Evening star., 1933-02-26
CITY DRESSES Up
FOR|NAUGJRAT0N
Impressive 4 Program al Ar.
ranged Expect ESQ, 900
Visitors.
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trail High School Stadium, followed by
Q professional lacrosse game.
At $50 o'clock that night there will
BE- one of the big events Of the inaugural
the great concert at which Rosa
Ponselle and Lawrence Tibbett, Metro
politan Opera stars. will sing and Ef-em
Zimbalist. internationally known VIOLIN
ist, and the National Symphony Orches-
ira. conducted by Hans Kinder. will
play. The concert will be broadcast
over Nationwide networks of the
National and Columbia broadcasting
systems, and will be held at Constitution
Hall.
Following the concert there will be
. reception to Governors and dis
tinguished guests at the Pan-American
Building.
Saturday the Navy Yard again will
be open for inspection and before and
after the parade there will be q great
demonstration OF los airplanes and
2 dirigibles over the city under the di-
rection Of Mai. Gen. B. D. Foulois, air
marshal Of the parade.
The two dirigibles will be the Nays
giant ship Akron and the Army's Toll
There will be rs planes Of the Army
from Langley Field and 80 from the
Marine base at Quantico, Va.
After the parade, from 6 to 8 o'clock,
there will be contest of drum and
bugle corps Of the American Legion
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars on
Fifteenth street between Constitution
and Pennsylvania avenues
Fireworks and Festival.
From to O'Clock there will be q
great fireworks display on the Monu-
ment grounds, and frem $50 to IL
O'Clock there will be a great street
festival on Fifteenth street, from Con-
stitution to Pennsylvania avenue, fea-
turing contests by bands in the parade
From 10 until 2 o'clock there will be
the inaugural ball at the Washington
Auditorium.
Sunday following Inauguration day
there will be special services in all the
churches OF the city and all points OF
interest, including Mount Vernon, will
be open for sightseers.
At 10 O'Clock Sunday morning there
also will be the ceremony Of laying a
wreath on the Tomb Of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery
by the Greater Boston Firemen's Le-
gion Band and other organizations, and
the Navy Yard will be open for inspec-
tm throughout the day
That afternoon great national serv-
ice will be held in the great choir Of
the Washington Cathedral on Mount st.
Alban, beginning at o'clock with the
laying OF q wreath at the tomb of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson in Bethlehem
Chapel at $50 O'Clock. The service
at the Wilson tomb has been arranged
by members of the electoral college, and
Josephus Daniels, the late President S
secretary OF the Navy, will make an
address.
All civic clubs and the headquarters
0 practically all national organizations
are making elaborate plans for the en-
tertalnment Of members Of their or
gAn1zationS during their stay in the
Capital. and will hold open house
throughout the entire affair.
Expect 25o,ooo visitors
In arriving at the estimate Of more
than quarter Of million visitors, the
Inaugural Committee yesterday took
into consideration figures obtained from
transportation concerns, hotel and
roomlng house bookings and inquiries
70 automoblle clubs and steamship lines.
rangements for parking 400 Pullman
cars in the terminal yards for special
parties which will make these car,
their headquarters during the inaugural.
and plans have been made to park
about 300 intestate buses at the WASH
ngton Airport and in GrifIlth Stadium.
thousands OF inquiries have been ham
oied by the American Automobile Asso-
citation headquarters here, the air
transportation lines are completely
booked for the period and special steam
ooat service from Norfolk will be pro-
Nded. 0
Railroads, according to Thomas P.
LNtlepage, chairman of the lnaugura!
TRANSFORMATION Committee, Slready
nave estimated that they will carrv
many more than the $4,000 persons
they handled for the Hoover inaueural,
and indications are that all other modes
OF travel will be more heavily used.
The estimates Of greater crowds are
upheld by the general public interest
shown IN this years inaugural. More
governors than ever before attended an
inaugural will be on hand for the
Roosevelt induction into Office, 20 hay
Ing accepted the invitation.
Roosevelt Expected Thursday.
Those accepting are the chief execu-
Gves Of the States of Connecticut,
Delaware. Florida, Georgia, Illinois, In
diana. Iowa, Kentucky. Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts,, Mich
tgan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee. Vermont, Virginia, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming. The Governors of
Oklahoma. Arizona and Texas will be
represented by special representatives,
the latter two by women. .--
While definite arrangements have not
been completed, it is understood Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Roosevelt will come
to the Capital late Thursday night, and
90 to the Townsend house at 2l21
Massachusetts, avenue where they will
remain until the inaugural program be-
gins.
The White House will be a gay place
during all of Inauguration day, with in
the neighborhood Of 1000 guests filing
In and out of the halls The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will be hosts to
About 300 persons at the luncheon i'm
mediately following the inaugural cere-
f11ony at the Capitol, and preceding the
parade, and after the parade there will
be tea. to which approximately $500
persons have been invited.
There will be a buffet luncheon for a
Roosevelt family group after the tea.
Plans have been made for about 1000
persons expected to attend the in
augural ball. which will be attended
by Mrs Roosevelt and number Of the
younger members Of the family. Ten
musical organizations. including some
Of the outstanding dance orchestrss OF
the country. have been engaged for the
affair. and leaders Of social end official
life Of the Capital will occupy more
than l 900 box seats. All the Cover
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