Show t I h j f Walter Winchell is u on temporary tempo temp with the U. U TarY e duty S. S navy his column is being conducted by gu guest gues t columnists cO This weeks leech's column Is u 4 J. J B By KATE SMITH Si All Americans Americans' r r r t. t As Ls s a and antl commentator I Ir ti r hda have had m my say sar via radio to mUi millions mil mU- i 1 lions of ot Americans America s both at nt home homer 7 I r f and rond abroad From time to time I receive gracious invitations from I c editors to express myself as a arc arc- re refi reporter re- re ili fi a ri porter on topics of the day I always al aI- f f ways welcome such opportunities I and more so now for I feel that t t A A. A not enough Is being said on behalf r it y cf cC America for Americans I Not so long ago I introduced a aI anew anew new song of America titled Were I All Americans which your editor thought should be the title of this t column The lyrics of this song which I made recently for Columbia K f r Records reads rends t C Were We're all Americans f Were We're proud to bear the name l J c Our nations nation's fathers wove a flag flagG G By the light of freedoms freedom's flame 7 Now waving bravely overhead A It tells us what to do t I Were We're all Americans t fit All true blue Permission by Corp It is that flag which gave us our f f birthright It is that spirit which gave us our courage It is that tha t freedom freedom free free- dom which made our land a great t democracy It is that something something- J t faith ith perhaps which perhaps which is found inthe in inthe the following stories 1 Youthful ul America Im I'm thinking of ot a child a little J girl of 11 An average American L C girl her name is Mary Esther Wheatley from Hamburg N. N Y Marys Mary's daddy was an aviator His was a hazardous job for he flew the untried planes he was a test J pilot Making aviation safe for fort t- t f America was his vocation One day l not long ago he made his last flight J for his ship crashed in San Diego bay The heaviest heart in the world 0 was Marys Mary's but slowly she recaptured recaptured recaptured recap recap- the faith which had always a made her brave and understanding S She e wrote the following lines I v They say my father r died he did not die Why just tonight tonIght I heard him fly fly fly- p above my roof They say he folded his bis wings at sea but daddy would have wanted me meTo mei i To doubt doubt these things You cant can't K fold wings That for a lifetime have been spread to fly v 1 above a first childs child's head Tonight when all the world world-is is still Ill I'll lean upon my window sill r And list listen n for you Daddy Bill F- F And though the whole world fails to note A fast approaching dying boat with 1 s g ghostly motors in his throat R Ill I'll hear it come and andI I shall beY be Y r pr Proud ud proud that you flew east to tome me f On wings ingS that no one else elsei i can see Americans at Home Everyone is talking these days abo about t our national defense effort and hundreds of thousands of loyal Americans are figuring out w ways ys I. I great a and nd small to help Knoxville r Tenn Term has figured out one that seems to be a very substantial contribution For several years f. f Knoxville was the first major city in n the Tennessee valley to use elec elec- electricity electricity r generated by the TV TVA A. A But Buts wr s 0 now instead of an unlimited use of electric lighting the city has resorted re reo resorted t sorted again to to flickering oil lights r r. The Aluminum company's plants at Alcoa need all the power they cant can t get gel It is TV TVA A power Since some some- andY sody has to conserve it Knoxville las aas taken the lead in hi setting an ex ex- ample Merchants are turning off their window display lights and signs at night One store in the downtown i i section substituted oil lanterns in its w windows and strung them around the stores store's marquee A flor florist flo lie lieL L' L r t am rist has resorted to candles to light 1 his windows A cafeteria also uses fi candles to light the restaurant for forI X its Family Night Under the impetus of these public public pub pub- lic lie demonstrations of power savings say save I ings more and more ideas for curtailing curtailing cur cur- curtailing tailing power have been originated 1 A A. 25 per cent curtailment of consumption con consumption is the goal A 4 Foreigner Abroad in America Last month hearts of ot all Americans Ameri Amen cans were touched with great sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- row at the passing assing of Ignace Jan A magnificent pianist a a. a s supreme preme master of of music his hist t technical skill was enhanced by his y warm personality and generous na na- ture Jure ire Polish by birth and loyally working working work work- ing all his life for that land he loved still was an internationalist in in- internationalist a citizen of the world Even when he was ill and weak even when he no longer played 4 the beautiful music that has delighted delight delight- ed millions through the years he gave his remaining strength toward the rehabilitation of his countrymen Always he was a leader among men And yet he was a simple 1 man speaking a sim simple Ian lan guage It is fitting that we here in America Amer Amen tea lea honor th this moon man f |