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Show fHLPhillipr p STUDY IN AMERICAN STRENGTH ("Three American airmen, Edward Ed-ward Mallory Vogel, Tennessee; Izzie Goldberg, the Bronx, New York; and Edwin J. Sipowski, Wau-kegan, Wau-kegan, 111., killed in a takeoff in San Juan Harbor, were buried side by side with a Protestant chaplain, a Roman Catholic priest and a rabbi officiating. The flag for which they fought flew over them." News item.) I A chaplain, a priest and a rabbi Protestant Catholic Jew Three Yanks in three simple caskets cas-kets , Three colors, red, white and blue . . . A hush on a tropic island As notes from a bugle fall Three rituals slowly chanting Three faiths in a common call! U A lad from the Bronx; another Who joined up in Tennessee; A third one from far Waukegan A typical bunch, those three! A crash in a naval airplane . . . A rush to its crumpled side . . . And nearby Old Glory marking The reason the trio died. Ill They answered a call to duty From church and from synagogue syna-gogue From hillside and teeming city . . . Three names in a naval log! Each raised in his separate concepts con-cepts Each having his form to pray But all for a faith triumphant When rituals fade away! IV A prayer in Latin phrases And one with more ancient lore; A Protestant simple service All one on a distant shore! "Qui tollis peccata mundi" . . . And, "Enter ye unto rest" . . . A blessing from ancient Moses . . . For three who had met the test! V This is the story mighty Making our sinews strong: Boys from the many altars Warring on one great wrong! This is the nation's power, This is its suit of mail: Land where each narrow bigot Knows that he can't prevail! L'ENVOI A chaplain, a priest and a rabbi Protestant Catholic Jew Knowing that, forms are nothing If but the cause is true; Challenge all craven bigots! Tell them, as brave men die Fighting for fullest freedom , Tell them they lie . . . they lie! VANISHING AMERICANISM 1 Popper, I wish we could have an auto, too. 2 Where's the road map? I wanna wan-na plan a tour. 3 Why don't you take a nice ride over the week-end? 4 This car will give you more pleasure than anything you ever owned, I'm telling you. 5 We did 400 miles the first day and 540 the second. 6 The train service to Miami is all right, but I love to go by auto. 7 What're you doing tonight? Wanna go for a ride? 8 Slow down to fifty miles per hour. 9 Cars Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Ex-changed. 10 I just can't imagine what we would do if we didn't have a limousine. lim-ousine. 11 We're putting up the sedan and just using the beach wagon. "All theaters use coal except the St. James where 'Without Love' is playing." N. Y. Times. How about changing it to "Without Heat"? Ima Dodo was found standing on a pier in a howling gale for several hours the other day. Asked the reason, rea-son, she replied: "I'm conditioning myself to live indoors under the present heating rules." Can You Remember Away back when people used to envy folks who had automobiles? automo-biles? GAS RATIONING PATHETIC . CASES A crying towel for Chidsey Brace: He owns a wayside eating place! His plight compares with Otis Carr's The owner of two rural bars! Oh, shed a tear for Casper Mix: He bought a home out in the sticks; He said: "This place is far away;" They said: "A car solves all today!" "Information Please" has been signed by Heinz & Co. We warn John Kiernan that from now on the temptation to call it the "mighty bean" program will be irresistible. Slogan for 1943 Two bicycles in every garage and some horse meal in every pot. Maybe baseball could aid the war effort by adopting heatless umpiring. Elmer Twitchell thinks that "Queen of the Flat-Tops" is a rtory of a woman with strange tastes in millinery. SUMMARY The battling tenants of the nation No fuel-oil, no gas, no circulation! |