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...hurry to get home. For days the movies' best screwball comedienne had been traveling crosscountry patriotically, plugging defense bonds. In Indianapolis she had lent a hand at flag-raisings, jampacked the city's big Cadle Tabernacle for a rally, where she led The Star-Spangled Banner. The blonde actress-who had often said she was glad she was not beautiful-in one day raised $2,000,000. Indianapolis called her Defense Bond Saleslady No. 1. Said plain-spoken Miss Lombard: "I'm like the barker at a carnival...
...intelligence test held here last week throughout the country by over 500 candidates for college scholarships began with the following question: 'How many stars are there in the flag of the United States of America-the Star-Spangled Banner?' Two hundred and five students said three stars; 180 said ten; 132 said 24; two said 13; and one said 55; all was guesswork. . . . Later investigations revealed that only two boys have ever seen the American flag, and they saw it in an old newspaper...
...lost, however, said Correspondent Cole: "Now that American commerce, American airways and American protection in West Africa are destined to play a great part in this war, the British colonial populations are anxious and clamoring to know more about the Star-Spangled Banner...
...resemblance to Japan's Rising Sun, two well-known sport emblems were blotted out last week: > Seattle Planeman William E. Boeing, owner of a large string of race horses, had his racing silks changed from a red ball on white background to a red square. > The redball skating banner, for generations the traditional ice-pond signal to indicate "good skating today," was condemned by northern U.S. communities. To find a suitable substitute, a contest will be conducted. One suggestion: a black-&-blue flag...
...parade ground at Fort Devens, Mass., a proud red and white guidon, unique in the Army, changed hands to keep a tradition flying. Inscribed on the banner, over two crossed cannon, were the words: "Battery D, 5th Field Artillery,' organized by Captain Alexander Hamilton at Watertown, New York, March 1st, 1776." The entire personnel of Battery D had just been shifted to the new 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion. To maintain at least the name of the oldest regular unit in the U.S. Army, the anti-tankers switched name and standards with the 5th Artillery's Battery...