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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH Yankee Doodle Spirit Rekindled By Nation Pledged to Freedom Remember She Was Nations Gal Remember the Songs we were singing back in 1917? The sentimental 'ballads of yesteryear have little in common with todays stirring patriotic tunes. Almost everyone ' more than 10 years of age knew the w .ds to Keep the Home My Buddy, Till We Meet Fires Burning, Again and Just a Babys PrayOn the lighter er at Twilight. side we learned and How Ya Gonna Keep Em BarberDown on the Farm. shop quartets have kept the songs alive.' At the nations Capitol to boost stamp and bond sales, Irvins Berlin, Sosongwriter, is shown (left) with Lucy Monroe, The prano, and Barry Wood, radio singer, as they looked over a copy' of Berlins latest song just before the community sing. Berlins number was one of many that came out right after the war started. Unlike the tearful, sentimental ballads that characterized the last war, these were Star-Spangl- tough and snappy ones like, Youre a Sap, Mr. Jap. To Be Specific, Its and Our Pacific The days of fervent patriotism have returned to give America a new lift after the apathetic 1920s and the distraught-1930sFor more than a year now, ever since the fall of France jerked us out of a national lethargy, America has been the 1776 of the made her spirit glorious history that a great nation and putting her heart and soul to the task of defending freedom. . Come, Come, Madam Not His Problem Kindly Landlady And how did Teacher With steak at 45 cents you find your bed, Mr. Inlate? a pound, what would three and New Boarder Oh, surely I was pounds come to? not as bad as that! Johnny They wouldnt come to our house. Still a Friend one-quart- er So your wife eloped with your best Who was he ? friend. I dont know; never met the fellow . Ample Proof I hear the crowd hissed you at the theater last night ' A lie, my boy a miserable precedented impact. In addition to a fighting army of more than 7,000,-00- 0 lie. There was no crowd. men, the nation needs practicalthat many more people for air ly raid precautions work. Three million more men will be needed durPaid for Philippines ing the next year alone. Another factor mechanized warAt the close of the War with fare throws a harder punch at the civilian because it deprives him of Spain the United States agreed to commodities hes come to regard as pay Spain $20,000,000 for the Philnecessities. Theres plenty of food ippine islands, Puerto Rico, Guam this time, fortunately, but no new and Cuba, which was to be indetires for your automobile indeed, pendent of Spain, although the new automobiles are no longer United States did not actually take available. Aluminum frying pans over Cuba, says Pathfinder. The have become instruments of war terms were agreed upon under the and plastics once made into phono- treaty with Spain signed in Paris graph records are now being used December 10, 1898, and ratified for tank gears and instrument pan- - by the senate February 6, 1899, at which time the United State agreed to pay the sum within three months time. Hes Convinced treasury de- partment at Washington received a $100 check from a man who had won that amount at a movie bank That tall structures lean into a strong wind as well as away from it was revealed by a study of the Empire State building in New York city, says Colliers. In an gale, its tower sways 6 inches out of plumb away from the wind and then sways back 114 inches out of plumb into the wind, completing the eight-inc- h swing every eight seconds. five-ye- He didnt want to buy any savings bonds or pay his taxes just wanted to help Uncle Sam. At public gatherings throughout the country bathroom baritones are twisting the vocal chords around The Star Spangled Banner like they havent done for more than 20 years. School children are putting unaccustomed vigor into their oath of allegiance to the flag and the republic for which it stands, and movie goers find themselves applauding spontaneously when the Presidents face flashes across the night. screen. In some respects its like the wave of patriotism that spread across the land during the last great war, but sociologists are convinced that this time theres more grim determination and less hysteria a cold and calculating resolve springing from a recognition that for the past 50 years the United States has done too much talking about preserving our way of life and has taken too little action to really preserve it. Evidence of Seriousness. This atmosphere of seriousness is evident in the crop of new songs which popped up the first few weeks after Pearl Harbor. Song publishers, who can detect a straw in the wind even before the breeze comes up, began making allowance more than a year ago for the new national emotional situation they sensed this war would produce. God Bless America was the first inaugurating what might almost be called a patriotic school of tunesmiths unlike anything Tin Pan Alley had experienced before. And less than a week after the first Japanese bomb had fallen on unsuspecting Hawaii, the tip-of- f, words-and-mus- ic boys were turning out fight-i- n mad numbers like They Started Somethin' (But Were Gonna End It) and Lets Put the Axe in the Axis. Maybe well get sentimental in a few months, a prominent publisher said recently, but I doubt it. This time America is dead serious. Sales of patriotic music have gone up 40 per cent during the past few weeks and we expect them to keep asking for the standard numbers and like Star Spangled Banner My Country Tis of Thee. Americas involvement in the war has actually heightened national interest in such normally peace-tim- e Americanactivities as the ism program of the American Legion, designed to foster and perpetuate a 100 per cent AmericanOne committee is working ism. with local Legion posts to stimulate interest in physical education, health education and recreation, because a healthy America is a strong America. Projects like the $1,000 annual Lewis S. Rosenstiel award for outstanding community service, and the annual safe driving contest sponwith the Autosored in motive Safety foundation, are all doing their part. Sponsorship of Boy Scout troops, junior baseball and essay contests are just a few of the commissions other activities. Glory of Being an American. We anticipate an even livelier interest among Legion posts in this ac, type of work during the war, ' of Chaillaux L Homer cording to far-flu- Indianapolis, national director. Legionnaires seem to realize that the individual community is the tyasic denominator of American life, and theyre determined to strengthen it. Our job is to dramatize the glory of just being an American, for this is the only way well be able to have young Americans understand and believe in the United States. Look anywhere in the country and soyoull find the same dead-pa- n briety about this business, a attitude that completely transcends even the darkest days of the last war Look at vocational schools and youll find that in 17 months they have trained 1,775,000 men and women for war industries, 29 times the number trained during the last war. Look at religion. Unlike 25 years ago, when the doctrine of a holy war against the barbarians was from most preached pulpits, churches throughout the country are now recognizing Christianitys responsibility to help make the coming peace a just peace. The Right Rev Henry St. George Tucker, presiding bishop of .the Episcopal church in the United States, pointed out recently that in comparison with the attitude of the clergy in April, 1917, I should say that today there is a deeper appreciation of danger to our country than existed at the beginOnly a few ning of the last war. days after war was declared, interdenominational leaders called a meeting, with the slogan: In time of war prepare for peace. Why has it happened? Why did defense savings bonds go up 117 per cent the week after Pearl Harbor? Why are Americans ready and willing, almost anxious, to pay the highest income taxes in history, and to spend $150,000,000,000 to win the war Sense of. Danger. Broadly speaking, the answer lies in a more imminent sense of danger forced upon us by the knowledge that our own cities can now be bombed and we, ourselves civilians though we may be can be wounded or killed in our own homes. 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In the last war, public opinion was whipped up from the start by motion pictures bearing such titles as The Kaiser, Beast of Berlin" and To Hell With the Kaiser. This time Hollywood is concentrating on two entirely different objectives. First, theyre providing entertainment for soldiers at camps, and giving the public relaxation from war duties. Second, theyre turning out educational short subjects to improve morale,' to instruct new soldiers in various phases of warfare and familiarize civilians with their defense responsibilities, In short, the determination is already present. America knows she has a' job to do, and needs no shot in the arm to do it! i ng KC4 d at Columbia, Mo., is also in step This pretty Stephens college with the rest of the nation as far as purchasing defense stamps Is concerned. .Her patriotic zeal, though, assisted by some clever handiwnrk, surpasses (hat of most fellow Americans. and classmates.' She has made a flag out of her stamps. Sorry, this newspaper doesnt know her name. co-e- VVfiKJSHD DOMESTIC? 1 1 CrCARETTEl 2 blend ft The favorite cigarette with men in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard is Camel. (Based on actual sales records in Post Exchanges, Sales Commissaries, Ships , Stores, t i ' Ships Service Stores, and Canteens.) i T |