Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-16
TICKET RATESSET
FOR CHARITY BALL
Inauguration Day Event at
Auditorium Planned on
Elaborate Scale.

Single tickets for the charity ball,
| Inauguration day. to be held at the
Washington Auditorium the evening of
March 4, will cost $40 and couples will
be admitted at price of SIS, the in
augural committee announced today.
| Although President-elect Hoover will
! not attend the ball, which is being ar
| ranged by committee headed by Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, the affair other
wise has all the aspects of an inau-
gural ball. 1t has been recognized by
the inaugural committee as the official
| ball of the inaugural period and the
net proceeds will go to charity. Insur-
ance funds of the Fire and Police De-
partments will benefit to the extent OF
SIS 900 each from the proceeds Of the
ball.
Another general meeting of commit
tee chairmen has been called by Lieut..
Col. u. S. Grant Sd, chairman OF the
inaugural committee, for tomorrow aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock at the New Will
lard Hotel. At this meeting the prices
to be charged for grandstand admis-
sion to view the parade are expected
to be fixed and further details of the
reception to State governors arranged
Roland S. Robbins. in charge OF sale
and distribution of tickets for the char
ity ball, will open Offices in the Trans
portation Building tomorrow.
Committee Work Increasing.
The business of the inaugural COM
mittee has so increased and the volume
of mail is reaching such proportions
| that a spread of the centers OF activity
! has been made necessary. In addition
| to general headquarters in the Grid
! iron room of the Willard, quarters have
been established in room l2l OF the
willard for the committee on housing
and hospitality, in the Transportation
| Building for the ball committee ana
in the Second National Bank Building
| for the committee on reception TO gov
ernors and the entertainment commit
tee, which were to be opened today.
The personnel of the committee on
medical aid and emergency arrange
ments. headed by Gen. John A. john
ston. was announced today. DR.. Will
liam Earl Clark is chairman OF the
medical committee. In charge OF Req
| Cross first aid stations, whose locations
will be announced later, are Capt. Guy
| B. Denit, Medical Corps, u. S. A.; G. L.
Collins, public health officer, Post Of
| fee Department; Comdr. G. w. Calver,
Medical Corps, u. S. NJ, and DR.. Edward
j. Schwartz, District Public Health De-
partment. These doctors, assisted by
internes and nurses, will be stationed
at several points throughout the city
for emergency protection during the
parade and at other places where con-
gestion will exist.
Confusion i'm Listing Rooms Noted.
Confusion which may exist because
some persons have registered rooms
with the housing and entertainment
committee and later have listed them
! with other agencies should not exist,
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman
of the committee, declared today.
Those persons who have listed their
rooms with two or more agencies should
notify Mrs Speel at the willard, so
her inspectors need not make useless
journeys, she said Mrs. Speel added
that Republican national committee
members in every State and chairmen
and vice chairmen have been furnished
with housing data concerning accom-
modations in Washington during the
inaugural period. Requests for accom-
modations made to members of Con-
gress are being handled by Marshall w.
Pickering.
Andrew May, president of the White
House Photographers Association, has
named the following to aid him In ar
rangements for filming the inaugural:
Harry N. Van Tine, in charge of still
cameras: Albert Holland and Marvin
Mcintyre, in charge Of motion picture
details.
Following a custom established at the
| Coolidge inaugural, 10 veterans of the
| Civil War will form guard of honor
| for Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Curtis in the
| inaugural parade, following the new
| President and Vice President in auto
mobiles.
Money Asked for Extra Police.
The District Commissioners yesterday
sent to the Senate request to appro-
pirate SOS, 900 for additional police dur
| ing the inaugural period, and for $4,000
| to establish first aid stations and in
| formation booths throughout the city
Two hundred special policemen will be
| brought here from Baltimore and else
where to aid the local police force In
handling the crowds. The plan for the
| Inauguration this year differs from that
of other similar events in that uni
formed policemen have not been brought
| from other cities in the past. Many
| citizens of Washington have been en-
powered to perform special police duties
| during the inaugural period in other
years, but Maj. Hesse is said to hold
| that any situation may be better ham
died by uniformed men than by civilians
not in uniform.
|