given May 30 at Willard otel. ‘The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Rafter on June 3. BINGHAM TO BE FETED Mickey: | pilots trat Effective July 1, Air Corps Reserve officers who are rated as airplane pilots will receive training on active and in- active duty status in accordance with the following priorities. Priorities are known as a, b and c. Priority (a) in- has|cludes (1) Air Corps training center graduates not engaged in commercial aviation; (2) those graduates engaged in’ commercial aviation; (3) airplane by the Army prior to -~ fly service 2A type 3 airplane pilots not included in (1), (2) or (3) above who are engaged in com- mercial aviation. Priority (c) includes airplane pilots not included in priority (a) or (b) above who are qualified to pilot service type airplanes. There are approximately 165 Air Corps Reserve officers in the District. ‘This Reserve flying will be supervised 50 85 to assure the maximum amount of practical training, such as combat exercises for pursuit, attack and bom- bardment, ial gunnery, bombar ment, photographic missions, communi- cation missions, actual or simulated in- fantry, cavalry, artillery and other branch liaison contact and other co- operative missions. No Reserve pilot will be allowed to pilot Army aircraft more than 48 hours per year, including the 14-day active duty training and in- active duty training. Members of the 428th Infantry meet at District Reserve headquarters to- morrow_evening under the direction of Lieut. Col. C. B. Moore; Infantry Re- serve officers at headquarters Tuesday evening under Maj. T. M. Chambliss; Maj. John M. McDowell, Field Artillry, will be in charge of the Field Artillery assembly Wednesday evening; Cavalry Reservists at headquarters under the direction of Maj. H. C. Dagley, Thurs- day evening. ‘Two more officers of the District and vicinity have been ordered to six months’ active duty with the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps. They are First Lieut. Henry G. Sheen, Fleld Artillery Re- District Reserve combat units sched- uled for active duty trai this Sum- mer include the 313th Field Artillery, Col. Leroy W. H. Herron, commanding; the 343d and 376th Engineers, 320th Infantry, 913th and 622d Coast Artil- lery, 306th Cavalry, 462d Armored Car Squadron, the 428th Infantry and 428th Infantry. The date of this training and the number of officers that will at- tend these camps are 313th Fleld Artillery, 2 field officers, 33 company officers, at Fort Hoyle, Md., from Au- to ; 343d Engineers pal both regimen Fort Humphreys, Va., from July. 23 to August 5; 320th Infantry, 9 fleld offi- cers, 39 company officers, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., from July 23 to Au- gust 5; 913th Coast Artillery, 4 fleld officers, 47 company officers, at Fort Monroe, Va. from July 23 to August |5; 622d Coast Artillery, 5 fleld officers, 46 company officers, at Fort Monroe, Va., from August 6 to 19; 306th Cav- and the 462d Armored Car Squadron, alry, 3 field officers, 20 company officers, | road WON'T HEAD INSTITUTE K. R. Kingsbury of Standard 0il Co. Denies Rumors. NEW YORK, May 13 (.—X. R. Kingsbury, president of Standard Oil Co. of California, yesterday denied a re- port that he was to be made president of the American Petroleum Institute, succeeding C. B. Ames who has re- signed 'l.;: become chairman of Texas n, Mr. Kingsbury said rumors of his prospective accession to the organiza- tion’s presidency were “unfounded.” 0il Penalties Approved. AUSTIN, Tex., May 13 (#).—The ‘Texas House yesterday concurred in Senate amendments to a House bill to make violations of the ol proration and conservation orders of the Texas Rail- Commission a felony. The vote was 125 to 0. e ——4 CONVICT WILL GO FREE - Man Sentenced for Transportation of Ginger Extract. TOPEKA, Kans., May 13 (#).—Abra- ham Michaels of New York City, sen-—- tenced to serve a five-year term in Lea- venworth Federal Penitentiary on his - conviction in Wichita, Kans., about a year ago. on charges of transportation and possession of adulterated fluid ex- tract of jamaica ginger, is to be re- leased on probation as soon as notice _ 1s received of dismissal of his appeal. — {WHISTLER ETCHINGS SOLD : |Four Originals Bring Total of $5,210 at New York Auction. 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Ask your dealer or service station attendant Although the suspension of camps and the cutting down of crills was proposed several months ago for the National Guard, it is known that a | tremendous pressure has been brought on both the War Department and members of Congress not to do this. ‘The National Guard as a whole wields | tremendous political power in the| states and it has been pointed out| that a cutting out or shortening the | number of drills would deprive many | of the men of funds which are just Pefcentage of 35T TThe oihel SR decorsted BILL abernatng R iher about keeping them off the welfare lists | of their respective communities. The | officers and men receive pay for each | drill they attend’and for the period | of the annual eneampments. Even the proposal to cut down the | number of drills from the present al- | Jowance of 48 a year meb with op-, position from the members of the | Guard. However, it was pointed out | that the Guard is expected to bear its | share of-the governmental cuts as are | the regular services. On the other | hand, there is the argument that with | a material reduction in the Regular | forces, that the citizen soldiery should | Capt. William F. Jorgensen, Company C. 121st Engineers, will act as one of the judges of the competitive drill of the cadets of St. John's College, to be held on the Ellipse May 24. For the three months of January, February and March of this year, the Special Troop, 29th Division, headed the list in the matter of attendance, according to figures compiled by Bri- gade Headquarters.. This unit has a percentage of 93.97. The other organi- standings follow: 260th Coast Artil- lery, 87.60; 121st Regiment of En- gineers, 80.59; 372d Infantry, 83.00. ‘The smaller units and their percent- ages follow: 29th Division Military Police Com- 6.65; Headquarters Detachment, tachment, Special Troops. 94.58; Bal- tery E, 260th Coast Artillery, 94.96; Medical artment Detachment. 260th Coast Artillery. 86.71; State Detach- ment. 88.22; Battery B, 160th Coast Artillery, 86.88; Headquarters Detach- ment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 86.46; Battery A, 260th Coast Plymouth, England, Plans Recep- tion for New U. 8. Ambassador. PLYMOUTH, England, May 13.09)— Robert Worth Bingham of Louisville Ky., the new American Ambassador, will be given an elaborate reception when he disembarks Tuesday from the new liner Washingtan. Already the docks are being gayly decorated with alternating British and authorities will greet the Ambassador aboard the vessel. 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