Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-06

s2S;RSSN. Ndepbia Hotel next
MN2NTsSSkM Wednesday evening. to
kk%XtSSAnS plan campaign to as
4WSXsGXHWA sist the Philadelphia
N%zAgZW tuberculosis committee in
SAsNsF its sale of Red Cross
city, ~ '
\ The invitation was extended by for
mer Governor Edwin =. Stuart as
Fl chairman of the Philadelphia tubercu-
"a lcsis committee. Dir. John Gibbou. of
~ Jefferson Medical College. who rcn-
dered valuable service overseas during
the war, will be the principal speaker
Governor Stuart. in his letter of in.
vitation says in part:
The Philadelphia tuberculosis com
nittee, through its educational cam
= paign for better health. has been and
Is doing great work among the Amer
lean soldiers. particularly among those
y who have been returned from recent
~ service, overseas. In order to success.
r fully carry out this work the com
j. smittec is this year. as in the past
conducting its annual sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals, the money from which
will be used in financing its efforts.
Legion VIII DO Rest
II know of no bcttdr unit of co
3cperation to assist us irt this very vital
Renterprisc than the American Legion.
6aNill you. as its secretary, please bring
to the attention of the Philadelphia
posts the matter of helping us in this
great work?
In order TO crystallize this matter.
1--WE have arranged for members of the
Legion meeting and smoker to be held
Il Dn the roof garden of the Adelphia
Hotel at s O'Clock Wednesday night,
December 10. At this meeting. DIR.
I'll r l.Grz
II lege, who rendered such valuable service
n to the American army overseas, will be
the speaker. Doctor Gibbon is well
known TO most every soldier in Phla
delphia.
n The assistance II the Legion in this
work was pledgedfby resolution adopted
at the state canfonmcnt in Harrisburg
4 In October.
Baker Heads Post
Officers were elected last night by
y Post No. 1872, the membership of which
ii Is derived principally from hospital
- unit. The men elected for the ensuing
years are III. NJ. Baker. post command
er; James d. Moore, adjutant Francis
G. Mcguire, finance officer The post
will hold meetings every first Thursday
Of the month.
y A smoker has been arranged by Post
38S, situated in Olncy. 1t will be held
Thursday evening, December IL, in
Buzby Hall, Rising Sun avenue and
Tabor road Olney. According to Com
rade r. L. Uhlman. the post anticipates
that its membership will be doubled as
n result of the activities of the post
in connection with this event. Its mem
bership now numbers 200, and it is n
comparatively young post in the Phila
delphia organization. The officers of
this post are DIR. Henry i Keyser, post
commander. and Oscar Reynolds, post
adjutant.
Post 315 Has Music
Captain Walter NJ. Gcary Post 3l0
believes in entertaining the comrades
who attend it's meetings. The post has
organized band and an orchcstGa. In
a Its notice of events it emphasizes:
"Evcry possible effort will be made
to have an entertainment each month
which will prove attractive. and by
means of which this post will be made
the kind of q post you want it to BE-.
Any member talented, or knowing other
members who are SO talented as to be
Of use in entertainment, is requested
TO communicate with Comrade w. Il.
Rountree. 2100 Wallace street. chair
man of the entertainment committee.
This post has complete roster of
Simpson; James B. Cousart, post vice
commander C. Wilson Fry, post ad
jutant; Herbert o. Madara. post finance
officer: Horace j. Inman, post histori-
am Roland G. Heisler MIR. 1nman,
William r. Gammons. J. II. II. Van
Zandt. and Rutherford NJ. Warren. cx
ecutive committee. The legal officer is
Mr.. Heisier employment officer Thos.
a. Logue, and insurance officer, >
Lloyd Moore.
Commissioned and noncommissoncd
rank for women nurses in the military
service as embodied in the Jones Riker
bill now pending before Congress, is
favored by Post 412. the only unit of
sthe Legion in Philadelphia whose mem
bership is made up solely for former
service nurses. Ihey VIII make an CT
fort to have the entire organization e
on record in favor of this bill.
Stern Price Post, No. 417. American
Legion. named in honor of Sergean
Aaron l.. Price and Private Milton
Stern, both killed in action, protested
at recent meeting against the an
nounced policy OF the Emergency Flee
Corporation regarding employees who
entered its service prior TO January
1919, in canceling all leave owed
ploycs have not taken by the end o
this month.
Resolutions adopted by the Crel s.
Roberts Post No. 165, American Lc-
gion, at a meeting at the Benedict Serv-
ice Club. 1910 Market street, approve
the stand taken against mob violence by
Theodore Roosevelt. The legion. the
resolutions say, is for law and order. |
The bonus Of $240 for arsenal work
erB is disapproved. 1t is pointed oul
that discharged soldiers received oHly
$50 and civilian workers for the tnavy
got nothing.
The bazaar given in the Second Rcgi-
ment Armory Broad street and Susquc-
hanna avenue, by American Legion Post
George III, lmbof, No. 1853. will close
tonight with a dance.
Women of the soldiers and sailors
relief committee of the Twenty eighth
ward co operated with the members of
the post in planning the affair The
post committee on arrangements is com
posed of n. s. Gotwals, Ernest Horner,
Joseph Hazclton, William Rupp and
Frederick II. Gretzmachcr chairman.
Edward a. Taunt is post commander
The post was named in honor of
fallen hero of the community who gave
his life in August, 1918, in the
Argonne Forest He was a member OF
The 10th Infantry of the Keystone
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