Evening star., 1944-05-21
American Legion
To Participate
On Patriotic Dav

|On Patriotic Day
The District of Columbia Depart
ment, the American Legion, will
participate in the patriotic observ-
ance at 4:50 pm. today on "I Am
an American Day" at the Sylvan
Theater.
There will be a massing of colors
under direction of the National
Legion Guard of Honor, in charge
of Capt. Gale Judd. The principal
address will be given by Associate
Justice Felix Frankfurter of the
United States Supreme Court.
Music will be by the United States
Navy Band.
Thomas r. Callahan, chairman of
the Department Americanism Com
mission, requests colors OF the posts
to assemble at pm.
Henry G. Spangler Post and Co.
lumbia Post Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, will hold joint memorial
services at the Thomas Circle Club,
1926 Massachusetts avenue NV,
Wednesday at pm. May "A. The
principal speaker will be Maj. Gen.
Amos A. Fries, who will be intro
duced by Past Department Comdr.
Watson B. Miller.
United States Department of
Labor Post last Tuesday evening
unanimously indorsed Gale r. Judd
for the Office of department COM
mander for the coming year. He is
a past commander of his post.
Kenneth H. Nash Post indorsed
Maj. Joseph j. Malloy for re-elec-
ton as national executive commit
teeman for the District of Columbia.
United States Internal Revenue
Post met Thursday with Comdr.
Robert E. Van Every presiding. The
commander and his staff presented
the essay medals to the winners at
the Woodward School.
The Department Convention Com
mittee met Friday evening at the
Legion clubhouse with General
Chairman Frank Bloom presiding
Secretary John A. Long announces
appointments to the following sub
committees: Publicity, Herbert j.
jacob, chairman; Lee Pennington,
vice chairman, and Estelle r. Ruby;
guard Of honor; Gale T. Judd, chair
man; Guy Nadeau, vice chairman;
Walton E. Terrell and Edward Will
son.
The convention will be held at the
Mayflower Hotel on July ~, 28
and %.
Department of Justice Post in
dorsed Comdr. Lee Pennington for
the office of department commander
for the coming year.
Cooley -McC Cullough Post last Tues
day evening was addressed by Sam
uel Rose, national radio officer of
the American Legion and chief of
contact for the Veterans Admin
istration; Lee Pennington of Justice
Post and Gale T. Judd of Labor
Post, both candidates for depart
ment commander for the coming
year.
The post Endorsed its past COM
mander, Guy c. Nadeau, for the
Office of department senior vice
commander.
National Cathedral Post will meet
at the Legion clubhouse on Wednes-
day to elect delegates to the depart
ment convention, according to
Comdr. H. j. jacob
Memorial services will be held at
1870 pm. today in honor of Col.
E. Lester Jones in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery by members of
George Washington Post, of which
he was the first commander.
Col. Jones was one of the or
ganizers and incorporators of the
American Legion and was also the
first department commander.
For the first time in five years an
increase in the national membership
has been registered during 1914 by
the Sons of the American Legion,
according to the report made to the
National Executive Committee here
by William T. Regan, national SAL
chairman.
AS of April 20, the SAL enroll
ment was 25,775 as compared with
1918 for the corresponding date a
year ago.
The graves of American fighting
men in all the major theaters of
war will be decked with flowers on
Memorial Day, provided by the
American Legion.
An expenditure of $4,000 for this
purpose from the income of the