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

Tributes to the Nations wal
dead. with the rallying point a
the annual services in Arlington
Cemetery, will mark the Capitals
observance of Memorial Day.
President Truman, who will
leave at II am. Tuesday for &
flve-day cruise on the yacht vii.
liamsburg, urged observance Of
Memorial Day as "a day to pray
for permanent peace"
The Korean fighting makes II
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 Wal
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 pas
years when the holiday fell closer
to a week end.
American Automobile Associa.
ton spokesman said they are
handling heavy demands for hote,
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 un.
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. Al
1880 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 l pm. at the cemetery. The
Marine Corps Band, under the
leadership of Mai. William F.
Santelmann, will render musical
selections from II am. to 1l:15
am. and throughout the program
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County To Have Parade.
Earlier at Arlington Cemetery
memorial services will be held a.
9 am. at the grave of Maj. Rober
M. Inlay for Allied officers anc
enlisted men of foreign armies. A
10 am. the Women's Relief Corp
Auxiliary, GAR, will conduc
services at the Tomb of the Un.
known Soldier of the Civil War
The United Spanish War Veteran.
will hold services starting at 1911!
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 tn,
Marine Corps.
A parade, made up of militar,
units, will highlight the county.
celebration. The units will form
at 2 pm. at the business section
in Clarendon and proceed to thu
Arlington County COURTEOUS.
where plaque commemorative
the more than $50 men from Ar.
lington who gave their lives il
World War II will be unveiled,
Other Services Listed.
Other Memorial Day Service.
are at 1880 pm. Memorial Day il
the National Gardens Baptis
Church, Falls Church, Va; at tn,
Soldiers Memorial, Seat Pleasant
Md, at 1880 am, and in Capito
Heights, Md. a parade, to form a
l pm. on Sixty-first street ant
Shadyside avenue, to be followed
by services at 2 pm. at the Wa
Memorial.
Forerunner of Wednesdays serv.
ices will be the Memorial Militar,
Mass in honor of the war dead. a
10 o'clock today in the Memoria
Amphitheater at Arlington. 1t il
sponsored by the Washington
General Assembly, Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus.
The mass will be celebrated b,
the Most Rev. Bishop Patrick Nc,
Cormick, rector of Catholic Uni.
.