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.AREJEfALU^DOWN SOMEPLACE?
A GREAT SOLDIER
BY JOINT RESOLUTION approved June 1, 1960,
the Congress requested President Eisenhower to
proclaim September 13, 1960, as a day upon which
all Americans should pay homage and respect to Gen
eral of the Armies John J. Pershing and the men who
served under him. President Eisenhower issued the
proclamation on June 3, designating the Secretary of
Defense to be responsible for the coordination be
tween civic and patriotic organizations and the de
partments and agencies of the federal government in
ceremonies commemorating the birth of Gen. Pershing
born near LcClede, Missouri, in 1860.
No one before or since has held the title of Gen
eral of the'Armies which he held from 1919 until his
death in 1948.
He served in the field in campaigns against the
Apache and Sioux Indians and commanded the Indian
Scouts. He was professor of Military Science at the
University of Nebraska, also at West Point Military
Academy; he served in the Santiago campaign in
Cuba in the Spanish-American War; in the Manchu
rian campaign of the Russo-Japanese War. He com
manded the Department of Mindanao in the Philip
pine Islands. In World War I he was the leader of
the two million men in the American Expeditionary
Forces.
It was mainly in recognition of his services as
commander in chief of the A.E.F. in World War I that
Pershing was promoted to the rank of General of the
Armies in September of 1919.
Later he represented this country under Presi
dent Coolidge as Ambassador to Peru and head of the
Tacna Arica Plebiscitary Commission.
He was the holder of nine honorary degrees be
stowed by American universities and colleges, and
one from Scotland. He was the holder of 12 American
medals and over 30 foreign decorations.
“In recognition of his peerless leadership, heroic
achivements, and great military victories, as com
mander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces
in Europe in World War I, and for his gallant and un
selfish devotion to the service of his country, in his
contributions to the preparation for, and the prosecu
tion of World Wars I and II” was the tribute paid him
with the award of a special gold medal.
He was truly a great soldier, with one of the
most distinguished military careers in history.
General of the Armies John J. Pershing
Centennial Day, September 13, 1960...
Army
Copt. Pershing brig. Gen. Pershing General Pershing
Philippine Islands, April 1903 Mexican Punitive Expedition, Washington, D. C., 1919
Army
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING with officials of the French Government reviewing French
soldiers upon his arrival in France, 1917. In recognition of his services as Commander-in-Chief
; of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, Pershing was promoted to the rank of
General of the Armies. By joint resolution, Congress requested the President to proclaim Sep
I tember 13, 1960 as the day upon which all Americans should pay honor and respect to General
l of the Armies John J. Pershing and the men who served under him.
Official of Amtorg, Soviet
Trade Agency, Violates
U.S. Travel Regulation
WASHINGTON, (ff—The State
Department said an official of
Amtorg, the Soviet trading agen
cy, violated U.S. travel regula
tions to attend a machine tool
exhibition in Chicago and was or
dered to go back to New York.
A State Department press of
ficer, Francis Tully, said the So
viet Embassy last Aug. 31 had
requested permission for Sergei
G. Zhdanov and another Soviet
official to attend the exhibition
in Chicago Sept. 6-11. On Sept. 3,
Tully said, the department noti
fied the Russians that permission
was refused.
Despite the refusal, Tully said,
Zhdanov went to Chicago alone.
Tully said a State Department
representative in Chicago ordered
Zhdanov to return Friday to New
York and he left on a 2:30 p.m.
plane.
The Chicago Tribune said Fri
day night that Zhdanov, identifed
as chief engineer of Amtorg, ne
parted from Chicago with “sat
chels full of highly technical
data” on the latest precision ma
chine tools obtained at three tech
nical exhibitions.
Asked if Zhdanov’s defiance of
the travel ban would be consid
ered a serious breach of inter
national etiquette, Tully replied,
“I would say yes.”
Tully said, however, that fur
ther action in the case had not
been determined. He said he did
not know if Zhdanov would be de
clared persona non grata and or
dered to leave the country.
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; Truman Says Red Actions
In Cuba and Congo Are
In Line With Policy
NEW YORK, IjP)—Former Presi
i dent Harry S. Truman, pointing
j to Soviet actions in Cuba and the
| Congo, said Saturday that “the
j Russians are always hunting for
| clashes, but when you meet them
j head on they got out of the way.”
j Truman, talking to newsmen on
his customary early morning
walk, said enforcement of the
Monroe Doctrine in the Cuban
situation would “not necessarily”
lead to an armed clash with the
1 Soviet Union.
! Soviet actions in Cuba and the
Congo were described by the for
! mer President as a continuation
j of polices pursued by the Soviet
Union in Korea. Greece, Turkey
and in Germany during the Berlin
| blockade.
Alaska AP Members Meet
SITKA, UP)—R. D. (Chuck) Jen
sen of Ketchikan was elected
chairman of the Alaska Associ
ated Press Members Assn. Satur
day as the state news group con
cluded its 1960 meeting.
Named vice chairman of the or
ganization, composed of news
! papers, radio stations, and tele
vision stations which are mem
1 bers of the Associated Press, was
i Cliff Cernick, editor of the Fair
banks Daily News-Miner.
: Fairbanks was selected as the
; site for the 1961 meeting in late
j spring. The exact date will be set
| later.
j John Walters, has returned to
town after the summer spent at
: Potato Mountain working with
John Mulligan of the Bureau of
I Mines.
Congresswoman Edith
Rogers of Boston, Dies
BOSTON, (if) — New England’s
first woman congressman, Edith
Nourse Rogers (R-Mass), died Sat
urday after an illness of three
weeks which she insisted be kept
secret. She was 79.
She had served 35 years in the
House of Representatives.
An announcement from the
hospital said death was caused by
a heart attack induced by pneu
monia.
Mrs. Rogers went to Congress
first at the age of 44 to succeed
her husband, John Jacob Rogers,
who died in his sixth term.
At that time she said she would
stay in Washington no more than
a few years, but she was re
elected time and again.
She was to have been unop
posed for renomination in Tues
day’s Republican primary.
CATHOLIC KINDERGARTEN
WILL START THURSDAY
Father Nevue has announced
the new Catholic kindergarten
will start on Thursday of this
week in St. Joseph’s Hall, south
of the church.
Classes will be from 9 to 12
in the morning for children elig
ible to start school next year.
Registration will start at 9 o’clock
on Thursday morning with the
two teachers, Constance Nelson
and Sharon Bopp.
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