Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

wood, T. Norman Templeton, H. L.
Wilson, Richard westwood, Thomas
McDonough. John j. Allen, Marjorie
Woodzell.
Department Comdr Charles H Knight
announces that one of the features of
the Boston convention in October will
be the naval program, which is now
beginning to take shape. Already sew
eral warShips have been assigned to go
to Boston for the big naval demon
stration. As compliment to National
Comdr o. L. Bodenhamer, whose home
State Is Arkansas, the battleship Ar
kansas will lead the big naval parade.
Other ships that have been assigned in
clude: Cruisers, the Memphis, the
Marblehead, the Milwaukee and the
Raleigh; destroyers. the Mcfarland, the
Paulding the Overton, the Sturtevant,
the Childs and the King; gunboat, the
Sacramento, and mine layer, the Oglala
In addition to the warShipS, arrange
ments are being made for a great feet
of yachts from the various yachting
clubs along the Massachusetts, Coast.
George Washington Post, No. l, elected
the following as delegates to the annual
department convention of the American
Legion: Bernard C.. MCGEE, Wallace
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Painter, Mark L. Hershey and william
E. Porter Alternate delegates were
elected as follows: William c. Brewer,
Howard Fisk, Charles o. Shaw, M. H.
Darnall, Guy Withers and Judson
Knappen.
Comdr. MCGEE chairman of the dele
CATION, appointed Wallace Streater to
serve on the resolutions committee,
william E. Porter on the credentials
committee and Charles j. Painter on the
rules committee.
The post will have a special feature
in the Legion parade next wednesday
evening and the commander requests
all members to be in line OF march.
The parade will form at Twenty-Sixth
and M streets at Gas pm.
An application for reinstatement sub
mitted by John D. Clarke, charter
member of the post, was unanimously
approved.
Elaborate plans are under way in
New York for the reception of delegates
to the eleventh International Fidac
Congress, who will arrive September 10
M. Maxine Mongendre, consul general
at New York for France, and Sir Harry
Armstrong, British consul general at
New York, have accepted invitations
from Mayor Walker to serve on the
official welcoming committee: during
the three-day stay of Fidac delegates In
New York prior to the convention ses-
sions in Washington, D. c., the French
veterans are to be entertained at the
Ritz Tower Hotel as the guests OF Henri
Prince. the hotel director, who has also
been appointed to the mayors COM
mittee.
C. Howard Rowton of Palatka. Fla,
has been appointed commissioner IN
charge of the American Legion junior
base ball regional series to De played IN
Haeerstown, Md, August Is, IA and Is.
The teams playing in the regional tour
nament are the State championship
mines of Pennsylvania, Maryland, west
Virginia, Delaware and the District OF
Columbia. The winner of the regional
tournament will participate in the East
ern sectional to be played at Char
lottesville, Va, August 81, % and 70.
When the sectional championship teams
are decided, they will meet for the
Junior world series honors to be deter
mined at Memphis, Tenn, August 2o'
90 and 80.
The monthly meeting of the U. S. S;
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will be held
at the Thomas Circle Club tomorrow
night at 8 O'Clock.
The advisory council met last Thurs
day night at the home of Comrade
tracy. Comrade Crowley acted as
hostess with Comrade Tracy, as old
Past Comdr. Mayme Smith.
At the meeting Monday night detailed
nlans for the posts participation in the
department convention will be an
nounced.
The post. under Mary Weide, mem
bership officer, has now attained
membership of 405.