Milford chronicle., 1948-05-07


I full cooperation and backing necessary To
make a success of the position. If he does
not get full backing, then he will fail. He is
entitled to this cooperation.
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Is AMERICA SLIPPING?
The general opinion was that Latin Am
erica was Jogging along as usual Then came
the riots and explosion in Colombia at the
outset of the BOgota conference. In the after
math of this tragic affair a good deal of
light was thrown upon the situation by Am
erican newspaper writers. They reported
that the network of air fields and naval sta
tiOrs In the Caribbean and South American
countries have not been kept up-in fact,
according to one of the best reports. "our
chain of Latin American bases has been rust
ing away" Even the Isthmus of Panama has
been left with little protection since the Pan
anna government withdrew from partner
ship with the United States, which we pro-
tected during the war with American troops
and planes. Even Puerto Rico once the
strongest American base in the West Indies
is now reported in poor shape Cuba has also
slipped backwards many notches. Even so,
there is some consolation in the fact that
Argentina has been showing better manners
and has made some gains as good neighbor.
Back OF it all one can trace a general feeling
OF distress and worry over the spread of
radicalism and Communism among the popu-
lation throughout the Western Hemisphere.
We need new administration in Washing
ton to straighten out this mess.
NG0N~&
TRUTH STRANGER THAN Fiction
The public knows that the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation is great deterrent to
crime because of the efficiency with which it
runs down lawbreakers. But too few know
what an aid it is in non-crimina investiga-
tlons that affect people in many walks of
life. In the mammoth files of the Identifi-
cation Division of the Bureau in Washing
ton, there are more than 107 100000 sets of
tngerprlntS. Over 809o of such prints are
In the non-criminal file which includes mem
bers of the armed forces, government en-
ployees, persons fingerprinted in applying
Tor jobs In important national defense plants.
and persons who voluntarily had their finger
prints recorded as means of Identification
A typical case is that of an old man who in
April, 1916, asked the Los Angeles Police
Department for assistance in locating two
sons and daughter from whom he had not
heard since 1908. He believed his sons had
served in World War /. An appeal was made
to the FBl In it's files it found fingerprint
cards bearing names and dates of birth rea-
nlshed by the father, together with infOrma-
tion as to places of employment of the indi-
vlduals In 1912 and 1943. The father was
thus enabled to contact his sons, through
WhOm ne located the missing daughter.
Inree months after he first called on the
police, ne gratefully acknowledged the help
that had been given him. This closed one of
the thousands of incidents in which the FBI|
has helped in the Identification or location of
missing persons.
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Four LITTLE RULES
This year, the state and federal forest
services are conducting drive to prevent
IOreSC. woods and range fires, ninety percent
0I Whlch are caused by human carelessness.
-Four simple rules have been prepared-and
every one of them should be memorized and
remembered by people who go into the woods
on business or pleasure.
l. Hold your match until it is cOld-then
pinch 1T to make sure it's out
z. Crush out your cigarette, cigar or pine
ashes. Use the ash tray in your car. and
never throw smoking materials from the
window
3. Drown your campfire in water-then
stir and drown it again.
4: Make sure you know the law before
burning grass, brush, fence rows or trash
There's nothing in those rules child
cannot understand. There's nothing that will
cause anyone trouble or expense. Yet their
observance would save for ourselves and our
descendants a very large part of the millions
OF acres Of fine timber and grazing land that
fire destroys each year-and save with it
human and animal life, and the breeding
grounds Of wild creatures.
In matter of hours, fire will devastate
a forest that represents the work of nature
for scores or hundreds of years. It will raze
our most beautiful vacation and hunting re-
giOns. If you don't want to be the cause of
such fire, follow those four simple rules of
conduct in the outdoors.
MOpF ODTITNFi