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without special permission unit
after the parade"
The parade is scheduled to start
about 100 pm. and to last two and
one-half hours. 1t is expected to
be pm. before the last units have
cleared the terminus at Washington
Circle.
Trucks to Be Kept Out.
Maj. Barrett said even delivery
trucks will be kept out of the re-
stricted area after 10 am, except
for emergency movements.
Streetcar and bus service will be
maintained, except on routes cross
ing Pennsylvania avenue and on the
Avenue itself. The latter service
will be resumed approximately Is
minutes after the parade ends, Maj.
Barrett said.
Fleets of buses will be parked near
the parade route, ready to carry
spectators home.
No parking on streets will be
permitted in the restricted area, and
any cars found at the curb within
the section will be impounded, Maj.
Barrett warned.
Normal parking an commercial
lots will be permitted, however, I'M
til the 10 am. deadline.
Gables to Line Route.
Steel cables will be strung along
the parade route from the Capitol
to Twenty-first street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV. the night Of
January 10. Streets crossing the
Avenue which will be kept open
until 10 am. are Third, Sew
enth, Ninth, Twelfth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets: New York,
East Executive and West Executive
avenues; Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets.
Assistant Superintendent Floyd
A. Truscott, riding in cruiser car,
will be in command of all police
details along the route. Plain
clotheSmen from other Eastern Sea-
board cities will assist the District
detective force.
A police car with two-way radio
will be stationed at each first aid
station.
Police details at all entrances to
the District, working in co-opera-
ton with suburban forces. will urge
motorists to park in residential
areas and use taxicabs, streetcars
or buses.
Virginia to Provide Space.
In Virginia, emergency parking
will be provided on the grass along
the Mount Vernon boulevard and
portions of the Pentagon parking
lot.
Details of the downtown travel
restrictions are shown on a map
made public by the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic.
In another announcement, Mai
Barrett said his department will
provide 10000 printed notices to
visiting motorists which combine a
greeting and warning.
The messages, superimposed on
q sketch of the Capitol dome, ex-
press hopes for a pleasant visit"
but point out visitors should not
leave luggage, clothing, cameras or
other personal effects in parked
cars, even If locked.
Entertainers Announced.
The notices will be distributed to
police precincts, Maj. Barrett said
and members of the force will be in
structed to place them under the
windshield Wipers of out-of- town
cars. In addition, hotels and res
taurants will be asked to display
supplies of them where copies can
be taken by patrons.
Carter T. Barron, parade and spe.
cial events chairman in the In
augural Committee, announced last
night Lena Horne, singer. will be
among stars of the entertainment
world appearing at the inaugural
gala the night of January 10 in the
Armory. Earlier, he had announced
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, radio
and film comedians; Tony and Sally
de Marco. and chorus of 125 bar
Der shop" singers had been added
to the gala program.
Apart from the swearing-in at the
Capitol and the parade on Penn
sylvania avenue, the visit of the
Freedom Train is expected to at
tract the largest number of persons.
The train, carrying 1877 historic
American documents, will arrive
next Sunday and will be open to
the public daily through Saturday,
January %, on a siding at Four
teenth and D streets S.W.
Scroll to Be Presented.
officials of the American Heritage
Foundation, sponsor of the train S
Nationwide tour, which will end
with its inaugural appearance here,
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