Evening star., 1943-07-16
s More Bands Sought
For. Civilian Defense
Parade July 30
Campaign to Recruit
10000 OCD Workers
Will Follow DispIoy

Six more bands are needed for
the nine-block parade to be held
here July 80 to inaugurate a Dis
trict Civilian Defense recruiting
campaign.
The parade committee and the
District Civilian Defense Council
both discussed their plans for the
parade yesterday and announced
that only a sufficient number of
bands are lacking. Every branch of
the armed forces, men and women,
will appear in the parade, along
with civilian defense divisions, the
police and patriotic organizations.
An intensive two-week campaign
to recruit 10000 volunteer workers
will follow the parade. Afraid war
dens and auxiliary firemen are the
most urgently needed, it was en-
phasized at the council meeting last
night in the United States Chamber
Of Commerce. Walter F. Bramhall,
vice chairman of the council, said
that dozens Of wardens, firemen and
other workers had gone either to the
armed forces or to out-pf-towp en-
ployment. 4
Committee Named.
The councils part In the recruit
ing campaign will be organized by
Mr.. Bramhall with the following
committee: Godfrey L. Munter of
Chevy Chase Citizens Association;
John D. Bahbage. Connecticut ave
nue.; Harmon E. Smoke, Mount
Pleasant; Gen. George P. Tynex,
FoxhaI: William L. A. Tancil, How
ard Park. and Ernest N. johnson of
Lincoln Park.
This committee will report to the
Parade Committee, headed by Fred
A. Smith, former president Of the
Washington Board of Trade.
Twenty-Five invitations were sent
out by the Parade Committee We'd
nesday to various bands in the city
in an effort to get three bands for
each of the four sections of the
parade.
Kutz to Be Grand Marshal.
The musical chairman is 1t.
Charles Benter, retired head of the
Navy Band, who was appointed this
week officially as conductor of the
Police Band, to be stationed at the
reviewing stand on the parade route
The grand marshal of the parade
will be Col. Charles w. Kutz, En-
gineer Commissioner. The name of
the marshal for the military section
cannot be announced, it was said,
but the marshals for the other sec
tions are: Civilian defense, william
j. Mileham, chief air raid warden
of the District; patriotic organiza-
tions, Col. Joseph D. Arthur, jr.,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
and county civilian defense units, j.
Robert Sherwood, in charge of civil :
ian defense in Prince Georges
County, Md.
The parade will end at Fifteenth
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. in
stead of going on by the White
House as originally planned, al
though permission had been OBJ
tanned for the extended route.
IA to Get Ribbons.
After the parade there will be ex-
ercises in front of the District Build
ing at which James M. Lands, di-
rector of the national Office of Ci-
villain Defense, will be the speaker
Fourteen persons who have served
5000 hours or more in civilian de-
fense will receive ribbons.
Through the Disaster Prepared
ness and Relief Unit of the District
Chapter of the Red Cross, six casu-
atty stations will be set up and
manned along the route.
In the event of bad weather on
the night of the parade, it will be
postponed until the following eve
ming. Saturday, July 81. The march
ers have been asked to assemble at
S pm. in the vicinity of Third and
Fourth and Constitution avenue
NV. The parade is scheduled to
start at 6:15 pm.
Efforts are being made, it was
also announced, to form group in
the procession from the Allied ma
tions.