Evening star., 1941-01-29
Hundreds of Dollars Put on Line
In Mile O. Dimes Final Hours
u S. Offices, Business and Civic Groups
Bring Gifts for Fight on Paralysis

! dredS OF dollars IN lucent pieces
flower onto the N. B. C.-Star Mile O
| Dimes track today as Government
departments joined with business
and civic groups in giving dimes to
aid the fight against infantile
/ Paralysis.
Maureen O'Hara and Kay AID
ridge. two Hollywood participants
in the Presidents Birthday Ball
celebration here, planned to visit
the Mile O Dimes stand during tht
afternoon, Miss OHara for the Las
o'clock broadcast and Miss Aldridge
for the 4:2O program.
Crowded into the final hours of
the campaign, scores of groups were
scheduled to lay dimes on the line
during broadcasts from the stand
| today.
Government groups included the
Interior and Justice Departments,
the United States Court of Claims,
agencies under the Federal Security
Agency and the Library of Congress.
Touching many parts of Wash
ngton civic life. other groups ~ex-.
pected at the stand today we're the
Uptown Lions Club. Americaniza-
ton School, Casualty Hospital
nurses, Buchanan School, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Y. NJ. @. A., gradu-
ating class of Paul Junior High
School, Rotary Club, Girl Scouts,
two groups from the Daughters of
| America and the Soroptimist Club.
Two Cabinet Members Present.
Two movie stars and two cabinet
officers, as well as the chairmen OF
two Federal commissions and Pub
lie Printer A. E. Giegengack, paid
their respects to President Roose-
velt by stopping by the stand at
Fourteenth street and New York
avenue NV. yesterday.
Red Skeiton, master Of ceremonies
here for the Presidents Birthday
Celebration, told jokes for dimes
and signed scores of autographs at
dime signature.
Stirling Hayden. tall and blond
actor of Virginia" who protested
that his signature wasn't worth a
dime nevertheless signed and signed
again as dimes dropped on the line
for his autograph.
Bringing S545 80 from his depart
ment, Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard made his first visit
to the Mile O. Dimes stand. and ex-
planned that the gift was incom-
plete. He was joined by Postmaster
General Frank Walker, who present.
ed his departments gift of $3.50 and
wished the campaign success with
the explanation that infantile par
alysis had struck close to his own
! family.
Other Officials Bring Gifts.
Public Printer Giegengack pre-
sented the Government Printing
Offices $50; Chairman Leland Olds
of the Federal Power Commission
brought the s5440 gift of his agency
and Col. Charles H. Marks. chair
man of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, presented SIS feet of dimes, a
gift from his organization.
Dimes came to the stand in all
forms OF gifts during the day. L. v.
Crismond, general manager of Peo-
Piles Drug Stores, presented a large
pill box with $3.50 inside and on it
these directions:
Take dimes for infantile paralysis
as directed by N. B. C. and The
STAR
1t was signed Or Roosevelt"
Dimes from Girl Scout Troop No.
% of Mount Rainier, Md, formed
the outer edges of large Girl Scout
badge. From the Seventh street
G. c. Murphy CO. store came a plac-
ard decorated with $40 in dimes and
dollars. A sign with the placard
read: I'VE gladly give that others
may walk"
Messenger boys from Western
Union sang song to the President
as they made their contribution.
From the National Geographic
Society came so feet of dimes and
the Hechinger Co. filled a bank
shaped like tree trunk with dimes.
From Lovejoy School came SO
young pupils who filed past the
stand leaving their dimes.
Air Officers Contribute.
Led by Col. Stedman S. Hanks, 80
officers of the office of the chief Of
Air Corps came to the Mile O. Dimes
stand last night to be interviewed
and to lay a chain Of silver discs on
the track.
"The Air Corps" said Col. Hanks
hopes that its contribution will
help to make the limbs and bodies
of the 100000 children under treat
ment strong again"
More than 300 employees partici-
, pated in a gift of $85 brought to the
stand by a delegation from the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission
yesterday.
Another large gift was presented
by Charles Robinson, vice president
and general manager Of the Ches.