Evening star., 1953-01-05
Additional Stars
Signed 10 Play
For Inaugural
Murphy Returns
From West, Tells Of
Growing Programs
By John v. Homer

Actor George Murphy returned
today to inaugural headquarters
from the West Coast and an
nounced that plans will be COM
pleted Immediately for the three
big entertainments scheduled
January Is. 10 and 20.
Mr.. Murphy said three or four
famed soloists will appear in
concert with the National Sym
phony Orchestra at Constitution
Hall the night Of Sunday, jan
uary 18. :
In addition. Actor Walter
Pidgeon will be master Of cere-
monies and will participate in
the program with a reading to
musical accompaniment. Mr..
Pidgeon will fly directly to
Washington from Korea, where
he is entertaining United Ma
tions forces.
AS director of inaugural en-
tertainment. MIR. Murphy is
responsible for the concert, the
festival to be given at Uline
Arena January 10 and for the
inaugural ball program January
20 at the Armory and George
town University. .
Stars Will Appear.
Among the stars to appear for
the festival are John Wayne, Ed
Sullivan, Walter Winchell, Irene
Dunno, Esther Williams, Dorothy
Lamour, Dorothy Shay, Dorothy
Maynor. Tony De Marco, Jack
Powell and the Nicholas Broth
erS.
Previously it was announced
that these artists had agreed to
attend: Ethel Norman, Lily Pons,
Helen Hayes, Hoagy Carmichael,
Fred Waring and his Pennsyl-
vanians. Edgar Bergen, Adolph
Menjou, Eleanor Steber, William
Gaxton, jeanette MacDonald,
Allan Jones and James Melton. :
Mr.. Murphy and Comedian RED
Shelton also hopes to participate
in the festival program. The tel
evision star underwent an opera
ton recently and it is not known
whether he will be able to come
here.
Tickets for Ex-Presidents.
Inaugural headquarters an
nounced Gilbert Hahn. jr., will
appear on the Mark Evans show
over WTOP-TV at z o'clock to-
night to discuss the Eisenhower
souvenir medal to be distributed
in connection with the inaugura-
tion program.
Meanwhile. complimentary tick
cts to the Inaugural Ball are
being issued to President and
Mrs. Truman, former President
Hoover and the widows Of three
former Presidents. it was dis
closed today.
Vice President and Mrs. Bark
ley also will receive invitations
and complimentary tickets. the
citizens inaugural committee an
nounced.
The group thus honored in
cludes Mrs Woodrow Wilson,
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Another
ticket goes to Adlai e. Stevenson.
the defeated Democratic nom.
inee for President.
Eisenhower Group Included.
Mrs. Howard A. Coffin and l..
Corrin Strong, co-chairman for
the ball, said the first two invi-
tations have been sent to Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower and Mrs.
Eisenhower, and the Vice Pres
ident-elect and Mrs. Nixon. A
group of friends close to the
Eisenhowers and the Nixons will
be included in the complimentary
list.
Similar invitations are being
extended to the Ambassadors
and minister of 76 foreign coun-
tries, justices Of the Supreme
Court, the District Commission
ers, governors of all States and
members of the Joint Congress
sional Committee for the Inau.
gural, and the wives of these
officials.
Commissioners F. Joseph Dom
ohue and Renah Camalier are
both Democrats, appointed by
President Truman. AS the rank
ing officials of the District gov.
ernment, they were asked to at.
tend the Republican function.
Except for those receiving
complimentary tickets, the ball
will cost $12 a person. A limited
number Of boxes-seating eight
have been sold for $500 each.