Show Z f M on 0 1 TO america can be licked I 1 oot bof a slogan thought up by b this hysterical alarmist its a from adm william wliam M standley new ambassador to russia it II makes him an hysterical alarmist too which ought to make him a useful man to the goat new york had to have the war dumped on the door step before it realized the shooting had bad started the burning of the nor mandie woke the new yorkers up they let out the usual yell toi fol scalps but that was better than ne nc yelling at all they began to wonder what w was as going on welli well what was Leth argys another 0 of f oui crimes admiral standley warns have a look at the country away from the coasts and agree the big idea there is the bombers bomber cant reach us to them the only part of the USA at w war r is the part in danger of invasion wha mal makes those ostriches think the nazis or japs will hug the beaches they love to travel the fault finders who keep hollering that we dont know enough about pearl harbor dont even listen when you mention what the navy nave did later at the gilbert and marshall islands strait and java that the kind of news they like to monger man about new york the united states did not create the pioneer spirit the pioneer spire spin created the united states tha spirit has never failed our people it was in the gun pits at gettysburg it was in the trenches in france and it is in the foxholes oi of the philippines buy defense bonds the world picture is black bl ack today but it was black in 1778 when philadelphia and new york were in the hands of an enemy it was blacker still when the capital was burned in 1814 there were only americans then but they taught europe that though it could invade american territory it could never invade the american spirit that their artillery could crack an american Americ anfort fort but never the unity of the republic the american people have won every war because they have continued to fight the enemy not to question their own leadership five million americans stood off the world because deep defeat could not divide them that tradition is worth more than all the gold in fort knox our schools can truthfully teach that there were no boarders hoar ders at valley forge and the captain of the U S S constitution never had bad to ration loyalty today the tides of minila manila bay are ebbing and flowing but not the patriotism of the surrounded americans tokyo hopes they will soon run out of ammunition because even tokyo admits that macarthurs Mac Arthura Arthurs men will never run out of courage buy defense bonds the stiletto mob waste a second hopping on the RAP RAF when the nazzy ships slid through dover strait AU ali right it was a blow that hurt hitler got his ships home but who tied them up for months the RAF who fought off the invasion of england and changed germanys germanas Germ anys whole plan ol of the war the huns are on the russian front today taking a bloody beating because the RAF sent them there but one setback is supposed to rub out all their glories the toughest outfit of the war with a record full of glory is being crucified for losing one skirmish the idea is not being promoted here however that everybody hasto has to shut up blunders must not be excused or inefficiency and plundering concealed the chief thing is to notice chos doing the loudest yelling yellin and check back on his record lots lot S of the mouthpieces arent speaking in americas interest you dont have to be slant eyed to be a 2 good jap or to have an accent to deliver a message from berlin sure america A mer can be licked but sakes dont lets lick ourselves this little anecdote about a prime minister inister m and a reporter tells more about the stupid short shortsighted sighted think ing that was almost fatal to democracies than all the antell intellectual essays ever written stanley baldwin told a reporter 1 I want it to be said of me that I 1 never sent a single englishman to die on a foreign battlefield but prime minister he h was re reminded m don dont it you see you are piling 9 up trouble that will kill a million englishmen sn in the next war that 11 said baldwin calmly q is s a problem Pr tor for my successor buy defense bonds book publishers afre ae cutting el eighth gath of one an inch or on tomes alread to conserve paper the best book publishers five are standard izing the jackets on nonfiction non fiction A los angeles A lawyer has complained to authorities that japs are an using spot announcements 0 on 13 west coast high powered stations tt ti relay code messages to tok tokyo yo the N Y times is ia prepared for an air raid in its annex lobby where the paper is printed theres there is a disaster wagon equipped with helmets fitt first aid kits etc |