Milford chronicle., 1942-09-11

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!. These beds cost approximately $22
each. They are the latest thing in
modern hospital beds, with elevating
springs. In some instances surgi-
cal cots are used in temporary field
hospitals and there is a folding. bed
which may be used in ambulances.
Your purchase of War Bonds. and
Stamps can buy many of these
beds for the Army. You'll sleep
better if you know our boys have
every hospital comfort. Buy War
Bonds every pay day. Invest ten
percent of your income.
U.S.'TrsasGry Department
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Despite hourly assaults by. thou
sands of shock troops and masses
of mechanical equipment, the stall
waFt defenders of Stalingrad stand
fast What tribute to human en-
durance and love of country is the
heroic defense of Stalingrad. How
proud will be the children of the
defenders of this great Russian
Industrial city when, in the days to
come, after the war is won, they
will reflect on the bravery of their
sires. How exasperating it must
be to Herr Hitler, to have to stop
short in his drive for winter secur-
ity, and tie up the cream of his
eastern armies, as siege forces.
Hitler knows that the Germans are
poor besiegers; they demonstrated
that in the last war at Verdun,. and
the cry of Soviet Russia now is to-
make Stalingrad a Red Verdun.
The German panzers are organized
for war of movement-stop. them,
take them out of their machines
and they are far from iinvincible. /.
The Russians, although . greatly
handicapped for the past three or
four days by the failure of their air
arm to keep the Germans from re-
newing the almost constant aereial
bombardment Of the city, are IieY-
,ertheless blasting many Of the
Nazis out Of the. sky with we'll
directed "fiak" Many of the planes
that are being permanently ground
ed by the Russian anti-aircraft bat
teries, were formerly used on. the
western front. for patrol duty, and
the Soviets believe that Marshal
Goering has been forced to draw
heavily on his plane reserves.
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In New Guinea, the Japs seem
to be making some progress toward
the all-important allied advance
base at Port Moresby. However, it
is the belief of this writer that the
fNips" will have a lot of fighting to
do before they reach the port.
Newspaper articles state that the
Japs are painting their faces with
green paint to blend with the fol-
iage in their advance down the side
of he Stanley mountains. A.
Marine friend of mine, home on fur
Tough, said he was willing to wager
that the Japs who faced the Ma
rines in the Solomons, did not need
green paint; they turned green with
fear when the leathernecks blasted
them out of their foxholes. The
myth about the Japs being super.
men is lot of bunk; they are no
doubt, tough and treacherous, but
when they feel cold steel sliding
between their ribs they are no bet
ter at hiding fear than any one
else and perhaps not as good, for
their very foolish religion tells
them that they are invincible and
cannot be overcome.
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1t would appear that the second
front is about to open; just where
would be hard to say. We do think,
however, that it will be France.
Something is wrong in that coun-
try; Petain and Laval have COM
pletely lost their grip and it seems
to me that the arrival of an allied
expeditionary force in France now
will bring every Frenchman into
the war fighting mad and ready to
die to liberate La Belle France.
Mr.. Frenchman has had long time
to ponder over his mistakes; even
the collaborationists are beginning
~ WOTry dDOuI DdckiHB WrOuS
horse. When the British evacuated
the remnants of their defeated army
from Dunkirk, and the United
States was held back by a, crew of
isolationists from exerting any
part in the then unequal contest,
these scurvy creatures sold the
Third Republic short and jumped
on the Hitler bandwagon., Now the
wheels on the wagon are wObbly,
and the band is in Russia, waiting
to play for a German victory, and
the rats who deserted. the sinking
ship would like to find another
home. They will find a home but
it will be six feet under the ground.
The real patriots of France-the
people that took up clubs and paw
ing stones and joined the COM
mandoes who attacked st. Nazaire
will see to that. .r.
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