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Holiday
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one for each State-will be placed
in the circle round the washington
Monument.
The Monument and Washington's
home at Mount Vernon will be the
center Of numerous ceremonies.
Programs marking the day already
have been held by schools and clubs,
with decorations Of hatchets and
cherries, reminiscent of the table by
which youthful Americans are
taught the value Of truth.
Last night the Veterans Of For
eign Wars began its three-day COM
memoration with its annual Wash
ington Day dinner and dance at the
Hotel Statler. Members Of the or
SANITATION and its Ladies Auxiliary
and their guests heard Speaker OF
the House Martin deliver the chief
address.
Birthday Ball Held.
The Mount Vernon Citizens' As
sociation, some of whose members
live on land which was once part
Of the Washington estate, sponsored
q birthday ball at Collingwood on
the Mount Vernon highway last
night.
There was a grand march, led by
couples in colonial costumes. The
association hopes to make the ball
an annual event.
INQUIRIES to the American Auto
mobile Association indicated num-
Der of Washingtoniar1s planned mo-
tor trips along the Skyline Drive In
Virginia, which has been mostly tg-
nored during the winter.
Annapolis Visits Planned.
Others planned to visit Annapolis
where an exhibition Of Washington
memorabilia opened at the Naval
Academy yesterday. It is centered
around the Hiram Powers marble
bust of Washington and two other
busts, both copies Of that by the
French sculptor, Houdon.
Other items in the collection in
clude q dinner invitation to Ben
jamin West signed by Washington
whist counters, q WedgeWooo
brooch, copper buttons and two
camp cups, all belonging to Wash
ington, and q shawl used by Martha
Washington.
At . o'clock this morning the
Washington National Monument
Society will place a wreath at the
Monument and at the same hour
members Of Masonic Lodge No. %,
Of which Washington was the first
worshipful master, will conduct SIM
liar ceremonies on the Washington
tomb at Mount Vernon. The Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars will hold q
wreath Laying ceremony at Mount
Vernon ut II am. President Trn-
mans wreath will be presented at
this time by one of his aides. .G4
Other Events Listed. -
other events during the day In
clude o speech by Attorney General
Clark, which will be broadcast from
Mount Vernon over the Mutual
Broadcasting System, at l:30 PIN.
This program Is sponsored by the
American Legion.
Tomorrow's events will include .
Joint celebration by the Sons OF the
American Revolution, Sons Of the
Revolution, Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution and Children of
the American Revolution at 10:3o
am. at Continental Hall. The Alex
andria Veterans Of Foreign Wars
post will sponsor a parade In Alex
andria at 2 pm.
The District was not alone In
having bad weather on tap for
Washington's birthday. Floods, cold,
snow and freezing rains harassed
many parts of the country and
weather forecasters observed dis
mally, Spring still Is q long way
off,"
Farmers Leave Homes.
Flood waters in ice damned Pow
der River forced some lowland
farmers from their homes In Mon
tana. Mississippi's fiood-swollen
Yazoo River kept Army engineers
on the alert, but they said the
levees should protect Greenwood
from any danger. The high waters
previously flooded more than 400
600 acres of land.
Cold weather extended from the
Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard. A
moderate snow storm worked north
ward from Kentucky, Missouri,
Southern Illinois and Southern In
diana. Freezing rain was reported
In Tennessee and Northern Arkan-
sas. A belt of rain extended from
Western Texas to Northern Florida
and Georgia. Snow also fell in the
Rockies, Western Montana, Eastern
Nebraska and Idaho.
Temperatures dipped below zero
in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Michigan and the fore
casters said another bulge OF cold
Canadian air would start down into
the Midwest Monday night.