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Show Poppy Day to Be Observed Here Saturday Tomorrow will be Poppy Day in American Fork and throughout the United States. Millions of Americans Amer-icans will observe the day by wearing wear-ing memorial poppies in. honor, of the World War dead. Nearly one hundred thousand women from, the American Legion Auxiliary will distribute dis-tribute the flowers and. receive contributions con-tributions for the welfare of the disabled dis-abled veterans and families of the dead and disabled. Observance of Poppy Day here will be in charge of. American Fork Unit of the Auxiliary.. A large corps of volunteer workers from the unit and cooperating organizations is ready to begin distribution of the flowers on the downtown streets early tomorrow morning. By evening eve-ning Auxiliary leaders hope to have practically everyone in the city wearing wear-ing a poppy and to have raised funds which will assure continuance continu-ance of the' unit's welfare activities during the coming year. Auxiliary workers will wear distinctive dis-tinctive badges and all will serve as volunteers without compensation of any kind. No price will be asked for the poppies but each person is allowed to contribute as much or as httle as he feels able. All contributions con-tributions will go to the support of the Legion and Auxiliary welfare programs, with the bulk of the money mon-ey remaining in the hands of the unit for local work. The poppies to be distributed here tomorrow have been made by disabled dis-abled veterans at the Salt Lake Veterans hospital, one of the sixty centers where the flowers have been manufactured this year under direction di-rection of the Auxiliary. Employment Employ-ment has been given to hundreds of disabled men receiving little or no government compensation and who I could not possibly have done other work. More than ten rriillion poppies pop-pies have been made for tomorrow's observance. o |