Evening star., 1943-06-27
American Legion Sets
Membership Mark
With 1,O96,3o2
District Department
Will Join in Drive for
Phonogroph Records

The American Legion has set an
other membership record. Word
was received here last week from
national headquarters that as of
June 10 the total membership had
reached 1896, 1892 with many depart
ments to be heard from.
Comdr. Patrick j. Fitzgibbons of
the District Department last week
called on commanders of the various
posts to have their members assist
In the campaign to be conducted by
| the national organization in the coll
lection of old phonograph records
for men in the service. 1t will be
carried on from July to 81,
Department Athletic Officer Les
ter H. Steinem announced the jun
ior Baseball League will open for
the season at / pm today on the
west diamond of the Ellipse. Po-
lice and Fire Post and National
Cathedral Post will play one game
and the other will be between Cos
tello Post and Fort Stevens Post.
Education for Victory" will be
the general theme for the l943 OBJ
servance of American Education
Week, November to 13, sponsored
annually jointly by. the American
Legion, the National Education As
sociation, the United States Once
OF Education and the National Con-
gress Of Parents and Teachers.
The official day-by-day program
for American Education Week fol-
lows: November 7, education for
world understanding; November 8,
education for work; November 8, ed
ucation for the air age; November
10, education to win and secure the
peace; November II, education for
wartime citizenship: November IL,
meeting the emergency in educa-
ton, and November Is, education
for sound health.
United States Bureau Of Internal
Revenue Post met Wednesday at
the Stansbury Temple with Comdr.
Richard L. Ryan presiding. The
following delegates were elected to
the department convention: Chair
man, Richard L. Ryan; John A.
Long, Charles E. Wolfe and Russell
S. Jeffreys. r~
Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6. pre-
sented American Legion character
awards to Marcus j. Cannady and
Vauda NJ. Hall of Francis Junior
High School last Friday. The pres
entation was made by Capt. James
A. Clarke of the National Guard Of
Honor.
The oath anniversary of this post
will be held July II at the home of
chaplain Mae Lee Reinoehl, 320l
Nineteenth street NV. Oficers
, will be elected.
Vincent B. Costello Post, through
Comdr. David Kisliuk, announces
the appointment of George c. Hardy
as assistant adjutant.
AT the July 5 meeting DELEGATES
and alternates to the department
convention will be elected.
, Department Adjt. Ted Luther an
nounces the names of the delegates
| ana aIternates to the national con-
:. pentlon and the names Of the mem.
! oers from each post to serve on the
; Euies' credentials and Resolutions
committees must be presented to
, him before July "A.
James Reese Europe Post elected
: as delegates and alternates to- the
department convention: Comdr. Al
oert l.. Dunlap, chairman: Past
!. |. Comors- Harvey L. Beam, John r.
anderson, Clifton c. Anderson, VII
nam H. Kelson, Harry Mckenzie,
AdJt. Frederick A. Dawes. Comdr
: Howard A. Walker and First vice
Comdr. Girard Edmunds and Mem
oershlp Officer Francis 1: Crawford.
Alternates are Past Comdrs. Robert
Rhea. Bert Mccoy, John Albert.
William M. johnson, George H. Ry-
craW, Joseph Branson. Henry T.
Banks, Third Vice Comdr. j. D. VIII
! liams, William Boggs, Reuben Ham
S mond and Clarence Sliger.
The post nominated the following
) oftlcers: For commander, Walter A.
/ jackson and Frederick A. Dawes.
J nrSt vice commander, Girard Ed
| mundS; second vice commander.
, John Albert and William Boegs: ::
) third vice commander, Francis I.
5 Crawford and William M. johnson:
; sergeant at arms, Robert Brown:
, master at arms, Harry Wonder:
senior color bearer, Comrade Tai
pert; Junior color bearer, Charles F.
Brown; chaplain, Reuben Minor:
historian, George NJ Jones. Elec.
ton OF officers will be held July ~.
Fort Stevens Post presented Amer.
lean Legion school awards in Roose-
velt, Coolidge, Paul and Mcfarland
Schools last week, of the cadet
trophies to the 5th and sth Reri.
ments, High School Cadets.
Miss Susan OeSchger and Allan
Bralove received the awards at
Roosevelt, Miss Margaret A. Hewitt
and Edwin G. Wood at Coolidge.
Barbara Fry and John E. Sauerhoff
at Paul and Lillian r. Achor and
John V. Berberich at Macfarland.
The Tucker Trophy was won by
Company E at Roosevelt, COM
manded by Capt. William Bird, and
the Past Post Commanders Trophy
was won by the I'd Platoon, Com
pany c, at Coolidge, commanded
by 1t. David C. Bastain.
AT the last meeting Adjt. Ted
Luther presented 20 members with
25-year continuous membership GER
tificates.
A meeting of the post will be held
In Stansbury Hall July /. Delegates
and alternates to the annual de-
partment convention will,b elected.
The post has indorsed Comdr.
Joseph A. Walker for the Office of
first vice commander of the depart.
ment.
past the flaming wreckage. He told
a meeting Of fellow doctors that hell
had broken loose. They laughed at
him and went on with their busi-
ness-until a call suddenly came in