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Evening star., 1924-03-02
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The fifth anniversary of the organ
iZation of George Washington Post,
No. l. the pioneer post of the Ameri-
| can Legion, will be. celebrated with
at the headquarters of the club, 1929
j street northwest. An elaborate
program has been arranged for both
the afternoon and night events, with
prominent speakers participating on
both occasions.
AT o'clock a large memorial
boulder will be unveiled near the base
Of the forty-foot flagstaff recently
erected. This boulder contains a
'"rge bronze memorial tablet, setting
= RI the object. which is in memory
=. nse who paid the supreme sacri-
|, flee - ing the world war. members
of Tia. - It who have died since the
SHINING = he armistice and for those
to follow in years to come. The COM
mittee in charge of the memorial pro-
gram is composed of Commander Lew
S. Mohier. chairman: Percy b. Mccoy
vice commander of the post, and Past
S. Fisk and Charles B. Hanford. A
military band will be In attendance
and furnish music for the occasion.
At Sis pm. exercises win be held
in celebration of not only the fifth
anniversary of the post, but also the
! formal opening of the clubhouse. The
new clubhouse, which has recently
been remodeled and equipped through
out with furniture in it's thirty rooms,
will be artistically decorated for the
| occasion. There will he number of
invited guests and speakers. with a
musical and vaudeville program to
complete the evenings entertainment.
4, The affair will be stag" and the
notable in the history of the post.
The celebra tion committee is com
posed of Past Post and Past Depart
ment Commander l.. Lester Jones.
chairman; Commander Lew S. Moh
ler, Past Commanders John Lewis
Smith. Howard S. Fisk and Charles =.
Hanford.
The officers of the post elect ed
March !. 1919, nearly all of whom are
, still members of the post and will be
| present. are ae follows: F. Lester
Jones. commander: Lewis p. Clephane.
| first vice commander; Howard NJ. Pc
ter, second vice commander: Howard
s. Fisk. adjutant: NJ. G.. Greenfield,
assistant adjutant. and Ralph NJ
Wolfe. finance officer.
| The present, officers Of the post are
, Lew :. Mohler. commander: Percy p.
Mccoy. first vice commander: ]. W.
Bras ars. second vice commander:
j Nathan ]. Cosel. third vice com
| mander: =. A. Pippenger. adiutant:
; Paul O. Tucker, assistant adiutant:
I Eernard G. McGec. quartermaster:
1heOdOfc &. foWe, sergeant -at arms !:
John J. Murphy, master-at-arms: w,
y. Williams. surgeon; Howard S. Fisk,
historian: Paul V. Collins, chaplain; !;
| Paul o. Tucker and John NJ. Smith.
color bearers.
Many members of the post have
! already donated books. paintings, fur
. niture. etc, to the post, and these,
. with historic relics and documents.
, viii be- on view at the celebration.
| The latest donation to the post is a
| large steel etching, four and three
! feet. Of the Battle Of Gettysburg, 4"
/ presented by Capt. Stuart C. Johnson.
! Medical Corps. The etching is from
| the original picture. painted for the
! state of Pennsylvania. under award
; Of a commission appointed by the
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Is There n Limit.

Apparently there is no limit to the
uses of radio. Just when even the
most ardent fan is about to say,
We'll. I'll be danged.' something
new happens.
The very latest is it's use to rush
trained relief workers to the scene
Of disa@ ter. Recently. when news
OF the great mine explosion at
crosby. Mimi. startled the country
with the report OF forty dead and
can Red Cross relief workers in the
Immediate vicinity by the usual
means proved futile. Heavy storms
had paralyzed wire communication.
There was only one way left--the
radio.
Red Cross officials wanted to reach
Mrs. Marjorie Bell. the nearest relief
worker. who was at Minneapolis. I'm
mediately they received the co-opera-
ton of radio companies and four
great stations in the middle west be-
gan broadcastine every two minutes
for Mrs. Bell. They were the West
inghouse Electric. KYW; the Chica go
Daily News. WMAQ: the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station. near Chicago !:
Sixth Army Corps headquarters. and
W. +. Schweitzer, an amateur broad
caster.
Within an hour Mrs. Bell had the
message delivered to her by Il neigh
Dor. who had pick ed it out Of the air
with his small crystal set and within
two hours she was on her way to
crosby. Mrs. Leslie Gray, the nearest
field representative of the Red Cross
also was notified by radio. and Joined
Mrs. Bell at Crosby.
The result was that the trained
disaster relief organization of .he
Red Cross within Il few hours had
started to repair the effects of one
of the worst mine. disasters im recent
times.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

the affairs of Washington on the part
OF Iegionnaires, he declared.
me membership reports have been
most encouraging. indicating that the
Department of the District of CO.
lumbia, which is the smallest geo.
graphically, is ahead of at least seven
states of the Union in point OF MEM
bership reported at this time in COM
parison with the membership at the
same time last year.
At the present time there is a
good -natured contest on between the
members of several Of the larger
posts for the distinction of having
the largest paid-up membership re-
ported at department headquarters.
and during the week it is expect
I'd that returns will be made by
several posts which will have the
effect of changing the present stand
ing on the list posted at the head
quarters.
One post, the George T.. Killeen
Post of Georgetown. has already eX-
ceeded its last years membership by
80 per cent. being the first of the
legion units here to attain better
than Il 100 per cent paidup member
shipl, comparison with last year.
Al the present time there is great
interest on the part of the members
OF the American Legion here in the
District. OF Columbia in the legisla-
tion in behalf of the veterans Of the
world war which is before Congress.
This is centered principally upon two
measures - the veterans adjusted
compensation Legislation and the
omnibus bill for the revision of the
laws dealing with the tasks handled
by the United States Veterans Bu-
rcau which was prepared by Watson
b. Miller. past department COM
mander. and the chairman of the ma
ticnal rehabilitation committee. This
| latter measure represents a national
effort on the part of the America II
Legion for the benefit OF the dis
abled and their dependents. Local
posts also have been active in sup
port OF the activities of the national
legislative committee on the American
Legion In behalf of the adjusted COM
rensation legislation; and within the
past two weeks at least fifteen of
the posts, which have had meetings
in that period have adopted resOlu-
tionS indorsing this activity.
One Of the important events Of the
past week was a meeting of the
American Legion'S fourth district re-
habilitation committee. which was
held at the Office OF the chairman.
Col. James A. Drain. who is a past
department commander for the Dis
trict Of Columbia. This session was
attended by Department Commander
u. John Markey of the Maryland De-
rarrment. Department Commander
John Wicker. jr.. of the Virginia De-
rarrment. Department Commander
McGahan of the District of Column
bii Department. members of the sub
Evening star., 1924-03-02

receive proper institutional and homo
care, the American Legion has
pledged itself to definite program
Of legislation as well as relief, ac-
man of the legion's national COM
mittee on child welfare. Mr.. Withers
emphasizes the need for. proper
supervision of orphans in the home
where possible, and for that reason,
the legion will undertake in many
states to insure proper legislation
looking toward an efficient mother
pension system.
Accordingly the legion platform has
been outlined by Mr.. Withers as in
permanent foster homes. permanent
home e-placement and residence for
necessary periods in institutions. The
legion already has accepted the spon-
sorship of two institutional projects
for world war orphans. One Is now
in operation at Otter Lake, Mich,
where the organization and its aux
Hilary first began to care for orphans
Independence, Kan, where tract of
land has been accepted as gift and
endowed through legion activity.
Each of these institutions will be
regional in scope and the two will
be a nucleus for the legion program.
Equality-walter Reed Post, No. 2s4.
V. r. W.. will meet Thursday eve
ming at Pythian Temple. 1912 9Th
street northwest. 4 resolution Will
be submitted favorins the payment
of adjusted compensation to soldiers
of the late war and members will be
given the opportunity of expressing
an opinion as to the justification of
Il bonus. Several other questions of
interest to veterans will be brought
before the post
At the last meeting. fimm ediately
following short business session. a
program arranged by the officers of
the post. was presented. ~. d. APP
a talk on Human Peculiarities and
Personal Experiences" Commander
NJ. p. Smith, in a short adress. en-
phasized the necessity for ico-oper ra :
tion within the ranks of the Y. +.
w. organization and commended the
membership committee on the very
effective work being done in the way
of recruiting new members. Vice
Commander r. c. Forney. chairman
! of the entertainment committee, out
lined several entertainments to be
given for the benefit of hospital
work vice Commander Forney
Acknowledged the able assistance of
the ladies' auxiliary, which unit he
stated was giving a much needed
relief to hospital patients in the way
CT vjsitations and other work.
Music was furnished by the In
ternational Quartet. local organi-
zation. who are booked to entertain
patients at Mount Alto aad Walter
Reed hospitals in the near future.
| under the auspices of the post.
The ladies' auxiliary will hold it's
next regular meeting at the home
of Mrs. James II. Reed, president,
1928 3 street southwest
Saturday. May 10. has been selected
for the spring dance Of the Ace Chap
ter of Disabled American Veterans
at the Willard. The following have
been appointed on the committee of
ways and means for the affair: Col.
F. a. Awl. d. J. Hussey. l.. l.. Mart
hill. W. S. Clark. DR.. r. e. MacNeil.
r. J. Irwin, Frank Connolly. l.. ).
Ray, Joseph Lyons, Anthony McGraw.
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Foreign Radio Activities,

Great Britain has about $50 O0o H.
censed "listeners-in, compared with
only 10000 year ago. and broad
casting is stilf increasing. reports to
the United States government state
This year manufacturers expect a
large increase in their business
About 225,000 individuals who first
took out temporary licenses were
later given constructors licenses
which apparentf ~. are permits. to build
sets. This type of license seems pop
ular, as between 80, 900 and 5000 ner
month We're issued toward the close
Of 1923. All told, 1851 British
-hroadcastine. licenses were issued t6
owners of British manufactured sets.
20 per cent of whom are said to own
crystal sets. Since the broad ca stin g
stations are mostly located in popu-
lar districts, a large ajority of set
owners are satisfied with simple crys-
tai sets.
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Radio Round Table,

\ big round table at the National
PRESS Club has come to be a radio
Table. where members of the Fourth
Estate foregather each noon to dis
cuss radio Developments of the day.
Or better perhaps. the night before.
Once 1t was a golf table. and some
Of the uninitiated refused to sit
there. The discussions were so spe-
ciflc and technical it embarrassed
those not afflicted with the disease" !"
With the coming of winter. however,
the members of the round table be-
gan to discuss radio golf, as we'll as
Its earthly forebear, whereupon some
skeptical members resigned their
seats for newcomers, refusing to
'listen- In" to such ethereal matter as
permeated the atmosphere. Many
who CHANGED to sit there once, how
ever, came back another day. A few
who purchased crystal sets are now
proud owners of super-mu1tiple tube
sets.
The result is a circle of radio en-
fhusiasts, who occasionally welcome
texponents Of the broadcasting arts
rand some of the artists. Among the
guests have been C. Francis Jenkins.
who hopes to broadcast pictures and
Evening star., 1924-03-02

Legislature Of the Keystone state. DIR.
Johnson's father served with dis
tinction during the civil war.
The following have been elected tc
membership in the post: William c.
Stauffer. George L. Washburn of Mer.
by transfer. and Louis II. Trip.
The members of the post paid thefr
annual tribute at Mount Vernon Feb-
ruary % by placing a wreath on the
made by special train via the electric
line. returning in the afternoon. The
delegation was headed by Post Com
mander Lew 5. Mohler.
Hearings on the Reed bill for the
act were completed by the Senate
committee last week. when the Dis
ahled American Veterans made Il
three-hour statement which covered
all sections of the measure.
One point in the bill to which the
D. A. v. made objection was the mat
ter of depriving of compensation all
those receiving any gratuity from
the government. The d. \. Y. rep
representatives expressed the view that
this would bar from the benefits of
the act the disabled men who now
receive the federal $40 month bonus.
The national organization of the
wars disabled favored most of the
lteeu Dill, ana suggested amendments
to other parts, but asked for the COM
plete' elimination of other sections,
particularly the one that would en-
power the director to withhold three
quarters of the compensation of GER
tain men in the hospitals.
The statement of the Disabled
American Veterans before the House
committee on veterans affairs VIII
he completed this week. Already the
committee has heard arguments in
favor of several of the forty-two
points on the D. A. V. program.
Capt. c. Hamilton Cook of Euffalo,
past national commander of the Dis
abled American Veterans. spent two
days last week in Washington. He
had an extended conference with Gen.
Hines on the condition of affairs of
the Veterans Bureau in New York
attended meetings at the Capitol
and was a White House visitor.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

I1leT1DeESHlp anu
enlarged fields Of
activity, accord
ing to reports
submitted by the
post commanders
to the local head
quarters, Depart
ment Commander
Paul j. McGahaII
announced. The
first two months
Of the year just
ended have been
marked by efforts
that indicate an
ever increa sing
infarncf - III p
Evening star., 1924-03-02
More Standard Signals.

Commencing at II pm. March ) and
20 and April and 81. the bureau of
standards, WWN. will transmit stand
ard frequencieS or wave lengths to he
used in testin" transmitting and re-
coiving apparatus and celebrating
wave meters. The accuracy of the
emitting waves is 3-10ths of per
cent. Signals should reach all sta
tions east of the Mississippi river. the
bureau states
The schedule covers freuuencies
between 500 and 1000 kilocycles, or
COO to $50 meters
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Improves Freak Set.

The Washington correspondent,
NEarold Lane. who made one of the
simplest and most compact, complete
receiving sets Yet recorded, has gone
himself one better. First. he attached
:: small fixed crystal detector on the
back of a single ear phone, which he
carried in his vest pocket. connecting
1t to an aerial and ground.
Now he has found a very small
crystal detector, which he has placed
inside a single head phone. His set,
speaking phone with the leads. lie
carries it with him, listening-in on
the strongest local station. sending
whenever he finds convenient aerial
or ground. On its face, the set looks
Hike an ordinary apartment telephone
Teceiyer, but it works.
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Cement Secret Guarded
rom the New York Tribune.


For many years after invention
For many years after in invention
OF Portland cement in 1S24-just 100
Years ago-the process of it's manu-
fature was kept closely guarded
secret by it's inventor. Joseph Aspi-
Gin, an English bricklayer
Evening star., 1924-03-02

The twenty-eight units of the
American Legion in the District Of
Columbia are making considerable
progress in the direction OF increased
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Dumbell Is Right.

From the Boston Transcript.
r. G. reports overhearing the fol-
lowing:
He (rather literary)-What is your
opinion of Keats?
She Ga dumbbe]D-I think they
have grand vodevilIc shows there.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

South Georgia is the only one of
the Falkland. Islands which is per-
manently habitable.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

movies soon; Wendell Hall, the migra-
tory musician; Bruce Lum of WRC
and Bill Pierson of WCAP.
Evening star., 1924-03-02
Four New stations.

Four new broadcaSting stations
We're licensed last "eel< by the De-
partment of Commerce. as follows:
WRBS-First Baptist Church, New
Orleans. La. I00 watts).
kFNZ-Royal Radio Company. Bur
lingame. Calf. 90 watts).
WBBW Ruffner Junior High
School. Norfolk. Va. $50 watts).
WCBE-C,c;t Radio Company, New
Orleans. La, (J watts)
Evening star., 1924-03-02
SCope OF Rroadcnxts.

Scope of BrOadcnsts.
cational institutions and news
papers have recognized the value of
broadCasting. it is indicated by the
February Radio Service Bulletin. is
sued by the bureau Of navigation of
the Department of Commerce. And
there is an increasing number of
churches which have found the radio
an effective aid in their work.
The latest list of stations broad
casting weather reports, music con-
certs and lectures shows ninety-five
Eroadcasting stations connected with
universities. colleges and other
schoclS. The same directory lists
torty-six newspapers or publishing
houses which have their broadcasting
stations. while twenty churches are
shown in the lists. This does not.
however, include number of
churches whose services are broad
casted through some other station. it
was pointed out. Three of the broad
eating stations are handled by Ma
tlonal Guard regiments of as many
states Two states have broadcasting
sta fions for their bureau of mark cts.
while nine municipalities, chambers
of commerce or boards of trade have
bfcadcasting stations, part of these
ceing used for city police forces and
some others being community affairs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-04-30
Mayor Leach
Talks of GERMANY
SPEAKER TELLS OF BAD CONDI-
TIONS IN WEDNESDAY EVEN
ING TALK AT ARMORY.

Col George E. Leach, mayor of Min
neapolis, spoke on ''What Saw in
Germany" at the armory last Wednes-
day evening. The lecture was attend
ed by rather small crowd and the
talk lasted only about an hour. The
Mayor spoke at Lamberton the same
Gently returned from an extended visit
to Germany and his talk was full of
the conviction of the desperate need
of the people of that country. DR.. w.
A. Brand of Redwood Falls presided
at the meeting He also spoke brief
ly at the close of Col. Leach's address,
telling why conditions are sosbad in
Germany and what relief at this time
will mean to the future of this ma
tion.
Col. Leach stated that Of all the
people of Germany, only the farmers
have enough food to keep them in a
sound physical condition. The farm
ers have taken up the practise of
taking the children from the city out
to their farms and keeping them for
week or month at time and thus
help out the food deficiency in the
cities. Most of the German pOpula-
tion is subsisting on one meal day
and the only food the children get is
what is served to them in the schools
All food bought by relief money is
served in the schools and only as much
as is absolutely necessary to sustain
life. There are nearly two million
children in Germany who will starve
/ within the next two or three months
if relief is not brought to them i'm
mediately. The harvest of last year
is entirely exhausted and the food
must all be purchased outside Of Ger
many and shipped in.
Col. Leach stated that even if Am
/ orleans do not see that it is their duty
to help these people as much as any
other people in Europe in the same
distress, there should be recognition
of the fact that to help them is a good
business investment. They will even
/ tually get back on their feet and when
they do they will have to trade with
some outside country as they did be-
fore the war. America is the logical
place for Germany to buy her food
and ship her manufactures. There is
a distinct commercial advantage to be
gained Dy giving dSSiSCdhSe NV.
The relief work is under the direc-
ton of the Quakers of Philadelphia
. and all money subscribed is sent to
this institution The QuaKers are
paying all expenses connected with
the collection of the money 50 that all
funds raised can be sent to Germany
This will mean that every cent raised
in Redwood County will be usec TO buy
food; none of it is used to pay postage
or incidental expenses. DR.. W., A,
Brand of Redwood Falls, has accepted
the Craftsmanship of the county COM
mittee and has more than sixty men
as working members Of the county
committee. Mrs. McRae of Redwood
Falls is chairman of the local COM
mittee.
Continued On last page)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-04-30
Annual Banquet
Thursday Evening
JUNIOR CLASS HOST AT SIX.
THIRTY DINNER AT
ARMORY.

Covers for over a hundred guests
will be placed for the annual Junior
Senior banquet to be held at the arm
ory Thursday evening of this week.
The Junior Class is the host for. the
occasion and the members of the
Senior Class, the faculty and the men,
bers of the Board of Education are
the guests. This is the big social
event of the year for the two classes
and lively preparations are being
made for it. Mothers of several men,
bers of the Junior class are assisting
in the preparation of the dinner menu,
which will be served at sixty-thirty
o'clock. Decorations and arrange
meflts are made by Juniors under the
direction Of their adviser, r. +. Nel-
son.
Following the dinner service there
will be program of talk, music and
readings. Superintendent HafgIs will
announce Senior honors. Those TAX
ing part in the program are the Junior
Class president, Verona Peterson, the
Senior president, Clifford Reynolds,
Mr.. Hoffert and Miss Atcherson of
the faculty, DR.. ]. w. InEliS of the
Board of Education, and Alice aehn-
ing and Leila Ebright of the Senior
Class. Jack Wilson, a Junior, , viii
preside. -