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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
Allied Force Headquarters. Italy
COMM MIG ALTON
August 90. 194j
South Bowers. De
Milford Chronicle
Milford. Della ware


South Bowers. Del
Milford Chronicle
Milford, Delaware
Dear Sir:
Am enclosing an article written
by my husband. Gunnery Sergeant
Walter w. Quering. I. S. NJ. c.,
while he was home on a nine-day
furlough This included the sur
render of Japan last Tuesday. hence
the writing. | did not know he had
written the article until he had
gone back to camp. If you care to
print it. | would appreciate your
doing so for il certainly expresses
the thoughts of returning service
men.
War is over and peace is in the
making These words are good to
hear and many have prayed for it
to come. Some may wonder why
man should write his feelings and
reactions to such an event | can
only say this. my feelings are of
a nature that must he placed on
paper SO that even |. after writing
it may look back and see how
felt when war ended" | write this
with strong possibility that may
go overseas again. If that is to be.
God grant it will not be for long
this time. wonder tonight what
the men who lost their lives in our
outfit would say if they were here.
Perhaps it is the sound of the
waves rolling on the beach or the
stiffness of the night that brings
il all back, ! cannot say which it
is. People cannot understand. some
do not care what you feel or why
you act as you do. Sitting here just
two days after the war is over lis
tening to the same sound we heard
fifteen months ago makes man
stop and wonder what it is all
about. Can a fellow celebrate and
act normal after so many of his
buddieS were slaughtered like pigs
on a butchers block? Is he expect
ed to forget seeing men roll in the
water with their hands holding
their inwards from falling out. the
ocean turning red from the blood
of the boys you knew? Surely one
cannot yell. ring bells and cheer
while remembering these things
My thoughts are with these mer
tonight. If | were able to talk tC
them now ] would say, Boys. this
war was won by men like you, lei
them cheer and yell. we know wha
hell is like and you are the hap
piest of our lot Those of us whC
have finished standing are going t
suffer more than those who are
resting. | pray that your folk.
somehow find out just what your
deeds have been. We shall all NEE
again somewhere, but when. NJ
one can say Then will be our time
for celebrating, not now. If | wa:
a civilian | would get down on my
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

well known evangelist who VIII
preach at special revival meetings.
which will begin in the First IN
dependent Church ON Marshall
street Milford. on Sunday. Scptem-
her > and continue until and in
cludin2 sunday. September Ii.
Services Will be held ON Sundays
1T 80 y. IN. and 10 T. m There
Will be services every night at
Ia o'clock. Rev Rurncm Will be
assisted 10y Rev. Wesley Fuller and
wife. song leaders and special
singers: Mrs. Anne Buncm. spo-
ciaI singer, known as the Ken
lucky SONG Bird" Rev G. W. Tay-
lor. pastor OF the church, extends
Christian welcome To all 10 at
tend these insriratjoual services.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
Pilgrim Holiness Church
South East Front Street
Charles w. Baker. Pastor


Sunday. September 3
as u. m. Sunday school Hubert
FHSSWatcrS superintendent.
u 90 q. M Preaching.
600 y m Musical. Song and Praise.
N."" y. m.--IrcaChinE.
Prayer meeting "Wednesday evening
At $50 O'Clock.
We want to invite YOU to our scr
vices; also our Sunday school. We have
classes for all ages.
Special Invitation to those who 60
to no church school. We invite you.
Come with us. get acquainted with
our fine group Cf boys and girls and
cody teachers. rarcnts could not do
a nohl"r thing for their children then
send or bring them to Sunday school.
Awards are given to each worker.
our motto: pray. Plan. Come.
Work "
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

knees and thank you for giving
your life so all may live AS your
second in command all can say
is Thanks. for showing me how
real men act when alive and how
they die so bravely.' The world
owes you lot, men, and | swear to
God you shall never beforgotten.
Till we all may celebrate as unit.
God bless you and look over every
one of you who gave your life so
others may live"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
TRINITY

Mr. and Mrs. Selhy Raisin oil
Philadelphia spent Thursday With
Mir. and Mrs Joshua West.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Wagner OF Cam
den spent Monday evening With
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Whcatlcy and
tnthor
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
NT~~~, SERVICE
&!5( SLANTS
80 News of Our Boys and Girls in Uniform

Major and Mrs Oliver James
were here for the week end with
Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Y. James.
A.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph NJ Watson
of near Milford have received word
from their son. Corporal William
J. Watson of his safe arrival on
the Ryukyus Islands, and writes
that he is we'll.
A.
Captain John Burris has report
ed back to Maxwell Field. Mont
gomery. Ala. leaving his wife. Lii
liam and their two children with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Burris. in RehOhOth Mrs. Burris
and children will remain in Re
hobOth until the end of August
AT
George J. Handges, is. seaman
first class. USNR, of Clark Avenue,
Milford, has returned to an East
cast port after serving II months
aboard a LIST (landing ship Tank
in the European Theatre where he
participated in the amphibiOus as
sault on Southern France He
wears ribbons for the American
and European Theatres of Opera
ton with one combat star for the
latter theatre His ship. the LIST
211. took part in most of the Medi-
terranean action Of the amphibiOuS
forces. They landed men ant
equipment at AnZiO, Italy; a
Cav&laire Bay in Southern France,
. and later made supply runs in the
Adriatic to support the forces a
Trieste and AnCOna Before enter
ing the Navy in March 1914. Hand
GEES worked for his father who
operates the Milford Shoe Repair
. shop. Prior TO that he attended TIM
Milford High School. He is the sol
: of Mr.. and Mrs. John Handgcs wh'
E reside at the clark Avenue al
: dress.
The following letter was reCeiv
ed from Pfc Preston C. Rogers
: husband of Mrs. Preston e. Roger
OF Millville The letter is self eX
: planatOry.
August ;. 1915
Island of Oahu
; Milford Chronicle
. Milford Delaware
/ Dear Sir:
waited a long time for my tlrS
copy of the Milford Chronicle |
seems like long time. guess i
: was because | wanted the paper 50
+ badly. 1t took about three or fou
l weeks after my mother told me Sh'
: lad subscribed for it. for me. Jus
= tonight received my first copy.
After mail call | went back t,
I my hut. kicked off my boots. lait
/ back on my bed and started read
: in& the news from my home town
| which is DagSborO. Then read tn
, news of Alillvillo. which is my w;:
, and two daughters home. Will
I'm in the service After readin
tie paper for quite some time
+ Sot up to put the light on and as
, did | looked to see what time
was. 1t was $50 and we have chON
at o'clock. So | guess I'm Jus
:. about the first soldier who had
y Milford Chronicle for his suppc
> Well. that goes to show just ho
:, glad | was to get your pape
" There isn't a word big enough
Il writing to let you know just no
Il much appreciated the paper 1t
: like dozen letters in one.
u So thank YOU and keep II
II papers coming. Good luck and &c
g Bless You.
is Sincerely yours.
Pfc Preston G. Roec'
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

Staff Sergeant James +. Salcvan
and Mrs. Salevan left Sunday for
Camp Chaffe, Arkansas. where Ser
geant Salevan is now stationed.
Ar
Lieutenant John Y. SchObelaCk
of Milford, has recently been pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant. He is
stationed at the Hobbs Army Air
Field, Hobbs. New Mexico
AFT
Gerald NJ Roger recently COM
pleted his basis training at Camp
J. T. Robinson, Arkansas. and has
been assigned to Officers Candidate
School, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Az
Captain Jack Strykcr and Lieu
tenant l.. Hayes DickersOn. both
stationed at Mariana, Florida
were guests of the latter's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gus. DECKER
son, the early part OF this week.
~
Corporal Wallace McFaul re
turned to duty last week aftel
spending 34-day furlough will
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wallac,
McFaul in Milford Corporal Nc
Faul is now stationed at Cam
Campbell. Kentucky.
h T
Lieutenant-C Colonel and Mrs
Gordon Phelps and sons and Mrs
Philip Griffith, lately of Washing
ton. ID. C., have been guests OF Nj
and Mrs William Watson, nea
town. enrOute to New York city
where they will now live.
h T
Lieutenant d. 81 Joseph IIenr
LatChum. son of Mr.. and Mrs l.,
Harry LatChum, has recently bee
promoted to his present RAM
Henry has been serving i'm tn
South Pacific for the past /
months. He is with the Thir
Fleet
TeChniCian Francis w. POstleS
son of Mrs. Lyde POstles Biddl
of ChestertOwn. Md. who has bee
spending 60-day Through wit
his brother and wife. Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Postles and mother. ha
returned to Atlantic City. y. J
for hospital treatment AnOthe
son, Ernest POstles, is eXpectc'
home September from France.
q y
Pfc Harold ". Wall. who ha
been in the Panama Canal Zone TO
the past eighteen months. has beer
hOnOrably discharged and will re
turn to Milford as soon as trans
pOrtation can be obtained. Pfc
Wall will resume his position wit
w T. Grant Company after al
extended vacation. Mis- Wall ha
lived with her parents. Mr. ant
Mrs. L. c. Hudson al their HON
on West Front street during hi
absence.
Allied Force Headquarters. Ital
TechniCian Fifth Grade Spence
Coverdale. Jr.. son of Spencer Co
verdale. ST., 80 Church avenue
Milford. is taking Il course In pc
and brush lettering. Overseas
months. Corporal COverdale veal
the American Defense Ribbon an
the Mediterranean Theater RibhO
with five Battle Participate
Stars. He has been awarded til
Combat Infantryman Badge an
the Good Conduct Medal. COrpOr;
Coverdale has seen combat serviC
with the 92nd Division. serving l.;
unit dispatcher.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
CHURCHES In MILFORD
Calvary Methodist Church

L. E. Werner, S. 7. NJ. Minister
Sunday. September ,
IL. 90 a. IN Church School. John
Wilkins. superintendent
u .un a. m. Morning Worship. Ser
mon Ivy tn" Minister. Labor. y Priv
il"gc ="
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31
Christian Science Society

Branch of The First Church of Christ
Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
Meets In Milford Grange Hall
Sunday. September ;
Subject of the lesson sermon :
'Christ Jesus"
Services every Sunday at II a. m.
sunday school at same hour.
"Wednesday evening meeting, flrs
1T each month at ) y. IN
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

observation-disclosures and Mrs.
Gordon Phelps and sons and Mrs.
Philip Griffith. lately of Washing
ton. ID. c., have been guests OF Mr.
and Mrs William Watson, near
town. enrOute to New York city.
where they will now live.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

The following letter was reCeiv-
ed from Pfc. Preston {. Rogers.
husband of Mrs Preston &. Rogers
OF Nlillville The letter is self eX-
planatOry.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

Lieutenant 81. 81 Joseph Henry
Latchum, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Harry LatChum. has recently been
promoted to his present rank.
Henry has been serving i'm the
South Pacific for the past Is
months He is with the Third
Fleet
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1945-08-31

Louis V Spencer
Receiver of Taxes fnl
81 Sussex County
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-04
By Dre0C Pearson

government relief How about that order of St. sava you promised me"
 Or again many combat veterans recall the spin ach on the bosom of Brig. .-Gen. Julius Holmes They did not realize first that his Order of the Phoenix from Greece, his Lebanese Order of Merit, his Com mander of the Crown of Yugoslavia, his Southern Cross of Brazil, his Tunisian Nshan Iffticas and numerous other medals were largely received when he was protocol officer for the New York Worlds Fair.
 Again the delightful and irrepressible Patrick J. Hurley ex-ambassador to China, could tell an inter- esting story of how he got the Silver Star citation which so proudly adorns his chest. It was awarded for gallantry in action on Nov II, 19l0 In voluntarily making a reconnaissance under heavy enemy fire"
 Nov. H. 1918 of course, was Armistice Day, and everyone knew on that fateful morning the war was coming to an end. Furthermore what the citation does not say that Hurley with the Judge Advo cate Generals office which operates well behind the lines
 But an hour or so before the Armistice, Hurley came forward in company with Col. E. St. John Creole to watch the historic end of the war. They about 20OO yards behind the lines when It. Col Wilbur Rogers of the 77th Field Artillery stopped them and told the mthe show was over But they were bent going forward anyway.
 Seven months after the war over, June g. 1919, Hurley mysteriously received Silver Star citation for voluntarily making reconnaissance under heavy enemy fire or Nov IT, 1918"
 Regardless of any other facts in the citation, the trip obviously was voluntary"
 The Sanity Court of the District of Columbia, Case No. 16988, shows that E. St. J. Creole was ad judged insane Jan. 13, 1886 and committed to St. Elizabeth's asylum. Some State Department officials now wisecrack that they wish his former comrade-n with him instead of now badgering them in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
 
 The story is being whispered round that MiSsis- sppis Sen. Bilbo actually paid to have his office picketed by wounded veteran.
 Whether true not it is fact that the Mis- sssippi fbusterer always has thrived on persecution He was in jail on contempt of court charge when he first began his campaign for the Senate It made him martyr Since then, Bilbo has always capitalized the attacks against him. He is now claiming Northern conspiracy to dictate to the State Of Mis- sissippi whom it should send to the Senate. That's why it's rumored that he paid the veteran to picket his office so he could pull the persecution charge again.
 Note Meanwhile, various anti-Bilbo candidates the horizon latest being It. Comdr. Nelson Levings only naval officer from Mississippi who served on the battleship USS Mississippi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-04
Indianapolis Tragedy ByBiu Cunningham

of the front page the top of which rode the heavy headlines, JAPAN QUITS; WAR ENDS" was the official Navy announcement that the Ind- anapos had been lost with all hands 12 minutes past past midnight of July 30. None of the above details given of course The mysterious death of the ship was passed swiftly the impression left that nobody knew what had happened to her, and the covering news, making up most of the story, the revelation that she had been successfully bombed by Kamikaze plane in the fight for Okinawa.
 The facts of the above letter printed here, and the demand made that responsibility be estab- lished and due action taken More letters immediately poured in. The following is typical: ". only was ensign on the Indianapolis, and grief at losing him is beyond my power to express We could have gathered comfort from the fact that he laid down his life for his country, if had talked with two survivors.
 He in group of 300 that had not even one life raft on which to rest, not drop of water not a bite of food Only 95 of this group vived. How draw any comfort from his sacri- flee when we know that his life, and those of 200 others immediately around him could have been saved if the Navy had been alert That ship was due Tuesday morning, only 45O miles from Leyte. What excuse other than the height of negligence can there possibly be?"
 Now from the national capital comes the follow ing official announcement:
 Capt. Charles B. Mcvay. commander of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis, which was lost in the Philippine Sea July 30, will face general court tial here Monday under order issued by the Navy Department today The 10 000-ton vessel flagship of the Fifth Fleet, suffered casualty list of 11s6 of the heaviest in the naval history of the war; the Navy has stated. ."
 That's action, and, at least, it ought to develop the facts One now hopes they're entirely fair to Capt McVay From the sidelines it would appear that unless he simply took his ship and went sailing off out of contact his own they've got the wrong man. Whoever ordered him to go alone and principally
 
 show up, likewise belongs in court
 And what good will it do, since the vessel is lost and her crew mostly dead? Nothing, unfortunately, do anything for that ship and her casualties. but an aroused and determined public shocked by their needless sacrifice can demand that something be done with system that would make such tragedies poss- be It too make certain that if responsibility be established those guilty forever removed from the opportunity to increase the casualty lists not of enemy, but of our own flesh and blood. The V-J Day timing was cute, but it was not cute enough.
 -e1-- -~sf Ana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-04
By Peter Edson

5000 pounds of bombs.
 The B-36 is expected to fly farther, faster, carry more bombs and heavier armament keeping pace with all wartime developments.
 The 5000 hp. engines are another wartime de- veopment that got into combat, though several planes-fighters, bombers and transports-have been designed around them
 They are properly Navy engines, begun back in 1940 when contract was given to Pratt and Whitney division United Aircraft for their development Over two million dollars put into the design engineer ing making of the first models at East Hartford Conn The engine has been in quantity production for some time. It is known as the Wasp Major, just the major
 The major is radial, ar-cooled engine of the and bombers-only different and bigger. The 2,200 h.p. engine-biggest before the major-had 18 cylin ders in two rows The major steps up the number to 28 cylinders, arranged in four staggered of cylinders each In other words, it four cyn der engines single crankshaft. It is unquestion- ably the most complicated engine built. Yet it achieves new economies in pounds weight per horse power developed and in fuel consumption. Through water injection it boost its power output It has been block tested at 3,65o horsepower.
 In addition to towering the new B-36 bomber, this new super engine will go into the Armys new B-5O bomber, sepped-up version of the Boeing B-29 engined fighters and at least six other Army and Navy airplanes, not yet publicly announced.
 In commercial airliners the engine will go into the l00passenger transports being built by Boeing, Douglas and Martin the 40passenger utrahigh speed Republic and the SiX-engined flying boat-worlds' biggest aircraft-noW being assembled the West Coast by Howard Hughes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-04
International Murder, Inc.

When the top Nazi war criminals were first rounded up people urged the Allies to take lem out and shoot em and not waste time dgnfy the cuprts by giving them
 formal trial Fortunately the Allied governments did not heed these requests And the wisdom of their decision IS being strengthened daily the Nuremberg trial progresses
 The trial not only sets the sensible precedent of gardng as criminal and punishable oense the deliberate planning of the murder which is called war It not only reveals the Germans the nfamy of the whom they chose lead them It also kills forever the argument heard even recently in quarters that Hitler did lot of good things for the Germans in the early of hs regime
 The prosecution has unfoded the Naz war plans step involve this country the plots against Poland and Czechosovaa and Austria and the determination to eoc- cupy the Rhneland And damning Nazi document another has been produced the last possible any of the Nazis actions has disappeared
 We can see now that while Hitler shrewd enough to make of them sound slightly plausible, every incl dent' which seemed goad him to military action in the late thres deliberately planned The injustice of the Polish Corridor the plight of the Sudeten Germans and all the rest were created with the utmost cyniclsn hef T planned to assassnate his minister in Prague II necessary to touch off with Czechosovaka 1t appease ment not forthcoming.
 The ordinary citizens the nations that went to and of their statesmen cannot be considered too stupid and bameworhy for having been somewhat taken in by pre-war Naz propaganda After a such duplicity was almost inconceivabe It natural to suspect that what proved be among the uet and most serious ac- cusatons against Hitler and his motives might be products of prejudice or faulty information.
 But there longer be any question of his aims, or any good word for his accomplishments The record shows that Hitler and the criminals trial simply picked up the secret tentative preparations for which the nkers had begun after the 1918 armse and devoted their major energies toward bringing them to fruton first by deceit and finally by open, arrogant defiance.
 No trial in the history of crime and punishment has ever disclosed such tale of codblooded premedtated slaughter. Its full enormy would seem incredible Ii It for the detailed and records kept by these systematic butchers They records for all the world to ponder and remember that the symptoms be recog nzed another such murderous gang should again plot the conquest of a peace-oving world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-04

St Louis was an experiment which the Labor-Man- agement Conference could well have studied. He had bad strike in his Emerson Electric plant, led by union leader who frankly admitted he was Con- muniSt
 Finally, Symington proposed profit-sharing. At and directors But Symngton persevered Finally they agreed to a plan whereby profits at the end of the year divided partly the basis of seniority, partly the basis of skill and importance of work
 First year the profits only $13,0O0, but last year they totalled $20O0000, lush melon to divide up among employees The latter now 100 per cent sold the idea and so are the stockholders The workers worked harder profits larger and stock holders got bigger dividend check.
 Labor got 30 per cent of every nickel we made in 1914" says Symington, and system like that is the only basis for permanent labor peace"
 Note-Symington's survey of various profit-shar- ing plans leads him to believe that whenever it has been tried out sincerely it has never failed.
 One unfortunate fact in this war is that many of the enlisted and young officers who performed miracles of heroism got decorations for them. AS young lieutenant described it:
 We were so busy fighting that never had time to write down citations. It didn't seem important then. But now that we're back home and see all the spinach other peoples bosomS naturally it makes the combat boys little envOus. We didn't realize that the folks at home considered these things so i portant.'
 Probably it's too late for some of the combat who richly deserve recognition to get it How in which some decorations are Wangled. For instance, this writer recalls telegram in U. s. coloneS office in Belgrade, Yugosavia, from U s. colonel in Bucharest, Roumania just after the last armistice It read:
 Am sending one carload sugar for Yugoslav