Evening star., 1939-11-23
Church Rites
And! Sports Mark
Thanksgiving
All Hungry Men ..
To Find Welcome
At Mission

In church, banquet hall and
sports arena, Washington cele-
brated Thanksgiving of 1889 today
with mingled reverence and gaiety,
grateful for the turkey day" that
came week early.
Skies were clearing of a gray mist
as church bells summoned the re-
hgious to prayer
Fair weather was in prospect this
afternoon, tonight and tomorrow,
the forecaster said, with a low to-
night of about "a degrees. Tomor-
row should be somewhat warmer.
Meanwhile, the real business of
the day was under way in thou
sands of dining rooms, whose holi-
day boards, in many cases, were bet
ter stocked this year than last, or
the year before
Poultry reserves were sell-outs.
and grocery, wine and liquor stores
were crowded with the buying public
yesterday
Thousands See Football Games.
Thousands attended football games
this morning-Maryland VS.. Syra-
cuse at College Park, Western VS..
Eastern High School, for the cham
plonship of public schools, in Gen.
trail Stadium, and in Alexandria,
Westinghouse High School VS..
GpOrpp Wa cbiootop IJiub
The race track at Bowie, Md, drew
large crowd.
Most of the special church serv-
ices were held during the morning.
Among afternoon services was an
evensong observance in Washington
Cathedral at 4 o'clock.
The Capital was unanimous TODAY
in observing the holiday as pro-
Claimed by President Roosevelt, who,
with Mrs. Roosevelt. was enjoying a
turkey dinner at the Warm Springs
Foundation. Warm Springs, Ga. All
Government departments and vir-
tually all stores and business con-
Germs were closed. Maryland and
Virginia are observing the same
schedule.
Just Another Thursday.
The day, however, was just an
other Thursday in Plymouth, Mass.
the birthplace of Thanksgiving.
Plymouth, from which ventured
hllntsmen to kill turkeys for the first
holiday feast back IN 1921, DIS
agreed with the President when he
set aside November % for the cele-
| bration, instead of the last Thurs
! day of the month. So did the rest
of New England.
The destitute were not forgotten
here today. ''All hungry men" were
finding food and welcome at the
Central Union Mission, 613 c street
NV, and after the noon meal bas-
ketS of food were to be distributed.
Various churches were to donate
similar baskets to families on the
missions list.
A Thanksgiving dinner was sched-
uled for the homeless at Gospel Un-
ior Mission, 214 John Marshall
place NV, and another at the VOL
/ unteerS of America, All Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Slim Gridiron Fare.
In other parts of the country foot
ball fans found slim gridiron fare.
since schedules for the larger games
are made months and sometimes
years in advance. and could not be
revised for the change in the holi-
Gay date, the Associated Press re-
ported. The second Thanksgiv-
ing will bring much larger num-
Der of final games of the season.
Merchants throughout the coun-
try hope Christmas shopping will
begin week earlier this year because
of the holiday shift. This was the
reason Thanksgiving was moved up
seven days.
In Atlantic City, N. j., Mayor C. D
White met the holiday situation by
declaring two celebrations.
Today will be celebrated by this
city" he said, as Thanksgiving. in
honor of the President, and next
Thursday as Thanksgiving
While prisoners at the Occoouan
WorkhouSe and Lorton Reforma
tory were to be served roast chicken
with trimmings" those confined
in the District Jail were to have
turkey with cranberry sause anc
mashed potatoes.
The workhouse and reformatory
fares were also to include breac
and butter and coffee with cream
and sugar, with pumpkin pie fol
dessert. Gelatin was on the dessert
list at the District Jail.
No change was indicated in the
diet for prisoners at the precinct
station jails. who are served sand.
Wiches and coffee for breakfast anc
supper including soup, sandwiche.
and coffee.
At Gallinger Hospital patients
were to eat turkey, candied sweet
potatoes and mashed turnips, witt
pumpkin pie and whipped cream fol
dessert.