Evening star., 1932-10-16
American Legion

G. Karch; trustees, Richard NJ Curtin,
Thomas G. Marmaduke and Leon T.
Buscher.
Second Vice Comdr Emily Carey, in
behalf OF the post, presented Past
! Comdr. Richard M Curtin with a past
commanders button.
! Condr. Callahan announced appoint
mentS of committees will be made in
| the near future.
| With the appointment of Frank A.
Connolly. Bunker Hill Post. No. 81. as
! chairman OF the Membership Commit
tee, Department Comdr. Norman B.
Landreau is preparing an intensive
membership drive. Porter L. Bush,
| Lincoln Post, No. II, is supervisor of
the campaign and will represent the
/ department commander throughout the
I drive. Chairman Connolly announced
/ that he probably will hold a meeting
of the entire Membership Committee
early this week and planned to start
| the drive on October II.
Chairman Connolly probably will have
| Department Adjt Crawford Sloan act
as secretary Of the Membership Com
mittee.
At the semi-monthly meeting of Vic
! tory Post, No 4. A j. Carney was
! elected commander and Oscar G. Jones
first vice commander.
At the last meeting of Vincent B.
Costello Post the following were ad-
mitted to membership: Ralph w. Wy
man. Charles Di Giulian. William D.
Buck. DR. James w. Lover. Jules C.
Flood. Richard B. Gilliland, Tito P.
Jumalon. Raymond j. O'Dwyer, Thomas
High and Irving M. Oakes.
Comdr. Grant announced the follow
ing appointments: Entertainment. F.
/ Vernon Daley, chairman; Benjamin
Levin. John A. Long, William A.
| Thomakos. j. P Grahe, Peter Pappas,
J. Blaine Fitzgerald. William D. Buck,
Harry E. Smith, Walter A. Freeman /;
Welfare and Relief. Meyer Taske. chair
man: William N. Richards, Maurice P.
McGrath. william F. Franklin and
Charles Kohen; Ways and Means, Fred
A. Thuee, chairman; Raymond Quee-
man. George Frye Martin Goerl and
Gerald Shelly; judge acvocate. Richard
A. o,Brien; Resolutions. Elmer r.
Reynolds, chairman; Fred L. Bach, Leo
J. Kavanagh. William P. Irwin and
Edward S. Stanton; department ma
tional convention of1cer, F. Vernon
Daley: employment officer, Joseph G.
Beattie; post bugler, Joseph A. Rankin;
Auditing Committee. George L. Walden,
chairman: Thomas j. DAILY and Arthur
Daley; Athletic Committee. Henry E.
Whitley, chairman, and Michael c.
Coakley; Publicity. Jacob N. Halper,
chairman George r. Peregoy and Harry
E. Smith; CeremonialS, Matthew G. Nc
Intyre; Membership. Robert A. Meyer.
chairman; F. Vernon Daley. William N.
Richards. Robert E. Norfleet, M. F. Nc
Donald and DR.. Charles j. Demas
The meeting scheduled for November /
will be dispensed with. The Entertain
ment Committee has arranged a stag
night at a place In nearby Maryland,
the exact location not to be disclosed,
as the committee plans to nave a sur
prise night. The members are to meet
at the District Building at 8 o'clock,
where transportation will be provided.
Jacob Jones Post had installation of
officers Monday night at the Raleigh
Hotel. Department Comdr Porter Bish
presided. Miss Ina Holtzscheiter sang,
accompanied by Miss Davis. Past De-
partment Comdr. Fred Fraser presented
pas. commanders pin to Mary Tats-
paugh. A past commanders ring was
presented to her by her officers. Kate
K. Briggs, senior vice commander. was
presented with her pin by Emily Carey,
second department senior vice COM
mander
The new officers are: Commander,
Mary 2. Weide; senior vice COM
mander, Kate K. Briggs; junicr vice
commander, Ella E. Chambers: his
torian, Amy Helen: chaplain, Dorothy
Drunken; quartermaster, Lela Angle
berger; sergeant at arms, Belle K.
Graves, and color bearers, Mae Lein-
bach and Harriet Sairall.
The Braille clesses will be started
Tuesday at the Red Cross BUILDING,
Seventeenth and E streets, from 6 to
pm.
Comdr. Iandresu announced that
during the Winter the full force OF the
American Legion in the District of Co
lumbia will be put behind a movement
to place every employable veteran in
position and that every employed
legionnaire will be requested to obtain
at least one job for an unemployed
veteran. Any member locating a Job
in which veteran may be placed is
requested to call John Arthur Shaw,
department employment officer of the
American Legion, at National 8472,
branch 141.
X.
when Albert j. Kearney was elected
post commander Oscar A. Jones, as
sistant director in the veterans en-
ployment Office, Department of Labor,
and a native Of Oklahoma, was elected
senior vice commander.
The appointment of c. w. Brown
ing and Norwood p. Cassidy, both past
post commanders. as department execu-
tive committeeman and alternate de-
partment executive committeeman, re-
spectively, was announced.
Comdr. Kearney announced a COM
mittee will be appointed to launch
campaign to raise funds required by
the post to carry on its activities dur
ing the Winter, especially that connect
ed with welfare work, which Is under
the direction Of N. Schroeder
Raymond A. Burke and c. e. Lana
han entertained with comedy sketch.