Evening star., 1941-01-24
Radio Announcers
To Help in Birthday
Ball Celebrations
Theuter Executives Also
To Aid in Entertaining
Guests Thursday

ers and theater executives will join
with movie and tennis stars to make
the Presidents birthday celebrations
in seven hotels Thursday the most
successful in the history of the
benefit event.
Arrangements for the infantile
paralysis benefits this year include
an "all-star" dinner at the Willard,
at which some 500 guests will be en-.
tertained by all performers in the
city for the festivities A $3.50 ticket
for the dinner also will provide ad-
mission to the balls in any of the
participating notes.-the Washing
ton, Willard, Mayf1ower.- Shoreham
Wardnan Park, Hamilton and Carl
ton.
The annual gold plate break
fast" at $25 a plate, will be held at
the Carlton Hotel as a grand finale
of the city-wide festivities. The
breakfast will round up most of the
celebrities attending the parties
here.
Play SUNDAY Night.
On Sunday night the cast of The
Old Acquaintance" will present q
performance at the National The
ater for the benefit of the infantile
paralysis fund. Many members Of
the cast and John van Druten, au-
thor Of the play, will be entertained
at the White House by Mrs. Roose-
welt following the show. Other
guests will include high Government
of1cials and members of the Birth
day Ball Committee.
Several film stars and well-known
radio announcers will lead the en-
tertainment program at the third
annual ball to be held at the Y. M
c. A. tomorrow night for the benefit
of the charity fund. The enter
tainers will include Preston Foster
of the film Northwest Mounted
Police" Lynn Allison, National
Broadcasting Co. singer, and N. B. c
Announcers Roger Won Roth and
Bryson Rash.
A Mile O. Dimes" table will be
installed at the door of the dance
to boost further the fund for in
fantile paralysis victims.
Two Of the city's best-known pro-
fessional dancing groups, the
Rhythm Rockets of the Capitol
Theater, and the Roxyettes of the
Earle Theater, met in the Office of
Commissioner j. Russell Young at
the District Building yesterday to
distribute tickets for the two mid
night shows Thursday.
Schedule of Entertainers.
Meanwhile, the Talent, Booking
and State Management Committee
of the Presidents Birthday Ball re-
leased the following schedule of en-
tertainers at the various hotels:
Willard-Master of ceremonies,
Clifton Fadiman of Information,
Please; assisting master of cere-
monies, Art Brown and Steve Nc
Cormick, Mutual Broadcasting Sys-
tenn; manager of events, S. I. Sorkin,
R-K-O Keith's Theater; Fred Rohrs,
United Artists Pictures.
Washington-Master of cere-
monies, Lee Everett, National Broad
casting Co.; manager of events-Or-
angelo Ratio, Loew's Palace Thea
ter; stage manager, Llewelyn Ken
drick, Loews Palace Theater.
Mayf1ower-Arch Mcdonald, Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System, and
Charles DAILY, Columbia Broadcast
ing System; manager of events, Rob-
ert Etris, Ambassador Theater; stage
manager, Edward j. Melnicker, the
Variety Club; Charles Grimes, Met
ropolitan Theater, and Brock Whit
lock, Loew's Columbia.
Shoreham-Master of ceremonies,
Tony Wakeman, Mutual Broadcast
ing System; manager of events,
Clarke Davis, Lichtman Theaters;
stage managers, Bill Hoyle, Licht-
man Theaters, and Fred Mcmillan,
Silver Theater.
Others Are Listed.
Wardman Park-Master Of cere-
monies. Gordon Hittenmark, Ma
tional Broadcasting Co., and Ray
mond Michael, National Broadcast
ing Co.; manager Of events, Walter
Cersley, Uptown Theater; stage
managers, LIE Roy Sherman, War.
ner Bros. Savoy Theater, and Henry
Shields, Loew's Theaters publicity
department.
Hamilton-Master of ceremonies,
Bill Crago, National Broadcasting
Co.; manager Of events, Alan Bach
rack, Calvert Theater; Maynard
Madden, Central Theater, and Ted
Lohmeyer, Avalon Theater.
Carlton-Master of ceremonies to
be announced later; assisting masters
Of ceremonies, Arthur Godfrey, Co
lumbia Broadcasting System, and
Walter COMMON. Mutual Rrna dcast-