Programs Would You Believe Vacuum Cleaners Saved Baltimore's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1936? WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Gil Sandler Published November 21, 2013 at 2:08 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:16 The story of how the traditional annual Hochschild Kohn "Thanksgiving Toytown Parade" was one vacuum cleaner away from not being a tradition at all!