The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-28
CITY TO PAY
annual HONOR
TO ITS DEAD
Rites at Cemeteries and at
Monument Arranged
by Association.
BUSINESS WILL SUSPEND.
No Mail Deliveries for HoIi-
day; Night Baseball
to Start.
BUSINESS WILL SUSPEND

Lldl Qdy.
Last plans have been made by the
General Memorial Association for
honoring the war dead at ceme-
teries and at monuments comment
Grating their valor.
While the speedway race holds
first interest citizens are getting
their sport clothes pressed for golf,
night baseball, and holiday excur-
sions by train and motor.
All stores in the city will be closed
Saturday. Banks, the federal build
ing, city hall, statehouse, and Ma
rion county courthouse will turn the
keys on official business.
Many firms, following the practice
Of former years, are paying their
employees on Friday.
No Mail Deliveries
No mail deliveries will be made,
according to Robert H. Bryson,
postmaster. The general delivery
window will be open from a. m.
to noon, with the holiday window
open throughout the day for par
eel post and stamp sales. Specials
and perishable goods will be the
only mail delivered.
Night baseball games Friday and
Saturday will offer entertainment
for race crowds, while on Sunday a
double header will be played be-
TWEEN the Indians and the Louis
vile Colonies.
Theaters will have special Me-
mortal day programs.
Reverence for the war dead be-
gins in the city Friday afternoon,
at the Grove of Remembrance
cemetery in Garfield park, under
auspices of the Service Star Legion.
Decorate Circle Monument
Promptly at Saturday morning,
patriotic organizations will begin
decoration of segments of the Sol
diers and Sailors monument with
flowers.
Between $3.50 and 8 a. m rites will
be held at the monument by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. A fir
ing squad will salute the dead. Taps
will be sounded following an address
by Albert Stump, Indianapolis at
torney.
Following the monument services,
the parade will form on North Meri-
dian street. E. L. Miller will be
grand marshal and Homer S.
Blount, chief of staff.
The G. A. R. veterans, with an
escort Of the Sons of Veterans, will
form the parade's first division with
General Joseph B. Henninger as
marshal.
Divisions of Parade
Other parade divisions are: Sec
ond, firing squad, United Spanish
War Veterans and Veterans of For
eign Wars, with Guy A. Boyle, mar
shall, and Charles Michaels, aid;
third, American Legion and Dis
abled Veterans of the World War,
with James Sertell, marshal; fourth,
junior r. o. T. G. units of Short
ridge, Emmerich Manual Training,
Arsenal Technical, Washington,
Broad Ripple and CrispuS Attucks
high schools, with Major Thomas
e. Cathro, marshal, and Lieutenant
Colonel j. H. Bradshaw, aid, and
fifth, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls,
Girl Reserves and school pupils with
F. o. Belzer, marshal.
Non-uniformed organizations in
the parade, when passing the Indi-
ana World war memorial shrine, will
uncover and uniformed organiza-
tons will salute.
Dinner will be served members of
the c.. A. r. at FIT. Friendly; then
they will be taken in motor cars to
the grave rites at Crown Hill.
Citizens who have autos they wish
TO loan for transporting the aged
veterans are requested to call Capt.
Jsse Ray, DreXel 1891.
An innovation of the main me-
mortal services at Crown Hill will
be the installment Of ampliffers to
enable the large crowd to hear the
speakers.
Michael E. Foley, attorney, will
give the principal address at Crown
Hill, following Attorney-G General
James M. Ogden.
School children will strew flowers
and evergreen on soldiers graves at
Crown Hill.
The line of march Of the pa
rade, after memorial rites at the
monument, follows: North on
Meridian from a point north of the
Circle to Michigan street. east to
Pennsylvania street, south Of Yer
mont street, west to Meridian street.
south on Meridian street to the
Circle, three-quarters around the
Circle to Market street to PennSyl-
vania street, thence south to Geor-
gia street, where the parade will
diSband.
Organizations participating in the
memorial rites at cemeteries, in the
parade, and decorating the graves.
and under direction Of the General
Memorial Association, are:
Grand Army of the Republic.
Wonnan's Relief Corps, Ladies of
the Grand Army. Sons Of Union
Veterans, Sons Of Veterans Auxin-
airy, Daughters of Union Veterans,
United Spanish War Veterans,
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary,
Veterans OF Foreign Wars, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Ameri-
can Legion. American Legion Aux
niary. Daughters of the Union.
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton, First Ward Club, knights of
Columbus, Boy Scouts of America.
Girl Scouts, Girl Reserves, Junior
Clubs OF Woman's Relief Corps,
Woman's Overseas League.