Evening star., 1934-09-29
SOUTHWEST READY.
FOR PARADE WITH.
100 UNITS IN LINE.
Rededication of 4th Street
to Mark Launching of
"NeW Move."
D. C. HEADS AMONG
NUMEROUS SPEAKERS
Attendance Of $4,000 Expected
Monday Night, Including Hun
dreds of Former Residents.

Nearly 100 marching units and
business organizations plan to take
part Monday night in the parade that
street southwest and launch the new
southwest movement" 1t was an
nounced today.
The celebration will be climaxed by
a series of addresses by Commissioners
Melvin C. Hazen, George E. Allen
and Daniel I. Sultan: Charles H.
Houston, vice dean of Howard Uni
versity; Police Court Judge Robert
E. Mattingly and Harry S. Wender.
general chairman Of the Fourth Street
Rededication Committee. In addition
a number of District officials and
other leading citizens have accepted
invitations to be present.
Homecoming for Many.
The parade also will mark home
coming" celebration for hundreds of
former southwest residents, who now
reside in other parts of the city. More
than $4,000 persons are expected to
witness the parade.
Superintendent Of Police Ernest w.
Brown is honorary grand marshal Of
the parade. The march will begin at
7:30 pm. with the parade participants
assembling an hour earlier.
The march will start from WASH
ington Barracks. going north on
Fourth street to Maryland avenue,
west on Maryland avenue TO Seventh
street, and south on Seventh street
to H street. The marching units will
continue east on H street to Fourth
up Fourth street to the reviewing
stand between F and G streets. There
they will be massed and together will
play America"
Immediately after the massing OF
the bands. a series of awards will be
made to the best marching units and
floats.
1t was pointed out that the South
west celebration is the first in the
history of Washington. in which both
colored and white residents have CO.
operated in a single community af-
fair. It is sponsored by the Citizens,
Civic, Business Mems and Potomac
Food Distributors Associations. The
Executive Committee is composed OF
Mr.. Wender, general chairman; John
T. Rhines, vice chairman; Percy C..
Brady, treasurer, and j. r. Richards,
secretary.
Capt. Sullivan Marshal.
Police Capt. jeremiah A. Sullivan
will be the active parade marshal and
Mai. William Francis Freehof. Infan-
try, U. S. A., will command the line
of march.
Business men along both Fourth
and Seventh streets have decorated
their stores and shops and both thor
oughfares will be in gala array for the
parade.
Some Of the IS or more musical
organizations to take part are the
United States Army Band, Masonic
Band, Boys Independent Band, Co
lumbia Lodge Band, Fort Stevens
Drum and Bugle Corps. Veterans Of
Foreign Wars Junior Drum Corps.
James Reese Post Drum Corps, Elks'
Boys Band, Community Center Band,
Loew's Cadet Band. Victory Post Drum
Corps, Costello Post Drum Corps and
Alexandria Post No. "a Drum Corps.
Among the marching units will be
Jobs Daughters of Alexandria, Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans,
Jobs Daughters of Washington, 6th
Division of Boy Scouts, Hopkins Self
Help Club. Independent Ushers'
Union, Eureka Lodge of Odd Fellows,
Elks' Nurses. Elks' Marching Club.
Southwest Civic Association, James
Reese Europe Post of the American
Legion, James E. Walker Post, Amer
lean Legion; Red Men. Daughters OF
Pocahontas, District National Guard
and the 9Th Marine Reserves.
For a number of years, Fourth
street southwest, which is the widest
street in that setcion Of Washington,
was called our-and-a-Half street.
Congress changed the name to Fourth
street during the last session. An al
lotment from the P. w. A. enabled the
city to tear out the old cobble stones
there and replace them with new
pavement. New light standards have
been erected, and the street has been
declared boulevard. The completion
of all these Improvements launched
the present celebration.