Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-03 | Page 6 | Election to Close VFW Convention

I II I Election to Close lose i Convention I i e ST. ST LOUIS Sept 3 The UP-The UP The Veterans of Foreign Wars Vals close their annual encampment Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day with election n of officers and selection of ofa a convention city for next year Under V F FV W V policy re retiring ring Commander Ray H H. H Brannaman of Denver will be succeeded by Lyall I T T. Beggs of Madison W is is present senior vice commander Junior Vice Commander Clyde A A. Lewis Platts burg N. N Y will be elevated to Beggs' Beggs post But a fight was expected among the delegates for the job of junior vice commander Leading contenders were Washington State Commander Charles Charles' C C. Rails Ralls World War II vet and Frank Mi- Mi lee lec of oC Des Moines Miami F Fla a. a was vas chosen as the site of the 1919 1949 golden anniversary encampment