Evening star., 1942-06-25
Air CavaIcade Due
Here Tomorrow With
Mahene Dietrich
Will Stoee Four-Doy
Drive for War Bonds
And Aviution Cadets

Marlene Dietrich and the Air Cav.
alcade will arrive tomorrow for Z
four-day stay in Washington for the
dual purpose Of stimulating war
bond sales and Army aviation cadet
enlistments.
Climaxed by a huge bond rally at
pm. Sunday at the National AIR
port, Miss Dietrich is scheduled to
make several personal appearances
in leading stores tomorrow and Sat-
urday, as we'll as at the Capitol and
Earle Theaters. Arriving at Union
Station from Cincinnati at am
tomorrow, she will be greeted by
Army Air Force officers and Treas
ury Department representatives.
War Bond sale programs already
have been arranged for the movie
star. as follows: 4:45 pm. Friday at
Lansburgh's, and $3.50 pm. Saturday
at Jelleff's. At each store Miss
Dietrich will make War Bond sales
appeal over a loud-speaker system
with Treasury Department repre-
sentatives on hand ready to deliver
bonds of any desired denomination
to purchasers.
Fifth City on Tour.
Washington is the fifth stop by
the air cavalcade in its tour OF Is
cities. The cavalcade is scheduled
/ to fly over Washington between
noon and 2 pm. tomorrow. at the
close of which a towed glider will be
cut loose for brief solo flight. The
cavalcade consists of SIX fighter
planes, including a MeSserschmitt
brought down over England; an air
transport and a glider.
Saturday at pm at the airport,
the cavalcade aviators will hold a
special get-together. Men from 18
| to 26 desiring to become aviation
cadets and those from 18 to 36 de-
string to become glider pilots are
especially invited to meet the flyers.
A glider demonstration also will be
given.
/ The Sunday afternoon rally at
/ the airport will be presided over by
j. Clifford Folger. vice chairman,
| District Of Columbia War Bonds
/ Committee. A general of the Army
Air Force will speak COL Harry c.
Fraser. chaplain of Army Air Forces,
will ask invocation and lead in
pledging allegiance to the flag.
Marlene Dietrich will make the final
sales appeal.
Luncheon Planned.
Sales booths will be installed and
a huge throng is expected to at
tend. A color guard of war vet
Grams, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
will participate. and patriotic music
is to be provided by the United
States Army Air Force Band.
At 2 pm, preceding the rally. a
luncheon will be given for Miss Diet
rich and the aviators
Miss Dietrich, who has just COM
pleted a jeep tour of 10 Ohio cities,
is making a special trip to the Ma
tions Capital to join the air caval-
cade.
! Meanwhile Washington retailers
/ are sponsoring a rally at GAS am.
/ Tuesday on the steps of the Dis
trict Building in preparation for the
Retailers for Victory Campaign
starting the next day. Washington S
| quota in the billion-a-month War
savings stamps and bond drive is
$500, 900 for July.
Local merchants of all types are
being requested to stop their normal
sales and sell stamps and bonds
only during a 15-minute period
starting at noon Wednesday. with
entire store personnel enlisted in
the Victory drive.
Treasury Department officials an
nounced today that a majority OF
the stores will release their sales
forces at $50 am. Tuesday to attend
the rally at the District Building
/ The program lasting 80 minutes
will include stage and screen per-
sonalities, service bands located In
Washington, and an outstanding
speaker, with definite announcement
TO be made later.
Bruce Allen is chairman of the
Cooperating Committee, assisted by
H. L. Rust, jr.; Mr.. Folger. Martin
Wiegand and Mack L. Langford
Subcommittee members include Mrs
Lenore T. DeWhurst, o. F. Ballou
D. N. Bernard, Harvey J. Cheston
Arthur H. Hahn, James Hardey,
Joseph R. Harris, Laurence Heller
C. R. Sanders, Bert Sarazen, G. F.
Seitz. Dan S. Terrell. A. D. Wick, A.
D. Willard, H. N. Weaver, Edgar
Shaw, Leroy w. Heron, Carl T.
Knapp. Leonard S. May, Matt Mey-
er. Walter Nordlinger and R. Harris