The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-01-23
Uncle Sam S Boys
Need Your Books

No matter how grim the business at
hand. everybody requires an occasional
hour for relaxation Or study. The men
i'm the armed forces of the United
states army camps, on ships at sea
-ured the stimulation and refresh
mcut which good books afford
We can all help thu ~ boys by con
tributing IL book Or two 10 the Victory
Book Campaign. This natinal drive To
COLLECT ten million readable books for
our soldiers. sailors and marines starts
today Books collected will be, used to
~ui.pitmr he present library ser
vices provided 10y the government for
our armed fOrCeS-SerViccS excellent in
quality but now definite ly Inadequate
in quantity.
The drive is sponsored nationally
hy the American Library Association.
The United Service Organizations and
he Red Gross. Locally tire campaign
i being conducted by the public Ii
br;Iry and the district offices of the
so and the Red Cross.
Books collected will be distributed
to:
/. Reading rooms of United Ser
vice Organizer; ions. The USO. created
To provide welfare services for the
army just outside the camps, in areas
for men on leave, and in industrial
areas, has been OPT rating in temper
airy quarters. 1t has in operation half
If the four hundred service clubs now
under construction. The number may
bt Increased to Il thousand by the end
of 1912 Each clubhouse provides shelly
ing for JW To 1000 volumes. A mil
lion or more gift books will be needed
q fill these shelves.
- Army c;Ump libraries. Captain
Ray l.. 1rautman, supervisor of the
army'S camp libraries. estimates an al
most infinite Use for books in the forts.
posts and stations of continental
United States and the outlying islands.
BY congressional appropriation, library
quarters. trained librarian and Il
hook fund are provided for camps Of
more than J.OOO men and travelling Ii
hraricS for smaller ones. In the biz
camps. 10 reach this library may mean
Il walk of a. much as five miles for
numbers of the troops Reading for
hours off duty should be supplied i'll
the day rooms of every company or
battalion and in he dozens or more of
recreation houses making total of
21.UH ralumcS To he available without
any fOrmality of charging in each
camp. Gifts 10 The victory book cam
pliSn will make these services possible.
;. ships libraries. The bureau of
navigation Of The Navy Department
has maintIintd Il well-suppOrted Sy>
TEN of ships libraries since the frs
world war. In addition to the program
of expansion from public funds, gifts
of up-tO-date popular and technical
material will he welcomed.
l. Marin :. The marines ordered
out To far island bases or to Alaska
have urgent need for additional read
ing materials
-. Merchant marine. The American
Merchant Marine Library Association
has carried the responsibility o. ser
vice 10 our commercial Seamen and TO
cHaSl guards. lighthouses and light
ships for over 10 years as Il privat, ~
supported organization. 1t is now merg
ing its annual drive for book gifts
with the national effort.
disability il being stressed in the re-
qut ST for gifts. Books worth reading
today are the kind wanted. whether
they be fiction. technical books. bio
Sraphy. gravel. etc. Unbound maya
zines are not b, ing asked for in this
drive.
This l. splendid opportunity for
everybody Ia do his part in an import
ant patriotic cause
The public library is he collection
center in WyandOtte.
Those wishing To contribute books
may leave Them at the WyandOtte
theater. y. X T. super market, or at
the public library. located in the Me
Kinney school. Cherry and Sikh