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EDITORIAL
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HE IS AN AMERICAN
He is an American.
He hears an airplane overhead
and if he looks up at all he does
so in curiausity, neither in fear
nor in the hope of seeing a pro
tector.
His wife goes marketing, and
her purchases are limited by her
needs, her budget, but not by
decree.
He comes home of an evening
through streets which are well
lighted, not dimly in blue.
He reads his newspaper and
knows that what is says is not
knows that what it says is not
honest untrammeled effort to
present the truth.
He never had a gas mask on.
He has never been in a bomb
proof shelter.
His military training, an
R O T C course in college, he i
took because it excused him
from the gym course and it was
not compulsory.
He belonged to such fraternal
organizations and clubs as he
wishes.
He adheres to a political party
to the extent that he desires—
the dominant one if that be his
choice but with the distinct re-;
nervation that he may criticize j
any of its policies with all the
vigor which to him seems prop
er—any other as his convictions
dictate, even if it be his decision
on which holds that the theory
of government of the country is
wrong and should be scrapped.
He does not believe if his party
is out of power that the only
way in which it can come into
power is through a bloody revo-\
lution.
He converses with friends even
with chance acquaintances ex
pressing freely his opinion on
any subject without fear.
He does not expect his mail!
bb dpened between posting and
receipt, nor his telephone to be1
tapped.
He changes his place of dwell
i' and does not report so to the
police.
He has not registered with the
police.
He carries an identification
card only in case he should be
the victim of a traffic accident.
lie thinks of his neighbors ac
ross international borders — of
-those to the north as though they
were across a state line, rather
than as foreigners—of those to
the south as strangers since they
speak a language different from
his. and with the knowledge that
there are now matters of differ
I
i ence between his government
j and theirs, but neither with an
expectancy of war.
He worships GOD in the fash
I ion of his choice without let.
His children are with him in
| his home, neither removed to a
place of greater safety, if young
nor if older ordered ready to
serve the state with sacrifice of
limb or life.
He has his problems, his troub
les his uncertainties but all oth
! ers are not overshadowed by the
imminence of battle and sudden
j death.
He should struggle to preserve
his Americanism with its price
less privileges.
He is a fortunate man.
He is an American.
—New York Sun
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HOW COME?
ffiThe American public should
not be alarmed by reports that
| our battleships and defenses are
inadequate. The fact is that the
United States government has
been building up its armament on
I the seas, in the skies, and on
land, many years. As a result we
are prepared to fight if we have
to. “How come” all this scare
stuff?
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400 CADETS ARE
WANTED U S AVIATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (VP) —
Secretary of War W’oodring call
ed for volunteers today for avia
tion training in the United Stat
es Army. Woodring said that ap
i proximaiely 480 cadets will be
; taken for Army aviation train
I. i
ing courses.
Applicants must have had two
years of college education, must
be between 20 and 27 and must j
pass rigid physical examinations.1
The flying cadets will receive $75;
a month and their board and
lodging during the training |
course which consists of three'
months at an aviation school and j
| six months at a regular Army fly ,
(ing field.
After the nine months train
ing course is completed they will
be graduated as Second Lieuten
ants in the reserves.
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You sing a little song or two,
And you have a little chat.
You make a little candy fudge
And then you take your hat.
Your hold her hand and say good
night,
As sweetly as you can;
Ain’t that a heck of an evening
For a big healthy man. ,
The downfall of man is gener
all caused by the upkeep of wo
! men.
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God Bless Ireland
Is Cry as Death
Sentence Imposed
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (JP) —
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
implied that the Pan American
consultation begun toward com
mon action as a result of the
German-British naval battle
within the Western Hemisphere,
“neutrality belt” disclosed that
Uruguay was assembling official
facts for transmission to the
President of Panama who acted
as liason official among the Am
erican republics. Since the Pan
ama neutrality meeting, natural
ly Hull said, this on its face
would indicate an occasion for
collaboration and concern on the
part of the American nations.
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Pan-Americans
Feel Concerned
Over Naval Battle
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LONDON, Dec. 14 {PP) — Twoj
men were convicted of complic
ity in the explosion at Coventry j
on August 25 in which five werej
killed and for which the outlaw-!
ed Irish Republican army was j
blamed. They were both sentenc
ed to death.
One man was James Richards,
aged 29. He cried “God Bless
Ireland and God bless the men
who faught and died for her” as
he was sentenced. The other man
was Peter Barnes, aged 52. He de|
dared he was innocent before!
the court decreed his death.
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