Show I II t 1 r oJ- oJ t t a j Dads D d' d as M Column i it t i 4 01 t oH- oH H I Pr JULY FOURTH THE FOURTH of or July observed as a n. legal holiday in all aU of our states state a aswell as aswell well as the District of Columbia Alaska Hawaii all Puerto Rico and Canal Zone the tho Philippine and Virgin islands in Williamsburg Virginia on May 6 1776 the fifth revolutionary convention con con- convened convened ened and adopted the first constitution of al a Tree and independent state On May Con- Con Congress Congress It called on the Continental gress cress to declare tho the colonies free tree and Independent On July 4 4 1776 was sign sign- signed signed signed ed the Declaration of Independence An Item in a n history book where space Is given to the names of or the principle leaders of the tho battlegrounds In the fight to attain independence and the the cold print tries to impress the facts on tho the minds of the student We were sup sup- supposed supposed posed to learn by heart the names of or orthe the Signers of the Declaration and at tho time It was something of a bother We youthfully felt the fight had been beena a n good one we were Justly proud of the th forefathers who had struggled for tor the cause but it all aU had happened many years ears ago and there was wag the present matter of clearing up a baseball diamond dia dia- diamond diamond mond on a sand lot In the neighbor neighbor- neighborhood hood We didn't get the full force of the picture as does the history student today July when England and America separated and the young government go becomes an individual after a fight tight to the death The mother had hoped to chastise the wayward child a child that had grown to mans man's estate and wished to think and govern itself America I labored to give itself civil liberties to I bring tiring its struggles for progress home I where It could handle the situation I where Its citizens saw fit tit America fight fight- fighting fighting fighting ing to meet its spiritual and material l problems In its own way to work out Its own destiny in the matter of or civil and political welfare This new country wanted ranted to stand on its own feet and she sho ho did I And so she sh does docs today I We have fought to preserve the Ideals of those early years to maintain rights to worship our God as we desired to enjoy the tho liberty of free speech press and pulpit of owning property and holding public meetings The securing of these privileges took sacrifices on the part of all citizens but America was worth the struggle then and America Is worth It today She la 15 a cause worth protecting and sacrificing for tor her is our obligation Remember Remember t that as ha we fight today the future will put us down after a 2 date In a history book o 0 o o oC 11 C L' L ARE ALREADY INVADED Ii IN tiED IN THE THE of or The Readers Readers' Digest Stanley High says In part An Invading Communist army arm a r m y 1 y- y shielded by an uninformed public and coddled by the authorities has authorities has moved I Into positions from which on orders from Moscow or Berlin it can Jam the the wheels of or American production and paralyze our national defense I The army is already ominously In action Its units operate in or back of almost every delaying defense-delaying strike They maneuver themselves into attacking positions at nearly all crucial production bottlenecks from army shoes hoes to air air- airplanes airplanes planes in every U. U S S. S navy yard in our merchant fleet neet including the all- all Important radio posts among those who know and are trusted to guard the vital secrets of our defense plans Proof of the tho scope and threat of the Invasion rests solidly on facts painstakingly painstakingly assembled by an agency of the tho federal government They have been gathered by operatives planted inside the tho Communist high command through tho the sworn secret testimony of scores of or witnesses by the tho detailed study of the governments government's huge collection of Com Com- Communist Communist Communist documents The United States has become the chief objective for Moscow's disruptive international bat bat- battalions Communists believe that the thing to beat is 18 not Nazism but Democracy Nazism and Fascism say the Red will be destroyed by their own tyrannies American demo demo- democracy democracy democracy cracy Is more dangerous to Moscow's world plot because its freedom and op op- opportunities opportunities opportunities make poor soil toll for tho the seeds of discontent Moscow's gold and ener ener- energies energies energies gies are concentrated here The Invasion Is on Unless the public wakes up and the government takes vigorous action this Communist penetration will cause canso major damage to national defense NOTHING IS denied to well directed labor nothing Is to be obtained with with- without out oat it o o o THAT WASHINGTON had to contend with traitors while fighting for Ameri Ameri- American American American can Independence is proven by his order Put none but Americana Americans on guard This sentence should be the tho order of the tho day whenever our national defense Is concerned ho no Communist should be tolerated in any capacity Los Los Angeles Examiner f o o ACCORDING TO Attorney General Gener l Jackson certain labor leaders responsible sible eible for recent strikes In defense d indus Indus- industries Industries industries tries have definitely communist comm thies They are following long establish ed Soviet wrecking tactics It no noW no remains to be seen whether the rank and file of labor will continue continuo to accept this kind of Inspired alien leadership It It doss dous the tho government will have no choice but to use tho the sternest measures and and the public will back the govern govern- government government government ment up Labor can clean house now adjust its grievances through mediation I and buckle down to the vital defense Job To continue to strike against the nations nation's safety will prove the most suicidal thing labor can do o o o oAS AS AN avid reader of the tho nations nation newspapers you may feel that nothing else is going on en in the tho world but war and more war war- There seems to be bo no room for any other sort of news the columns crowded with activities of bel bel- belligerent bellIgerent countries and of our own de de- defense defense defense plans There appears to be little else of any consequence but dont don't tool fool yourself there arc are things al althe all the time that are of or vital Interest to tous tous us and are arc taking place in our midst and all other sections Babies are being Continued on Page Pago Four i f l fl 1 Dads Dad's Column y 11 I 1 v J Continued from Page One born bom born young people are aro getting married d death still makes a n. call visitors come our own folks go We try to give you all allot of ot this personal sort of news as well ns as home politics and local business con con- We still plug for local entertain entertain- entertainments entertainments ments meats and civic meetings There arent aren't any readers but who ho arc aro anxious to get this typo of news interesting to our subscribers In town and those on the mailing list o o o oIN IN m THE good old summertime the highways are aro kept busy taking care of the tens of thousands of people who head for vacations near and far to lakes to parks to seaside and mountain through the countryside they go happily figuring on fun and frolic In each auto crowding the driver sits care and cau cau- caution caution caution tion and In their shadow sits an im Im- impending Impending Im- Im Impending pending figure to warn the driver of the tho consequences If 1 he falls fails to give care and caution enough room The driver must take into account that he be has more than Just the responsibility of the vacation pleasures on his shoulders I Since Si ce there thero are more travelling tra on the roads in autos during the summer there will be an nn Increased number of traffic accidents This usually accompanies every vacation picture Be Bo careful drive cautiously cau cau- cautiously cautiously keep sober O O O HIGHWAY AY HIJACKERS THIS MONTHS MONTH'S Readers Reader's Read rs r's Digest re- re reveals reveals eals how ho minor automobile repairs are dressed up in fancy language to Justify exorbitant charges and discloses other tricks used by garage and repair men to gyp the unsuspecting car owner The I article The Repair Man Will Gyp You I If It You Yo Dont Don't Out Is based on lengthy hand first field studies by investigators In Investigators in- in investigators for the Readers Reader's Digest and reveals some surprising facts about the tricks used by dishonest auto repair men mento Jn to their dally daily operations I O O O OIT IT WAS Thomas Payne who said Had HadIt It not been for America there would had bad been no such thing as freedom left throughout the whole universe I. 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