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title: Valley Bandillo, USIS Tuguegarao, No. 6, front page (Tuguegarao, Cagayan, January-February 1953)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/valley-bandillo-no-6-usis-tuguegarao-front-page-1953/
description: Front page of a United States Information Service newsletter for the Cagayan Valley, with a masthead showing the U.S. and Philippine flags.
section: Collection
---

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# Valley Bandillo, USIS Tuguegarao, No. 6, front page (Tuguegarao, Cagayan, January-February 1953)

Front page of a United States Information Service newsletter for the Cagayan Valley, with a masthead showing the U.S. and Philippine flags. Lead items report a Philippine Army seminar on communism, a tractor sent from Boys Town, Nebraska, a Smith-Mundt grantee, and magazine supplies for reading centers. The tell is testimonial: a bishop is quoted tying farm income to the fight against communism, and the supply of U.S. magazines and gifts is credited to named American donors.

## Propaganda techniques used in this newspaper page

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
VALLEY BANDILLO
No. 6          United States Information Service, Tuguegarao          January February 1953

BOYS TOWN U.S.A. SENDING TRACTOR TO CAGAYAN

ARMY LAUNCHES SEMINAR ON COMMUNISM
A series of seminars on communism has been launched by the Civil Affairs Officer of the 11th Battalion Combat Team, Alimanao, Tuguegarao. Designed to inform the public about the true nature of communism and its existence in the Philippines the seminars are being attended by all public school teachers, public officials and civic spirited citizens. This is part of the psychological warfare program of the Philippine Army, being directed against the communist-led Huks. The army hopes to inform the leaders of the many communities within their area so that the people may have a better idea of the nature of the enemy they are fighting. [continues]

SMITH-MUNDT GRANTEE GOES TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
[article on Dr. Justiniano T. Mendoza; photo caption:] Dr. Mendoza

JUSTICE SIMMONS EFFECTS DONATION TO DIOCESE
A farm tractor will soon be arriving in the Philippines from far-off Nebraska, U.S.A., a gift of Monsignor Nicholas H. Wegner, Director of Boys Town. [...] "When we are able to increase the farmers' income," Mons. Olalia said, "we wipe out some of the conditions that can lead to communism. We of the Church also realize that until a man has some measure of economic security and until his minimum material needs are met, he can give little thought to matters of the spirit." [photo caption:] Justice Simmons

5,000 MAGAZINES FOR VALLEY FROM CONNECTICUT FOLKS
[article on reading-center magazine supply from USIS, naming LIFE, TIME, READERS' DIGEST, CORONET, SATEVEPOST, LOOK, NEWSWEEK, COLLIERS]

UN MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS, INDIVIDUALS
[article]

[seal:] UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE USIS
United States Information Service
Tugegarao, Cagayan
[handwritten:] 306-PPA-227A
```

Headlines, masthead, captions and imprint are verbatim; long body text is abridged or summarised in [brackets] to stay under the length limit.

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