Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
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~ By ROBT. H. YERKES ~

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Robins are singing = daffodils
have made their appearance, and
the farmer is busy preparing his
ground for planting. Spring is all
around us-the very air is charged
with new life. What a pity that
this, the most beautiful time of the
year, must be dedicated to the re-
sumption of killing on the grand
scale. In every corner of this tired
aching world, men are springing to
arms, and instead of putting the
seed of life into the soil, they will
torture the good earth with steel,
poison gas and wasting chemicals
and the youth that should be STIR
ring the earth with the plow, will
instead drive engines of death
across its shuddering surface.
When will this killing stop? When
will men learn to live in peace and
harmony? These are the questions
that 20,000,000 war widows and
orphans of this war and previous
wars are won't to ask. Will every
spring bring this resumption of
hellish assault, or will the springs
to come be dedicated to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness?
This spring that question will be
decided for the next 1000 years
in the steaming jungles of Burma
: and the Philippines, on the burn
ing sands of the Middle East, on
the plains of Russia and on the
seven seas.
/s/s/
The other day an acquaintance
of mine discussing the war with its
attendant privations spoke of the
sugar shortage and what a nuis-
ance it was to be forced to accept
a pound, when five or even ten
pounds were needed. After listen
ing to my friend for some little
while, I asked him, would you not
rather go without sugar, tires,
gasoline, etc., if by so doing more
ships could be released to carry
vital war materials to the war
zones? His answer was a hearty
"sure / would, want to help win
this war, but l thought we had all
the ships in the world" The be-
lief of my friends that America
has all the ships in the world" is
shared by countless other Ameri-
cans. The truth of the matter Is
we are hard pressed for shipping,
we are producing more material
than we can transport, and unless
we are willing to give up countless
other comforts and even necessi-
ties, we will prolong the war for
an indefinite period. Control of the
seas won the last war, control of
the seas has won very major war
in history Control of the seas will
win this war. Release the ships for
war transport duty and the sinews
of war will flow to the battlefields
of Europe, Asia and Africa in an
never ending stream. This war
can and will not be won unless
we are willing to make sacrifices
as individuals. For example: John
Jones has two boys. One is on the
Bataan Peninsula, suffering the
"tortures of hell" the other boy is
first class seaman on a freighter
hauling sugar and bananas from
Cuba. to-, Eastern ports. Both these
boys are prepared to make the uI-
innate sacrifice so that you and
might continue to enjoy the Amer
lean way of life." The boy on Ba-
taan, however, might be spared a
hero's death if the ship carrying
the other lad could be utilized by
the army transport service. This
being done, both boys would be
happier in the knowledge that each
had done his part to stamp out an
all prevailing evil and bring vic
tory closer.
/s/s/
The following little poem, con-
tributed by Eva Baker, of George
town, expresses in a few words the
feeling of every true-blue Amer
lean:
Well Sacrifice and Fight
Hitler says we like our fun,
We laugh and sing
And chew our gum,
Well show him we can sacrifice
To grind his Axis in our vice
The Japs, too, think they have us
on the run
Well show them yellow tramps
We've just begun
And now that we have started
We are not going to stop
Until we are sure our Allies are
on top.
I'd like to see old Hitler's face
When his dreams of victory have
run their race
l bet he'll wish he hadn't upset
our peace
When he realizes the waving of
Old Glory
Will never cease.
/s/s/
With the permission of the school
authorities l am reproducing the
following theme entitled "a Good
Citizen" written by William F.
Mitten, a student at the local high
school, in connection with his So
cial studies. This article on "A
Good Citizen" is so timely and
contains a message of so much good
for the common veal, that it is the
fervent hope of this writer that
every person subscribing to the
Chronicle will take time out to
read it carefully and with rever-
ence, for there is contained in these
few hundred words a message of
understanding, strength and faith.
1t follows:
A Good Citizen
A good citizen is actually a COM
bination of personalities. Funde-
mentally he is a worker, then a