Show K H 1 I 1 w t Dads Dad's j Column Colu n I t H J II II I I I I 1 I 1 I 11 I- I I Il I 14 Hit I y E-y I THE lIlE FUTURE UTU E I hid from that the future Is js ms ris WELL VELL our sight walk in the sunshine nor that mat we WC e 1 of the cloud cherish flower think not of ot tho the ten Wo We bUtt bUth dream of tho loom that may And nd weave us a shroud It u was good it was W. kind of the Wise One above To thug rung Destiny's veil eU oer o'er the face of our years ears not riot the blow that shall strike so we ve see at our love lo And nd expect not the beam that shall dry up U our tears Though ough the tb cloud may be dark there Is sunshine behind it Though the night may be long yet the morning is near Though ough the vale ale may be deep there Is music behind it it And hope mid our sorrow bright hope is still near Anon v o o ING FOR FOB THE TilE first time in six years Thanksgiving Day will dawn upon a aI world war torn torn ar and weary weary but but a I world at peace says the Elks Magazine It will be the first Thanksgiving since abcs war spread its blighting shadow over the world that the t e people of its America may gather and enjoy traditional feast without the thought that In all corners cor ers of the earth men menI and dying that those at are lighting fighting home may continue to observe Thanks- Thanks Thanksgiving I gluing giving in the good old American way I Thanksgiving Day this year will in indeed in- in indeed indeed deed be a n day of Thanksgiving Than It may maywell well tell be approached In the spirit of ot the theL f L little band of or Pilgrims who in 1623 bet et thanks for the aside a day to give bounteous harvest which came alter after a along along long bag drought had threatened the colony with starvation America may give thanks for bounteous ous harvest which have supplied not nott t only her people but fed the starving of i other lands throughout the worlds world's most moot i trying years I America may give thanks that the war warIs warIs Is 15 over the Weight of despair lifted Irom Itom Iro millions of ot hearts and her boys and Del girls are coming home The people of America will approach this Day with a truer conception of its real meaning As AJ they give thanks that wars war's death and de de- devastation devastation de- de are ar ended and breathe a prayer pray pray- er for lor the tho eternal rest of those the who will not come home they must to ask Divine guidance in i making tho victory purchased by the blood of our bravest travest and best the foundation of or a peace upon human brotherhood I o o o APPROVED ED EFFECTIVENESS EFFECTIVENESS AYS THE TLE former Navy Ralph A. A Bard America itself has developed tho kind of or warfare which a erful enemy could direct with de- de det t results against our own coast I We have proved the effectiveness of mass flight night from carrier-borne carrier aircraft We have ha proved that amphibious landings I An tan be made against the most stubborn resistance r Sea air power in the hands of or the U. U S. S Navy and Army is 18 our guarantee that such attacks will not happen here and that enemy action if H U does occur again will be confined to areas far from the continental limits ot of our homeland O O 00 O GREAT BRITAIN faced a crucial per per- period perIOd iod lad in 1942 when the steady and ever- ever Increasing flow of or vessels from American started says a British official These vessels re established submarine- submarine battered supply lines which in my op op- opinion opinion op- op was one of the most mos outstanding and nd decisive factors factor in the winning or oX ortho oti i tho European war second only In im im- importance imI I to t the winning of the blitz of Britain O O 00 O OIN IN Ix I DIDN'T KNOW BOOKS BOO IN the English language are arela II i la in demand and in Sweden l THE FALL Is an excellent time to transplant evergreen trees f THE ICELAND ICE government Issued I Permits for over radio receivers list last year S St. t. t r JAPANESE SILK before the war was wasi I I i approximatelY per cent of the world i RUSSIAN soldiers we wear leather shoes itt Uh fth two of sturdy sole sol lea lea- leather ther they O O O 0 NEw V E DISCHARGE DATE SOLDIERS WITH two years of service Mil bo eligible for discharge on or about March 20 without regard to their Point total ts Brig Gen Robert W. W Berry recently told the House military com com- committee O 0 O 0 O 0 ERy UY QUIET TO NEW tenant You know we keep It t. t very quiet and orderly here Do you have Ve any children No tHO HO 10 S Spiano t I ft to piano radio or I I No r j I Do Do you have a 0 dog clog cat or parrot I No No but my fountain pen scratches a little sometimes Exchange o o o 0 G I. I PEARL If F tRi DIVERS Dl I AMERICAN soldiers stationed at Island pearl center of the i orIel and one of the North African Air Command Divisions Division's most moot pie plc- bases Join the natives In a B f ting adventure diving adventure diving for preci- preci Otis u Ua pearls Sometimes the men dive for without success but their first v catch made mado all tho the effort eUort well worth Continued on Pago Page Four Dads Dad's Column Continued from Paco Pa o One the Persian The Ibe blue depths of while flawless pearls but tho the Gulf Gul hold many content to try soldier divers usually usual are arc in tho the more moro shallow waters for oysters aware of ot the ad adventure ad- ad adventure adventure Thousands of ot soldiers venture and opportunities for travel open to them as members of the Regular reenlisting these Army Arm are enlisting or of ot the opportunity taking advantage days daY they which ity to pick tho the theater In prefer duty C- C CO O O EVERY SMALL boy wonders why his ble father tather did not ha e sense ewe enough to go Into the candy and ice cream business ant O O O OA A SKYSCRAPER FOR SHIPS ONE OF OP the worlds world's first skyscrapers was a lighthouse built by the Greeks years before Christ It stood on the Island of Pharos near Alexandria and was as high as a 0 modern modem story 30 30 tory build build- 1 it stood a 0 ing ng For Tor some 1000 1600 years I beacon to mariners and n a model for tor I i tower architecture finally falling in InI ruins In 1326 A. A A D. D II O O O OMEN I I MEN REENLISTING G In the Regular Army for a 0 period of three years have ha I II branch of or service their choice of any I I Including the Army Air Forces Army I Ind Service Forces Ground Forces or Army and nd may also choose the first station where they desire to serve Those en enlisting en- en enlisting enlisting listing for tor either cither 2 years 18 months or orone orone orone one year will be sent immediately to Camp Kearns Utah or Greensboro N N. N C. C for overseas shipment I O O O DAME FORTUNE SMILES S ON I AND COURAGE ONE LUCKY find on the prospect trail may put a man on the road to I fortune but unless he follows through and plays the game while Lady Luck is I i t his riches may with him newly gained fade fado away and ho may be doomed to spend the rest of his life lite wooing Dame Damo Fortune Denver Denver Mining Record o o o 0 oWHY WHY WilY CANT CAN'T MacArthur get the Japs to fight among themselves like tho Chinese are doing It lt seems to us that tha it would solve salvo many of these Jap problems problems lems especially if 1 the ancestral visitations could be bc enlarged upon upon Exchange O O O SHIPS THAT STRETCH A FOOT American tanker grows I a 0 foot toot in length while taking on her lier cargo of or oil This Ibis expansion Is aused by tho the heft heal of the petroleum which Is 18 sometimes warmed to td temperatures of degrees to facilitate pumping O O. O 0 O 0 OTHE TIlE THE DANGER of those supporting strike votes Is that some time the yes voters will find themselves actuary outon out outon on a n strike that they really didn't want I |