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Show 1 National Leaders Plan Gigantic Ball to Honor President and Raise Infantile Paralysis Fund -thrv..Vi ' ' sir .U r - , -v ' The nation's biggest social event, the celebration of President Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifty-fifth fifty-fifth birthday anniversary, is set for January 30, with more than 5,000 communities throughout the country planning parties to raise funds for the philanthropy closest to the Chief Executive s heart, and for infantile paralysis sufferers. suffer-ers. Colonel Henry L. Doherty, for the fourth year chairman of the national celebration, is being assisted as-sisted by many of the country's foremost leaders in clans for the events. Among those on his committee com-mittee are: Vincent Astor, Postmaster Post-master General James A. Farley, Ambassador Joseph E. " Davies, Will H. Hays, Carl Byoir, general director, Colonel Edward M. House, dsel B. Ford, Walter P. Chrysler, Chrys-ler, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Bishop A croup of proteges of the Warm Springs, Ga., Founriaton, -.vherc infantile paralysis sufferers are treated. Below, President Franklin Frank-lin D. Roosevelt, whose birthday January 30 is inspiration for the nationwide-parties to raise funds for the fight against infantile paralysis, and Colonel Henry L. Doherty, national chairman of the ball for the fourth -year. William T. Manning, Harvey S. Firestone, Keith Morgan, General John J. Pershing, Owen D. Young, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles G. Dawes and Admiral Cary T. Grayson. Society leaders, radio, motion picture and theatrical stars are joining fQrces to make the cele- brations the greatest series of parties ever staged. Meantime in cities, towns and hamlets throughout the nation millions of Americans are making preparations for parties that will eclipse in size and colorful entertainment enter-tainment those of any previous year. |
