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Show DRIVE FOR SLACKER j RECORDS UNDERWAY By Aseeclsttaj Press. ' NEW YORK. Nov. t Five hundkfd ! i; cities and towns throughout the L' nit erf ' 8tats started an Intensive drive, unfletV ;X the auspices of the phonograpn records N rcrutting corps of thts rttv. to round ' up a million or more phonograph recorde i O to be sent to American soldier and j , sailors in cantonments here and In ser- t - , vice oversees. i In New York, hundreds of men snd i women prominent In miuiiral and pa- -trtotio work are devoting their time to 1 make 'vanned music wek" a certain j success. , The It. 000 music dealers in the United j ; States are cooperating to get the Idle or "slacker recorde" out of their dusty cabinets and Into the service of the sol- diers. Kvery music store ia a voluntary is receiving station for Idle records, and 1 those sent to the dealers will Its prompt ; ?v ly put Into active service in some camp, ;. on a destroyer or transport, or at the v front In France. "A musical army, a singing army. Is an army that will preserve its morale and la on the road to victory." says Major General J. Franklin Bell, honorary enatr-man enatr-man of the national phonograph record recruiting corps. In a message to the American people. "The man or woman :n who takes a record from his or ber pho- nogrsph library to give for the use of ; the soldiers gives something .that will j J.: cheer and inspire them. Clan fun and wholesome entertainment stir a man to the giving of his beet for his country. j |