The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-30

home and abroad are paying tribute today to the dead of two world wars in the 18th observance oi Memorial Day. Services are being held at newly decorated graves in military cemeteries in this country as well as jn Europe. the Pacific and Asia
 symbolic of the services was the ceremony a, Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, just outside oi Washington Boy Scouts decorated 7O.O0o Arlington graves which in- clude many celebrated military heroes. Attorney General Tom Clark was the chief p-akcr at the ser vices.
 The day sinsEsd the start of three-da Wsksnd holiday that brought thrcngs to rail. air and bus lines. They were bound for baseball parks. race tracks, beachss and resorts. The weather was unseason- ably cold through much of the midwest. end elsewhere it was not as warm as t usually is on Mem orial Day
 America was joined by eight Euro pean nations in paying homage 10 American soldiers who died in two world wars. Royalty, statesmen and military leaders took part in the services n 59 American Army cemeteries where 100000 of cur boys are buried
 Florists il France. Britain. Bel gum. Holland. Luxembourg, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland were de- .uged with orders for flowers from relatives back home
 The thought that was in most minds was expressed by Major General Frank Keat.ng. United States Deputy Military Governor n Germany. Heating addressed f. 600 paradinq American troops ard he told then
 You are charged with winning the peace. T. must be done It shall be done"
 General Lucius Clay. the Ameri- can Military Governor ln Germany gave comfort to the parents of the boys who dled. Said Clay:
 T wish they could see this love- ly place of hallowed ground, ser enc and quiet. They would know that their loved ones have found resting place among people who share their ideals, and revere our dead as if they were their own"
 General Clay spoke at Hamm, luxembourg, where General George Patton Junior is buried with his Third Army heroes It IS the scene of Pattons greatest triumph. the battle of the Ardennes Bulge.
 As Clay addressed the troops, squadron Of American fighter planes roared across the sky in a formation that duplicated the in- signia Of Pattons Third Army.
 In Britain, tribute was paid to 6,88S American war dead buried at Madingly H.ll at Cambridge, the largest military cemetery in the United Kingdom. Lincoln's Gettys- burg Address was read by Everett Drumright, First Secretary of the United States Embassy in Lon con. He represented Ambassador Lewis Douglas at the services. The Ambassador himself placed a wreath at the tomb of the British Unknown Soldier in Londons Westminster Abbey.
 Ambassador Jefferson Caffery took part in the ceremonies in Par is. He placed a wreath on the tomb of Frances unknown soldier under the Arch of Triumph.
 The United States Army Com mander in the Mediterranean Lieutenant General John c. H Lee paid homage to the 679l Americans who died on the beaches of Anzio near Rome
 American servicemen stationed on Pacific outposts and in Asia hon. ored their fallen comrades in Mem orial Day services. Speeches by their leaders emphasized that the last wal must stay won.
 The Navy held services at Guam and at Halawa Cemetery at Pearl Harbor
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