The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-30
NON TIN u E. II
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Statutes Are Fired
At Cemeteries to
Begin Observance

At Cemeteries to
Begin Observance
be brought to climax Monday eve
ming at a benefit dance at the Dome
pavilion sponsored by the Bismarck
Forty and Eight.
Proceeds of the dance will be used
to purchase equipment for the drum
and bugle corps of Lloyd Spetz post
Of the American Legion here.
Many Informal Activities
In addition to the formal program,
residents informally arranged picnics,
pleasure trips ana other gatherings
and participated in sports and other
activities.
Spangles of red. white and blue flew
the city, co,ors being post
ed on the business streets and stores,
houses, yards and vehicles being deco
rated in Old Glory's colors.>
Represented in the parade were
all organizations in the
city, with the aged being taken in
while others marched.
Grocery stores remained open until
noon as special service to customers
but most other establishments, except
those service businesses which always
remain open during holidays, were
closed all day.
I'VE won the last war on the fields
of BATTLE" Shaft said in his address,
but a long, hard, discouraging road
lies ahead before it can be said to
have been won in tangible results"
Explains Memorial Necessity
T8he speaker scored the cynicS who
have made prevalent the impression
that the World war was fought for
monetary gain. Therein lies the i'm
perative necessity of such days as
this" he said. "For if you forget, and
forget, and the advancing genera
tions never learn. then our nation for
gets, for our nation is nothing more
than composite of our thoughts and
our actions. And if our nation for
gets. the war-ridden, cynical nations
of the old world cannot be expected
to long remember. We have taken
the torch of leadership-if we lay it
down, there is none to lead the
world"
"Was the war won for the private
gain of the $4,000 war millionaires?"
Shaft asked in denying cynical claims.
WAS the war won for noble ideals?
The answer has not yet been written.
The verdict of history has not yet
been reached. True, vast strides have
been taken. The disarmament con-
ference, the Kellogg pact, the Slim
son Interpretation of the Kellogg pact
in the recent Japanese Chinese dis
pute all have marked advances. But
war and the spirit of war still lives
in the hearts of mankind. Imperialism
still exists as a worthy objective of
nations. Already we have begun to
forget. And If we do forget, the ver-
dict of history will be that these boys
whom we would honor today, gave up
their lives for worthless objective!"
Verdict in Our Hands
The verdict lies in the hands of
ourselves and our children, Shaft
said, "in our hands because we once
learned the lessons in the school of
bitter experience. The ultimate an
swer lies in what our children are
learning in their homes and their
schools" he said.
IF we can engrave upon the hearts
of our children in letters which no
later cynicism can erase those great
principles and ideals which have mo-
tivated our country throughout its his
tory, our children and our children's
children will keep the faith!" the
speaker said. If my children can
learn the meaning Of democracy ]
do not care If they fail to remember
a single date in all history"
He said he hopes they do not learn
that it is smart to deride idealism
clever to smirk at patriotism, silly te
hope for world progress"
In opening his address, the assistant
attorney general said 1t is futile fol
one to attempt to improve on the
tributes paid to war martyrs by past
orators. Surely the Grand Army o1
the Republic needs no words of praise
from our lips to enshrine 1t in oul
hearts," Shaft said, surely the vet.
Grams Of the Spanish American wal
and the Philippine Instruction woult
hold but lightly our words. when com.
pared with their own inner satisfac.
ton which must come from work vel
done; surely the A. e. F. is its owr
greatest tribute!"
SCOTS ut Cynicism
Soothing at the idea that the wal
was one for financial and persona
gain, the speaker asked, why did fivt
million American young men, In thu
fullness of life, don the uniform ane
offer their lives? Why did $4,000 mer
from our own small state-one person
out of every 20-offer their services
to their country's cause? Why die
700 of them, one out of every 43 en-.
listed. lay down their lives? Why dc
3 900 out of that 10000 North Dakots
boys, one out Of every 10, become &C.
tual battle casualties"
/ Presentation of an American Tag
three feet by five feet in size AM
mounted on staff, to the Girl Scouts
Of Bismarck was made by Mrs. Harr!
Ros.nthal in behalf OF the loca
! American Legion Auxiliary durinI
the patriotic program. MRS. Rosen