Evening star., 1940-11-17
Shoppers1hrong
Stores; Turkey
Prices Higher
Special Thanksgiving
Services Arranged
By Churches

All signs point to one of the most
bountiful Thanksgivings in the
city's history Thursday.
Early shoppers turned out in great
force yesterday, thronging stores
which are laying in record-breaking
stocks for the holiday.
Dealers believe that turkey will be
slightly higher this year, ranging
from 20 to IS cents retail, instead of
n to 81 cents, although the dis
astrous storms in the West appar-
emily came too late to affect the
local price.
The American feast day, set
week early by President Roosevelt,
will be observed at special services
In the city's leading churches,
Catholic and Protestant. A high
light Of the religious observance will
be a brilliant American mass at
st. Patriok's Church at 1890 am,
to be attended by Central and South
American diplomatic and high Gov
ernment officials.
16 States to Observe Old Dates.
Washington, Maryland and Vir-
ginia will observe the holiday with
So States which have accepted the
Presidents proclamation. Governors
of 16 States, however, will adhere
to the traditional date, which falls
on November % this year. The
latter States are Arkansas, Con-
necticut, Florida, Kansas, Iowa,
Massachusetts,. Maine. Nevada.
Oklahoma, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsyl-
vania. South Dakota, Tennessee and
Vermont.
Traditional holiday dinners will
be served in the city's missions for
the needy. Open house will be kept
at Central Union Mission for all
corners. Dinner and chapel services
will begin at noon and continue
until all have been fed. The men
will receive the usual roast meat
with dressing and cranberry sauce.
while turkey dinners will be served
at the Children's Emergency Home.
The mission will begin its annual
distribution of baskets at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. The baskets
will contain the essentials for the
next days dinner in proportion to
the size of the families receiving
them.
Union Services.
Eight congregations near Six
teenth and Mount Pleasant streets
NV. will hold their 18th. annual
union services at IL am. Thursday
In the Church of Jes.ls Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, with Bishop
Edgar B. Brossard presiding.
Among many other Protestant
services throughout the city will be
one at II m. at New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, at which the
Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall will preach
on the subject, "A Thanksgiving
Alphabet
At the 3lst annual pan-American
mass at St. Patrick's, Undersecre-
tary of State Welles will lead the
State Department delegation. which
includes Assistant Secretary Henry
F.. Grady and Chief of Protocol
George T.. Summerlin.
The apostolic delegate will pom
tificate and the Archbishop of
Washington and Baltimore will
preside.
Diplomats to Attend.
South and Central American
diplomats who plan to attend are
the Ambassador of Peru, Don
Manuel de Freyre y Santander; the
Ambassador of Argentina and
Sonora de Espil. the Ambassador
of Ecuador and Sonora de Alfaro.
the Ambassador of Venezuela and
Sonora de Escalante, the Ambas-
sador of Colombia, DR.. Gabriel
Turbay; the Ambassador of Panama
and Sonora de Boyd, the Minister
of Guatemala and Sonora de Reci-
nos, the Minister of Uruguay and
Nine. Richling, the Minister of Ell
Salvador and Sonora de Castro, the
Minister of the Dominican Republic
and Sonora de Pastoriza, the Min
lister of Costa Rica and Sonora de
Fernandez, the Minister of Mica
ragua and Sonora de Bayle and the
Minister of Honduras and Sonora
de Caceres.
DR.. L. S. Rowe, director general
Of the an-American Union, Su-
preme Court Justice Murphy, JUS
tice Harold M. Stephens, Surg.
Gen. Thomas Parran and many
members of both houses of Congress
are also expected to be present.
Msgr. Lawrence J. Shehan of st.
Patrick's Church will sing the mass.