Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

liam H. Hargrave, general chair
man of the Department Convention
Committee, In working out the de-
tails.
Following the local convention the
members will start preparations for
the 21st national convention which
will be held in Chicago, September
Is to %. According to word re-
ceived here last week approximately
10000 reservations have already
been received for official department
delegations.
A Dawn Patrol" radio program,
sponsored by the American Legion
for disabled and sick veterans, Is
being broadcast each morning, ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday, over
Station WRC, by the N. B. c. The
announcer is Gordon Hittenmark.
Franklin j. Porter, department
employment officer, is chairman OF
the Dawn Patrol" Committee. This
program was inaugurated on June 81
and is dedicated to the late James
T. Brady, department commander,
who died June 9. 1t is designed to
reach the many veterans of the
World War who are sick and con-
fined to homes or hospitals.
Comdr. Amos A. Fries of George
Washington Post, accompanied by
Archibald H. Thompson, chairman
of the Americanism Committee Of
the post, and Adjt. James j. Murphy
presented the final American Le-
gion School Awards at the Alice
Deal Junior High School. Those to
whom the awards were made were
Robert La Toilette Sucher and Betty
Elaine Beckanstin.
The next meeting of the post will
be held July 5 instead of July 4 on
account of the holiday activities.
Delegates and alternates will be
elected to the department conven-
ton, to be held in the Mayflower
Hotel, August 1912.
Fort Stevens Post will meet in
Stansbury Hall on Thursday at 8:l5
pm, with Comdr. Abraham Miller
presiding. There will be nomination
and election of delegates and alter
mates to the department conven-
ton.
The Junior League baseball team,
which won the f1rst-half series
without loss, will meet Pepco team
on the Ellipse diamond today at
3 pm.
Invitation to participate in Wash
ington's 4th of July celebration on
the Monument Grounds and in an
niversary exercises at the Fort
Stevens battle site on July II have
been accepted by the senior drum
and bugle corps, according to their
president. George Norton.
A crab feast will be held July 8 in
Stansbury Hall Immediately follow
ing the running of the Soap Box
Derby. All Legionnaires and friends
are invited. Arrangements are in
charge of Past Comdr. John T. Long.
The Advisory Council of the U. S.
S. Jacob Jones Post will meet at the
home of Past Comdr. Mary Tats-
paugh, 1921 Otis street NE, July
6 at pm. Mary Weide and Neilia
Eichhorn will act as co-hostesses.
The following members of the post
have been appointed to serve as
clerks of the course for the Soap
Box Derby on July 8: Comdr. Anne
Frame. chief clerk; Past Comdrs,
Belle Graves and Jane Cox, assist
ant chief clerks: Lillian Caldwell,
Jane Breen, Mary Tatspaugh, Helen
Opitz, Dorothy Graham, Estelle
Ruby, Ruth Mckenzie, Florence
Kennedy, Helen Brown, Ulala Ber-
ger, Edna Smith and Charlotte
Berry, clerks.
The June meeting of the Jacob
Jones Post S. A. L. Squadron was
the last until fall and was held at
the home of Robert and Richard
Panizza, Cherrydale, Va. 1t was a
joint picnic with the Quentin Roose-
welt S. A. L.
A meeting of the post will be held
July 10 at pm. at the Thomas Cir
Gle Club. Election of delegates and
alternates to the department con-
vention will be held.
All veterans of the World War are
eligible to place their names on the
charter of the Department of Com
merce Post of the American Legion,
providing they have been employed
by this department.
1t is the desire that contact be
made at the earliest possible mo-
ment so as your name may be in
cluded on the charter, which will
be closed in the near future.
For further information contact
your personnel chief, who will ad-
wise you whom to contact.
United States Department of Agri-
culture Post will meet in room 1899
South Building at $3.50 pm. on July
7. All members are requested to at
tend this meeting, as delegates and
to the department con-
vention will be elected.
The Detachment Sons of the
Legion will hold their joint rally and
field day July 8 at pm. at Palisades
Field House as the guests of Poto-
mac Squadron No. 40. There will be
relay, track, softball and other
games. All entries for the events
to be scheduled will be by squad
rons. The parents of members and
Legionnaires are invited.
The Detachment Softball League
has scheduled games to be played
on diamond No. 8, Twenty-fi first
street and Constitution avenue NV,
each Sunday, pm. to pm. Mem
bers of squadrons who do not have
teams scheduled are invited to Join
in this activity.
Department Radio Omcer Charles