Evening star., 1936-11-08
WOODR|NG TOVO|CE
ARM|ST|CE TRIBUTE
At LEG|ON'S RITES
President Invited to Attend
Exercises at Noon in
Arlington Cemetery.
CATHEDRAL SERVICES
FOR WOODROW WILSON
Students in Schools Will Hear
Veterans Speak on Peace and
" Patriotism Themes.

The American Legion will pay lts
annual Armistice day tribute to the
World War dead Wednesday at noon
in the Arlington Ampitheater.
Secretary Of War Woodring will be
the principal speaker. President
Roosevelt may be among the thou
sands which will listen to his address.
The Chief Executive has been III
vited to attend, but has not yet given
his answer.
Throughout the day various patriotic
organizations will lay wreaths on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, some
with little ostentation and others
will elaborate ceremony.
other services will be held by nu-
nerous groups to mark the day, and
notable among them will be the an
nual memorial in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Washington Cathedral
for President Woodrow Wilson, who
Is buried there.
Schools to Hear Speakers.
Students in the public schools will
hear veterans speak of patriotism and
peace. Special periods have been
allotted to the speakers, breaking the
routine of studies.
The Arlington ceremonies will be
broadcast over Nationwide radio
hook-up beginning at 1890 pm.
Besides Secretary Woodring. those
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merry. of Topeka, Kans., national COM
mander of the Legion, and Mrs. o. w.
Hahn, Lincoln, Nebr., national presi-
dent of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Music will be furnished by the Army
and American Legion Bands.
Although the services are sponsored
by the national Legion organization,
the local department is in charge Of
arrangements. The committee is
headed by Rice w. Means, past de-
partment commander. Lieut.. Horace
W. Lineburg of the Metropolitan Police
Department, present department COM
mander, will preside.
The services at the Cathedral will
start at $3.50 pm. in the presence Of
members Of the late Presidents fam
fly and friends. Invitations also have
been extended to President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, members of the cabinet,
Gen. John ]. Pershing and other dis
tinguished persons by the Woodrow
Wilson Armistice Day Committee. The
committee includes Mrs. Kate Tren-
6aIypH Iro nlofr
Mrs. H. E.. C. Bryant, Mrs. Huston
Thompson and Oliver P. Newman,
former Commissioner of the District.
Bishop Freeman to Speak.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, will deliver the
commemorative address and will con-
duct the religious exercises, which will
be broadcast over q National Broad
casting Co. network. Prayer will be
offered by Rev. DR.. James H. Taylor,
pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
Church, where President Wilson wor-
shipped during his two terms in the
White House. Music will be furnished
by the Cathedral Choir, directed by
Robert G: Barrow.
There will be a procession in which
Eill march Bagley Daniels, jr., son
Of Josephus Daniels, wartime Secre-
tary Of the Navy; Miss Catherine
Hickey and Richard Wheeler of the
Woodrow Wilson High School, rep
resentative of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation, and national officers of
the American Legion and the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars. As usual, the
George Washington Post of the
American Legion will furnish the color
guard.
Like the Arlington service, the cere-
mony at the Cathedral Is open to the
general public.
Immediately following the Wilson
commemoration, there will be a serv-
ice in the great choir of. the Cathe-
dral, sponsored by the Disabled
American Veterans in tribute to the
nurses and other women who served
the Nation during the war. Canon
Raymond L. Wolven will conduct the
service and Bishop Freeman will ex-
tend greetings to the veterans and
their friends. The principal address
win be delivered by M Froome Bar
bour Of Cleveland, national COM
(see ARMIsTICE Page B-3)