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Evening star., 1943-09-19
Legion Auxiliary
Annual Session
This Week in Omaha

Headed by Mrs. Edith Sadler as
chairman, a delegation of members
OF the District of Columbia depart
ment are making arrangements to
attend the annual convention to be
held at Omaha, Nebr., September
21-23.
Mrs. Gertrude Pierce, president
OF the department, Is recording Sec
retary of the delegates. They are:
Mrs. Catherine Crompton, Mrs.
Helen McCabe, Mrs. Mary Corwin,
Mrs. Pearl Hagerty, Mrs. Ethel Wilt,
Mrs. Della Luther and Mrs. Marga-
ret Carroll.
Mrs. Hegarty, membership chair
man, announced the following
awards for September, October, No
vember and December: Two dollars
to the unit bringing in the most
new members; 81 to unit under 100
members sending to the department
the largest percentage of renewals,
and S. to the unit that has a paid
up membership by October 80.
Mrs. Adelaide Miller president of
the United States Agriculture Unit
was installed at the American Le-
gion Clubhouse Tuesday by Mrs.
Pierce and her staff. Mrs. Cecile
Berger and Mrs. Beatrice Maltesa,
vice presidents. Mrs. Lillian Saw
yer, the retiring president, received
her past presidents pin.
An Executive Committee meeting
will be held September 80 in the
American Legion Clubhouse at 8:l5
pm.
Mrs. Alfred Mathebat, national
| president, will broadcast her annual
report over the Blue Network Sep
tember 81 from Omaha at 1:45 pm.
The Sergt. Jasper Unit extends an
invitation to all unit and post men,
bers and friends to a buffet supper
on September 26 at the home of
| the president, Mrs. Emile Schuler,
1922 Rogart road, Silver Spring, Md.
The proceeds will be used to fur
ther extend the unit welfare work.
The department president and her
staff installed officers of Govern
ment Printing Office Unit as fol-
lows: Mrs. Ethel Schumacher, presi-
dent; Mrs Gertrude Roberts, first
vice president; Mrs. Sarah H. Ben
nett. second vice president; Mrs.
| Dorothy Redfield, secretary treas
urer; Mrs. Reba Jones, chaplain;
Mrs. Carol Cole, historian; Mrs.
Myrtle Tyree, sergeant at arms;
Mrs. Helen LIE Du and Mrs. Maude
Evening star., 1943-09-19

SONlROllER Of CURRENCY
WILL DIRECT THE ACTIVITIES
OF 1900 VOLUNTEER WORKERS
IN HIS CAPACITY AS CAAIRMAN
OF TIE GOVERNMENT. DIVISION
OF TIE COMMUNITY WAR FUND
CAMPAIGN WIEN THE DRIVE
BEGINS NEXT MONTH";.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
American Legion
Seeking Clothing
For School Children

The welfare department. of the
American Legion last week sent out
an urgent appeal for children's
clothing and shoes. 1t was stated
that they are needed in order that
many children will be able to attend
school.
Legionnaires and their friends are
requested to send donations to the
welfare department, lll3 Seven
teenth street NV, or telephone
Metropolitan 4211, during the day
and evenings, and Sundays, Metro
politan 1858, and they will be called
for.
Department Comdr. Francis Nc
Carthy is heading delegation Of
local Legionnaires to the national
convention at Omaha, Nebr., which
will be in session September 81 to %.
A most important feature of the
convention will be the presentation
by National Comdr. Roane Waring
OF the American Legion Distin-
guished Service Medals to Gen.
George c. Marshall, chief of staff of
the Army, and to Admiral Ernest j.
King, commander in chief of the
United States Fleet. Both of them
will address the convention. Their
addresses will be broadcast.
Harry W. Brown was elected COM
mander of George Washington Post.
Other officers include: Joseph C.
Abrams, first vice commander;
Charles L. Schuettler, second vice
commander; James G. Clarke. third
vice commander; the Rev. Howard
E. Snyder, chaplain; Thomas r.
Manning, quartermaster; Samuel L.
Crump, sergeant at arms; Judson
K. N. Knappen, master at arms; DR..
M. H. Darnall, surgeon; Howard S.
Fisk, historian; Bernard c. MCGEE
and Ralph A. Werner, colorbearers.
The department commander and his
staff will install them on October S.
New members elected were: James
B. Latta, Walter F. Place, william j.
Heale, Ross D. Thompson, John
Drees, Kirby Ginsburg, James r.
johnson and Maurice w. Raderman.
Department Comdr. Mccarthy and
hts staff installed the following Of
f1cers of Kenneth H. Nash Post:
Edward White, commander; Dendil
Right, senior vice commander; Leo
Wood, junior vice commander;
George Grommet, chaplain; j. Ran
dali, sergeant at arms; j. Wright,
adjutant; William Talbot, finance
officer; Guy Cogswell, judge advo-
cate.
Comdr. White Made the following
appointments: D. Right, member
ship chairman; Leo Wood, ways and
means, and George Seiders, public
ity officer.
Local delegates, other than the
commander, included Past Comdr.
P. J. Fitzgibbons, Howard S. Fisk,
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Kluge, color bearers; Mrs. Agnes
Dixon, Mrs. Henrietta Ranch and
Mrs. Rella De Roselli, members al
large.
The president appointed the fol-
lowing chairmen: Mrs. Gertrude
Roberts, rehabilitation; Mrs. Hen.
rietta Ranch, child welfare: Mrs
Reba Jones, membership and ways
and means; Mrs. Helen LIE Du
community service; Mrs. Dorothy
Redfleld, cherrio and constitution
bylaws; Mrs. Maude Kluge, poppy;
Mrs. Carol Cole, publicity; Mrs
Nellie Fritchie, Americanism.
Mrs. Edith Sadler, past depart
ment president, installed officers OF
George E. Killeen Unit. She was
assisted by Mrs. Margaret Carroll
national executive committeewom-
an; Mrs. Mary Morris, department
vice president; Mrs. Josephine
Talks, department chaplain; Miss
Mabel Staub, department secretary
and Mrs. Dorothy Harper, past de-
partment president.
The officers are: Mrs. Mary
Schaumlefae, president; Mrs. Mar
garet Glenn, Mrs. Catherine Sin
clair and Mrs. Mary Murtaugh, vice
presidents; Mrs. Mary X. Killeen,
chaplain; Mrs. Ada M. Riley, his
torian;;" Mrs. Rose Westline and
Mrs. Marie Lince, color bearers;
Mrs. Isabel Steinbraker, treasurer;
Betty Schaumlef11e, secretary.
Mrs. Schaumlef1e announced the
following appointments: Member
ship, Isabel Steinbraker; child well
fare and war orphans, Marguerite
Buscher; rehabilitation and employ
ment, Marie Knott; community
service and music, Rose Westline: !:
Americanism and war activities,
Margaret Glenn; Red Cross and ma
t1onal defense. Isabel Steinbraker;
ways and means, Mae Hilleary; tro-
phies, awards and emblems, Erucelle
Quinn; legislation and constitution,
Irene Arnold; publicity, Ada M. Ri
ley; poppy and memorials, Mary K.
Killeen; Gold Star Mothers, Mrs.
Fanny Meeks; gift shop and Braille,
Edna Prodigy; cherrio, Mrs. Gladys
Jones, Fast Presidents Pailey and
Marie Knott.
Mrs. Hattie S. Bryan was installed
as president of Cooley Met Cullough
Unit last week.
Miss Katherine Clark and her re-
habilitation committee will call q
meeting to form tentative program
for the hospital work in Mount Alto
and Walter Reed Hospitals. A hos
pital party will be held each month
under their direction.
Mrs. Florence Dunbar, Child We'll
fare chairman, called for clothing,
especially for the school age child,
Notify her at TIC Kentucky avenue,
Sc.
The next meeting will be held
October 9Th at the American Legion
Club.
Before victory is won, we've got
to build more, fight more and buy
more War bonds. Buy at least S100
bond during the Third War Loan
above your regular bond buying.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Watson B. Miller, Department
Adjt. David e. Kisliuk, Edward
Lewis. ]. Franklin Wilson, Lee r.
Pennington, Dillon Flaherty, Harvey
Bean. William p. Kershner, Henry
Hodges and Fred A. Minnigh.
Alternates are Francis Gauges.
Russell Rafferty,. Amos Fries, Lillian
Sawyer, Alma Sarton, Harold Sup
plee, Anne Frame, William Noland
and Alexander Demarr.
Delegates to the national conven-
ton OF the Society Of the Forty and
Eight, also being held at Omaha,
Nebr., simultaneously with the Le-
gion convention, left last evening.
They were headed by Francis
Gauges, grand chef de gare OF
voiture 174 Of the District Of Coz
lumbia,
Department Membership Onicer
Frank Buckley announced last week
that the booster campaign for men,
berships ends next Tuesday. Men,
bership cards received at depart
ment headquarters before Tuesday
midnight will assure eligibility for
the valuable prizes to be awarded.
This list includes $50 War t,ond,
two $25 War bonds. Legion
uniform and many other articles.
Department Comdr. Mccarthy re-
quests all posts that may be inter-
ested in group installation of officers
communicate with headquarters and
arrange to have representatives
present at a meeting on September
81, at 8 pm. at the Legion club
house. The chairman of the COM.
smittee for group installation is Guy
Nadeau.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Quentin Roosevelt Post,
Potomac Boat Club; Department of
Justice and Gas Light Posts, Legion
clubhouse.
Tuesday ~ National Press Club
Post, Press Club; Cooley -McCul-
lough Post, Legion clubhouse; I'd
Division Post, New Colonial Hotel;
Bunker Hill Post, 17l8 Lawrence
street NE; Pepco Post, Pepco Build
| ing.
Wednesday - National Cathedral
Post, Legion clubhouse; Henry C..
Spangler Post, 1925 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. So
Thursday-James E. Walker Post,
| Twelfth Street YMCA.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
American War Mothers

The national convention will be
held at the Hotel Sherman in Chi
cago, the opening session to be called
to order by the national president,
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Of Milwaukee,
on September %.
National officers, Mrs. Florence A.
Latham and acting custodian of
records. Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan,
will accompany the state president
Of the District of Columbia. Mrs.
Walter H. Criseen; Mrs. Robert
Burg, president of the District OF
Columbia Chapter, and others will
also attend.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Women of the Moose

A picnic for all Moose and their
families will be held today at
Magruder Park, Hyattsyille, Nd.
from to 10 pm. A program has
been arranged. The park can be
reached by bus, Hyattsville- River
dale or College Park. For further
information contact Mrs. Jane Nc
Dermott, Atlantic 8647.
The College of Regents and the
Academy of Friendship Committees
will hold joint meeting at the
Moose Home September q at $50
pm.
A meeting will be held September
"a at the Moose Home.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Ben Hur News

The Executive Board delegates
and the Bowling Committee will be
guests Of Potomac Court tomorrow
evening in Pythian Temple.
Mckinley Court will meet In
Pythian Temple on Tuesday. Rich
ard A. Walker, president OF the
Maryland District Of Columbia Con-
gress, viii report on the proceedings
OF the congress held In Baltimore.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Regular Veterans
Association

Pearl Harbor Post will meet Sep
tember "A at 8 pm. at 808 street
NV.
The post electedFt the following Of
ficers: Commander, Samuel HUI
bacher; senior vice commander,
George A. Williams; Junior vice
commander, John Sullivan: quarter
master. Bernard p sCannon; chap
lain, H. ]. Harris: sergeant at arms,
Fred Demur; officer of the guard,
Harry G. Padron.
The newly chartered Depart-
9ept OF Maryland, District of Co.
luMbia and Virginia established
headquarters here. Department
Comdr. Finn, Nelson of Baltimore
announced the beginning of a drive
for new members. All regulars and
former regulars desiring member
ship contact Comdr. Finn Nelson
1929 Eutaw place, Baltimore, Md,
or Milton j. Eckert, 3109 Thirty
eighth street NV, Washington,
D. C.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Your assignment to buy an extra
Sl0O War bond during the Third
War Loan was made for you by your
son and neighbor's son on the
hghting fronts. Back the Attack
with War bonds.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Local Members
Plan 10 Attend
e.
". F. W. Encambmeni

Jack Holiday, commander Of the
District Of Columbia Department,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, has made
arrangements to head the delegation
of local members, who will attend
the annual convention in New York
City September 1880.
The commander has received word
from national headquarters that the
sessions will be streamlined, with
the elimination of parades and So
cial functions.
Comdr. Lloyd Graham presided
at the last meeting of Washington
Post at 1903 18th street NV.
Deputy Chief of STAFF. Gerald
Ryan urged the members to recruit
new members in connection with
the present drive. Maj. Perry H.
Bachar, formerly of the 4th IN
fantry, who served in France in
World War I, was admitted to MEM
bership. .t~
Comdr. Thomas w. Dixon Of
ficiated at the last meeting. Thomas
Mccall Frazer, a former, Vas re-
instated.
General Chairman Lloyd B. Fields
and his staff for the Armistice ball
met at the Willard Hotel last Tues
day night and formulated definite
arrangements for the event. One Of
the features of the program will be
a pageant of the WACS, WAVES,
SPARS and Mafionettes, as we'll
as OF soldiers, sailors, ma4jnes and
coast guardsmen of the military
forces of the Nation.
Equality Walter Reed Post will
| hold the first of a series of socials
tomorrow evening at 713 D street
NV. There will be entertainment
and refreshments.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Federal Post, 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV; Internal Rev.
enue Post, 1908 Fourteenth street
NV.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent. Mill
tary Order of the Cootie, 935 G place
NV.
Wednesday-Potomac Post, 1918
Rhode Island avenue NE; IF. w.
Guard of Honor, 1707 I street NV.
MISUNDERSTANDING Catterton
Police and Fire Post, 713 D street
NV.
Saturday-United States Naval
Gun Factory Post, 7 Fourth street
NE.
Front Line Post met Monday
night at 713 D street NV. Comdr.
Garnett M. Mattingly presided.
The following were admitted to
membership: Charles w. Greene,
David. John Koblenz, Harold p.
Wood, Walter A. Chashel. Robert
c. Flanagan was reinstated.
Department Chief Of Staff Frank
Topash announced special meet
ing at Pythian Temple today. atN 80
pm. to get the opinion of the de-
partment members regarding pur-
chasing home.
Department Comdr. Jack Holiday,
Junior Vice Comdr. Lloyd B. Fields
and Senior Vice Comdr. Ian w.
MacGregor OF Naval Gun Factory
Post spoke.
Auxiliaries.
Mrs. Dorothy Lohman, depart
ment president, announced dona-
tions for the national home for the
Christmas fund must be sent to the
national treasurer during October
and November.
There will be q council of ad-
ministration meeting Thursday eve
ming at Northeast Masonic Temple.
Potomac Auxiliary met at II
New York avenue NE. on Monday,
with the president, Mrs. Mary Har-
graves, presiding The following
chairmen were appointed: Member
ship. Mrs. Catherine DAILY; hospital,
Mrs. Frances Dove; legislative, Mrs.
Katie Uhlarik; home fund, Mrs.
Rose Luebkert; publicity, Mrs. Rose
Luebkert
Federal Auxiliary will meet to-
morrow evening at the Thomas
Circle Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06

for his contributions to Southern
agriculture, he also was no ed
artist whose works have hung in a
number of well-known galleries.
>He was an humble man who
passed up worldly gain Ito work
among the trees and the ferns and
the grass of Gods good earth.'
Refused Remuneration.
Associates tell of the time that
pecan blight struck Alabama and
Florida trees in the 1920s. A grower
came to DR.. Carver with a plea for
cure, offering a large sum of
money if he would undertake re-
search. DR.. Carver developed a
cure and his price to that grower
and all others was merely the post
age stamp necessary to mail it.
Dr. Carver's health. always frail.
took turn for the worse after his
return several months ago from Wis
sitting Henry Ford's model Green
field Village in Michigan at the in
vitation of the automobile manu-
facturer He was confined to his
bed the last 10 days before his death,
which was attributed to heart
disease.
Funeral services will be either to-
morrow or Friday The body will
lie in state at the school until burial
in Tuskegee Cemetery near the
grave of DR.. Washington.
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Rites for Mrs. Gaines
will Be Held Tomorrow

Mrs. Florence NJ Gaines, So, wife
of Charles w. Gaines. 1928 E street
NE, who died Monday at Sibley
Hospital, will be buried in Warren
ton, Va, following funeral services
at II am. tomorrow at the Lee
funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts avenue NE
Mrs. Gaines, who was born in
Marshall, Va, lived at one time in
Warrenton. Before her marriage
she taught school in Ballston, Va
Mr.. Gaines is painter and dec
orator. Mrs. Gaines was an active
member of the Metropolitan Baptist
Church for many years.
Surviving Mrs. Gaines, besides her
husband, are two sons, Charlton M
Gaines of Alexandria and William
A. Gaines of Washington, and three
daughters, Mrs. Virginia NJ. Ely of
Hyattsville, Md: Mrs. Minerva VIM
son and Miss Naomi r. Gaines, both
Of Washington.
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Miss Mary Bennett Dies;
TAUGHT at Blackstone

Miss Mary Lee Bennett, sister-in-
law Of Bishop James Cannon of the
Methodist Church, died yesterday at
the home of a nephew. Richard
Cannon of Arlington. She was Wis
iting in Arlington for the holidays
Miss Bennett, a member of the
faculty of Blackstone College for
Girls for many years, is a daughter
of the late DR.. w w. Bennett, first
president of Randolph Macon Col
lege. She served as a teacher of
music at the college from its early
days.
Miss Bennett was president of the
Blackstone Chapter of WCTU for
a number of years and active in
Methodist work. Other survivors
are sister, Miss Nellie Bennett of
Blackstone, Va. and a brother, Dr.
r. H. Bennett of Norfolk and Lake
Junaluska, N. C.
Services will be held tomorrow
morning at the Crenshaw Methodist
Church of Blackstone, with burial
in Hollywood Cemetery.
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Harold ". Morris Dies;
Formerly Of WASHINGTON

Friends here have learned of the
death Christmas Day of Harold w.
Morris, 50, formerly of Washing
ton. who died of heart ailment
at his home at Bumpass. Va.
The son of the late william and
Mary Virginia Morris of this city
Mr.. Morris was well known in
Southeast Washington. He attend
ed Cranch School, Buchanan School
and Thayer's Business College. He
Is survived by his widow, Cora !:
seven children, William, Marguerite,
Florence, Elsie, Charles, Jack and
Albert, and two sisters. Mrs. Ruth
NJ. Biddle and Mrs. Bessie Alvey OF
Forrestville, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06

Jervis' Death Recalls
His Many Tours With
Seven Presidents
Ex-Heod of White House
Secret Service Served
In Post for 26 Years

Richard L. Dick Jervis, Ct, head
of the White House Secret Service
for 26 years, who died Monday night
in San Diego, Calf, saw much his
tory in the making as the travelling
companion of seven Presidents.
One of the greatest fellows that
ever lived" was the way his asso-
ciates described him when in 1886,
at his own request, he relinquished
his White House post to manage
one of the field Offices of the service.
He was succeeded as White House
chief by the incumbent, Col. E. w
Startling.
Mr.. Jervis joined the presidential
guardians during the presidency of
Theodore Roosevelt. Five years later
MI. Jervis became chief, when
Joseph Murphy was promoted to be
assistant head of the Secret Service.
GoIfed With Presidents.
Suave. keen, square jawed, the
personality with million friends, "
Mr.. Jervis played golf with Pres
ldentS Taft, Wilson and Harding
He accompanied the latter on his
Inflated trip to Alaska in the sum-
mer of 1923, and was guarding the
hallway just outside Mr. Harding's
door in San Francisco when he
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William H. zerbe Dies;
Photography Expert

BY he Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. William
Henry Zerbe. 70, a staff photographer
for the New York Herald Tribune
and an expert in pictorial photog-
raphy, died yesterday after a six
week illness.
He had been photographer for
nearly 60 years and was one of the
oldest active news photographers in
the business.
In 1919, when he covered the
Dempsey Willard championship fight
in Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Zerbe, then an
employe of the old New York Herald
brought his fight pictures back to
this city by airplane. This is be-
lieved to be the first time that now
common feat was achieved His
plane nearly cracked up twice during
the take-of.
Mr. Zerbe's pictorial works were
exhibited at salons throughout the
United States and Europe and in
1888 he was elected an associate O.
the Royal Photographic Society of
England-a rare distinction for an
American.
He was a charter member of the
New York Press Photogra pliers
Association and had held every office
except president. He was a member
of the board Of trustees at the time
of his death
For more than quarter OF q
century Mr.. Zerbe was an instructor
lecturer and demonstration in pho
Biography at the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences and for eight
years he was judge of the amateur
, Photographic contest held by the
/ Herald Tribune.
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CAPT. Maurice Berck Rites
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Capt. Maurice
Marshall Berck, 38, Army Medical
Corps, son-in-law of President Ra-
fael Trujillo Of the Dominican Re-
public, will be held tomorrow Burial
will be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Capt. Berck was burned fatally In
a fire at his hotel here Monday
night.
The coroner's office yesterday is
sued certificate of Academia
death. The origin of the fire has not
been determined.
Capt. Berck married Flor de Orc
Trujlllo last March in New York
City. He was attached to Walter
Reed Hospital and had been staying
at the Brighton Hotel.