Evening star., 1932-01-31

February 3-Sergt. Jasper, No. 13,
| 1925 Massachusetts avenue,
! February 4-Jane A. Delano, No.
g. 1746 K street.
In an effort to stimulate a continued
increase in membership, the Depart
ment Membership Committee decided
at meeting held Wednesday evening
at department headquarters, Trans
pOrtation Building, to offer number
of prizes for members, who secure
new applications.
For the month of January a gold
American Legion button has been Of
fered for the member securing the
largest number Of new applications.
The offer for February will include
cash prizes totaling $25. The first
prize will be $40, the second $3.50 and
the third SIS. Each member Sc
curing new applications will be given
an opportunity to win the cash prizes
during February. For March. the
members who obtain new applications
will become eligible in the contest
for a new legion uniform. Depart
ment Comdr. Ferdinand G. Fraser has
offered an additional first prize Of
an American Legion wrist watch, with
the second prize of an American Legion
ring and a third, consisting of a gold
American Legion button. Members of
the American Legion of this depart
ment who pay their dues on or be-
fore March 81 will become eligible
for prizes in the aforementioned offer.
The various posts will be grouped by
the Membership Committee for the
several cups which will be awarded
at the local 1882 convention.
Meetings of the Membership Com
mlttee will continue regularly on We'd
neSday evening at department head
quarters, transportation Building,
under the supervision Of James F..
Kehoe, chairman Of this Department
Committee.
The members, who have been re-
queSted by Comdr. Edward L. Mart
hill to attend the Membership Com
miUtee meeting to be held preceding
the regular meeting Of Sergeant Jas
per Post at the Thomas Circle Club,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue, next We'd
neSday evening, include the following 8:
Paul H. McMurray, Paul c. Robbins,
Ernest j. st. Jacques, Veterans Ad-
miniStration: Louis r. Dennis, William
G.. Burke, General Accounting Office;
Col. John r, Thompson, Lloyd B. Har-
rison, Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Robert M Phillips Benjamin
H. Lads, John H McIntire, Alien
Property Custodian; Joseph j. Malloy,
finance officer; William NJ. Greene,
adjutant and Maj Thomas ]. Frailey,
chairman of the Membership Commit
tee. An interesting program has been
planned for the regular meeting of the
post Wednesday evening Comdr Ed
ward L, Marthill will preside.
The I'd Division Post, American Le-
gion. held its regular monthly meeting
in the Cairo Hotel.
The post instructed the post COM
mander to decline to appoint members
on Department Adjusted Compensa-
ton Committee in view of the failure
Of the Department Executive Commit
tee to cooperate with the former such
committee, of which Comrade Spicer
of the I'd Division Post was chairman.
Comrade E. E. Barnes gave an ad-
dress on the menace of the inroads
OF Communism in this country.
After the business of the meeting
was completed a social session was
held.
The following officers and commit
tees were appointed:
Z. j. Brown, adjutant; Maurice Fol-
som, finance officer; Alfred L. Bur
dine, athletic officer; Sidney w. Went
worth, Approximation officer; John
+. DrlScon, publicity officer; Joseph
T. Daley, welfare and service officer !;
II. D. Goyner employment officer; w.
Z. Splcer, Memorial day officer: E. G..
Schmidt. chairman, Bicentennial Com
mlttee; Thomas Mason, jr, chairman,
Membership Committee; T. ]. MURRAY,
chairman, Uniform Committee: K. T.
Wrlgth, chairman Department Con-
Vention Committee; C. L. Dawson,
chairman, National Convention Com
mlttee, and E. J. Brown, Chairman,
ways and Means Committee. The fol-
lowing were appointed members of the
!aSt-named committee: A. M. Allen,
F. j. Baker, H D. Goyher, o. J, Stock
man. ]. F. Driscon. ]. B. Eyerts F
w. Fritz, S. w. Wentworth, C NJ
Jones, H E. Knott, Tom Mason, W. P,
Virgin, t. j. Murray, E. C. Schmidt
and W. E. Spicer.
meeting of the Membership Com
mlttee Of Stanley Church Depue Post
No. 30, was held Wednesday night AT
the home of Comrade Bee, with the
following members present: Barnard
Z. Bee, chairman; Frank T. English. A
y. MuStaln, Arthur E. Schnapp and
1ldIdIu 4. wilson.
The committee voted that all new
members submit a copy of their dis
charge Tor application in this post
Also a limitation number for member
ship In the post was discussed, and it
was agreed that the committee would
recommend to the post that the men,
bershlp be limited to $50 members,
one OF the features of the member
snip drive will be a prize of gold en-
blem Legion ring to the member secur-
ing the most new members for the post
during the year. The committee will
recommend that the post hold all its
regular monthly business meetings in
the future at the Hamilton Hotel, Four
teenth and x streets
The following new members were ac-
cepted into the post by the committee
Charles H. Warner Robert Leo Ander-
son, formerly member of the Jackson
(Miss.) Post; Harry Murray Brown and
Omar Emerson Hawk.
The Committee on Entertainment will
meet tomorrow night at the home OF
Comrade Thomas G. Carlin, 1850 Six
teenth street, when plans for the dance
to be given at the Kennedy Warren
Apartments will be discussed.
Comdr. Templeton will announce a
committee in the near future to func-
tlOn III COnneCClOn WIN unemplOyment
relief of the national organization.
Members of the post are requested tc
communicate with Comrade Graham E
Wilson, 9l4 Evans Building, regarding
the entrance of a bowling team by this
post in the tournament to be held next
month.
Salon No. IA, the ct 40, des HUT
, Chapeau ct Quarante Femmes, held 6
, business meeting at the Washington
Hotel Wednesday evening. The meeting
was preceded by meeting of the Prou-
voir. LIE Chapeau Departmental Willettt
Preston presided.
The newly appointed chairman of the
, George Washington Bicentennial Com.
, mittee, Mrs. Mildred Eckels, gave re-
5 port and also list of suggested activi.
ties for the year. The salon member.
ship welcomed a new partner, Mis-!