Evening star., 1942-06-12
0pen-Air Rally,
Parade Planned
For War Heroes
ID U. S. and British
Soldiers to Visit
CupituI Tomorrow

Elaborate ceremonies will be
staged here tomorrow for IA Brit
ish and American heroes who are
on tour of 81 major cities of the
country under auspices of the Treas
ury Department.
Outstanding features of the day
will be a parade from the White
House to the Capitol beginning at
11:45 am, and a big open-air rally
at the Watergate on the Potomac
River near the Lincoln Memorial
at pm.
The group will come here from
Baltimore and is scheduled to ar
rive at the Washington National
Airport about $3.50 am. They will
be greeted by Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, Lord Hall
fax, British Ambassador, and the
District Commissioners.
Press Conference Set.
After a press conference and re-
ception at the pilots room at the
airport. the heroes will 60 to the
White House. where Secretary Nor
genthau will present them to the
President
The parade will assemble on
Pennsylvania avenue west of Ex-
ecutive avenue. and will proceed east
along Pennsylvania avenue to Fiji
teenth street. south on Fifteenth
street, and east on Pennsylvania
avenue to the Capitol Building GEN.
ter steps.
Brig. Gen. Albert E. Cox will head
the parade as grand marshal. In
the line will be District Commits
sioners and Undersecretary of the
Treasury Daniel Bell. the Boiling
Field Band of so pieces, the District
of Columbia War Savings Commit
tee and other War savings officials.
The heroes will ride in f1ag-bedecked
open Army cars. Also in the pa
rade will be various motorized units.
including cars representing the
United Nations, flying the flags OF
those nations.
Ceremony on Capitol Hill.
At the Capitol the heroes will be
given official greetings on both
House and Senate sides of the
Capitol. The Senate Committee
is headed by Senator Glass, Sen
ators Barkley and Connally.
Following the ceremonies on Capt.
tol Hill the visitors will be guests
Of Secretary Morgenthau at a
luncheon. At S pm. they will go
to the British Embassy, where a
buffet supper will be served.
Climax of the days program will
be the rally at the Watergate, where
a two-hour program will be staged
Entertainment by theatrical and
radio personalities will precede the
appearance Of the heroes. Admis-
sion will be free.
The entertainment will include
music by the Army Band and num-
bers by Bernie Cummins and his
orchestra from the Del Rio Jane
P1ckens of stage, screen and radio
will sing. and lead community sing
ing. Smith and Bailey, radio stars
from Loew's Capitol, and the Capt.
tolls Rhythm Rockets and the Earle
Theater's Rockyette troupe are
others on the program.
Heroes Will Speak.
The second part OF the program
beginning at pm. will open with
numbers by the Army Band, fol-
lowed by an invocation by the Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop Of
Washington. The war heroes will
be introduced and will describe the
battlefront action in which they
took part and for which they were
decorated.
Appearance of the men has been
arranged by the Treasury Depart
ment to bring the battle front and
the home front in closer contact as
part of the War savings program.
No attempt will be made. however.
to sell bonds or stamps at the rally
tomorrow night, it was emphasized.
After their appearance here the
group will go to Pittsburgh.
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
OF schools, has sent q circular to all
teachers in the public schools ad-
vising children of both the parade
and the mass meeting, and urging
attendance at both.
Among American Heroes.
Among the American heroes will
be 1t. Comdr. Harold T. Smith, SO,
of Oklahoma City. commander Of
the destroyer Stewart He was
awarded the Navy Cross for meritor-
ious conduct against superior jap
anese naval forces In Badaeng Strait
in the battle of Java and for attacks
against Japanese landing forces on
the island of Bali, in which his de-
stroyer participated in the sinking
of two enemy destroyers.
Ensign Donald F. Mason, 28, is the
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