Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Prayers Today
Offer Thanks
For Victory
Truman ATTENDING
10 AM. Service
At White House

The outburst of joy occasionec
by the Japanese surrender will give
place to a solemn outpouring Of
gratitude today as the country, lee
by President Truman, observes q
national day of prayer.
The Chief Executive will attend
nondenominational service OF
Thanksgiving at 10 am. in the East
room OF the White House The
service will be conducted by the
chiefs OF chaplains of the Army and
the Navy, Brig. Gen. Luther d
Miller and Rear Admiral William
N. Thomas. A service choir will
furnish the music.
Members of Mr.. Truman's family
the White House staff and repre-
sentatives Of the Supreme Court
Congress, the cabinet and other
Government officials will be present
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
congregations throughout Washing
ton will hold services of thanksglv-
ing today. Among those attending
the worship in churches throughout
the District will be many service
men recently returned from the
battleflields of the Pacific and of
Europe.
Services at Cathedral.
At the Washington Cathedral,
Gen. Miller will preach at the 4
o'clock evensong service. This serv-
ice is sponsored jointly by the WASH
lngton Federation of Churches and
the Washington Cathedral. The
Rev. George E. Schnable, president
of the Washington Ministerial Union
and pastor of Albright Evangelical
Church, will assist Ministers of
many denominations throughout the
city will take part in a professional.
The Very Rev. John Wallace
Suter, dean of the Cathedral, will
preach at the II am. service. Spe-
cial thanksgiving prayers will be
offered at that time as well as at
Holy Communion services at 7::30
and $50 am.
The Army Chief of Chaplains'
office announced yesterday that
many of its chaplains will preach
today in churches in the metropoli-
tan area. 1t. Col. Alvie L. Nc
Knight will speak at the II am.
and 8 pm. services at Luther Rice
Memorial Baptist Church. He will
also address a special celebration at
3 pm. at the Methodist church at
Ryan, Va. Col Mcknight was at
Pearl Harbor the morning of the
Jap sneak attack.
Col. Cleary on Army Hour.
Col. William D. Cleary, deputy
chief of chaplains, will broadcast at
4 pm. on the Army Hour on the
National Broadcasting Co. network
Other Army chaplains and the
churches when they will preach, all
at IL am, are Col. Harry C. Fraser,
Emory Methodist; 1t. Col. Harry
Lee Virden, Mt. Rainier MIDI Epis-
copal; 1t. Col Roy J. Honeywell,
Bethesda Md Baptist; Maj. Eben
C. Brink. Northminster Presbyte-
rian; Maj. Edmund w. Weber, Trim
ity Lutheran at Mt. Rainier; Maj.
William M. Frost, Hyattsville (MdD
Presbyterian. and Capt. H. Pierce
Simpson, Arlington (Va) Baptist.
Capt. Simpson will also speak at
the pm. service there.
Many Catholic churches through
out the District will supplement
regular masses with special prayers
of thanksgiving. At St. Patrick's
Church, Msgr. Lawrence j. Shehan,
rector, will conduct at special service
at 7:30 pm.
Thanksgiving Mass.
Msgr. Edward B. Jordan, vice rec
tor of Catholic University, will
preach the sermon at a mass for
Thanksgiving at II am. today at
the Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
ception. The mass will be cele-
brated by the Rev. John A. Jepson,
S. S., vice rector of the Theological
College.
Chaplains recently returned from
the Pacific will conduct services at
two Episcopal churches today. The
Rev. Arthur LIE B. Ribble, rector Of
st. Johns Church, Olney, Md, who
returned to his parish after serving
in the South Pacific as a Navy
chaplain, will preach at the pm.
service at the Church of the
Epiphany. The congregation of st.
Stephen and the Incarnation Church
will have Chaplain Newell D. Lind
ner, u. S. N. R., as guest speaker
at the IL am. service. Chaplain
Lindner was on the U. S. S. South
Dakota.
Lincoln Park Service.
The YMCA will hold an open-air
service at pm. today in Lincoln
Park. Edward H. DeGroot, jr.,
president of the Central Union Mis-
sion, will speak.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, spir-
itual leader of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation, will conduct
special services at 5 pm. today at
the Congregation. Eighth and H
streets NV.
A special thanksgiving service
will be held at 7:30 pm. at the Adas
Israel Congregation, Sixth and
streets NV. Rabbi Solomon H.
Metz, spiritual leader of the con-
gregation, will offlciate.
Among other Jewish congregations
holding special services will be the
Beth Sholom Congregation, Eighth
and Shepherd streets NV, and
Bnai Israel Synagogue, Fourteenth
and Emerson streets NV. The for
mer will be held at 9 am. with
Rabbi M. H. Levinson, spiritual
leader of the congregation, officiat-
ing. Rabbi Henry Segal, spiritual
leader OF B'nai Israel Synagogue
will conduct vi day service at