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Legion to UnveilMemorial Tablettillchdatoibo\in]To Heroes of War £| ■ —M» Nw*—iww» I 1 I , ICeremonies in StadiumthUn-Wednesday At 4 ! lt;io’ClockUnveiling ceremonies of the ! *beclhlt;wmemorial tablet, the largest ;bronze tablet ever erected in Texas, dedicated to Texas World I p War service men will be held at rI*\ the Memorial Stadium at 4 t} * o'clock W ed nesda y a f 1er noon. M a - { lt;(oliuufnja*3ttbjor Ernest Cox, post commander j of the American Iegion, depart-j j ment of Texas, will pteside as master of ceremonies at the dedication exercises.Arrangement for all state departments in the capitol to close promptly at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday has been made to enable officials and employees to have sufficient time to attend the dedication ceremonies,- j An appropriation of the Texas State Legislature four years ago, amounting to $10,000, was set■ ; aside for the construction of the h ‘ memorial tablet. A committee, consisting of the governor, presi-I de nt o f t he Te x as K i ne A rts A »-i sociation, and the state commander of the American Legion was ' selected to supervise the timely , ‘ erection of the memorial.Moody to SpeakGovernor Dan Moody, (listing r uished as the only World Wai s veteran to be governor of Texas s . will deliver the presentation ad-j 9 | dress, his last oficial act while in r j office. Persons taking part in theceremonies are all former students of the University.The tablet is an immense slab, 60 feet in length and 9 feet high.A figure of a woman represent*1 ; ing democracy rises 4 feet in the i 'Center of the tablet. The me-. ! mortal carries the names of 5,~. 246 Texas men and women who 1 died in service during the World 1 War. Insignias of various branch*. | es of service bounds the edges of. the tablet and fourteen major bat-a j ties of the war are named. The v \ huge bronze tablet has been plac-e :a* the top of the north end a of the Memorial Stadium.Cl
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 13, 1931
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