Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27

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One of the spots aboard these "Pig
Boats" that all crew members en-
joy is the galley. or kitchen. Space
limitations prevent an elaborate set
up, but cooks aboard these vessels
are justly proud of the meals they
prepare for their crews. Your in
creased purchase of War Bonds helps
make submarine life as pleasant as
possible. =. S. Treasury DcfGJimrmf
Invasion is in the air. Especial
ly after the hints which are being
put out from Quebec. Where our
President. Mr. Roosevelt, and the
British Prime Minister are hold
ing a history-making session. Just
where the allied hosts will strike
remains a secret. but We really be-
lieve that the great attack will be
launched across the Channel
against the strongly fortified
French coast. There will prob
ably be a number of divisiOnary
raids in other sectors. but this
will be the main attack. and We
predict that it will be successful.
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Probably the most destructive
weapon in the world is the COM
mon match. Over period of years.
loss of life and property traceable
to this minute stick of wood dwarfs
the ghastlest work of the bomb
ers. Fire prevention authorities
state that matches and smoking
constitute together the largest
single fire cause They have urged
upon people the pithy maxim:
Matches have heads, but no
brains. When you use their heads,
use your brains
Never before has this advice been
so applicable. The nation is at
war. Every home. every factory and
every farm are part of the strug-
gle. When fire strikes now it
strikes with double deadliness. In
its ashes lie portion Of the war
effort, irretrievably lost. OF course.
property swept by fire will one day
be restored. But in the meantime,
the nation is weakened the same
as is IA person with cut finger.
The importance of caution with |
matches can be well understood |
when it is realized that each year
about 300 billion matches are con-
sumed in the United States alone.
or S50,00O.00O daily. This means
that, in terms Of averages, approx
mately 600 900 flames are started
every minute. Each of these flames
holds the possibility of causing
disastrous fire.
No laws can prevent carelessness
with matches. The most elaborate
fire department in the world is
helpless in the face of the pOten-
tial destructive power of matches.
They constitute spectacular dem
onstratiOn of the fact that real fire
is largely up to the in
dividual. Use your head.
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Harold l.. Ickes, petroleum ad- I
for war, has said
that; We must keep digging to !
find as near Il billion and Il quar-
ter barrels OF hew oil each year as
possible" But the plain fact is !
that We are not digging" and this
nation which is geared to the use
Of huge quantities Of oil. faces a
crude oil shortage. :
Main reason for new well short :
age can be found within the gov :
ernment. Restrictions on material
and equipment, together with in =
adequate crude oil prices set by
government officials, are threaten q
ing our oil supply.
John Nj. LovejOy. president of
the Seaboard Oil Company. alarm :
ed at the complacency of authori- :
ties, shows that wildcat" drilling, :
far from fleeing sufficient, should !
be Immediately more than tripled. .
He warns that: IF new discover !;
les are to keep pace with with
1rawals, which is reasonable de- !
and assuming a contin- :
lation of the percentages of hits !
and average size of new fields as ,
shown for the years 1941 and 1912
D.. .. more than 10000 wildcat wells |
should be drilled in 1913 Any q
statement carrying the implication /
that currently equaling 1912 ex- +
ploratory activity is sufficient. is +
and will not bear even /
casual analysis"
Oil men know the facts about n
ill resources. Their advice should
De needed. II
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