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American LegionMemorial TabletDedicated TodayTexas War Dead HonoredBy Largest Plaque InStateMoody Will SpeakStadium to Be Scene OfmiCcthTlLastOfficial Act4■■A| Preparations are complete for the unveiling ceremonies of t.hlt;memorial tablet dedicated to Texas World War dead, which will be held at the Memorial Stadium : this afternoon at 4 o’clock, Major I * Ernest Cox, past commander of ^ the Texas department of the Am-erioan Legion, has announced. !Major Cox will preside as ma-iter of ceremonies at the dedication exercises.H| ,The tablet, which is the largest | bronze tablet memorial ever erect-! ^ ed in Texas, was made possible by an appropriation of the Texas I j Legislature four years ago. At | ^ that time $10,000 was set aside and a committee, composed of the tJovernor, the state commander j oi the American Legion, and the President of the Texas Fine Arts Association, was appointed to su- j ^pervise the construction of theqiasncAainof\vmemorial.Contains 5,246 Names jIf The tablet itself is sixty feet lone and nine feet high, with aI ci aitl! ISfigure of a woman, representing L*Cin* •c:aS’ncademocracy, in the center which rises four feet above the rest ofjg |?the tablet. The memorial eon- j^terns the names of 5.246 Texas men and women who died in ser-j p v i ce d u ri ng th e W o rid W a r. Around the edges of the tablet are the insignia of the various! branches of service, and the names ^ ffhf the fourteen major battles of ! j ifthe war. The bronze plate has s been placed at the top of the i ^ north end of the stadium. j“Students are urgently request-ed to attend,” Major Cox stated. “It would be very appropriate j ihi f every student of the University pay homage to Texas WorldWar dead by attending the unveil- j ing ceremonies today.” jAll state departments in the I ^ capitol will close promptly at 8:30 I o’clock Wednesday so that em-;^ ployees and officials will have jn-h ample time to attend the dedica- I| tion.| Governor Dan Moody, the only I ex-service man to become Gov-I ernor of Texas, will deliver thep’presentation address. This will If be Governor Moody’s last official I fact while in office. All the per- j ^ Psons taking part in the ceremonies are former students of the 1 University.Ccmplete ProgramThe complete program of the exercises follows: Drill by Company D, One Hundred Forty-first ■Infantry, Texas National Guard, Captain Fred Beeman commanding; march accompaniment by the Longhorn Band; mounted drill by v platoon of Headquarters Troop, One Hundred Twenty-fourth Cavalry, Texas National Guard, Cap- j tain F. E. Dickinson, commander; j drill by Drum and Bugle Corps of Travis Post No. 76, American I.e- j(Turn to Page 3)Cqcipcsclc0pc1II
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 14, 1931
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