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Show Governor Blood Pram for Peace ..? Q'J, i tJrfTW . I A imiiJ I" TENSE INTEREST GRIPS OFFICIALS AT FORT ARMISTICE FETE President Heber J. Grant, left; Governor Henry H. Blood, Mayor E. B. Erwin and Brigadier General Walter C. Sweeney . - ' T" r " t Solemn Ceremonies Climax Armistice Programs Here By JACK THOMAS "God grant that wise leadership and enlightened statesmanship will be exercised to prevent ar.y necessity neces-sity for a declaration of war ever again to be made by our country against any other nation on earth." Armistice day sentiments of all Utahns and all Americans were expressed in these closing words of Governor Henry H. Blood before an audience of more than 3000 soldiers; sol-diers; war veterans, their fsmilies and friends st Fort Douglas Thursday. The World war veterans had assembled as-sembled to turn their minds back IS years and relive the thrill occasioned occa-sioned by thst fateful armistice in France but it was to the future fu-ture that they gave their chief concern. General Speaka Brigadier General Walter C. Sweeney. Fort Douglas commandant comman-dant and principal speaker at the program there, sounded the keynote key-note with a ringing plea for military mili-tary preparedness in the United j States. I "Prepared, we are master of our own fate." he contended, but if we ' are unprepared, aa we have been at the start of every previous conflict, some other power may shape our deatiny." j Favorable weather aided in Increasing In-creasing the crowds at the fort and the Gold Star Mothers' observsnce ; at Memory park. Special Armistice day programs ( were conducted in all the schools j of the city and through tha state., Featuring every program, no mat- I ter where held, was the trsdi-j Itional minute of silence at exactly 11 a. m. the time at which the original armistice took effect. Flag Dipped A colorful ceremony connected with this observance was the annual an-nual dipping of the flag at the state capitol steps. National guard trumpeters blew "Taps" as the flag was lowered to half-mast, then "To the Colors" as the emblem once again was raised to the top of the staff, while national na-tional guard and stste officials, headed by Secretary of State R. E. Monaon and Briradier General W. G. Williams, adjutant general of i Utah, looked on. I The United Veterans council and the Thirty-eighth infantry joined 1 CotlBu4 on Pace PMirleesl I . iCeiuma (Mi I BLOOD APPEALS FQRUrS. PEACE (Continued from Pace One In sponsoring the public program at Fort Douglas. "CJ The moments of silence at II a. J ' m. were followed by the haunting . notes of "Taps" and then, to the accompaniment of the regimental A band, Mrs. R. J. Alexander of 8aH j! Lake City sang "Sleep Soldier Boy," fj which she composed. f m T The spell was broken as the band struck up a march and the Thlrty-tj Thlrty-tj eighth infantry, honor companies il from the three Salt Lake City high , i school R. O. T. C. battalions, re-serve re-serve officers and members of the "J patriotic organizations composing the United Veterans council, i "passed In review." '1 Much of the spring these vet erans had when they marched away to war 20 years ago has left their feet, but they marched Thursday with chins in. cheats out. proud to let the world know they had served their country well. During the formal program which preceded the review, all colors. Including In-cluding several wartime emblems, were massed in front of the speakers' speak-ers' stand. and amidst tha profusion of silken silk-en American flags waved the Union Jack of England, borne by the color guard of the Canadian Legion. Le-gion. On Speakers' Mand On the speakers' stand while ' Governor Blood and General Sweeney Swee-ney were speaking were Mayor E. B. Erwin, President Heber J. Grant ef the L. D. 8. church, Colonel Walter Wal-ter S. Fulton, commanding the Thirty-eighth Infantry; Ira Stormes, Utah department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic: Mrs. Alexander, and W. J. Higbee. United Veterans' council chairman, who presided. Organizations In the council Which participated In Thursday's program included tha G. A. R., Wedgwood. Critchlow and Wasatch camps of the United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American legion post Na 2, Disabled Dis-abled American Veterana of the World War, Ninety-first Division association. Reserve Officers' association asso-ciation of the United States, and the Canadian legion and Its auxiliaries. Members of tha Elka club also look part. (M) Sea Rite Nearly 300 persona attended the Gold Star Mothers' program held Thursday morning at Memory grove Under general charge of Mrs, E. O. Howard, life chairman of tha park. The Idealism of Armistice day observance ob-servance was stressed by tha Rev. Jacob E. Trapp of tha First Unitarian Uni-tarian church, principal speaker. Baskets of flowers were placed at the base of tha monument to Utah's PO00 World war dead by Mrs. Robert E. Brighton on behalf of tha Gold Btar mothers, by Mrs. Alfred Claw-son Claw-son for the Service Star legion, Mrs. Charles Livingston for the America Amer-ica legion auxiliary an Mrs. Jeas R. Jensen lor tha Disabled American Amer-ican Veterans. Harold Dalglelsh, assistant professor profes-sor of history and political science 1 at tha University of Utah, at a special Armistice day meeting of tha Utah Peace council at I p. m. I Thursday In tha Jewish community I center. J Another special Armistice day, program will be conducted by the , Navy Mothers' club of Utah at 8 p. m. In the Lion house. Several of the veterans organl-1 tatlona are sponsoring dancing parties par-ties In Bait Lake City and county Thursday evening. Mrs. Joseph W. Damron, Gold Btar mother, presided. ' Immediately following tha program pro-gram a doaen trees honoring men killed tn the war ware planted on Cold Star hllL Hoaoltal Decorated Members of the auxiliary to Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Clarence K. Allen post No. 40. V. F. W decorated tha Veterana' Vet-erana' hospital for Armistice day. Thursday was observed as a day f prayer for world peace by the women's auxiliary of the Episcopal church. Dean F. L. Gibson of 8L Mark's cathedral celebrated holy communion at 10: SO a. m. and the Rev. A. E. Butcher delivered the address. A special armistice observance Was held at Rowland Hall chapel at a a. m. Thursday. It also was fai charge of the Rev. Butcher. In one ef the major Utah county programs for the day, George & Ballif, former Utah department commander of the American legion, addressed a meeting In the Provo high school, emphasising that "the wartime service organisations eele-brate eele-brate this day, not to parade heroic deeds before you, but our struggle lor It years baa been to make the youth of our nation aee the vision which we have seen the folly of War." Nnelnk Speaka ' Joseph Nusink. V. T. W. commander, com-mander, also spoke. . The Sugarhouse Rotary club held special armistice program Thursday Thurs-day noon at Weasku Inn. The nine-power conference at Brussels will be discussed by W. |