Evening star., 1938-03-06
10Th Anniversary of Legion
To Be Marked by Broadcast
Noted Legionnaires of Screen and
Radio Viii appear on Program
on March Is.

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The nineteenth anniversary of the
organization of the American Legion
will be celebrated March is In a coast
forecast broadcast over N. 3. c.. when
noted Legionnaires Of the screen and
radio will be heard along with Ma
tiona! Comdr. Daniel j. Doherty. It
will start at midnight (E. S. T) and
continue one hour
Mr. Doherty will speak from Chi
cago, Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, national
president of the American Legion Aux
iliary. from New York and Fred G..
Fraser, chef de chemi de fer of the
Forty and Eight, from this city.
The entertainment part of the pro-
gram will come from Hollywood. Jack
Benny and Bob Burns, both Legion
naires, are among those scheduled to
entertain.
Many of the departments through
out the country have arranged special
parties to listen to the entertainment.
The birthday celebration will last three
days.
Fort Stevens Post 80 has arranged
a Gay Nineties" party for March 10
in Stansbury Hall for the benefit of
the uniform fund of its S. A. L..
Squadron. There will be dancing.
costume prizes and plate dinner will
be served. Arrangements are under
Vice Comdr. Harold Britain.
Cataloguing constitutional amend
ments has been assigned the following
committee: Past Comdr w. H. Har-
grave, chairman: Past Comdr. George
w. Phillips, Americanism Oficer Jo-
seph A. Walker. Civic Relations Officer
Ernest A. Pullman, Judge Advocate
Henry Grady Warburton, Vice Comdr.
George Norton and Adjt. Carl Ritten-
house.
The American Legion's annual mill
tary ball will be held April at the
Willard Hotel from $50 to 1870 pm.
Department Comdr. Thomas Mason,
jr., has appointed James F. Kehoe
general chairman, with Miss Jane Cox
as vice chairman. There will also be
floor show.
At the last Department Executive
Committee meeting at the District
Building the Rev. Louis C. Vaeth,
department chaplain. opened the ses-
sion with prayer for the speedy re-
covery of Gen. John j. Pershing. The
Legion sent a telegram to Gen. Per-
shing.
DR.. Winthrop Overholser, superin-
tendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital,
outlined the work Of that institution.
His work was later praised by Capt.
Watson B. Miller, national rehabilita-
ton director.
Edward Dixon, membership officer,
announced the present membership as
5,034, stating that this figure was 1l6
better than at this time last year.
Costello Post has the largest member
ship, with 397, closely followed by
the Sergt. Jasper Post, with 37l.
Department Employment Oficer
Donald G. Stanley requests all vet
Grams, in addition to registering with
the employment center, also register
for work at Legion headquarters in
the Denrike Building
The Jane A. Delano Post met at the
home of Vice Comdr Marie Owens.
The annual course in home ttiry ysfefie-
and care OF the sick, sponsored by the
post, will begin this month at the Op-
portunity House, First and H streets
NV. Service Officer Mary L. Reinohl
announced several donations have been
received from out-of-town members,
and luncheon and card party will be
held by the post at the Opportunity
House on March IL.
United States Bureau of Internal
Revenue Post will meet at the Hay
loft Club on Wednesday evening, with
Comdr. John A. Long presiding. The
Entertainment Committee will pre-
sent the Junior Chamber of Commerce
Glee Club, Legionnaires' Mandolin and
Guitar Club and Herbert Seasons of
New York, who will give several num-
berS,
George Washington Post will cele-
brate the 10th anniversary tomorrow
night at the Club Admiral, Seven
teenth street and Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV
3 A special program has been ar
ranged. Comdr. John F. Dull will
preside. One Of the charter members
of the post was Gen. John j. Pershing,
who was presented with a gold life
card just prior to his
departure for Tucson, Ariz. It will
also be ladies night, with members of
the American Legion Auxiliary and
the George Baldwin Mccoy unit of
the American Women's Legion as
guests.
Sergt. Jasper Post met at Pythian
Temple last Wednesday evening, with
Comdr. Daniel M. Goodacre presiding.
Past Comdr. Fred Money received
a number of gifts and a past COM
mander's button with a Forty and
Eight lug, the gift of his wife; a Le-
gion belt buckle, the gift of the Sergt.
Jasper Unit Auxiliary, presented by
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, while the
post itself presented him with a past
commanders ring on the occasion Of
his testimonial banquet last week.
Kenneth H. Nash Post will meet
Wednesday at the clubrooms, 20s
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. The fol-
lowing members were elected officers
of the club: Rexford H Madden,
president; Denzil A. Right, first vice
president; Monte T. Stotler, second
vice president, and Thomas J. Haley,
secretary and treasurer. Board of Di-
rectors, Jack Mulvey, Lewis E. Con-
nors. Denzil A. Right, Monte T.
Stotler and George E Seiders. Trus-
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