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Sioux City Journal from Sioux City, Iowa • 3

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God Bless America a plain, sentimental title for an obscure song that was buried 20 years. Yet s'N 7v it's likely to be Berlin's monument. "Stand beside her and guide her, Through the night with a light from above." Special August E' OR Berlin was a meek looking buck CRYSTAL WHITE Laundry Soap for MAY SHATTER SALES RECORD Tune Recently Dug Out of Trunk for Kate Smith Program Arthur Bronson in the Philadelphia Record: "God bless America. Land that I love." Out of the last war came this war. And out of the last war came this song! God Bless America.

It's becoming America's theme song. It may be our new national anthem. Schools, religious groups, educational bodies and patriotic organizations have taken it up. It was the theme song for both dem 4 i I J0-' Is IHlHMHMIIHrtMHMiaHMnaV XwwiimO' GOOD 0 TODAY ALSC! with this coupon GIANT 5 BARS With 25c purchase (certain exceptions). Von do need" Brinff coupon to Drug Dept.

Good Monday. this coupon private at Camp Upton in 1918. He wrote a musical comedy for the soldiers called Yip! Yip, Yap-hank! Included among the songs was God Bless America. "But Tdidn't use it in the show," Berlin told a reporter "It wasn't needed. Everyone was emotionally stirred and realized what we were up against.

It seemed like carrying coals to Newcastle to have a bunch of soldiers come out and sing it." So Berlin laid the song aside. Twenty Tears Later Two years ago he was in Eu ij Aupf. i-m at jvaiz fiug joluxc jnnn. mm ihuuuoj w-m Bars. No mail order.

ri I I nnnrnnnnnnnnnnrannnnQDLJ Half-Price Special Katz Cuts the Price Former 10c CHANCELLOR CIGARS Kate Smith Irving Berlin Because Kate Smith, the "Moon Over the Mountain" radio singer, Daimng is Tv 1 Suits Introduced God Bless America to the public, its composer, Irving Berlin, has granted her the exclusive right to use it on a commercial rope. It was the time of the Munich crisis, and Songwriter Berlin felt pretty grateful that America YOUR FELT HAT CLEANED AND REBLOCKED radio It's free, however, for all patriotic purposes and all Ladies' satin mm 5 for Sngar royalties go to the boy scout and girl scout foundations. wasn mixed up in the business. He wanted to write a song to ex ocratic and republican national conventions this year. It's a hymn of thanks that we happen to be Americans, this day in 1940.

Yet it was written in 1918, a "war tune for a camp show! And never used! lastex suit. Regular J3 value. $50 Sunny Italy. Then he changed "his press his sentiments something like Thanks, America, he says. But wgl who makes its laws." Irving Berlin, who is mighty proud Of his song, has a right to be.

Peanuts Boasted Found 17c name to Irving Berlin, wrote Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1911, and up to the top of Tin Pan Alley Unsung: in a Trunk Buried away in a trunk by its The wail of the synagogus is he couldn't hit it. Then he came home and Kate Smith asked him to write a song for her Armistice day bsogram. Box of W. 1.9 came Irving. To stay.

writer, Irving Berlin, the song was in his music, the cry of the immigrant, and the struggle of the Free 5x7 forgotten until two years ago, when Something to wake up Americans to their good fortune. Berlin tried, without luck. poor boy working his way up. Irving was Israel Baline origi The felt hat season will soon be here! Now is your chance to get your hat -eady at this bar-gain price 4 remember quality workmanship at all times. This Offer Good Until August 20 AVE FOOT CLEANING WORKS 618-620 Pierce St.

Phone 5-5008 8-intn Hi-Speed ENLARGEMENT He was asked recently if he agreed with others that God Bless America might 'be a new national anthem. "You can't vote a national an nally, his father a rabbi who fled it was unearthed for Kate Smith. You won't hear it over the radio much because it's restricted. Band leaders can't pep it up for dance use. Yet it's free for any a pogrom in Russia.

Israel was a or 8 exposure roll of film kid of 4 when he came to the them," said Berlin. "I know you don't sit down and write one. The patriotic purpose. And royalties on sheet sale and other use every Electric every 89 3 states. They lived in New York's Bowery.

Israel sold papersythen became a singing waiter irk Mike's on Pell street. Then, in 1909, Israel left for finish ing. All for 25c penny go to charity. Free! Cream Jerpen's Lotion Tie Value Both for 39c Dorothy Perkins Cologne Bath Powder ti Value $1 people adopt a song, or they don't. "I think that God Bless America is the most important song I've ever written.

I'll tell you about it in five years." Then he remembered that forgotten tune, dug it out of a trunk-ful of manuscripts, and made a few changes in it' A militaristic line like "make her victorious on land and foam" was taken out. And Berlin found that it would do. "It's not a patriotic song," Berlin said, "but rather an expression of gratitude for what this country has done for its citizens, of what home really means." Immediate Hit It's the only Irving Berlin song that hasn't been plugged or pushed wrote his first song, Marie From commercially in Berlin's 33 years ie 4c Katz Fountain Feature States pays $35 an ounce and attracts the bulk, of the gold offered Our Regular 20c for sale in the world markets. Total world production is esti CONFIDENT OF GOLD FUTURE Mound's Candj Bars 6 for I4c Wash Cloths 2c Halted Milk No Substitutes Used Any Flavor Kate Smith first sang the song November 11, 1938. It sparked the mated at about $1,200,000,000 an nually.

Whatever the rate of inflow from now on, the United States T-J 17 ale tremendous gold stock some call call it a "near corner" seems DOUBLE RICH Dee ream destined to become embroiled in ill ur August Furniture Today and Every Day Katz Special Double-Dip ICE CREAM S0DA(o)c international politics. Nazi spokesmen lately have turned the spotlight on it, suggesting it may go imagination of America immediately. 4Trom the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans white with foam." Berlin's publishing house didn't even bother to publish the song until six weeks after the broadcast, when orders started to come in. Berlin felt that his song had a rare quality that he wanted to keep. So the lyrics were copy-rightedasagainst commercial radio into eclipse as the world's chief EASY TERMS ON AMY SUITE form of money.

Confident of Future Role Strawberry Chocolate or Vanilla Full Quart (2) Choice of flavors American money authorities concede the rigidly controlled totalitarian economies may get along program use (except Kate Smith's) Dine on Our Air-Conditioned Silver Balcony or Fountain American Experts See No Danger in Huge U. S. Supplies By Frederick aGrdner New York. W) From the United States treasury assay office in downtown Manhattan hard by the Wall street financial district armored cars -are moving $5,000,000,000 in gold for shipment to a bomb proof shelter behind the Appalachian mountains at Fort Knox, Ky. When the shift is completed, the steel concrete vaults in the Kentucky sanctuary will harbor about $10,000,000,000 of the precious metal more golden treasure than man ever concentrated in one small spot before.

Yet the Fort Knox store will be less than half the in gold known to be in the United States. This is about 80 and kept away from all swing ar fcTlSssSsSw Monday Luncheon and Dinner without gold for internal use. Where they part company with nazi doctrine is on the question of the future role of gold. Some authorities who have discussed the gold question lately contend the rangers, cabaret and nightclub use. Regular 40c Value Sunday Luncheon and Dinner Regular 50c Value ROAST TURKEY Cranberry Sauce.

Wnipred Potatoes. Whole Kernel Corn or Molded Sun as it began to look as if FRICASSEE OF VEAL he had a new American theme song here, Berlin decided to dedi metal whatever system Germany Jf shine Salad, Hot Rolls, Butter, Coffee, Iced Tea or Milk. Chocolate with Buttered Noodles, Whipped Potatoes. June Peas, Bolls, Butter, iTea or Coffee succeeds in building in Europe will maintain its ancient value as the chief international medium of cate it to American use. He segregated every penny of royalties, formed a committee of three prominent Americahs--Col.

Theo exchange and will continue to serve a high purpose as the base dore Roosevelt, and 35c MINERAL OIL 50c NOLLE of credit and currency in the United States. Those who take this view lament I PINT LIMIT I Shave Cream, Limit I Don't Miss the Many Special Values on the description of the United per cent of the world's Sloom.Suifes Living 000 recorded monetary gold reserves. Uncle Sam the sole custodian of the nation's gold reserves holds about $2:0,400,000,000, distributed among Fort Knox and 430 75c DOAirS Kidney Pills 10c SWANK Toilet Tissue 3 r25iJ States' stock as a "gold hoard," implying a store of inert metal, and argue the flight of capital to the United States in itself is the best answer to the suggestion gold may cease to exefcise its lure for mankind. Much of the billions of dollars During Pur August Sale 270 50c REVELATION Tooth Powder, limit 1 other treasury vaults. Another 21c 25c FEEIIAMIIIT Chewln? XaxatiTe Herbert Bayard Swope to administer the funds and decided with them to devote' the money to the boy and girl scout foundations.

$45,000 Already The fund has already reached $45,000 on the 500,000 copies of sheet music sold to date. Variety magazine figures the amount will go over $100,000 on sheet music alone--a record for Tin Pan Alley. Other unusual features there is a royalty of 8 cents on each copy. (On the average popular song it's 3 cents.) Patriotic songs are never moneymakers. This one is different.

It's a best seller. There's been no plugging of it on the radio. Any reputable organization has been free to use it. Here Are Just a Few of Specials $1,600,000,000 or so is held, in this country chiefly by the Federal in capital transferred to the United States in recent years, they hold, came here because the unpar 50c UHGUENTIHE An attractive two-piece over- Cif? Rtuf fd suit In a. choice of ten 120 KATZ COFFEE Pound 1(1395 430 This suite Is styled in the lat- est design and is unusually comfortable and attractive.

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This suite is especially large and comfortable. 110 20c SIIIG-SIIIG Bird Seed inanogany or iue colors excellent styling at only 39c 60c PULVIDE Roach Powder This Is Funny In Britain London. (JP) Grimes, London Yet sheet sale has continued Star artist, devoted a cartoon to ,430 50c FRESH Deodorant 70c VASELINE Hair Tonic Reserve Bank of New York for foreign account, mainly European central banks. Crest Is Passed Bankers say the crest of the tidal wave of gold imports probably passed in June when the fall of France caused a huge transfer of reserves here from Europe. June imports amounted to The flow to this country, they explain, should diminish simply because most of the world's reserves already are here.

The June receipts almost equaled the annual total output of newly mined gold. The British empire produces about 60 per cent of the newly mined output. As long as England needs war supplies, she is 63d amazingly. Berlin states that in all his career not one song has achieved SOLID WALNUT chair on nociiER RUGS AND CARPETS 9x12 VELVET RUGS 590 70c KRUSCIIEH Salts the plan to evacuate school children to Canada. He pictured a stout housewife, peeling potatoes and tell her small son: "I don't know whether to send you to Canada or not." popularity as did God Bless America, that every other had to 51.00 IROIIIZED Teast Tablets 590 Red Leatherette 5 late patterns in attrac- tive colorings.

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