Show eyes of the world are on boys town iown As big contest gets under way every slogan an entered Is A brick in the new dormitory to care for the boys who must now be turned away each year IT ephe HE eyes of the world are on the world s biggest little e ca city y this week boys town as the big build boys town contest i gets into full swing and they tacy should be because every single day at boys town something ot of great importance Dor tance to america has been going on for the past nineteen years i hoys boys town takes ho homeless himeles meles and abandoned boys off the j streets and out 0 of the alleys j saves them from becoming criminals and makes good productive american citizens out ont ot of thern them race color or crew creed you yott know mean absolutely i nothing at boys town jut so it la a homeless boy in need of help HOS town has dulde good citizens of homeless boys in the past nineteen icare not a single one of those boys is in jan jail or penitentiary today that a record though just stop and think a minute what crime to la costing this country every year CUDIE COSTS YOU EVERY DAY the federal bureau of investigation says crime is costing 16 billion dollars a year think of it that means it Is costing every wage earner a day seven days a week every single day of their lives what its cost ang you i now boys town has baa saved aboya boys of all races colors and creeds imade from becoming criminals and has made good citizens out ot of them J edgar hoover head ot of the na irions G men estimates the average criminal costs the taxpayers more athan than during his lifetime just the average criminal i that mean ones like dil il baby taca face nelson pretty boy bov floyd and some of the lother other outstanding ones i 11 well taking that figure of j 04 ass the cost of the i average e criminal career then boys town has saved the he tair tai payers of this country con sider ably more than 41 1 in the past nineteen yea years yes boys town has done a wonderful job and this newspaper Is proud of the way the people of this community are arc responding to the needs ot of liomel homeless ess boys but you know that although alt bough Roys town has done uch such a one fine job so tar far still becaas because e of lack of room a an average of boo boys must be turned away each year SEND YOUR youn SLOGANS on this same page you will find the names ot of those who have entered slogans to date fifty cents you know is s placed by this paper paix r in the big build noys boys fund for every new one year tub two year renewal subscription or two year past due subscription p paid a i d u up p turned la in by those taking part in the contest tile alio contest C closes 10 6 e s at midnight april 13 every week receipts ol of the fund to late date are sent along to boys town toward construction ot of the tha new dormitory building there BOYS TOWN CITY COUNCIL i am k the ocies youngest Youn geat and city commis edon busy city business HEAD OF G MEN WRITES this newspaper has received the following communication from J edgar hoover director ot of the bureau of 0 investigation at washington IA lyt t no congratulate you and your readers on the be splendid thins thing you are doing in your build boys town contest it if BOS town were just junt financially able to care tor for nil all the bom homeless eless boys in america that need its help then crimo crime would be dealt one of 0 the most effective an and crushing mows blows I 1 can Ining tinn inc sincerely oars J HOOVER BOYS TOWN BEGAN AS A IL DREAM boys town started nineteen years ago as a dream in the mind ot of its founder father flanagan he had been running a shelter ton fori homeless men drifters down and i outers bouters in omaha sometimes 1000 I 1 of these poor derelicts slept andi and ate la in his hotel on a single night from talking with thesel these men he was struck with one tact fact most of them were where they were because of 0 a neglected homeless boyhood then he decided to care tor for homeless boys he borrowed from a to pay the first months rent on ai i house in omaha two boys who slept in his mens hotel and three others he saved from going to the thol reform school wera were the first fivel five I 1 boys in his home hoys boys town lias has cared for 1 1416 I homeless roys boys in the I 1 past nineteen years all aro arc j today respected self sustain j lag ing citizens of their various communities not a single one is in a jail or penitent pe biary where would they be now but for hoys boys town j probably in the ranks of crime or at best pur purpose eless idlers and misfits that a splendid story back ground for a slogan contest thel the finest slogan in the world can be written about such a subject re member the whole thing to keep la mind la Is to make your ten word slogan as simple and effective as possible SEE RULES HULKS INSIDE it if you already done so sit down and write that ten word slogan today you may win 1000 ot 01 one ot at the other big cash prizes remember the subject Is what roys town means to america As a check on crime you wilt will find the simple rules ot of the big build boys town contest on page three ol of this newspaper do your part to fo the homeless boy lie ile needs you iles hes counting on your help to give him the only thing lie asks a chance to become a good american citizen help this newspaper build boys town |