37mm Rapid-Firing Cannon, bakery card from the U. S. Armed Services series (D84), issued by the Ward Baking Company

Inscription: Printed text on recto of card: Among the newest and most effective war weapons of U. S. is the 37mm, rapid-firing anti-aircraft, anti-tank can-/non. A sleek mechanical marvel, it is towed to the scene/ of action by fast moving scout cars or trucks . . . swings/ into position in a few seconds . . . and fires 15 projectiles a/ minute. So sensitive are the fuses on these projectiles that they explode on passing through a piece of cloth.
Printed text on verso of card: BOYS AND GIRLS/ Here's How YOU Can Do Your Part/ For National Defense/ Healthy soldiers are not enough for America's/ defense. Every boy and girl must be in tip-top/ shape, for the health of you and your family is/ a vital part of national defense. That's why government authorities are urging/ every American to eat Enriched bread./ Ward's Tip-Top Bread is an Enriched White/ Bread. it is made from a selected blend of wheat/ flour perfected in the Ward Research laboratories/ which contains the natural wheat Vitamin B Com-/plex. Tip-Top Bread is also made with a Magic/ New Kind of Yeast - a yeast rich in vitamins and/ minerals and used exclusively in enriching the/ dough for Tip-Top Bread./ AND DON'T FORGET . . ./ Buy United States War Stamps! Every Stamp you/ buy is a saving for you . . . and helps build/ another tank, airplane or battleship for America./ Help keep our country the land of the free and/ the home of the brave!/ Your dimes can help America win the war./ U. S. Armed Service No. 1/ Listen to Uncle Don./ WOR 6 P.M./ every weekday evening./ 1942 W. B. Co./ [facsimile of Ward's Tip-Top Bread label]

Jefferson R. Burdick (American)