Evening star., 1937-07-04
VISITORS TO OFFSET
HOLIDAY EXODUS;
RAIN IS PREDICTED
Boy Scout Jamboree and
' Fireworks Display At.
tract Thousands.
LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY AND TOMORROW
$4,000 Expected to Attend Elabo.
rate Program on Ellipse.
Military Groups to March.

Trains. automobiles, airplanes and
buses emptied the city of fifth OF
its population yesterday and last
night in one Of the greatest holiday
exoduSeS on record
Travel officials gave assurance, how
ever, that the deserted air Washing
ton wore in consequence of the mass
departure would be lost today with
the arrival Of thousands of sight
seers
The main interest of the visitors
Is the Boy Scout Jamboree, but the
fireworks display scheduled for the
Ellipse tomorrow night is expected to
attract thousands from out of the city.
For the most part the week end is
expected to be clear, with fairly high
temperatures according to the
Weather Bureau, but local thunder
showers are expected some time this
afternoon. Tomorrow, too, probably
will bring intermittent showers.
Officials Desert City.
With the countless Government
employees and others who left the city
went most members Of the cabinet
and many members of Congress.
President Roosevelt is In Hyde Park,
Ny.
Despite wholesale departures, the
independence Day Celebration Com
mittee looks forward to a crowd of
10000 on the grounds behind the
White House for the elaborate pro-
gram beginning at tbs p NJ tomorrow
The Seating Committee has ar
ranged to put up 10000 seats, at 25
cents apiece. but outside the roped
Enclosure reserved for the seat buyers
will be room for about 10000 persons.
AS the sun goes down the Marine
Band will strike up a patriotic air
to hail the arrival of Commissioner
Hazen. head of the independence Day
Committee
The speakers platform and stands
Tor the Marine Band and the Fort
Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps have
been placed at the north end of the
Elllpse, with the spectators chairs on
the south side, facing the White
House.
The $1,000 fireworks battery is be-
hind the speakers platform, at the
northern tip of the Ellipse. A num-
Der of new Chinese crackers have been
obtained by Fireworks Chairman Rich
mond B. keech.
Scouts Get Instructions.
Police hope all fireworks set off
IN the District will be limited to this
and other Official celebrations. The
26,0O0 Scouts at the iamboree were
instructed by their leaders not to
shoot f1recrackers or any fireworks
containing powder.
The Scouts will be honored guests
at the Ellipse ceremony and 13 of the
boys will stand in a semi-circle at the
rear OF the speakers platform in
representation of the thirteen original
States. Some 1000 Scouts are to be
given various duties in aiding the
crowd.
Arrangements were completed yes
terday for broadcasting and amplifi-
cation of the ceremonies and for
traffic and safety, in which the Met
ropolitan police will cooperate with
the park police.
Traffic will be permitted to travel
north and south on Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets, between Penn
sylvania and Constitution avenues,
but no parking will be permitted in
this area. Parking space will be pro-
vided on both sides of Constitution
avenue, as well as in the Monument
Grounds and Potomac Park
Holders of special parking tickets
are to enter the parking area reserved
for them by either Sixteenth street or
Constitution avenue.
Two ambulance tents, each in
charge OF nurse, are to be set up
At Sixteenth street and Constitution
avenue and at the Sherman statue.
To aid last-minute ticket buyers,
Chairman George E. Keneipp of the
seating Committee announced that
one ticket booth on the Ellipse will
open at 10 am. tomorrow and four
others at 4 pm. Monday. Tickets can
be bought today at the Willard Hotel,
the American Automobile Association
and the Keystone Automobile Club.
Fireworks at S:35 PM,
The fireworks are scheduled to flare
At 8:35 pm, after an invocation by
Rev, H. w. Burgan of Hamline Metho-
DIST Episcopal Church; an address by
senator Duffy of Wisconsin,; a reading
OF the Declaration of Independence by
Representative McGranery of Penn
sylVanla, and several musical rendi-
tons
A high light of the pageantrv will
be the procession of flags, including
units of the Army. the Navy. the
Coast Guard, the District National
Guard, the Marine Corps, the Marine
Reserves and the 13 Boy Scouts.
Other military groups expected to
march IN the procession are the r, q
T. c. Association Of the United States
and the Washington High School
Cadet Corps.
veterans organizati tions assigned
parts IN the procession include the
Aztec Club of l847, Military Order
OF the Loyal Legion, 1865: Grand
Army of the Republic, Department
OF the Potomac, 1866; National In
dian War Veterans, Hillary Order of
Foreign Wars, 1895; United Spanish
War Veterans, 1899: Veterans of For
eign Wars, 1899; Spanish War Nurses,
1899; District Department, American
Legion, 1919; Military Order of the
World War and Military Order of the
Purple Heart, 1892.
Just to see the jamboree, 5000
persons will arrive here early this
morning from West Virginia on five
special Baltimore d. Ohio Railroad
trains, which will return tonight.
Two specials are being run by the
same road from New York.
Legion Auxiliary to Meet