The Washington times., 1934-01-29
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GALA BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION
5000 Towns and Cities Join
in Roosevelt FeteS to Raise
Warm Springs Fund

With the National Capital lead.
ing the country, 5000 cities and
towns throughout the Nation we're
competing today to make their
celebration of President Roose-
velt's fifty-second birthday ami
versary tomorrow the most i'm
preSsive.
Social and philanthropic lead
ers here and elsewhere were put
ting the final touches to their
long-prepared plans for balls,
concerts, and entertainments over
the length and breadth of the
land which will be held tomorrow
night to wish a happy birthday
to the President.
Coupled with the Nations de-
sire to do honor to the President
on his birthday is the ambition
to raise 100000 to endow the
Warm Springs (Ga0 Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, where
Roosevelt was almost cured of
the malady.
Ball Here Planned
In Washington, final meetings
of committees in charge of the
Birthday Ball for the President at
the Shoreham Hotel were being
held. The executive committee.
headed by Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty, general chairman, will
meet. The committee is COM
posed of Wilton j. Lambert, chair
man; Commissioners Hazen and
Allen, Julius GarfinckeI, Corcoran
Thorn, Joseph P. Tumulty, George
Woods, Marcy L. Sperry, Joseph
H. Hines, and Ray Baker, chair
man Of arrangements.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Curtis Dahl, will attend
the ball at the Shoreham, where
leading orchestras and bands will
furnish music and famous actors
will present a varied entertain
ment program.
KindIer'S to Play
Beginning at 9 p. M, the
Boys Harmonica Band of Phila-
delphia, which also played at the
Inaugural Ball, will play a con.
cert in the foyer of the hotel.
The National Symphony Orches-
ira, conducted by Hans Kinder,
will play a symphony concert
from 10:45 to 11:15 D. m, in the
dining room. and from 10 p. m. to
2 a. M, dance orchestras will
play in the main ballroom, the
west ballroom. the palm court,
and elsewhere in the hotel.
The dance orchestraS, all of
which are contributing their SER
vices for the endowment fund, in
clude Eddie Duchin's Orchestra
from New York; Meyer Davis Or
cheStra, also from New York,
George Gaul's, Sidney's, Gold
mans and Barnee's Orchestras.
William Gaxton and Victor
Moore. stage actors, who have be-
come famous as president Win
tergreen." and "Vice President
Throttlebottom, in the successes
"Of Thee I Sing" and Let EN-
Eat Cake" will take part in the
entertainment program, which will
include also Jack Pearl, other
wise known as the Baron Munich
hausen," and numerous others.
Gibbons To Attend
F1ovd Gibbons also has wired
for a table for himself and a
party of friends, and Peggy Hop
kins Joyce will come to Washing
ton for the ball. An anonymous
donor gave $1,000 for table of
heroes"
Numerous other fetes will be
held simultaneously throughout
the city, including a gala ball. to
be given by the All States Off
GERS Society in the Raleigh Hotel.
Varied entertainment will be
presented in a show in Harding
Hall of the Government Printing
Office at 8 p. m. This program is
in charge of George H. Carter,
Public Printer, and DR.. George G.
Havenner, former president of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. Admission will be so cents,
and IS cents for children.
The Knights of Columbus will
give a dinner tomorrow night and
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