Evening star., 1943-09-08
FINLAND Stars
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Army Show Ready
For Performances
Tomorrow

today after a trip from Holly
wood In a red, white and blue
train to open the Third War Loan
Drive for the Treasury which be-
gins tomorrow.
Among the party will be Fred
Astalre. Lucille Ball, James Cagney
Judy Garland, Greer Carson, Kath-
ryn Grayson. Betty Hutton, Harpo
Marx, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney
and Kay Kyser and his band.
The stars were originally sched-
uled to arrive at $50 am. today,
but their train was delayed. This
necessitated a change in plans, and
1t was decided that the stars would
go directly to the Statler Hotel and
then directly to the Army Show
on the Washington Monument
Grounds, eliminating the parade
planned earlier.
At the grounds Is an extensive
collection Of domestic and captured
machines of war. These will be
demonstrated at two shows daily.
the first OF which will be seen at
2:30 pm. tomorrow. Another show,
an hour in length. will be held at
8:15 pm. tomorrow.
These shows, presented by the
Army at the request Of the Treasury
Department, will be held at the
same hours daily during the war
loan drive.
Show officials announced today
ticket ALLEGATION system intended
to bring home the impressiveness
Of the spectacle to school children.
A thousand reserved section tickets
for each matinee performance at
2:30 O'Clock will 60 to Fairgrounds
Of the District for school children.
After the opening of school, the
tickets will go to the schools for
distribution. Tickets must be used
on the day TO (which they are
dated.
All other matinee seats will be
available to the public.
The daily guard meet and retreat
ceremony will be open to the public
at 4:45 pm, with no tickets re-
quired.
At the evening performance 5000
seats will be set aside for those who
purchase an additional War bond
during the Third War Loan drive,
They are obtainable from War bond
statesmen.
Another 2,500 tickets win be issued
to District War bond agents for
presentation to bond buyers and
bond statesmen who have completed
their sales quota. Remaining tickets
may be had from booths on the
grounds.
4, Seats Win not be held for. ticket
holders II they are late, Army au-
thorities aid.
=" With 4he opening pf ti7e x,,ov
only d day away, the grounds were
the scene OF feyerish activity as
efforts were made to locate and set
up equipment which had arrived at
the iast minute All heavy ma
terrell h4d been pI4ced eaf1fer this
week lltsInucn painting and wiring
demained to be done.
Fire Fighting Unit.
A ire fighting unit to take care
OF emergencies was set I'D under
the 408th Engineers from Fort Bel
voir, with Is men trained at the
tort In charge. They were COM
manded by Sergt. Roy Messimer.
Six pieces Of fire equipment have
been stationed on the grounds, with
headquarters at 18th and Constitu-
ton avenue.
One display whose material did
not arrive on time, but which will
be ready when the show opens at
2:15 is that of the Army Medical
Service, where a Drinker Respira-
tor (the famous Iron Lung) will be
on display. A complete medical
center, identical to those set up
behind the front lines, will be
shown, with installations from WAL
ter Reed General Hospital and from
the Surgeon Generals command.
The medical exhibit will be in
charge OF Col. A. O.. Half, Camp
Pickett, Va, who supervised the
erection Of the medical classroom
and the x-ray displays there.
The Red Cross shack, a grass
covered structure at the northwest
corner Of the grounds, is one of the
most novel exhibits in the show.
Forty-four pieces of captured
German, Japanese and italian war
material will be on display, includ-
ing the noted German SO nm anti
tank gun, the German Volkswagon
which the German people paid for
but have never used, a japanese
light machine gun and q Japanese
knee mortar.
The Volkswagon was designed to
serve the German Army in the
same way that the jeep serves the
United States, but tests have re-
vealed that it has limited power
and weak frame.
There will be no restrictions on
Photography At the show, and
camera fans will be able to enjoy
q field day there.
WACS will serve in an informa-
tion center for ofI1cial personnel at
the Army Show Communications
tent. A WAC whose regular duty
is as = switchboard operator will
receive messages and these will be
delivered by other WACS. Emer-
gency messages to personnel con-
nected with the show will be
handled by Red Cross personnel, it
was said.
Preview Held for Press.
Yesterdays preview of the war
show for members of the press was
announced over a speaker system
by Sergt. Robert Waldrop, who an
nounced the Army's touring war
show of last year. At yesterdays
exhibition a platoon of infantry,
followed by a group of dogs and
their masters, was greeted with
cheers and whistles by the several
hundred small boys who lined the
ratings of the arena. These specta-
tors have been in almost constant
attendance on the grounds ever
since the first piece Of, equipment
was unloaded.
The colored cavalry which per-
formed yesterday was from Fort
Myer. Sergt. Waldrop, in describ-
ing the maneuver. said that the