Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
S Ocean Navy

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Now we are in a five ocean war
and we are required not only to pay
for the building of enough ships of
the line but also for hundreds of Lib
erty ships and auxiliary craft. The
amount of money you invested in
War Bonds when we had a one
ocean navy was all right then, it
isn't enough now. Buy more and
more War Bonds.
U. S. Treasury Department
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Soon, probably before this paper |
is mailed out, the British and the |
Americans will be driving across
the plains and hills of Italy. The |
campaign in Sicily has been sue
cessfully ended with a minimum
of casualties. American long
range mobile guns have been
wheeled into position. and huge |
high explosive shells are being
lobbed across the narrow straits !
of Messina. to create havoc among |
an already defeated. disorganized |
foe. Italy had her chance, but her
leaders have apparently not been
able to make up their respective |
minds; therefore the shelling and |
the bombing and invasion must go
on. Perhaps. when the italian peO-
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Nations really intend TO use un-
limited force to impose the terms
of unconditional surrender. they
will force the Little King" and
his generals to quit.
/S/S/
In the South Pacific. apparently
all He'll has broken loose on the
Japs. and the skies pour down
bombs on nearly every important
position in this vast theater of war.
The "Nips" are finding out to their
everlasting sorrow, that the Amer
leans, to use slangy expression,
have got what ii takes both in
men and material, and each pass
ing oday our air force and fleet
grows stronger, until that nOt-far-
distant day when our airmen will !,
rain bombs down on Toxic. and
TOTO and the sacred son of Heaven
little stink-weed" Hiro- ,
hitO. {
P/S/ :
1t was our pleasure last Friday G
evening to attend the open
House" given by the members of (
the Civilian Defense organization |
in the Third Ward. At the recep- '
ton we learned just why Mr.. H. \
COnnor Mitten, the chief warden,
has been so successful in getting |
this organization to click. The a
people. to begin with, each and '
every one, have the happy faculty
If being able to work together in l
harmony; no job is too hard or the g
hours too long for them to finish a f
ask they set out to do. These peo-
Die are not interested in doing a 6
OBJ for praise or credit, thus eli v
ninating the friction which often
zones up when part of a group F
kinks they have been sighted V
when the 'laurels" are passed out. ?
they. are just good, God-fearing
people. some of whom the writer s
S related to and many more of s
whom he is proud to have as r
riends. They are the salt of the p
,arth." and the American answer il
O Hitler who said 'the American
,eople are divided. they will not Al
work. together" they will welcome vi
'ur Nazi teachings with open
learts. If old "wormy" 'Shickle- e
.ruber could have seen the men Il,
nd the w@men too God bless
hem) working together to erect
his magnificent building and
quipment flor they created both
rom the ground upl be would
ave seen his Handwriting on the F;
Iall." W
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Our old friend. Joseph B. Jefferis. r;
ONES up with another poem:
UR FLAG FLIES EVERYWHERE da
N land, on sea, and in the air ~
ur flag is flying everywhere; 70
ur boys are fighting side by side, n
ever daunted by changing tide.
ONE are in fox-holes on foreign M
soil, d,
1hile we at home should work and
toll tu
o furnish them with what it takes 10
S winner takes all--life or death Gu
are the stakes.
the air out of sight, sie
eeping guard both day and night, do
re our heroes of the sky dis
ut to win-do or die.
I the oceans billowing foam. en-,
lr from us and Home, Sweet sis
Home, 70,
ley face the menace where they
lurk- od
lose Axis madmen, who have of
gone beserki en-,
JOSEPH B. JEFFERIS. bo,
tnch Heights. Ho