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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
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Thomas Savage. age 81 years,
passed away Sunday, Oct. IL, at the
Milford Memorial Hospital Funeral
services were held Wednesday, at
1880 at the Sound Methodist
Church with the pastor, Rev. Ham
ilton, officiating. Interment was in
Bethel Cemetery at Ocean View. He
Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eve
lyn Tyre Savage; four sons, Ray
mond, James, John and Elton; three
grandchildren; two brothers, Gene
and Jacob Savage, and one sister.
Mrs. Mary Hudson and Robert
Richards Of Absecon. N. j., were
overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cove Bennett on Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Russell Wilgus
visited Mrs. Wilgus' aunt, Mrs. Mat
tie Turner at the Beebe Hospital al
Lewes, Sunday
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Lynch and
MIR. and Mrs. Gene Bennett visited
Rev. and Mrs. w. ]. Mckee at Hous-
ton recently. Mr. Mckee was for
mer pastor here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Richards and
children, Jimmie and Nancy, ol
Frankford, were dinner guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ross
Richards.
Glad to hear Mrs. Ida Richards i
improving.
Mrs. Orna Derickson is spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hickman and two daughters a
Bish0pville.
Mr.. and Mrs Ira Brittingham anG
son, John A.. of New Castle, spen
the weekend with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Carey
I. p. Lockwood observed his S4tl
birthday. Wednesday, Oct. Sth
Mrs. David Goodwin has arrives
home from thn Peninsula Genera
Hospital. at Salisbury. and is rapid
ly Improving.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
SELBYvILLE

The w. S. c. s. met on Tuesday
night with a goodly number present.
Mrs. Russell Hill led the deyotiOns
and Mrs. C. w. Coddington had
charge of the program.
Mrs. G. Earl Nichols and mem
bers of her circle served delicious
refreshments.
The Urah w. Long Bible Class
had charge of the evening church
services the past Sunday evening
and presented very good program.
For his sermon on Sunday moril-
ing, the Rev. Mr.. Jarvis read part
of the First Chapter of First Corin-
thians, including verse II to 81. the
text was the 18th verse-For the
preaching of the cross is to them
that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved 1t is the power of
God. The subject of the discourse
was ''The unbelievable Gospel"
Miss Lucille Petry of Washing
ton, d. c., was guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Petry
through the past weekend Mrs
Petry and her sister. Mrs. Volta Nj,
Long. have had as a guest for the
past two weeks their brother, 0. q,
Murray, from Long Beach, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Furman OF
Roxana paid call to his two sis
ters ON Saturday.
The Selbyville Community Club
held a covered dish luncheon on
Thursday. its first meeting day ol
the fall, with a goodly number pre-
sent. Mrs. BeuIah Stevens presided
over the meeting. The topic for tho
cav was Vacation Experiences.
+ All who would do so. were reques.
ted to tell the highlights of theil
Il summer vacation. Mrs. Stevens, Mrs
r. b. Morris and Mrs. v. f. SIMMER
told some interesting stories. The
hostesses were Mrs. Virginia Ions
Law. Mrs. Mae McCabe Dukes an'
and Mrs. Gladys Workman McCabe
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
8LANCHARD'S STATION

The eighteen officers and men,
bers of the Home Demonstration
Clubs of the State have all re-
turned from Jackson's Mill, w. Va,
anu report very lovely as well as
educational trip through the noun
tains and attending the National
Convention for Homemakers.
Thirty-two states of the Union were
represented and sos persons regis
tered at the historic place.
Several in this community have
been suffering from colds during
the past week.
MIR. and Mrs. w. ]. Mills enter
tanned the members of their Sun
day School Glass at their home on
! Thursday evening. After the busi-
ness meeting and social hour, de-
licious assortment of refreshments
were served.
Arthur Marvel is very much inn
proved after being quite i'll at his
home here last week. For while
| pneumonia was feared.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams
have returned after spending sew
! eral days visiting relatives ant
sight seeing in New Jersey and
New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson of Phila'
delphia spent Saturday with Mr.. ant
Mrs. ]. H. Edgell. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gell of Middleford, also called
Thursday evening to see their par
ents.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

The land of which Arlington Gem
eterv. Va. is now a part was sold in
the 18th century for six hogsheads
of tobacco.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
x,xe1 House sale

Used houses account for three
fourths OF the annual residential
sales in the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

The size of the average farm in
China is three and one-half acres
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Souiet May Reshape Policy

Kremlin could logically reason it
would be in a better position to lure
credits into Russia and Eastern En-
rope, playing off the western. ma
tions against one another with the
trade Establishments of the insati-
able Soviet market. Timed with a
capitalist depression, the release of
consumer goods to the Soviet public
would be heralded as a great victory
of socialism" at time when "capi-
talism was falling"
It may be that the Kremlin today
is prepared to switch to a concilia-
tory policy but is trying to hold
tight long enough to sweat out"
American prosperity and the possi-
bility of an isolationist victory in the
presidential elections. That, In turn,
raises the interesting speculation
what will happen in the Politbureau
If the American depression doesn't
come off In l948 or 1949 as Soviet
economists have scheduled it? VIII
the Kremlin relax anyway or will
1t tighten its fist in new purge Of
the Communist Party In which the
strains Of the currency depreciation
will surely register?
Should the Soviets want to relax
would we be prepared to take ad-
vantage Of It?
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Bread Is Still the staff of Life for Europeans

OF substitute foods is contained IN
these sentences from the report OF
the House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee recently issued:
ut is the assumption Of the COM
mittee that substitute foods will be
utilized insofar as possible in the
program to relieve pressure on scarce
commodities and to save costs.
There is some evidence OF a tendency
to cling to bread grains as the
vehicles Of all food aid, because they
are the basis OF initial requirements
estimates; this, however, maintains
price pressure on bread grains to a
degree that might be relieved by
recourse to some other foods such
as sugar, peanuts, etc.
"A rise in price Of as much as Is
cents per bushel on wheat and corn
would cost the United States people
more than the entire cost of the
foreign-aid program authorized by
this bill"
The problems Of helping to feed
Europe are indeed complicated. But
the heart of America is big and once
again it is ready to respond to the
Biblical question:
What man is there Of you, whom
If his son ask bread, will he give
him a stone?"
Evening star., 1947-12-21

National Security Resources Board.
Other cabinet members may be
called in when problems arise which
concern them.
The council, along with the Secu-
rity Research Board, reports only to
the President. Thus, the board,
concerned with mobilization of our
resources in time of emergency, and
the council are not parts Of the
national military establishment, al
though the same act which created
them also set up the Secretary OF
Defense and unified" the services.
Where the council cannot arrive
at q conclusion for recommendation
to the President-and such has not
been the case so far-both sides will
be presented to him for decision.
Primary Function Explained
ut is equally the duty of the
council to see that all governmental
views are presented" Mr.. Souers,
who Is known in the Government
for his keen sense of organizational
relationships, said.
This is not q strong independent
group nor a buffer to insulate the
President" he continued. The
council will not detract from or
infringe upon the perogatives of the
executive departments.
Its primary function, when you
come down to cases. is less to pre-
pare for than to avert war by the
careful formulation Of policies that
lead to peace instead Of World War
III" he said. I'VE are trying to do
what has been tried many times
before without success-anticipate
all eventualities and correlate our
policies herewith"
The council viii In no way In
fringe on the day.to-day operations
Evening star., 1947-12-21

| the food intake in calories came
from beer and ale. To the work
ingmen, it is just as much a part
of the meal as bread and meat.
This has hardly ever been true in
America.
Agriculture's Bureau Of Home
Economics describes breads role IN
Europe in these words:
Bread is the staff Of life to most
countries. 1t is basic In diet because
it is eaten more often and in greater
quantity than any other food. More
over it is economical and a cheap,
filling and satisfying source OF
calories."
The reference to bread being
cheap" as well as filling bears fur
ther analysis because of the dollar
cost of shipping so much grain
abroad.
During the recent discussions on
Capitol Hill great concern was ex-
pressed over what amount of grain
chiefly wheat-this Nation could
safely export without creating a
hazard to our own supply.
Catch in Substitutes
Efforts were made to cut the
stopgap foreign aid bill on the
grounds that there isn't the grain
available for shipment abroad to
use up all the dollars the admin
'Stration has asked.
In such a discussion, naturally
enough, Senators and Representa-
tives asked: Why not send substi-
tutes?
The catch, one major catch at
least, is the cost.
Grain, chiefly wheat, is unde-
niably the cheapest way to ship
abroad the most calories. Euro
peans like grain products much
more than we do. They must have
calories-the unit of measure of
|heat-producing or energy-produc-
ing foods. Finally, grain can be
shipped easily with little loss due
to spoilage.
The State Department, in consid-
ering the problem of substitutes for
grain shipments to Italy, If that is
necessary, estimated that they would
cost two and one-tenth as much for
the same number of calories.
In other words, approximately
$50 900, 900 would buy and ship about
2l0, 900 tons of grain. but 1t would
produce the equal of only 100000
tons Of grain, calorically speaking,
If spent on other foods. These sub
stitutes proposed for Italy are soya
flour, chickpeas, sugar, canned fish,
soups, horse meat and canned meat
from Mexico.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

The Senate version Of the stop
gap aid bill would allow the pur-
chase outside the United States OF
up to Is per cent Of the food and
other commodities to be supplied
France, Italy and Austria this win
ter. Another provision would per-
nit the administration to sell for
shipment abroad various food items
bought under the price support pro-
gram at prices lower than the cost
to the Government. The price would
be the cost Of an equal number OF
calories If the money were spent
for grain.
Stretching the Dollar
A simple way to visualize the
overwhelming Importance of grain
is to consider these f1gures-these
are the numbers of calories that 81
will buy at todays' prices:
10000 .calories in grains or
sugar. -r =. -. ... ..
$4,000 calories in fats and oils.
$4,000 calories in dried fruits.
$500 calories in carcass meat
or fowl.
Canned fruits or vegetables re-
turn even less than $500 calories
per dollar though no exact figure
Is available.
Another approach to the question
Evening star., 1947-12-21
By Chalmers Roberts

What part of your Sunday dinner
is made up of bread and other cereal
grain products? A couple of slices
of bread? Stufing in the chicken?
Or maybe you had hot cereal foi
breakfast.
To Americans bread today is not
the staff of life 1t once was, although
in these times of high prices the
families with the smallest incomes
tend to eat more bread and cereal
because these grain products are
cheaper.
But Americans as a whole, the
figures show. get only about quar-
ter of their calories in cereals OF
one kind or another. In 1944-5 the
figure was 26 per cent. In the semi
depression years of 1935-1939 the
average was q per cent.
Answer Is Simple
Hence, many Americans are likely
to wonder why there is so much dis
cussion of grain for Europe. Why Is
there such an emphasis on saving
100 900, 900 bushels of wheat so some
thing like 520,O0O,0OO bushels of
grain can be shipped abroad this
crop year?
The answer is simple. People ip
European nations don't have the
variety Of foods we do to supply
their calories. They eat chiefly
cereals. In France, Germany and
Austria they eat more bread than
we do and they always have. In
Britain and Italy the bread plus
the other cereal dishes such as
spaghetti, macaroni and cereals used
to stretch meat dishes put the grain
consumption ahead of the United
States.
Here are the Agriculture Depart
ment's figures for the percentage
of calories in the diets Of various
nations which are supplied by cereal
Evening star., 1947-12-21
By Robert N. Cool

Millions still hungry and undernorlshed
eaten decent meal nor known
tuberculosis twisted bodies
We cannot have recovery OF
legacy Of stned bodies distorted and
embtered minds
ago. General Assembly passed resolution
creating the international Fund UNRRA
coming Nations decided concerted
effort should small children infants and
expectant mothers-the people who would suffer most
Already Reeds Around 100000
children in abect need close TO So
600 O0oo n Europe, the Middle East and Asia
projects help 2OOoo0o victims with at
growing foods such
milk fats eggs and cod liver OIL
supplementary the undernourshed the 81 United
Nations agreed politics. chester
the international Advisory Committee OF the oneo
Children has called "a historic chance 10 give
effect bettermen and human
brotherhood" 49,.
Though widely supported principle 1CEF now has only
transferred from UNttSA
100000 and promised an addona
Evening star., 1947-12-21
By John A. Giles

II the new National Security
Council functions as planned, our
foreign policy never again will be
out of step with our military think
ing or military prowess.
For it is a primary duty OF the
council not only to assess and ap-
praise the objectives of the United
States in relation to our actual and
potential military power but to
study our commitments and risks
as well.
The eyes and ears of the President,
as far as foreign policy is concerned
with national security, the council
is the top policy formulating unit
of the Government today. In war
time 1t might we'll become the Ma
tons war council.
Tackles World Problems
That very much overworked word
"co-ordination describes the coun-
ellis duties best. Today, although
tossed into a rapid stream of events
and trying to get into midstream
as fast as possible, most OF its CO.
ordination and integration work in
wolves problems for which the State
department has primary respon-
sibility. In wartime most OF its at
tention would be on military
matters. i
when the State Department
makes policy in its dealing with
other nations it is vital that it at
least has the views of the armed
forces who may have to support it
and an accurate appraisal of the
Nations resources" Sidney W..
Souers, the councils executive secre-
tary, said. "It is just as wrong to
have the State Department formu-
late our foreign policy without Civ
ing any consideration to our mill
tary and economic potentialities as
it is for the military to dominate it.
"Thus our foreign policy, as re-
CARDS national security, will be in
keeping with our ability to carry 1t
out" he added. 1T is the councils
duty to tackle world problems in
stead of domestic issues, not to
create any jurisdictional disputes
but to attempt to solve them and to
place its recommendations before
the President"
Mr.. Souers likes to emphasize that
he is merely the executive secretary
of the board, that its chairman Is
the President himself. Congress
provided that its membership should
include the Secretaries Of State
(who presides in the Presidents
absence), Defense, Army, Navy and
Air Force and the chairman Of the
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Russell
Continued From Page CID

institutions OF higher education to
the program of adult education.
are treated extensively.
Volume /, naturally, leaves unarl-
swered many of the problems that
It raises. For example, how Is this
extended program of education to
be financed? How are faculty
members to be found in sufhcient
numbers and with the kind Of prep
aration that will be necessary to
carry on the programs that are en-
yisioned? What is the organization
through which education may best
be carried on, with respect to its
relationship to Government. to pri-
vate agencies and to patterns OF ex-
isting institutions? BY what means
can the barriers to opportunities for
higher education be removed2
These are only a few CT the signifi-
cant questions to 7'''ca answers
may be expected In he volumes
that are yet to app ear.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

nations So far II other
shaveg give 00O0
almost four million children now being
cost OF about 31a cents meal
main purchases from the United States
CEF receive help from Latin
the regions which the kind OF FOODS the
children need.
Provide Goods Instead of Dollars
United States the participating countries cannot con-
dollars provide goods instead Tiny Newfoundland came
through with offered 5000 barrels
trying convince more countries
come in surplus food and hard hit
anything But 1CEF hopes
shipping Russia OF the
not to be helped by It,
Early in 1948 campaign will for days
help the worlds needy children he
field offices in London Prague Cairo Shanghai
New York January into headquarters
Nations site in New York City,
be continued only until June with
then scheduled to start
feeding undernorished children in China
immediate aid to about 10000 children
Evening star., 1947-12-21


increases.
It was not a big strike year COM
pared with 1916 and the final
months of 1945. ..
But more time was lost in 1947
strikes-probably little under 3d.
600, 900 man days-than in any pre-
war year, except maybe in stormy
1919, when no records were kept.
BY far the largest in 1947 was the
telephone strike in April and May.
About 10000, 900 man days were lost.
Most workers got their raises
without striking. Amounts varied
The most common was IS cents an
hour. The main pattern-settlne
event was the signing of the steel
contract in April.
l5.Cent Pattern Set
Prices continued to climb in 1947
and toward the end OF the year
unions began demanding a third
round" of wage raises.
As usual, John L." was much IN
the public eye.
It was a year OF ups and downs
for Mr.. Lewis and his United Mine
Workers.
In March, the Supreme Court up
held their conviction for having
struck against the Government IN
defiance OF a court order.
But when the Government with
drew from the coal business at the
end of June, Mr.. Lewis forced the
private coal operators to sign con-
tract that was a great victory fol
the union.
Congress appeared to be aiming
some of the provisions of the Taft
Hartley Act directly at him. In re-
ply, Mr.. Lewis urged labor leaders
not to cooperate with it in any way
for example, not to sign non
Communist aff1davits.
The new law requires union OFF,
GERS to sign these statements. 9th
erwise it can't get the help or pro-
lection of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
Mr.. Lewis didn't want unions to
deal with the NLRB. For time, as
one of the 13 vice presidents of the
AFL, he was able to block all AFL
unions from seeking NLRB help. He
could do this by simply refusing to
sign an affidavit.
Lewis and the AFL
But then two things happened in
quick succession:
/. The NLRB decided that ma
tional unions could qualify for pro.
lection even if the officers Of Their
parent organization-like the AFT
or CIO-didn't sign affidavits.
2. The AFL, at its October con.
vention, abolished its 13 vice presi.
denotes. Mr.. Lewis, no longer ar
AFL officer, could only prevent hi
own miners union from dealing
with NLRB. He ridiculed other
AFL leaders. Other AFL unions
hurried to file the affidavits. On
December IL Mr.. Lewis again dis
affiliated" his UNIV from the AFL.
Mr.. Lewis isn't through battling.
The real fireworks may come next
summer when he is expected to
demand q renewal of his union
shop" contract. Under this, all
newly hired miners must Join the
union or lose their jobs.
Effective last August az the Taft
Evening star., 1947-12-21

The latest United States figure
is for 1914 IS rather than 1867. The
latest German figure is for the
United States British zone only.
Galleries in Beer
Additional amounts of grain should
be counted in most of the Euro
pean diets for other reasons. The
Austrians and Germans, for exam
pie, are eating a lot of potatoes.
In many European nations part of
Evening star., 1947-12-21
q. S. Balances Policy Against Security

Of any department, large or small
for 1t is concerned with top policy
It's only operational duty is the gen.
eral overall direction of the Central
Intelligence Agency, from which 1t
receives advice on national security
intelligence activities.
"Of course. the setup brings. on
the danger of an ivory tower opera
tion," Mr.. Souers said. But we are
getting around that possibility by
maintaining a close working contact
with the departments and using
their planning and operations
people"
The problems that have come be-
fore the council-all top secret. OF
course-have involved whole foreign
regional areas (as, perhaps, the
Near East) and those that are world
wide in scope in certain fields OF
erdeavor. The Marshall foreign-aiJ
plan was pretty well formulated be-
fore the council came into being last
September.
Seeks Balanced Policy
"The recommendation Of the
council are presented to the Presi-
dent for decision and any action he
sees fit solely, literally and uncom-
promisingly from the viewpoint OF
national security" Mr.. Souers said
1--WE are not concerned with all the
aspects Of foreign policy, such as
commercial. except as they apply tc
the national security nor the imple-
mentation of our recommendations.
Mr.. Souers said that there hat
been no dearth of subjects coming
before the council. The President
he added, had taken a personal in.
terest in the groups deliberation.
and kept completely up to date on
Its affairs.
"The sole purpose Of the coun-
Gil is to provide the United States
with . well-balanced foreign pol
icy that Is in keeping with our
ability to carry 1t out" he added
Mr.. Souers is q native Of Dayton
Ohio, where he was born IS years
ago. He attended. Purdue Uni-
versity and graduated from Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio.
He has wide business interests
mostly In the South, which have
included president Of the PIGGY
Wiggly Stores and association with
various banking and insurance firms,
In 1879 he became lieutenant
commander In the Naval Reserve
and advanced to the rank Of rear
admiral during World War II. He
was director Of naval intelligence
in several naval districts and In
l945 was designated deputy chief
OF naval intelligence.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
What May Be Planned

Again, the Soviets certainly have
predicated their policy to take ad-
vantage Of the coming capitalist
depression" In Marxist reasoning
such q depression should flnd the
capitalist countries suffering from .
crisis Of overproduction which makes
them anxious to find new markets.
BY being politically conciliatory. the
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Reds Capitalize on US.
Failure to Assist Chang
Moscow Said to Have Greatly Strengthened
the Communist Armies in China While
America Still Remains Aloof
By Constantine Brown

follow international developments fror
Washingon-as highrankng officials in charge OF our
the vagaries foreign policy
supporting governments in Europe which
purged Communists On the other denying AID
Chang Kahek unless he accepts Communists into
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Continued From Page CID

come to give the Russian people
hard-earned breathing spell?
: One can be certain of one thing,
that this issue has been argued
fiercely and long behind the Krem-
Inns walls. From the Soviet view
point sudden show of conciliation,
If properly timed, could rebound to
Russia's advantage in number Of
ways. It might appeal to the Krem-
lin as a means of influencing our
presidential elections in favor of an
isolationist candidate whom the So
viets would hope would want to get
us out Of Europe. Coinciding with
a new President, a concfliatory tack
might pave the way for a resump-
ton Of negotiations In which the
Soviets would hope to gain addi-
fioy,o1 noy,raeciope