Evening star., 1947-02-09
American Legion
Membership Shows
Gain of 2l0,348

MemDerSn1P onOWS
Gain of 210,348
with the 1s47 American Legion
national membership already at g.
7,24e, a gain of 210,348 over the
corresponding period a year ago,
national headquarters at Indian
apolis, Ind, predicts a final enroll
ment of more than 100000 by DeS
cember 81.
The finals of the lo47 national
higS. school oratorial contest will be
held at Charleston, w. Va, April Is.
Comdr. Charles G. Senseney has
arranged an entertainment for Lin
ctln Post tomorrow night at the
Legion Club. A special showing of
some of the motion pictures used as
evidence in the recent Nuremberg
trials will take place.
Col. Arthur A. Kimball, a member
Of the post, who was executive officer
to Justice Robert H. Jackson will
give high lights Of the trials.
National Comdr. Paul H. Grifith
and his Washington staff, Depart
ment Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau and
his staff, all commanders and adju-
tents of local posts and all members
of the Post Mortem Club will be
guests.
I'll sat
Carroll. Martin Dyer and Mrs. Eva
Carrico, child welfare chairman of
the Legion, the Legion Auxiliary,
Forty and Eight, and the Eight and
Forty, respectively, of the District
Department, will represent those
bodies at the annual area B. Child
Welfare Conference to be held at
Atlantic City. N. j, next Friday and
Saturday.
Emma G. Puschner, national child
welfare director of the Legion and
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, national
child welfare director of the Eight
and Forty of this city will address
the conference.
Plans for the American Legion
Junior Baseball League were COM
pleted at a meeting of the depart
men. athletic commission last week
when eight teams entered compete
ton to start about June l on the
Monument lot each Sunday after
noon.
Posts who entered teams are Gov
ernment Printing Office, Costello,
Fort Dupont, Bunker Hill, National
Cathedral, Police and Fire, Fort
Stevens and Halloron-Murray.
Copies of the Junior baseball rules
have been received and these with
interpretations and other pertinent
information will be incorporated IN
the 1S47 Junior Baseball Handbook
for 1947 when issued.
The formation of soft-ban league
to be composed of Legionaires ana
the operation of an enlarged bowling
league for 1947-8 with approximately
so teams entering were also dis
cussed
TIE department Membership Com
mittee, under the direction OF Ray
l.. Zwinglas, announced drive for
new members this month, With
prizes to be awarded to the first and
second place posts in three classes;
100 to 39s, 400 to 500 and those over
1000 based on the final 1946 conven-
ton figures, and eligibility to be
made on a percentage basis.
The department commander pre-
scented John Anderson with an
American Legion Certificate OF Dis
tinpuished Service for his outstand-
ing work as service officer OF the
James Reese Europe Post over
long period of years, and also pre-
sented Assistant Department Ser
geant at Arms George B. Hunt with
his official department officers white
cap at the last mesting of the James
Reese Europe Post.
C. l.. Dawson, department vet
erans' preference officer, announces
his committee is ready to handle
all reses of veterans preference
havi = already handled a large
nun, ,er of both national and local
cases.
The national commander Will
lead the 18th annual national pill
srimage of the Legion to the Tomb
of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield,
Ill. on February IL and deliver an
address to be carried by the NBC
system from / to Ills pm.
The meeting of quentin Roosevelt
Post, scheduled for February II, has
been postponed until February "a,
because of the Legion ball.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Lincoln, Jacob Jones
and FBI Posts, Legion Club; Wood
ri.'-c Post, 2o22 Rhode Island ave-
nue NE.
Tuesday-Capital Transit, Halo
ron-Murray and Department OF La
bor Posts, Legion Club; James
Reese Europe Pest, 1914 Vermont
avenue NV; Georee E. Killeen
Post, 1904 M street NV.
Wednesday-Police and Fire and
U. G. Alexander Posts, Legion
Club; Nash Post, 209 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc; Potomac Post, Pali-
sades Field House; Barry Post, st.
Aloysius Hall.
Thursday-Forty and Eight, Le-
gion Club: James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Fort Tot
ten Post, the Ship; Fort Dupont
Post, Minnesota avenue and M
street Sc.
Friday - GPO, Department of
Agriculture and GAO Posts, De-
partment Housing Committee, Le-
gion Club.