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r. MEDFORD. MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1943 PAGE ITVB ill You Make This A-Dav . s Heroes of America? lor Our 9 uli .mpm ihihk,i ' Buy a n is J J! 1 lie J V- v 6. f - 1 ' l , 1u it s EASY to Buy BONDS It's as easy- to buy bonds as' to buy shirts or socks." Go into any store or place that's an issuing agent. Pay your money wait while the bond is typjd out with your own name-and address and take the bond away with you. You pay $18.75 for a bond you cash in for $25 in 10 years $37.50 for a $50 bond, $75 for a $100 bond, $750 for a $1000 bond. If you need your money before the bond matures you can get your money back with earned interest. Lend now lot your future. bond today to honor someone you know in the service Washington wept in his heart for his freezing troops And saw blood on the ice where shoeless fect had trod. "A strong nation is not born of indulgence and ease " Ob, heroes of America, who are abroad in the earth today, Enmeshed in the hot and unreasoning machinery of war We would not have you know how we cling to our dollars Our cowardly, slacker dollars, while you die for us. Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry .v "If a people hate war too much to risk all for freedom At the drop of a hat freedom will be taken from them.'' Forefathers of America, who carried the fearful weight Of a rebellion and a whole nation on your shoulders Who dared to face complete destruction turn from the sight Of our swollen bank accounts, and our little ideas Of how few bonds pay the price of our rich inheritance. Lincoln.; ; , with the great rugged soul of you suffering Risking the life of the Union to save it, Help us to be a credit to ourselves and to our children. American heroes Boys and men from farms and towns, From stark cities, from plains and woods and mountains, Who are Iayingyour lives at our feet for our freedom" , Wait now . . .for the impact of this successful hunt s Which heats out from corners and vaults, From dark and secret places, our dollars too decent To remain in' hiding when lending them is our duty, ' Our PRIVILEGE and your due. Whose War IS This? This isn't the "soldiers' and sailors' war. It's yours and mine. It's America and all we stand for that the Axis is fighting. That's you and me. We don't have to go to the front to fight we can send our money. If we don't do that, we're coasting while others carry the fight at the front and at home. Everyone is cither "motive power" , tor a drag on the war. Do all your share. In honor of a fightcr you know--or know about buy a bond today t If you POSSIBLY can ...you must buy a bond TODAY... else shame the collective heart of America. For today, all over the country, we all buy a bond in honor of a man or woman at war. Get tough with your money. Whip it out and make it buy bullets and bombs. Only slackers nurse slacker dollars. Send MORE of your dollars to war, to fight. Do it today, for this Is AMERICAN HEROES day.
