Evening star., 1942-07-02
Quiet Program
Planned Here
July Fourth
Fireworks Bunned:
Only One Large
Rally to Be Held

Washington first wartime Fourth
of July since 1918 will be marked
chiefly by combination of work-as-
usual and few restrained celebra-
tions.
Fireworks displays of all kinds are
definitely out. The War Depart
ment yesterday issued an order BAN
ming pyrotechnics all along the East
ern Seaboard Army officials also
officially discouraged patriotic pro-
grams which might attract large
crowds of people.
At least one mass celebration in
the Washington area was scheduled
for Saturday, however At Langdon
and Taft Parks, seven civic, fraternal
and patriotic. groups will sponsor
programs to begin at 10 am.
Instead of the usual evening fire.
works, however, a blackout demon
stration is planned for 745 pm. in
Taft Park. Celebrants at Langdon
Park will parade to the other
grounds at pm.
Sponsors of Program.
The celebrations will be sponsored
by the Brookland-W Woodbridge Busi-
ness Association, the Burroughs,
National Gateway and Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Associations; East
Gate Lions Club, Follow-Me Defense
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Taft Athletic Club.
The Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants will celebrate the holiday
with services at II am. at the Old
Union Engine House, Nineteenth
and H streets NV.
Representative Robson, Repub-
lican, of Kentucky will speak. Miss
Anna Katharine Molster and Bill
Coyle will present vocal solos.
Theodore w. Noyes is president of
the association.
A pilgrimage to the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier of the American
Revolution at the Old Presbyterian
Meeting House in Alexandria will be
conducted by members of the Lido
Civic Club of Washington, starting
from the Lincoln Memorial at 1920
am. A wreath will be laid on the
tomb during ceremonies, which will
begin at II o'clock.
Boy Scout Plan Rally.
Ugo Carusi, executive assistant to
the Attorney General, will partici-
pate in the ceremony. Arrangements
for the affair are in charge OF the
Civic Committee, of which William
A. Maio is chairman. Ben Crifasi
is president of the club. s~.
Boy Scouts of the Redskin. Rising
Sun and Thirteenth Divisions will
take part in two-day rally begin
ming at pm. tomorrow at the Soc
Ger field of Eastern High School.
Nineteenth and East Capitol streets.
The encampment will include exer-
cises in flre-building, first aid, sig
mailing and knot-tying. District
Scout Commissioner John Bullough
Will De camp chief.
Thousands of Federal workers
meanwhile. will spend the holiday
by working their regular hours. A
lew non-war agencies, including
Agriculture, Federal Security, Labor
and Treasury, will not operate Sat-
urday. But regular routine will be
carried on by the White House staff.
War and Navy Departments. the
War Production Board and all its
divisions, the Government Printing
Office, the Federal Works Agency,
the Civil Service Commission, Post
Office Department and the Budget
Bureau.
Library to Be Closed.
Reading rooms of the Library of
Congress will be closed Saturday.
but exhibition halls will be open
to the public from 9 am. to 6 pm.
Regular services to members of
Congress and governmental agencies
will be maintained. .
The Central Library and all
branches of the Public Library will
be closed all day
An address on American Democ-
racy-1942' will be given by Repre-
sentative Bender, Republican, of
Ohio at 11:15 pm. tomorrow. over
the National Broadcasting Co. net
work as prelude to Independence
Day observance.