Evening star., 1940-01-28
Birthday Ball
Arrangements Are
Being Speeded
Hollywood Stors Are
Scheduled to Arrive
Today and Tomorrow

Ody dUIllFC1od1y WAAA e%AIANS AASA y
today and tomorrow.
While President Roosevelt's 58th
birthday anniversary and the major
features of the celebration are still
two days away, the city already is
girding itself for the annual CAM
paign to help stamp out infantile
paralysis by dancing, dining and
viewing the parade of stars.
The official greeters are commut-
ing between Union Station, the ho-
tells and the airport.
The delicate business of escorting
the stars in and out of the hotels
where Birthday Balls are to be
staged and the complicated rota-
ton system to make sure every star
goes everywhere are In the process
Of being perfected.
Arrival Of Celebrities.
According to last-minute infor-
nation, these stars are arriving at
these times:
Elsa Manchester, wife of Charles
Laughton and reform -obsessed SPIN
ster of THE Beachcomber," today
at 2:25 pm, Union Station.
Dorothy Lamour, whose arrival
was postponed by illness, today at
$50 pm, Union Station.
Walter O'Keefe, radio comedian,
who will preside at the microphone
at several events of the celebration,
today at $50 pm, Union Station.
Mickey Rooney, voted No. l film
favorite in a Nationwide poll, to-
morrow at $50 am, Union Station.
Brenda Joyce, who made her screen
debut in "The Rains Came" and
12-year- r-old Gloria Jean, whose
single picture, THE Under Pup"
made her success, will arrive with
Mickey Rooney.
Kay Kyser and Virginia Simms,
soloist with the Kyser contingent,
Tuesday at 7:30 am, Union Station.
Olivia De Havilland is already
here and Gene Autry has come and
gone and will be back again for a
broadcast with Mrs. Roosevelt and
Elder Michaux from the auditorium
of the National Press Club at $50
o'clock tonight. Invited to the
broadcast, which will be heard over
station WJSV, are Is Langdon
School children crippled by infantile
paralysis and 2-year-old Gene Autry
Aubrey, who was named for the
cowboy star. The youngster is the
son of James F. Aubrey, an employe
in the Claims Division of the Gen.
eral Accounting Office.
Ona Munson, who was Wash
ington favorite before she went to
Broadway, Hollywood and the radio,
is coming here for the birthday
celebration, too. Latest to volunteer
her aid to the cause, Miss Munson
is the Belle waiting of Gone With
the Wind"
When Miss Munson, Tyronne Pow
er, Edward G. Robinson, James
Cagney, Pat -O'Brien and Edward
Everett Horton are coming is still
shrouded in mystery, but they're, all
due some time tomorrow.
Full House for Show.
More Immediately, there is the
command performance of Life With
Father" at the National Theater to-
night. Led by President Roosevelt,
Washington has provided a full
house for the benefit one-night ap-
pearance of the New York cast of
the stage hit. Following the per-
formance the cast will go to the
White House for midnight supper.
Bringing the birthday celebration
That r1Ncnr fho cN,1uoy,tr
grams of the round of affairs came
off the presses yesterday and imme-
diately went on SALE Between the
courtesy advertisements and the
sales, some $4,000 net profit was tai
lied by the programs last year.
With a cover printed in red and
blue ink on a white background, the
book contains foreword by Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen, pictures
of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, a
report from Commissioner George
E. Allen on the March Of Dimes, a
review Of the progress made against
poliomyelitis by Surg. Gen. Thomas
Parran, lists of the committees par
ticipating in the celebration and
page after page of pictures of all the
stars who are coming to Washington
for the Presidents birthday.
Ticket Sales Booming.
Ticket sales are booming, accord
Ing to Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal, who heads sales on all the
events. Government departments,
he reported, have already sold 2042
tickets and the ticket sales in gen.
eral are ahead of last year. Supt.
of Police Ernest w. Brown proudly
reported that the policemen are
selling tickets faster than the fire.
men.
First official event in a Tuesday
full of events is the reception for
the stars in Commissioner Hazen's S
once at 11:l5 am. which will be
generally broadcast. Then there's
luncheon at the White House at
1890 pm; the Willard Hotel re-
ception at 6:15 pm, which will be
broadcast, and the dinner that fol-
lows, the Birthday Ball, the mid
night shows at the Capitol, Earle
and Atlas Theaters and, finally,
the Gold Plate Breakfast in the
Carlton Hotel.
Masters of Ceremonies.
The masters of ceremonies who
will preside at the hotels for the
Birthday Balls and introduce the
stars include Charles DAILY of the
Columbia Broadcasting System at
the Raleigh; Bill Craigo of the
National Broadcasting Co. at the
Hamilton; Lee Everett, N. B. c., at
the Washington; Arch Mcdonald
G. B. S., at the Mayflower; Tony
Wakeman of the Mutual Broadcast
ing System at the Shoreham, and
Gordon Hittenmark and Raymond
Michael, both of N. B. c., at the
Wardman Park.
Walter OKeefe will be master o1
ceremonies for the Willard Hotel
reception, broadcast and dinner
assisted by Art Brown and Steve
Mccormick, both Of M. B. S. Red
Shelton will do the honors at the