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...take the air, famed Pilot Jimmy Mattern at the controls. Lady Halifax said: "May I say to you and all the good workers of Lockheed . . . the people of Britain will welcome the arrival of yet another Hudson. . . . And now your labor takes wings. Go, Jimmy Mattern, and God bless you." The plane streaked off for the Rockies, Canada, Britain and the war. Lord Halifax smiled; Lady Halifax seemed close to tears...
...several years I have carried a $5 bill to be laid upon the collection plate at any service where the time-honored "bless" prayer was used. It was only last Sunday at our local church that I parted with my bill. Our new rector told me afterwards that it had not been a mistake but intentional...
...Excerpt from the "bless" prayer: "O Lord, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favor to behold and bless thy servant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and all others in authority...
...Morning, which ageless, wizened Composer Berlin wrote during World War I. Any Bonds Today? is a conventional dance tune whose sentiment is Buy a share of freedom. Neither song is likely to set isolationist feet a-tapping. For some reason, Mr. Berlin's popular and patriotic God Bless America has been ticketed as an interventionist song, and shouted down at America First rallies...
From the new songs, as from God Bless America, Composer Berlin will not make a penny. He has assigned full rights to the Government departments, and ASCAP has cleared the songs for free radio performance...