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•*' - Thursday, Margh 9, 1944 v-.iK. • «\£«• "/ >' 1• ; iy • - >*• . t< * -, ' i , •& »*^ \ .* ' * THE McHENKY PLAINDEALEB Page viV I !'• • ' ' ' • ' ' • j; • • . f . : y. ' * i . " "l^-v . i • • ; 1 ' j ; . , " r » J" • •: j- % '?A t j T T T T T T ? TY •Y 7 . • | * . !. ' \ C"? ft**" Report to the Nation: . * " !, " . . w j ,0 v: v . . • ' : -t-y' ;V.7V/> , m ' • • 1 *;# ;* / 5-. ^ / Mews that the 4th War Loan goal of $14,000,000,000 has been reached and passed will cheer American boys from Italy to the Marshalls. But they will hear the news not only over •puttering radios but over the din of battle. ( For the war still goes on with ever mounting fury. And that means that our War Bond buying must go on unabated, too. To the millions who bought extra War Bonds in this drive, all America gives thanks. To the 5,000,000 and more volunteer workers who contributed their time and abilities to help make the drive a success, your Government and your fighting men give thanks. To the thousands of patriotic newspapers, magazines, radio stations and networks, members of the motion picture industry, the outdoor industry, advertisers and agencies, retail stores, banks, post offices, credit unions, building and loan associations, labor unions, fraternal organizations and farm credit associations, the Nation gives thanks. Once again Americans have proved their determination!© '^back the attack" to the full. But the Mack goes on Xook at Italy. When the 4th War Loan drive ended at midnight February 15, the drive on Rome was still going on. American boys were still crouching in water-filled foxholes--clinging with bitter and bloody tenacity to a beachhead the Germans were equally determined to take bade. Thus on the same midnight that witnessed the end of the 4th War Loan drive, the hands of the clock met like shears to snip the lives of scores of American boys engaged in the Marck on Rome. And tf* ffofct go»s on. Look at Japan. At the same hour that saw the end of the 4th War Loan, the "March of Death" that shocked all America to a realization of Jap brutality to American prisoners of war •--that march was still going on. j * To liberate those heroes of Bataan and Corregidor before it is "too late," other American boys stormed and took the Marshalls on the road to Tokyo. But that March to Tokyo--still 2,000 miles away--that 'march goes on. And we on the home fyoni* --can we afford to stop now that the 4th War Loan is history, while r our all-important job of supplying and financing this costliest war of V all time still goes on? We have won. a home front battle here, yes. But just as our boys continue even more vigorously once they have estah* lished a beachhead, so we must continue to build on the success we have already achieved. The Bonds we bought last wee§| and the week before are today's exploding bombs and shells, and spent bullets can never be used again. We must provide for tomorrow, too. The need for new guns, planes, ships and tanks goes on. For the war still goes on with ever mounting fury. So while all of those on the home front who have boughtiBonds and have worked hard to make the 4thWar Loan drive a success have ' earned the Nation's thanks, none of us can afford to forget that our home front job, including Bond buying, also still goes ont SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY v- MCHENRY PLAINDEALER v. M. ' •» v. •