Evening star., 1932-09-05

Brown Remains Here.
The President had planned a COM
plete rest that eliminated any participa-
tion in Labor day ceremonies.
Postmaster General Brown was the
only member of the Presidents cabinet
who remained in Washington for the
final public holiday of the Summer
season.
Secretary of Labor Doak went to
Syracuse, N. Y, to make the address
opening tie State fair. His support
has been pledged to organized labor's
renewed efforts this year for five-day
work week, the subject today of ma
tional radio address by Frank Morrison,
secretary of the Labor Federation.
One man and five women were
treated at hospitals up to noon today
after they tainted on the street while
watching the parade. This figure is
much under totals of previous parades,
when scores Of spectators were over
come by the heat.
Girl Given First Aid.
At Emergency Hospital Lucille Whit
acre, Is, 1341 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, was given first aid after she
tainted in front of the Post Office,
Others treated there were Margaret
Jones, Is, of 1247 Thirtieth street;
Emma Frazier, 27, colored, of 309 Sec
ond street southwest, and Fred Jones,
"a, of the 100 block of Columbia road.
None was seriously affected.
Lucille Humes, 13, of TAB Fifth street
southeast, and Mildred Holman, IA, CT
1888 Kraemer street northeast, were
treated at Casualty Hospital after they
were overcome on the street. Hospital
attendants said they would be dis
charged after first aid.
Later it was reported that 16 addi-
tional persons had been brought to
Emergency Hospital after they tainted
along the line of march and two more
to Casualty Hospital. None was be-
lieved seriously affected.
Backing up the greatest procession of
firemen and policemen ever offered in
Washington as Labor day drawing
card, the Washington ball club, in the
thick of flrst-division battle, offers
a double-header with the Boston Red
Sox this afternoon, taking the place of
the annual base ball game between fire.
men and policemen, which has been
postponed until Saturday.
Bands to Compete.
simultaneously, visiting bands and
drum corps accompanying the nearly
1OO Va III AiOliA Nie-So oAAA
towns all over the Atlantic seaboard
will stage a warmly warmly contested
competition for high honors, at the
Sylvan Theater in the Washington
Monument Grounds commencing at 8
o'clock
In a column which required more
than two hours to pass the reviewing
stand in front of the District Building,
10000 gayly attired marchers trekked
along Pennsylvania avenue, starting
at 1890 o'clock. The firemen, their
ranks welled by contingents of police
men, marshaled all their pomp and dis
play for the annual Labor day celebra-
tion, and in all the 10 years since the
parade was merely supplemental to the
fire and police ball game, Washington
has never witnessed a more colorful
demonstration Of this kind.
Influenced by the theme of the
George Washington Bicentennial, ma
jority of the more than 200 floats in
the impressive pageant were colonial
in motif, and many of them were
products of months of earnest effort on
the part of their sponsors.
Firefighting equipment Of another
day and powerful apparatus symbolic
of the latest development in the pro-
lection of property from the ravishes
of fire, found place in the long pre-
cession. Intermingled were comic crea-
lCopt}puaS m, paua 0 ColIInn "