Evening star., 1945-07-05
$4,000 View
Presentation Of
'CayaIcade'
More Thon ST ,250, ,00C
In { Bonds Bought
To Obtoin Seots
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.


cessful close of the Mighty Seventh"
War Loan by turning out, almost
to the last ambulatory person, on
the Monument Grounds last night
to see and hear the stirring pag-
eantry of Americas Cavalcade of
Freedom.
Park police estimated the crowd
at 350,000 and 1t filled the green
slopes about the Monument and
overfiowed adjacent streets and
lanes for almost square mile.
Twenty two thousand persons
bought more than $3.50. 1000 in E
Bonds for seats. The rest sat on the
grass, stood at a distance or milled
for closer positions. All of them
heard the speeches, the songs and
the bands through loudspeaker
system that must have echoed to
Foggy Bottom and saw, at the close
of the evening, the most spectacular
fireworks In the Capitals history.
Movie Star Reports.
As Miss Lucille Ball, one of the
visiting Hollywood stars reported,
the Fourth of July found $39. 800, ,o0O
worth of Mighty Seventh" War
Bonds purchased by Washingtonians,
This might be likened, Miss Bal
said, to the seventh-inning stretch
at a ball game. We are way ahead
so far, she said, but the game isnt
over, and no players-which meant
every one of us-can stop until the
last inning is played, and the fnal
score posted.
Its a great team we've got" she
added, with Eisenhower and Nimitl
and Arnold and Macarthur and al
the others in there pitching anc
catching and fielding"
The long twilight was just setting
in as escorts from nearly so patrio-
tic orders filed down the center
aisles, to the drums and bugles of
the SPARS, to mass the colors and
open the pageant. The flag was
raised and allegiance was pledged.
The invocation was pronounced by
the Rev. DIR. l.. J. Mccormick, su-
perintendent of the city's parochial
schools. Then Wilmer j. Waller,
chairman of the District War Loan
Committee, explained what the
campaign had meant to Washing
ton and presented a group of off1cials
who had key spots in it.
Daylight waned at last. and the
stars began to show at almost the
moment the more volatile ones from
Hollywood arrived in jeeps.
Edward Arneld Takes Over.
Edward Arnold took over as mas
ter OF ceremonies, and the entertain
ment portion of the three-hour pro-
gram was on.
There were no dragging interludes.
The music and fun on the huge
stage, described as the largest ever
built here, moved at swift tempo.
The Nicholas Brothers danced. and
so, in the more sedate style OF the
ballroom, did the De Marcos. The
Metropolitan's Helen Jepson sang
"The Merry Widow Waltz" and
Mighty LAX a Rose" and Dennis
Morgan sang "One Alone" and in
troduced the later acts.
Youthful Roddy McDowall, wear
ing, so the master of ceremonies
said, his first pair of long trousers,
talked and sang. Dinah Shore, PIN
up extraordinary to the CT, sang
some Of her most fetching numbers,
including Might and Day" Ano
Judy Canova gave in her best hill
billy style. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Kennedy put on some typical
comedy. Gil Lamb made another
hit.
Crowd Wanted More.
The crowd, even unto Twelfth
and Constitution, wanted more of all
this, but there wasn't time for en-
cores.
Mr.. Morgan had the throng hold
up lighted matches. IF you haven t
got a match. make the next guy
give you one" Or he would settle
for a cigarette lighter. Then he
had a picture taken, a crowd pano-
rama to show other places how
Washington felt about this wartime
Fourth.
The most unusual feature Of the
evening was reserved for last. 1t
was a musical epic of the war. The
narrative, spoken by Mr. Arnold, was
written by Leonard Schlieder, and
the music was played by the massed
instruments of three great bands on
the stage-the Navy, Marine Corps
and Army Air Forces Bands. Each
of the three conductors led in turn
as the lyrical drama emphasized
the branch of the service which his
band represented = 1t. Charles
Brendler, Navy; Capt. William F.
Santleman, Marine Corps, and Capt.
George S. Howard, Army Air Forces.
War Narrative Traced
The story began with Pearl Har-
Dor and traced the war narrative
through to the present The music
wove in some of the theme songs
of the various services, adding
dramatic and ominous introduce
tions, climaxes and codas. The score
was arranged by the three directors.
The fireworks filled the sky with
intricate and glittering patterns and
the ground with fountains and
structures of fire. The set pieces
included likenesses of President Tru-
man and of the Surabachi hag-rais-
ing, three of whose surviving actors
we're introduced on the stage earlier,
SLSergt. Keyes Beech, a Marine
Corps combat correspondent who
witnessed the famous placing OF the
colors on the Two Jima peak, intro
duced two who helped raise the
fiagstaff-Marine Pfc. Rene A. Gag
non and Pharmacist Mate &c John
H. Bradley. There's a third survivor
who has gone back overseas. The
other three were killed later in the
fierce battle.
Mr.. Bradley. asked what sailor
was doing in the middle of a Marine
fight, explained he was on-the- scene
as q hospital corpsman to attend the
wounded.
The more serious part Of the pro-
gram brought q reading of the Dec
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