Evening star., 1934-04-08
CHERRY BLOSSOM
FESTIVAL PARADE
DRAWS21 FLOATS
Civic and Commercial Bod
les Participation Announced
by Gen. Fries.
25,O 900 PENNSYLV LVANIANS
COMING HERE FOR FETE
Mrs. Roosevelt Heads List Of Dis.
tinguished individuals Spon-
soring Event.

Entries of 81 elaborate floats for
the parade, which will be one of the
events of'the three-day Cherry Bios
som Festival to be celebrated here
April 10, 20 and 81, were announced
yesterday by Gen. Amos A. Fries, U.
S. A., retired, chairman of the Parade
Committee.
The parade will be held on the sec
ond day of the festival. Many busi-
ness concerns and civic organizations
are at work on other floats, which
will be entered in the event.
Those already entered include
George Washington cutting down the
cherry tree. entered by George Schaf-
fer, florist; the Minute Men Of 1884,
entered by the American Automobile
Association; Betsy Ross and the Amer
ican Flag, entered by the Washington
Gas Light Co.; the railroad, entered
by the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad;
Perry in Japan in 1854, entered by
the Palais Royal; the evolution of
the typewriter, entered by Boyds
Business University; automobile de-
velopment, entered by H. B. Leary.
jr.; Japan presented the cherry
trees to Uncle Sam, entered by
The Evening Star; a coal mine
scene. entered by the Hessick Coal
Co.; the evolution Of transportation,
entered by the Capital Transit Co.;
floral float of Spring flowers, en-
tered by the Super Auto Laundry;
the Minute Men of '76. entered by
the National Rife Association, and the
interior Of a broadcasting station,
entered by WJSV.
Other Groups Active.
Other organizations now working
On designs for floats are the Central
Business Mems Association, the Fox
Theater, the Hecht Co., Woodward
& Lothrop, S. Kann Sons Co., Frank
Jelleff and Hotel Association of WASH
ington (two floats.
A statement from the American
Automobile Association said that
about $4,000 pilgrims from Pennsyl-
vania will journey to Washington to
view the spectacles afforded by the
three-day celebration. Affiliated clubs
in that State have been interesting
the motorists in the trip, and en-
thusiasm for the journey Is said to
be running high. =.
NotabIes Aid Prog3h
The General Committee n charge
of the festival yesterday announced
that the following distinguished
Washingtonians had accepted invita-
tons to become patrons or patrcnesses
of the festival:
Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull,
Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Lindsay, Ambassador Of Japan
and Nine. Saito, Belgian Ambassador
and Nine. May, the Ambassador Of
Germany. the Ambassador of Italy,
Ambassador of the French Republic
and Nine. de Laboulaye, Ambassador
Of Spain and Sonora de Cardenas,
the Ambassador of Mexico, the AM
bassador of Poland. Ambassador Of
Brazil and Nine. de Lima Silva,
Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora de
Marquee Sterling.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Swanson, Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dern, Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Roper, Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ickes. Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Wallace, Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. Cummings, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Farley.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes,
Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Rainey, Justice and Mrs. Butler, JUS
fira an6 MrS Stnna n
Brandeis.
The Siamese Minister and Princess
Damras, the Minister Of Finland, the
Minister of Venezuela and Sonora de
Arcaya, the Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de Finot, the Chinese Minister
and Nine. SEE, the Minister of Persia
and Nine. Djalal, the Minister of Al
bania, the Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter, the Minister of Norway
and Nine. Bachke, the Minister Of
Sweden and Nine. Bostrom, the Min
lister Of the Irish Free State and Mrs.
MacWhite, the Minister Of Panama
and Nine. Alfaro, the Minister of
Czechoslovakia and Nine. Veverka,
the Minister of Portugal and Nine. de
Bianchi, the Minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. van Haersma de With,
the Minister of Denmark and Nine.
Wadsted, the Minister of the Domini-
can Republic, the Minister of Canada
and Mrs. Herridge, the Minister of
Greece and Nine. Simopoulos, the
Minister of Hungary and Nine. Pei
enyi, the Minister Of Peru.
Senator and Mrs. William H. King.
Senator and Mrs. j. Hamilton Lewis,
Senator and Mrs. James Couzens,
Senator Millard E. Tydings, Senator
and Mrs. Thomas p. Gore, Senator
and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Senator
Arthur Capper, Senator and Mrs.
Warren r. Austin, Senator and Mrs,
James j. Davis, Senator and Mrs.
Carter Glass, Senator and Mrs. Rob-
ert D. Carey, SenatoySSnd Mrs. John
H. Bankhead, Senato} @&nd Mrs. Ham
nton F. Kean.
Representative Ambrose H. Ken.
nedy, Representative and Mrs. Everett
M. Dirksen, Representative and Mrs,
James L. Whitley, Representative M.
j. Muldowney, Representative Byron
B. Harlan, Representative and Mrs.
Jennings Randolph, Representative
and Mrs. Henry Ellenbogen, Repre-.
sentative and Mrs. Wright Patman,
Representative and Mrs. George Burn.
ham, Representative Vincent L. Pal.
misano. Representative and Mrs. Carl
M. Weideman, Commissioner and
Mrs. Melvin c. Hazen, Commissioners
and Mrs. George E. Allen, Con,mis.