Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
INAUGURAL TICKET
COMMITTEE TURNS
TO SEATING PLANS
Arrangements to Avoid Loss
of Time and Confusion
Contemplated.
BANK CLERKS SOUGHT
AS VOLUNTARY USHERS
Broadcasts of Ceremonies to Be
Heard by Record Audience,
Radio Companies Announce.

With the grandstands on upper and
lower Pennsylvania avenue and along
Fifteenth street nearing completion and
certain to be ready several days in adj
vance of the inaugural, March 4, men,
bers Of the ticket committee today
turned to plans for a complete seat
ing arrangement which will enable
purchasers of seats to be ushered to
their places with the least possible con-
fusion and loss of time.
The present plan of the committee,
headed by j. b. Reynolds, is to have
clerks in the banks of Washington act
as voluntary ushers. They will work
under number of key men who are
thoroughly acquainted with the job of
handling large numbers of people, and
the committee plans to call on men
who have had experience in base ball
parks, circuses and like organizations
to serve as captains of the uSherS
Announcement today by the large
radio broadcasting companies made it
plain that all the details of the in
augural ceremony. together with the
parade, will be disseminated to a larger
world audience through the radio than
ever before. In the Senate chamber,
however, where rule against radio
broadcasting has been in effect for
years. the upper legislative body forced
a concession on the broadcasterS--
their microphones must be encased in
soundproof booths which are to be un-
obtrusively located.
Inaugural Ball Unofficial.
Lieut. Col u. S. Grant, Sd, chairman
of the inaugural committee, emphasized
today that although the charity ball on
the night of March 4 will hold out al
Turing inducements as to pomp and
splendor, 1t is not an official inaugural
ball No such ball has been held since
1909. The inaugural committee several
weeks ago recognized the ball as the
official charity ball in connection with
the inaugural. Lacking the presence
and official sanction of the President
elect, however, the ball is not an off,
cial affair. Announcements of the ball
committee have consistently referred to
the ball as the inaugural charity ball"
and two members of the ball commit
tee act as liaison officers between the
ball committee and the inaugural COM
mittee.
Additions to the inaugural guarantee
fund yesterday included donations from
the. following: Parker-Bridget, 500;
George H. Carter. $25; Joseph B. Wat
kins. $40; Hugh Reilly Co., 5000; Mrs.
Frederic c. Hicks. $25: Cathryn Chalo-
ner, 50; Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, $40,
and Electric Boat Co., $500.
Tickets Put on Sale.
Tickets for the grandstand seats are
on sale at room 302, Transportation
Building. The telephone number of the
committee is National 4051. Ball tickets
are on sale on the ground floor of the
Transportation Building. where the
committee has its headquarters, and
whose telephone number is Metropolitan
1867.
Information booths for visitors to the
city by automobile are to be established
by the American Automobile Associa-
stion at several main highway entrances
to Washington. They will be placed at
the District line on Bladensburg road,
Rhode Island avenue at the District
line, Georgia and Wisconsin avenues at
the District line and at the. south end
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