Evening star., 1938-05-01

Ific ANtn annual national AeTla
membership roundup of the American
Legion is being directed today from
national headquarters at Indianapolis
md. In number of instances specia
planes viii be used to take the cards
there. while others will 60 by regular
plane schedule. A report from head.
quarters stated 1t is expected total oi
$4,000 membership will be recorded
today
Early this morning Thomas M
owen. national historian, who resides
in this city, few to national head
quarters carrying a total Of 6,425
membership cards from this depart.
ment. This is TOO better than the
membership in the District of Co.
lumbia at the same time last year
and likewise Is 700 better than the
quota set for this department by the
national organization at the beginning
of the year. The national quota for
the District is $3.50.
In honor of Legionnaires partici-
pating Nationla Comdr. Daniel j. Do
herty will entertain them tonight with
a banquet at which the principal
speaker will be Maj Albert w. Stew
ems of the U. S. Army Air Corps.
Since national convention parade
position, convention housing, and con-
vention hall seating depend upon the
membership standing of the various
departments as of May g. every effort
will be made to secure leading place
in the membership totals.
Various national committees will
meet this week at national headquar-
ters which will be attended by repre-
sentatives from the District of Column
bia Department.
On the Ellipse back of the White
House at l pm. today the American
Legion Junior Baseball League opens.
All four diamonds of the Ellipse will be
used for the opening games, and
Clark Griffith. president of the WASH
ington Senators. will throw out the
first ball at one of the games. Others
who will throw out the first ball at the
other diamonds will be j. Edgar
Hoover. chief of the Bureau of In
vestigation; Watson Miller, national
rehabilitation officer of the Legion,
and Horace w. Lineburg, past depart
ment commander of the Legion, while
Julius I. Peyser, past department
commander. will also be on hand to
perform this service for the young
sters If one Of the above finds it i'm
possible to attend.
The teams playing are Costello
Post VS.. Cooley Cullough, repre-
sentatives of the Pepco Post VS.. Fort
Stevens Post Agriculture Post VS..
Police Post and Nash Post VS.. Sergt.
Jasper Post Starting May and con-
tinuing for the balance of the year,
the teams will play each Sunday at
the same place. two games being
played at l pm. and the next two
being staged at pm.
Participation Of American Legion
posts everywhere in the Nation wide
observance of "Air Mail Week." May
Is to 81, as patriotic activity in
line with the Legion's national de-
tense objectives, has been urged by
National Comdr. Doherty. The ma
tional chairman of the Air Mail Week
campaign is Paul r. Younts, post
master Of Charlotte, N. c., and an
outstanding Legionnaire.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, will meet
in Stansbury Hall Thursday night.
with Comdr John Thomas Long pre-
siding. Final plans for the annual
carnival, June Is to IS inclusive, will
be submitted by Chairman Abraham
Miller.
Following exercises in observance
of Mothers Day on May 8, a dinner
dance will be held in Stansbury Hall
from 3 to pm. Ed Donaldson is
chairman.
There will be meeting of the
Constitution Committee at 428 Pea
oory street NV. on May 2, 8 pm.
U. s. S. Jacob Jones Advisory
Council will meet next Thursday at
8 O'Clock at the home OF Senior Vice
Comdr. Anne Frame, 1926 South
Carolina avenue Sc. with Cora
Drake and Dorothy Drunken as CO.
hostesses.
Vincent B. Costello Post will meet
Tuesday at the Carlton Hotel. En-
tertainment vii. he provided by z. v.
McNelley.
Arrangements are completed for the
Costello Post dance to be held at the
Hotel Washington, May 10, at 8 pm.
The American Legion Bowling
League finished its fourth year and
for the fourth time the team Kenneth
II. Nash Post No. won the Fred Fra
ser Trophy. Averages for the season
were Courtney. 113; Sarver, 1l2;
Walker, Ill: Halderman, l05; Right,
l04; Keech, 96 and Hauser, "a. Nash
has second high team set, high second
game by Right, l72; high strikes by
Halderman, 80.
At the World War Memorial in Po-
tomac Park today at pm, the Amer
ican Legion and its affiliated bodies
viii have the annual observance OF
May Day. Bertram w. Gearhart past
department commander of California
and a representative in Congress, will
speak on "Americanism, while Miss
katherin Lenroot, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Department OF
Labor. will speak on Child Welfare y
Mary G. Hawes, lie Chapean Nationale