The Washington times., 1933-03-03
MOTHER To SEE.
SON BECOME
PRESIDENT
NotabIeS in President
Party; Crowds Continue
to Pour Into City
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lacrosse game, is scheduled for
this afternoon at Central High
School stadium. This evening
the inaugural concert will be
held at Constitution Hall, and
beginning at 10 o'clock there Will
be a reception to the Vice-Pres-
ident, the governors and State
inaugural committees at the Pan
American Union.
This afternoon, too, the United
States destroyerS Reuben James
and Bainbridge, as we'll as the
Coast Guard cutters Sebago and
Cayuga, will be open for lnspec-
ton to the public at the Navy
Yard.
Secret Service Augmented
More than quarter Of million
persons are coming to Washing
ton to witness the inaugural, &C
cording to latest estimates Of the
inaugural committee, and already
10000 of the $4,000 grandStand
seats have been sold.
The regular Secret Service has
been augmented by 80 uniformed
officers and 40 plain clothes men
from the washington Police De-
partment, in preparation for
Saturdays climax to the festivi-
ties. A police order instructs
uniformed members Of the force
who are assigned to duty along
the parade route to stand in
such positions that they can OBJ
serve the actions and movements
of persons back Of the cables
and in the stands.
A demonstration by a large
fleet Of planes, accompanied by
the dirigible Akron. will be a
spectacular feature of the in
augural events. Tomorrow, Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt will arrive at
q few minutes later will start for
the White House at II a. M, and
Hoover.
Vice President Garner will be
the Capitol with President
sworn in in the Senate chamber
at noon.
President-elect and Mrs. Roose-
velt arrived at the Union Station
just before $50 last night, and
were greeted by an enthusiastic
crowd of several thousand persons.
Roosevelt left the train in the
yards outside the terminal, NOV
ing down a ramp to his automo-
bile.
On the way to the Mayflower
Hotel from the station, four
Secret Service men stood on the
running board of the Presidents
car and scores of uniformed po-
licemen surrounded him, both at
the station and at the hotel.
Mother Also Is Here
Preceded by motorcycle police
the Presidential caravan swung
into Massachusetts Avenue, thence
into H Street and New York
Avenue, finally passing the court
Of honor in Pennsylvania Avenue,
set up for tomorrow's inaugural
parade.
With the President-elect on the
special train were the new Post
master General, James A. Farley,
with his wife and two daughters,
the new Secretary Of War, George
II. Dern of Utah, with Mrs. Dern,
and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife
Of the new Secretary of Agricul-
ture.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother
Of the President-elect, also ar
rived on the train with him. She
Is one of the few women in
American history ever to see her
son inaugurated as President.
Other members of the Roosevelt
family included the three sons of
OF the President-elect.
Promenade Concert Held
At the same time that the
Roosevelt party was arriving in
Washington, the first of the elab-
crate series of inaugural events, a
promenade concert at the Pan
American Union, was attracting
many WashingtonianS and visi-
tors. It was open to the public,
and despite inclement weather, a
large audience was present.
Shortly before / o'clock tomor-
row Roosevelt will be sworn in,
and will deliver his brief inaugural
address. The return to the Cap
itol will follow. and thereafter the
President will review the parade
from the Court of Honor.
A band competition and a fire
works display will be provided
for the public in the evening.
The Inaugural Ball will be held
according to schedule in the
Washington Auditorium, but the