Evening star., 1936-08-16
L|NEbURG ELECTED
D. c. LEGION HEAD
IN CLOSE CONTEST
First Ex-SaiIor Commander
Wins by Narrow Margin
From J. H. 0'ConneII.
RESOLUTION INDORSES
VETERAN PREFERENCE
Dinner Dance After Rites of In
stallation Concludes Three.
day Program.
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Horace w. Lineburg, former "gob'
and now lieutenant in the Metropol-
!tan Police Department, was elected
district commander at the annual
convention of the District Department,
American Legion, in the closing ses-
sion last night at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Lineburg, the first ex-sailor to be
elected to the Office of district COM
mander, won out in a close contest
over John H. O'Connell, of the Vim
cent B. Costello Post. Lineburg, a
member of the Washington Police
Post, succeeds Joseph J. Malloy, of
Sergt. Jasper Post.
Lineburg was with the Police De-
partment when he enlisted in the
Navy at the outbreak of the World
War and served on the U. S. S. Penn
sylvania and Minnesota. He re-en-
tered the Police Department after the
war and is now in charge of the pub
lie relations bureau. He has served as
senior vice commander of his post.
A resolution indorsing veterans
preference in Government jobs also
was passed at the final session last
night, supplementing others dealing
with veterans questions adopted at
previous sessions.
A dinner and dance followed the
election and installation and was the
final event on the three-day program.
Election Hotly Contested.
Most of the election contests were
hotly contested and many were not
decided until the final vote had been
cast. The other officers named were
Ray L. zwinglas, Stanley Church De
Pue Post, first vice commander; Helen
L. Opitz, Jacob Jones Post, second
vice president, and ROLAND w. Phil
lips of Lincoln Post, third vice COM
mander.
After Malloy had won over James
O'Connor Roberts, Cathedral Post, for
the office of national executive COM
mitteeman, the convention on motion
of Roberts moved the election of all
candidates by acclamation.
Joseph L. Koehl, Agriculture Post,
then withdrew in favor of Paul J. Nc
Gahan. National Press Club Post, for
the post of alternate national execu-
tive committeeman.
The delegates to the national con-
vention will be headed by Malloy ani
Lineburg, and include Thomas Mason,
jr., I'd Division Post; A. E. Gieg-
engack, Government Printing Of
flee Post; James F. Kehoe, Bureau of
Engraving Post; Joseph L. Koehl, Ag-
riculture Post; Theodore Cogswell, Au-
gustus P. Gardner Post: A. L. Dunlap,
James Reese Europe Post; James F.
Fries, George Washington Post; Harry
Photis, Lincoln Post; Helen Opitz,
Jacob Jones Post, and Joseph Giovan-
noni, Harry C. Spengler Post.
List of Altcrnates.
The alternates will be McGahan,
Elsie M. Pinney of Jacob Jones Post;
William P. Kershner, Sergt. Jasper
Post; John J. Mulyey, Kenneth H.
Nash Post; Fred A. Minnigh, Govern
ment Printing Office Post; Arts H.
Waters, George E. Killeen Post; AL
bert w. Tucker, Fort Stevens Post;
D. w. Smith, Stanley Church De Pue
Post; G. Lands, Bureau of Engraving
Post; Harold Mclaughlin, Sergt Jas
per Post; Philip L. Blake, Agriculture
Post, and Basil F. McAllister. Wash
1ngton Police Post.
In his report as department COM
mander, Malloy declared the member
ship was at its highest point. with
$500 members, as compared with
only $500 members in the years i'm
mediately after the World War. He
pointed to the departments activi-
ties in behalf of Constitution Day, and
various patriotic and citizenship pro-
grams and other events in which the
Legion participated as evidence of the
constructive influence of the organi-
Eation.
Malloy was presented a gold past
department commanders medal and
q saber by the department guard of
honor. McGahan presided at the in
stallation ceremony which followed
the election.
A. D. Godfrey, former commander
Of the Grand Army of the Republic,
who has just passed his Gath birth
day, extended greetings to the con-
vention.