Nogales international., 1942-11-13

UTl1S week represents WdIIIl, COIU1d
and effective cooperation between
our Army and Navy. Before this
war could even begin to be won we
had to take North Africa. As
Churchill says it represents the be-
ginning of the end of the war. -
1--WE can win only by defeating
the Germans on the European con
tinent and by sinking the Japanese
Navy. We cannot break Japan by
mere bombing. Our big job lying
ahead of us is to land armies ir
Europe. American general head
quarters for the invasion of the
continent will be in Africa.
Pointing to soldiers of the 93rd
Division from Fort Huachuca occu-
pying seats in the stadium Mathews
said: Shortly after the first of the
year you'll be on your way
Then he said the next big task
for American troops now in Africa
and others to be there is to get
across the Mediterranean. THAT S
going to be a most difficult task
and is going to call for sacrifice OF
effort and lives" he declared
1.-The sooner we can land troops
in Southern France the sooner we
can win If we can land "a hours
ahead of the Germans that will
shorten the war two years.
BIG TASK AHEAD
1.-THE job we have ahead today
represents the biggest task any
nation in the history of the
world has had to perform.
This war compared to the
last war is infinitely different.
The war of 1917 was a mere
skirmish compared to what we
face in the future. Roosevelt
has said this is a war of sur
vivaI. A
Before we can win this war we're
going to have to mobilize practically
every human being in our economic
resources. What the future will
bring none of us can forecast in
detail"
Mathews declared it has taken
England three to four years to pre-
pare fer wan just as it did Hitler
and will take us. England now is
at last ready" he said.
England today is almost an
army itself. Practically every per-
son from IS and 70 down to- 16 is
mobilized in some kind of work
England has 100000 women in uni
form"
He. said the United States is at
war because it was invaded. 1--WE
thought that could not happen, but
it did happen, we were attacked by
the Japs on Dec. T." he stated.
Mathews told of what he saw on
his trip to England and how he left
New York at $3.50 p. m. one August
afternoon in an Atlantic Clipper
and walked into a London hotel the
next. afternoon.
COURAGEOUS PEOPLE
II saw how well the British peo-
pie stood up under the terrific pun
ishment given them by German
bombings I, myself, went through
four different alertS. The British
people don't even take to cover now
until they see great swarms o1
planes. They're courageous peo-
pie.
! London is no farther from the
front lines than Tucson is from
Nogales.
"Quite few Of those troops anc
planes I saw in England are nov
in Africa. I saw Flying Fortres.
limping home with two of its en-
gines knocked out. 1t had been at
tackled by Is German planes
Aboard the fortress was a dead gun.
ner and two wounded men but tht
other seven were intact and proue
of what they had done. The Amer
leans do not know what the wore
surrender means They're willing
to give their lives for you and M
and we owe a debt to them"
In opening his talk Mathews sait
that "a years ago this border a
Nogales was bristling with guns
Those days of distrust have change'
to confidence and mutual respec
' between the United States and Mex
ico," he said
= Seated ON the speakers platform
with Mathews were a number 0
American and Mexican army Off
GERS and federal, municipal an,
American Legion officials Ere,
; Kemmeries introduced the speaker
and Russell Meeker led the crow,
in singing God Bless America"
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