Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-10
|F|REMEN'S PARADE
TWILL DRAW ENTRIES
FROM FAR POINTS
Upstate New York, Ohio and
South Carolina Cities to Be
Represented Here.
HOOVER AND GOVERNORS
ASKED TO REVIEW FETE
Three Hours to Be Required for
Line of March, With Fully Dec
Grated Floats Demanded.

Taking on more and more the as
pect Of a national celebration of the
continuous fight being waged against
the Fire God" the annual firemen'7
parade to be staged in the National
Capital on Labor day this year will
draw participants and spectators this
year from far more distant points OF
the country than ever before, sponsors
of the event declared today.
The Washington Board Of Trade and
parade officials of the Metropolitan Fire
Department have received word that
delegations will come here this year
from Buffalo and Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
from a number of cities in Ohio and
from both North and South Carolina
this being the first time official dele
cations have been sent by these local.
ties.
Will Last Three Hours.
Meanwhile, numerous members OF ar
rangement committees are at work per-
fecting details for the parade, expected
this year to run for three hours in its
procession up Pennsylvania avenue. and
for the annual base ball game between
members of the Fire and Police De-
partments of Washington. the proceeds
Of which will go to widows and orphans
Oh I1eT1DeTS Oh Tie
Additional interest has been at
tracted to the firemenS parade through
out the eastern section of the country
it is reported, by organized promotion
work conducted over the past several
months, in which posters. personal let
tiers of invitation and local delegates
have been sent to fire department OFF,
Gals of large number of cities. Six
thousand bulletins have been sent out
President Hoover, Vice President Cur
It's and the Governors of New York
Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia, West
Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware
North and South Carolina have been
invited to attend the Labor day event
and to officially review the parade.
will Start Earlier.
Due to the increase length Of the
parade, the time of starting has been
moved up a half hour earlier. at 1890
o'clock, the ball game to start at Grit
fith Stadium at 3 o'clock.
Fifty silver trophies will be purchased
at cost CT about 81 900. to be awarded
for meritorious floats of various types
appearing in the parade and in ad-
dition there will be cash prizes totaline
81 500. It is announced by Robert j
Cottrell, executive secretary OF the
trade body.
To encourage attendance Of a large
body of out-of-town visitors. confer
ences will be held shortly with pas
senger agents of the railroads serving
Washington, at which reduced rates
for the Labor day event will be asked
Washington business firms have beer
invited to prepare floats for inclusion
in the parade but it has been decided
that unless trucks and automobiles are
properly converted into celebration
floats, they will be barred. Merely
placing a flag or few ribbcns ano
flowers on a vehicle. 1t Is announced
will not be SUFFICIENT to permit partici-
patton.
Information Booths Planned.
Civic and fraternal organizations ais
have been invited to enter floats In TIT
parade.
The Greater National Capital Com
mittee Of the Board Of Trade, now en-
gagged in advertising and boosting
Washington nationally. Is cooperating
in the pro notion of the firemen's pa
rade. Booths will be set up at Unior
Station and other points for distribu
ton of information regarding Washing
ton In connection with the parad'
activities.
A committee is to be formed to assis
visiting delegations in obtaining desir
able housing while residing here.
Smith General Chairman.
Odell S. Smith. chairman Of the Pub
lie Order Committee of the trade body
is general chairman of the parade or
ganization, with Sergt. A. j. Bargagn
Of the Fire Department serving a
marshal, Sergt. H. F. Harding as as
sistant marshal and Mrs. Grace 7
Weitzel representing the women's auxil'
iary Of the firemen's association.
Joseph A. Burkart is chairman OF tn
Executive Committee of the trade body
with Battalion Chief E. r. Pierce a
secretary and Harry Dean and Harry
Almond as assistant secretaries.
Other members of the committee IN
clude John Bardroff. A. C. Chase
Charles Clagett. E. F. CoHaday, MI
Cottrell, Isaac Cans, DR.. Frank E. Glib
son, E. C. Graham, Harry H. r. Hell
wig, Louis Levay, Louis Lowe, DR.. A
Magruder Macdonald, Edward j. Muir
ply, Charles w. Morris, Theodore T
Moves. George w. Offutt George Pitt
Mai. Henry G. Pratt, Wallace r. Rob
inson, Fred A. Smith, John Lewis Smith
C. J. Waters, Chief George S. Watson
Ben T. Webster. Fred G.. Whitem anc
Lloyd B. Wilson: