Evening star., 1932-04-03
American Legion

pitals at San Fernando and Palo Alto,
Calf; Fort Bayard, N. Mex; FitzstIn-
mons, Colo; Hines. Ill; Dayton, ONO;
Montana; Castle Point, N. Y; Oteen,
N. c.: Mount Alto and other hospitals
in Washington, D. c., these being per-
sonally delivered by members OF jacob
Jones Post
Ths following groups assisted the ma
tional officers in this phase OF rehabln-
tation and Easter cheer: Sergt. Jasper
Unit, Miss Clara Humphries and Mrs.
George Eckles; Henry c.. Spengler Unit
Jennie F. knight, Lillian Heagan, May
d. Lightfoot, Rose l.. Hidde. Betty
Chamberlin Ruth Pritchard and Vir-
ginia Shelton: y. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post. Helen Sprague, department vice
commander; Mary TatSpaugh, post
commander, and Estelle Richardson,
post adjutant: The ct 40, Mrs. Will
cite Preston. lie Chapeau Departmental;
Eunice DeSsez, Annette Burton, Pauline
Paro, Marie Leubkirk and Ann Nevitt;
Cheerio Committee, Amelia Boberg,
chairman; Irene Key and Florence
Buschley; Panama. Past Department
President Mrs. Marie Harry; Malone
Unit. New York, Miss Teresa Paro;
North Dakota, past department presi-
dent and the parley's national chair
..
Dorothy B. Harper, national secretary.
A joint meeting of George Washing
ton Post and Vincent B. Costello Post.
the American Legion, will be held next
Tuesday night in Immaculate Concep-
ton Hail. N street between Seventh and
Eighth streets. The meeting will be
featured with spectacular war movie
pictures and an address by Brig Gen.
Henry j. Reilly of the famous Rain
bow" 42d Division in the World War.
The presiding officers of the evening
will be Comdr John Thomas Taylor of
George Washington Post and Comdr
Gregory Cipriani of Costello Post
Post Adjt. j. j. Murphy is in receipt
Of letter from Col Henry w Shoe
Washington Post, who is American
Minister at Sofia. Bulgaria, expressing
appreciation for the recent history of
the post, which was sent to each men,
Der from the date of its formation,
March T. 1919, to date. He inclosed in
his letter a photograph taken on George
Washington's birthday anniversary at
Sofia at public exercises commemorate
ing this event, attended by the King
of Bulgaria, prime minister and mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, in
cluding himself. Col. Shoemaker said
that the Kings representatives, the
prime minister and many diplomats
called in person at the American
Legation, expressing their feelings of
friendship for the American people
A special meeting, he said, was held in
the Academy of Science at which the
King was present, while the schools
! throughout Bulgaria celebrated Wash
ingtons birthday.
Post Comdr. Taylor is also in receipt
of letter from Past Comdr Charles J.
Painter of the United States Veterans
Administration at Manila, Philippine
Islands, in which he extends congratu-
lations to the post on the occasion of
its recent 18th birthday anniversary
Comdr. Taylor, who is also vice chair
man Of the National Legislative Com
mittee of the American Legion, an
nounces an appropriation bill now in
Congress provides the sum of $4,000
for the 14th annual convention of the
French Veterans Of the World War, to
be held in this city next Fall, to be ex-
pended by the national treasurer of the
American Legion as prescribed by the
Secretary of State. On the recon-
mendation of Premier Tardieu, who is
a member of the French Veterans Or
ganization, the French ministry has
voted to make the necessary appropria-