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traffic legislation in conformance
with a uniform vehicle code as an
important medium of advancing
highway safety.
Mr.. Chadwick gave his approval
to the suggestion that all depart
ment Legislative Committees con-
slider enactment of the uniform
motor vehicle act as starting point
for sound, constructive and long
range highway safety program.
State service officers of the Legion,
and those holding comparable posi-
tions under the various State gov
ernments, formed the State Service
Officers Association while attending
the annual meeting of the National
Rehabilitation Committee here last
week. James F. Burns of Wisconsin
was elected temporary chairman and
Henry KriZ, Nebraska, temporary
secretary.
Meetings of the association will
be held in conjunction with the Ma
tion Legion Convention and Re-
habilitation Committee meetings.
The department ball will be held
on April % at the Mayf1oWer Hotel.
Department commanders from
Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and Virginia have been invited.
The National Guard of Honor of
the American Legion will hold a
turkey shoot today at Glen Echo.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, and
Squadron Sons annual community
| patriotic exercises will be held in
Mcfarland Junior High School at
pm. February %. Presentation of
sixth-grade essay contest medals
and certificates; presentation of
high school American Legion citi-
zen certificates; a patriotic address
and selections by the Macfarland
Junior High School Orchestra COM
prise the program being arranged
by Americanism Officer Ross E.
Amos.
Maj. Ernest Pullman, intercivic
relation chairman, has been directed
to submit resolution to civic and
municipal officers in support of the
move for traffic signal lights at
Georgia and Concord avenues NV
Recently voted to membership are:
! Lorin Alvin Marks. United States
Signal Corps; Roy Lee Jackson,
1896 Supply Train, U. S. A.; Joseph
Goldstein, U. S. S. Houston, United
States Navy: Ramon Denison
France, Coast Artillery, U. S. A.,
and Ernest E. Brock, United States
Navy.
The Past Commanders Associa-
ton met in the Willard Hotel last
Friday night, President Charles
Cohen, McCullouth Post, presiding
An entertainment is being spon-
sored for inmates of Glenn Dale
Sanitarium on February IA, GAS
pm. A resolution has been pre-
sented to the District Committee
of the United States Congress urg-
ing provision of motion picture
equipment for that institution.
The Advisory Council of the U.
S. S. Jacob Jones Post met at the
home of Jessie Collins, 4124 Fessen-
den street NV. on February 9. She
was assisted by Lillian Caldwell and
Alice Derrow as co-hostesses.
The post will meet tomorrow at
8 pm. at the Thomas Circle Club.
1t will be a patriotic meeting and
there will be movies and songs by
blind singer, Carl Allansworth.
Cooley-McCullough Post will hold
an oyster roast at the Potomac Boat
Club on February 10, l pm. to 7
pm, dancing to 6, to purchase
national colors and to rebuild the
posts American Legion juniors base
ball team. Legionaires. their wives,
members of the auxiliary units and
their friends are invited.
The post was the guest of the
unit at it's last meeting. Comdr.
Charles Kohen spoke.
Joseph j. Malloy of Sergt. Jasper
Post will address the students and
faculty at Central High School at
9 am, February 81 in relation to
Washington's Birthday and in con-
nection with the Americanism pro-
gram of the post
At the dinner dance in honor of
Past Comdr. Daniel M. Goodacre,
addresses were made by Department
Comdr. James T. Brady, Godfrey l..
Munter, past president of the Dis
trict Bar Association; John j. Kee-
gan, commissioner United States
Employees Compensation Commits
sion. Joseph J. Malloy, national
executive committeeman was toast
master. and First Vice Comdr. Mark
T. Little was general chairman.
! The organization meeting of the
1889 Joint Committee on Arrange
ments for May Day exercises at the
| District of Columbia World War
Memorial will be held in American
Legion headquarters, February 16 at
4:30 pm. Chairman w. H. Har-
grave urges that American Legion,
American Legion Auxiliary, Forty
and Eight, Eight and Forty and S.
A. L. representatives be present.
United States Internal Revenue
Post will hold it's George Washing
ton birthday anniversary ball at the
Mayfower Hotel on February II.
Comdr. Johnny A. Long is general
chairman and Arthur D. Condor
general vice chairman. The public
is invited.
National Executive Committeeman
Joseph J. Malloy, Department
Comdr. James T. Brady with his
staff and all post commanders and
staffs from District of Columbia and
Maryland and Virginia will be the
guests of honor.
Kenneth H. Nash Squadron and
the juniors of Nash Auxiliary met
jointly at the club rooms of the
Southeast Veterans Club. Mrs. Sallie
Cohen and Jack Mulvey spoke, fol-