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Evening star., 1937-07-25
D. A. Y. MEMBERS
WILL ATTEND MEET
18th Annual Convention
Opens Next Saturday
in Columbus.

Headed by Department Comdr John
T. Winchester, a large delegation Of
members Of the Disable American
Veterans of the World War from this
city will attend the seventeenth an
nual convention at Columbus, Ohio
opening next Saturday. The local
delegation will be quartered at the
Deshler- Wallach Hotel.
National officers leaving from Wash
ington are Thomas Kirby. national
legislative chairman; Theodore Lind
strom, national rehabilitation chair
man; Mrs. Marie Anderson, execu-
tive committeeman of the Womens
Auxiliary.
Delega ates-Ace- Rasmussen Chapter,
Dr.. Walter Hess, chairman; Thomas
Kirby, Frank Haley, John Spears,
George Phillips, Edward Marthill.
National Capital Chapter-William B.
Covert chairman; William r. Beall,
James F. Lavery. Lloyd Henry. Fed
eral Chapter-E. Claude Babcock,
chairman; Earl G. Hendricks, Oscar
G. Jones, Burr Lenhart. Rea Chapter
Mrs. Mary Anne Kennedy, chair
man; George L. Cassidy. Col. Young
Chapter-Charles Toms, jr. Women's
Auxiliary-Mrs, Dorothy Covert, Mrs.
Suzanne Miller, Mrs. Charlotte
Tiffany.
Alternates-Ace-R -Rasmussen-Dr. C.
Hamilton Anderson, Joseph ASH, H.
Witherow. j. Kissock. National Capi-
tal-kenneth c. Bradley, Theodore
Lindstrom, Robert Slater, Theodore
D. Carroll. FederaEAmos K. Heimer,
c. A. Cartmill, Harold Sothoron,
Ralph Werner. Rea Chapter-Harry
Nuremberg, Ralph L. Chambers.
Women's Auxiliary-Mrs. Lucille
Cuney.
Washington Dugout, National Order
OF Trench Rats" will be represented
at the annual rendezvous by the fol-
lowing delegates: Dr. C. Hamilton
Anderson, Earl G. Hendricks and VIII
liam r. Beau.
The Department Public Relat tions
Committee, with the approval of the
department commander, is making
arrangements with local churches of
various denominations to observe
Sunday, August %, as a day of spe-
cial prayer for the Disabled American
Veterans. Members will be requested
to attend churches of their own de-
nominations. 1t is planned to attend
these services at churches that have
signified their intention of observing
the day as specified. A complete list
Of such churches will be submitted
the Sunday preceding the day OF the
services.
A special trip was made to Wake
field. birthplace OF Washington, last
Sunday. The D. A. v. party went By
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boat to Colonial Beach, where the
journey was completed by bus.
The next caravan on the itinerary
OF visits to historic spots will be to
Fredericksburg. Va, August IS, the
party leaving Lincoln Memorial at
10 an.
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Governor Watches Raid.

DES MONIES, Iowa. July "a (P.
Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel had an op-
portunity to observe Des Moines police
in action.
He was buying . cigar ut . hotel
cigar stoee wtaSu polios rsided the
place, se4xinS q punch boards.
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l. o. 0. F. NEWS

The committee on the annual field
day will meet pm. July % at Odd
Fellows Temple, when final arrange
ments will be made for the event on
August 7, which will be held at Res
ervoir Park, Sixteenth and Kennedy
streets northwest.
a-.
Past Chief Patriarch F. W. schu-
macher, assisted by past chief patri-
archs from Mount Nebo Encampment.
will install officers of Fred D. Stuart
Encampment Tuesday evening. "
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AMERICAN SLAIN

Seven Held in Murder of Planter
in Philippines.
MANILA, P. l., July "a L).-Police
investigating the Staying Of Percy A.
Hill, American planter. arrested seven
men today They said one admitted
participation in the crime, gave rob-
berry as the motive and implicated the
other six
Hill, a native of Watertown, N. Y.
was alone with two servants when a
band OF masked bolo- welding men
raided his plantation home at Munzo,
Nuevacija, last night.
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M'LE|SH TO HEAD
V.E.W. COMMITTEE
Judge Advocate in Charge
of Transportation to
Encampment.
Meetings This Week.

Monday - Washington Post,
1903 Fourteenth street. Front
Line Post, 1414 Eye street.
Tuesday - National Capital
Post, 1918 l. street northwest.
Wednesday-Overseas Military
Band, National Guard Armory.
Drum and Bugle Corps, National
Guard Armory.
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MAJ. GEN. H0LCOMB
IS BACK FROM TRIP
Marine Headquarters Prepare for
Series of Parleys After
Inspection Tour.

With the return TO Washington n,
Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb COM
mandant OF the Marine CORDS. from
West Coast inspection trip Head
quarters prepared for a series of con-
ferences with him, following his first
tour in the field, since he assumed the
leadership of the organization.
Gen. Holcomb will report on hi.
findings to Secretary Swanson and
Admiral William D. Ieahr. chief Of
naval operations. Out Of his investi-
cation of corps activities in various
sections Of the Nation will doubtless
come various recommendations to
bring the organJzation into line with
the new commandments ideas.
The platoon leaders class at the
Marine Barracks. Quantico. Va. where
some 298 young men. mostly graduates
from Eastern universities and colleges,
are undergoing training will continue
until August IA, officials said These
young men are getting a real taste
Of service conditions with the Marine
Corps and are being instructed bv
regulars, both commissioned and en-
listed, in various drills, on the rifle
range and the life of Marine
generally.
Mai William c. Hall, who has been
on temporary duty at Marine Corps
Headquarters since July l, has been
assigned as executive officer at the
Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, N. H.
Mai. Field Harris. on duty In the
Marine Corps aviation group of the
Bureau of Aeronautics. Navy Depart
ment, has been ordered to temporary
duty at the Naval Air Station, Pensa-
cola. Fla He will return to WASH
ington for duty following this as
signment.
First Lieut.. Michael Meg. Mahoney
has been detached from the Marine
Barracks at the New York Navy Yard
and will go on duty at the Marine
Barracks at Cavite, P. I. He is slated
to sail for the Orient aboard the naval
transport U. S. S. Henderson, which
sails from Norfolk, Va, on August II.
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Legion Welfare Picnic
Is Scheduled for Julv 81
tion Delegates and Bugle Corps
Contest Planned.
RRANGEMENTS have been
completed for the annual child
welfare picnic, sponsored by

ARRANGEMENTS nave Deen
~ completed for the annual child
~ welfare picnic, sponsored by
4 n that committee of the District
of Columbia Department, the Amer
ican Legion, July 81, from 3 to pm,
at the Sixteenth Street Reservoir. The
Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps will furnish music.
There will be a base ball game be-
tween two of the junior teams at 3
o'clock, with other interesting fea-
lures.
Department Comdr Horace w. Line
burg has set July 28 as the deadline
for receipt of dues to determine dele
gates and alternates to the department
convention, August II to IA, at the
Mayhower Hotel. Each post will be
entitled to one delegate and one alter
nate for each so members or major
portion thereof.
The annual drum and bugle corps
contest to decide the corps which will
officially represent the local depart
ment for the coming year will take
place Immediately following the close
of the department convention. Fort
Stevens Post was the winner last year.
At the meeting of July IA Kenneth
H. Nash Post elected the following
delegates and alternates to the an
nual department convention in August.
Delegates are Comrades Mulvey Null
key. Goldberg, Lee, Browning, Grom-
met and Haldeman, and alternates,
Comrades CogsWeN, Meyers, Panizza,
Royal, Grimes, Statler and Haley.
The appointments to committees are
Comdr. Mulvey, chairman of the dele
cation. Browning, on resolutions
Goldberg. on rules, and Grommet, on
credentials.
Nominations of officers will be made
at the meeting August l8, at the
Old Naval Hospital. 93l Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
Fort Stevens Post will be repre-
sented at the department convention
in August by the following: Dele
gates-George w. Phillips, ex-officio,
w. H. Hargrave, John D. Kiley, John
T. Long. Joseph A. Walker, Joseph
A. ASH, Leo J. Reel, Richard H. Wan
cour and Henry G. Warburton
Alternates-Roy Ponton, Alfred c.
Harmon. Ben Aaronsohn, Micnael J
Lyons, Lewis K. Hlle, Arthur A. Con-
. nelly, Floyd G. Caskey, James Shea
and Joseph T. Oliver
introduced relative to veterans prefer
enCe and constitutional changes
The post Squadron Sons of the
American Legion Will hold business
meeting in the post club rooms July
80. Preparations for participation in
the departmental parade on August
IL will be made.
United States Treasury Post elected
the following delegates to the depart
ment convention: Charles Daley, jr
J. L. Below, w. T. Slattery Kenneth
Bovay. Robert D. Beeton, Maj. Thacker
V. Walker, Mrs. Mary A. Kennedy, N
E. Hubel, J. Lee Wilkinson and Joseph
P. S. Roberts.
Nominations Of officers will be made
at the meeting August 10. and elec-
tlons will be September IA.
Stanley Church Depue Post met at
the Potomac Boat Club last Wednes-
day evening, with Comdr. Ralph Kelly
presiding.
Delegates to the department con-
ventlon are Donald w Smith. John
Gray, William C. Byrd and Ralph E
Kelly.
Ray L. Zwinglas, department senior
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Washington Post will meet tomor-
row, at 8:l5 pm, at 1903 Fourteenth
street.
Jacob N Opsahl, Charles E. Jarnoe
and Walter P. Boehm will represent
the post at the national encampment
and have been instructed to support
Past Dept. Comdr. Inman for national
Junior vice commander in chief
Walter P. Boehm, president of the
Washington Post CLUB. Will announce
the definite opening date Of the new
post club house, at Seventeenth and l.
streets. A social Will follow the busi-
ness session.
Potomac Post met Thursday evening
in the Northeast Masonic Temple.
Comdr. James Sheehan presided
Dept. Comdr. Herman and Dept.
Senior Vice Condr. Belt spoke.
Front Line Post was presided over
by Comdr. Benedetto John L. Hnlgen,
who served on the North Sea Fleet,
United States Navy. during the World
War, was obligated TO membership.
Ridgeway r. Gibbs was accepted by
ttansfer from Post No. 473, Jackson,
Miss
Quartermaster Joseph Lynch will
report at the next meeting rates to
the national encampment, which have
been secured from several railroads
and bus lines.
An entire floor OF the Hotel Buffalo
has been reserved for the delegation OF
this post. Joseph B. Gardella and
Joseph Moran were elected delegates
and Eli Busada and Edward T. Sped
den, alternates.
Miss Clara Wood was awarded the
prize IN the Popularity Contest for
Lassies," conducted by Top Notch
Tent, Military Order of Coolies, Tues
day, on its moonlight excursion. She
and Ernest st. Jacques will be given
free trips to the national encampnent
at Buffalo next month.
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vice commander, who is a member Of
this post, announced his withdrawal
as a candidate for department COM
mander next year.
Columbia Posts Drum and Bugle
Corps will meet Tuesday evening at
the registrars Office, Fourteenth and
Independence avenue southwest.
The annual crab feast Of the post
will be held August at 8 pm. at 9l2
Michigan avenue northeast. Those
who wish to attend, communicate with
any member Of the post or with Joe
Workman. chairman, at Decatur
5853-W.
Sergt Jasper Post will elect dele
gates and alternates to the department
convention at the next meeting. OFF,
GERS also will be nominated.
Members Of the Vincent b Costello
Post at the last meeting declined to
lndorse any candidate for the Watson
B. Miller Trophy, awarded annually
by the District Legion to the Legion
naire performing the most outstand-
ing unSelfiSh service during the year.
In resolution the members said they
deplored the injection OF politics in
the awarding of this trophy and
strongly condemned the actions of
individuals petitioning for support in
attaining this honor.
Bunker Hill Post met Tuesday eve
ming at 1926 MaSSa achusetts avenue
and elected the following delegates
and alternateS TO the department
convention: Delegates. Comdr Grover
W. Tribble, First Vice Comdr. Mack
Myers, Second Vice Comdr Herbert
F. Audas, Third Vice Comdr William
Leo Collins, Adjt. lie Grand J. P.
Fichthorn, Raymond A. Eichhorn
and Thomas Popham Royston. Alter
mates: Frank A. Connolly. Finance
Officer William A. Hans, Past Comdr.
Robert A. Ralph. Harry D. Ludeman,
Americanism Officer Zeb T. Hamll-
ton, William Reginald Brennan and
Charley F. Maloy.
The Entertainment Committee Is
making plans for the dinner dance
August at Maryland Club Gardens.
Reservations must be submitted to the
committee not later than August 2.
The post will also sponsor a family
party at Selby- on-the Bay, Md, Sep
tember H.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Y. F. w. AUXILIARY
AWAITS SESSION
Many Members of District De-
partment to Attend En-.
CamDment.

Many members of the Ladies' Aux
lllary, District of Columbia Depart
ment, Veterans Of Foreign Wars. are
planning to attend the thirty-eighth
national encampment at Buffalo, N.
Y, next month.
PRESIDENTS of local units have been
requested to submit the list of dele
gates and alternates to the encamp-
ment to the department secretary al
once. The names of members to serve
on various committees are also re-
quested.
Defense Auxiliary met July Il at
2020 Rhode Island avenue northeast.
Blngo followed the meeting. with the
proceeds going to the flag fund.
Defense Post voted to hold onlv one
regular meeting month during July
and August. Department Comdr. Da-
v1d Herman and his aide, Comrade
Harman, spoke.
The post will hold bingo party
July % at the Star Hall in Mount
NS'AAiiSA, iho AN 1llenCS
are invited.
Pollce-Fire auxiliary elected dele
gates to the national encampment as
follows: Edith Denbroeder and Kath-
ryn Smith and Alternates Mary
Weatheran and Eva Wheeler.
Kathryn Smith, Pearl Lipscomb
and Esther Earhart were obligated.
A card and handkerchief party was
given, following the meeting, in honor
OF the birthday anniversary of Mary
Weatherall.
Potomac Auxiliary met at the home
OF Ruth B. Keene, 4619 Eighth street
Friday evening, with President Lueb-
kert presiding. May Lillian Bridges
was obligated. The meeting night was
changed from second Friday of the
month to the third Friday. The next
meeting will be held at the home OF
Elizabeth Beasley, 1907 Upshur street
with a social after the meeting.
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vice commander, who is a member Of
this post, announced his withdrawal
as candidate for department COM
mander next year.
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Sergt. Jasper Post will elect dele.
gates and alternates to the department
convention at the next meeting. Off.
GERS also will be nominated.
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David B. Herman, commander, Dis
trict OF Columbia Department, Vet
Grams OF Foreign Wars, has appointed
Judge Advocate George c. McLeish as
chairman Of the "On to Buffalo"
Committee to arrange for transporta-
ton to the national encampment there
August % to September 4. Members
who intend to take the trip are re-
quested to see Mr. McLeish at head
quarters, 1924 H street or at his office,
1l01 Vermont avenue.
Norman Edwards, athletic director,
is endeavorlng to list soft ball, bowl
ing, basket ball and track teams from
the various posts into league.
The Armistice Day Committee will
meet next Thursday at department
headquarters.
Comdr. Forester presided over the
last meeting Of Advance Post, when
Department Comdr Herman made an
address. Lloyd Graham and Stephen
B. Jones, delegates to the national
convention were instructed to support
Past Department Comdr. Edward K.
1nman for the Office of national
junior vice commander in chief.
The annual excursion of the post
to Marshall Hall will be held next
Saturday.
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Defense Auxiliary met July Il at
2o20 Rhode Island avenue northeast.
Blngo followed the meeting. with the
proceeds going to the flag fund.
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A special trip was made to Wake
field, birthplace OF Washington, last
Sunday. The D. A. v. party went By
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Conldr. Samuel w Hawkins pre-
sided over Col. James S. Petit Camp
The charter was ordered draped in
memory Of Past Condr. Louis C. Fel-
ton.
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RULING ABSOLVES
81 PHARMACISTS
Charge Of Violating Food and
Drug Act Is Dis
missed.

Charges Of violating the Federal
food and drug act, filed against "a
pharmacists, were dismissed in Police
Court today when Judge Walter j.
Casey sustained demurrer filed last
August by Thomas A. Moskey, BAIL
M street, through F. j. Donohue and
Maxwell Ostrow, counsel for the Dis
trict Retail Druggists Association.
All Of the druggists were arrested
last Summer on information furnished
by the Pure Food Division of the Agri-
culture Department and filed in Po-
lice Court by Assistant District Attor-
ney David A. Hart.
1t was charged in the case decided
on today that Moskey violated the act
in that an Ingredient in one of his
prescriptions was slightly greater in
weight than that for which the pre-
scription called.
In sustaining the demurrer, Judge
Casey took the broad view that pre-
scriptions prepared by druggists are
not subject to the act, and that only
prepared and patented medicines, on
the bottle of which must appear the
ingredients and the weights thereof,
can come under the act. He held that
druggists are not manufacturers, to
which the law applies.
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Inspection of Building Here
Disrupted by 'Walking Strike

Inspection Of building operations
was disrupted in the District today,
except in areas within walking dis
lance Of the District Building, fol-
lowing the Budget Bureaus refusal
to give inspectors an allowance for
the use Of their automobiles.
The so-called walking strike"
started yesterday. Previously the 10
inspectors mad been using their own
cars at their own expense to get to
outlying districts.
Building Inspector John w. Och
mann took cognizance of the situa-
ton today by calling on his staff to
report on the number OF inspections
made yesterday and today, as COM
pared with last week, when all the
inspectors used their automobiles.
These reports will be given to Engi-
neer Commissioner Sultan.
Until i've years ago the inspectors
received regular allowances for the
use OF their cars. This was discon-
tinued during the depression Is an
economy measure. The Commissioners,
however. sought te have the allow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-13
GARCIA ON TRIAL
ON THEFT COUNTS
Alleged 'FuII-Dress Burglar
Is Under Indictment
in 27 Cases.

Under indictment in 81 cases Of
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny, George
Garcia, 25. the so-called "full-dress
burglar" who allegedly preyed on
Well-to-do apartment house dwellers
for six months. went on trial in Dis
trict Court today in three of the cases.
The dapper young Cuban appeared
unworried as he was taken before
Justice F. Dickinson Let's. He was
dressed in well-cut gray suit and
his curly hair was trimmed and
slicked.
Assistant United States Attorney
Samuel F. Beach said the other
charges will be disposed OF following
today's trial.
The indictments placed before the
jury accuse Garcia of breaking into
the apartments of Public Printer
Augustus E. Giegengack. in the Ward
man Park Hotel; Temple w. Hilliard,
1907 Connecticut avenue, and Alfred
Lindstrom, 1909 Belmont road.
Garcia is charged with stealing Jew
elry and clothing worth S3l from
Giegengack and his wife, jewelry
worth 1920 from the billiard apart
ment, and articles worth S1685O from
the Lindstrom home.
All three burglaries occurred late
last December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geigengack, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hilliard and Mr.. and Mrs. Lind
strom took the witness stand today to
tell Of the crimes. Each witness said
his or her apartment was found in
disorder. and Hilliard declared his bed
had been slashed with knife.
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AMERICAN AIRLINES
BREAKS TRAFFIC MARK

American Airlines, Inc, established
. new passenger traffic record for
March, President c. r. Smith an
nounced today.
Passenger revenue for the month
showed an increase of "A per cent
over March, 1886, and "a per cent
over February, 1887. Passenger miles
for March were 1921, 498, as COM
pared with 6,615,8o2 in March, 1886,
and 6,645,319 in February, 1887. Fig
ures for air mail and express trans
ported, not yet available, are expect
ed to show comparable gains.
In March American Airlines trans
ported 20,266 revenue passengers, the
first time in the history of the COM
pany that 10000 revenue passengers
were carried In March of any year.
This compares with 1888 in March,
1885, and 1899 in February, 1886.
Major gains in traffic were shown
on the Chicago Washington route,
where March business was up S. per
cent over the previous month.
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ance restored during the 1898 fiscal
year, but the item was denied by the
Budget Bureau.
District officials are said to believe
that inspectors should not be required
to incur considerable expense in in
speeding outlying building operations
and the action Of the inspectors is not
construed by them as a strike"
Some Of the territories covered by
inspectors are so distant and large in
area that 1t is said to be impossible
to reach building sites even by the
use Of street cars. This is particularly
true in the case of one territory cover
ing all the area in the District east
Of the Anacostia River and south of
Pennsylvania avenue.
Jesse Kimball, chief of the building
inspection staff, estimated that in
spections of the staff will decrease IS
to so per cent. Only one Of the staff
of 10 inspectors, he said, was able to
cover his territory adequately yester-
day. This man inspects operations
in the area bounded by Q street and
the Mall, Fourteenth street and
Fourth street northeast.