001_Bombshell 17 November 1942

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BOMBSHELL
Commanding Officer - Robert Sears
PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE OGDEN ARSENAL
Administration Building, Room 211
Editor - Georgia Long Associate Editor - Edna Leaver Art Department - Slack W. Winburn, Director Lee K. Parkinson, Betty Hakalo,
James M. Mullen Photographer - John Seegmiller Printing - Fred E. Parker
On Tuesday, November 10,1942, the United States Marines celebrated their One-hundred and sixty-seventh year   of fighting from    ""The Halls of Montezuma   to the Shores of Tripoli.""     On November 10, 1775,    the U. S. Marines Corps was    created as a fighting unit.     Now, 167 years later they are still fighting for the freedom of all men, all races and all creeds.
The United States of the year 1775 had to fight to live. The work day then was not eight hours with lunch on the company time, and no work uniforms or work shoes were furnished them free of charge. No, they worked from daylight until dark, toiled with bare hands, and shed blood and tears to lay the groundwork of the greatest nation in the world -- a nation that is well worth fighting for with bare hands and blood and tears.
Yet, in a world that is   now twirling madly on its axis,    there are a surpris�ing number of people who are absent from work   each day for   reasons so insignifi�cant that they would make our fighting ancestors not only turn over in their graves but dig deeper into them.     Many of you   employees of this Arsenal, alone,    have sweethearts, husbands, or sons in the armed forces, fighting somewhere   in the world.    Stop for a moment and think how you would feel if you knew the extra shell or extra bomb you might have helped produce, had you been working today, would be the shell or bomb that would save the life of your loved one. But that extra shell or extra bomb was not produced because Mr. Jones had a stomach ache or Miss Smith had a headache.
Fellow employees, we've got a job to do. Let's not help the fighting Marines celebrate THEIR birthday by OUR getting drunk and then being absent from work two or three days with a hangover. Let's all get damn mad and go to war, ""Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition � Down the Assembly Line.""
� Bernard R. Diamond
Bomb Loading Plant.
We all know our rights and will undoubtedly insist upon them, but there is an old law that wherever there is a Right, there is an Obligation. Let us"" not be summer patriots or sunshine soldiers.
Those of us who came from Virginia will remember ""noblesse oblige."" Those of us who claim old Puritan ancestry which settled New England may possibly remember Whittier's injunction along that line:
""Sons of sires who sat in council With their Bibles 'round the board, Answering England's royal missive With the plain 'Thus Saith the Lord.'"" We others who are descended from the Mormon stock that settled so much of the West may well remember an old hymn sung by pioneer fathers: ""Shall I be carried to the skies On beds of flowery ease While others fight to win the prize And sail through bloody seas?""
Right now:
Hitler has all Europe at his feet.   In   a few months   with all the wealth of Europe organized, he will be able to build three ships to our one.
Hirohito has all the   wealth of the   Orient under his control.     In   a very short time he will be able to mass it against us.
There is no time to waste.   Every man   must prove before the bar of his own   soul whether he measures up.   We all depend upon our soldiers to bear the   brunt of this war, but, if, as we expect, our boys   and our brothers are to   furnish the blood, should we not at least furnish the sweat?
� Joseph Peach
Retiring Editor
Our compliments    to John E. Samara, retiring Editor of the Bombshell,    and best wishes   for success in his new job, the Daily Activity Report � which keeps him so busy that it has been   impossible for him to continue his work   on   this paper.     He is remaining with us,    however, in an advisory   capacity, so his fine influence will still be felt.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
The Halloween party at the White City, sponsored by the West Plant Oct. 29, was a great success.
The $25.00   Defense Bond   given as grand prize was won by Mrs. Carl Cowan. Defense   Stamp books   and   merchandise certificates   were given   as secondary prizes.
Miss Illa Hill  carried away   the honors for the ladies costumed as ""Sadie Thompson,"" and Oscar Rice for the opposite sex as ""honest George Washington."" John Ellis' popularity   was upped   50% when he won gorgeous ""Ella Elephant"" the gingham doll.   All the girls   wanted to dance with Ella!
The West Plant wishes to thank the Arsenal employees for their fine cooperation.
LOST AND FOUND Lost articles should be reported, to the Identification Bureau at Guard Headquarters. Likewise anything found should be left at the same place where it can be returned to owner.
Through identification, the following articles may be released at the Identification Bureau:
One pair of glasses
One camera
One kodak
One 38 revolver
One lady's belt
Visitor, being shown thru the Plant: ""Does a bomb that size often hit a man?"" Foreman:    ""Naw � only once.""
We are all Capable of more than we are doing