Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-30
WAIT FOR
OLYMPICS
TO STAR
Historic Games Will Be
Opened This Afternoon
At Los Angeles.
CURTIS OFFICIATES
Athletic Contests In All
Sports To Continue For
Next Two Weeks.
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

LOS ANGELES. July 30. - Near
ly 1000 athletes, dressed in the
vari-colored costumes unique to
their 80 nations, formed in line to-
day to become the parade which
will be the spectacular part of the
Olympic games opening ceremonial.
Brought here for the tenth mod
ern renewal of the international
contests which began with SIM
pie footrace on the slopes of Mt.
Olympus in Greece, in the days be-
fore Christ, these athletes of both
sexes will stand at rigid attention
while Vice President Curtis makes
his set speech Of IA words officially
opening the games.
They will be seen by a capacity
crowd of 100000. The spectators
will include part of the more than
100000 persons attracted to Los An
geles for the newest version of the
historic tests of athletic skill.
Within the next 16. days this
group of the worlds greatest stars
of track and field as well as Of row.
ing, equestrianship, boxing, wrest-
ling, fencing, swimming and kin
dred sports, will have competed in
program of no fewer, than 1876
individual events.
Only one sport was represented
in today's agenda. This was weight
lifting, preliminary tests Of which
will be conducted tonight in Olym-
pic auditorium. Ea e
Thus. the show centered today
upon the spectacular parade of ma
tions, on which the organization
committee of Los Angeles has been
laboring for more than -four years.
The program really starts at
2:20 Pacific Standard Time) when
the international organization COM
mittee and the Los Angeles COM
mittee form at the peristyle en-
trance to receive Curtis.
Ten minutes later the vice.
president and his escorts will ar
rive. Then will come the greetings
of Count Henri i-Baillet-Latour of
Belgium, president of the interna-
tional Olympic committee, and Of
William May Garland, head of the
Los Angeles organization.
Short Speech Ready
A band will play the national
anthem. A choir of 1000 voices
will sing the second stanza. The
parade will start. There will be
fresh introductions among the
games officialdom. Speeches will
follow Finally Vice President
Curtis will make his speech. Here
it is:
81 proclaim open the Olympic
games of Los Angeles, celebrating
the tenth Olympiad of the mod
ern era"
There will be a fanfare of trum-
pets to herald the opening. Ten
cannon will sound in salute. The
Olympic torch atop the peristyle, a
continuation of the large arch az
the stadium entrance gates, will be
ignited. The choir will again sing,
this time the Olympic anthem. AS
the last note is heard, 100 pigeons
will be released.
Next comes the dedication to be
delivered by DR.. Robert Gordon
Sproul, president Of the University
of California He will also deliver
benediction. The choir will sing
sacred hymn. The athletes will
take the Olympic oath. The choir
and band together will sing the re-
cessional, and the parade. in re-
verse formation, will file from the
stadium, ending the gala show.
Incidentally, the parade will be
led by the Greek athletes. This
honor was given because Greece
held the first olympic games. Last
in line will be the largest delega-
ton, that of the United States. IN
alphabetical order. between these
two delegations, will come the rep
resentatives of these nations:
Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada. China.
Colombia, Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia.
Denmark. Egypt, Estonia, Finland.
France, Germany, Great Britain.
Haiti, Holland, Hungary, india, Ire
land, Italy, Japan, Jugo-Slavia.
Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nor
way, Philippine Islands, Poland.
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-