Show yankee doodle spirit rekindled by nation pledged to freedom AM N K ie 4 1 e 11 11 SIA iwa y j w R at the nations capitol to boost stamp and bond sales irving berl berlin in songwriter is shown left with lucy monroe the star spangled soprano 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 tough and snappy ones like to be specific its our pacific and youre a sap mr jap 11 the days of fervent patriotism have returned to give america a new lift after the apathetic and the distraught for more than a year now ever since the fall of france jerked us out of a national lethargy america has been rekindling kindling re the spirit of 1776 reexamining examining re the glorious history that made her a great nation and putting her heart and soul to the task of defending freedom A few days ago the treasury de apartment part ment at washington received a check from a man who had won that amount at a movie bank night he 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 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 the themselves selves applauding pla spontaneously when the presidents face flashes across the 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 tip off inaugurating what might almost be called a patriotic school of tune smiths unlike anything tin pan alley had experienced before and less than a week after the first japanese bomb had fallen on unsuspecting hawaii the words and music boys were turning out fight in mad numbers like they started So methin but were gonna end it and lets put the axe in the axis maybe well get sentimental a few months a prominent publisher said recently but I 1 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 like star spangled banner and my country of thee americas involvement in the war has actually heightened national interest in such normally peacetime peace time activities as the far flung americanism program of the american legion designed to foster and perpetuate a per cent americanism one committee is working with local legion posts to stimulate interest in physical education hile health alth education and recreation because a healthy america is a strong america projects like the 1000 annual lewis S award for outstanding community service and the annual safe driving contest sponsored in operation cooperation co with th the e automotive 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 beof type of work during th the e war according to homer hamer L chaillaux of indianapolis national director le gionna ires seem to realize that the individual community is the basic denominator of american life and determined to strengthen it our job is to dramatize the glory of just being an american for this is is the only way well be able to have young americans understand and believe in the united states look anywhere in the country and find the same deadpan dead pan sobriety about this business a der to the wheel attitude that completely transcends even the darkest days of the last war look at vocational cat ional schools and find that in 17 months they have trained 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 preached from most pulpits churches throughout the country are now recognizing Christian itys 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 1 should say that today there is a deeper appreciation of danger to our country than existed at the beginning of the last war only a few 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 per cent the week after pearl harbor why are americans ready and willing almost anxious to pay the highest income taxes tabei in history and to spend 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 thus the mobilization of manpower and wo manpower this ti time has brought home the reality dfwar of war with an un vp Mus y A 4 V 11 1 V TA oro g lom w 4 VW ax W V fai ve M 3 this pretty stephens college coed co ed at columbia mo is also in step with the rest ot of the nation as far as purchasing defense stamps lg is concerned her patriotic zeal though assisted by some clever handi handiwork mrk surpasses that of most fellow americans and classmates she has made a flag out of her stamps sorry this new newspaper r know her name |