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morial a small group of person
met for brief ceremonies sponsored
by the militant church movement
The invocation was given by tn
Rev. H. ]. Calls Of the Lomax A
M. E. Zion Church of Arlington
the benediction by the Rev. w. H
Jernagin of Mount Carmel Baptis
Church. director of the Washington
office Of fraternal council of Negro
churches in America, and tn.
speaker was the Rev. J. C. Olden
a director of the militant church
movement.
The Rev. Olden told of the par
which members OF the Negro race
had played in the wars of the
United States and expressed the
hope that out Of this war America
will realize what was in the heart
Of Thomas Jefferson and that
all will join hands as brothers."
Standing at attention during the
brief ceremonies was Boy Scout
Troop 511 with E. v. Struthers
scoutmaster.
In Armistice Day services at the
Commerce Department auditorium,
Solicitor South Trimble, jr., de-
clared the department lis very
proud of its 1916 employees now in
the armed forces" and I'VE can
not remember the gallant dead of
1917 and 1918 without having
sharper memories of the new dead
who sleep at Bataan. Corregidor
Guadalcanal or in Africa, Sicily and
Italy"
The program was sponsored by
Department Post, No. IS, American
Legion, under direction of Charles
H. Mcdaniel, commander.
Banks were closed today and
schools were observing the holiday
along with District Government en-
ployes. Federal employees were work.
ing as usual.
Other ceremonies scheduled for
today were as follows:
3:l5 pm.-Annual wreath-laying
at tomb Of woodrow Wilson in the
Washington Cathedral.
Parade at Georgetown U.
4 p.m.-Retreat call with regi-
mental parade of 1,400 Army Spe-
cialized Training cadets, followed
by exercises in college quadrangle,
at Georgetown University.
p.m-Concert at Boys Club
Branch, Seventeenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue Sc, in men,
ory of John Philip Sousa.
pm.-Patriotic vesper service
in Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Bethesda. with Third District
Maryland State Council, knights
of Columbus, participating.
9 p.m.-Annual ball of Veterans
Of Foreign Wars at Willard Hotel
The services at the tomb OF
Woodrow Wilson in Washington
Cathedral, at BIS pm, were to be
featured by eulogy delivered by
Huston Thompson, close friend ane
former student of President Wilson
following the laying Of wreath by
George washington Post No. l
American Legion, commanded by
Post Comdr. Harry w. Brown.
Exercises at G. U.
Principal speaker at exercises al
Georgetown University was to be
Brig. Gen. William o. Walker, as.
sistant chief Of staff, Ga, of the
Army Ground Forces, following q
military review Of cadets enrolled
for special studies at the University
Addresses also were scheduled by
the Very Rev. Lawrence c. German
S. j., president of the university
and Col. Joseph S. Doughtery, COM
mander of the Georgetown Service
Unit
From 9:l5 am. through 245 pm
today there was scheduled a steady
flow Of organization representatives
placing wreaths in grateful remem-
brance at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier.
To symbolic the spiyit of Armi.
stice Day, 468 District men ane
women arranged to make blood do.
nations today at the District Rec
Cross Blood Donor Center Tn.
group included 10 Carmelite IA
theirs.
Downtown retail stores were tc
observe their usual Thursday hours
being open from 1890 to pm, &C.
cording to Edward D. Shaw, secre.
tary of the Merchants and Manu-.
facturers Association.