Evening star., 1943-07-03
Record Holiday
Travel Seen
Over Week End
Rail Official Warns
Mony Persons May
Be Stranded

Be Stranded
Bus and railroad officials braced
themselves today for the heaviest
holiday traffic Of the year as thou
sands of District residents, taking
advantage of the Fourth of July,
made preparations to leave the city.
At Union Station, where the peak
was expected this afternoon, officials
said advance reservations and ticket
sales indicated the heaviest July
traf1ic in several years. Most OF the
travel will be to Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York. they said.
Greyhound Bus Lines reported
traffic by the end of the day would
be the heaviest of the year, but not
quite as heavy as other July holi-
days. Many persons phoning the
terminal here are being told bus
mileage has been cut and that the
company cannot guarantee them
accommodation it was said.
Since the holiday falls on Sunday,
most places of business will observe
the holiday Monday. along with the
majority of District government en-
ployes. For Federal employees Mon
day win be another work day as
usual
Warned Against Travel.
From a railroad executive came
the prediction that "if civilians in
sist on attempting to travel, thou
sands of them will find themselves
stranded on the station platforms,
for there just won't be room for
them. We have all our equipment
in service all the time without any
means of getting additional cars"
With the stress on the principles
Of freedom for which American
youth is dying throughout the world,
the local celebration of the holiday
will center tomorrow at the Sylvan
Theater at Sis pm. when the
Washington Board of Trade holds a
patriotic rally.
District Commissioners Young,
Mason and Kutz, in proclamation,
urged local residents to display the
American flag until noon Monday.
They said it is fitting that I'VE, in
the Nations Capital, should dedicate
ourselves anew to the preservation
Of the freedoms to which the fore
fathers pledged their lives. their for
tunes and their sacred honor"
Several thousand persons are ex-
pected to attend the annual holiday
ceremony on the Washington Monu-
ment Grounds. The traditional pa
rade and fireworks associated with
peacetime July celebrations will be
missing in wartime.
Program Given.
The Sylvan Theater program fol-
lows:
6 pm. flags report at base of
Monument: 6:15, concert by Marine
Band: 645, procession of the flags;
7. flag-raising ceremony; 1902, in
vocation, by Brig. Gen. William R.
Arnold, chief Of chaplains. Army
Service Forces, 7:e4> pledge to the
flag, led by Chairman Granville
GUIDE: 7:05, singing of America"
led by William R. Schmucker: 7:08.
reading from the Declaration OF
Independence by w. Hayes Yeager;
TIA, singing of America the Beau
tiful," led by Mr.. Schmucker; 7:16,
introduction of the speaker by
Chairman GUIDE; TIT, address by
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward;
1923. singing of The Battle Hymn
of the Republic; 7:30, benediction
by Gen. Arnold: 1872, ceremony of
lowering the flag and singing OF
THE Star Spangled Banner; 7:3o,
occasional of the flags.
In urging citizens to attend the
Sylvan Theater rally the Commis-
sioners called on residents to unite
in affirming allegiance to the flag
and our determination to stand
behind the men and women who
are risking their lives overseas TO
safeguard our homes"
Marathon Slated.
At 10 am. tomorrow a smile
marathon run sponsored by the Dis
trict Recreation Association and
named the Mike Lynch" run in
honor of the veteran local mara
thoner, will be staged. The course
will be from Rock Creek golt course
to Takoma Park.
Monday there will be patriotic
celebrations by the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants of the District OF
columbia at 10:3O am. at the Old
Union Engine House, Nineteenth ana
n streets NV. and by the Greater
Woodbridge Committee at 10 am. at
1.anpdon Park. DR., Elmer Louis
Kavser. dean of students. George
Washington University will be the
speaker at the Oldest Inhabitants
ceremony.
Exercises also will be held at 6
pm. tomorrow in the park in North
Takoma. Md. with Rear Admiral
Harry G. Hamlet. U. S. G. g., re-
tired, as the speaker.
This afternoon, beginning at 3
o'clock, an athletic program was to
be staged at the Takoma Recreation
Association on Third street between
Sheridan and Van Buren, streets
NV. From 9 to II 80 pm. dance
is scheduled to take place on the
concrete tennis courts at Third and
Van Buren streets. In local
churches independence Day will
provide the theme for numerous SER
mons.