Evening star., 1941-09-14
Powers Girls 10 FLY
Here for Retailers
Defense Program
400 U. S. Store Owners
To Join Local Leaders
In Launching Event

Tomorrow defense savings stamps
go on sale here at retail stores-as
part of Retailers for Defense Week
to the tune of incidental attrac-
tions.
First incident will be the arrival
of 20 dazzling Powers models from
New York. The girls will arrive
at Washington National Airport at
1890 m. and go to booths in the
Mayfiower Hotel-where they will
sell defense stamps. Later, they
will meet Senators and Vice Presi-
dent Wallace.
Second highlight will be when
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reaches the
hotel just before the opening of a
defense clinic" and buys a stamp
500 to Attend Banquet.
She is scheduled to patronize,
however, not the girls but Donald
M. Nelson, executive director of the
Supply Priorities and ALLEGATIONS
Board. Later, after banquet in
the main ballroom at 7:30 pm, Mr..
Nelson will deliver his first address
since being appointed recently.
About 100 Washington retailers
and 400 others from all over the
country will be present at the din
ner, summoned by invitations from
the National Retail Dry Goods As
Soclatlon. The ceremonies will
initiate week in which retailers
here and elswhere-operating about
100000 stores-will make defense
stamps easily available to the pub
lie. Special booths and window dis
plays are planned by many shops
here.
Chosen because they are fea-
tured in nationally advertised prod
ucts sold in retail stores" the models
will be greeted upon arrival by H. l..
Rust, Jr., appointed yesterday as
chairman of the Districts Defense
Savings Committee. Radio station
WINK will broadcast the arrival by
Eastern Airline. A retailers group
headed by Ralph L. Goldsmith of
Lansburgh'S, will include James
Hardey of Woodward and Lothrop's;
James Rotto of Hecht's and Henry
M. Voss of Lansburgh's. February
Department representatives will be
present.
Luncheon Arranged.
The young women will begin max
ing sales after a luncheon at 1890
pm. in the Mayf1ower, which Arthur
Sundlln, president of the Manufac-
turers' and Merchants Association
of the District; Edward Shaw, its
secretary, and Fred Smith, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, are ex-
pected to attend.
Senator Meade of New York will
introduce the girls to Vice President
Wallace in his Capitol office at
4:45 pm.
Speaking at the Retailers for
Defense Clinic" will begin at about
2 pm, it was announced, with a
discussion of what stores can do
and are doing for defense. Mai.
Benjamin H. Namm of BROOKLYN
will preside.
List of Clinic Speakers.
Addresses will be made by the
4O44OHlIlS.
Sam j. Watkins, National Asso-
citation Of Retail Druggists: Ward
Melville, Institute of Distribution;
Frank M. Mayfield, president, Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Associa-
ton; Harold N. Graves, assistant to
the Secretary of the Treasury; Gale
F. Johnston, field director of the
Defense Savings Staff; Hartford
Powell, information director, and F.
E. Pulte, chief of the Treasury's
retail store division.
One Of the local stores participant
ing, Jelleff's, will be host to William
A. Julian, Treasurer of the United
States, at 9 am. tomorrow. He will
congratulate employees, all of whom
have purchased bonds or stamps.