Evening star., 1943-01-24
Victory Book Drive
Launched by VFW's
D. {. Department
Posts Named to Handle
Recruiting Rally
On February s

The District of Columbia Depart.
ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars O.
the United States, last weel
launched a victory book cam
paign which will continue through
March S.
Department Conldr. Richard A
Burton told members of the organ
ization, IF you have a book you
don't want to part with, that's the
book we want"
National Capital Post, in coop
Grafton with McKimmie Chatter
ton, Police and Fire, Follow Me-
Defense, All-American and United
States Naval Gun Factory Posts
will have charge of the recruiting
rally of the local department to be
held February at Woodmen of the
World Hall, s35 G place NV.
At the last meeting of National
Capital Post the following recruits
were obligated to membership:
Herman Liebling, Army Medical De-
partment; Samuel c. Coner, Com
pany B, 3l9th Infantry, who was
awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
and Bert Stratton, Headquarters
Company, 367th Infantry.
Maj. Maurice E. H. Rotival of
the Fighting French forces, who
served overseas with Brig Gen. Will
liam Mitchell during the World
War, spoke.
Ralph Ostrom, Torture Pup Tent,
Brooklyn, N. Y. visited the Scratch"
of Top Notch Tent last Tuesday at
935 G place NV. and narrated on
his experiences with eight members
Of the crew in lifeboat for % days,
after being torpedoed by a German
submarine.
Supreme warrants for appoint
ments were presented to Oscar A.
kreamer and Richard A. Burton,
supreme aide de camp Edward T.
Spedden, supreme deputy inspector;
Stephen T. Nichka, supreme deputy
chief of staff; Thomas w. Dixon,
supreme deputy council member,
fourth district.
Seam Squirrel Nichka appointed
Thomas w. Dixon chairman of the
disqualification Committee, and Os-
car A. Kreamer chairman of the
18th birthday dinner.
Past Supreme Comdr. Frank To-
pash presented Past Seam Squirrel
Leonard j. Bacon with a past cap
tain's badge of the VFW Honor
Guard. Comdr. Emory O'Berry in
yited the Coolies and their families
to attend the ''old timers night"
of Front Line Post at 1903 Four
teenth street NV. tomorrow.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Front Line Post, 1903
Fourteenth street NV; McKimmie-
Catterton Police and Fire Post.
S09 Monroe street NE.
Tuesday-Potomac Post, TIA H
street NE; Junior Drum and Bugle
Corps, Eastern High School Armory.
Wednesday-Guard of Honor,
Department Headquarters, 1907 I
street NV.
Frank A. Drake had the distinc-
ton of seeing his son, Frank, jr.,
obligated into Follow Me-Defense
Post. A sailor, he has seen service
in both the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans. Comrade Nash of Big Six
Post, New York City, was a guest.
Comdr Osterbye announced a
membership rally.
J. Thompson reported progress
on the VFW club house project.
A buffet lunch was served by the
auxiliary.
The department president, Mrs.
Dorothy Lohman, announces the
visitations to the following: ALL
American Auxiliary, February 2:
Naval Gun Factory Auxiliary. Feb
ruary 3; Federal Auxiliary, Febru-
ary II; Treasury Auxiliary, March
!; Police and Fire Auxiliary,
March 3; Equality Walter Reed
Auxiliary and Potomac Auxiliary
dates will be announced later.
Mrs. Mildred Carter chairman of
the Department Auditing Commit
tee, requests members of the COM
mittee and the department secre-
tary and treasurer to be present to-
morrow evening at the home of
Mrs. Dorothy Lohman, Is Evart
street NE. to audit the books.
The monthly department meet
ing will be held Thursday evening
at Northeast Masonic Temple.
National Capital Auxiliary will
meet February % at the Thomas
Circle Club instead of February 3.