Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-02-22 | Page 1 | Utah Senator Chosen to Read Washington Farewell Address |

Type	issue
Date	1944-02-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Utah Senator Chosen to Read Washington Farewell Address
Type	article
Date	1944-02-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show Utah Senator Chosen to Read Washington Farewell Address W WASHINGTON Feb 22 UP F C The senate devotes an hour Tuesday to a custom which after years of casual observance was made a formal annual ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony 43 years ago alo It is the reading of Washington's Washing tons ton's farewell address By a senate rule adopted in 1901 the address is 5 read one year by bya a Democrat the next by a ReA Rei Re- Re i A- A publican on the anniversary of the first presidents president's birth The reader is appointed by the vice president as president of ot the senate The honor honorS fell this year to Senator Elbert D D. Thomas D. D Utah The reward for an hours hour's reading is a leather-bound leather copy of the thc address autographed by bythe bythe bythe the senate officers k
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