Evening star., 1939-07-30
D. &. Department of Legion
Conducts Radio Program
Post Meetings Will Be Announced
On Request; Other Activities


of Columbia Department, the
American Legion, over Station
WRC, every day, except Sunday,
from to 7:30 am.
Any post social, business meeting,
ETC., will be announced on the pro-
gram, provided written announce
ment is sent to department head
quarters by Wednesday of each week
for announcement the following
week. Any emergency announce
ment will be made If word Is sent
to headquarters.
Although elaborate plans had been
made for a parade on the opening
night of the annual departmental
convention at the Mayflower Hotel
on August 10, the Executive Com
mittee, at meeting last Thursday
night, voted to eliminate this fea-
ture.
1t was decided to hold instead a
memorial service for the late De-
part.nent Comdr. James T. Brady.
This service will be held at the hotel
st 7:30p.m.
There vas meeting of the
Trophies anG Awards Committee
at department headquarters last
Thursday, 1t. Thomas Mason, IT,,
presiding. Nominations for the vari-
GUS trophies submitted by the vari-
Gus posts were considered and rec
concentrations made to the Depart
ment Executive Committee.
Fort Stevens Post No. 80 will
meet in Stansbury Hall next Thurs
day, BIS pm. to nominate officers
and executive committeeman. Comdr.
Abraham Miller will preside.
The senior drum and bugle corps,
department champions continuously
since 1882, are holding rehersals
each Tuesday and Friday in Roose-
welt High School armory prepara-
tory to convention competition.
Sons Of the Squadron, Sons of the
American Legion, and members of
the Junior League baseball team were
guests Of the post at the annual
picnic on Longs farm, Mechanics
vile, Md Past Comdr. John T..
Longs soft ball team of post men,
bers trounced that of Comdr. Abra-
ham Miller 2 to /.
Nine delegates and nine alternates
to the department convention will
be uninstructed, but will vote the
unit rule.
On August 18th will be a moon
light cruise.
Nomination of officers will take
place Tuesday night at the Club
Admiral. of George Washington
Post. They will be elected at the
September meeting.
The Legion's efforts to secure vet
erans' grave markers acceptable in
modern cemeteries where monu-
ments may not be placed seemed
we'll on its way to a finish when
the House passed H. r. 985, provid-
ing for the furnishing Of fiat bronze
markers for graves. Five minor
amendments were attached to the
measure in the House, and 1t now
goes to the Senate for concurrent
action on the amendments. There
are more than 600 cemeteries in the
United States which permit nothing
other than fiat bronze markers for
graves.
Sergt Jasper Post, at the last
meeting, elected the following as
alternates for the departmental con-
vention: Charles NJ. Flanagan, Dan
Patterson. Ross Singrey, Paul F.
Ludwig, Russell w. Clarkson, I. M.
Hildebrand, Justus C. De Booy, Har-
old J. Mclaughlin, Paul H. McMur-
ray, James F. Sturgis, Charles o.
Dougherty, John P. Lester, Victor
j. Fasrar, Samuel N. Lichens, James
T. White and John J. Snyder.
Sergt. Jasper's junior baseball
team will play Cooley Mccullough
juniors today at o'clock on the
west diamond of the Ellipse.
Vice Comdr. Ayden A. Dibble Is
chairman of the committee arrang-
ing the post dance at the Indian
Spring Club on August S. The next
meeting of the post will be held
August 2 at Pythian Temple.
Cooley Mccullough Post No. %,
will meet August at the v. F. w.
clubhouse, 100 L street NV, at
8 pm. The posts junior baseball
team will play its final game versus
Sergt. Jasper on the Ellipse, west
diamond, today at pm.
Vincent B. Costello Post, No. IS,
will meet Tuesday at pm. at the
District Building. Officers will be
nominated and elected.
The speaker of the evening will
be Comdr. Martin Goerl.
Columbia Post, No. "a, will meet
Wednesday at 8 pm. at Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Lodge, Elev-
enth street and Massachusetts, ave-