Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-24
GIVE YOUR RECORDS
To THE BOYS In CAMP

Draft your Stacker records is the
slogan of the National Photograph
Records Recruiting Corps, a branch
of which is being organized in Audu-
bon, by the Woman's Club. 10 con-
duct the local end of a big campaign
for Photographs and records for the
men in camp and overseas. Musicians,
music dealers and patriotic persons in
all walks of life are being enlisted in
the work.
The week OF Oct &c to Nov. >
will be Stacker Records Week"
throughout the country. Under the
national Craftsmanship of Mr.. Vivian
Burnett. The author and composer.
with headquarters at 81 East 10th
street, New York City, more than
500 local committees are being
formed in all parts of the United
States, to push the drive.
Announcing the new movement.
Mr. Burnett has sent the following
message:
Music makes morale. and the
phcnograph is the soldiers favorite
Imusical instrument. In the training
camps. on the transports and battle
ships, and in the dugouts and hos
pitais. Photographs aic making the
men happy and cheerful, and help
ing to keep them fit. But in hun
dreds of places, records have been
played till they are worn out. and in
others machines and disks are en-
TREY ,2ckIng.
THE need of supplying in an or
ganized way the tremendous demand
for monographs and records has be-
come impossible to ignore. The Ma
tional Photograph Records Recruit
ing Corps has for its purpose CO.
ordinatt i. nationwide collection and
distribution of records and instru-
ments. Maj.-Gen. j. Franklin Bell,
our honorary chairman. urges us to
drum up every idle record in the
country. Other military leaders and
welfare workers have heartily en-
dorsed the movement. and promised
active cooperation.
Thousands of appeals for records
and machines have been received.
One man writes from Texas camp
where there are practically no out
side entertainments, another man
asks for machines for a tank train
ing station, another pleads for the
avitaion, another for naval train
ing camp. From men on the water,
we receive the most urgent requests.
Every big transport needs number
of machines, for officers, crew and
troops. and dozens of records. The
smaller coast hatrols, submarine
chasers, merchant marine vessels.
etc, also want monographs. From
overseas, demands come from men
in camp, from recreation huts, from
hospitals AID convalescent homes. \
million records; will only begin to
satisfy the demand. and as the first
donations wear out or get broken,
others must follow after.
in every home where there is a
monograph, number of good rec
ords are idle. These are the slack
er records that our boys need at the
front. Every loyal American is
asked 10 do his share towards furn-
ishing the fourth essential as music
has been called. towards helping to
win the war. Stacker Records Week
will start the ball rolling. and it is
hoped that a million will be collect |
ed then, TO go Immediately into serv-
ice at the front, on ship5oard and |
in the camps. New records will /
he welcomed. and machines and
needles with them
The Phonograph Records Recruit
ing Corps will cooperate with the
y. M. c. A, Y. w. c. A.. Jewish Wei
fare Board. knights of Columbus.
War Camp Community Service, and
other patriotic and welfare societies.
The problems of asserting, shipping |
and distributing are being worked |
out by an advisory board represent /
ing the official organizations in
charge of the welfare and recreation !
al work for soldiers and sailors.
Anyone who wishes to help in the |
work, or who can contribute ma
chimes, needles or records during the
week of the drive, should communi-
cate with Mrs. George Brady, chair
man. Ii you have any records to do
nate telephone her or leave records
with the Audubon Music Co. or the
Alderman Co.