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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1958)
PAGE FOURTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Heroes Of World War II And Korean War To Lie In National Cemetery EdHor'i Nole Tomorrow In Arlington National Cemetery two unknown American servicemen will be buried. These men, who lost their lives in World War II and the Korean War, will join the Unknown Soldier of World War I, who has been alone in the me morial since Nov. 11, 1921. On that day more than 36 years ago, one of the most famous news stories of all time was written by Kirke L. Simpson, then a mem ber of the Washington staff of The Associated Press. A major portion of his Pulitzer Prize-winning account is reproduced be low. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 1921 (By The Associated Press) Un der the wide and starry skies of his own homeland, America's un known dead from France sleeps tonight, a soldier home from the wars. Alone, he lies in the narrow cell of stone that guards his body; but his soul has entered into the spirit that is America. Wherever liberty is held close in men's hearts, the honor and the glory and the pledge of high endeavor poured out over this nameless one of fame, will be told and sung by Americans lor all time. Scrolled across the marble arch of the memorial raised to Amer ican soldier and sailor dead, ev erywhere, which stands like a monument behind his tomb, runs this legend: "We here highly re solve that these dead shall not have died in vain." The words were spoken by the martyred Lincoln over the dead at Gettysburg. And today with voice strong with determination and ringing with deep emotion, another President echoed that high resolve over the coffin of the soldier who died for the flag in (ranee. Great men in the world's af fairs heard that high purpose re iterated by the man who stands at the head of the American peo ple. Tomorrow they will gather in the city that stands almost in the shadow of the new American shrine of liberty dedicated today, They will talk of peace; and of Uie curbing of the havoc of war. They will speak of the war in France, that robbed this soldier of life and name and brought death to comrades of all nations by the hundreds of thousands. And in their ears when they met must ring President Harding s dcclnra tlon today beside that flag- . wrapped, honor-laden bier: "There must be, there shall be, the commanding voice of a con scious civilization against armed warfare. All day long the nation poured out its heart in pride and glory for the nameless American. Be fore the first crash of the minute guns roared its knell for the dead from the shadow of the Washing ton monument, the people who claim him as their own were trooping out to do him honor. They lined the long road from the Capitol to the hillside where he sleeps tonight; they flowed like a tide over the slopes about his bur ial place. They choked the bridges that lead ucross the river to the fields of the brave, in which he is the last comer. Soldiers, sailors and Marines- all played their part in the thrill ing spectacle as the cortege rolled along. And just behind the casket, with its faded French flowers on the draped flag, walked the Pres ident, the chosen leader of a hun dred million, in whose name he was chief mourner at his bier. Be side him strode the man under Banking Debits Show Increase April bank debits in the Klam ath Falls area, including Klnmath and Lake counties, were 2.4 per cent higher than tho debits March, but were .3 per cent below debits in April, 1957, the Univer sity of Oregon reports. Total don its for April this year in the Klamath Falls area were $27,8M, 348. Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. They are generally regarded as good indicators of business activity, according to the Bureau of Business llesearch at the university, which releases these figures. The figures from the Klamath Falls area were compiled from five reporting banks. In all Oregon, with 167 bank: reporting, debits were $1,580,783, 625. This is an increase of 5.1 per cent from March, but a de crease of 2.0 per cent from April, 1957. whom the fallen hero had lived and died in France, Gen. Per shing, wearing only the single medal of victory that every Amer ican soldier might wear as his only decoration. Behind came the carriage in which rode Woodrow Wilson, also stricken aown by infirmities as he served in the highest place of the nation, just as the humble private riding in such state ahead had gone down before a shell or bul let. For that dead man's sake, the former President had put aside his dread of seeming to parade his physical weakness and risked health, perhaps life, to appear among the mourners for the fallen. After President Harding and most of the high dignitaries of the government had turned aside at the White House, the proces sion, headed by its solid blocks of soldiery and the battalions of sailor comrades, moved on with Pershing, now flanked by Secre taries Weeks and Denby, for the long road to the tomb. Ahead, the while marble of the amphitheater gleamed through the trees. People in thousands were moving about the great cir cle. Down below the platform placed for the casket. In a stone vault, lay wreaths and garlands. Above the platform gathered men whose names ring through history Briand, Foch, Beatty, Balfour, Jacques, Diaz and others in a brilliant array of place and pow er. They were followed by nota bles from all countries gathered here for tomorrows conference And by some of the older figures in American life too old to walk beside the approaching funeral train. , At the arch where the choir wailed the heroic dead, comrades lifted his casket down and, fol lowed by the generals and the ad mirals, who had walked beside him from the Capitol, he was car ried to the place of honor. Ahead moved the white robed singers, chanting solemnly. Carefully the casket was placed above the banked flowers and the Marine band played sacred melodies un til the moment the President and Mrs. Harding stepped to their places beside the casket. Mr. Harding showed strong emotion as his lips formed the last words of the address. He paused, then with raised hand and head bowed, went on in the meas ured, rolling periods of the Lord s Prayer. The response that came hack to him from the thousands he faced, from the other thou sands out over the slopes beyond, arose like a chant. The marble arches hummed wilh the solemn sound. Then the foreign olliccrs who stand highest among the soldiers or sailors of their flags come one by one o the bier to place gold and jeweled emblems for the brave above the breast of the sleeper. Already, as the great prayer ended, the President had set the American seal of admira tion for the valiant, the nation's love for brave deeds and the cotir- Hge that defies death, upon the casket. Side by side he laid the Medal of Honor and the Distin guished Service Cross. The casket, with lis weight o honors, wns lowered into the crypt. A rocking blast of gunfire rang from the woods, the glitter ing circle of bayonets stiffened to a salute to the dead. Again the guns shouted their message of honor and farewell. Again they boomed out: a loyal comrade was being laid to his last, long rest. High and clear and true in the echoes of the guns, a bugle lilted the old, old notes of taps, the lul laby for the living soldier, in death his requiem. Long ago some forgotten soldier poet caught its meaning clear and set it down that soldiers everywhere might know its message as they sing to rest: "Fades the light; And afar Goelh day, comelh night. And a star Lcadeth all, speedelh all, To their rest." The guns roared out again in the national salute. He was home, the Unknown, to sleep forever among his own. CORRECTION! A typographical error in our Wednesday ad listed the price of Beach Towels incorrectly. The correct prices are: Beach Towels 36x67 . . . 2.98 36x74 . . . 3.29 28x54 ... 1.98 YOUR STORE 721 Main TU 4-4561 7th kmm Free Want Week! JUNE 2 THROUGH 8 For School Children 6 to 16 Years of Age LET ONE OF THESE FREE WANT ADS IN THE HERALD AND NEWS SMOOTH YOUR WAY TO A MORE ENJOYABLE SUMMER VACATION! Here's Your Chance to Raise Extra Cash! 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