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

Crowds of motorists, train ant
bus travellers will flock to nearb!
beaches and other resorts.
Many of those who do not leave
town will attend ceremonies ir
honor of the war dead.
The weather forecast calls fol
q chance of rain tomorrow. II
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 S pm. tomor-
row.
AAA Issues Warning.
The expectation Of heavy traffic
has brought a request from the
American Automobile Association
to motorists to drive with care
and courtesy.
Wreath-layipg 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 win
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 1O0-man Fort Myer
detail. Company A will provide
the military detachment at Am
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 am, services
will be held for Allied officers and
enlisted men of foreign armies at
Arlington Cemetery's Lot 81. Sec
ton 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 al
2 pm. at the Tomb Of the Un-
known Soldier.
At Walter Reed Hospital the
Fort Stevens Post of the Legion
will lay q wreath on the Stretch
er-Bearer Memorial. q plaque do
mated In remembrance Of the first
stretcher-bearer killed in World
War II. He was Pfc. Robert Shot
ter, who died at st. Laurent-Sur
Mer, France, in August, 1914. He
was indicted from Fort Myer. A
litter-bearer with the 500th Med
ical Collecting Unit. he lived at
2512 Wisconsin avenue NV. His
parents are expected to attend
the annual pilgrimage at the
plaque.
Exercises at GU.
Georgetown University School
Of Law will hold Memorial Day
exercises for its war heroes at 10
am. in the Law Library Of the
school. Sixth and e streets NV
At $3.50 am. Rear Admiral
W. K. Phillips. assistant chief oi
naval operations, will speak al
services at the Water Gate. The
event will be sponsored by thu
Fleet Reserve Association. Music
will be played by the Navy Band
In Meridian Hill Park, tn,
Washington Carlton will ring out
and then every Sunday hence
forth. The carlton was presentet
by Queen Juliana Of the Neither
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