Evening star., 1941-07-03
Nation 10 Pause
Tomorrow in
Loyalty Pledge
All Citizens Urged
To Tune In at a
For Broadcast

solemn emphasis on love of country
and allegiance to the flag as Amer
leans enjoy the holiday in traditional
fashion.
Every American. no matter where
he is or what he is doing, has beer
asked to pause for little while at
4 pm. tE. S. TD and turn on his
radio, if he has one-he may have
portable set on his outing-ano
listen to brief address by President
Roosevelt and the playing of The
Star Spangled Banner by a service
band in Washington. At this hour
or its equivalent in other time zones,
all citizens are urged by Mayor
La Guardia's Office of Civilian De-
fenSe to follow the President in a
new pledge of loyalty to the Stars
and Stripes.
Salute to the Union in commemo-
ration of the 165th anniversary of
the signing of the Declarat ton of
Independence will bring the firing
of ceremonial guns 48 times in every
Army post and camp throughout the
United States and its possessions,
the War Department announced
Thousands of selectees will hear a
48-gun salute for the first time.
Many posts also will hold parades
and other ceremonies.
Three-Day Holiday for Some.
An exodus from baked Washing
ton streets will crowd trains, buses
and planes over the Fourth. But
Government workers, who often are
donated the half workday Satur-
day when a holiday falls on Friday,
must return to their desks this Sat-
urday, by decree of the President,
who explained that the defense
emergency was too serious to pro-
long holidays.
Tomorrow. however, the Capitals
chief industry, government, and
most of its private business will be
at standstill. Twenty-eight stores.
including the leading department
stores, will be closed from tonight
until Monday morning, giving their
employees a three day holiday. These
stores begin this week end their
usual all-day- Saturday closing
through July and August.
AS usual. the Nations birthday
will be observed with patriotic
program and a fireworks display at
the Monument grounds in the eve
ming. Sponsors say it will be the
biggest and most beautiful array of
pyrotechnics the city has seen.
Marine Band Concert.
The program will start at pm.
with a concert by the Marine Band.
Led by the National Guard of Honor
of the American Legion, pro-
cession of flags and massing of COL
ors will follow. Around 300 vet
eran, patriotic, fraternal, service and
civic organizations will be repre-
sented at the ceremony, after which
the chairman. Fred A. Smith. pres1-
dent of the Board of Trade, will
conduct a pledge to the Stars and
Stripes The speaker OF the eve
ming will be Attorney General Jack
son, nominated recently for Associ-
ate Justice of the Supreme Court.
and his address will be broadcast
ma ationally The fireworks will fol-
low the program.
Lucy Monroe, well-known So
prano. will lead the crowd in sing
ing America" and The Star Span
gled Banner" during the program.
In order to accommodate more
. persons who want to see the fire
works tomorrow night the National
Capital Parks Office announced the
Lincoln Memorial will be closed at
$50 pm. instead of its regular hour
of $50 pm. The public will be
allowed to use the steps of the me-
mortal to witness the fireworks.
$1,000 Seats Available.
There will. be $4,000 seats below
the Monument. at 25 cents each. in
addition to virtually unlimited
standing room farther away in Po-
tomac Park.
A traditional meeting will bring
the Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants into conclave at the Old
Union Engine House. Nineteenth
and H streets NV, at 1890 am.
After a half hour business meeting,
patriotic exercises will be held.
The invoca ton will be pronounced
by the Rev. Edward o. Clark, pas
tor of the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church. The singing of America
will be followed by recital of the
Declaration of Independence by
Jesse C. Suter Bill Coyle, radio
director of The Star. will sing sew
eral solos. including Wave That
Flag. America" with Miss Mesa
Scarry as accompanist. The song
was written by Howard Acton and
Phelps Adams for the recent Ma
tionsl Press Club minstrels.
An original poem, IF We just
Could Have Been There" by John
Clagett Proctor. chronicler of the
association, will be read by John B,
Dickman, Sr. John Jay DAILY will
recite his original toast to the flag.
A patriotic address will be delivered
by Robert w. Horton, director of in
forma ton for the Office of Emerg-
ency Management. The ceremony
will close with the singing of Aud
Lang Syne.''
Portraits of Patriots.
Appropriate to the day is the ex-
hibit of portraits of the patriots who
signed the Declara ton just opened
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution in Memorial Continental
Hall. The exhibit was arranged by
Mrs. G. Edward Murray of Trenton,
N. j., curator-general of the ma
tional society.
The rural housing development at
Greenbelt, Md. will celebrate the
holiday in rousing style. The Green
belt Citizens sociation has
planned a program that begins at
10 am. with a parade and ends at
8p.m. with fireworks.
Many organizations will have pic
MICS, among them the American Uni
versity Park Citizens Association,
whose Fourth celebration will start
at 10 am. at Fort Bayard Park.
Post Offices and other public build
ings will be closed all day, and there
will be no mail deliveries. The pub