HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 09/30/1948VEiEfl~NS 6AY
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Cenral Polnt streets took on a
very restive oppcarant~p Sattsrdey
+ when huntlrNs of citlzero and
visitors turned vat for the celebre•
` lion ai Veterans Day pal on by the
'_ Irkal post of the Veterans o! Foreign
l4ars. Pine su'cel wan closed to
~ traffic from Scrond shxol of FI[Ih
street and flogs Imed the sklvwnika.
The caeam lots from Durdapny
' to the hre hall were the cenlvr of
opem4an (or the dnY. ilerc +veru
~ gntherttl exhibits of w'ar matvriai
< )mnJLb Ly llmnary A, Beth Fie[d
~ I Arti11rr5' Llshlandl. Also units of
the recruiling scrvlces -orMedtoM
Inerc in attendanca.
During the day a con4nuous dis•
. IPIm' ul t4mi<I War II Pictures woe
given m the Grange hell. Theca
ve;c pictures taken by the army,
n¢vy xnd marine carps during active
ll npefationv_ Also a disPlaY o[ cap-
ture) dapnnrsv war material and
captured battle (toes wee ahowh in
fl+c Legion Memorial hall.
oddrestsgbp Bngadichv dny was en
Cmvgill. persona! r¢pGreacnlatiRvef o[~ 4
Mnjar General Thomas E. Rllea.
Commanding Genrml of tbp 41st
s Div. Also un the
I officials ..f the Ih Program were
t grin. Amerirmr LeRi n and offieeirs
I of Ihr Velarans ~
Foreign Wars.
~,Ilou'inR Ihr :.ddresses a huge
parade u s Rmncu caM of .the
I Legion hall. 'Ioktng pw~l in this
,parade seas a unit of the AahlanA
I+Nntienal (:wn'J. Elias Heine's drum
I corps, veterans of q^ organlzplinns
~ I merchin6 in a Iwdy regvrdleta nl
I which nrganiazlion they Wlonq¢d
lv(d4llowing Utc massed contra. Alan
Joking' Parl In the day's ncgv$lea -
was Evc Prentiss'a Accordlan Dand
' pf Medford.
+ The t}vili of the dny came IoM in
the nlternoon wltn a stimWated air
attack on lhv city by planes of the
U.S. Air licscryv Treinivg units. On
account u[ the gmoline ehortaga
• uNy three plua¢s took part !n this
Parf p( rho Program. The approach
I of the °enamY" Plnnca was on-
,~nounced by rite blowing al the air
worning sirens at the city hell,
r lfulluaved by lbv firing of nedat
numbs rePrescnlin6 ring-aircraft
ifire. 1'hc planes came in f[om the
west, Ilytn6 at bouae-top Icval.
~~~dropping smoke bombs along Lho
( street (which had Lacn eT¢ared to '
-;prevent ;¢cidenlal us they passed.
;~Tluec Times the plenty returned to
the atWCk, lhv loaf time dipping
i their wings to indicate the snow caps
over. Tha lase pane to appear came
Iin Irom in buck o[ thv lire hall rind
reposed the 54¢Cl JIn$ana11Y shave
the pu.l e(Grn, dropping a four
I twmb as 6 posed. This Iwmb gave
rlnc~ rru~z'~I a Laltar Mea of what is
mcam by picuston bombing. as i[
hrt the pavement within elx !em
(of the miuzlc of the heavy artillery
1 mace Lung dumotutro[ed by the
1~Naswnal Guard m the center of [nr
IrsRCm a; Thal pmnf lied it been a
I~ea! bona that gun er+ainly would
have twee put uul of ectmn, x-rth
}mn.H, d nut II the c '~kdl¢d.
The cdcbral:w closed wdli a
~granJ NF'tV ball m the Legion ha71,
wh¢h ', +, well :d4nded.