Milford chronicle., 1941-11-28
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~ BY ROBT. H. YEREES -,

Those of you who were walking
on Walnut street about min e
O'Clock Monday morning probably
saw the kiddies of Milford enroute
70 the Plaza Theater for the annual
toy matinee sponsored jointly by
the Schine circuit, local manager
Mayor Edward G. Evans, and the
Milford School Board. Admittance
to the matinee Is by toy only, and
the children of grade school age
look forward eagerly to this al
most-free show. The toys collected
are turned over to John MCGEE at
the high school, and John and his
boys work miracles with a few
nuts, bolts and a little paint. Az
ter repairs are made, the toys are
turned over to the various char
table Organizations for distribu-
tion among the less fortunate chill
dren Of Milford community at
Christmas time.
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Red blood, blue blood-all col
ors, are needed to furnish the 150,-
900 donations required by the
armed forces of Uncle Sam to COM
bat shock and hemorrahge. Tiny
Delaware has agreed to furnish
1000 donations, of this amount Mil
ford will furnish pints, when the
Red Cross specialists arrive next
Friday, December 5.
Fri
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sading pen of Westbrooke Pegler
puts more fear in the hearts of
the crooked labor organizers and
their Shiny groups in one day than
all the hot air blown OF at Capitol
Hill in a fortnight. Mote: Wash
ington papers please copy)
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A few astute politicians say the
political cauldron has commenced
to "bile" especially In the South
ern part of the State. We trust
they don't stand too close to the
kettle; they might get burned or
gassed.
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When we went to school, History
was our favorite subject, and since
we graduated, it has continued to
be never-ending source Of de-
light for US. In fact good his
tory, ancient or modern, is one of
the few things we indulge in that
can make us forget meal time.
Yesterday, while reading the daily
paper, an item credited to the
United Press, carrying date line Of
Boston, November "a, took our
breath, for there, in clear, cold
type was the story that Nero, the
monster of Roman history, the
man without a soul, whose insect
GUS acts, cruelty and brutality have
never been equaled in history
the man who burned Rome and laid
the blame on the Christians to
save his own NANCY hide when
the populace of Imperial Rome
cried for his head-was not the'l
brute everyone supposed he was,
but rather he was a kindly sort of
fellow, who burned Rome to clear
the slums, taking care before the |
torch was placed to provide for the |
comfort Of the evicted Romans
with a well-proyisioned tent city
Just outside the city walls; and
while the confagration ragged he
put on his famous sfiddhng act not !
because he enjoyed the distress of
his people, but because he was
happy over a good job well done.
This choice bit of illuminating"
history comes from John Ihlder,
executive of the Alley dwelling au-
thority of Washington, speaking
before the Massachusetts Confer
ence of Social Work, recently. II
the statements of Mr.. Ihlder were
not so contradictory we would be
inclined to believe that he was
really in earnest when he attempt
ed to whitewash Nero; who, Incl
dentally, numbered St. Paul among
his victims. when he 'purged" the
Christians.