Evening star., 1934-07-02
CABINET MEMBERS
EXPECTED TO HEAD
D. c. CELEBRATION
Attorney General Cummings
and Secretaries Swanson
and Wallace Among Guests.
| MANY BOXES RESERVED
| FOR MONUMENT FETE
Colorful Lighting Effects and
Display of Fireworks Will
Feature Ceremonies.

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Three members of the Presidents
cabinet are expected to head group
of national and city leaders at the
official Washington celebration of the
Fourth of July at tbs pm. Wednes-
day at the Washington Monument.
Among the guests announced today
by the committee in charge are At
torney General and Mrs. Homer S.
Cummings, the Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs. Claude Swanson, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace. Senator and Mrs. Will
liam H. King, Rear Admiral H. G.
Hamlet, United States Coast Guard;
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballou;
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, assistant su-
perintendent of schools; Charles l.
Stengle, Judge James A. Cobb, E. F.
Colladay, James E. Colliflower, Albert
Clyde Burton, Mrs. Lucretia Walker
Hardy, Thomas P. Littlepage, Charles
Colfax Long, Lowell Mellett, George
P. Marshall, Col E. L. Mattice, E. j.
Murphy. Mark Lansburgh, Newbold
Noyes, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs.
Elizabeth X Peoples. Curtis Hodges,
Samuel J. Prescott. Henry l. Quinn
and William W. Wheeler.
Number Of Boxes Taken.
A number of the boxes to be To-
Gated at the foot of the Monument
slope have been taken, it was an
nounced today. There are limited
number Of boxes remaining in the
hands Of the Community Center De-
partment, Franklin Administration
Building, Thirteenth and K streets,
which may be obtained for IS each
for box containing six seats. In ad-
dition, $500 chairs are available for
sale. The sale of boxes and chairs
is expected to pay for the expenses of
the celebration, including 1000 worth
OF fireworks.
Special and colorful lighting effects
will feature the official ceremonies at
the Monument, arrangements for
direction of committee on city dec
Grafton and lighting, of which C..
Melvin Sharpe is chairman. Three
stands are being erected at the Monu-
ment for the evening ceremonies
under the supervision of Albert CLYDE
Burton of the Office of National Cap
ital Parks, and the massing of the
.colors by the 40 or more military and
patriotic groups will be in charge of
committee on military. patriotic
and veteran Cooperation, which is
headed by Col. John w. Oehmann.
with Col. Peyton G. hewitt as vice
chairman.
Special Traffic Rules.
Special rules for handling traffic
have been issued by Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of Metropolitan
Police, and by Capt. P.J. Carroll, super
intendent of Park Police. Public safety
will be a main consideration, and all
persons are asked to refrain from
bringing any small fireworks of any
kind to the celebration at the Monu-
ment. AS no one will be permitted
to set off any f1recrackers, sparklers.
etc. IN the huge crowds that occupy
the Monument slopes.
Maj. William T. Roy will be the
officer in charge of the procession
of flags, and all participants for this
impressive feature are asked to report
at tbs pm, July 4. at Sixteenth
street and Constitution avenue, for
special instructions from Maj. Roy
and his aides.
The Committee on Tickets Is in
charge of Harry H. R. Helwig. assist
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committee announces that tickets for
chairs for the Monument ceremonies
are on sale now at the Shoreham.
Mayflower, Washington and Willard
Hotels, the A. A. A. headquarters and
other downtown ticket bureaus. at 25
cents each. Tickets will also be avail
able all day on July Fourth at the
Washington Monument.
The seating of the audience expect
ed for the ceremonies and the fire.
works will be in the hands OF John G..
Scharf and large group of expert
enced ushers, assisted by members Of
the D. C. National Guard and soldiers
of the U. S. Army.
Community Celebration.
The large number of community
celebrations to be held during the day
will be in the hands of citizens bodies
throughout the city, in cooperation
with the committee on community
participation headed by Thomas Ellis
Lodge, and the committee on contests
and carnivals headed by Winfree E.
Johnson, with Richard Tennyson as
vice chairman.
The program for the Wednesday
evening celebration follows:
7:15-Army Band concert, color
bearers assemble at Sixteenth street
and Constitution avenue.
7:30-Thirteen flags and Spirit OF
76' assemble at north base of Monu-
ment.
7:45-"Yankee Doodle spirit of
'76" assemble at north base Of Monu-
ment to stand.
7:48-"Stars and Stripes Forever" "
Army Band; procession of flags.
7:55-Introductory remarks by the
chairman, j. G. Yaden
7:57-Invocation by DR.. Benjamin
w. Meeks.
8-"America," Army Band.
Standardization of speaker by
the chairman
8:04-Address by former Gov.
Charles H. Brough.
8:14-"Hail Columbia" Army Band.
8:16-Declaration of Independence,
read by Col. Edwin A. Halsey.
8:20-Announceme by the chair
man.
8:21-Selection by Drum Corps.
8:23-Ffte and drum playing.
8:25 March, by Drum Corps.
8:29-"Star Spangled Banner"
Army Band.