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but the Senate was scheduled to
take up the House approved free
CT insurance bill.
Stores Offer Bargains.
Many stores remain open until
4 PM. today. as they feature
special sales for bargain hunters.
District schools and banks were
closed tight.
Public school children in Prince
Georges, Montgomery and Fairfax
counties and Falls Church will
attend classes, however.
One of the biggest events of
the day was to start at 2:30 pm.
in Alexandria, Washington's home
town. A parade, part of the VFW
observance which opened at
Mount Vernon, was to draw mill
tary units, bands, drum and bugle
corps. They march along Wash
ington street between Franklin
and Montgomery streets, travers-
ing most of the city.
At a luncheon in Alexandria
George Mason Hotel before the
parade, VFW Commander in Chief
Charles c. Rails urged that the
Nation prepare for the worst"
while taking every step short of
appeasement" to prevent war.
Quick Buildup Needed.
The speaker declared that a
quick buildup of the Army, mobili-
cation at top speed of the Navy
and Air Force to near World War
II levels and continued expansion
of the Marine Corps will convince
Stain and the Communist world
that Uncle Sam means business. :"
Mr.. Rails said there is a mill
tary assistance job to do in Eu-
rope" and Gen. Eisenhower, su-
preme commander of the North
Atlantic Pact forces, deserves "our
support"
Alexandria's observances will
conclude tonight with banquet
by Masonic lodges at the George
Washington Masonic Memorial
and a VFW dance.
The 37th joint celebration of
Washington's birthday by Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
Children of the American Revolu-
ton, Sons of the American Revo-
luton and Sons of the Revolu-I
ton at the Interior Department
auditorium this morning drew q
large audience.
Foreign Countries Represented.
A number of foreign countries
were represented, including Fin
land, Spain, Italy. Iran. Hondu-
ras, Turkey, Korea and the Phil
ippines. The program was fol-
lowed by the laying of wreath
at the foot of Washington Monu-
ment.
The National Archives opened
today an exhibit on the Revolu-
tionary War featuring documents
relating to Washington. The
agency said that since this year
is the 175th anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence, the
exhibit will continue all year.
The Archives was particularly
proud of a silhouette of Washing
ton, made from life in June, 1777.
It and some rare colored prints
and engravings were loaned by the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
at Hyde Park. The exhibition hall
will be open today, other holidays
and Sundays from 1::30 to 5 pm.
and on weekdays from 9 am. to S
pm.
One of the citys time-honored
obServances is the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants exercises which
got underway at II am. in Old
Union Engine House, Nineteenth
and H streets NV. President
Clagett Proctor presided.
Religious Services Held.
Religious services also were an
important part of the observances
for the first President.
Several hundred men and boys
attended a service this morning
at the Church of the Epiphany.
1917 G street NV, with the
Right Rev. Angus Dun. Bishop of
Washington, as celebrant. 1t was
sponsored by the Potomac Assem-
bly,, Brotherhood of ST. Andrew.
A communion breakfast at the
commerce department. restaurant
followed.
A military parade starting in
darlington and concluding at
Blessed Sacrament Church on
Braddock road in Alexandria pre-
ceded a mass for peace at the
church. The sponsors we're the
Father Edward Duff post, Catho-
lie War Veterans, and the parish
Holy Name Society.
Ceremony Re-enacted.
Memories of Washington's times
were revived last night at Wood
lawn Mansion, miles west of
Mount Vernon. where the Mount
Vernon Citizens Association held
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