Evening star., 1945-10-21
Sylvan King Heads
American Legion
Gifts for YankS'

Sylvan King has been named by
Comdr. Herbert j. jacob Of the
District of Columbia Department,
the American Legion, as chairman
here for the Gifts for Yanks Who
Gave" campaign, conducted by the
national organization and Eddie
Cantor.
In conjunction with the auxiliary
the Legion plans to distribute
|half-million Christmas gifts to hos
|pitalized service men and women
here and abroad.
1t is planned to place boxes in
stores, theaters and other public
places, where gifts may be placed
for distribution later.
Officers of Bunker Hill Post who
were installed by the department
commander and his staff last night
were: Commander, Benjamin B.
Griffith; first vice commander, Sam
Baumgarten; second vice COM
mander, Thomas P. Royston, sr.:
third vice commander, Wesley F.
Jaquith; adjutant, Patrick j. C.
Flannery; finance officer, William
Leo Collins; Judge advocate, Mack
Myers; chaplain, Sanford D. Ash
ford; sergeant at arms, Horace j.
Hector; historian, L. j. P. Fich-
thorn.
James e. Walker Post and its
auxiliary held joint installation OF
officers last week at the Garnet-Pat-
terson Junior High School, as fol-
| lows:
Post - Commander, Abram L.
Simpson; senior vice commander
Joseph A. Miller; junior vice COM
mander, John H. Gresham; finance
ofhcer, William H. Sayles; adjutant
Wallace P. Cant; chaplain, Rev. Will
liam H. Brown; sergeant at arms,
Allen Simon; historian, Omega j.
Ware; drillmaster, Hiawiatha Berry;
post surgeon. DR.. Albert r. Hughes;
color guard, Warren H. Whitlock: !:
color bearers, John H. Reed, Robert
H. Starks; quartermaster, Augustus
j. Garner.
Auxiliary-President, Mrs. Marion
r. Burke: vice presidents, Mrs. Pearl
G. Lindsay, Mrs. Laura Sutherland
and Mrs. Hattie Moten; secretary,
Miss Majora Howard; treasurer
Mrs. Mayme hawkins; chaplain,
Mrs. Louise Becks; sergeant at arms,
Mrs. Mamie Perry; historian. Mrs.
Lucille Banks; custodian, Mrs. Lena
Fletcher; color bearers, Mrs. Edith
Rawlings and Mrs. Sarah Bowman.
Comdr. Rheuben H. Randall pre-
sided at the last meeting of Fort
Dupont Post, when new officers were
installed as follows: Commander,
George H. Rothe: first vice COM
mander, Joseph E. Sardo; second
vice commander, Ada e. Faunce;
adjutant, Lloyd j. Comann; finance
officer. Herbert J. Stoltz; judge ad-
yocate, Morris Schwarzman; service
officer, Thomas E. Owen; quarter
master, Max Lindner; chaplain,
Genevieve Sparshott; historian, Will
liam Mclean; sergeant at arms,
Howard D. Cramer.
Government Printing Once Post
recently elected as officers: Com
mander, Cloyce I. Dixon; senior vice
commander. Charles r. Haig; junior
vice commander, Clause A. Gath
gems; chaplain, M. w. Blackenship:
historian, Isabel G. Royston; finance
officer, George c. Kraus; sergeant at
arms, Daniel Sloan.
k& To-.
ing November 16.
The Department Executive Com
mittee meeting will be held at the
Legion clubhouse on Wednesday
Onicers of Henry G. Spengler Post
also will be installed there that night.
Installation Of officers Of Cooley
Mccullough Post will be held Friday
night at 2400 Sixteenth street NV,
and Department of Labor Post off,
GERS at the Legion clubhouse.
Return OF bodies of an Unknown
Sailor" from the Pacific area and
OF an Unknown Soldier" from Eu-
rope, for interment in Arlington
National Cemetery, at a time Of a
grand review Of the fighting forces
IN Washington, is asked Of Congress
by the American Legion.
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts, has introduced
joint resolution calling for return
OF the bodies of two such men. A
similar resolution was introduced by
Senator Edwin G.. johnson of
Colorado.