Evening star., 1936-09-06

Lieut.. Horace Lineburg, commander
District of Columbia Department, the
American Legion, at the last depart
ment Executive Committee meeting
announced appointment Of various
officers.
They are as follows: Department
adjutant, Thomas Mason. jr., I'd
Division Post; department adjutant,
Blanche Sinclair, Jacob Jones Post;
department finance officer, j. j. Null
vey, Nash Post; department judge
advocate, Donald Smith, Stanley
Church Dupue Post: department vet
erans' preference officer, Joe Ashi,
Fort Stevens Post, and department
chairman of the Advisory Committee
on Welfare, DR.. Ray F. Guynn, Ma
tional Cathedral Post.
Post commanders have been re-
quested to file at department head
quarters q list of member Of their
posts who secured new members or
renewals during the recent drive in
order that a certificate award may
be prepared for presentation to them.
In connection with the base ball
program of the Sons Of the Ameri-
can Legion it was announced the
team representing Nash Post has
been declared the winner of the Dis
trict series and in accordance with
the program this team was sent to
Clarksburg, w. Va, to participate in
the playoff for the national title.
Winning its first game, it lost the
next two to the Clarksburg nine and
thereby was eliminated from the
series.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, met last
Thursday at 3o6 Kennedy street,
Comdr. John D. Kiley presiding.
Officers elected were as follows:
Commander. George Phillips; senior
vice commander, Robert Kennedy;
second vice commander. Comrade
Bloom; Junior vice commander,
George Donohue; chaplain, James
Shea. Department Comdr. Lineburg
| installed the ofhcerS.
Past officers jewels were presented
to Comdr. Kiley, Adjt. Bernard Dan
iels and Finance Officer Lewis K
Hile by the post through Past Comdr
George Hobson Smith.
The department commander an
nounced the regular weekly radio
broadcasts over Station w. o. L.
would be resumed Immediately after
| the Cleveland convention.
Comrades Clifford and Photis, for
| the Sons of the American Legion
Drum and Bulge Corps, stated the to-
tai expense of sending the corps to
Cleveland would be about $500 and
| that this amount was still about 5000
short. They requested suggestions OF
ways to raise the necessary difference
The department adjutant an
nounced reservations for Cleveland
were going fast and that all men,
bers of this department who were de-
sirous of attending get their reser-
vations in as soon as possible.
Memorial services will be conducted
by Comdr. Helen L. Opitz of U. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, at the grave OF
Past Comdr. Kate Claggett next Tues
day at $50 pm. in Rock Greek Gene
terry. Members are asked to meet at
the Webster street gate at Sis.
The Advisory Council meeting of
the post will be held at the home of
Past Comdr. Jane Breen next Thurs
day evening, with Past Comdrs. Elsie
Pinney and Mabel Staub as CO.
hostesses.
Vincent B. Costello Post Drum and
Bugle Corps will sponsor moonlight
trip on the steamer Potomac next
Thursday evening which will be fea-
tured with an entertainment.
The corps will depart for the Cleve-
land convention headed by the corps
president and newly-elected post
commander, Henry Heine, Septem-
ber 20.
Col. Harry Coope, U. S. A., retired,
was elected commander of George
Washington Post, No.. /, last Tues
| day night at the Club Admiral, 164C
Rhode Island avenue.
Other officers elected were: First
vice commander, John F. Dull; Sec
ond vice commander, C. Cassaro
Schroth; third vice commander
Charles S. Beilman; chaplain, Rev
Howard E. Snyder, past commander
of the post; quartermaster. F. H
Dreyer; sergeant at arms, George
Hooven: master at arms, Harry
Brown; surgeon, DR.. H. Darnall; his
torian, Past Comdr. Howard S. Fisk;
colorbearers, Past Comdr. Bernard G
MCGEE and Lawrence E. Hutchinson
Comdr. Coope Immediately announced
the appointment of Past Comdr
James j. Murphy as adjutant and
Past Comdr. Lew S. Mohler, finance
officer,
Brief addresses rejecting conditions
in Spain were made by Past Depart
| ment Comdr. Amos A. Fries, DR.
Snyder and Past Comdr. Fisk.
Announcement was made a specia
train will leave this city September
10 at 7:35 pm. for Cleveland, ar
irving in the convention city the mex
morning at 1880 O'Clock.
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