Evening star., 1939-01-26
George Brent Arrives
For Presidents
BirthdayFete
Actor Interrupts His
Honolulu Vacation
For Celebration

ton In Honolulu this morning to
participate in the Presidents
birthday ball celebration.
Apparently sleepy from the last
lap of his ride from Chicago over
night, Mr. Brent was escorted from
the train to the Carlton Hotel. where
he had no definite immediate plans.
There were indications he would
hold a press conference this after
noon. He was accompanied by
Warner Bros. representatives
Although the motion picture actor
arrived at Union Station early,
three pretty girl fans we're at the
station to greet him and obtain his
signature.
Mr.. Brent had been in Honolulu
on vacation after finishing a recent
picture, but was called back from
Hawaii he said, to be here for the
birthday ball celebration.
Mr. Brent will be guest at pri-
vate showing of his picture wings
of the Navy in the Departmental
Auditorium tonight before a dis
tinguished invited audience.
An unidentified hero at Fort Myer
had in his possession, meanwhile,
pair of breecheS worn by Enrol Flynn.
The visiting movie star sheepishly
Informed Maj George Milholland
that he was minus breeches yester-
day when he arrived to participate
in the Presidents Birthday Horse
Show
Maj Milholland responded like
veteran. Said he: II will turn Fort
Myer inside out. You will have your
breeches."
What went on at Fort Myer is
an unWritten chapter in the annals
of the Fort, but Mr.. Flynn rode in
the horse show.
More details about Mr.. Flynn's
pants are revealed in Jay Carmody's S
column on page ca,
With dimes for ammunition, an
army, 500 strong, will advance
against a common enemy tonight
when the men of the 26Oth Coast
Artillery of the District National
Guard parade to the "Mile-of-
Dimes" to make their stand against
tnfantile paralysis.
To the strains of martial music
supplied by the Coast Artillery
Band, the men will troop past the
canopied Star-N. B. c. booth to
place their dimes on the line, which
has already received the contribu-
tons of Mrs. Roosevelt. Don Bulge,
. Enrol Flynn, Douglas Corrigan and
three Cabinet officers. Orders have
been issued to rope off H street be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets and Fourteenth street be-
tween New York avenue and H
street.
Officers to Speak.
Col Walter w. Burns, command
fng officer of the troops, and 1t
Col Leroy S. Mann, executive officer,
will be heard during a broadcast
from the scene at 9 pm.
Officers who will speak for their
batteries include Capt. Lee D. Rutz,
Capt. Rex P. Mulligan, Capt Perry
o. Huff, Capt. Carl Santilli, Capt.
w. F. Bulls, Capt. A. B. c. Graves,
Bartlett, Capt. James Heizer, Capt.
Lawrence Linderer and Maj. Stewart
NJ Grayson, regimental surgeon and
commander of the medical detach-
pent.
Harry L. Hopkins, newly con-
firmed Secretary of Commerce, was
scheduled to broadcast from the
stand this afternoon in observance
of Commerce day. the seventh of
a series during which Government
employees from each department
have come to the stand to make
their contributions.
Twenty children at st. AIMS In
FAINT Asylum placed precious dimes
from their slender store of spending
money in the Mile of Dimes" rack
this afternoon.
The youngsters. to 5 years old,
were accompanied by Sister Rose
anne of st. AIMS, Miss Irene NJ
Stack, executive secretary and
bookkeeper. and several nurses.
The 20 children are among the
more than 100 cared for at st.
AIMS, which is one Of eight Com
munity Chest institutions which
pTONluG IlOlIlSS lOI VI
phaned or convalescent children.
Secretary of interior Ickes visited
the stand yesterday for Interior
day, congratulated his department
for it's contributions and expressed
the hope that the campaign would
be a success Earlier in the day,
Floyd E. Dotson, chief clerk of the
department, presented the stand
with $l6l03 from Interior Depart
ment employees.
The presentation. made when
George Wheeler, N. B. C. an
nouncer, was on the air in the
announcer's competition, brought
the total received in Mr. Wheelers
broadcast to S19003, making the an
nouncer top man in the staff COM
petition. Other large contributions
during the 15-minute broadcast
came from the Potomac Electric
Power Co. and the Congressional
Country Club.
Bryson Rash, who will handle the
microphone assignment tomorrow,
is expected to exceed Mr.. Wheeler's
record with promised contributions
from the National Symphony Or
chestra and the National Educa.
ton Association.
Agriculture Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be Agriculture day
at the stand. In addition to en-
ployes from the Agriculture De-
partment. delegations from the So
cial Security Board. the National
Youth Administration and the Rural
Identification Administration have
promised to make contributions.
Broadcasts from the stand yes
ferdaV were hiph -liphted by the an