Evening star., 1952-05-29
Memorial Day
Holiday Exodus
Begins Tonight
Ceremonies Honoring
War Dead to Be
Held Tomorrow $

ers and others will begin pouring
out of Washington tonight to. take
advantage Of the long Memorial
Day week end.
Crowds Of motorists, train and
bus travellers will flock to nearby
beaches and other resorts.
Many Of those who do not leave
town will attend ceremonies in
honor of the war dead.
The weather forecast calls for
a chance Of rain tomorrow. It
also will be mostly cloudy, with
moderate temperatures in the 70s.
In anticipation Of an excep-
tionally heavy exodus. railroads
are placing extra sections in serv-
ice. The airlines, with schedules
cut heavily because of the oil
. strike, reported complete sellouts
on planes leaving Washington
tonight and through 5 pm. tomor-
row. Similar conditions will pre-
vail on planes coming to Wash
ington from 10 am. Sunday on.
AAA Issues Warning.
The expectation of heavy traffic
has brought a warning from the
American Automobile Association.
without care and courtesy onl
the part of the country's mo-
torists." George r. Hammond,
AAA safety education director. de-
clared. Memorial Day may attain
more publicity as holiday week.
end of street and highway acci-l
dents and fatalities than as a dayl
to honor Americas soldiers andI
sailors who died in the service of
this Nation"
Wreath-laying ceremonies will
be held throughout the day at Ar
lington Cemetery and at other
points in the Metropolitan Area.
Representing President Truman
at the traditional wreath-laying
ceremony at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier will be 35-year- old
Army 1t. Col. Ralph E. Zahrobsky.
2347 South Arlington Ridge road,
Arlington, Va. He was with the
82d Airborne Division in World
War II. Another presidential aide
also will take part in similar cere-
monies at the Monument to the
Unknown Soldier of the Civil War
and at the Confederate Monu-
ment.
GAR Program at 1880.
Arlington Cemetery's wreath
laying procession will be inaugu-
rated by French Ambassador
Henri Bonnet at $50 am. fol-
lowed by the Women's Relief
Corps, auxiliary to the GAR, and
by the Fraternal Order of the |
Eagles. =
The Grand Army of the Repub-
lie program in the amphitheater
will start at 1890 am, with "a
musical opening provided by 1T.
Col. william F. Santelmann and
the Marine Corps Band. Patriotic
organizations represented at the
local GAR observance will include
the Disabled American Veterans,
American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, AMVETS and
United Spanish American War
Veterans. Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue will make the Memorial
Day address.
A period of reverent silence will
be observed by each of the in
stallations of the Military District
of Washington. Salutes of 81 guns
will be fired at Forts Myer, Belvoir
and McNair.
Troops Of the Sd Infantry
Regiment will participate during
the day in parades and firing
parties for ceremonies of various
patriotic organizations. Each
grave in the cemetery recently was
decorated by 100-man Fort Myer
detail. Company A will provide
the military detachment at M
baSsador Bonnet'S wreath laying;
a drill platoon of Company F,
I'd Battalion, will assist in the
American Legion parade at Ar
lington County Courthouse. Com
pany E and the Army Band will
appear at Bladensburg, and Com
pany G of the I'd Battalion will
provide a firing, bugler and color
detail at the 1St Division Monu-
ment ceremony in Washington.
Wreath to Be Placed.
At this monument, at New York
avenue and Seventeenth street
NV, 1t. Gen. Clarence r. Heub-
ner. retired, will place the wreath
at II am.
Earlier, at $50 m. services
will be held for Allied officers and
enlisted men of foreign armies atI
Arlington Cemetery's Lot 81, Sec
tion Is. for 1t. Comdr. Dirk Van
Beusekom Of the Netherlands
Royal Navy.
veterans OF the Sd Infantry Di-
vision, which fought in two world
wars and in Korea, have been in
vited to participate in services atI
2 pm. at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier.
Arlington County Schedule.
Arlington's annual parade and
services will begin from Clarendon
Circle at 2 pm. tomorrow. Units
representing the various services
and veterans organizations will
march to the county courthouse
for traditional ceremonies.
Grand marshal of the parade
will be Army Capt. Garland c..
Black. jr., of $40 South Florida
street, Arlington. Capt. Black, 81,
lost his right leg below the knee
in Korea.
Master, of ceremonies at the
courthouse will be A. T. Lundberg,
county manager. Principal speak
er will be Rear Admiral Lamont
Pugh, chief of the Bureau Of
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