Evening star., 1942-07-05
Music
Phonosraph Record
.DriverIs Planned
For Men in Service
Bv Alice Epers,nan.

Householders of this city will
the American Legion or the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary between July
20 and August 2, with request to
turn over their old phonograph rec
ords to provide music for the men
in service. The burdens of the
fighting men will not be increased
by having to listen to these records
of ancient vintage, however, they
will simply be collected as scrap and
from the proceeds of sale new rec
ords will be bought and distributed
to all camps and overseas bases of
the armed forces.
This Nationwide house to- house
canvass by the American Legion Is
for Records for Our Fighting Men,
Inc, q new non-profit organization
of recording artists which has had
formal recognition Of President
ROosevelt's Committee on War Re
lief Agencies. Approval of the plan
was given by the National Execu-
tive Committee Of the Legion in a
special session in Indianapolis re-
Gently. Pledging their support to
the worthy cause are such artists
as Barbirolli, Lily Pons, Szigeti,
Busch, Serkin, Traubel, Menuhin,
Casadesus, Fritz Reiner, Artur Rod
zinski, to mention but few.
1t has been estimated that there
are more than 200 100000 old rec
ords lying around unused in homes
throughout the country. II the
Legion can collect but 10 per cent
approximately s500,0O0 can be real
lied from their sale. The sale will
be made to the recording compa-
MES, which have offered whole
hearted cooperation. The money
accruing will be used to buy new
records which a special committee
OF celebrated artists, not yet Sc
lected. will choose, at factory cost.
The plan to supply the men in
service with monographs and rec
ords is not a new one, for special
committees for this purpose have
been functioning in the War and
Navy Departments for some time.
But records for Our Fighting Men,
Inc, has new slant. Knowing the
scarcity of shellac, the basic ele-
ment in the manufacture of records,
they plan to sell to the recording
companies the old material to be
turned into new. Almost every
family who has ever owned a pho
nograph has batch of outdated
records packed away somewhere.
&c ic h0 tn o1A ~
attic or basement and contribute
your bit to cheering up the soldier
boys.
In this city group of patriotic
women started campaign for "Mu-
sic for the Services" Their objec-
tive is to collect sheet music and
instruments to send to musicians in
camps and already the response has
been extraordinary. Here is just
roughly outlined list of what has
been received already: For piano,
223 selections besides 81 piano COL
lection, 2 volumes OF Beethoyen's
sonatas, 7 duet albums and of
studies. For voice. 383 popular and
282 classical numbers, 40 song al
buns, 80 song and hymn albums. 6
oratorios and numerous choral and
sacred works. There are 8 collec-
tions of violin and piano morks and
many for other instruments, includ-
ing 13 for organ.
Nineteen cabinet victrolas and "a
pianos have been procured, tried
and distributed besides 1000 records
The music and instruments have
been placed in many camps, includ-
ing Fort Belvoir, Camp Meade, Fort
Benning, Boiling Field, Fort Myer,
YWCA and the Union Station
Lounge. Serving together with
other prominent musicians In this
group are Mrs. S. C Godfrey,
Quinta Frey, Margaret Tolson, Mi
riam Hilton, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes,
Mrs. Luis Guzman and many others.