The shadow of this past grief faded from his countenance and in a brighter mood he exclaimed:
"If I could choose my weapons for the next war, I would choose doughnuts, to be thrown at each other across the Atlantic."⁴
⁴ Bibliography: E. Miller, W.H., "History of Jackson County, Mo.", Kansas City, Mo., Union Hist. Co., 1881. 1006 pp., illus., map. Consultant: Pearly Smith English, Service Officer, American Legion, (colored), Nineteenth and Missouri Street, Sedalia, Mo.]
Original spelling has been maintained; e.g. "_stob_—a short straight piece of wood, such as a stake" (American Heritage Dictionary).—The Works Progress Administration was renamed during 1939 as the Work Projects Administration (WPA).
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