Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Many Tributes
To Mark D. {.
Memorial Rites
President Suggests
Nation Prey for
Permanent Peace

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Permanent Peace
Tributes to the Nations wal
dead, with the rallying point at
the annual services in Arlington
Cemetery, will mark the Capitals
observance of Memorial Day.
President Truman, who will
leave at II am. Tuesday for a
five-day cruise on the yacht Will
liamsburg, urged observance OF
Memorial Day as "a day to pray
for permanent peace"
The Korean fighting makes it
'.more important than ever" he
said in a news conference state
ment, noting that he had asked
a similar observance last year be-
fore the Korean conflict started.
The rest cruise over Memorial
Day will be the longest the Presi-
dent has been away since his
March vacation in Key West.
Away for Holiday.
At the Arlington Cemetery OBJ
servance, members of the White
House aide staff will lay wreaths
for President Truman on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of
World War I, the Tomb of the I'm
known Soldier of the Civil War,
the monument to Spanish War
dead and the monument to Con-
federate dead.
Many Government workers
are expected to leave town Tues
day night and remain away over
the holiday and through the re-
mainder of the week. But the
exodus from the city is not ex-
pected to be as large as in past
years when the holiday fell closer
to week end.
American Automobile Associa-
ton spokesman said they are
handling heavy demands for hotel
reservations for visitors to the
city for the entire week.
Stassen Is Speaker.
Chief of the days observances
will be the ceremonies in the
Memorial Amphitheater at Airing
ton Cemetery which will get I'M
der way at 1880 am. The
exercises will be conducted by the
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corp.
Harold E. Stassen, president Of
the University of Pennsylvania,
will deliver the Memorial Day
address in the Amphitheater. At
1890 pm, the wreath. laying
program will take place at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
/ Memorial selections on Amvets
carlton bells will be, played from
10 am. to II am. and from 1890
to / pm. at the cemetery. The
Marine Corps Band, under the
leadership of Mai. William F.
Santelmann, will render musical
selections from IL am. to 11:15
am. and throughout the program
In the Amphitheater.
County To Have Parade.
Earlier at Arlington Cemetery,
memorial services will be held at
8 am. at the grave of Maj. Robert
M. INLAY for Allied officers and
enlisted men of foreign armies. At
10 am. the Women's Relief Corps
Auxiliary, GAR, will conduct
services at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier of the Civil War.
The United Spanish War Veterans
will hold services starting at 1915
a. m. at the Spanish War Monu-
ment.
Memorial Day ceremonies in Ar
lington County will feature an ad-
dress by Maj. Gen. Samuel L.
Howard, Inspector General of the
Marine Corps.
A parade. made up of military
units, will highlight the county's
celebration. The units will form
at 2 pm. at the business section
In Clarendon and proceed to the
Arlington County Courthouse
where a plaque commemorating
the more than $50 men from Ar
lington who gave their, lives in
World War II will be unveiled.
Other Services Listed.
Other Memorial Day Services
are at 1880 pm. Memorial Day in
the National Gardens Baptist
Church, Falls Church. Va; at the
Soldiers Memorial, Seat Pleasant,
Md, at 1870 am, and in Capitol
Heights, Md, parade, to form at
pm. on Sixty-first street and
Shadyside avenue, to be followed
by services at 2 pm. at the War
Memorial.
Forerunner of Wednesdays serv-
ices will be the Memorial Military
Mass in honor of the war dead, at
10 o'clock today in the Memorial
Amphitheater at Arlington. It is
sponsored by the Washington
General Assembly, Fourth Degree,
Knights of Columbus.
The mass will be celebrated by
the Most Rev. Bishop Patrick Nc
Cormick, rector of Catholic Uni
versity, and the sermon will be
preached by the Most Rev. John
j. Russell, Bishop of Charleston,
S. c.