Kathryn Elizabeth Smith 5/1/07~6/17/86 known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio was an American singer, a contralto, well known for her rendition of Irving Berlin’s God Bless America” at a time when it was needed most. But our schools and colleges are now teaching that she was a racist because the perfectly acceptable language she used 86 years ago is now considered offensive by SOME. Despite a long and popular relationship" with Kate Smith, the Philadelphia Flyers have cut ties with the late singer and removed her statue from outside their arena on April 21st. 2019.

When the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team played Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" before their game on Dec. 11, 1969, an unusual part of her career began. The team began to play the song before home games every once in a while; the perception was that the team was more successful on these occasions, so the tradition grew. At the Flyers' home opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 11, 1973, she made a surprise appearance to perform the song in person and t The US Navy plans to set up an official reporting and investigative received a tremendous reception. The Flyers won that game by a 2–0 system that will monitor reports from its pilots about UFOs. score. She again performed the song at the Spectrum in front of a But while this "X-Files"- type of operation sounds newsy, don't expect to hear capacity crowd of 17,007 fans before game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals details about it anytime soon. The Navy doesn't intend to make on May 19, 1974, against the Boston Bruins. Before this game, Smith the data public, citing the privileged and classified information had a "Flyer Record" of 36–3–1 (win-loss-tie). that these reports usually include, according to The Boston's defenseman Bobby Orr and center Phil Esposito, infamously Washington Post. tried to jinx the Flyers' "good luck charm" by shaking her hand after her "Military aviation safety organizations always retain performance. The Flyers won their first of two back-to-back Stanley reporting of hazards to aviation as privileged information in order to preserve the Cups against the Boston Bruins four games to two, with Bernie Parent free and honest prioritization and discussion of safety among aircrew," shutting the Bruins out 1–0 in the game. Joe Gradisher, a spokesman for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations The Flyers' record when "God Bless America" was played or sung in person stood at a remarkable 100 wins, 29 losses, and five ties as of for Information Warfare, told The Washington Post. April 20, 2016 The upcoming procedure comes in the wake of other government-related UFO news. In late 2017, word came out that the Pentagon had a secret "UFO" office that spent $22 million over five years to study strange and threatening aeronautical ¤ Sometimes the first step to forgiveness is understanding events. Although funding for the venture, called the Advanced Aerospace Threat that the other person is a complete idiot. ¤ Identification Program (AATIP), ended in 2012, the program didn't entirely stop, according to reports. When news of AATIP became public in 2017, the Defense Department released two Disclaimer: The South Jersey DEVILer is a funny/ satirical/parody/spoof, funny newspaper and declassified videos, which showed pilots talking about a bizarre aircraft that website published by The South Jersey DEVILer. appeared to accelerate quickly, even though it had no recognizable means of Advertisers are not responsible for content. All propulsion. These aircraft, which looked like blobs on the video, could allegedly humor is to be taken as humor, dive thousands of feet in an instant. and does not reflect the personal or ethical beliefs of By creating this new program, the Navy hopes to destigmatize any reporting The South Jersey Deviler. The associated with incidents that involve UFOs which could, after all, be militarized jokes are not meant to harm or aircraft from other parts of the world. offend anyone, but to entertain and bring a smile to your day. We hope that everyone will read this publication in that spirit. The DEVILer uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. The content of our web-site (graphics, text and other elements) is © Copyright The South Jersey DEVILer and may not be reprinted or retransmitted in whole or in part without the express written consent of the publisher. The DEVILer is not intended for people under 18 years of age. The Deviler gets jokes and cartoons from various sources, so if you find any of the jokes or cartoons to be copyrighted, please let us know so that we can give credit where credit is due. All jokes, photographs, and cartoons are welcome. Send your entertaining contributions to our mailing address. Photos and artwork will not be returned. Check us out @ www.thesouthjerseydeviler.com Copyright 2019 Publisher/Editor: Ken Camp P.O. Box 691, Elmer, N.J. 08318-0691 The 1st. copy of this publication is FREE. Each additional copy is priced at $1.00 (This does not include mailed subscriptions.)

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