Milford chronicle., 1943-09-10

VI
The canteen, now being largely
manufactured Of plastics, costs
about 43 cents. The canvas cover
about Al cents or 81 cents in
all. Your purchases of War Bonds,
or Peoples Bonds, will buy many Of
these for our men in the Solomons
or in Africa where they are badly
needed. Buy War Bonds every pay
day at least ten percent of your
income through a Payroll
Savings plan. U. S. Treasury DEPARTMENT
SHORTLY BEFORE NOON on
Wednesday came the electrifying
news that the Italian Army had sur
rendered Internationally. The an
nOuncement was made by General
Eisenhower without any fanfare
or blowing trumpets. 1t had been
expected in official circles, we
learn, and Sunday was the day on
which the Italian Government was
expected to give up the fight. How
ever, it was good news when it
came, and while the Italians never
constituted a very serious threat.
it is much better that they are out
of the way. 1t will make the ad-
vance on Berlin that much easier.
How old Schicklegruber must be
ranting. to think that he could not
control the Italians. and make
them continue the useless sacri-
flee of their men and cities. and old
senile Mussolini, from his prison
on the Dumps of Rome, how he
must be signing for the good old
days when II Duce and his Balcony
Empire were considered the very
latest Innovation in senseless tyran- /
ny. Tempus Fugit.
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IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC the
landing of paratroopers behind the
lines of the Japs. on New Guinea.
were supervised by General Mac
Arthur. himself. and 10000 of the
little Monkey Men" from the land
of the Setting Sun" are said to be
cut off from any outside assistance
and will surely be annihilated. |
This feat of arms. remarkable as
it is. must be repeated dozens of /
times, however, before the United
Nations land on HirOhitO's home
shores. The way to Japan, is
bloody way, there will he no white
flags of surrender. there will be
only blood and sweat and tears.
with the emphasis on blood. The
Japs are prepared to sacrifice TO-
100000 men. We must prepare to
kill that many and more. Our (
greatest difficulty in cOnquering the
Japs. will be our reluctance after
a time in continuing the slaughter. |
but we must not weaken if the l.;
'Nips" are determined on suicide
on a national scale. lets aCcommo- [
date them. Such monsters are bet
ter off dead. {
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MORE THAN twenty million
troops and more than eighty mil I
lion tons of freight and express d
were moved by the railroads for
.he Army during the first eighteen d
months of the war. In handling
these troop movements. the rail q
roads performed total of H. a
l05 100000 passenger miles of c
transportation service. Ninety thou
sand separate troop movement or /
lers were issued to the railroads q
alone.
These orders called for the spc-
'ial handling of more than 10000 d
100 troops and involved the use of v
'2,36S coaches. 214,SSl sleeping 7
'ars. 49,9S7 baggage and kitchen
'ars, and 101,SS1 refrigerator, box, +
lat and gondola cars n
1t is doubtful if any person of v
his generation who has actually
ived to see a transportation mir o
icle can ever appreciate what the
ailroads have done. 1t is a mortal W
ertainty that if the advisers of NJ
he dictatOrs could have seen d
review of this miracle, they would d
ave revised their estimates of the r.
ecadent democracies.
The big question now in the el
linds of railroad men is how will al
nc IeAl CHdpleI Iedu Ill lIle HIS ava
Dry frail transportation? The
liracle of the past eighteen months W
Tas accomplished at great cost to L.
liant and equipment. There was no
Ieight fhand about it. Under ex- OF
ert management, trains have mov- 81
/ without rest. and ceaseless op- Ell
ration has eXacted its toll of rails ST
nd rolling stock. AS the next IS
onths of transportation roll into de
STORY, it can become another mir NJ
,le or a debacle, depending on
hat the railroads are allowed to ed
ly in the shape of new equip Pf
ent. SE
The railroads have asked for ma gr
rial based on minimum needs, no
hich government authorities who mi
ntrol the nations resources have He
Vt seen fit to give them. The au- So
critics undoubtedly know they
e risking a transportation disas- Th
r. lis
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