Evening star., 1945-01-14
2 .H a -
Birthday Ball !.
Ticket Sales ].
Open Tomorrow /
Mile o Dimes Stands.
Louneh compoien
For Polio Funds

| ~.S " AASAAe AAAAatuC pAIA1yElS WILL
go into high gear tomorrow when
tickets 60 on sale for the traditional
dances and celebrations on the eve-
ming OF the Presidents birthday
January 30-and for the midnirht
shows the night before. Meanwhile.
the first phase Of the program, the
Mile o. Dimes campaign, is in full
swing after opening yesterday.
Both the dances and the midnight
shows will be featured by the ap-
pearance of group of Hollywood
stars, who will be in Washington
throughout the celebrat tion. The
first of the stars coming here win
be announced this week.
| Birthday ball tickets may be
purchased for 81 each, including tax.
at the Mayflower, Shoreham, WASH
ington. Wardmarl Park, Willard and
Statler hotels, where the dances will
be held. Tickets for the ball at the
Lincoln Colonnade. will be sold for
$3.50 each at the ONCE Of the
Lichtman Theaters,, 1912 v street
NV. Tickets also will be distributed
to Government departments and
Theater Tickets on. Sale.
Those wishing to attend midnight
shows at the Capitol and Earle
Theaters may purchase tickets at any
Warner Bros. or Loew's Theater in
Washington. Price of admission to
either theater is $3.50 for orchestra
seats and $3.50 for the balcony, in
cluding tax
There will be a, third midnight
show at the Howard Theater. with
tickets priced at $3.50 each for or
chestra seats and $l.10 for the bal
cony. They will be placed on sale at
the Lichtman Theaters once.
Ofacials of both Warner Bros.
and Loew's Theaters here have
scheduled special shows for the
week Of the celebration. The Earle
show, In addition to the Roxyettes
and 10 Lombardi and his orchestra,
will offer Nip Nelson, Jean, Jack
and Judy and Sopdra Barrett.
The Capitols show will include
Cardini, the magician; Cliff Nazarro,
the De Castro Sisters and the Peggy
Taylor trio, as well as Sam Jack
kaufman and his orchestra.
| Joe Louis Aids Drive.
Mrs. Roosevelt, two young polio
victims and Sergt. Joe Louis, the
world heavyweight boxing cham
pion, shared the spotlight at the
opening of the two Mile O. Dimes
stands yesterday.
Despite the rain, several hundred
persons assembled around the Cap-
itol Theater stand at 1890 pm, and
In front Of the Lincoln Theater, 1915
U street NV. half IN hour later
to see Mrs. Rooseselt contribute the
FIRST dime to eachf0f the stands.
She spoke briefly it each cere-
mony, urging contributions, small
or large, from every person in the
District. Because the District was
SO hard hit by the infantile paralysis
| epidemic last summer. she said, she
knew that this years campaign to
eliminate the disease would be
greater than any other.
Child victim Speaks.
/ After she had spoken before the
Capitol stand, S-year-oid janice
Miles. of Cdkai Hill { Nd who will
return to school Monday after being
stricken with polio November 4,
also spoke to the crowd, and to the
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person contribute what he could so
that other little girls won't have to
be as sick as I was" and so that
when they are there will be enough
money to pay the doctors and nurses
to make them we'll"
Then Janice showed them her
big glass bank. There were 10 dimes
IN it that she had been saving-"for
a long time, she said-and which
she gave to the campaign. BY the
time Janice was ready to 20, the
persons who heard her speak had
pressed forward to drop several more
dollars in dimes into her bank.
At the Lincoln Theater stand:
Sergt. Louis, now stationed at
Camp Shanks, N. Y, and in town for
the week end, told the crowd as
sembled there that everybody
should give to this drive, and see
to 1t that CIR kids are safe" Then
Dennis Surratt, 10, Of 423 Temple
court s.W., who left the hospital Oc-
tober S after his siege with the dis
ease, told them he was glad to be
well" and hoped the drive would be
"a real good one" TAI -
Pays $40 for Dimes.
Commissioner John Russell Young
received Mrs. Roosevelt,s contribu-
tions and also spoke briefly, H.
Graham Barber OF the I,ichtman
Theaters, bought the dime Mrs.
Roosevelt gave to the Lincoln stand
for $40, which then. went into one
OF the milk bottles on the stand in
place Of the dime. t-z ..+.
Don Fisher was, master of cere- :
monies of the program, which was
arranged by Bryson Rash, chair
man of the Mile o. Dimes Committee
Of the Washington radio programs
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broadcast was carried over all Wash
ington stations. f.
Tuesday, two more Mile o, Dimes
stands will be opened at the Ma.
tional Airport and at Union Station.
Other events which viii feature
the drive include the theater March
of Dimes, when collections will be
taken in all Washington motion pic
ture theaters; the command per-
formarace of Dear Ruth. as the
National Theater January &C.. and
a dinner to be given for the visiting
Hollywood stars at the. Mayfiower
Hotel January %.
Half Of Funds for District, :.
Proceeds from all events 70 to the
fund for fighting infantile paralysis,
half remaining in Washington Tor
use by the District chapter OF the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis for work here, and. half to
the National Foundation, Tor re-
search and educational work. ~
Basil O'Connor, president OF the
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