Evening star., 1933-11-01
REIGN OF SP00KS
CL|MAXED HERE BY
BIG CIVIC PARADE
ReveIry Marred by SIashing
of Six in Throngs Near
EIIipse.
POLICEMAN IS AMONG
VICTIMS OF RAMPAGE
Efigy Explains Appearance of
Lifelike Object Hanging From
Aqueduct Bridge.


Washington last night when street
revelry and an elaborate civic parade
We'd for major attention with youths
dark doings in the residential by-ways
of the Capital
The city'S celebration was one in
which confetti, -four, dried beans and
e ABANDON. a Il was e5e 'I eelebration til p1faa that
ended with a momentarily gruesome
bang on the misty shores OF the Po-
tomac River only after realistic day
light today. A man was reported hang
ing from the girders of Aqueduct Bridge
and investigating police found that he
who danced upon the air was only O
life-like effigy hanged by pranksters
Real tragedy stalked for a few bad
minutes, however. when a colored man
ran amuck with razor in the packed
crowd about Fifteenth street and Con-
Stitution avenue and slashed six per-
sons, including park policeman who
sought to grapple with the man. Al
though the slasher escaped at the time.
a colored man who identified himself
as James Williams %, of the 1000
block Of street. was arrested 20 min
uteS later as the man who made the
attack.
Four Cut on Arms.
The slashing occurred at the height
OF the celebration in Constitution ave-
nue. and the victims were: Charles Ar
mold, l8, and Francis Arnold l6, both
of sol l. street; George Valkas, Is, 499
c street southwest; James Clerico, l6.
| Of the 500 block of Fifth street, and
Ralph Wolverton, II, of 1920 Fifteenth
street, all of whom were cut on the
arms, and Park Policeman Samuel
Millhouser, who was slashed on the
hand
Park police were investigating the
case today to determine the cause Of
the mans rampage. A sudden fright
is believed to have been responsible, but
officers last night were unable to de-
termine the exact cause. Williams was
taken into custody by Park Policeman
j. B. Edelkamp and he was identified
by several members Of the crowd as the
man who had run amuck
In Police Court today, judge John
B. Mcmahon held Williams in $4,000
bond for action Of the grand jury on a
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. The specific charge on which
the man was held was for his attack
on Francis Arnold. He was positively
identified by several witnesses in court
today
A comparatively short. but neverthe-
less brilliant parade was the crowning
event of the celebration Washington
civic organizations business and in
dustrial establishments, educational and
military groups marched in gay attire
In decorated booth in Constitution
avenue, Senator William H. King, chair
man of the Senate District Committee.
and DR.. Luther Reichelderfer, chairman
of the Board of Commissioners. and
Miss Mary Yates, queen of the pageant
reviewed the parade.
Band Concerts Given.
At the end of the parade, band con-
certs were held at various points along
Constitution avenue and then Thomas
P. Littlepage, past president of the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce an
nounced the winners in the parade.
The Civitan Club won first prize in
the local and civic float class for its
magnificent depletion of the Civitan
Boys Club garden work. Woodward &
Lothrop won the local and commercial
float prize The prize for decorated
private vehicles was won by L. r. Per-
Steiner. all of Potomac Heights. for
their Gay Nineties" buggy. L. A.
McCrae won the award in the non
commercial class for his Ford auto
mobile that cruised the parade ground
taking news reel'' pictures with his
weird camera" The Esperanto As
sociation's entry was awarded first
prize in the out-of-town ccstumed
group class.
The prize to the best costumed local
group was won by the EARLY Birds" a
company of men dressed as chickens
and pursued by a huge worm.
Miss Elizabeth Bait as the Blue
Eagle" and Bernard Spaulding as
Uncle Sam won prizes as coStumed In
dividual marchers.
The Washington Gas Light Co. won
the award for the best band.
Mai. Brown Leads Parade.
The parade was led by Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of Metro
politan Police, and Col. John W. Oeh-
| was grand marshal. In the first section
with these officials were the Commis-
sioners of the District and the queen
of the pageant. The second section in
cluded the Powell Junior High School
| and the public school Community
| Center delegations, representatives OF
| Chillum Heights Conduit road and the
Hillcrest Citizens Association, the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Association. the
| Kiwanis Club and District of Colum-
bia Federation of Women's Clubs.
The third section included the Logan
Thomas Circle Citizens Association, the
Gay Nineties buggy, Midcity Citizens
Association and the Optimists' Club.
In the fourth section was seen the
Esperanto Association, the Whittier
School group and the Truesdell Parent
Teacher Association. The fifth section
included the Northeast Boys Club and
Improved Order of Redmen.
| The sixth section embraced the COM
mercial floats.
Each of the sections included various
costumed individuals and marching
eroups. Music throughout the line OF
| march was provided by various bands
! including Loew's Fox Band, the Wash
| ington Gas Light Co. Band, the Victory
Post of the American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, the American Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps, 121st Engineer Band
Improved Order of Redmen Band and
the George Washington University
| Band.
PIT. A. to Give Plays.
CHERRYDALE, Va, November
(SpeciaD Two plays. "The Girl OF the
Mountain" and a three-act comedy will
be presented in Cherrydale School Fri