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A new and commendable trend has been noted in
advertising lately, both in newspapers and magazines.
It has been brought about by a widening recognition
of the new cultural and moral uses of advertising and
indications are that this new form of advertising will
do more to stamp an industry or product with enthus
iastic approval than anything in recent years.
Practically all industries at this time are existing
for one purpose — to aid in this country’s war effort.
Much is expected of these industries. They’re on the
spot. John Public wants to know what they’re doing.
Auto plants that once produced shiny chromium
plated motor cars now are manufacturing dull-colored
tanks. They don’t look as pretty as the straight eight
models they used to produce, but the tanks look
mighty pretty to jittery John Public. So in place of
shiny autos in the adertising columns, you see tanks
and airplanes. And John Public begins to look with a
much more favorable light on the manufacturer.
Even the tire companies which have nothing to sell
at the moment have combined sound patriotism with
business acumen in educational advertising. This is
directed toward helping their former customers con
serve what they have. And the automobile companies
also have used some advertising to tell their former
customers how to better conserve their present models.
Likewise, food manufacturers have made use of ad
vertising to prevent the company from incurring ill
will for wartime interferences over which they have
no control. One advertiser who wanted to explain why.
as a result of less tin. there would be less canned food
in his store after this said:
“Don’t blame your grocer! And don’t blame your
Government! Pin full responsibility on Hitler, Hirohito
and Benito — and be glad that less tin for us means
more bullets and shells for America’s guns!"
Besides retaining customer loyalty, such advertis
ing constitutes an important morale builder in adjust
ing the American public to the inevitable depriv
ations of a wartime economy.
United Nations %t War
It is related that President Roosevelt gave consider
able thought to the term that should be applied to the
nations engaged in the war against aggression and that,
finally, he decided upon the “United Nations,” which
is strongly reminiscent of the “United States” which
former the American Government.
So far as we know, the first official use of the term
“United Nations” occurred in Java, Netherlands East
Ind'es. (in January 2nd, when the “Southwest Pacific
Headquarters of the United Nations” issued its No. 1
Communique of the war, telling of attacks upon an en
emy convoy attempting ‘to pass southward through
the Strait of Macassar.’
In the course of years, it is quite probable that the
United Nations will play as important a role in the
history of the world as that which has been playec
by the American colonies, referred to in our Consti
tution as the ”un ted States.”
SYNTHETIC RUBBER BALLOON
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Somewhere in the United States, at a testing grounc
an Army crew launches a barrage baloon produced o
synthetic rubber. The U. S. Rubber Company is utiliz
ing the synthetic product for the blimp, similar in de
sign to those which aided London’s air defense.
Local Board Classifications May Be
Corrected By Board of Appeals
All local boards welcome the adjudication of their
acts by the board of appeal when registrants avail
themselves of their right to make legitimate appeals,
John L. McCormick. Territorial Selective Service Di
rector, stated today. He said:
“A local board does not object to having its classi
fications appealed. Such procedure will confirm the
opinion that, in a large proportion of instances, the de
terminations of the board are correct and yet it is frank
ly recognized there is a possibility of error and Reg
ulations provide for its correction. The registrant can
do considerable in the first instance, however, to help
the board and prevent a mistake.
“Like a jury, some local boards are influenced by
their opinion of the honesty and frankness of the reg
istrant. If they find any answer to be false, such as
on a questionnaire, the boards have a tendency to be
lieve that all of the answers of the registrant are in
correct or questionabV' and act in accordance with
their opinion. If the attitude of the registrant himself
is open and frank, there is a natural inclination for
the boards to lean forward in their consideration of
the registrant’s status. Any registrant is misguided
when he attempts to conceal information or is evasive
in explaining his circumstances.
“There is no involved legalistic procedure for ap
peal,’’ Mr. McCormick said. “If the registrant wishes
to appeal to the board of appeal, he may file with the
local board within ten days of notice of classification
a written notice of appeal. This is a simple statement
of the appellant, showing that the individual has the
| right of appeal and specifying in what respect he be
: lieves the board to have erred; he may direct attention
! to any information in the registrant’s file which he
believes the local board has failed to consider or give
! sufficient weight; and may set out in detail any in
! formation which was offered to the local board and
i which the board failed to include in the registrant’s
; file.
“Appeal to the Board of Appeal may also be initiat
S ed simply by the appellant’s signing the "Appeal to
Board of Appeal” on the registrant’s questionnaire.
; He may not appeal on physical grounds.
“The registrant’s file is then sent to the board of
appeal. After decision of the board of appeal, the lo
ral board is informed of the decision and sends to the
1 registrant either a Notice of Continuance of Classi
fication or a Notice of Classification, depending upon
whether the board of appeal affirmed the local board’s
classification or gave the registrant another classific
ation.
“Decisions of the board of appeal are not published
by the board, but are announced in the same manner
is an original classification of the local board,” Mr.
McCormick said.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN!
that the Annual Municipal and
' School Board e'ection will be
held on Tuesday, April 7th, 19-42,
at City Hall, Nome, Alaska, for;
the purpose of electing -the fol
, lowing officers viz:
Mayor; three members of the
Common Council; City Treasur
er; City Attorney: City Clerk
; and a member of the School
Board.
Polls will op^n at 8 a.m. and
close at 6 p. m.
M. J. Walsh. City Clerk.
KILLED 116 JAPANESE
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! Captain Arthur W. Wer
muth above), of Chicago
; was reported by Clark Lee,
. the Associated Press corres
f | pondent on Bataan Penin
-jsula, Philippines, to have
- killed 116 Japanese and
captured many more.
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America’s first paraski troops, experts both as parachutists and skiers, are con
ducting an experiment to determine the worth of the newly organized unit. Top:
the troops have just landed and have abandoned their parachutes to don their
skis and shoulder their weapons. Bottom: They’re off on a mission, ready for ac
tion before their transport plane, disappeared over the rim of nearby hills.