Milford chronicle., 1942-06-19
D. S. Trfasnry Deearlmeni

U. S. Treasury Department
5 The eyer-growing and already
mighty air arm of the United States
Army struck another hard blow for
democracy and freedom this week
when fohr-engined rLiberator'
bombers operating from hidden
bases in the Middle East went to
the rescue of the hard-pressed
British conveys in the Mediterra-
mean, and battered II Duce's feet
into a mass Of burning junk. These
same bombers recently went on a
mission to the Ploesti oil fields in
Rumania, and while military men
will not talk of this particular raid,
ii is the concensus of opinion that
Herr Hitler will get little oil from
Rumania the balance Of this year.
The Army air arm has not only
been. active in the Mediterranean,
but it has also been active in China,
over the far reaches of the South
western Pacific, and in the North
ern Pacific in the region of the
Aleutians. Planes are rolling from
the assembly lines in an reverend
ing stream, at Henry F0rd's Will
low Run plant alone gigantic
bomber leaves the plant fully equip
ped every eight minutes. This is
only one of hundreds of plants, and
on the other side of the ledger
scores of training schools scattered
the length and breadth of the land
are turning out the best flying men
in the world. Men who know they
have a job to do and will do it.
Soon clouds of these planes will
darken the skies in all directions \
and ten of thousands, of tons of
bombs win rain death and de-
struction on every Axis city. with
enough left over to. pillow up the
country side with hot steel.
/s/s/
The fighting Soviets, miracle men
OF Europe, the first to stop the
yaunted Hitler war machine, are
still holding despite the fact that
they are hard-pressed. On every
front from Sevastopol to Murmansk
the Armies of Stain are resisting
the thrusts Of a frenized German
soldiery. Frenzied because every
man in the German army knows
that unless they can smash through
to 1.-THE Caucausian oil fields by fall
their whole bloody cause is lost
and lost this year. They are also
alarmed over the increasing air
power being developed by the Am
sricans. They are afraid that the
Americans will soon join with the
British in making shambles out of
the cities of the Reich. They Also /
fear that before they can whip the
Russians and consolidate their ILL
gotten gains, the United Nations
will launch a mighty invasion of
occupied France and sweep across
the west wall into Germany prop
er. The Germans appreciate the
fighting qualities of the English
and respect them, but they fear the
Americans, for they say the Amer
leans are unpredictable, and when
the odds are even the Americans
are unbeatable.
Is/S/
While naturally all the talk at
present is of winning the war, we
still should give some serious
thought to winning the peace, After
the last war we placed too much
power in the hands of other people
besides our own representatives at
the treaty board, with the result
that the foundation was laid for
the present struggle almost before
the smoke had cleared away from
the last. Let. us be sure this time
the United States has voice in
every decision, let us see that the
Atlantic Charter is put to work,
and is kept at work. We can plan
now to win the peace il we will.
/e/s/
On the subject of difficulties,
Henry Van Dyke wrote: mo doubt
a world in which matter never got
out of place and became dirt, in
which iron had no flaws and wood
no cracks, in which gardens had
no weeds, and food grew ready
cooked, in which clothes never wore
out and washing was as easy as the
soap p-imakers' advertisements de-
scribe it, in which rules had no ex-
ceptions and things never went
wrong, would be a much easier
place to live in. But for purposes
6f training and development it
would be worth nothing at all. 1t
Is the resistance that puts us on
cur mettle: it is the conquest of
the reluctant stuff that edueates
the worker. l wish you enough
difficulties to keep you well and
make you strong and skilful!"