Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1943 — Page 26

ONE MINUTE TILL MIDNIGHT... one minute 7/4

Chock the lime! « « « It’s routine on every trip to “Shangri-la” — regulations demand it.

Check lhe lime! oo The scheduled arrival of vitally

needed war matériel depends on doing it over and over again,

Check thi lime! A. . That's ‘part of the co-pilot’s job

on every Silverliner in war paint. Yet one night—and soon NOW—it will seem anything but monotonous!

oe will glance at his wristwatch —and after the “hua.

is what he will have been waiting for—sad, i in pb

hat we are all fighting for...

Trees and toys . . . lights and laughter . . . giving and receiving... the spirit that’s evoked the moment we hear Christmas Carols on the radio—and that carries right through the holidays! Whether there’s 2 war or no war, “one minute till Christmas” has a world of meaning to every American man, woman and child!

Again. this year there will be many of us to whom Christmas Eve will bring only a momentary pause in our labors... the war workers on the night shift... the men and women operating Eastern Air Lines’ schedules at home and Military Transport Division schedules abroad.

Still, all of us who work —and all of us who, as a result,

must endure being separated from our loved ones— cannot

help but feel, if we think about it, that in so doing we are giving the finest Christmas present of all to our boys in the armed services. More than all the packages we bave sent overseas; more than all the money we have raised for service men’s

organizations; it’s the one thing our boys really appreciate most

and it’s one thing that only you and I personally can give.

It's our 100 percent cooperation in the war program! This is no time to relax our efforts, as the big fight lies

ahead —and every soldier, sailor and flyer is going to need all of your help and mine in the battles to ome. We on

the Home Front— that “Front of Fronts” — must continug to play our parts to the utmost to preserve for our boys the type of America they are fighting for and which we are enjoying today, when they return after the war.

Then let's resolve that next Christmas will not be one

of Separation but of celebration! And to that end we shall strive, by redoubling our individual efforts and backing the attack with War Bonds, to make 1944 a yea of Victory!

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