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Show 'Yankee Yankee ' Doodle " ' Spirit Rekindled RekindledBy RekindledBy RekindleBy By Nation Pledged to Freedon Freedom FreedonI FreedompS pS t ' v . 6a 6af ' a asZt sZt f o ao w aw a aa ae ahs ? e ac c a . g gAt w wz z 1 hs I ft At the nation s Capitol to boost stamp and nd bond sales Irvme Irvmg Irving Berlin Berlinsongwriter Berlinsongwriter Berlintongwritcr songwriter is shown left ( ( left ) ) with Lucy Monroe The Star-Spang-Ied Star Spang Ied Star-8pangled 8pangled Star-Spangled Spangled - - - - So Soprano Soprano Soprino prano and nd Barry Wood radio smccr smger singer as they looked over a copy of ofBerhn ofBerlin oBerlins Berhn Berlin s latest song just before the community sing Berlm Berlin Berlins s number numberwas numberwas niunbeiwas was one of many that came c n > e out right nght after the war started Unlike Unhke the thetearful thetearful thitearful tearful sentimental sentunental ballads that characterized charactenzed the last war these were weretough wentouch tough and snappy ones like llke To Be Specific It s Our Pacific and andYou andYou amYon You re a Sap SilP Mr JapThe Jap JapThe The days of fervent patriotism patrrotlsm have returned to gIve gIveAmerIca giveAmerica gwAmerica AmerIca a newi newlift new i ' lift hft ' ' after the apathetic 1920s 19205 and the ws- ws d1s- d1s wstraught d1straught distraught - traught 1930s For more than a year now , e e\ e eer \ er since smce the fall fallof fallof falof of France jerked us out of a natlonallethargy national lethargy , , America Amenca has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been re kindling kmdlmg the spirit SpIrlt of 1776-re 1776 re 1776 - re e examining ammmg the glonous glorious glonoushIstory glorioushistory glorioushistory hIstory that made her a great nation natlon and putting puttmg her heart heartand heartand hearand ! and soul to the task of defending defendmg _ freedom A few days ago the treasury de- de department - ( - partment at Washington Washmgton receIved received$100 received100 a $100 100 $ check from a man . Bho v.ho vho who bad had badwon hadwon hawon won that amount at a movie bank bankOIght banknight bannight OIght night He d dn do t want to buy any anySaVlDgS anysavings an : Savings SaVlDgS bonds honds hands or pay his blS iaxes- iaxes taxes- taxes iaxesJust taxeslust taxes-ust taxes ust - - Just lust ] . wanted anted to help Uncle SamAt SamAt Sam SamAt At public pubhc gatherings gathermgs throughout throughoutthe throughoutthe the country bathroom baritones are aretWlstmg aretwisting aretwisting tWlstmg twisting their tbelr vocal chords aroundThe aroundThe around aroundThe The Star Spangled Banner lIke lIkethey likethey likethey they haven t t done tor for more than 20 20years 20years 20years years School children are puttmg putting puttmgunaccustomed puttingunaccustomed puttingunaccustomed unaccustomed vigor mto into their oath oathof oathof oathof of allegiance to the flag fiag and the therepublIc therepublic therepublic republIc for which it stands and andmOVIe andmovie andmovie mOVIe goers find themselves ap applaud applaud applaud plaud ng rig spontaneously when the thePres thePres thePros Pres dents dent s face flashes across the thescreen thescreen thescreen thescreenIn screen screenIn In some respects it s like the wae waof ws\ ws wa\ wa way wseof . \ \ e eof eof of patriotism that spread across the theland theland theland land during durmg the last great war but butsoclolog butsociolog butsociolog soclolog sociolog sts are ar . ' ' convinced conv1l1ced that thIS thIStIme thistime thistime tIme there s more grim grll"D grllD " determma determmatIon determmation determmation tIon and less h hysteria } ) sterla-a sterla a steria-a steria - a cold and andcalculating andcalculating calculatmg calculating resolve springing sprmgmg from froma a recogmt recogrnt on that tor for the past 50 50years 50years 50years years the United Untted States has done donetoo donetoo donetoo too much talking talkmg about preservmg preserving preservingour preservmgour our \ way ay of life lle ! and has taken too toolittle toolittle toolittle little action to really preserve It it itEvidence . . E\ E Eidence Evidence \ idence of SeriousnessThis Seriousness SeriousnessThis This atmosphere of seriousness is isevident isevident eVIdent in the crop of new songs songswhich songswhich whIch popped up the first few weeks weeksafter weeksafter weeksafter after Pearl HarborSong HarborSong Harbor HarborSong Song publishers who can detect a astra astraw astraw stra straw w in the y , wind md even before the thebreeze thebreeze thebreeze breeze comes up began making makmg al allowance allowance allowance lowance more than a year ago for forthe forthe forthe the new national emot onal anal sItuatIon sItuatIonthey situationthey situationthey they sensed this thls war would produceGod produceGod produce produceGod God Bless America was the tlrst first tlrsttip firsttip firsttip tip off inaugurating what might al almost almost almost most be called a patriotic school schoolof schoolof schoolof of tunesmiths tunesmlths tunesmsths unlike unhke anything Tm Tin TmPan TinPan TinPan Pan Alley had experienced expenenced before beforeAnd beforeAnd beforeAnd And less than a \ week Meek eek after the first firstJapanese firstJapanese firstJapanese Japanese bomb had fallen on un tin unsuspectmg tinsuspecting unsuspecting suspectmg suspecting Hawaii Hawau the words and andmus andmus andmus mus c e boys were turning turnmg out fight fightm fightin fightm m in mad numbers like They Start Started Started Started ed Someth n < ( But We re Gonna End EndIt EndIt EndIt It ) It ) and Let s Put the Axe m ill in the theAx theAx theAxs theAxsMaybe Ax s sI sMaybe I Maybe we U 11 get sentimental sentunental m in a afew afew afew few months a prominent promment publish publisher publishI I er said recently but I doubt It ItThIs itThis itThis ThIs time tlII1e America is dead senous serious senousSales seriousSales seriousSales Sales of patriot patnot c e music have gone goneup goneup goneup up 40 per cent during durmg the past few fewweeks fewweeks fewweeks weeks and we expect them to keen keep asking askmg tor for the standard numbers numberslike numberslike numberslike like Star Spangled Banner andMy andMy and andMy My Country Tis of Thee TheeAmenca TheeAmerica TheeAmerica Amenca America s involvement in m the war warbas warhas warhas bas has actually heightened natonal nat onal in interest interest interest terest in m such normally peace t me meactIvItIes meactivities meactivities actIvItIes as the tar far flung fiung AmerIcan AmerIcanIsm Americanism Americanism Ism program of the American Le LeglOn Legion Legion glOn gion des gned to foster and per perpetuate perpetuate perpetuate petuate a 100 per cent AmerIcan AmerIcanIsm Americanism Americanism Ism One committee comImttee isorking is \\orking orking working workingwith \ workingwith orkingWIth WIth local Leg on posts to stunulate stimulate stunulatemterest stimulateinterest stimulateinterest mterest interest m in physical educat on health healtheducatIon healtheducation healtheducation educatIon and recreation because becausea a healthy America is a strong Amer AmerIca Amerlea Amcrica Ica lea Projects like hke the $1 1 $ 000 annual annualLewis annualLewis annualLewis Lewis S Rosenstiel Rosenstlel award for out outstandmg outstanding outstanding standmg standing community service and andthe andthe andthe the annual safe driving dnvmg contest spon sponsored sponsored sponsored sored in m co operat on w th the Auto Automotlve Automotive Automotive motlve motive Safety foundation are all do domg doing doing mg ing their part Sponsorsh p of Boy BoyScout BoyScout BoyScout Scout troops jun or baseball and cs es e essay cssay & > say contests arc are just a tew few of the thecomrruss thecommiss thecomnuss comrruss commiss on s other activit es esGlory esGlory esGlory Glory of o ( Beine Being an Amcrlcan American AmcrlcanWe AmericanWe AmericanWe We antic anbc pate an even lJvel1er livelier lJvel1erinterest livelierInterest livehcrinterest interest among Legion posts m in this thistype thistype thistype type of work during the war accordmg according ac according cording cordmg to Homer L Chafflaux Chaillaux of ) Indianapol Indlanapol s national d rector Le Leg Leg Leg g onna res seem to realize that the themdlJ'ldual theindindual th thindiidual < indi/idual indi idual mdlJ'ldual mdlJldual indindual ' / community commUlUty is the basIc basIcdenommator basicdenominator basicdenominator denommator denominator of American life lle ! and andthey andthey ancthey they re determined determmed tostrengthen to . , , strengthen Il IlOur it itOur . Our job lob is to dramatize the glory of ofJust ofjust o ; just being bemg an American tor for this IS ISthe isthe isthe the only way we 11 be able to have haveyoung haveyoung hav havyoung < young Americans understand and andbel andbei ancbel bel bei eve in m the Un led ted StatesLook StatesLook States StatesLook Look anywhere in the country and andyou andyou ancyou you II 11 find the same dead pan so sobnety sobriety sobnety bnety briety about this business busmess a shaul shoul shaulder shoulder shoulder der to the , wheel yheel att aU alt tude that com corn completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely transcends even the darkest darkestdays darkestdays darkestdays days of the last war Look at va vo vacat vocat vocat cat onal schools and Dnd } ) ioull ou II 11 find that thatm thatin thaim m in 17 months they have tramed trained trainee1 1 775 000 men and women tor for war warindustrIes warindustries waiindustries industrIes 29 tunes tll"Des tllDes times " the number numbertramed numbertrained numbcitrained tramed trained during durmg the last warLook warLook war warLook Look at relig rel1g on Unlike 25 year years yearsago yearsago ; ago , when yhen the doctrine doctrme ot of a holy holywar holywar noliwar war against agamst the barbarians was waspreached waspreached waspreached preached from most pulpIts pulpItschurches pulpitschurches pulpitschurches churches throughout the country are arenow arenow arcnow now recognizing recognlzmg Christ amty aOlty anity s re respons respons respons spons b hty I1ty lity to help make the commg coming commgpeace comingpeace comingpeace peace a Just ] ust peace The R ght Rev RevHenry RevHenry RevHenry Henry Henryc.l c.l cl 't t : . 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George Tucker pre presid presidtug presiding sId sIding ing tug b shop of the Episcopal church churchin churchin churctin in the tbe United Umted States pointed pomted out re- re recently recently re recently - - cently that in m comparison with the theattItude theattitude theattitude attItude of the clergy cletgy in m April 1917 1917I I should say that today there is a adeeper adeeper adeeper deeper appreciat appreclat on ol of o1 danger to our ourcountry ourcountry ouicountry country than existed at the begm begin begmning beginning beginning ning ot of the last \ war ar Only a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days after war was declared mter inter mterdenommat interdenominat interdenommat denommat denominat onal leaders called a ameetmg ameeting ameeting meetmg meeting with the slogan In tlII1e time tlII1eof timeof tuneof of war prepare for peaceWhy peaceWhy peace peaceWhy Why has it happened ' ' ' Why c did diddefense diddefense d ddefense defense savings savmgs bonds go up 117 per percent percent percent cent the week after Pearl Harbor Harbor9Why ? ' Why are Americans ready and will willmg willing willing mg ing almost anxious to pay the hIgh hIghest highest highest est income mCOTJ1e taxes in m h story and to tospend tospend tospend spend $150 150 $ 000 000 000 to win wm the war warSense warSense warSense Sense of ot DangerBroadly DangerBroadly Danger DangerBroadly Broadly speakmg speaking the ansy answer , er hes lies hesIn liesin liesin In a more imminent Iffimment sense of danger dangerforced dangerforced dangerforced forced upon us by the knowledge knowledgethat knowledgethat knowledgethat that our own cit Clt es as can now be bebombed bebombed bebombed bombed and . we v.e ve ourselves-clv ourselves clv ourselves-civ civ ourselves - civ 1 1 ans ansthough ansthough ansthough though we may be-can be can be - - can be wounded woundedor or killed klled ! m in our own homes Thus Thusthe Thusthe Thusthe the mobllZat mob lizat on of manpower and andv.omanpoyer andwomanpower andwomanpower v.omanpoyer vomanpoyer womanpower . , this time has brought broughthome broughthome broughthome home the real ty of o1 war \ w \ ar with an un tin Remember KKKKatyShe K-K-K.Katy KKK.Katy K K.Katy KKaty K.K.K.Katy KKKKaty K-K-K-Katy Katy - . . - . . - ? 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The scull scullmental sentimental entI entImental mental ballads ot of estcryear yesteryear yesteryearhave } ) estcryearbave estcryearhave bave have little IIttlc in common with Wlth to- to today today to today - day s stirring p patriotic ptrlotlc \trlotlc trlotlc \ tnnes tunes tnnesAlmost tunesAlmost tunesAlmost Almost everyone ever } one more than 10 10years 10icars years } ears of lee agc age knew knev . the words toM toMy to toM My M } ) Buddy Budd > ) Keep the thc Home Homerlres HomeFires Homefires rlres Fires Burning BurDlng Till WeIeet We \Ieet Ieet Meet IeetAgain MeetAgain ! \ MeetAg-ain MeetAg ain Again - and nd Just a Baby sPray sPrayer s Pray Prayer Prayer er at TBilieht TIIl1ght TI\ TI TR \ Il1ght ilight On the lighter lighterside lighterside I side we learned KKK K K K Katy Katyand Katyand Katyand and How Yx Ya Gonna Gaona Keep KatyI Em EmDOD EmDown EmDown I . DO\\D DO D Down \ on the tbe Farm Darber Barber Barbershop Barbershop shop quartets have kept the songs songsI songsalive songsalive sonsalive sonsaliveprecedcnted ( I alive aliveI aliveprecedented I precedcnted precedented impact Impacl . In addition to toa t ta < I Ia . a fighting army of more than 7 000 000000 000 men the nat on needs practical practically I Ily ly that tbat many more people lor for air airraId airraid ai ; I raid precautions work Three rn1l mil rn1lI rn1llion million million lion more men will be needed dur during during during ing the next year aloneAnother alone aloneAnother Another factor-mechanized factor mechanized factor - mechanized war warfare warfare wartare fare throws a harder punch at the thecivilian th thcivilian < ' civilian because it deprives him 111m of ofcommod ofcommod o : commod ties he s come to regard as asnecesslt asnecessit a ; necessit necesslt es There s plenty of food foodthIS foodthis foocI this t tme me fortunately but no new newtires newtires nevtires tires tor for your automoblle-mdeed automoblle mdeed automobile-indeed automobile indeed automobllemdeednew automobileindeednew automobile - indeednew new automob automobiles es are no longer longeravaIlable longeravailable longeiavailable avaIlable Aluminum Alummum trying frymg frying pans panshave panshave pan ; have become instruments 10struments of war warand warand waiand and plast cs once made into 1Oto phono phonograph phonograph phonograph graph records are now being bcmg used usedfor usedfor use usefor < for tank gears and instrument mstrument panHe's pan panHe's He's Hes ' ' Convincedk Convinced ConvI11ced k : * A - tAmericanism Americanism is the job Jab of Ho Ho- Homer Homer Homer - mer L Cbaillaux Challlau'C ChalllauC Chailiau.c Chailiauc " ' . national chair chairman chairman chairman man of or the Americanism Amencanism com corn commission cornmission cornmission mission of the American LegIon LegIonWatching LegionWatching LesionWatching Watching grO\\ing grO ing growing ( TOW \ toe interest among amongrellow amongfellow amonefellow rellow fellow Legionnaires In communI commune communIty communety commimity ty betterment projects since StDce the thewar thewar thewar war began |