The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-10

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committee chairmen have arr
fanfare, fun and frolic.
Yesterday the "prelims" got un-
der way, with q water sports car
nival staged on the Potomac River
by the Presidents Cup Regatta
as the opening feature of Shrine
week. For other early corners yes
terday there was also the baseball
game between Clark Grifftth'S
Senators and Connie Mack'S Ath-
letics, and the Johnny ]. Jones
exposition, which will remain all
week on the lot south Of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue between Fourth and
Fifth Streets Northwest.
Mobiles Are Registered
Today's program started with
registration Of mobiles at the Will
lard and Raleigh Hotels. Each
contingent of visitors from cities
all over North America was greet
ed as it arrived in the city
whether by bus, automobile, boat
or special train-by members Of
the hospitality committee, who
have been assigned to care for
each individual group as long as
it remains in the city.
Special sightseeing trips are
scheduled for today and subSe.
quent days of the convention, and
all Government buildings have
made special arrangements for
guides to show Shriners and other
Shrine visitors about them.
Three mammoth parades will
march up Pennsylvania Avenue
during the convention-one at 10
a. m. tomorrow; a second at 8
p. M, Wednesday, and a third
at 8 p. m, Thursday. This third
parade will be in the form of a
pageant-one of the largest ever
staged.
Polo Game Scheduled
The United States Army will
participate in the convention,
with o model Army camp eStab-
lished on the Monument Grounds
and special exhibits nearby from
virtually every branch of the
Army establishment. At 8 o'clock
this afternoon and tomorrow
afternoon horsemen from Fort
Myer, Va, and the War College
will stage polo games in East
Potomac Park for the visitors.
Tonight the Shrine has ar
ranged a boxing exhibition at
Griffith Stadium, in which Tony
Canzoneri, lightweight champion
of the world, will meet frankie
'Klick, junior lightweight cham
pion.
At 1913 tonight the Royal Or.
der Of testers, a subordinate or
ganization, will meet at the May
flower ballroom.
Tomorrow'S biggest event is the
banquet and entertainment in
honor of the Imperial Potentate,
Dana S. Williams, at 1880 p. m.
at the Willard Hotel.
Wednesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock the masSed bands from all
Temples who brought their bands
to the convention will render a
concert on the EllipSe, south of
the White House, and following
this the Army will present a pro-
gram to include a sham battle,
airplane demonstration and other
events. Wednesday and Thurs
day nights all of Fifteenth Street
Northwest, between Constitution
and Pennsylvania Avenues, will
be thrown open for dancing-"the
worlds largest dancing area, I'm.
der the glittering stars and SHIN
mering electric lights" to quote
Shrine press agents.
Many Visitors to Remain
The set program closes Thurs
day night with the dancing, fol-
lowing the pageant, but visitors
are expected to remain in the
city the remainder of the week,
seeing sights, visiting after the
formal program is over, and pre-
pairing for their return Journeys.
The highlight Of the colorful
convention is expected to be the
pageant Thursday night. Pre-
parationS for this event have
been under way for months, with
dance directors, spectacle special
lists" and other technicianS com.
ing all the way from Hollywood
to participate. Gen. Amos A.
Fries is chairman Of the pageant
committee, and to him goes the
credit for what is, in many ways,
the largest pageant ever pre-
scented.
The pageant will be viewed by
President Roosevelt, sitting in the
reviewing stand in front Of the
White House. The First Lady Of
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