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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
40 and 8 Hold Solemn Rites
To Honor Their War Dead

OF frivolity and. by constitution.
to confine frivolity Of the Legion
to that particular playground.
the 40 and 8 has become a SYM
Dol Of Legion convention fun.
The mellowing years have de-
ploycd the 40 and 8 on more
serious routes - child welfare
among them. 1t has given the
Legion over 100000 since 1925
for welfare work.
Last night there were bowed
heads. reverent heads OF men
from whom the public has grown
to accept the fun-factory Of
Legion conventions.
Meet Past Midnight.
) The day-long session Of the
40 and 8 ended after midnight.
It ran through committee
meetings beginning at 2 pm,
went into the first full-scale
general session at Q o'clock. in
cluded plea from National
Legion Commander Arthur j.
Connen to keep level heads, /"
and a ringing welcome from
District Engineer Commissioner
Brig. Gen. Louis Prentiss.
Chaplain Nixon. who has the
rank of full colonel, rang full
through the big auditorium:
"Other men labored and We
are entered into their labors,
What did they labor for? What
did they die for?"
The 40 and 8's session con-
tinues today. with committee
meetings and reports.
In their parade section tomor-
row, they will have four divi-
sions, with about rs traditional
trains" including "Ol' Peggy,
an ancient Ford which carries
the figure of Pegasus and gal
lops far less gracefully.
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FIood|ights Switched
On Archives Building
In Legion Ceremony

The National Archives Build
ing will glow by night from now
on as the result of simple but
dramatic ceremony last night
in which the buildings $50
floodlights were switched on for
the first time by National Com
mander Arthur j. Connell Of the
American Legion.
The ceremony was the final
event in ceremonies preceding
the opening today of the Legion's
big national convention.
The exterior of the massive
white stone pile of the Archives
will blaze with light until 10 pm.
every night in the year. symbol
ling the light Americans derive
from the buildings precious con-
tents--the Declaration Of indie
pendence, the Constitution and
the Bill OF Rights.
The building, which faces Con-
stitution avenue between Sew
enth and Ninth streets NV. will
be open to the public until, 10
pm. every day except Christ
mas.
Commander Connell spoke on
the front steps of the building as
hundreds of spectators, mostly
Legionnaires, watched from the
south side of Constitution ave-
nue.. He called on Legionnaires
and all Americans to reaffirm
their loyalty and dedication to
the American principles set forth
for all to see in the sacred doc
uments housed in the Archives.
Whatever the imperfections
Of our Government" said Mr..
Council, 1--WE still rely upon the
secret ballot and the legislative
hall to settle our differences, not
upon secret police and slave
camps"
Edmund r. Mansure, General
Services Administrator. also
spoke.
Other speakers were DR.. Wayne
c. Grover, Archivist Of the
United States, and the Rev. DR..
Tom B. Clark, Legion National
Chaplain. who pronounced the
invocation.
Music was provided by the
United States Army Band and
the Holy Name Cadets of Gar
field, N. j. The Legion's 1858
and 1854 national championship
chorus from Milwaukee. Wis,
sang while the Legion's National
Guard of Honor marched in
with the American and organiza-
ton flags.
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tired old 1925 Dodge Brothers
touring sedan, ablaze with Lee
gion signs. slumbered at the
curb, guarded by q loading zone
sign.
On Twelfth street NV, a
two-bus. 50-car convoy of
Pennsylvania Legionnaires went
hooting uphill. freshly-arrived
and loaded for bear.
Floridians Down Orange Juice.
A Florida delegation was UP
early and congregated in a cafe
terra. Their hometown cham
bers of commerce would have
loved to watch. for every man
had a glass Of fresh orange
juice. No picayune little bitty
shot, either. but eight and IL
ounce doses.
The roistering was boisterous
enough, but fell short Of the
historical peaks achieved In past
conventions.
Observers noted how stag Lee
gionnaires seem sprightlier, more
carefree, less subdued than dele
gates accompanied by wives.
One 40 and 8 locomotive load,
shouting up the streets, had This
joyful sign on their iron horse:
mo wives with us guys"
In the Statler lobby. registra-
ton clerks resigned themselves
to communicating by writing as
a 50-piece Richmond Ind.) band
blared happily. The same went
on in other Hobbies. And side
walk promenaders gaped and
giggled at the passing parade of
costumed cut-ups in weird We
hicleS.
RowdinfsS was happily rare.
Spirits did soar at times, how
ever. There was this man in the
Franklin Park Hotel, 1882 /
street NV, for instance.
Booked on Assault Charge.
Barefoot up to his scalp, he
chased his wife down a hotel
hall yesterday, hit a maid with
a water pitcher and tried to mop
up on a hotel clerk with the
maids mop. police YEARLY re-
ported.
He was booked as Lloyd Will
kinson, A. Denver, Colo, on two
charges Of assault with a dan
gerous weapon and held for
court today.
Charges against Legionnaire
Wilkinson were nolle pressed by
Assistant United States Attorney
Kenneth D. Wood, head of the
Municipal Court Office, this morn
ing. Mr.. Wood said neither the
maid nor the hotel clerk wished
10 prosecute.
Police said Wilkinson, sans so
much as even a sock, pursued
his wife down the hall after she
left their room during an argu-
ment. She ducked into another
room and locked herself in it's
bathroom. Officers said Will
kinson flung a water pitcher
across the room. hitting not his
wife but a maid who was clean
ing the place. The maid was
released after hospital treat
meat for hand cuts.
TIE hotel desk sent clerk to
quiet Wilkinson, who seized the
mop and dealt him several
swipes across the hand, police
said.
| But in general the town es-
capped the first day unsecured.
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Festivities
Continued From First Page)

ever, a band of killed bagpipers
was just hitting the hay after an
all-night toot.
Undaunted by the hour. and
still windy after a night on the
town, they piped themselves up
stairs as the lobby crowd ap-
plauded. -
Indians Rubberneck.
A United States mail truck was
parked in front of the Munsey
Building. The driver had just
slammed the van doors. Bud
dy." croaked a passing white
faced warrior of yesteryear,
could you please quiet it down
a bit?"
The 33-piece Santa Fe Rail-
road band, Indians all, rubber
necked in front Of their hotel.
Clad in blue velvet. shining
with silver. moccasin-shod and
bead-embroidered, they FASTENED
to explain they are not Legion
naires. but are here only to
bolster the parade tomorrow.
Although their tepees are In
Winslow. Ariz.. they are repre-
senting New Mexico for goodwill
purposes.
There was q nice little thing
going on F street. Five middle
aged Legion gentlemen were
strolling along. stopping at every
one Of those March of Dimes
displays of milk bottles. They
would drop q batch Of coins into
the bottles, and walk on toward
the next rack up the street.
Locomotives were parked
everywhere, in magnificent dis
regard Of No Parking signs. A
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1880 p.m.-Introduction Of dis
tinguished guests.
200 p.m.-Address, Admiral
Arthur w. Radford, chair
man, Joint Chiefs Of Staff.
2:20 p.m.-Presentation Of
American Legion Distin-
guished Service Medal to
Mrs. George A. White by
Stephen Chadwick WASH
ington). past national COM
mander: acceptance. Mrs.
George A. White widow Of
Gen. George A. White).
RECESS.
400 p.rn.-Meetings Of con-
vention committees as
called.
500 p.m.-National Com
mander Connell's banquet
to distinguished guests,
Presidential Room. Hotel
Statler.
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thursday
National Guard Armory.

National Guard Armory.
$3.50 am. Concert.
900 a.m.-Call to order-Na-
tional Commander Council.
Salute to colors. Star Span
gled Banner. Invocation
DR.. Clark. national chaplain.
9:15 &m.-Unfinished business
Including reports held over
from previous sesSionsl.
1000 a.m.-AddresS-Walter p.
Reuther. president, Congress
Of Industrial Organizations.
10:15 a-m.-Reports Of Con-
vention committee: Internal
affairs.
10:45a.m. - Address. Henry
Cabot Lodge. United States
Ambassador to the United
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National Guard Armory.

national Guard ArmOry.
300 a.rn.-Concert.
$3.50 a.fn.-Call to order-Na-
tional Comdr. Connell.
Salute to the Colors. Star
Spangled Banner. Invoca-
tion--Dr. Clark. national
chaplain.
GAS am. - Address - Miss
Waurine Walker, president,
National Education Associa-
ton.
1000 a.ri1.-Reports Of conven-
ton committees: Legislative,
Foreign Relations.
1l:00 a.m.-Address-E. La
Mar Buckner. president, Ju-
nior Chamber of Commerce.
l1:20 a.m.-R.port Of conven-
ton committee: Economic.
including employment and
veterans preference and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
Three Nearby Areas
Plan to Give Workers
Time OFT for Parade

Arlington and Prince
Georges County Government
employees are the only NUM-
cipal employees in nearby
areas definitely slated to be
given time off to see the
Legion parade tomorrow.
Falls Church workers will be
released if they request it.
Montgomery County officials
were to confer today to de-
eide whether they would
release their workers at L
pm, when District and Fed
eral employees are released.
Fairfax County and Alex
andria officials said no plans
were made to release en-
ployes early.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
By Cherries J. Yarbroueh

At 1920 last night. there were
600 bowed heads in the Depart
mental auditorium.
Chaplain Eugene Nixon. 46-
year-old veteran Of the 9th In
fantry's European fight, was
pleading: did they labor in
vain? Did they die in vain?
1.-THE battles are not yet over.
Freedom is still challenged.
1.-THE little people in many ma
tons. are still being pushed
around. The names are different,
the labels have been changed.
but the tyranny is still the same.
in the battle for the souls Of
men, the enemy seeks to make q
mockery Of the white crosses
over freedoms dead"
Honor Their Dead.
In solemn. reverent silence.
the 40 and 8. traditional hell
raising. fun-makers of the Amer
lean Legion. gathered to honor
their dead-1,002 since the 1853
convention.
I'VE Americans will never let
the enemy have our dead" the
chaplain said.
"Our people. and the little
people of the world must hear
a message. And we who knew
them, we who marched beside
them, we who shared their hopes,
we alone can really bridge the
gap between the living and the
men who must never die"
The chaplain. an Episcopalian
minister of Jacksonville. Fla,
gave the 40 and SIS share of the
American Legion convention an
almost incongruous aspect.
Formed originally to keep
American Legion meeting devoid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30
The Program Doyby Day
Monday

1900 noon-Address to the
first full session of the
American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary, President
Eisenhower. National Guard
Armory.
1880 p.m.-Reports Of con.
vention committees. creden-
tials. permanent organiza-
ton. rules.
100 p.m.--Address. Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop Of New York.
100 p.m.-Presentation Of me-
dallion to mayor Of st. Louis,
the city In which the 1853
national convention was
held-Ed Hayes tIllinois)
past national commander.
Response, Mayor Raymond
r. Tucker Of st. Louis.
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Convention sideIights
9deHghfs
Legion Proves Patriotism at Opening
Star SpongIed Banner Played Twice

The American Legion conven-
ton opening at the Armory to-
day was doubly patriotic. 1t even
had two performances of the
National Anthem.
After color bearers escorted
Old Glory and the Legion flags
to the stage, the band burst into
the Star Spangled Banners
strains. All froze to attention.
Seated again, the audience
learned the band had jumped
the gun. Soloist Morton Dow
ney hadn't been able to get a
note in edgewise.
So the crowd got back on its
feet. the band again hit "Oh,
say can you see," and this time
Mr.. Downey got to sing.
49,
Changes" Weather.
Defying Weather, Bureau fore
bodings, District Commissioner
Renah Camalier blithely pledged
the delegates that "the sun will
shine" for tomorow's parade.
The Commissioner Is a seer.
Within the hour. the Weather
Bureau altered it's forecast to
delete the earlier prediction of
possible thundershowers.
He added a bit of advice. BE
careful and discreet, and watch
those traffic lights"
/ Bus Hits Convey of Quail.
The American Legion's Missis-
sippi delegation had a little &C
cident coming up here. Their
bus collided with a covey of
quail.
The birds winged across the
highway in Virginia. It was a
tie race with the oncoming bus.
Mississippian George F. James
said the delegation didn't stop
to retrieve the fallen delicacies
because the Legionnaires were
already burdened with rs dressed
chickens, some intended as gifts
for the White House.
4 Brothers Reunited.
It took 81 years, but the Her.
man brothers, here for the con-
vention. finally got together.
Since their father died 81
years ago, the four of them
never were reunited all at the
same time.
They made it yesterday-Al
from Hyattsville, Md, Matt and
Francis from Webster Groves
and Wellston. Mo-, and Joe
from Tulsa, Okla.
Now they're planning a re-
union with their four sisters.
u 4 X
Bruised by Streetcar.
Legionnaire Carl o. Hansen,
40, Billings, Mont, was released
after hospital treatment for cuts
and bruises suffered when he
walked into the front Of street.
car last night on Fourteenth
street near the Washington
Hotel. =
y.
Critics Rip Out "WelcOme."
F street merchants complained
of sour critics who did some
editing on their stores bunting.
During. the night. chunks were
torn from the cloth. In every
case, the missing material was
the part that read Welcome. ;"
~ + X y
Brisk Joke Item Trade.
Joke counters reported brisk
trade. But except for clerks at
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novelty counters, store employees
detected no big boom today in
business.
Five-and- dimes said most Of
their Legion traffic was around
notions departments. Sales were
mostly in items DICTIONARIES
could buy back home. A delegate
from The Far West, for instance.
was moved to buy q vegetable
brush.
At one souvenir store, aWar
One vintage Ohioan bought the
State flags Of every State but his
own, which he already had with
him. His bill was around $34.
80
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lors. passed the word today for
parade views to keep an eye
peeled for him tomorrow.
Smoked glasses might be ap-
propriate. Mr.. Coyne, whose
shocking vestments have won
him many Legion prizes in the
past. has outdone himself,
He will be wearing a stove
pipe hat. long black tailcoat, ana
shorts. Draped casually over one
arm will be a royal pink pastel
mink coat. Feminine eyes
trained on the coat will move to
a sign Mr.. Coyne will be carrying.
It's message is something to the
effect. "see me later girls"
"Stubbyn Stirs Memories.
Younger men pass HStubby'
with hardly . glance. but World
War I veterans linger to- look.
sStubby" Isl q plaster cast of
a dog, extremely lifelike. And
inside the plaster are the ashes
OF iStubby." the Goth Marine
Divisions mascot at the Marine,
San Mihiei and the Meuse-
Argonne.
The statue, cast from Stubby's
body, is in the window of the
Interstate Building Association,
Fifteenth street and New York
avenue NV.
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Tuesduy

200 p.m.--National convention parade.
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Sarfnrial Sh0clreI

Sartorial Shocker.
Legionnaire Pat Coyne, Brook
lyn's retort to Bond street tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

A Negro unit. the 12-man
group wore light blue trousers,
yellow-gold Ike jackets and natty
bi-color caps. The Indianans
also followed Marine drill rou-
tines. including the flashy, twirl-
ing 19-count manual Of arms.
Sergt. George Sawyer, Earlham
College senior and Marine vet
eran. gave his commands in q
picturesque sing-song.
Another picturesque color
guard was Thomas A. Edison
Post No. ,187 Of Detroit, which
wore striking green uniforms and
helmet liners and white spats,
and carried rifles painted yellow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

&0o4As
Miss Washington to Ride.
Then will come the second di-
vision-new champions among
the Legion's band. rifle teams.
drum and bugle corps. National
Legion Commander Arthur j.
Connell, past national command
ers-and for a touch Of beauty,
the new Miss Washington--Lina
Weisbrod. riding Just behind the
past commanders.
They will be followed by the
foreign attachments - Mexico.
Hawaii. Panama Canal Zone.
Italy. Puerto Rico. France. Phil
ippine Islands and Canada-far-
flung outposts Of the Legion.
After that viii come the State
Departments. marching in SEEM
ingly endless procession with all
the color they. can command.
There will be eight divisions Of
them, the last not even assem-
bling before 6 p.n1.-four hours
after the parade's start.
But that won't be all. On will
come the funmakers of the
Legion, the 20 and 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

2. Heard Legion Rehabilita.
ton Director r. M. McCurdy
call for a stepped-up drive to
thwart American Medical Asso-
citation criticism of VA hospital
programs. Specifically, the ANA
opposes free disqualification for
veterans with ailments not d.
rectly connected to military
service.
Mr.. McCurdy said he did not
believe the stand represented
most doctors but that the doc
tors union certainly has some
business agents who exercise
tight control" He urged that
moves be sought to protect from
retaliation" doctors who oppose
ANA positions.
3. Approved several internal
organization resolutions. Among
them: A move to force the Forty
and Eight, Legion fun-making
group. to eliminate a white
males only" membership restric-
ton; a move to set July q, 1853.
as the cutoff date Of Legion
membership eligibility for Ko-
rean veterans.
1. Approved reports on the
Legion's Americanism, child well
fare and economic commission
programs. The approval sent a
number Of resolutions to COM
mittees for study before they are
offered for delegates votes.
5. Heard from Finance Com.
mittee officials that the Legion
win finish this year lust in the
black-provided no substantial
requests for expenditures are
made ct this convention.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Former Fireman Held
OF Unsound Mind
In Stabbing Attempt

A retired fireman, indicted on
. charge of attempting to stab
., bank secretary, yesterday was
found to be of unsound mind.
!. The man was FitZhugh Nc
Candlish, A8. of the 1400 block
Of Whittier street NV. Judge
James w. Morris, after hearings
In the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia, found
McCandlish mentally incompe-
tent to stand trial at the present
time.
Attack on Secretary.
i, McCandlish was accused Of
assault with a dangerous weapon
and assault with intent to kill
Mrs. Viola Williams, 80, last Oc-
tober 81. She was attacked in
the American Security & Trust
Co, Fifteenth street and New
Work avenue NV, while en-
ployed as a secretary in the per-
konnel department.
McCandlish was employed as a
messenger at the bank for a
brief time last May. He con-
tended the bank owed him the
$6, according to police.
DR.. Gerhardt Gordon, chief
pSychiatrist at District General
Hospital, and DR.. Amino Perretti,
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Lieutenant Forced
To Resign Wins
Back Puy in Court

An Army lieutenant. whose
strained relations with the
colonel" led his superiors to
decide to reclassify him if he
did not resign. today was
awarded more than two years
back pay as first lieutenant.
The Court of Claims made
the award in the case of Isadore
Appel, Boston lawyer who
recently was a Federal Housing
Authority employe here.
Mr.. Appel resigned his re-
serve officers commission Oc-
tober 4, 1941. On June "a. 1943.
he was inducted into the Army
and served as a private until
October Is, l945. The award
was for the difference in pay and
allowances between his private's
pay and that for his first
lieutenancy.
The court found that relations
with 1t. Col. r. w. Whitman be-
came strained" on October 2.
1941. during maneuvers near
Fort Devens when Mr.. Appel
showed up an hour late for an
assignment. The next day, the
decision to seek Mr.. Appell's
resignation was made.
The court pointed out that
Army regulations say resigna-
tions must be voluntary.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

assistant chief psychiatrist there,
testified that McCandlish has
delusions of persecution and that
he is dangerous.
Prosecution Asked Hearing.
The McCandlish lunacy hear
ing was ordered on motion of the
prosecution. 1t was brought out
at the hearing that McCandlish
had been adjudged of unSound
mind in 1914 but had recovered
later that year.
Another man adjudged of un-
sound mind is Milton T. Rosen-
field, 90. of the 64O0 block of G
street. Seat Pleasant, Md, who
was named last July in five
housebreaking and larceny in
dictments.
One charges him with stealing
jewelry and other items valued
at more than $1,000 from the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Kapneck, in the 4400 block of
Sixteenth street NV. last June.
The hearing in Rosenfield's case
was on request of defense coun-
sci.
Under yesterdays findings
both men would be subject to
trial whenever they are reported
recovered.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
NLRB Chief to Speak

Guy Farmer, chairman of the
National Labor Relations Boaro.
will address the Unitarian Lay
mems League at $50 pm. to-
morrow in All Souls Unitarian
Church. Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1954-01-06

Superb values in bIouses thot look many times their
modest price! Some have been specially purchased
Just for this event others we've taken from our
own regular Stocks Included trinity tailored styles
we'll as friIIy feminine designs. Many oneof-o-
kind. In cotton, royon or nyon. White and coIors.
Sizes 81 to 38
Kann's-Street Floor Washington exd Arlington
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-29
'Neanderthal Man
Spreads Terror
In Monroe Film

A half man, half beast who
spreads terror among the popu-
lace, is the exciting tale told in
"The Neanderthal Man," which
will open Tuesday at the Monroe
Theatre through United Artists re-
lease. The picture stars Robert
Shayne, Richard Crane, Doris
Merrick and Joyce Terry.
A scientists use of q beautiful
girl in his experiments, his trans
forming Of a house cat into q
saber tooth tiger which is three
times the size of our circus tigers,
and the eventual transformation
Of himself into a numbering Mean
derthal man are all depicted in
chilling, shocking, hair-raising fas-
hion. As an added thrill there is
a clawing death battle between
the Neanderthal Man and the sa-
Der tooth tiger. Never before his
the motion picture camera record
ed such a savage fight. Due to
the care and research that the
producers put into the film, the
thrilling story never enters the
realm of implausibility.
Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollex-
fen, who teamed to write and pro.
duce "The Man From Planet X''
and Port Sinister" wrote and
produced "The Neanderthal Man"
The picture was directed by e. A.
Dupont.
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