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w.Vs%P%1! ?Americans win consume avolume of coffee this year sufficient to keep Niagara Falls flowing for 67 minutes./*.•\5nr occupied GermanyTHE life of American familiesliving in occupied Germany, whose husbands and fathers are engaged in Operation Vittles, is described in an interesting letterfrom Mrs. Milton Roelofs, the | former Ruth Marie Payne of Lub- I bock; the letter being prompted | by an article which appeared in 1 Lubbock papers several weeks ago. Perhaps you saw the syndi- j cated article which was written by the wife of an Army major as an explanation of why American women and children did not get panicky and flee the blockaded city. IShe described the palacial vi’la j in which she lived, told of the modern conveniences and added,“the most important thing is to =keep our family united.’’ j y* * * IfIXfRITES Mrs. Roelofs:“I have no quarrel to pick with the major’s wife,” (whose j M husband is a flying captain) “I only know she did not give thetrue picture of all occuping families.” lt;Her husband, a captain, is a pilot.)“Making it possible for thefamilies to stay united in Berlin is.the Air Force and it is not possible for the families of many of these airmen to be together. In this small village in southern Bavaria there are 26 families and 15 of the men have been away for two months now ‘flying vittles to Berlin.’It is possible for us to visit our husbands at their headquarters and they do get to come home occasionally for, 24 to 30 hours (if thev drive 260 miles to do if.) ! m;“We do not complain much a-bout that because as far as I am concerned we must not at this time fail the freedom loving Germans in Berlin and permit the Russian communists to engulf that city into a sea of blackness and terror. If we believe in freedom and cherish it, then we must fight for it and this is one fight we must win.”MP*]Imlt;eo:LeMDithMWriimitelpiMRS. Roelofs writes she doesn’t want the folk at home to think all the families of these airmen are living in luxurious villas. “In our case ” she says, “we have a decent house, adeauatelv furnished, comfortably heated and with modern nlumbing. Our case is unusual. The German family who moved out left all the requisitioned furniture, light bulbs and a neat stack of firewood for our wood ran^e. In nractically every other case the Germans carried away li^ht fixtures, furniture, finks, etc.“One of the boys who has log-drbhwiwiL.wcco;CcasedanfiuFoFohoadthedn
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1948
Page 5
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