Evening star., 1938-01-28
WHITE HOUSE GETS.
OVER 10000 DIMES.
IN PARALYSIS WAR.
More Than 30,0 900 Received
Today Swamp Mailing
Room Staff.
MORE FILM N0TABLES
DUE THIS AFTERNOON
Last Of Hollywood Contingent
That Will Attend Birthday
Balls Here Awaited.

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That Will Attend Birthday
Balls Here Awaited.
More than 10000 dimes, contributed
by persons in all sections of the coun.
try to the fund for the Warm Springs
Foundation, were received in the
morning mail at the White House
today.
This unprecedented donation to the
fight against infantile paralysis raised
to more than $4,000 the total number
Of coins that have been mailed to the
President. About 80 per cent Of these
have been dimes, but hundreds of
letters containing l, and 10 dollar
bills and checks also have been re-
ceived.
The flood Of mail received this
morning swamped the regular mall
ing room staf1 and made 1t necessary
to call in help from other o1aces. The
money will be turned over to the local
committee, headed by Commissioner
George e. Allen, Of the Warm Springs
Foundation Birthday Balls.
Poem VIII Be Read.
A poem inspired by the drive Of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis will be read by Arthur God
frey during his network radio program
tonight, heard through WJSV at tbs
O'Clock. The plea was written by Joe
Holman, well known In local sports
circles.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
the scheduled arrival today of Mr..
and Mrs. Fredric March and Louise
Fazenda, with Janet Gaynor. Joe
Brown and Ann Gillis and Tom Kelly,
juvenile stars, arriving tomorrow, will
complete the delegation from Holly
wood, that will join thousands OF
Washingtonians in the fifth annual
celebration Of the Presidents birthday
anniversary.
A dancing, playing, fun-making
crowd. probably equaled only on
Christmas and New Year, is expected
to jam to capacity the entertainment
quarters Of seven leading hotels where
Washington will 60 to a party as will
citizens in villages and cities through
out the country.
Eleanor Powell, another of the guest
stars, arrived yesterday, a day after
Ray Bolger, well-known dancer Of the
stage and screen. Others who will
make their autographing tours Of the
hotels are Patricia Bowman and Maria
Gambrilla, ballerinas, and possibly
Ken Murray, who also will be master
Of ceremonies at the Shoreham Ho-
tel and at the gold plate breakfast at
the Carlton.
Mrs. Roosevelt At Hotels.
While Mrs. Roosevelt makes the
rounds Of the hotels, being introduced
at each to one Of the guest stars, the
President will celebrate his Seth BIRTH
day anniversary, although It actually
is not until Sunday, ut White House
party for members Of the Gun Links
Club" The club is composed of 20
men to whom Mr. Roosevelt gave gold
cuff links during his campaigns for
ONCE and when he was Assistant Sec
retary Of Navy.
Today the guest stars were to be
feted at informal and organized gath
erings. At 1890 am. Commissioner
Hazen was to receive them at his Of
f1ce. A luncheon given by Loews
theaters was scheduled for noon, and
at S pm. Representative Jenckes of
Indiana, will entertain at q cocktail
party. Some time during the day they
are to be conducted through the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation, guided
by Director J. Edgar Hoover, and in
the evening will be guests at 4 dinner
party to be given ut the shoreham by
commissioner Hazen. Tomorrow they
are to be luncheon guests Of Mrs.
Roosevelt at the White House.
Deferred Payment Plan.
The committee In charge Of local
arrangements for the balls announced
that ticket sales doomed in the Gov-
eminent departments with the news
that the $3.50 tickets could be put on
the books" until the Government pay
day on Monday.
All but the Mayflower and WASH
ington Hotels will have their own
bands for the dancing and floor show
entertainment. Glen Gray and his
Casa Iona orchestra will play at the
Mayhower and Happy Walker will be
at the Washington. Odicially, the
parties at all the hotels will begin At
Q pm. and last until 2. A $3.50 ticket
entities one person to admittance
without further cover charge. but will
include no food or drinks.
The gold plate breakfast, at $25 a
plate, will be held at the Carlton Hotel
beginning about midnight or shortly
after.
Hotels where the regular parties
will be held are the shoreham, the
Maynower, the Washington, the HAM
ilton, the Raleigh, the Willard and the
Wardman Park. A $3.50 ticket is good
for admittance to one or all Of these
hotels.
Stars to BroadcaSt.
The Arrangements Committee ex-
poets . radio broadcast In which the
stars will participate at $50 pm.
Saturday to bring in an additional
now Of ticket requests.
About 80 entertainment acts have
been booked for the hotels, other than
those which ordinarily perform. For
hotels having no regular floor shows
. variety Of acts will be provided,
the remainder to be used to augment
the regular performers, according to
the Arrangements Committee.
Other events scheduled to aid in
the campaign to obtain funds for the
New Foundation for Infantile Paral-
ysis include midnight shows at the
Capitol and Earle Theaters Saturday;
. play, 1.-THE Distaff side," Govern
ment Printing Once; dances given by
the Community Center Department
1T Ben Murch School tonight, at the
Buchanan School tomorrow night: .
dance by the Athletic Council Of the
Y. M. G. A. tomorrow night and the
Presidents Birthday Horse Show at