Mayor Roscoe Carnrike signing a proclamation

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20035395

Description

Fort Worth Mayor Roscoe Carnrike, signs a proclamation designating Saturday and Sunday as days of mourning period for President Franklin Roosevelt and calling for a citywide observance of a two-minute interval of silent prayer at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Throughout the city, generally, and in most of the busy war plants, activities will be suspended for a two-minute silent prayer period at 3 pm, the time for start of the funeral in Washington, D.C. Amber traffic signals will bring vehicular and pedestrian traffic to a halt for the two- minute observance. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, April 14, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-04-13

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-612

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Proclamations; Document signings; Funeral rites & ceremonies