Evening star., 1938-11-10
Rites at Tomb
Will Mark
Arnlisti(e
Roosevelt to Place
Wreath Tomorrow
At 11::30 AN.

World War was fired President
Roosevelt tomorrow will honor the
memory Of this countrys martyred
military heroes by placing a wreath
at the Tomb Of the Unknown Sol
dier. the marble symbol of American
patriotic sacrifice.
The Presidents appearance at the
Tomb in Arlington will be the high
light OF Washington's and the Ma
tions observance of Armistice Day.
The time at which Mr.. Roosevelt
will make this signal obeisance to
the highest patriotism is 1::3O am.
The pageantry reserved for heroes
will then unfold in the amphitheater
beside the Tomb. High officials of
this and many countries have been
invited to the American Legions
ceremony in the amphitheater.
Part to Be Broadcast.
The preliminary program in the
amphitheater will being at II am,
and at noon it will be put on the
air for an hour over a Nationwide
network. A speech by National
Comdr. Stephen F. Chadwick of the
American Legion will feature the
broadcast.
Government offices, public schools,
banks, public libraries and many
business offices will be closed tomor-
row. 1t is the first time in the
District that Armstice Day has been
legal holiday.
Owen A. Calvin, national COM
mander of the Disabled American
Veterans, issued a statement today
urging that Americans bow in fer
vent gratitude for the sacrifices of
those who fell that our ideals might
endure and urging that "it should
also be day of thanksgiving to
Almighty God that we are escaping
the savagery of war that is today
bringing vast slaughter of men,
women and children in other hemi-
spheres"
AS an overture to Armistice Day,
the racket of war will be reproduced
tonight in Sligo Park, where Ma
tional Guardsmen from the District
and Maryland will participate in a
45-minute re-enactment of the Bat
tie OF Cantigny, famous World
War action in which the American
Expeditionary Force played heroic
part.
Planes to Take Part.
The battle, during which air.
planes will drop flare bombs. is to
be the climax of a military review
program arranged by the Cissel-
Saxon Post of the American Legion,
Silver Spring, Md. The program
opens at 8 pm. Arrangements have
been made to accommodate $4,000
visitors at Sligo Park, which Is 2
miles north Of the District Line.
Ihe Amphitheater program to-
morrow begins with an address of
welcome by James T. Brady, depart
mental commander of the District Of
Columbia American Legion. The
national chaplain of the American
Legion, the Rev Jerome L. Fritsche.
kearny, Nebr, will pronounce the
invocation
The principal speakers are Comdr.
Chadwick, Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, administrator of veterans af-
1alrs; Joseph j. Molloy, national
executive committeeman for the
District of Columbia American
Legion, and Mrs. James Morris, ma
tlonal president of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Vocal selections by Mario Cozzi.
baritone. accompanied by the United
States Army Band, are to be q fea-
ture OF the entertainment. The pro-
gram will be brought to a close by
benedlction pronounced by the Rev.
Howard E. Snyder, chaplain of the
Department of the District of Co.
lumbia American Legion.
Portrait to Be Unveiled.
In an Armistice Day-eve cere-
mony, the members of the District
Salon IA, Eight and Forty, fem
mime organization, were to gather in
the National Museum at 4 pm. to-
day for the unveiling of the portrait
Of Jane A. Delano.
The Grande Voiture, 174, Forty
and Eight Club, with Grand Chef
de Care Cassard C. Schroth in
charge, will give ball and reception
at the Wardman Park Hotel tonight
after a dinner honoring Comdr.
Chadwick, Gen. Hines and Mai.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A., retired.
past departmental commander of
the District Legion.
The Jewish War Veterans of the
United States, Washington Post No.
So. will hold an Armistice Day cele-
bration at 8 pm. today at the Jew
ish Community Center. Leo A.
Rover, former United States attor-
ney here, will head the list of prom
lnent speakers. The United States
Navy Band Orchestra will furnish
the music. Miss Dorothy Reddish
will sing patriotic vocal selections.
China and Spanish aid commit
tees Of the Washington branch of
the American League for Peace and
Democracy will hold a mo More
Munichs" mass meeting at the
Masonic Auditorium, Thirteenth
street and New York avenue NV.
at BIS pm. today.
Coolies Arrange Program.
The Military Order Of the Cootia
whose members are the humorists
OF the Veterans of the Foreign Wars,
have arranged a program for Armis-
tice Day for which Patrick H. House,
supreme commander of the order.
has come to Washington from his
home in Lackawanna, N. Y.
Local "Cooties," members of TOP
Notch Tent No. l, are sponsoring
ceremonies at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier tomorrow at $50
am. These Washingtonians are
serving In Armistice Day activities
of the "Cooties":
P. w. Graves, A. B. Hammond.
William L. Manning, Frank Topash,
Charles Wolf and E. T. Spidden.
The Boys Club of Goodwill In
dustries will observe Armistice Day
Saturday with meeting at 8 pm.
in the Dugout, 1918 New Hampshire
avenue NV. Col. Edward Goring