Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-26
INAUGURAL PARADE
!. ROUTE ANNOUNCED.
Routine to Be Observed at
Capitol Monday Also
Is Made Public.

and Manufacturers Association that all
the larger downtown department stores
and speciality shops will be closed on
Inauguration day. the inaugural COM
mittee made public the formal routine
to be observed at the Capitol and the
route of the inaugural parade, which
will start from the Capitol about pm.
next Monday.
Although no time was set for the
adjournment of the Senate, Immediately
after the oath of Office is administered
TO Vice President-elect Charles Curtis,
it is expected the ceremony in the SEN
ate chamber. to which only a compare
tive few will be admitted, will be con-
Guided by noon. and that President
elect Hoover will then go immediately
to the east front of the Capitol to take
the oath OF Office and deliver his in
augural address.
Senate Doors to Open at IL O'Clock.
The route of the inaugural parade. as
officially mapped out by the inaugural
committee today. is as follows:
Beginning at the corner of New Jer-
sey avenue and c street southeast the
plaza Of the Capitol grounds to B
street north, thence west to First
street, thence on First street to Penn
sylvania avenue, proceeding on Penn
sylvania avenue to Fifteenth, thence
north on Fifteenth street to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, thence west on Pennsyl-
vania avenue to Nineteenth street where
the parade will disband.
The doors of the Senate will be
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chamber will be assembled the Senators
and Senstors-elect, the members of the
House of Representatives, the diplomatic
corps, members of the Presidents cabi-
net, the general of the Armies. the chief
of staff of the Army, the chief of Naval
Operations, the commandant of the
Marine Corps, the Supreme Court and
other specially invited guests The Vice
President will occupy the chair and the
President, the President-elect and the
Vice President-elect also will be on the
floor Of the Senate.
Dawes to Give Curtis Oath.
Vice President Dawes will administer
the oath Of office to the Vice President
elect. who will then adjourn the Senate.
subject to the call of the chair. Then
Will follow prayer by the chaplain and
the Vice Presidents inaugural address.
which will be followed Immediately
by the reading of a proclamation of
the President calling the Senate in
extraordinary session. The oath of
ONCE to the Senators-elect will be ad- |
miniStered by the Vice President.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies |
In the Senate chamber, those on the |
floor will be escorted to the inaugural |,
platform on the east front Of the Capt. !
toll, where the oath of Office will be adj |
nlinistered to the President-elect by |
Chief Justice Taft. Records of past |
inaugurals show that the Hoover in
augural will be the first to be attended |
by two former Presidents. Mr.. Taft
served from March 4, 1909, to March 4, |
1918, and Mr.. Coolidge began his term !
OF service in August, 1928.
Ceremonies to Be Brief.
The President then will deliver his |
inaugural address. The actual oath !
taking ceremonies on the Capitol steps !
are not expected to take more than 10 |
or is minutes, and at the time Mr. |
Hoover concludes his address the parade |
will be ready to move down Pennsylva-
MIA avenue.
Every phase Of the ceremony at the
Capitol, including the proceedings in |
the Senate chamber and on the east |
front Of the Capitol, will be broadcast, |
the coming inaugural marking the first |
time In the history of the Senate that |
broaocasts have ben permitted. Broad |
casting arrangements concluded by both !
chains of stations contemplate the |
greatest possible dissemination Of the |
proceedings through a Nation wide |
hook-up OF more than 100 stations. |
The proceedings also will be broadcast |
on short-wave channels and may go all |
over the globe.
Redouble Work on Stands.
With only four working days left to !
complete the Job, carpenters and other |
workmen redoubled their efforts today |
to complete the stands in the court |
Of honor and along lower Pennsylvania |
Avenue by Saturday night. The stands |
IN front Of the Treasury and across the |
street in front Of the Riggs Bank have |
not moved as near completion as those |
in front Of the White House and in |
Lafayette Square. Meanwhile, no de- |
cision had been reached today as to |
whether other stands would be erected |
IN front Of the willard and oxford Ho- |
tells and at other places along Penn |
sylvania Avenue. The court of honor, |
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth |
was being prepared today for the deco |
rations, which are to feature the Blue |
and Gold colors of California, Mr.. Hoo
ver's home State. Great 40-foot poles |
will carry the banners Of the States |
while all the lamp posts will be en-
bellished with the National colors. At
the same time, the bottom and sides |
of the stands in the court of honor are
being decorated with cedar trees to give
the appearance OF formal garden.
Parking Areas Defined.
Parking areas downtown will be
area bounded by Fourteenth and
Twenty seventh streets, B street and the
Potomac River, for the inaugural period,
March "a inclusive. Unlimited park
ing will be permitted in this area for
all classes OF cars. except for the re-
striction on March 4 applying to the
White Lot and the north half of the
Ellipse.
This area will be reserved for those
invited to occupy the presidential re-
viewing stand during the parade. Park
ing in the Monument grounds will not
be permitted.
Chairman Stephan Of the parade
committee stands pat today on his
previously announced organization Of
the inaugural parade, composed OF two
grand divisions, with Gen. Charles P.
Summerall. CHIEF OF stan, y. 5. A., as
grand marshal.
He had set today as the last day for
application for places in the parade. and
had to made few last-minute shifts TO
arrange his complete program. The
first copies of the official program came
from the presses today. The program
is a 40-page booklet, copiously illus
trated. and includes biographies of the
President-elect and the Vice President
elect and many interesting sidelights on
the inaugural. 1t also carries list of
the committees and members Of the IN
augural committee and a complete pro-
gram of the officially sponsored events
in connection with the inaugural. 1t
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