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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
1
A fragment describes the Armistice Day parade halted to honor the dead. Scouts with band march in line along Main Avenue while the rest follow, observers noting precise alignment and solemn mood as the procession proceeds.
An armistice day program features a live battlefield recreation with trenches barbed wire and shell bursts. American Legion and Ninth Infantry members assist in the presentation while prop aircraft face weather delays delaying the Armistice Day parade.
Oath of athletic events and related football games were called off at Kelly Field due to weather. Plans for a game between the Kelly Field team and Fourth Field Artillery from Caiin Maulay were disrupted. A track and field meet did proceed at the Air Science Meeting School Thursday morning despite the poor conditions.
Reports detail a large Paris procession for the unknown soldier with President Millerand and cabinet in attendance. Veterans carry historic flags and a 100 gun salute marks the ceremony, as crowds gather around the Verdun remains being prepared for memorial rites nationwide.
A two year old national holiday marked with proclamations and ceremonies. Massachusetts officials urged dignity in observances while Boston held special army and navy tributes. Fred W. Galbraith of Cincinnati received the Victory Medal for service and recognition.
Arlington National Cemetery burial ceremonies honored twelve sailors who died serving with the Navy and Marine Corps. A guard of honor carried flanked caskets as Red Cross and American Legion posts joined chaplains Frazier and Suabhan in the Shrine of Legion services. In Centralia, Washington a Armistice Day parade honored fallen Allied sailors and soldiers, with speakers praising the graves as a shrine of national memory.
A coordinated price cut affects seven leading bakeries as weekly bread costs drop despite ongoing pressure from higher ingredient costs. The move aims to steady consumer prices while producers push for a broader market adjustment.
ES LACKA KARICK of Peoria UK says she is the happiest person on earth since Taniac 50 completely restored her health. She details eleven years of digestive trouble and insomnia improving after using the product sold by Wagner Drug Co in San Antonio.
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