The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-06-04
EIkS Plan
 FlagDaY
 Ceremony

Annual Flag Day services Of the Wrangen Lodge of Elks will be held Sunday, June 13, at D. m. in the Elks hall and a general invita- tion is extended to the public to at- tend. Flag Day falls on June l4. a Monday. but through special dis pensatfon granted by the grand lodge the Elks were permitted to move their services up one day. 4 committee of Lecturlug Knight Nir- gil Newman. Loyal Knight Carl Bradley Leading Knight Roland Curtis and Past Exalted Ruled J, Darwin Smith was named at the Wednesday night meeting Of the lodge to arrange the special pro gram which will include music and an address. Details Of the program will appear in next weeks Sentinel
 General observance of Flag Day is urged by President Roosevelt and Governor Gruening in keeping with the annual tradition. Text of the Governors proclamation follows:
 WHEREAS, the President of the United States has by virtue of pro- clamation established June Il as Flag Day in the following terms:
 June II has for many years been set aside as Flag Day in hon- or of the emblem or our national strength and unity. This year the stars and Stripes Is a battle en- blem flying in the deserts and jun gles and over arctic snOws. It flies with our men in Africa Australia, New Zealand, China. Burma and the Aleutians, and Tn fastnesses of the world so remote that the Amer ican flag has never been seen there before. In the Coral Sea and the At lantie and Pacific. it is a mark of hope 10 our allies and of despair to our enemies. Our eoIors have found their way to the heart of the en- oaIy over Berlin and Tokyo
 We know that our flag is not fighting alone This year the flags of thfrty-two United Nations are marching together. borne forward by the bravery of Tree men. Togeth- er they are the emblem of a gath tIing offensive that shall Hberate the world As brothers in arms. we of the United Nations have pledged to one another our mutual strength until total victory is won and peace assured.
 Our armies. our naVies and our air forces are now perfecting the teamwork with our allies which shall under God bring victory in this great cause to which freedom loving mankind has dedicated itself. Made strong by our common bonds, we shall face the future with res olution and re dedicate ourselves to the achievement of permanent col- Liberation among nations an secur- ity for all men. For only by team work can we win the war and es- tablish lasting peace.
 NOW, THEREFORE. I. FRANK LIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of American, do hereby ask that on Flag Day. June l4, 1943, the people of our Nation honor the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Union of Soy- jet Socialist Republics, China, Aus tralia, Belgium. Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czecho- sloyakia the Dominion Republic Fl Salvador, Ethiopia, Greece, Guat- emala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq. Luxembourg, Mexico the Netherlands, New Zealand Nieara- qua, Norway, Panama, the Common wealth of the Philippines, Poland, the Union of South Africa and Yugoslavia.
 T direct the officials of the Fed eral Government, and I request the officials of the State and local gov ernments, to have our colors dis played on all Government build ings on Flag Day, and urge the people of the United States on that day to fly the American flag from their homes and to arrange, where feasible, for joint displays of the emblems of the freedom-loving na- tions."
 NOW THEREFORE, I, ERNEST CRUENING, Governor of Alaska, call the attention of the people of Alaska to this proclamation of our President and urge compliance with the request made therein, and I re- quest all newspapers to give pub licity to this proclamation, and all radio stations to broadcast it SC that it may come to the attention Cf all Alaskans.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I havt hereunto subscribed my hand and caused the Seal of the Territory oi Alaska to be affixed. Done at Ju neau, the Capital, this goth day oI May, in the year of our Lord nine hundred and forty-three.
 ERNEST GRUENING
 Governor of Alask;