The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-11-02
NOW FOR
SOME MUSIC
"REC0RDs- R-FICHTERS WEEK
OCT. rs TO NOV. z
SEND YOUR SLACkER RECORDS
They will Go to Camp or Overseas
Through the National Phonograph
Records Recruiting Corps

October 26th 10 November 2 has
been designated as "Records-for-
Fighters-Week" and Jacobs Bros. OF
this city on Monday received COM
munication asking that they take
charge of this movement in Crystal
Falls. There is a tremendous demand
for records in camps and overseas and
the person who gives a record for the
use OF the soldiers gives something
that will cheer and inspire them.
Make II a personal gift and print your
name and address on the smooth
space OF the record with hat pin.
Our Boys Want Music.
Music is war weapon. Army COM
manders have proved by experience
that music Is as important to the NOR
ale OF the army. as any single force in
the soldiers life.
The boys can always sing, but they
also ask that music be made for them.
Bands and pianos satisfy only small
proportion OF the demand. The phono-
graph has become the soldiers favor
lte instrument; II is SO compact, so
portable, so complete, that IL furnish
es him, in trench, billet or hospital,
with any kind OF music he wants. In
the dugouts across the seas, on the
transports and battle ships, and In the
training camps, millions of American
soldiers and sailors arg hourly alb
sorbing comfort, cheer and inspiration
from the little records whirling about
SO magically.
Get Records Ready Now.
But in, thousands OF places phono-
graphs and records are yearned for,
and there are none. And in thousands
of places records have been played.
hour after hour, until worn out. Men
in the service are pleading for more
records and more machines--for the
music that they need to keep them
happy and cheerful and sin fighting
trim"
Thus the need OF supplying In an or
ganized way the tremendous demand
for monographs and records has be-
come impossible to ignore. Those In
touch with the situation have worked
along these lines for the last eight
months. and their work has resulted in
the formation OF the National Phono.
graph Records Recruiting Corps. This
organization has for its purpose co.
ordinated. nationwide collection and
. distribution Of records and instru
ments.
Leaders in the music world are lend
ing enthusiastic aid 10 the work. Lo
cal committees composed Of musical
philanthropic, and patriotic members
: are being formed all over the United
States and will work In connection
|, with the National Committee In gath
J ering and forwarding records through
~. w. G. A.. the Knights OF Columbus
the Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation
r Army, and the War Camp Communit,
: Service, which are all parts OF the wa
and navy departments commission ol
Training Camp Activities, are cooper
ating In distributing the machines. rec
ords and needles. Major-General j
a Franklin Bell, u. s. A.. commandant
s the Department OF the East, who dur
3 ing his military career has maintainc'
:. that music is an indispensable for n
G Hghting man. "a honorary chairman.
Don't Forget TO Add Needles.
/ In every home where there is
:. phonograph, number OF records ar
: idle Perhaps they are not the --latest
9 ternaps they have been played t'l
Q they become tiresome, perhaps H.
n owners are simply record misers
e ! oarding old records because they hat
to Part from them. These are "slack
o e." records that our boys nee AZ h
Il trout
= No one likes thu popular airs OF te
y or twenty years ago-why hoard Oh
9 records OF present-day favoritcs q
Q they are past being enjoyed bv ans
" one? The boys need them nov
< Draft Your Stacker Records Week
Q will search out these idle records an