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Show Colorful Parade, Tabernacle Service To Mark Observance of Armistice Day Henry H. Blood, the flaf will be lowered to half-mast, remain there until the aounding of tape at 11 ajn. Seven drum corpa and six bands will take part In the parade. E. D. Potter, chairman of the United Veterans' council, la general gen-eral chairman of the program committee. Donald P. Lloyd, representing the Utah Retail Grocers' association, associa-tion, and E. A. Murray, of the Utah Chain Store association, said grocery stores will be cloeed all day. Mercantile establishments will be closed from 10:30 to 11:30 a. m. Banks and public buildings will be closed. There will be a morning mall delivery de-livery In the business section, but none to residences. All departments depart-ments of the main post office, the Sugarhouae and Murray branches will be open until noon, except money orders and postal savings. Automobile dealers In Salt Lake City will be cloeed In observance of the day, Carl L. Snow, secretary of the Utah Automobile Dealers' association, said. Armistice Day In Salt Lake City Saturday takes on a new significance, signifi-cance, with much of the world at war once more. A hint of that new meaning to be attached to the annual observance observ-ance Is found In the themes to be featured at an impressive service Saturday at 7:15 p. m. in the L. D. S. tabernacle. They are: "The Spirit of American Democracy." Democ-racy." "Our Duty to the Flag Which Represents It." Earlier in the day there will be a colorful parade from Temple Square. An Imposing list of speakers at the tabernacle Saturday night Is to Include Heber J. Grant, president presi-dent of the L. D. S. church; Rabbi Samuel H. Gordon, the Rev. A. Leonard Wood, the Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt and the Rev. George J. Weber. The Fort Douglas military band will play at both the opening and the closing of the tabernacle program. pro-gram. William Hlgbee, parade marshal. Thursday expressed the new significance sig-nificance of this year's Armistice day observance. "This," he said. "Is something of Thank-God-We-Llve-in-America celebration. We're proud that we live in. a. nation that ia At pes pa. . and we want to keep It such." Schools will have special Armistice Armi-stice day speakers Friday, furnished fur-nished by American Legion post No. 2. Plans were completed Thursday for a flag-raising ceremony at 10:55 a.' m. Saturday In front of the reviewing stsnd at the post-office. post-office. Suggested by Governor |