Show MEMORIES delirium of armistice remembered in gloom of 1939 V N I 1 1 theres irony in this years observance of armistice day the zero hour in 1918 when world warno war no I 1 ended for the world is a gain at war most of it hoping another armistice will come soon in I 1 the end of hostilities brought delirium everywhere at new york soldiers sailors and their girls joined the celebration patriotism at a twentieth century peak shouted from every rooftop L syl tor U above filth avenue in new york was a sea of humanity ag manhattan turned out to celebrate the news Z lv 1 ir A 71 A left they danced in new yorks streets above A soldier read the terms oj f armistice A the word spread swiftly across a land which was ready because peace had been hinted several days one correspondent actually y jumped the guye gun with the announcement paris turned out to fete americans and hang the effigy of ex kaiser wilhelm in 1939 america is resolved never to enter Eu ropes quarrels again yet with europe it hopes and prays for mother another armistice day like T I 1 t |