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. ...... r MEDFORD MATS TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1943 A little child eollaoses "on the streets of Athens. A little medicine and food would nn hr and YOU have the power and opportunity to save her and thou aanda more like her in war devaitated lands. Will you help? Of- course you willll The rubbled remain! of a little village In China, visited by the "Som oi Heaven." People are freosing for lack of fuel, starving for lack of food, dying because there isn't enough medicine (o fight disease. For five long years they've been fighting OUR foe. Will you keep them fighting ... on our side? You willl 1 On a mountain road In Jugoslavia, ankle dean la snow, with knife-sharp rutted Ice tearing at half bare feet, re gallant guerilla fighters battling for OUR cause. Will you give him a pair of shoes, some food and weapons with which to carry on the fight? Certainly you will and you CAN1 - - A God forsaken South Pacific post, populated mostly with Marines, mosquitoes and Japs. There Is nothing to do between battles. Will you provide the boys with shows pass out cigarettes, chocolate and cokes ? Of course you'll' help these guys who are fighting YOUH ilghtl vs3:-'-' Fight back home a scared, aullen youngster stands be fore thVmagUtrateanoth.r ease of wartime Juvenile delinquency" rather in the service, mother In war work, the home disrupted. Here, on the home front, the children need help and friendly guidance. Will you see that th y get it? You CAN through the Medford Community and War Chestl , Am gent To All Citizens- Appeal ; - 5 77 HIS is our war.. Our men are in it . . at the front Ji or on their way. Our money is in it . .", war bonds stamps taxes. Our sacrifice is in it . . . rationing, scarci ties, priorities. We can do more . ! . We can help win the war sooner and with a minimum loss of life. We can give our fighters, our allies and their families, the great est weapon of them all the will to win. We could do more if we could be there and we can be, there through a prompt and generous gift. , Expressing everyday concern in a million kindly ways at the USO . . . controlling and preventing diseases which cost so many man hours on both the fighting and production lines ... keeping alive the will to live . for millions of war prisoners stagnating in the prison camps of the world . . . relieving weariness and strain among men who grimly sigh on again and again for merchant seamen's duty, despite torpedoes, icy water and burning oil. . Keeping valiant allies fighting because we care enough to save their lives, their families, their spirit, and their resolve. . Aiding the escape of countless refugees from the terrors of war, and rescuing the hope of our allies, their children from further panic, starvation, neglect and degradation. v Providing life saving medicines for the treatment of both civilians and armed forces of our allies. Replanting the ravaged lands with seed . . crushed hearts with hope. Teaching the crippled to walk again . . . preventing illness ... sheltering the orphans of family dissolution and separation. ' Giving guidance, encouragement, education and in creasing purpose to the young who must soon man our nation, and bolstering community strength in the place where it lives the' family. A thousand services . . . a million kindnesses . . . are wrapped up in your single gift to the Medford Commu nity and War Chest. It will cover a federation of agen cies stretching around the world and will reach into the lives of our fighting forces, our allies and their families. A speedier Victory, a friendlier understanding will come because the American people cared, enough to give voluntarily! Giving is Fighting too! Please Don't Wait To Be Solicited Send Your Donations Today To The MEDFORD COMMUNITY and WAR CHEST It's A Privilege To Be Able To Give! Give ONCE for ALL these Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts , Girls Community Club Jackson County Public Health Assn. Jackson County Recreation Committee USO United Seamen's Service War Prisoners Aid Belgian War Relief Society British War Relief Society French Relief Fund Friends of Luxembourg Greek War Relief Association Norv. egian Relief Polish War Relief Queen Wilhelmlna Fund Russian War ReUef United China Relief United Csechostovak Relief United Yugoslav Relief Fund Refugee Relief Trustees United States Committee for the Care of European Children This plea for public support of th 1943 Medford Community And War Chest published by . HOLMES' BEAR CREEK ORCIHLARHDO PAGE SEVEN
