^CAROMOUNT RESS FOR SERVICE MSN & WOMEN" Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. Rodky Mount, N, Co December, 19^3 A NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE TO OUR BOYS IK THE ARMED SERVICES OF OUR COUNTRY 'ROM MR. SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL & CO., IRC. January 1, 1944, ttfch the hope of Peace on Earth, ° Towards Men reverberating from the Christmas bells in their 7 the and still ringing in our ears, we are vexed and bewildered present-day experience in a world for almost 2,000 years r the annual proclamation. Even earlier, these aims were found i®^(ieL^®iat:ions of the prophets and the teachings of great spiritual ll every land throughout the earth. Man can bring them to fruition at guided by the spiritual understanding which is the in- ^ the that lifts him above the beast and makes him the messenger Th '^Pora!.^®5 recipients of this newsletter, those who went out from this fr^ battle for a better world, represent a small part of the of men and women who have joined in defeating the evil that has «ned and the poison that has penetrated the world,' scattered over the four corners of the earth, the seven seas, deserts, in the Arctics and in the tropics, among strange ^ Iq varyinK comnrehensions and traditions. Ths whole wn-riA aTr«v.ir«he..e of varying comprehensions and traditions. *^ext door. The whole world everywhere science will give us means of rapidly reaching the ends of the electric current, but by aarial navigation and other means ^'^“63 television end radios* power transference controlled by ^ cells, is it true that the earth is really getting smaller? making of this planet a much larger community than we could c contemplate and with it, are we changing our own measure of such V'^Qe ft dimensions of its possibilities? That will depend on our K X’he seme rocket force which propels the shot from the will, it is said, send a mail bag across the ocean in less ^ miles a second, the horrors of this war V ®>akft ^ beastiality and magnificent heroism of which the annals of history record. They will consecrate us to the task of preventing the of such antagonisms. The » V®noftr°^® reach into the teeming population of the world with our cross-* ^hi] * ^^® ®®^® ^® realise that we can profit from taking what is good in HuJJok/®^Promoting the understanding of what we consider good in our own ^JJolerance of others' views and bigotry in stressing our own are % Th brings us to another forward step. Our first task is to ce enemy's power for evil. Then we must build up his greater