Evening star., 1945-02-11
American Legion
Makes Awards for
Scholastic Work

The annual school medal awards
OF the American Legion were pre-
sented by Cover, >ment Printing Of
nee Post last week to Truenan j.
Baker and Lorraine " Haina, Sc
lected as the outstanding boy and
girl OF Eliot Junior High School.
The Americanism Commission,
through its chairman, Russell s.
Jeffreys, has sent information and
pamphlets to the 16 high schools
eligible to enter the national ora
torical contest, sponsored by the
American Legion.
Each post sponsoring a school Is
requested to contact such school to
make arrangements for the pre-
liminaries to be held between March
l and 16. Any information regard
ing the oratorical contest may be
procured from Mr.. Jeffreys or
Joseph A. Walker, committee chair
man.
A quiz program, held by the Civil
Service Commission, will take place
at the Department of Commerce
Auditorium at pm. February % to
familiarize Legionnaires with the
efficiency rating system of the Civil
Service Commission and how same
effects each individual in the Gov
ernment departments. Howard S.
Fisk, chairman of the Department
Employment Committee, will pre-
side. AL Legionnaires are urged
to attend.
Vincent B. Costello Post adopted
a resolution approving "the free
press principle advocated by Kent
Cooper, general manager of the
Associated Press, and pledging our
efforts toward the incorporation of
a charter of freedom of news and
communications in the forthcoming
peace settlements"
Fort Dupont Post at 8 pm. Tues
day at the clubrooms, Minnesota
avenue and M streets Sc, will make
plans to organize an auxiliary and
squadron of the Sons of the Legion.
Approximately 40 veterans will be
initiated in the Lincoln Birthday
class in Government Printing Office
Post tomorrow night by the ritual
team of the Forty and Eight, under
direction of Chef de Train Fred
F. Miney.
Charles Farmer, director of the
Veterans Service, USES for Wash
ington district, will speak on Get
ting Jobs for Veterans in the Dis
trict of Columbia" at a meeting of
United States Treasury Post at $50
pm. tomorrow at the Colonial Hotel.
George Washington Post will hold
its annual ceremonies at the Tomb
of George Washington on February
1S. They will leave the American
Legion clubhouse at 2:30 pm,
headed by Comdr. Joseph c. Abrams.
Department of Justice Post will
celebrate Washingtons Birthday on
February 10 with a dinner beginning
at 6:15 pm and an entertainment
later at the American Legion club
house.
Meetings this week are:
Today-Sons of the Legion, pm,
Legion Clubhouse.
Monday-U. S. S. Jacob Jones,
Lincoln and Government Printing
Office Posts, Legion Clubhouse; ;
United States Treasury Post, Colon
ial Hotel
Tuesday-James Reese Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV;
George E. Killeen Post. 1904 M
street NV; Department of Agri-
culture Post, Colonial Hotel; De-
partment of Labor and Capital
Transit Posts, Legion Clubhouse
Fort Dupont Post, Minnesota ave-
nue. and M street Sc.
Wednesday-Kenneth H. Nash
Post, 209 Pennsylvania avenue Sc;
Police and Fire and McAlexander
Posts, Legion Clubhouse; Potomac
Post. Palisades Field House.
Thursday-Stanley, Church Depue
Post, Legion clubhouse: Kenna-
Main Post. 1910 Good Hope road
Sc; Internal Revenue Post, Stans-
bury Temple.