Evening star., 1932-01-17

On the night of January % at 1870
| o'clock eastern standard time) in CO.
operation with the National Broad
casting Co. and the Department of the
! District Of Columbia, V. F. w, radio
/ program of one hour will be broadcast
! from this city. The tentative plans con-
| template network of approximately so
+ stations. The Hello, America" radio
| hour will present two outstanding fea-
/ tures-one the obligation of the Ma
! tion-Wide class CT recruited members by
Commander in Chief Darold D. De Coe
while standing in front of the micro
phone in the banquet hall of the Ma
tional Press Club, and in nearly $500
| posts whose members have assembled
in special session the classes of re-
cruits will be prepared to receive the
obligation from National Comdr. De
Coe, constituting the largest com
mander in chiefs class" ever obligated
at one time in the history of the
V. F. w. The other big feature will be
the address by Representative Wright
Patman Of Texas, who will present the
i veterans side in the campaign now be-
| ing sponsored by the v. F. w. in behalf
: of the immediate cash payment of ad-
, juSted service certificates
| Arrangements have also been COM
pieted fer a program of entertainment
which includes musical selections
reminiscent of the A. E. F. to be played
by the United States Marine Band un-
der the leadership of Capt Taylor
Branson playing from the banquet
hall. At intervals during the program
; the radio audience will be carried from
Washington to New York and Chicago
where famous stars of the radio field
! will be prepared to offer their con-
| tributions. These include Rudy Vallee
and his Connecticut Yankees playing
from Hotel Pennsylvania in New York;
| Odette Myrtil, Partisan musical comedy
! star, now playing on Broadway. At
| Chicago, Paul Whiteman and his band
/ will play, and he will present Miss
Mildred Bailey who will sing. Before
the program comes to close the V. F.
w. audience will listen to the popular
Coon-Sanders Night Hawks. Inter
spersing the entertainment brief mes
sageS appropriate to the occasion will
be heard from Senior Vice Comdr. in
Chief AGniral Robert E. Coontz, Junior
Vice Condr. in Chief DareS (. Van
Zandt and National Auxiliary Presi-
dent Mrs Dora E. Rafiensperger.
In conjunction with the V. F. w
radio hour program the District OF
Columbia Department will tender a
| testimonial banquet to Comdr. in
Chief De Coein the banquet hall OF the
National Press Club. The banquet
will be at 7:3O pm, featuring the
presence of members of Congress who
are veterans, distinguished Raval and
military leaders, past department com
| manders of this jurisdiction and a
program of vaudeville entertainment
| from the stage of the Palace and Fox
TheaterS.
Recruiting activity throughout the
organization has been going forward at
, a rapid pace since the thlrty-second
national encampment was held IN
/ Kansas City. Although membership
! increases are being slightly offset by
/ susnensions the net results have been
! gratifying, and the goal of the victory
! membership drive contest calls for a
total Of 100000 new members by
March 81.
Front Line Post held its regular
meeting in the Junior Order OF Me-
chanics' Hall last Monday, when the
following candidates were elected 10
| membership: Thomas H. LaWton'
: Charles S. Brown, Howard a; roma
/ John F. Coontz, Wilbur c. Wheatley
George A Scott, James E. Barber and
/ Henry E. Cook. Comrade WheatIey
was given the obligation. the other
elected candidates will be obhgated by
| the national commander in chief on
the night of January % at the National
press Club as a unit group of his class
recruited in every State of the Union
as he micrcphones the obligation to
them all over a Nationwide radio
hook-up of the National Boadcasting
| Co.
tentative plans are being made for
the use Of the Police Department in
door rifle range for practice of the
posts rife team, which purposes to
compete against scme of the best tesr1