Evening star., 1938-10-23
Roosevelt Will Broadcast
At Arn,istice Day Rites
Also to Place Wreath at Tomb of
Unk1,0,un Soldier at Ceremonies
Under Legion Auspices.

in the Armstice Day ceremonies at IL
O'Clock at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington Cemetery under
the auspices Of the American Legion,
when he will place wreath. He will
make an address, which will be broad
cast. The President was invited last
week by National Comdr. Stephen F..
Chadwick of Seattle, Wash.
Starting at noon the American Le-
gion will be on the air in a Nation
wide broadcast Of its hour program
dedicated to enduring peace and the
deeper significance of the first Armis-
tice National Comdr. Chadwick will
address the Nation over facilities of
the National Broadcasting Co. from
this city.
Comdr H. w. Hummer announces
the following new members have been
received into Sergt. Jasper Post: Clar-
ence H. Shisler, Medical Corps; John H.
Alters, Infantry; Frederick T. Parnell,
Infantry; George H. Miller, lO9th
Machine Gun Battalion; Jesse v.
Thicker, 53rd Infantry; Edward j.
Flynn, Navy; Robert T. Stringfellow,
Infantry; Lloyd B. Fields, SIND Rail-
road Engineers; Joseph E. Chandler,
Artillery; William T. Young, Medical
Corps, 1l6th Engineers.
The next meeting will be at Pythian
Temple on November 2.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 32 Drum and
Bugle Corps will lead Nativity Church
unit in the Holy Name Society parade
next Sunday. The corps will assemble
at the church at 12:45 pm Corps
President Michael j. Lyons announces
the appointment of John D. D'Andelet
as musical director and Dan H. Blocker
as assistant musical director. Election
of officers will be held in Roosevelt
High School on the night of Novem-
ber l.
Comdr. A. Miller will present to the
department Executive Committee a
plan to hold an invitation drum and
bugle corps contest at Griffith Stadium
coincident with the annual Washington
Cherry Blossom celebration next spring
He will also propose that a standard
community service chart be drawn and
adopted by the department for the
purpose of annual reports of the several
posts.
A Halloween dance will be held in
Stansbury Hall at 8 pm, October 81.
Spot dance, door and costume prizes
will be awarded. All Legionnaires and
friends are invited.
The Executive Committee will meet
in the club rooms next Wednesday at
8 pm. Membership Officer Robert NJ
Kennedy will hold a meeting of his
committee at the same time and place.
At the last meeting of U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Squadron, No. 2, Sons of the
American Legion, held at Thomson
School. the following officers were
elected: Captain, John Robert Punk
EFT; first lieutenant, Ernest Carl Frank
houser: second lieutenant, Albert N.
Pagnotta; adjutant, John Richard
Crump: finance officer, Robert Panizza; );
chaplain, Edward Basil McAllister;
sergeant at arms. D. Courtney Car
withen, jr.; historian, Charles P.
O'Hara, jr.; color bearers, Daniel Henry
O'Hagan and James Edward OHagan.
The squadron was honored by the
presence of the newly installed COM
mander of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post. Anna S. Frame. whose son was
the first captain of the squadron. Edith
Warren Quinn was appointed as squad
ron commander.
Officers of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post were installed October 20, at the
Washington Hotel Department
Comdr. James T. Brady and his staff
were present. The officers are Anne
Frame, commander Edna Smith,
senior vice commander; Dorothy
Drunken, junior vice. commander; Cora
Drake, historian; Dorothy Graham,
chaplain; Ruth Marks, quartermaster;
Blanche Sinclair, sergeant at arms;
Ruth Mckenzie and Harriet Jen-
nings, color bearers.
National Executive Committeeman
Joseph T. Malloy presented the retir-
ing commander, Belle K. Graves, with
past commanders badge. The retir-
ing commander also was presented a
past commanders ring by Past Comdr.
Jane Cox in the name of the post.
Music for dancing was furnished by
the United States Navy Band.
A special meeting was held last Fri
day night by the Gen. U. G. McAlex-
ander Post, No. 38 and unit, at the