Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01

DISTRICT OF C0tun1Otu Depart
ment, American Legion.
Star Staff Photo.
American Legion
Baseball League
Opens Season Today
Eight junior baseball teams spon-
sorad by as many American Legion
posts will open the 1947 Junior
American Legion Baseball Tourna-
ment simultaneously on all four dia-
monds of the White House Elipse
today at pm. with the Legion S
National Guard of Honor leading a
short parade.
Attorney General Tom c. CLARK,
Federal Security Administrator
Watson B.. Miller, Col. A. C. Oliver.
U. S. A, retired, and Department
Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau will toss out
the first balls.
James c. Munro, department ath-
letic officer is president of the league
assisted by Ray Homan and Andrew
Oehman.
The teams and their managers
are: G. P. O., Sam Fine; National
Cathedral, C. A. Deardoff; Bunker
Hill, Horace Hector; Costello, Henry
Heine; Holloran Murray, Ray
Wrenn; Police and Fire, c. R. Nc
Farland; Fort Stevens, j. Phelps,
and Fort Dupont, j. Garland.
Play will be resumed each Sunday
at the same time until July 20 when
"a semifinal contest among the four
high teams will be held with the
two remaining teams meeting on
July u to decide a city champion
This team will enter a series of
national elimination contests lead
ing to the National Junior World
Series at Los Angeles, Calf, in late
August.
Department Adjt William G
holland announces that lists of dele
gates and alternates to the depart
ment convention. certified by post
adJutants, must be filed in depart
ment headquarters by July 9, while
A. c. Danaher, department chair
man of trophies and awards, has SET
June 20 as the deadline to file nom
nations for the annual Watson B
Miller Trophy.
Former nurses and those still In
service are invited to join the Jane
A. Delano Nurses Post, who meet
next Saturday evening at the home
of Miss Anne D. Pryde, 200 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
The Legion will award trophies to
the winning company at the annual
High School Cadet Corps COMPETE
tive drills to be held during the
coming week at Griffith Stadium.
The District Department and
units, with their colors, will partici-
pate in the 18th annual memorial
services, under the auspices of the
Jewish War Veterans, today at !
pm. in the B'nai Israel Cemetery on
Oxon Hill road, Md. Department
Comdr. c. Nadeau will speak.
Officers of War Department Post
were installed last week by the de-
partment commander as follows
Commander, D. M. Van Houten
first vice commander, F. A. Gould
second vice commander, E. w
Bridge; third vice commander, A
J. King; adjutant, S. P. Mehall;
finance officer, D. r. Stark; chap
lain, A. B. Slivinski; historian, M
A. Bishop; sergeant at arms, G. R
Burkey.
An American Legion school medal
and certificate of achievement
were presented to Patricia Sullivan
winning student at st. Cecilia s
Academy, on Wednesday by Past
Department Comdr. Harlan Wood
on behalf of the Victory Post.
Nominations of delegates and al
ternates of the Sergt. Jasper Post
to the Department Convention will
take place next Wednesday evening
at the Legion Club.
A resolution passed by the Com
merce Post purporting to have the
Government restore the home of
Francis Scott Key, author of the
national anthem, on M street just
beyond the Key Bridge. has been
adopted and passed by the Depart
ment Executive Committee.
time Post to the Department Con-
vention are: Delegates, Harry j.
Hanna, John C. Donovan, J. A. De
Force, Gus Antonson, A. E. Cam
bell, L. w. Koontz; alternates, Wal
ter Rowe, w. C. Spence. H. J. Covel-
ton, w. K. Bassett, George Caun
and ]. D. Diamond.
Arrangements for the Govern
ment Printing Office Post boat ride
next Friday have been completed.
Department of Justice Post has
set aside $50 to be used for prizes to
be distributed to disabled veterans
at its bingo party at Walter Reed
Hospital next Tuesday evening,
Comdr. Curtis Shears Is the chair
man of the delegation to represent
the post at the Department Con-
vention. Others are j. j. McGinty,
H. Beaton, j. Rice, M. L. Looney,
E. Nelson, w. Jones, L. r. Penning-
ton, T. OHara. T. o. Smith, r.
Hummer, J. Sanford, w. Monagan,
w. Crane, c. Prior, E. Metzler, j.
Macklin, A. Simpson, G. Puryis, j.
Rusen, j. Palmer, N. Fox, j. Meglin,
L. Lightcap, c. Travers, G. Van
SAINT and j. J. Finn.
The James Reece Post will present
the Musical Art Choir In a concert
in the Music Hall at Ninth and v
streets NV, next Thursday evening.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Civil Service Post, Ma
tional Guard of Honor, Stephen P.
McGroarty Post, Department Amer