| Show You iron Y Have Tave Despite lespi espi tc Le Wars War's Growing Hardships ships Today roday Something ng to Be Truly frIlly o Thankful For or Revolutionary War Brought Freedom Now Take Talc of Matter-of-Fact People as It was the successful completion of the Revolutionary War which r resulted in the designation of a notional national day of thanksgiving thanksgiving thanks thanks- giving for foi the till hern fits ts obtained during the year One hundred and mul fifty years ago George Washington toll recon recommended a Un day clay of thanksgiving and prayer In to he Ill l h v acknowledging with grateful hearts th the many signal favors ot of At- At Ale e mighty lod iod lill hv hy af af- there them nn an opportunity Ini In tt a n or gov gov- ov- ov i for flit their safety Daftly Mill and happiness Just previous to this petition in 1777 the Ill 13 colonus at acting ting ns os one celebrated n a day ot of f Thanksgiving when the general Burgoyne was wis True popular tradition has lus It that the first Thanksgiving wis was held helcl nt at Plymouth Mass when the Pilgrims Pit Pil grims had K gathered littered athert In III their first harvest Hut But the significant tact fact about Thanksgiving is to be bl noted in III Washington's recommendation for n u national observance anco of or n 11 day of thanks because of the opportunity given ien the early colonists to lo Ish a Constitution or government for their safety safely and happiness A national truly sincere spirit of ot Thanksgiving s was born out of the of the nations nation's first war warI I Now over a n century and n a half halt later laler while the nation is nearing the end nd of or the first j year ear lIr of or another but fur far more greater war it stems seems titling lilting that tint a n renewed revitalized spirit of rhal ls Thanksgiving should be observed observed ob lib- served by the people of the United States Stiles To fo some it mi might ht seem extremely illogical to su suggest West the na nation lion should be thankful for its blessings while en engaged in a war which really is lust just beginning in ill its Intensity That Thit is not the point That lint is s not the reason for being thankful for what we hive have what we wo me ml still enjoying enjoying en en- n in the w a way j of worldly goods goads to n a gr greater oIN extent than are lire our Allies and Allies and om our enemies The reason for a true more amore sincere I SWING ITle IT I If f le leL L It nil Ilu qu irli corps corp nf or the lilt United Slates SI array arm Is also aKu sari Mire the men in lu the Inc inn array armr are arc coins to 10 have e the l best c t dinner possible on I lIl lUj I. of those tiu hll jet gel heart have to be home with their parents on that I will III be hl doln doing the tame san thing these two t Yanks anks are arc getting flad ready to do Too loo bad for that turkey MOTHER R OP OI THANKSGIVING UA DAY IMY V The Ilia daughter of f a IL Revolutionary Revolution cry ary war captain Mrs Mn Sarah Harah losepha linen fish native of Newport N N. N II n. tins hiss thin the lion llon oF being the IheI Mother I ot of day ay For years jears ears she tried vainly airily to mobilize governors governor of or her lime time tn to lilt have e c them all nil agree nn on one day which would Mould lie he Mt set a an as aday n a day dar 1 ij of ot Thanksgiving II illy she slie lIl prevailed d upon IM I'M Lined Lincoln in 1863 1801 to In proclaim pro par claim thanksgiving as al uniformly a national nation tl festival ilk day lIay l Ir Mrs hale lIale who died after 91 01 years of or gr great at activity was wu the widowed mother of nf live five children She was WI an nil author plomer pioneer feminist fem fem- cnn cnn- inist t and also nho editor of Codey's nolley's Lilly's Lillys Hook Book In III Boston during the s i t r l ii You artta can enn inline imagine what the lie thoughts arc are of these two kids as ns they look 1001 at the tine giant J turkey Cy which has hns just been taken from front the oven o It H doesn't seem scents that they hey are convinced it is true true that they thoy can betic 6 what they y HOC sou Scenes such as 8 this one oneill will ill be multiplied thousands of times tunes Thanksgiving day observance of Thanksgiving is this We are arc able to carry the tile war bock back to the enemy and carry it back hard and to him wherever cr he lie is is In the la earl early days s of the thC u w Mir ar the soldiers the officers the flit great it majority of citizens MS didn't have lime to ask What Phial are arc we ML fighting lighting for they knew knett Tor lor the enemy M was teas is hire here on this continent they s saw iu lien him They fought ii liim h m up and down the Atlantic coast In addition to being practical men nien these early larl colonists were ero dreamers They TIllY dreamed the great greit dr dream nm which has been re realized today with ith this nation stretching from one ocean to another from another-from our north northern ern Canada to our southern southern south south- ern neighbor Mexico l both of whom horn are aie c now lighting a com coin common mon foe with ith us Rationing increased taxes tax's sons and husbands in the armed a forces forces- this is what liat confronts the whole liole nation nation na on tion lion as the thc first wartime Thinks Thanks giving in m almost a fen century y tiny is observed Those t who o ask is what th they have to be th thankful for lor v will ll think at u t first that tha t there is no an- an sw oi I But hut common sense and logic will pit prevail v ul A gl glance inco at nt almost any newspaper will convince n the reader that tint of the press is more I than an expression in America So bo gri greatly valued is this fre freedom dom of the press in to occupied Europe Europ that thousands aie are risking immediate execution b by UI the Gestapo to print I underground with ims- ims s sages tes for the unification lion of ot the op op- sed These pressed pus proving proving ing the value of a n free press are arc often no larger than a 11 handbill but the importance of their mis mes' sage cage cannot cant be o overemphasized But limit mu maybe be your our mind doesn't t run rum in ht such a channel MI Maybe Ma e you vou still will not nut be bc convinced us as you jou OU sit at nt atthe atthe the table on Thanksgiving ing day da There before you ou are art mountains of I food turkey rood or goose or chicken ut t cranberries all J potatoes IS kinds of vegetables cakes pies I puddings desserts de So much food tood that the plates knives forks r Nr G G. caught In the act of broadcasting a a. flee lice for your jour lives warning to his unsuspecting kinfolk kin heard that not nol only I Is he going to get the six ax ax but hut also thousands like him He lie doesn't know It It but his goose is II cooked In so far as his life lite on this earth is concerned Maybe May May- Maybe be he you'll see sec him on Th Thanksgiving day lay In a different pose glasses and coffee cups seem to be beIn beIn bein in the way Food and plenty of It before you Enough food there to feed at al least cast eight times more starvIng starving ing lug or Poles or Russians in territory under BItler's Hitler's Hit BIt lers ler's oppression Something to be thankful for for for- there it is I What do you suppose Hitler's HiUer's Master Race Hace in Germany would say about the New World Order if it they had half haIr the food in front of them that millions of Americans will w have on Thanksgiving day Another thing If It you dont don't hk lik what your congressman is dorng doing you ore are free to say so You might even write him a letter and tell him just what you think and what you think of him If It you ou don dont don't t like the way the war ar is going you jou ou say so You'll argue in public with someone who disagrees s with you about national I I state stale or local political activities Suppose you had hid this inherent right right I taken away awny from you You'd be thankful for it then So why not now now Put lint yourself in the place of a conquered people or ima imagine j yourself Ih living Ing in an nn Axis countr coun- coun tr try In those places free freedom of speech is limited to saying Yes yes es lS when permitted to hear the time masters master's voice Suppose the nil only church service you were permit permitted led to attend was that one in which the gospel of the dictator was spouted by a party sycophant Suppose your jour church was no longer the Ule house of worship you jou remembered it but a n meeting place n club for tor those who were members of the dictators dictator's s gang Suppose you jou ou couldn't couldn t worship your God the tile way you jou OU wanted to because I THOUGHTFUL I t l t y f I I I 0 a I I I This y dung native of ing lug V C. C has paused for a moment mo mo- ment before beginning decapitation ct He Ill feels that thaI he just couldn't possibly deprive l the old ocl I gobbler one list last meal I that tint way w was is against the rulers I friends friend's house theory Suppose your jour our s of 01 worship warship was teas entered by the leaders lead lead leader er ers s mob sacked rell religious ls io articles destroyed and then the building burned to 10 the ground round Tint That is ill what hat has happened and andis is still happening too many marry times in ut Europe Europ since Hitler UHler began savin saving sav saw in Lug ing the world Something for you jou ou to be thankful for There it is Freedom to worship wor WOrt ship your God as you jou OU see tit fit This Thanksgiving da day will be re reo as being an exceptional exceptional one OUI It will be remembered as the da day when Americans were wele frilly thankful for the many rights which in to the past have ha been taken for granted I II I j 11 k I I |
