Evening star., 1955-05-27
Thousands Quit
Area for Holiday
Of Outdoor Fun
AAA Anticipates
300 Rood Deaths
Over Week End

beacheS ana scenic trails To-Day,
as the three-day Memorial Day
period drew near.
BY tonight, the get-out-of-
town movement was expected to
be in full fruition. Railroads ex-
pected a Is per cent increase
over normal weekend traffic;
airlines prepared for Is per cent
more than last Memorial Day.
and the highway traffic was pre-
viewed as downright fierce.
The American Automobile AS
sociation figured $4,000 cars will
carry about l77.000 people out
Of the area. AS a consequence.
many highway accidents and
fatalities were feared-more than
800 deaths were anticipated.
| AAA and the keystone Auto
mobile Club stressed two things
are necessary to reduce this
toll-precautions to put cars in
tip-top mechanical shape and
more than average caution on
the road. Patience should be
the by-word for drivers, they
said. urging normal traffic speed
by all.
Nixon to Speak
While the beach revelers and
picnickers are busy elsewhere. a
full schedule of memorial events
are on the local calendar. Focal
point will be Arlington Cemetery
and its amphitheater and the
Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier.
In the principal services there
at II am Monday. Vice Presi-
dent Nixon will place a wreath
from President Eisenhower at
the marble tomb. Later he will
give the main address at the
services held annaully by the
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corporation.
On the program is music by
the University of Maryland choir
and the Marine Corps Band. Be-
tween 10 and 1890 am, and Is
minutes after the services, music
will come from the Amvets caril-
lon played by DR.. Alexander
Mccurdy of Princeton. N. J.
Earlier at the amphitheater,
the 17th solemn memorial mass
for all American war dead will
be sponsored by the Washington
General Assembly, Fourth De-
gree, Knights of Columbus.
Many military and service organ
izations will attend.
Place Wreaths
Following the services, nearly
100 of these organizations will
place weaths at the Tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier as the st.
Johns High School Cadets pro-
vide an escort.
Celebrating the mass will be
the Rev. Daniel F. Meehan.
Catholic chaplain at the Guam
tico Marine Base. The Rev. DR..
James A. Magner, procurator of
Catholic University. will preach.
The Fleet Reserve Associations
31st annual services at 1890 am.
Monday at the Water Gate will
feature a flotilla of Sea Explorer
ships and a floral anchor to be
cast overheard from the SES
Hartford. Albert Pratt, assist
ant Navy secretary will speak.
Other memorial services
planned Monday included:
First Infantry Division, at the
division monument, New York
avenue and Seventeenth street
NV, II am: speaker. Maj. Gen.
Cliff Andrus. retired, former di-
vision commander.
Joint Memorial Association,
wreath-laying on grave of
Charles H. Houston, $50 am.
Judge Will Talk
Cissel-Saxon Post, American
Legion, front of Silver Spring
National Guard Armory. II am.
Speaker, Judge Elmer B. Chris
tensen of Peoples Court.
Among the weekend events
offered by National Capital
Parks is a historical tour around
the new Marine Corps Memorial
near Arlington Ridge road and
Arlington boulevard. A historian
will tell the story of the flag
raising atop Mount Suribachi,
which the memorial portrays.
At 2:30 pm. Sunday. the
Prince Georges County Free
State Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will have memorial
service at the Veterans Monu-
ment, Seventy-f1rst avenue and
Annapolis road, hanover Hills,
Md. Paul c. Wolman of Balti-
more, past national VFW COM
mander, will speak and the Air
Force Ceremonial Band will play.