Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
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TO 193OCONVENT|ON
Several Hundred Accompany
Delegates to Sessions in
Boston This Week.


American Legion and Auxiliary left
the National Capital yesterday for Bos-
ton to attend the twelfth annual ma
tional convention of the Legion. Presi-
dent Hoover is to address the Legion
tomorrow morning and the convention
will continue until Thursday.
Following the convention many of
the Washington Leeicnnaires are to go
to Canada to visit Montreal and Quebec
before returning home. The local
Iegionnaires were led by DR.. B. c.
MacNeil, District department COM
mander, and by the official party Of
10 delegates and 10 alternates who will
represent the Local department in the
convention.
DR.. MacNeil and the Official party
left from Union Station last night, &C.
companied by the drum corps detach-
ments from Victory Post, No 4, and
two corps will march with the District
contingent in the annual Legion parade
Tuesday.
Will Take VALUABLE zoe.
A 100000 shoe is being taken to
Boston by members of tho Bureau of
Engraving and Printing Post and will
be carried in the parade The shoe is
made of redeemed and macerated
when in circulation is estimated to
have had value of 100000 or more.
The shoe was made of the pulp by
permission of Alvin w. Hall, director
of the bureau, by members of the bu-
reau post. The shoe, symbolizing the
story book tale of the old woman who
lived in the shoe, will portray the ac-
tivity Of the Legion in caring for chill
dren OF former veterans.
Az fba n0eto,o A..
delegation will present as a nominee for
the Office of national commander of
the American Legion the name of Mai
Paul ]. McGahan, retiring National
Executive Committee member from the
National Capital and past District De-
partment commander.
Among the party leaving yesterday
were 10 members of the Grand Voiture
for the District of Columbia of the
Forty and Eight, headed by Joseph V.
Byrne, grand chef de care; James O'C.
Roberts and Norman Landreau, grand
crefs de care passe, and F. c. Fraser,
commissaire intendent. Another party
represented the Eight and Forty, fem
mine counterpart of the Forty and
Eight, headed by Miss Emily j. Carey.
archiviste rationale of the order and
commander of the Belleau Wood Post
of the Legion and a past department
VICE commander.
Will Run for President
A large delegation of members of the
American Legion Auxiliary, which also
will hold its annual convention in Bos-
ton this week, made the trip. Mrs.
Dorothy B. Harper of this city, for
rner national treasurer of the auxiliary,
has been put forward as candidate for
the Office of national president,
~ Ia IA ma ~
the National Rehabilitation Committee
Of the Legion, a past department COM
1nander, and John Thomas Taylor, vice
chairman of the National Legislative
Committee, were also among those who
left for Boston yesterday.
Eugene Costello, secretary Of the local
delegation, went to Boston several days
ago. The headquarters Of the District
Legionnaires in Boston win be at the
Copley-PlaZa Hotel. Included in the
delegation are Department Comdr. Mac
Neil, j. O'C. Roberts. Eugene A. Cos
tello, Past Department Comdr. Charles
H. Knight, E. H. Hale, Joseph ]. Idler,
DR.. T. E. Jones, DR.. M. NJ. Fowler,
Francis F. Miller and National Execu-
tive Committeeman McGahan, as dele
gates The alternateS are Norman B,
Landreau, Howard F. Breese, James F.
Kehoe. Miss Emily ]. Carey, Miss Ann
~. IyQct n. u. 0SOLIS T u N1SOOtldAO'
Howard H. BULGE, j. r. Anderson and
Alternate National Executive Commit
teeman William Wolff Smith.
John Lewis Smith, a past depart
ment commander and former president
of the District Bar Association, was
also member of the party.
Others to Attend.
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries and Col.
j. Miller Kenyon, past department COM
manders, will also attend the Boston
meeting.
Maj. Julius I. Peyser. who has just
retired as American vice president of
Fidac, will make the report on the
congress to the convention at Boston.
Also in attendance will be Representa-
tive Lamar Jeffers of Alabama, who
has been elected as the American vice
president TO succeed Mai Peyser.
Department Commander MacNeil just
prior to his departure for Boston an
nounced the staff appointments for the
ensuing year. These have been ap-
proved by the Department Executive
Committee as follows: Department adj
iutant, Howard M. Brock; historian
William E. Spicer; finance officer, Clyde
3. Stovall; Judge advocate, Warren E.
Miller; membership officer, Charles H
Newell; Americanism officer, Norman B.
Landreau; athletic officer, Francis j.
MCDONALD; Boy Scout officer, B. C..
MCGEE; aeronautics officer, James H.
Phillips; assistant adjutants, Miss Mabel
F. Staub and Miss Emily j. Carey;
sergeant-at-arms, B. Nolan; quarter
master, Alfred Picchione, and grave
markers oficer, Eugene A. Costello.
The department headquarters have
been established in suite 3i5 the Shore
ham Building, Fifteenth and H streets.
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