The Archive · 1930

President Opens New Tunnel

Paris, Nov. 1.

The Fete de la Toursaint was observed in wet and minty weather, but large crowds visited the Paris cemeteries and those in the country to place wreaths and flowers fon the graves of their loved ones.

Masses were celebrated i al the churches while many, patriotic ceremonies were held in honour of French and allied soldiers who lost their lives in the war. M. Doumergue, the President and members of the Government, representatives of the municipality and ex-servicemen's delegations, as well 23 wounded soldiers and orphans, participated in a ceremony at the tomb of the Usknewn Soldier—

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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