Evening star., 1932-01-10

of the 81 posts Of the American Legion
as members.
Time and Place.. E. Corwin, chair
man; r. D Rogers, Lucille Allen and
H S. Freeman.
MuSic-RusSel Clarkson, chairman; T.
N. Sheehan, T. Norman Templeton,
Fred A. Money and Theodore CogS-
well,
Printing-Martin Dyer, chairman;
William Wolff Smith and James E.
LoWrey.
Patrons-Miss Emily ]. Carye, chair
man; Miss Anne Pryde and Mrs. Lu-
ciIle Allen.
Boxes-Col George L. TAFT, chair
man: Thomas E. Franklin, Norman r.
Grant and William E. Spicer.
Decorations-H A. REM, jr.. chair
man; Samuel Berlin and John L. Hart.
Distinguished Guests - Col. John
Wood, Charles H. Knight and Frank L.
Peckham.
Reception-Col. John Lewis Smith,
chairman Maj. Julius I. Peyser, Gen.
Amos A. Fries, Capt. Watson B. Miller
and DR.. B. c. MacNeil.
Ways and Means Committee-Mrs.
Lucille Allen, chairman; James E.
Chinn, Robert A. Ralph and T. Norman
Templeton.
Publicity-Maj. Thomas ]. Frailey,
chairman C. B. Stovsll, Raymond F.
Guynn, Ike Horton and Bernard
Buscher.
Mai. Thomas ]. Frailey is vice chair
man of the General Committee and
Miss Anne Pryde is secretary.
The arrangements have been COM
pleted for the bali January 29 at the
Mayflower Hotel. Practically all OF the
posts, as well as the department OF the
Ladies' Auxiliary, have reserved boxes,
which will be decorated with the ma
tional colors and the standard of each
post. An invitation has been extended
to the units Of the American Legion
Auxiliary to purchase boxes, and TO
have their units represented by the ma
ttonal colors and the unit standards.
At the club house of George Wash
tngton Post, No. /, l44l Rhole Island
avenue, Tuesday night Rev. Father Ed
rnund ], walsh of Georgetown Uni
versity. international authority on for
eign affairs, delivered an address on
Russia and its objectives so far as the
world in general was concerned. 1t
was Past Commanders night" and in
addition to the address Of Father Walsh
was featured with q program appropri-
ate to the occasion.
The meeting opened with the invo-
cation by Acting Chaplain Rev. A. A.
McCallum. Past Commander Howard
S. Fisk was master of ceremonies, who
introduced all Of the past commanders
Of the post present at the meeting, with
the exception of Past Commander
Charles J. Painter, who is stationed in
Manila, P. l., and sent his greetings.
The past commanders Of the post in
clude E. Lester Jones, deceased; John
Lewis Smith, Kenneth A. McRae, How
ard S. Fisk, Charles B. Hanford, de-
ceased; Lew S. Mohler, Percy B. Mccoy,
wallace Streater, Charles o. Shaw, j.
j. Murphy, Gilbert T. Rude, Charles j.
Painter, Paul v. Collins, deceased: Ber-
nard c. MCGEE and William E. Porter.
A past commanders jewel was presented
to the retiring commander, William z.
Porter, by Past Commander Lew S.
Mohler. The audience stood in silence
for one minute as tribute to departed
commanders, E. Lester Jones, Charles
B. Hanford and Paul v. Collins.
A program was rendered, which in
cluded solos by Mrs. Shipley, accom-
panied by Miss Sternberg, with Miss
Marie Buell. dancing; solo by Miss Love-
lace and feature dance by Miss Buell.,
accompanied by Mrs. Clary. Refresh
ments were served by Miss Verian
Hogan and Mrs. j. j. Murphy.
The following were elected to mem
bership in the post: Henry F. Keegan
and Gail T. Judd, by reinstatement;
Richard r. Lukens and Melvin c. Hob
son, by transfer from Atlanta Post, No.
], Atlanta, Ca; Gen. Robert U. Pat
terson, by transfer from Warren Town
send Post, No. 13, Hot Springs, Ark.
Post Commander John Thomas Tay-
L. l. g. -. l.
been called to New York to attend the
National Unemployment Commission
Conference with the national COM
mander.
A number Of the department officers,
post commanders and post officers were
present as well as members Of George
Baldwin Mccoy Unit of the American
Women's Legion, who we're guests Of the
evening. The thirteenth anniversary Of
the post will be celebrated March Z.
The Department of the District of
Columbia, American Legion Auxiliary,
was represented in the special American
Legion Christmas program over VOL
by Mrs. Egbert E. Corwin, department
chairman Of radio, music and publicity
and second vice president Of the depart
ment, who extended Christmas greet
ings TO the World War Veterans in the
hospitals throughout the city and an
nounced plans for the distribution Of
Christmas packages in the name Of the
American Legion and Auxiliary units Of
the District to all hospitalized World
War veterans in the city, about 1900
in number. The packages were dis
tributed Christmas Eve by committees
from the various Auxiliary units Of the
District.
Plans are being made by Mrs. Corwin
Tor future radio programs for the bene-
flt of the eX-serVice men in the hos
pitals
The regular meeting of Victory Post,
American Legion, will be held Tuesday
at 8 pm. in Odd Fellows Temple, 4lS
Seventh street. Comdr. c. w. Brown
ing will preside.
Membership Oficer E. c. Minter re-
ports the approval by his committee of
the applications of the following listed
World War veterans: Anthony Sigillito,
John G. Mike, Pasque Genovero, Oscar
@. Jones and Carroll e. Robb.
Albertus N. Schroeder, chairman Of
til: Welfare Committee and a member
of the Advisory Council on Welfare Re-
lief for the department will report on
the activities under his cognizance dur
ing the holiday season. Eldred H. Bu-
chanan, chairman Of the Committee on
Unemployment, will address the meet
ing and discuss the work that is being
done by the American Legion to aid ex
service men in obtaining employment.
c. E. Lanahan, in charge Of the cam
paign being conducted within the Le-
gion to sponsor the historic war CYCLIC
rama painting Pantheon de la
GuerTe," will deliver an address.
The special committee composed Of
First Vice Comdr Walter D. Rogers, w.
NJ Smith, Truman Krauskopf Harry
Hall, Milton Dyer, John A. Shaw and
Albertus Schroeder will report back on
its visit to the auxiliary Tuesday eve