Evening star., 1942-10-13
WON 'fban
Service Bands
Al tWarFair
Fund Campaign
Leaders Discuss
Plans for Event

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The musicians union here has
agreed to interpose no objections
to appearance of any of the service
bands during musical programs at
the War Fair to be held at Uline's
Arena October 20 to 80 in interests
of the Community War Fund CAM
paign. /
This was announced at special i
meeting of the War Fair Committee !
at the Willard Hotel yesterday by |
Dan Terrell, reporting for Carter |
Barron and John ]. Payette, CO.
chairmen for entertainment. !
Further details of other co-opera- !
ton by the union were explained !;
by Mr.. Terrell, who outlined, OF
the record for the present, highly !
promising program of professional
talent for the fair.
Bruce r. Allen, presiding as !
chairman of the Fair Committee,
expressed appreciation not only for
work of the Entertainment Com
mittee, but especially for the atti-
tude of the musicians union. To
the union he expressed thanks and
grateful appreciation for their kind
ness and cooperation in making
the entertainment at the War Fair
success"
Radio Active.
Elaborate cooperation OF radio
stations was reported by Robert H.
Davidson. WWDC will sponsor a
series of glee club concerts, he said.
WJSV is sponsoring barbershop
quartet contest. WINK will pre-
sent table tennis tournament to
be played at the fair. VOL will
put on Double or Nothing" show
for the fair audience, and WRC Is
sponsoring a children's costume
display. WMAL has not yet COM
pleted its plans. he said.
Mr.. Allen praised the cooperation
of all newspapers of Washington,
each one of which, he said, was par
tlclpating in some manner of its
own, in addition to helping advise
the public of general fair activities.
Plans for the presentation of mock
surgical operations by the District
Medical Society were explained by
Mr.. Allen.
Floyd D. Akers, campaign chair
man of the Community War Fund,
explained the purpose Of the fair in
a brief speech before the luncheon.
Concentrates Exhibits.
THE Community War Fund" he
said, gives us an opportunity to
present graphically to the people OF
Washington the multiplicity of
agencies participating in the Com
munity War Fund
Never before has there been an
opportunity for the public to 60 to
one place and see in q brief time
just what l20 war and social agen-
cies are doing for the community,
the country and the world"
Mr. Jouett Shouse, chairman Of
the Committee on Attendance, pre-
sented an elaborate report of city
wide organization of a movement
to personally call attention of the
public to the fair, through many
agencies and channels.
Other reports we're made by
George A. Lohr, for advertising;
H. A. Stacy, for Howard P. Foley,
stage and lighting; Mrs. Stanley F.
Reed. hostesses; Thomas P. Morgan,
hosts; H. r. Melnicove, tickets, and
Hardie Meakin. judges.
Following the luncheon, Mrs.
Shouse announced appointment Of
a committee of more than 40 District
men and women. representative of
many groups in the city, to promote
attendance at the fair.
The group held its first meeting
yesterday in Mrs. Shouses office in
the National Press Building to map
plans.
Members of Committee.
The Attendance Committee MEM
oers, most of whom attended the
meeting, are:
Mrs. Robert P. Patterson and Mrs.
hugh c. Smith, War Department:
Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Marine
Corps: Mrs. Seth Williams. Marine
Corps; Mrs Harvey Wiley, House.
keepers Alliance; Mrs. Alice Hunter
Colored District of Columbia Parent,
Teachers Association; 1t. Marv
Agnes Brown, Miss Ernest Field
Parklns and Miss Florence MCGEE,
Women's Bar Association: Miss
Estelle zirkin, Soroptimists Club.
Also Mrs. Robert Low Bacon and
Miss Charl O. Williams, National
Education Association: Miss Barnes
and Mrs. Roy Patterson, Women'S
Trade Union League; Miss Gertrude
Wick, Women Bankers Association:
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Board of
education; Mrs. Richard BoeckeI.
publlclst; Mrs. Oscar L. Chapman.
District Voteless League of Women
voters; Mrs. p c. Elicit and Mrs.
Alma Hudson, District of Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers:
Miss Christine Sadler and Mrs.
George S. Holmes, Women's Press
Club; Mrs, James Austen Stone and
Nine. Alexander Loudon, United
Nations.
Also DR.. Gladys Kahn, Women's
Medical Association; Mrs. Alexander
Wolf and Mrs. Arthur Newman,
Council OF Jewish Women; Mrs.
Troy Northcross, Homemakers' Club:
Mrs. Helen Steinbarger, Zonta Club
and Public Library War Reading
Room; Mrs. Robert Wilson, Junior
League; Miss Elizabeth Griffith,
Educational Association of the Dis
trict OF Columbia; Miss Mary Nc
Farland, Office of Emergency Man.
agement; Mrs. Arthur Watkins, Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of
Women's Clubs: Msgr Lawrence j.
Shehan, st. Patrick's Church; Sidney
Katz, Congress Of Industrial Organ
izations; Rabbi Gerstenfeld, Hebrew
Synagogues and Sunday Schools.
Also Mrs. Percy c. Elicit, District
Federation of Women's Club; Mrs.
Rucy S. Messenger and Mrs. Vernon
Munroe. Office of Civilian Defense
Volunteers; Mrs. Robert Wilson,