Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-20
PERSONALITIES OF THE d. A. r.
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER.

the Builders, and help of various sorts
is given to immigrants in need. Mrs
Story speaks with pride Of the support
given by the organization to the recent
cruiser bill and the one on national
origins.
A member of the executive board OF
the Valley Forge Association, the State
regent of Pennsylvania, Mrs. N. How
land Brown, makes her home at Nor
ristown, within seven miles of the his
toric Gethsemane of the Revolution
She was twice regent of the Valley
Forge Chapter and has served on the
national committee on historic research
and the preservation Of records, and
also on the one on the preservation OF
historic spots, in each case as State
chairman.
In charge of the national press COM
mittee, Mrs. Amos Fries is one OF the
central figures of the Congress. AS wife
of Mai. Gen. Fries, retiring head OF
the Chemical Warfare Division Of the
Army, she has come closely into con-
tact with the American Legion, and Is
now president of the local Spengler unit
Mrs. Fries writes continuously for the
press and for various magazines about
the work the daughters are doing, and
this year she has been largely inStru-
mental in the development Of the So
ciety's Thursday night on the air, over
WJSV. Today's nationwide hook-ur
over WRC, when Constitution Hall Is
dedicated, is also the result of her work
Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, wife OF the
assistant solicitor of the Treasury, is
vice chairman Of the committee on In
yitations and boxes, of which Mrs. Clyde
Kelly is chairman. Mrs. Daugherty's
home is in Grove City, Pa, where she
has done much work politically, and In
behalf of social service. She was Mercer
County chairman of the Old-Age Pen
sion Fund of Pennsylvania and vice
president and treasurer Of the Mothers
Assistance Fund in the same area. In
Grove City she was chairman OF the
woman's board Of the local hospital and
during the recent presidential campaign
she toured the State, as q member OF
the Republican speakers committee. On
March 4, she acted as Official hostess
at Republican national headquarters
representing Mrs. Virginia White Splel
of the District, and she was on the in
auelIral committee for housing and hos
uitality. as well. She is vice presiden,
washington. Mr.. Daugherty, who is
both lawyer and editor, owns and pub
fishes the Grove City Reporter. He
has served as member Of the State Leg
stature, ON the Spanish Claims Commits
sion and as State deputy attorney gen.
eral before coming to his present posi-
ton.
And speaking of national elections
and ardent campaigners. there Is Mrs
Stanley Reed of Louisville, KY, cousin
of Nancy Aston, who was In charge
of the women's activities for Smith IL
her state last Fall, and who was both
efiicient and effective in the task as
signed her. Mrs. Reed is at the Con-
gress as e Kentucky delegate.
The vice president general from II.
iinois, Mrs. Eugene H. Chubbuck Of
Peoria. who has been acting as national
chairman Of the guide to historic spots
committee, has Just turned over hel
exceedingly valuable records to the his
torian generals Office, feeling that the
work has grown to such q place that Il
should no longer be handled outside Of
| the central organization.