Evening star., 1933-09-03
OUTSTANDING FIRE
WELCOME
TO OPEN CONCLAVE
Warren Dues, Who Saved
Seven From Flames, Ar
rives Today.
| NEARLY 200, 900 VISITORS
EXPECTED FOR PARADE
Bravery of District Forces to Be
Rewarded in Presentation
of Medals.

Of Medals.
The welcoming today at 9 am Of
Warren Dues, Flint, Mich, chosen by
the National Firemens Association as
the Nations outstanding fire hero, will
open tWo-day visit to the city by
firemen from all parts of the country,
climaxed tomorrow morning by a man.
moth parade up Pennsylvania avenue.
Between 10000 and 100000 visitors
-flremen, their families and specta-
tors-are expected in the Capital for
the parade, which is to start from
Second street and Constitution avenue
at IL am. tomorrow, and will require
about three hours or more to pass a
given point.
The parade will move through gayly
decorated streets, going west on Consti-
tuition avenue, then west on Pennsyl-
vania to Fifteenth street. where it will
turn south into the Ellipse.
Merchants and business men along
the line of march have decorated or
are decorating their stores and places
of business in response to requests Of
committees in charge Of parade ar
rangements and to a cash prize offer
rated buildings along the route Of the
parade. The prizes are SIS, SIS
Judges Named.
Judges of the decorative effects,
chosen at the request of Fireman r. A.
Barton of No. 81 Engine Company,
decorations chairman. will be Thomas
P. Littlepage, president OF the Wash
O nf
w. Owen, president of the Washington
Board of Trade, and J. E. Colliflower.
president of the Merchants and Manu-
facturerS' Association. They will ride
in special car in the parade so as to
be able to see the decorations as the
participating visitors see them.
Sergt. A. j. Bargagni, general chair
man and parade marshal, said yester-
day there will be more than 5000 peo-
pie in the line of march. Sergt. Bar
gagni is president Of the National Fire
mems Association. whose annual meet
ing the parade brings to q close. Other
officers include Noble F. Rushe, Hyatts-
vile, Md, vice president; T. Weston
Scott, Cottage City, Md, secretary, and
Alfred L. Geiger, mayor of Kensington,
Nd, treasurer.
/ Floats in Parade.
A large number of commercial floats
will be included in the parade in ad-
dition to the District police and fire-
men, military units and visiting f1re-
men,
Yesterday the officers of the national
association, accompanied by high Of
flcials of the District Fire Department.
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent
of police. and delegations from the
District department and departments
in nearby Maryland and Virginia,
placed a wreath on the tomb of George
Washington at Mount Vernon, as the
first volunteer fireman" Washington
served with Friendship Engine Com
pany. Alexandria,
Following their Mount Vernon visit
the same group. escorted by a squad
of motorcycle policemen. went to Ar
lington National Cemetery. where the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was
similarly decorated. Both wreaths were
placed by Sergt. Bargagni, as presi-
dent of the association.
This mornings welcoming commit
tee will be made up of officials of the
District department and of the asso-
citation, with Sergt. Bargagni at the
head. Dues is expected at Union Sta
ton at 9 am.
Memorial Rites at PM.
This afternoon. at memorial services
for firemen killed in their duty, Repre-
sentative John j. McSwain of South
Carolina will deliver the main address
The memorial services are to be held
at pm. in Sylvan Theater.
Fire and police heroes of the Dis
trict will be presented medals at the
memorial services by Gen. John A.
Johnson, former District of Columbia
Commissioner. Gen. johnson will pre-
sent the National Associations Medal
to Dues, also. for his work in rescuing
six young children and girl of 16 from
a fire in Flint. Dues, %, is an unem-
ployed chauffeur at this time.
District of Columbia heroes to re-
ceive awards include:
Policemen-Pyt. Arthur c. Poulson.
first precinct, who will receive a gold
medal for his work in arresting Nicholas
A. Long, who had barricaded himself in
a house at sos First street southeast
and was shooting indiscriminately.
Poulson was wounded
Pvt. George R. Walrodt. first pre-
cinct, who will receive a silver medal
for assisting Poulson in the case. He
accompanied Poulson into the house,
but received no wounds.
Pvt. Herman L. Lay, third precinct,
who will receive a bronze bar for COM
pleting the arrest of Lester L. Lilley
last January after Lilley had shot and
injured the officer. Lilley was arrested
for counterfeiting, and although the
until help arrived.
Firemen awards.
Firemen-Pvt. Francis C. O'Donnell,
No. truck, who, on March % carried
three children and woman to safety
from a burning house at 1927 o street.
At 8 pm. today the national con-
vention will meet at the National Press
Building. taking up bu:iness of inter-
est to the firefghterS ar d their com-
panies. officers will be elected at the
session.
A midnight show at the Gayety to-
night, at which talent from the Fox.
Earle. Howard and Gayety show houses
will donate their services, will be held
to help defray expenses Of the parade.
Jimmy Lake, manager OF the Gayety,
will act as master of ceremonies.
Tomorrow's events are scheduled to
open at 1890 with bicycle and roller
skating sweepstakes on Pennsylvania
avenue. The parade will follow imme-
diately afterward.
Bands to Compete.
Following the parade contest for
bands and drum and bugle corps who
participated in the procession will be
held at the base of washington Monu-
ment.
Wallace B. Robinson is chairman OF
the Judges Committee which will re-
view the parade and judge foats from
stand erected in front of the Dis
trict Building. James H. Costello is
vice chairman of the committee and
Harry Dean secretary. The members
include Miss Sybil Baker, T. D. Blacki-
stone, Col E. G. Bliss, Joseph A. Burk
art, Robert w. Davis, Raymond M.
Florance, M. Gignilliat, Dillsr B. Croft
Harry H. r. Hellwig, Capt. Doyle O.
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