Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
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y By ROBT. H. YERKES y

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Those mighty Russians have real
ly turned the tables on the de-
spicable Nazis, and today we learn
that three great Soviet armies are
driving the once proud hOrdes OF
Adolph, Shicklegruber before them
in disorder. Even the Berlin broad
caster admits the situation on the
Eastern front is grave, and the
German pOpulace is warned that
the battle is coming ever closer
to the borders of the Reich. The
success in part of the Russians, is
due to the great quantities of guns,
planes. etc. that the United States
has been able to put into Russia
been greatly aided by the war in
Italy. For it is known fact
that dozens of divisions have been
diverted from the Eastern front by
the Nazi warlords to bolster theiI
forces in Italy, and the strife-tOrn
Balkans.
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The little lying Japs, who thought
they won the war when they slip
ped the "shive" in our unsuspect-
ing back at Pearl Harbor. are be-
coming worried. TOTO. addressing
the Diet" this week. said THE sit
uatiOn in the South Pacific daily
grows more difficult for our side;
we must prepare for a long, bitter
struggle" The little rat is right
in some respects. The struggle is
becoming more difficult for his
sinking little cOuntrymen. but il
has only started. Long before the
last bomb drops. Toto. Hirohito
and all the rest of the sons of
Japan will be blasted into eter-
nifty. Expect no mercy. men of
Nippon. for you will receive none!
P/S/
Bewilderment caused by the ac-
tion brought by 0PA against the
leading chain dry goods and var
iety stores of the nation. prohibit
ing them from selling women's
and children's dresses. coats
blouses and skirts at current
prices. if they sold them at lower
prices in the spring of 1912. still
prevails. Judgee Alfred c. Cox. of
the Federal District Court in New
York. after listening to arguments
said to the attorneys for the, OPA:
why doesn't Prentiss Brown take
this whole bunch of regulations
and orders and rewrite them so
that the average man can under
stand them?"
The OPA can say that no seller
of wOmen's and children's coats
suits. and dresses can sell at a
higher level than its top price line
in 1912, but how is Il store which
sold dress at 1.9S in 1912 going
to buy and sell Il dress at that price
in 1913 if no dresses are manufac
tured at that price? The store that
did not sell the $1.9S dresses in
1912 is allowed by OPA TO sell at
the currently higher prices.
This ruling will work hard
ship on the big stores. hut they can
probably weather through until
common sense again prevails. But
it is blow to the small-town mer-
chant. He is forced to choose be-
tween taking chance on being
sued and branded a law viOlatOr.
or sending his customers to stores
that did not sell the cheaper lines
in 1912. and are therefore allowed
to sell the higher price lines now.
People in small towns will be
forced to go to cities and buy at
higher price line stores. thus burn
ing up tires and gasoline. Both the
customer and the established mer-
chant are injured while price regu-
lattiOn. Ostensibly enforced to re-
luce the cost of living, actually
;auses loss and waste on all sides.
BY the same reasoning. OPA
night just as well say that a groa
cry store that sold line of
AIMED goods at certain price in
942. cannot sell at higher price
II 1943. even though there are no
AIMED goods at the 1912 price.
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In 1914. when the first World
Var started. annual fire losses in
he United States were a little over
90 million dollars. They increased
D over $50 million dollars by 1918.
nd rose to exceed $50 million dol
lrs i'm 1925.
When the second war started in e
$3.50. our annual fire losses had
cen reduced to about 275 million
in spite of tremendously
lcreased property values over
91i. From that date on. however.
,sScs began slow but steady rise -
nd now stand at slightly more ii
IAN 325 million dollars. This is a r
reat Improvement over the sharp al
mp in losses during World War |, A
with present enor-
Ously increased values al
Although losses have been ad-
Incimg." said J. NJ. Thomas. presi- tn
mt of the National Board of Fire on
fire prevention ac-
rities have been yielding results oh
Importance to the war effort. CT
Even before America went into pa
g war. the National Board of Fire 81
lderwriters had established ad-
sorry boards on fire prevention in ne
tn Army and Navy departments. w
) engineers are occupied full time
d are now augmented by nearly qu
D engineers from boards and bu- ca
aus maintained by the insurance
A similar group of ex- an
rienced men survey Navy shore of
and private ship Ed
rds. In addition. thousands of Br
II plants have been surveyed and MC
made for fire an
fety." La
Now is the time to redouble ef- da
It's to curb fire losses and pre-
Mt such rise in this control wi
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