Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
LEGION TO BALLOT
ON COMMANDERAT
TON|GHT'S SESSION
Mai. Atkins and Norman Lam
dreau Are Nominated
by Veterans.
COL. DICKSON DECLINES
CHAPLAIN'S RACE PART
Charles Knight and DR.. B. c. Nc
Neill Are Named as Opponents
for Vice Leaders Post.

With the arduous task Of nominal
ing officers completed at the second
session of the eleventh annual con-
vention in the Wilson Normal School
last night, the District Of Columbia
Department, American Legion, will
close with the adoption of resolutions
and election of officers at the final ses-
sion in the school tonight.
The business session last evening was
followed~by a dance in the Arcadia.
where the >Legionnaires were the guests
of the Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association, and temporarily
laid aside politics" and other con-
yention worries"
Tonight. the delegates will choose
between Maj. L. E. Atkins of Costello
Post, Assistant Engineer Commissioner
of the District, and Norman Landreau
of Cooley Cullough Post, lawyer,
for the position of department COM
nominees for the position.
Again Debate Procedure.
Preceding the nomination, the dele
gates again engaged in lengthy debate
over whether the election of officers
should precede all other convention
business, Immediately following nominal
tion-the same question that was argued
at length on the opening night OF the
convention-but finally proceeded with
the nomination without action.
Unless a special resolution is adopted
to change the order of the convention
program, resolutions will be the next
order of business at the opening OF
the final session tonight, with the
election and installation of officers
coming afterward.
and DR.. B. C. Mcneil of Lincoln Post
were nominated for the position OF
first vice commander. Earl j. Brown
of the John M. Beauchesne Post. and
DR.. Joseph NJ. Heller of Press Club
Post we're placed in nomination for the
position of second vice commander.
Mrs. Lucille Allan of the U. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post and j. j. Orlosky OF
Sergt. Jasper Post were nominated
for third vice commander. Rev.
Howard l.. Snyder of George Washing
ton Post became the sole nominee for
the position of department chaplain;
when the chaplain incumbent, Col.
Thomas j. Dickson declined nomination,
declaring he believed in rotation in
Office"
Delegates Are Nominated.
Delegates and alternates to the COM
ing national convention of the American
Legion also were nominated, nine OF
each to be elected.
Those nominated for delegates are:
Mai. Atkins and Mr.. Landreau, the
two nominees for department COM
mander: Howard S. Fisk of George
Washington Post. the department adj
jutant; Mrs. Lucille Allan of Jacob Jones
Post; Miss Emily j. Carey, the third
vice commander of the department; DR..
T. E. Jones of the Walker Post; j. Thad
Baker, Sergt. Jasper Post; Thomas j.
Frailey, Sergt. Jasper Post; Maj. Gen.
Amos A. Fries. United States Army, re-
tired, Press Club Post; Joseph j. 1dler.
Edward Douglas White Post; Forest F.
Bartl, Lafayette Post; Thomas D. Walsh,
first vice commander of the department,
and Eugene A. Costello, George E.
Killeen Post.
Those nominated for alternates fol-
low:
Charles j. Painter, George Washing
ton Post; Nathan j. Cosel. George
Washington Post; Miss Winifred Nichols,
Jane A. Delano Post; c. E. Minter, VIC
tory Post; William Opitz. Victory Post;
CLYDE p Stpvall. Kenneth 8. Nash Post;
Warren E. Miller. Stuart Walcott Post;
E. L. Marthill, Sergeant Jasper Post; Ed
gar F. Fitch, Lincoln Post; DR.. T. E. Jones,
Walker Post; Richard Seelye Jones, Ma
tional Press Club Post; Hugh b. Marsh,
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post;
E. E. Almond. James Reese Europe Post;
Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos, jacob Jones
Post, and Theodore Cogswell Of the Au-
gustus P. Gardner Post.
Wood Makes Report.
Dept. Comdr. Harlan Wood read eX-
cerpts from his annual report. copies Of
which were distributed among Legion
naires. He called especial attention TO
the increase in the membership OF the
department from 2,780 to 4,201, during
the past year and told of various Legion
activities. A report on Legion rene1
work was made by Charles Kohen,
chairman of the department relief COM
mittee.
The Legion was urged to strive for ad-
ditional facilities for disqualification OF
veterans and for adequate national de-
tense in an address by Gen. Albert L.
Cox, chairman of the Legion committee
on national defense and past department
commander of the American Legion of
North Carolina.
At the dance in the Arcadia, an adj
dress of welcome was delivered by A. B.
Carty. chairman of the reception COM
mittee for the Columbia Heights Bush
ness Mems Association, with response
oy Dept. Comdr. Wood. Maj. E. H. Hale,
chairman of the Legion reception COM
mittee, also delivered brief address and
introduced the department officers to
the assemblage. A concert was rendered
by the Elks Boys Band prior to the be-
ginning of dancing.
Announcement was made at last
nights meeting that Lincoln Post had
Won the prize for having the largest per-
centage of membership of any Legion
Post in the Darade Wednesday night
The committee of judges had been I'M
able to ascertain the winner until after
Wednesday nights meeting, hence the
Dostponement of the announcement I'M
til last night. It was also announced
that William Snellenburg, 1911 Four
teenth street, had won first prize for the
merchant having the best decorated
window during the parade Wednesday
night.