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Show lltl.MH NATIONAL HOLIDAY July 14th is the national holiday of France. In these stirring times when the destinies of France and this country are so closely interwoven it is right and proper that a tribute be paid to France by the people of the United States and that we voice our determination to support France until un-til peace shall have been achieved by victory. In accordance with a request from the Committee on Allied Tribute to France, of which Wm. H. Taft is Honorary Chairman, the State of Utah Counc il of Defense through its Publicity Publi-city committee requests that 1. The attention of the different i churches w ithin our state be called .to j the spiritual solidarity of this country i with France; to our debt to France; i to tiie inspiration of France's heroism; hero-ism; and to the signif icanca tou s of our dead, now and to come, which will always al-ways remain a bond of union between the two Republics. L'. Flags be displayed. SVe need not remind you that the .supreme hour of war is at hand, and tliat a f'.er friur years of sacrifice and palience, the French people are still fa.cin the need of new sacrifices that civilization may continue free and unafraid. un-afraid. To make this demonstration a truly national one that sill go over to those who are fighting for us on the other side, is the very least that we can do. The time is short to make adequate preparations. Let each community, each church and each organization arrange details to suit local conditions. w. 9. s. IntermUtant showers during the middle of the week settled down to a steady rain last night and lasted sev-era sev-era 1 hours. steady rain last night lasting several hours. ( w. s. s. |