Evening star., 1949-08-28
Comdr. Dunn Heads
D. c. Legionnaires
To Philadelphia

10 THllduclpIlld
Headed by Department Comdr.
Charles K. Dunn, about 300 mem
bers of the Department of the
District of Columbia, American
Legion and it's affiliated bodies,
will entrain today at pm. from
Union Station to attend the
31st national convention. which
opens in Philadelphia, Pa, to-
morrow.
In addition to delegates and
alternates the special train will
also carry the Legion's National
Guard of Honor. the Drum and
Bugles Corps of the Fort Stevens
Post and the James Reece Europe
as the guard aggregations of
Post with its drill team as the
guard aggregation of the Costello,
Fort Dupont and Capital Transit
Posts.
Another group of approximate
ly the same number of persons
will travel by plane. bus and pri-
vate cars. The local departments
headquarters will be in the War;
wick Hotel.
Delegates who will represent
the various local groups are De-
partment Comdr. Dunn, Joseph
A. Walker. Morris Spicci, John
Lewis Smith, Emily j. Carey,
Betty Bush. Henry Kelsen. Her.
bert j. jacob, Joseph B. Morris,
Clarence A. McCune, Benjamin
F. Turner. Watson B. Miller, Gail
T. = Judd, Fred G. Fraser, c.
Francis Mccarthy, Curtis Nc
Carthy, Curtis Jackson, David E.
Kisliuk. Paul J. McGahan, Francis
F. Miller, Clarence A. Dawson.
Edward G. Somingore, sr.: Lee r.
Pennington, John F. McGinty,
Herbert H. McMurray. James A.
De Force. William c. O'Hara,
Julian Lakey, John A. Ager, ST.,
and George Rodgers.
Forty and Eight - Chairman,
grand chef de gare. Gail T. Judd:
Francis F. Miller, Clarence T.
Milne. Paul j. McGahan and Ben
jamin F. Turner.
Eight and Forty - Chairman,
Chapeau Departmental Fran<s
F. Snow; Claire Smithson, M.
Laura Lipscomb. Marie Totten,
Rae r. Zaontz. and at large, cha
peau national passe. Ellen Louise
Warren and Eva B. Carrico; ma
tional pouvoir member, Eva B.
Carrico.
The members of the Clark v.
Polling Post, with their colors, will
take part in memorial service
today at the Temple Baptist
Church in Philadelphia. The Rev.
Daniel P. Polling, brother of the
famed chaplain of World War II,
after whom the post is named,
will be the principal speaker. Ma
tional Comdr. Perry Brown of the
Legion and National President
Mrs. Hubert Goode of the auxil-
iary, sister of DR.. Polling, also will
be present.
President Harry S. Truman will
deliver the principal address at
the opening session tomorrow in
the Philadelphia Convention Hall
at 3 pm, and at this time the
President and Babe Ruth will re-
ceive the Legion's Distinguished
Service Medal. the latter to be
presented to Ruth's widow. Mrs.
Claire Ruth. for his activities in
the field of American Legion jun
ior baseball during his lifetime.
Earlier in the day the annual
Forty and Eight parade will be
held. On Tuesday the entire day
will be devoted to the convention
parade. On Wednesday nomina-
tions of a new national command
er and staff will highlight the
session. The convention will off,
cially close with their election
and installation on Thursday.
One Of the most important is
sues on the agenda will be a small
increase in national dues, the
funds to be used for rehabilita-
ton purposes. Already half Of the
departments to be represented
have voted to support the issue
while only three are on record as
dissenting. The local department
is on record as approving the
measure in principal and will no
doubt vote for it in the conven-
ton.
Announced candidates for the
Office of national commander are
George Craig, Brazil, Ind; Earl
Cooke, Dawson, Ga. and James
F. Green, Omaha, Nebr. All are
World War II veterans.
All motorists are cautioned not
to bring liquor into the State Of
Pennsylvania. -.
If they are caught with liquor in
their car their automobiles are
subject to confiscation. under
Pennsylvania law. This warning
has been issued here by the Penn
sylvania Liquor Board. BY the
| law it made no difference whether
liquor found in out-of-state Wis
itors' cars was in case lots or
merely consists of a few drinks in
an almost empty flask.
The District of Columbia Grand
Voiture 174 Of the Forty and Eight
will also have a candidate for
national Office. He is Francis F.
Miller Of 301 Dale drive, Silver
Spring, Md, who will run for the
office of sous chef de chemin de
fer. If elected he will rank with
a national vice commander Of the
Legion and will be in charge Of
the organizations activities in all
Eastern States.
He is charter member Of the
local Grand Voiture and served
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