Evening star., 1935-05-19
WARNING ISSUED
BY SHRINE CHIEF
CounseIs Home Owners in
Plea for Additional Room
Registrations.

Warning the public that unauthor-
lied persons and organizations are
falsely representing themselves to be
associated with the Shrine In pre-
pairing a list of rooms available for
housing during the Imperial Shrine
conclave here June to Is, Robert
p. Smith, director general Of the Con-
vention Committee. last night ex-
planned that the only place such OFF,
cial registration is being made is in
Almas Temple, 1915 K street.
There, more than 5000 Washing
ton home owners already have listed
rooms with the Shrine Housing Com
mittee, but still more are needed. ac-
cording to Stanley D. Willis, chair
man of that committee.
Shrine Name Misused.
In warning the public against un-
authorized housing solicitors, Smith
explained that the only persons max
ing Investigations for the Shrine of
housing conditions carry official Gre
dentials from him. These inveStiga-
tors call only after rooms have been
registered at the Housing Committee
headquarters. Reports have reached
him, Smith said, that householders
were being annoyed by many persons
using the Shrine name falsely in
order to get hearing at the doors
of homes, for many purposes, includ-
ing the sale of articles, books, odds
and ends.
With the available hotel space,
special trains which will be used as
homes during the convention and
rooms In private homes, there is no
doubt as to the ability of Washington
to take care of anything up to 100000
visitors" Smith said.
''The only concern of the Housing
Committee is to get the rooms regis
tered early so that they may be as
signed to prospective visitors in ad-
vance Of the convention, and thus
save some of the laSt-minute rush
that is always SO characteristic of a
meeting the size of that of the Shrin-
ers. I hope every one who has an
available room will get in touch with
the Housing Committee at Shrine
headquarters at once"
A. A. A. Aids Program.
Because a large number of visitors
from all parts Of the country are
members of the American Automobile
Association, Earl Nash, general man
ager of the District Motor Club, will
set up two direct wires between his
Office and housing headquarters so
as to take care of A. A. A. visitors
directly without sending them to
Shrine headquarters.
The two busiest spots in Shrine
convention headquarters, Almas Tenn
pie, are the ticket booth on the first
floor, where seats for the Canzoneri-
Klick fight are on sale, and the ticket
desks on the third floor, where res
ervationS for the grandstands are be-
ing made. Daily requests from all
points of the United States for both
varities of tickets are keeping this
corps of stenographers busy.
Because of the increasing task con-
fronting the various committees, 1t
has been necessary to utilize all avail
able space in Almas Temple. Several
departments have been installed on
the third floor, and practically all
Of the fourth floor has been given
over to the Housing Committee and
the executive secretary. An informa-
ton booth has been established on
the first floor, from which persons are
directed to the offices they seek.
In order that the Shriners who
make their homes on Pullman cars
during the convention may have air
conditioning and adequate light ia
cilities, the company is installing spe-
cial electrical equipment at the Eek
tngton yards of the Baltimore & Ohio
and at the Pennsylvania tracks at
Fourteenth and Water streets south
west, Four-and-a-half and D streets
southwest, New Jersey avenue and I
street southeast, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and the Eastern Branch and at
the Kenilworth yards.
AmpIification System Begun.
Work on the amplification system,
which is being donated by the Gen
eral Motors Corporation to the
Shrine, has been started by the Ma
tional Electrical Supply Company,
which has the contract. This ampli-
fication system will be divided into
segments, each Of which can be
automatically cut of from the bal
ance of the system. This will enable
the pageant, in presenting each scene,
to concentrate each particular act
upon that portion of the grandstand
which 1t is facing.
The electrical decorations will be
unusual. Lamp-studded crescent and
star monogram, surmounted by the
scimitar as a metal cutout, will be sup
ported above the trolley tracks and
from each of these decorations, yellow
lamps will extend to a point outside
the curb line and from thence, green
lamps will drop into the line Of the
trees.
Cylinders of yellow glass will con-
vert the regular lights into golden
color, making it the golden way"
In front Of the Treasury Building will
be two large camel monuments
lighted by four urns and other col
ored illuminations. There will be fes-
toons above the curb lines between
flag standards to the edge of the
White House property. At this point
there will be two four-column pylons
housing four large Shrine emblems
fiood-lighted from the base and stud
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The beginning of the next section
will include Illuminated sphinx pedes-
tails, and section of fiagpoles with
banners flooded from the projectors
mounted midway up. Continuing
past the front of the White House
will be large gold and nile blue
canopy faced with standards carry
ing six-foot ornamented fan orna-
ments each with approximately ITO
multiple Christmas tree lamps.
The main seat Of honor will be
fianked by two large urns, hous-
ing electric fans and red lights with
colored streamers blowing out Of the
tops. There will also be large sun
burst medallion above studded with
Christmas tree lamps.