Milford chronicle., 1942-09-25
U. S. Treasury Dspr.

Stalingrad looks to the West fol
succor-all of bleeding, battered
Russia looks to the West for aid
which is so long coming, but come
it will, and in the very near future
The British and Americans will
not let the Soviets down-they in
tend to open second front. How
ever, they are determined that
when they do open a second front
it will stick. The news from Stain
grad this morning was some
what encouraging. The Soviets
had opened fianking attack
on the Nazis that threatened to
force the invaders out of the city;
this, coupled with the news that a
huge convoy had arrived in a far
northern port with supplies for the
hard pressed fighting m e n of
Josef Stain, frightened the picture
considerably.
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In the Solomons, the Japs, en-
ragged over their almost daily de-
feats in that theater of war, have
gone all-out to make sizeahle land
ings on one of the largest islands
in the group. The Marines, how
ever, control the airfield on this
island and also hold all other posi-
tions> of importance. So it. looks
that Mr. Jap is going to have to
take a shellacking whether he likes
it or not.
Ie/s/
On the home front the nation is
busy collecting scrap, which is SO
badly needed to keep the steel
mills, etc, running at full capacity.
In Milford the drive has been step
ped up considerably, and persons
having scrap and'no way to- .haul-it'
can have the same removed by call
ing IA, 19 or 1888. Remember, you
pile it, we1l haul it!
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The argument goes merrily on
between the air-power enthusiasts
and those who think that the air.
plane, vital as it is, can't win a
war alone. Such persuasive friends
Of the plane as Major de Seversky
are convinced that if the United
Nations could build and keep in
operation enough planes, Germany
and Japan could be literally oblit-
Grated from the .skies-and that |
major land operations would thus
be unnecessary. The fact that the
airplane has not yet proven a deci-
sive weapon means nothing in their
opinion-because no nation has as
yet been able to keep up air at
tacks on the scale necessary. The
majority of military experts don't
go as far as this. They argue that
relatively few of the bombs drop
ped by planes ever hit important
Objectives, and that the damage
done can, as rule, be swiftly rem
edied. They point out that con-
stant progress is being made in air
defense-such as camoufiage, anti
aircraft guns and fighter planes.
They think that the airplane can do
an all-important job in "softening-
up" an enemy and in disrupting his
supply lines-but that it will be up
to navies and armies to finish the
job. No one can say with certainty
which side is right. In the mean
time, the United Nations high =.
command continues to prepare for
a grand-scale invasion of Europe. |
If that invasion is to succeed, they |
figure. at least a million superbly- !
equipped fighting men must be
landed-and there must be another
million in reserve. This, when it /
happens. will be the greatest mill
tary operation in history.
H/s/ |
Our old friend, Joseph Jefferis,
sends in the following:
OUR BIG UNCLE
The little Jap would own the map,
And takes us to be sap;
But, Lo, and behold, he'll get a rap
That will make his ego snap.
He has prepared for many a year,
But there is something he did not
hear
That, once aroused, we have no
fear,
So he'll be finished in high gear.
So let him fume and fret and rave,
We will never be his slave;
When we get right, with all our
might,
Maybe then he'll see the light.
So, my ugly little man,
Who is doing all he can
No more Pearl Harbors will you
find,
So get it OFF your twisted mind.
Mussie and his clammy crew
Finally decided what to do;
We're the jackals of the pack,
Well. stab poor France in the back.
Hitler grinned to show his mirth-
I'll soon be master of the Earth;
But he figured wrong on one big
man, 80
Known to all as Your Uncle Sam!
JOSEPH B. JEFFERIS.
9-19-42, /,