Evening star., 1947-11-09
Services Today
Open Armistice
Observance
Trumun to Take Port
In Main Ceremony
At Arlington Tuesday

Keynoted by the Army's theme
America shall stay strong"-Wash-
ington will lead the Nation In the
Armistice Day observance Tuesday
with special ceremonies scheduled
for today and tomorrow.
The climax will come at II am
Tuesday-anniversa of the hour
when the fighting ceased in World
War with President Truman lay
ing a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier in Arlington Gene
terry.
Federal and District government
workers will have the day off. and
banks and many business Offices will
close Department and speciality
stores will remain open Tuesday to
give Government employees an OPP
portunity TO shop, the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association said.
No Mail Delivered.
Only the main and National Air
port postoffces will open during the
day, and those will operate from
g am. to noon. Mail deliveries will
be suspended The Library of Con-
gress' main reading room will open
from 2 to 10 pm, and the exhibit
hall will be open from 11:30 am. to
10 pm. All branch libraries in the
District will be closed, but the CEN
trail library will be open from pm.
to 9 pm.
Both public and parochial schools
will close Tuesday. Many will have
special patriotic programs tomorrow
Looking forward to the prevention
of other wars that would necessitate
furthering honoring of the dead
Maj. Gen. st. Clair STREET., chief of
the military personnel procurement
service, pointed up the problem OF
enlisting steady flow Of 10000
volunteers each month. 2l,000 for
the Army and 1000 for the Air Force
Today the churches will say spe
cial prayers for peace as pastors
recall the grim results of two world
conflicts. At Washington Street
Methodist Church, Alexandria
James A. Walters, World War II
veteran, will play on the organ "In
Flanders Field" as arranged by Miss
Ann Miller, Navy Department en-
ploye. The same arrangement will
be sung at Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Arlington, by Robert Fred
erick Freund, baritone, accompanied
on the organ by his wife. Both rem
ditions are scheduled for morning
services.
VFW Pilgrimage Today.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will
initiate the annual pilgrimage to
Arlington Cemetery today. with %
posts laying wreaths on graves.
In another event at Arlington
Cemetery this afternoon, the
Daufhters of American will place a
wreath on the Unknow Soldiers
tomb. Mrs. Agnes E. Barbour, State
councillor of the organization, will
speak, and the Rev Garter S. Gillis,
rector of Christ Church, will give
the invocation.
Tomorrow all employees of the Ag-
riculture Department will be invited
to-attend services at 9:15 am. in the
patio of the Administration Build
ing. Undersecretary Norris E. Dodd
will be the speaker, and Arch w
Pjerrou, commander of the Agricul-
ture Departments American Legion
Post No. SO, will be master of cere-
monies. Miss Hilda Nelson will be
the soloist. A wreath will be placed
on a monument honoring the World
War dead.
Principal Arnistice Day services
will last from 10:3O to 1:30 o'clock
in the Arlington Cemetery amphi-
theater and at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier, with the American
Legion in charge as 1T has been
since the first services were held
there. President Truman will ar
rive shortly before II am. to place
a wreath on the tomb. His ap-
proach to the cemetery will be sig
nailed by 21-gun salute, so timed
that the 21st round will be fired as
he reaches the tomb.
Forming a guard will be 81 SOL
diers, sailors, airmen and marines
and the American Legion guard OF
honor. A color guard will be made
up of 18 marines.
Bugler, to Sound Taps.
In the distance an Army bugler
will sound taps, and the audience
In common with the entire Nation
will observe the traditional minute
of silence.
Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan
will speak from the marble amphi-
theater. He will be introduced by
the legion's national commander
James F. O'Neil. Mrs. Lee w. Hut
ton of Excelsior, Mimi, national
president of the Legion auxiliary
also will speak. The invocation. will
be pronounced by the Rev. Frank L.
Harrington Of Butte, Mont, legion
national chaplain, and the benedic-
ton by Chaplain Gordon L. Rice of
the District Legion department.
The 100-piece Army band will
play, and Staff Sergt. Delmar Fahr-
ney, the bands vocalist, will sing
There is No Death The Lords
Prayer" and THE Star Spangled
Banner"
After the program memorial serv-
ices will be resumed at the tomb,
with representatives of the 49 con-
tinental legion departments placing
wreaths against a background of
massed colors.
Other organizations will precede
and follow the Legionnaires, adding
their tributes to those banked on
the tomb. The Rev. Merritt F. Will
liams, canon of Washington Cathe-
dral and national chaplain of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will lay a
wreath as the representative of Rah
H. Brannaman, VFW national COM
inander.
Queen" to Be Chosen.
The VFW will follow the custom
of selecting a queen to reign over
its annual ball at the Statler Hotel
Tuesday night. She will be crowned
and presented with gold watch by
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, COM
.mander of the District National