Evening star., 1939-03-26
Army Day Participation Plans
Made by Legion Commander
Leave Can Be Secured by Departments
For Annual Display April 6

James L. BraQy, commander, Dis
trict of Columbia Department, the
American Legion, is completing ar
rangements for the various posts to
participate in the Army Day pa
rade on Constitution avenue on
April 6. He announced leave can
be secured by Federal departments
for the members to participate.
Color guards. drum and bugle
corps and post marching units
should report to Capt. James Pis-
torio, American Legion marshal, on
Delaware avenue. south of B street
S.W., at lis pm. Official parade
orders will be distributed to the
various units about April 8.
April has been designated Child
Welfare Month" by national head
quarters and Samuel Parrish, chair
man, is making plans for the de-
partments participation, details of
which will be released on April l..
A meeting of the General Commit
tee will be held in department head
quarters tomorrow at pm.
Veterans seeking aid from the
District of Columbia Employment
Center are cautioned by Veterans
Placement Representative Oscar G.
Jones to call at the point of regis
tration at least once each 80 days
in order to be maintained in the
active field. Veterans should also
report Immediately upon receipt of
"call-in" notices. If unable to COM
ply, advice to that effect should be
given by post card or telephone.
At the last meeting of Lincoln
Post, No. II, at the Arcade Building,
the following new members were
given the obligation by the ritual
team of the Forty and Eight, under
the command of Chef de Train
w. H. Hargrave: Samuel A. Jacobs,
Richard Patrick ODonnell, Eli j..
Nicholson, Charles N. Diamond,
Louis E. Giroux, Herman G. Hoff,
Mike E. Chavez, Alfred G. Page,
Ebert H. Workman, Fred C. Stello
and Carol Rector.
There will be a meeting of the
Executive Committee on Tuesday at
8 pm. at the home of e. G. Flester,
finance officer, Sill D street Sc.
National Cathedral Post, No. 10,
will meet Tuesday at pm, at
Reno Esther Hall, Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Window place NV. It
will be ladies mite" Comdr. EN-
NETT r. Carroll announces a mu-
sical program has been arranged.
The internationally known Ameri-
can dancer. Marguerite Agniel, will
be the distinguished guest artist.
Piano selections will be rendered
by Jean McCandlish and acrobatic
dances by Jean Meiners.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, Execu-
tive Committee meeting was post
poned by Comdr. Abraham Miller
and will meet in the clubrooms
next Wednesday at 8 pm, along
with the general committee arrang-
ing bull roast" and dance in
Stansbury Hall on April 2.
The memorial ritual team will
appear before Lincoln Post on April
3. Department Bugler Harry Hun
gelman has joined the team.
President George Norton of the
senior drum and bugle corps an
nounces it has scheduled appear
ances in the Army Day parade
April 6, the Forty and Eight pa
rade May q and for Memorial
Day. Preparations are being made
to attend the national convention
at Chicago, Ill, in September.
Victory Post, No. 4, will meet
Tuesday at 414 Ninth street NV,
at 8 pm.
At the last meeting it was voted
to change the meeting nights from
the second and fourth Tuesdays
to the first and third Fridays, COM
mencing April 7.
At the March meeting Gen. Nc
Alexander Post was host to the
auxiliary, as we'll as to the Depart
ment Auxiliary president, Minnie
May Hardy, and her staff and also
members of Fort Stevens Post.
The principal addresses were de-
livered by Miss Hardy, posts Unit
President Weiman and Department
Americanization Officer Joseph A.
Walker.
The unit presented the post with
Legion birthday cake. Refresh
ments were served.
Cooley-McCu Post met in
the v. F. w. clubroom, TOO l. street
NV, with Comdr. Charles Kohen
presiding. Past Department Comdr.
Norman Landreau spoke. Plans for
this years junior baseball team were
made.
The post recently gave an enter
tainment and the unit served re-
freshments at the Home for Incur