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Show PRES. WILSON ISSUES ANNUAL PROCLAMATION LfAfiHlNOTON, Not. B.PreBldVnl 1 I W iUul hs annual Thank-six -I 'proclamation from the White H'"JuC nroclamaiion follows. Tr'r "he President of the United mtes of America: I b k proclamation k ,h,! wesson nf the year has again when 'ho people of (be United I i? Z are accustomed to unite m glv-I glv-I St Thank- to Almighty God for the I SLlMi h,rh he has conferred upon I JJTSSStiy during the twelve months w have passed. A year ago our pro-IS pro-IS noured out their heart in praise ft thanksgiving that through Divine 'VthP right was victorious and peat t I 'aH rornP to the nations which had so ',r.,iislv struggled in defense of iSSJn librrtv and jnst.ee. Now that b ;-rrn task is ended and the fruits ; 2 achievement are ours, we look for-r, for-r, v. Ih confidence to the ilawn of Tern where the sacrifices of the na-j na-j 5JS find recompense in a world I .hrreat work to which the Vmerican I ' 0pje devoted their manhood and the , J resources of their country, thej i hoiild 'hey give thank-, to God, re-f re-f I Consecrate themselves to these pnn f pi0es of right which triumphed I ttJouch through His merciful good- nS?j Our gratitude can find no more Dressing expression than to bulwark rith loyaltv and patriotism those prin ; I ripie for which the tree people of, H I the earth fought and did Ituriup the past year we have had 1 S much make us grateful In sptt( Of I - t iA in nnr onn ,1 1 ii ii I e lifo ro. I ifje coniuMU" ii - I iuhin? from the war we hae ros I ped Ourharcsts havt been plomi- (jl and of our abundance we have been I sble to render succor to less favored I nations Our democracy remains un- taken in a orld torn with political I and social unrest Our traditional I ideals are still our guidPS in the paih I of progress and civilization. "These great blessing"., vouchsafed I to u. for which we devoutly give jl thank's, should at(u- us tu a fuller I ense to our duty to ourselves and to i I mankind to see to it that nothing we ! rcay do shall mar ilie completeness oi (I the victory which helped to win I No selfish purpose animated us in be-' I coming participants in the world war and with a like spirit of unselfish-ne5S unselfish-ne5S we shoUd strive to aid by our 1 example and b our co-operation in I I realising the enduring welfare of all peoples and in bringing into bting a i I world ruled by iriemlship and good I Till Therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson, I president of the I'nited States of America, hereby designate Thursday, I the 27ih day of November, next, fur I observance as a day of thanksgiving I and praer b my fellow countrymen, i inviting them to cease on that day I from their ordinary tasks and to unite I In their homes and in their several I places of worship in ascribing praisr. ' aad tliantfsgiviiiK to '. o 1 . the- author of I Bail blessings and the mater of our . T dfMlnies- "In witness whereof. I have here- I I unto set ray hand and caused the Beal F,' of the United States to he affixed 'Done In the District of Columbia, this fifth day of November, in the year I of our Iord. one thousand nine hun dred and nineteen and of the Inde pendenre of the I nurd States the one hundred and fort -fourth. Signed) Wi It DR W WILS( .V 1 (Seal.) w "By the president : 'Roher' Iinsinv. y rri.ir nf |