Evening star., 1932-03-13
American Legion

anniversary Of the birth Of George
Washington.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post will meet tomorrow night in Red
Mems Hall
Comdr. Dyer announced the follow
ing members to be in Mount Alto Hos
pital: Agnes Hayes, Mary Yates, Emma
Schroeder and William O'Dwyer.
At the request of Department Comdr.
Fred Fraser, this post represented the
District of Columbia Department at
the burial in Arlington of John Philip
Sousa, last Thursday afternoon.
The post bowling team tied the Lin
coin Post team for the Fred Fraser
trophy in the American Legion bowling
tournament, February 81.
Membership officer E. j. DobbinS an
nounces the following members will pe
obligated tomorrow night: Frederick A.
Hess, Louis V. Forsythe, Golden M Hef-
lin, Walter G. Hurley, John r. Hutchi-
son, Charles r. Montgomery, Raymond
D. Preinkert and Orville H. Ridgely.
The post has now a total paid up mem
bership of IT'S, which is 78 per cent
of its total membership of last year
The Stanley Church. Depue Post, No.
30, held an executive meeting Tuesday
evening at the home of Comdr T. N
Templeton. Several important matters
were discussed.
| The post will hold its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening in the audi
torium of the Chestnut Farms Dairy
| at Twenty-siXth street and PennSyl-
vania avenue. This meeting will be dis
tinctly of social nature, and there will
be tables for cards as we'll as informal
dancing, and all wives and friends of
post members are invited to be present
There will be a meeting of post di-
rectorS, Education of War Orphans
Committee, at American Legion head
quarters, Transportation Building,
Wednesday, at 8 pm. All post COM
manders are requested to have a rep
resentative present.
George Washington Post last Tues
day night observed its thirteenth ami
versary at the post club house, 1441
Rhode Island avenue. Post Comdr.
John Thomas Taylor acted as master
of ceremonies.
The guest speakers of the evening
| were Senator Frederick SteiWer of
Oregon and Representative Paul John
Kvale of Minnesota, both members of
the American Legion. Senator Steiwer
told of plans being made for entertain
ing visiting LegionnaireS next Fall at
Portland, Greg, when the Fourteenth
Annual National Convention will be
held.
Past National Comdr Edward R.
| Spafford outlined some of the impor-
tant legislative measures in which the
Minis. president of the Department of
the District of Columbia, American
Legion Auxiliary, extended congratula-
tionS.
The other speakers of the evening
included Department Comdr Ferdinand
G. Fraser of the Department of the
District of Columbia, Past Department
Comdr Ben Fisher of the Department
of Oregon, Senator Samuel Arentz of
Nevada, a member of the American
Legion, and Mrs. Charles Demonet,
president of the George Baldwin Mccoy
Unit of the American Women's Legion
Among those present at the celebration
were Past Department Comdrs. John
Lewis Smith, Paul J. McGahan and
Charles H. Knight; Past Comdrs
Kenneth A. McRae of Farmer Snyder
Post, Department of Maryland, for
merly of George Washington Post;
Howard S. Fisk Wallace Streater, j. j.
Murphy, Gilbert T. Rude and Bernard
c. MCGEE of George Washington Post;
Mrs. Lois Beach McRae, U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Post, and Past Department
Comdr. Charles H. Reilley of the De-
partment of the District of Columbia,
veterans OF Foreign Wars, and Comdr.
Gregory Cipriani, Vincent B. Costello
Post.
The post was the recipient of large
basket of flowers from Mrs. E. Lester
Jones, widow of Col E. Lester Jones,
| founder and first commander of the
post. The assemblage stood IN silent
prayer for one minute in memory of
Col Jones
The post elected two members of the
general staff overseas during the World
War to membership in the post-John
Callan O'Laughlin, editor of the Army
and Navy Magazine, and William E.
Hayes.
Under the direction of Mrs. Egbert e.
Corwin, chairman of the Radio Music
and Publicity Committee, the American
Legion Auxiliary, Department of the
District OF Columbia, will sponsor
program appropriate to St. Patrick's
day over Station VOL today from 215
to 2:45 pm.
A Fidac meeting was held at the
home of the chairman, Mrs Ada Muir
ray, Chastleton Hotel, last Tuesday eve
ming. Those present were Mrs william
Mulky, Kenneth H. Nash Unit: Mrs.
Catherine August, Victory Unit: Mrs.
Egbert Corwin, Stephen P. McGroarty
Unit; Mrs. Edythe OConnor, Sergt.
Jasper Unit, and the chairman repre-
Senting Vincent B. Costello Unit.
The Fidac doll, which is causing
great deal Of interest in the units, was
| the chief topic. These dolls are to be
dressed in distinctly American costumes
and the exact duplicate of some char
acter In American history, must be IS
inches high, made by hand by mem
pers OF the units, and must be in the
/ hanoS OF the chairman not later than
April Is. They can be dressed as a
couple or as individuals and a unit is
| permitted to submit more than one
doll. A Fidac badge will be presented
to the units of winning dolls The
three winners will be sent to Portland
Oreg, to compete with the other de-
! partmentS, the final three to be sent to
France and placed in the Pershing
Memorial
The units are also to prepare pho
tograph album on views of Washington
City. The assignments were Victory
! Unit. Government buildings; McGroar-
/ ty Unit, public parks; Kenneth Nash
Unit, monuments: Vincent B. Costello
! Unit hospitals and churches; Sergt.
Jasper Unit, street scenes; George E
| Killeen Unit, residential sections.
James Reese Europe Unit. presidents
| and their wives; Henry C. Spengler
Unit, embassies, and James E. Walker
Unit, schools and Fairgrounds.
Each unit will have a night in Por-
tugal party, an award to be made to
the unit presenting the most typical
night. The chairman is to be notified
of the night so as to be present.
! Bunker Hill Post, No. 81, will meet
IN the Immaculate Conception Hall
Eighth and N streets, Tuesday evening
at 8 O'Clock. Following the short busi
ness meeting refreshments will he
served and prominent local talent will
! contribute entertainment faa+uroc III