Evening star., 1942-11-08
|Armistice Services
Planned al Arlington
And Cathedral
President to Deliver
Five-Minute ToIk
On Legion Program

This global war will not COM
pletely blot out Washington's OBJ
servance of Armistice Day Wednes-
day.
Focal point Of the Districts OBJ
servance will be Arlington Cemetery,
where President Roosevelt will
place a wreath on the tomb Of the
Unknown Soldier and make a brief
address to the Nation.
But as a whole Armistice Day will
find Washington at work. There
will be no pause in the operations
Of the Army, Navy and other Gov
ernment departments engaged in
war effort.
Banks will observe legal holiday
and most District Offices will have
only skeleton stats.
There will be no parade of the
Nations military strength.
Speech to Be Short.
The White House has announced
that President Roosevelt's radio
speech, which will originate in the
Arlington Amphitheater, will not
take more than minutes.
Also speaking on the American
Legion's program will be Roane
Waring, national commander Of the
Legion; Mrs. Alfred j. Mathebat
national president of the Legion
Auxiliary, and Patrick j. Fitzgib-
bons, department commander fol-
the District of Columbia. Miss Lucy
Monroe, soprano, will come here
from tour of military camps tc
SINCE the Star Spangled Banner
on this program.
Wreaths will be placed on the
Tomb by Comdr. Waring, Mrs
Mathebat, National Vice Comdr
Fred j. Fraser and other Legion
officials. Floral pieces also will be
placed for each of the 48 States
and for various patriotic organiza.
tions during the Legion observance
The invocation will be offered by
National Chaplain Paul De F. Nor.
timore and the benediction by Chap.
lain Jerome B. Mckee of the Dis.
trict of Columbia Department Of
the Legion.
Throughout the day patriotic or.
ganizations will gather at Arlington
to pay homage at the grave of tn,
Unknown Soldier, while in man,
| churches prayers will commemorat t,
the Armistice Day that brought tn
end of the First World War.
Services at Cathedral.
Annual memorial services will b.
held at 3:15 pm. at the tomb o
President Wilson in the Bethlehem
Chapel of Washington Cathedra
The Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman
bishop of Washington, will speak O.
woodrow Wilson's Ideals" He Wi
be assisted by the Rev. DR.. Jane
H. Taylor, pastor of Central Pres
byterian Church, which Presiden
Wilson attended during his presi
dency.
Wreathes will be placed on tn
tomb by representative of tn
President and various patriotic or
ganizations Commander Warm
and Mrs. Mathebat will represen
the two Legion divisions. Ten-year
old Edgar Foster Daniels. grandso
kof Josepfus Daniels, who was Sec
retary of the Navy during the Will
son administration, will. also plac
a floral piece on the tomb as; vii
two students from the Woodrow
Wilson High School, Lorraine Ben
ton and Murray Williams.
The Armistice Day schedule a
the Cathedral will start with hol
communion at 7:30 am. in Bethle
hem Chapel, which will be fol1owe'
ny the annual service of the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girl
! at $50 and by a second celebration
I of holy communion at $50.
At II o'clock morning prayer ant
the litany will take place in tn
great choir of the Cathedral will
the Canon Missioner, the Rev
Charles w. F. Smith as preacher
Three hours of prayer, starting a
neon, will be held in the Chape
of st. John Following the Wilson
memorial service there will be al
evensong service in the Great Choi
in commemoration of those WHIT
served their country in time of war