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Show Champ Bull Aids War Bond Rally I i y 4 tf -m, - j i "s 4 L w " V r ' ' ; E'h'i ' I A . ! Royal Rothes, a 2,000-pound champion bull, faces the microphone to hc!p rally war bond sales on his arrival from Scotland, and totals $38,475 in a 15-minute auction at the International Sales Pavilion at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. to guarantee the supply of meat for all our home folks and armed forces." Royal Rothes, who is less than two years old, was brought to the United States from Scotland on the Cunard-Donaldson steamship, steam-ship, Empire Bittern, which left Glasgow about August 17, in a convoy of about 40 ships. The sponsor of the bond sales, the American Shorthorn Breeders' association, as-sociation, bought $25,000 worth of war bonds, to help make the total more than three times the cost of the bull. Assisting the breezy "auction' were Miss Dorothy Bruce, a member mem-ber of the Scotch Kiltie band of the American Legion, and Miss Emily Krahn, secretary of the Polled Shorthorn Short-horn society, at the right of Miss Bruce. The famous royal champion of the big Perth, Scotland show, was flanked by Scotch Highlanders with pipe and Kilts and by American and British flags in the rally sponsored by the American Shorthorn Breeders' Breed-ers' association upon his arrival in Chicago from Scotland on October Octo-ber 13. In a statement from H. J. Gram-lich, Gram-lich, secretary of the association, he said: "Like the shot heard around the world, this single patriotic effort, ef-fort, in lieu of the usual International Internation-al Livestock exposition, can lead the way for town and city prize cattle exhibits and bond rallies, to be held where state fairs have been cancelled. can-celled. "To produce more on the farm Is just as vital a war effort as is top production in our factories. facto-ries. No other factor contributes greater assurance of future livestock live-stock progress than the acquisition acquisi-tion of purebred bulls like this one to strengthen America'9 position po-sition as the world's nursery for improved livestock. "This purebred bull is an example of the zeal and accomplishments of free people uniting to maintain quality qual-ity and quantity of our food supply |