Nogales international., 1942-03-13
OUR CIVIC PLATFORM
IA GOOD HIGHWAY FROM NOGALEs TO MEXICO CITY
S-MORE HOUSES APARTMENTS.
"A PAVED HIGHWAY FROM NooALEs TO BIsBEE.
The Hungry Fighter

One of the axioms of the sports department is
that the fighter who is hungry is hard man to beat
in the ring It works the other way too-Wealth and
easy living so soften up the champion that it is not
too hard for the underdog to knock him out.
Doesn't that apply to Japan and the United
States? Certainly Japan has been hungry econom1-
caly for many years. And do we not still boast we
are the wealthiest country in the world?
Before Japan entered the ring against us, we
were told pretty generally that Japan did not have
enough airplanes Likewise, Japan could not with
stand rigid blockade, and Japans navy was no
match for our fleet. Japan could not produce the
arms And as to economies WE'LL Japan was starving.
Citizens being tossed into jail for bootleggng
rice!
Were we duped? No, those statements still stand
up pretty WE'LL though the first three months of the
war have resulted in victory after victory for the sons
of Nippon.
It also still stands up that we are wealthy and
fat, and those punches the Japs have been landing
have knocked the wind right out of us.
There is little point in crticiZing manager or
seconds. We are in the ring oursef facing the enemy
alone, and it is up to us to survive or die.
When President Roosevelt, in his message back
in January, outlined the tremendous job we planned
in the way of producing tanks planes and Ships there
was general tendency to puff out our chests. This
America after all, bigger and better than any
other land We would show them. --.--+~-
We are in the ring now, face to face with an op-
pOnent who has the spirit OF conquest in his heart
Our bank account is not much help when the bell
11ngS and we leave OUR corner to trade blows with
desperate man.
length is foe with his mind full Of murder, who is
crafty and we'll prepared who has the advantage of
fighting in and near his home town?
We will have to battle now with every physical
resource. We can't win this one by reading the clip
pings of our past triumphs The brown man is little
but ne is hungry, and he isn't afraid of us.
If we are the champion, it is time to show it pow
with fighting heart in factories on the field and
IN our homes. 1t is time for to come out swinging
hard, using every kind of wallop we can throw
In the words of the sports room, let's hit Mr. Motto
with everything but the kitchen stove!
Petting isn't done in England, saws Britisher.
Wonder what they call it there
woman can do most anything with hairpin
except make it stay in her hair
Not so long ago it was money some people used
to hide in the sugar bowl.
Barking dogs do not bite-while they are bark
Nothing is impossible except some people,
Japan seems determined to wrest from Hitler his
title of Public Enemy No. l.
1t doesn't help the war effort any to call strike
an interruption.
The Catawba Indian tribe has declared war on
Germany They must have seen that long lock of hair
down over Hiters eyebrow.
The will make womens hats more sensible
Says millinery designer. Instead of wasting fruit
and vegetables on hats, we'll put 'em on the table
The nations hens broke all records by laying
1871 100000 eggs in January They also serve who
only set
We don't know whether to take some of the crit
les of the Army and Navy attheir face value two
faced value