Evening star., 1934-10-01
SOUTHWEST FETE
TONIGHT TO MARK
OPENING OF PAVING
Parade to Precede Exer.
cises Dedicating New
Fourth Street.
CITY HEADS TO SPEAK;
BANDS WILL COMPETE
More Than $4,000 Expected to
Attend Launching Of New
Movement" for Section.

The "New Southwest Movement"
will be launched tonight with what
is planned to be the biggest celebra-
ton ever staged in the section-the
rededication o. Fourth street south
west, newly named and newly paved.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
will be the principal speaker at the
dedication exercises, which will fol-
low parade participated in by nearly
100 organizations and business con-
Germs. Other brief dedicatory ad-
sioners George E. Allen and Dan I.
Sultan, Charles H. Houston, vice dean
of the Howard University Law School;
Municipal Court Judge Robert E.
Mattingly and Harry S. Wender, gen.
eral chairman of the Fourth Street
Rededication Committee.
Marching units. bands, floats and
automobiles participating in the pa
rade, which will start promptly at
1880 pm, are to form at Fourth and
P streets, in front Of the Washington
Barracks. The parade will move
north on Fourth street to Maryland
avenue. west on Maryland avenue to
Seventh street and south on Seventh
street to H strees from which point
the marching units will continue east
on H street to Fourth, and the bands
will march back up Fourth street to
the reviewing stand between F and G
streets. There they will mass and
together will play America"
Prizes in Parade.
Immediately after the massed play
ing of the bands prizes will be award
ed to the various units taking part in
the parade by George w. Offutt,
chairmap~of the Board of Judges.
Silver loving cups will be awarded
the first and second best appearing
band, first and second best appear
ing drum corps, best appearing ladies'
marching unit, first and second best
appearing marching unit, most beau
tiful float. most beautiful commercial
display and best decorated automo-
bile. Second prize for automobile
decoration is So purchase certificate
and the sponsor of the most comical
automobile in the prade will receive
q IS cash award.
The celebration by Southwest citi-
zens Is designed to show their appre-
citation Of the improvement Of Fourth
street, a wide Embroidered thorough
fare, which for a number Of years
has been paved with cobblestones,
poorly lighted, and according to resi-
dents has been forced to bow be-
meath the humiliating name of Four
and-a-Half street. The name was
changed to Fourth street by the last
Congress and a public works grant
has enabled the city to repave the
thoroughfare. New light standards
have been installed and the street has
been designated boulevard, pro-
tected by stop signs.
Contributions Received.
Contributions to be used for de-
fraying expenses of the celebration
have been received from hundreds of
Washington business men and citi-
zens, according to the committee in
charge. All funds in excess of the
actual expenditures by the commit
tee will be turned over to No. 4 police
precinct for use in emergency relief
cases.
The Southwest Citizens, Civic.
Business Mems Associations and the
Potomac Food Distributors Associ-
alton are cooperating in sponsoring
the dedicatory exercises, which more
than $4,000 persons are expected to
attend. During the celebration street
car service m Seyeptb street will he
discontinued between and $50 pm.
and bus traffic will be rerouted from
Fourth to Third street after 7::30.