Description
Black and white 9 1/2″ x 14″ ad that asks “Will you help your country head off epidemics?”. The ad gives reasons and examples for “Why wartime and public health needs for paper cups and containers must come first”. The ad discusses quick Overnight Moves which is when thousands of troops are suddenly jammed into trains and must be fed and served liquid refreshments. Paper cups and containers are the safest way to prevent the spread of germs. The second picture discusses Building EXTRA planes – with paper! with a line of men going into a plant and the security guards checking the lunch boxes of the men to make sure they have brought paper dispensers. The last picture shows a sinking aircraft carrier with the caption saying Ice Cream – in the Coral Sea. It explains that when the Lexington was sinking the sailors went over the side of the ship carrying paper cups of ice cream because paper cups were plentiful on all ships due to their ability to prevent the spread of germs. The text mentions how, during the First World War, more than ten times as many Americans were killed by the flu than by the enemy. For this reason it was important to keep the spread of germs under control.
Source: October 26, 1942 Life magazine.
