Evening star., 1932-02-07

pie; Follow Me Ladies Auxiliary,
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
| Club, 8 pm.
' Thursday - Potomac Ladies'
I Auxiliary, Soldiers, Sailors and
b., Marines Club, 8 pm.
The council Of administration of
the District of Columbia Department
met in the board room of the District
Building last Monday evening. The
meeting was presided over by Comdr.
Charles B. Jennings.
The department commander obli-
gated the following new members of
the council: L. j. Bacon, junior vice
commander Of 'uality-Walter Reed
Post; John w. v -ner, commander of
Defense Post; Orvllle Johnson and j.
Fred Chase Of Federal Post. J. A. Barr
OF Potomac Post, Selby c. Harr of Fol-
low Me Post, I. K. SilVerberg of Ad-
vance Post, and G. l.. Shinn of Defense
Post
Oscar w. Hollingsworth, reporting on
the distribution of clothing to veterans,
stated that $4,000 garments had been
handled by the allied organizations of
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Ameri-
can Legion and Disabled American Vet
Grams, and that approximately $500
garments had been issued to overseas
veterans, 5000 garments to the Dis
abled American Veterans and 10000
garments to the American Legion
Comdr. Jennings announced negotia-
tionS were being conducted with ma
tional headquarters looking to the
designation of Comrade Hollingsworth
as the V. F. w. representative at large
to Superintend the extension of relief
to INDECENT comrades reaching Wash
ingtOn from every State of the Union
under a financing program of the
Kansas City office. National Com
mapder in Chief De Coe and Adjt Gen.
Handy have declared themselves as
faVoring the budget program.
Plans are progressing for the organ
ization of new posts, composed of en-
plOyeS of the Internal Revenue Bureau
and of the National Bureau of Stand
ards and the application for post
charter to eligible V. F. w. recruits of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
was unanimously approved by the
council body.
Senior Vice Comdr Herbert c. Davis,
chairman of the Buddy" Poppy Com
mittee, reported this years stock of
pOppleS was being manufactured by the
patients Of Walter Reed General Hos
. pital and Naval Hospital and that the
would be no less than 100000 poppies
Scheduled meetings of his committee
will be announced at an early date
Favorable action was taken by the
council on the Endorsement of Front
l Line Post BaTrage as the accredited
official journal of the comrades at large
and of the D. c. Department.
Maj. E. H Hale, department chief OF
Let, .l,1 Of
: Recruiting Committee, has called a
meeting of the committee to assemble
7 at recruiting headquarters, room 23C
Transportation Building. Seventeenth
and H streets, February II, at pm, tC
ascertain the number of new recruits
| obtained by each post since the in
auglration of the commander in chiefs
I membership campaign. and to decide
/ upon a geographic division of the list
of eligibles in possession of the Recruit
ing Committee with a view to organizing
| teams to personally contact ellgibles al
S their homes.
S 1t has been decided to continue the
= present intensive membership drive
\ until March 81.
t At the last meeting of Columbia Post
t presided over by Comdr. Samuel G
Hamilton Maj. Anton Stephan, a pas
department commander and past post
commander, spoke regarding the pend.
| ing legislation for the reduction of the
commissioned and enlisted perSonne
of the Regular Army, and the proposed
= Curtailment Of appropriations for the
l drill and camp maneuvers OF the
National Guard.
:, Federal Ladies Auxiliary held a meet.
: | OF Tirc1a Cl,lI IN
= %, and President Mrs. Brode officiated
). Mrs Dorothy Lohman, chairman o.
Y hospital work and Mrs. Charles H
; Reilley chairman Of relief. read reports
). Tomorrow nights meeting will be helc
/ at the home Of Mrs. Ruth MitChka. 4
card party will be held February 25, al
= so M street northeast.
!, Potomac Ladies Auxiliary met Thurs
= day at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
5. Club, with Mrs. A. M. Stone, president
: in the chair. Reports from standing
:. and special committees were read. Mrs
:. Dorothy Lodge chairman of bospita
n work, reported plans were completed
t for the dance to be given at WalteI
S Reed General Hospital the evening O
= February u.
n The annual St. Patricks dance anC
s. card party will be held Marcn II. a
l. place to be later announced Mrs
/, Nina E. Fischer Of Redmond AuXil2r.
:, No $50, and past president of the Stat
= department of Maryland; Mrs Matilda
= Weber of Walter HoWard-ShaW Aux
i iliary No. 327, and senior vice presiden
+ of the State department of Maryland
d and Mrs. Morano of National Capita
5, Auxiliary No. 127, were visitors.
o At the last meeting of the Ladie
s Auxiliary to National Capital Post No
Q 1877 Mrs. Lillian Williams and Mrs
s Irene Yebens were obligated. Mrs. M
2 NJ. Eason will be obligated at the mex
a meeting.
i bingo party was held at Noun
i Alto Hospital under the cEairmansnil
r of Mrs. Dorothy Deprow. Cigarettes
S cakes and ice cream were distributed
: among the patients.
: The annual caro- party, unGer tn
O auspices of the Ways and Means Com
v mittee, will be held in the Burlington
p Hotel tomorrow at pm. Chairman
s Mrs. Rosalina Morano, has on her com
: mittee Mrs. Florence Muschlitz, Mrs
|. Jennie Hoaks, Mrs. Josephine Cardoz
g and Mrs. Dorothy Deprow.
i The Overseas Military Band, Drum
| and Bugle Corps of the Veterans O
t TOIGISlI w Oh AlClN I'D 1CSd4dI ItLIcdI Sd
r Wednesday at 8 pm. at the Nationa
d Guard Armory, at Sixth and PennSyl
:; vania avenue.
(, Sergt Bernard Bladn, having re
: signed as first sergeant of the corps
5. was elected at the last meeting to b.
5. quartermaster which Office was mad
vacant by the resignation of former @
= NJ. Sergt. Marion Stone
e Department Comdr. c. B. Jenning
y has been requested by Comdr. A. ]
J. Lorig to negotiate with the individual
g v. F. w. posts of the District Depart
', ment toward furnishing additional colo
= bearers, who will be uniformed an<
e whose names will be permanently placeC
g on the roster of the corps. These vol
e unteers will receive the regular notice
e of fn,r1, tin1as of the cnr1lS and will !.