Evening star., 1936-10-25
GUARDS OFFER
TO AID PARADE
Militia Act to Free Police
Halloween Night for Resi-
dence Areas.

To make larger number OF po-
lice available for patrolling outlying
residential areas on Halloween this
year, members of the District National
Guard have volunteered for duty
along the route of the holiday parade
through downtown Washington.
Arrangements to this end, suggest
ed by Thomas E. Lodge, vice. chair
man of the Halloween Committee,
who is president Of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, have been per-
fected with the consent of Commis-
sioner Hazen and Col John w Och
mann, commanding the Guard.
Police will be on hand along the
parade route, but use of 100 or more
volunteers from the Guard will per-
NIT a larger number Of police to be
sent to residential areas, where thou
sands of dollars of private property
was reported damaged last year
Will Be Large Affair
The celebration Saturday, spon-
sored and generally financed by the
Greater National Capital Committee
of the Washington Board of Trade.
promises to be the largest and most
interesting affair of the kind ever
held here
1t will be the first time the huge,
inflated figures so popular elsewhere
have been shown locally There will
be Is of these in the parade, which
will start at 7:3e pm. The majority
of figures will be IA feet in height,
with some reaching to 80 feet
In addition to hundreds Of coStumed
and individual marchers, there will be
eight bands and many civic and COM
mercial floats. Advance entries show
the District Fairgrounds will be the
best represented group in the parade.
Boys and girls in the 80 Fairgrounds
are working day and night in max
ing their own floats, planning deco
rated vehicles and making elaborate
and comic costumes.
Miss Sibyl Baker. supervisor Of play
grounds, reports entry blanks from the
playground division already include
4 decorated private vehicles, 8 floats,
"a individual costumed marchers and
81 group marchers.
The deadline on entries for selection
of Miss Halloween vi and her court
is pm. tomorrow. The contest will
be held Tuesday.
Deadline Is Friday.
Entry blanks for the parade may
be obtained from the Greater National
Capital Committee, 204 Star Building.
Since the deadline is next Friday, Col.
E. Goring Bliss, celebration chairman.
has asked that entries be sent In as
quickly as possible to facilitate max
ing up the parade order.
The list of entries already received,
exclusive of the Fairgrounds, follows:
Costumed group marchers-Thom-
son School, Community Center De-
partment. Community Center Depart
ment tsoutheast), Jobs Daughters,
Bethel No. 10; Jobs Daughters, Bethel
No. /; Jobs Daughters, Bethel No. 2;
Boys Club of Washington. Merrick
Boys Club, Northeast Boys Club, Hap
py Valley Girls Club, Military Order
OF Cootie.
Commercial f1oats-Gunther Brew
ing Co., George A. Ford Co., James Z.
Collifower Co, L. S. Julien, lnc.'
Quality Laundry and Dry Cleaning
Co., Chestnut Farms, Chevy Chase
Dairy; National Electrical Supply Co.,
The Evening Star Newspaper Co., Ross
Jewelry Co., Light House Electric Co.
Civic entries (doats)-Southeast
Washington Citizens Association, Fed
Grafton Of Colored Civic Associations
Women's City Club. Community Gen.
ter Department. Boys Club OF Metro
politan Police, District of Columbia;
District of Columbia tuberculosis As
sociation, Kenilworth Citizens Asso-
citation, Friendship House.
Bands-Ditrict of Columbia r1re
Department, Veterans OF Foreign
Wars. Boys Club of Metropolitan Po.
lice, District Of Columbia; Sons OF
American Legion Drum and bugie
Corps, Elks' Boys Band. Loews Fox
Cadet Band, knights of Columbus
Band. Washington Gas Light Co'
Band.