Evening star., 1942-12-07
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10 Mark Anniversary
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Capital Churches Hold
Special Services; Maryland
Has Porodes, Bond SoIes
Oficial Washington observed
Pearl Harbor Day with q full day.
work today to help avenge the sneai
attack by Japan one year ago. Many
church, university and club cere-
monies marking the anniversary oa
the attack were held over the weel
end.
Government workers took no time
on, stores were open all day and
there were no celebrations for the
general public here. In nearby
Maryland, however, elaborate plans
were being carried out with display
of flags, unveiling Of plaques and a
dinner to be addressed by Lord Hal
ifax, British Ambassador to the
United States.
Boys Clubs Assemble.
Outstanding among the early GER
emonies in Washington today were
gatherings at the three different
branches of the Boys Club of Wash
tngton. Members of the club OBJ
served one minute of silence at the
Eastern, Central and Georgetown
branches under plans arranged by
Charles M. Ffye, managing director
The boys repeated the pledge to the
flag, listened to short talks on the
Importance and significance Of the
day, repeated the Victory Volunteer
Pledge, heard the list of names Of
club members now in service read
and sang the national anthem.
Special tribute was paid to club
members who had been at Pearl
Harbor at the time of the attack.
Georgetown University observed
"victory Day" by special convoca- :
ton at 80 am. Principal speaker
was Rear Admiral william Brent
Young, paymaster of the Navy and
chief of the Bureau of Supplies and
alumnus of the school.
Quezon Broadcasts.
President Manuel L. Quezon Of
the Philippines yesterday broad
cast from here by short wave a
message of faith and encouragement
to the people of the Philippines
where the Japanese struck also
year ago today.
Commemorating the Pearl Harbor
attack, the Student Christian Fell
lowship Group Of the American Uni
versity conducted vesper services
yesterday afternoon at Metropolitan
Memorial Church, adjacent to the
campus. The service constituted a
change in plans from the coast-to-
coast chapel hour at 7 am. today
originally planned at 135 Methodist
universities and colleges throughout
the country by the Methodist Board
Of Education in Chicago.
1--WE felt it more appropriate to
conduct services on Sunday after
noon, "a university spokesman said.
The University of Maryland and
the State Teachers College at Tow
son honored students and faculty
members who have joined the armed
forces and paid tribute to those
who have been killed.
When the roll was called in Col
lege Park classrooms. those dead
and missing answered by proxy.
Students responded with the date Of
the casualty and the engagement in
which it occurred.
Elsewhere in Maryland it was
busy day of celebrations. From city
to hamlet, citizens paid their re-
spects with bond drives, mass meet
ings. parades, military demonstra-
tions, patriotic speeches and re-
ligious services.
Tanks Exhibited.
In Baltimore numerous Pearl
Harbor programs were held. One
was war eAI..uition including Gen.
eral Grant tanks, anti-aircraft guns
and other material accompanied by
Army Band and troops from the
ordnance replacement training CEN
ter at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Other events in Baltimore in
cluded:
Unfurling of numerous service
flags
Religious service in Sun Square,
including few minutes of silence,
prayer led by Navy chaplain and
tolling of church bells.
John Redwood, jr., manager of the
Baltimore area Office of the Victory
Fund Committee, said the best and
most effective way Of remembering
Pearl Harbor was to buy bonds.
The unveiling of plaque de-
picting a sturdy, virile, fighting
Uncle Sam emerging from the at
tack lent an artistic touch to the
observance. The plaque was pro-
duced by Louis Rosenthal, Balti-
more sculptor.
The plaque shows Uncle Sam
minus top hat, striped pants, frock-
tailed coat t. in shorts. a mature
fighting man with bulging muscles
and aware of a job to be done.
The Standard Oil Co. presented
service pins to 178 of its Baltimore
employers who have relatives In
the armed forces.
Congregations Pray.
Though most of the Statewide
observance was held today, churches
began their programs yesterday
Catholic churches, at the request OF
Archbishop Curley. offered prayers
"for the preservation of those ideals
which we, as a free and religious
people. must uphold"
At the church services here pray
ers were offered for those American
fighting men who gave their lives at
Pearl Harbor and on other far-flune
battle fronts since American en-
trance in the war. and a number
OF service flags were dedicated to
American men in action.
Special memorial services were
held at the Greek Church of SIS
Constantine and Helen, Sixth anc
c streets SW, where representatives
of the United Nations joined with
the Greek hierarchy to pay solemn