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Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
LEWES

Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Mau1l, Sr.,
are spending week at Rehoboth
Beach
Mrs. Grace Birmingham is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. William Barto in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodson West and
family of Wilmington, have return
ed home after a weeks visit with
Mr.. Vests parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel West.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shockley of
Philadelphia, are the house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas S. Lodge,
at their home on Lewes beach.
Mrs. Louis P. Evans is spending
some time in Lansdowne, Pa, with
her granddaughter, Mrs. Betty Lof-
land Spohn.
1 Mrs. Olivia Prettyman has re-
/ turned to her home in Lewes, after
making a three-months visit at
! Fort Knox, KY, with her son, Capt
w. O. Prettynan.
Mrs. Arthur w. Marshall, ST., is
visiting her son-in-law and daugh-
Z lCI, WI. anu WI Ss IlOUCIl ". Hayes
and son, Robert Virden Hayes al
their home in Wilmington.
Miss Jean Dodd, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Dodd of Lewes
who is a student nurse at the Della.
ware Hospital, Wilmington, spent &
few days here last week with hel
parents.
A new station wagon, recently
purchased by Norman B. Baylis o
Lewes, was damaged recently whel
a large tree limb fell and crushed
the top of the vehicle while it wa
] parked in front of a service station
| here. Witnesses to the acciden
said there was no wind blowing a
/ the time. Mr.. Baylis was not in tn
vehicle when the accident occurred
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Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Lutz of Stam-
ford, N. Y, have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cannon enter
tanned last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Carmine and children Of
Snow Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Wolfe and son, Jimmy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Palmer and
family, who have been living here
for several years on State Street,
have moved to Seaford.
The Home Demonstration Club
met last Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Jennie Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Godfrey and
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Timmons have
returned from a weeks vacation in
New England.
Almonds are 54.l percent fat.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
nThe Chnreh on fhf "a

Tie Church 0n the Plaza
REV. JOHN NJ. DRCHANr, Minisfer
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER al
9:45 a. Sunday School. Will
mer o. Landlord, III, Superinten-
dent. Glasses for all ages.
1890 a. m.-Worship and Ser
mon by the Minister. Topic, "The
True Values of Life" Text: Matt.
1872.
Youth groups viii meet at $50
p. m.
1880 p. Unpopular evening SER
vice. Topic: "Old Testament Quotes
in the Book OF Acts"
You are welcome at all Of these
services.
Mrs. Katherine Schumacher will
be at the organ.
Choir rehearsal every Thursday
at 1880 pss m.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
IN MEMoRIAM

In loving memory of Watson Brown.
who departed this life two years ago,
September IA:
Today is a day of remembrance
And a day of sad regrets;
This day we shall always remember
When the rest of the world forgets.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A spot is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
Somewhere behind the sunset,
Where lovelipess never dies;s
He lives in a land of glory
With the blue and gold of the sky.
And we who have always loved, him
Whose passing has brought sad tears
Will cherish his memory always
To brighten the passing years
Mother, Father, Brothers and Sis,
ters. IL
Evening star., 1947-03-18
environment and natural tendencies

environment and natural tendencies
make them what they are.
What, then, makes one child develop
criminal tendencies and another, living
next door perhaps, grow to be normal,
wholesome young person who is joy
to his family and the neighborhood?
The downfall starts in the home. as
we all know. from various and sundry
causes, the most disastrous one being
the lack of proper discipline. I place
the blame on both parents, though the
mother is the one who is most to be
censured, because she has the child
under her care almost entirely from its
birth. If she Is fit to be mother at
all, the childs interest comes before any
pleasure she might feel she Is entitled
happens? There is no discipline used
with the child at all. What it cries for,
it gets, and by the time it can walk and
talk, it is the real boss of the house.
The mother gives up and tells everyone
in the childs presence that it Is so bad
that she can't do anything with it.
From then on, the child's tendencies are
criminal.
What is to be done about it? Some
states have passed laws making the
parents answer to the court for any
crimes committed by their children.
This, at least, is step in the right
direction. It should be national law.
Such parents have failed their children,
also their country.
LOVER OF CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
made available to the Security

made available to the Security
Council of the United Nations.
The details of the agreement are
governed by technical strategic con-
siderations. They provide for we'll
balanced network of bases and col
lateral installations in various parts
of the archipelago which will insure
the efficacy Of the ends mutually
sought for. The United States agrees
to keep its forces in the Philippines
down to the figure required to main
tain bases and constitute small
military mission. Potential friction
between American personnel and
Filipinos Is minimized by provisos
that bases shall not be located in
centers of population.
Thus, another step has been taken
in the establishment of a relation
ship between the United States and
the Philippine Republic which should
rebound to the mutual advantage
and security of both nations. In a
world still so unstable and uncertain,
this is happy example worthy of
emulation.
Evening star., 1947-03-18

greets Senator Bushfield with 4 reproach
to his remarks on the negligence OF the
Republicans. I might add that the
accomplishments of the Republicans in
the two months Of efficient legislation
are remarkable.
The new political mop welded by Re-
publicans had to do quite a bit Of clean
ing up and they might answer unfair
attacks as did Benjamin Franklin when
unfair attacks were made on him. "He
penned stout defense of his actions, !"
stating to the bitter minorities, you
believe me to be the chief author Of
the measures pursued by the last As
senlbly, which have occasioned such
uneasiness and distraction among the
good people of this province. shall
not dispute my share in those measures;
I hope they are such as win in time do
honor to all that were concerned in
them. But you seem mistaken in the
order Of time. It was the uneasiness
and distraction among the good people
OF the province that occasioned the
measures; the province was in confusion
before they were taken, and they were
pursued in order to prevent such un-
easiness and distraction for the future"
(Nathan Goodman.)
The distractions, preceding the 1915
November election, were some Of the
causes which gave the Republicans more
seats in Congress.
MRS. DAVID N. HULFISH.
Evening star., 1947-03-18

they insisted Zone of them being 4
woman), and that when the French
Minister attempted to assert his
diplomatic rights, he was himself
allegedly assaulted by the Red
guards. No satisfaction having been
given or redress promised, the
French Minister has been recalled
to Paris.
Meanwhile, Premier Dimitrov has
upheld the correctness Of the con-
duct of his subordinates. Bulgaria
is an Independent state" he argues.
Foreign subjects cannot be treated
more favorably than Bulgarians." ;"
And the of1icial press hints that the
protesting diplomats were involved
in black-marketing. What the next
move on either side may be, remains
to be seen.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
The PoIitickinq Season

It is well known that time flies.
With every passing day the 194S
elections come that, much nearer.
So it is in the nature of things that
signs OF politicking should increase
and multiply. The recently battered
Democrats, sensing new hope in the
air, are going to stage a series OF
leadership meetings and do what
ever else they can to stage come
back. Similarly, though sobered
more than little since their big
victory last November, the Republi-
cans plan to leave no stone unturned
to promote their cause and win the
White House for whoever their man
of destiny may prove to be.
A case in point is the long letter
Chairman Carroll Reece of the Re-
publican National Committee has
just written to 1900 strategically
important members of his party.
Quite naturally-as any good poll
tician would do in this season-Mr.
Reece has employed the language
of a campaigner. The Democrats
are up to tricks; be careful. They
are trying to make believe that they
favor the American way; let no one
be fooled. President Truman is
"sabotaging" the COP program; he
is a sly one-watch out for him.
Above all, for goodness sake, every
Republican in public office would
do well to be on guard constantly
against inadvertent or offhand
comment or action which may -"
give aid and comfort to the enemy"
Mr.. Reece's letter is In the best
tradition of American politics. OF
course, it fails to show, because that
would be hard, just how the Presi-
dent has refused to cooperate, but
since when has Recommendation been
necessary for this type Of campaign
ing? After all, considering how the
public opinion polls have placed Mr..
Truman's star in the ascendancy,
Mr.. Reece is entitled to feel a little
jittery, If he wants, and to make
sweeping statement or two. Besides,
the Democrats will answer in their
own way in due time, and they prob
ably will be no less sweeping. With
194S coming nearer and nearer, this
sort of thing must be expected. One
must prayerfully hope, though, that
it will not be allowed to spill over
into the field OF foreign policy.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Miss Trumun's Debut

Most of the fifteen or twenty
million people who heard Margaret
Truman sing with the Detroit Sym
phony Orchestra Sunday evening
would not pretend to say with
authority that she has a great voice.
Only professional critics of music
are entitled to opinions on her tech
nical achievement. A majority of
these writer's have expressed appre-
citation. The teachers and sponsors
of the Presidents daughter there
fore have the right to rejoice.
But the larger success of Miss
Truman's debut went beyond the
artistic singing Of three difficult
songs. Family groups throughout
the land listened to something more
than a vocal enterprise coming into
their homes by grace Of radio.
They realized that a personality
was being demonstrated-a sincere
and perhaps rather frightened
young girl striving to justify her
opportunity. The announcer had
referred to her as "a new American
soprano" Nothing had been said
by him to identify her with the
White House. For the moment she
might have been stranger to the
waiting audience. When the pro-
gram ended she had won the respect
of her listeners. That was her
victory.
Meanwhile, Miss Truman has
every reason to continue her studies.
Other Presidents children have
successfully aspired to artistic tri-
umphs. What they did she certainly
may hope to do with satisfaction
to herself, her parents and her
legion of friends.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Packages for Soldiers

To the Editor Of The STAR
AS the father of two boys, one of
whom served in the European theater
and one who Is now serving in Japan,
I think the rule prohibiting the sending
of packages to these boys is most un-
fair. II parent wishes to send
package to boy overseas, he or she
must have a request from the boy. But
. package may be mailed anywhere
else to civilian in Europe or Asia with
out q request. Why? What boy will
write home for birthday present or
a surprise? think this ruling should
be changed in order for our boys to
have that tie which q package from
home would bring. Having served in
Europe in World War !, I know what
a package from home means.
On the subject Of mailing such pack
ages, T would like to suggest that the
parcel post charges be just for the
zone in which it is mailed and not as
in q recent incident when package
Of little value cost me 81 to send to
an A. P. o. in San Francisco.
If this great magnanimous Govern
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Disappearing Rides

To the Editcr of The Star:
In q recent story in The Star you
quote from the Capital Transit Co.
q" 47,440O00 rides would dis
appear" From the. CTC income
ledger, probably-but what about the
47,44O,000 walks? If these people don't
ride, they walk-right? Or else they
don't go to work-or shopping-or to =
movie or other amusement.
So 47,440,0O0 rides out each year
means that, on the average, every citi-
zen of the District would have to walk
to work, shopping or for pleasure trips
at least once week where he now
rides. And first considering the number
who have automobiies and drive To
work, or for shopping, or for pleasure.
it means the laboring mar-the house.
maid and cook-the snderpaid clerk,
etc., will walk twice, or three times,
week, where he or she now rides. A
quarter of these walks would have been
for shopping-how will the businessmen
like that?
But-"47 100000 rides will disappear"
An increase in decent riding conditions,
proper routing of cars and buses, keep
ing of time schedules, little courtesy,
would increase revenue enough to bring
the CTc profits enough to satisfy
even its officers and accountants.
And we worry about communism de-
veloping in Greece! A. r. r.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Philippine Bases Pact

The signing of an agreement be-
tween the United States and the
Philippine Republic concerning the
retention and establishment of
American military and naval bases
in the islands for period Of ninety
nine years is tribute alike to Amer
ican policy toward the Philippines
and the good sense Of the Filipinos
themselves. While the Far East in
general is in a turmoil over the
relations between native peoples and
their former western rulers, new
nation established with our friendly
assent freely agrees to provide us
with the means to safeguard both
our strategic interests and its own
national security At the same time,
it is interesting to observe also that
the door is left open in the agree
ment for a larger evolution toward
world security by the proviso that,
In the interests of international
security, any Of the bases may be
Evening star., 1947-03-18
The Party Liners

The weight of common sense is on
the side of the Supreme Courts
refusal to disturb the finding Of the
Civil Service Commission and the
lower courts that Federal employe
can be dismissed when there is
reasonable doubt as to his loyalty
to the United States.
Congress had specifically author
lied the dismissal of any Federal
worker affiliated with any organ
ization advocating the overthrow of
the Government by force. During
the war years the commission went
a step further and laid down the
principle that it had power to order
dismissal where there was reasonable
doubt as to the loyalty of an employe.
The employe involved in this test
case was Morton Friedman, who was
chief of the Classification Division
of the War Manpower Commission
prior to his dismissal in 1914. The
facts showed that Friedman was an
active member of the American
Peace Mobilization, Communist
front organization. 1t was this group
which picketed the White House
against aid to Britain up to the
time. of the German attack on
Russia. After that event, however,
it changed its name to American
Peoples Mobilization and switched
its line to one of all out aid to Russia
and Britain.
This is course of conduct which
certainly raises reasonable doubt
as to the primary loyalty to this
country of those participating in
1t. And once the basis for such
doubt had been established, the
commission had not only the right,
but also the duty, to order the dis
charge of the offending Federal
employe.
Friedman and others like him
have a right to their own opinions
and a right to advertise their opin-
ions, if they wish, through adherence
to Communist front organizations.
But they cannot, at the same time,
assert right to be retained on the
Federal payroll at the expense Of
the taxpayers.
This is the essential principle
which has been confirmed by the
refusal OF the Supreme Court to
entertain Friedman's appeal. And
now, since this was in the nature
of test case, 1t is to be expected
that the commission will move to
get rid of other Federal employees
whose loyalty to the United States
Is open to reasonable doubt.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Good Police Work

The solution of the murder OF
Frank c. Kelly, slain in the course
of an attempted holdup week ago,
is directly attributable to f1rst-class
detective work on the part of local
police.
Mr.. Kelly, 54-year-oid electrician,
was shot when he tried to flee from
three Negro holdup men at Eleventh
and Euclid streets NV. The inves-
tigation got of to bad start when
his death was first laid to natural
causes, this error apparently being
due to very superficial hospital
examination. Some fifteen hours
later, however, it was discovered that
Mr.. Kelly had been shot, and the
police went to work in earnest.
Chief of Detectives Robert J. Bar
rett assigned thirty men to the case.
Inspector John Fowler, the depart
ment's ballistics expert, concluded
that the fatal bullet had been fired
from a .38-caliber Smith 81 Wesson
revolver. Meanwhile, other inves-
tigators remembered seeing the i'm
print of rubber heel on the side
walk at the scene of the crime, and
when this information was coupled
with a report of HOUSEKEEPING in
the neighborhood, during which a
Smith g. Wesson revolver and pair
of rubber-heeled shoes were stolen,
the picture began to take form.
At this juncture, with the aid of
Thirteenth Precinct Captain Floyd
Truscott, the police, acting on in
formation from a tipster, caught
the housebreaker. After question
ing, he confessed that he had loaned
the shoes and revolver to a friend,
and this in turn led directly to the
arrest of the holdup trio, all of
whom have admitted their partici-
patton in the murder.
Perhaps the manner of solving
this vicious crime is not quite up to
the Sherlock Holmes standard.
Nevertheless, it is an example of
excellent police work, and 1t reflects
creditably on all who played a part
in IL
Evening star., 1947-03-18
70 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
President Truman's message on Greece
and Turkey forces upon the American
people the making or rejecting Of a
colossal decision. What we must know
at this time is something of the re-
sponsibilities we must assume if we SUBJ
stitute for Britain as guardian of the
American-Anglo-Saxo ideal of freedom.
We must form some idea of what re-
sources in men, dollars and material this
job will require; what places in the
world, beside Greece and Turkey, must
have our help, and what nations wish to
have preserved the American-Anglo-
Saxon concept Of the word democracy.
All nations conceiving the word '..de-
mocracy" in the American Saxon
meaning should be invited to share the
responsibilities and expenses of this
great undertaking with us.
The financial collapse of Great Britain
Is doubtless the main contributing cause
of most Of the chaos and unease in Eu-
rope and Asia today. If we decide for
President Trumans recommendation, the
reaction all over the world will be for
freedom for the individual.
Our decision must be: Eyes"
EUGENE c. POMEROY.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
BuIour Bod Manners

The recent conduct of the Com
munist- dominated government OF
Bulgaria toward the diplomatic col
ony in Sofia, which has occasioned
repeated protests by many OF the
diplomatic representatives there and
has been climaxed by the recall of
the French Minister as a mark OF
high displeasure, Is not an isolated
phenomenon. The same disregard
of diplomatic amenities has been
exhibited, in similar if in somewhat
less fragrant degree, by nearly all
the other East-European regimes
under the influence of Moscow. In
deed, it may be recalled that in its
salad days." the Bolshevik govern
ment of Russia, set up after the 1917
revolution, acted in much the same
fashion. The question may therefore
be asked whether such flouting OF
traditional diplomatic practices is
merely the brashness of Communist
revolutionary immaturity or whether
1t is part of a deliberate policy for
definite ends.
Whichever may be the explana-
tion, the current actions of the Bull
garian regime headed by that vet
eran Comintern agent, George Di-
mitrov, would seem clearly to violate
accepted canons of diplomatic con-
duct. The outstanding offense GEN.
tered around its decision to call in
all outstanding Bulgarian bank
notes, in order to curb black-market
operations and currency specula-
ton. The government suddenly Or
dered all the foreign missions to
turn in their Bulgarian money by
6 pm. on March 7, and surrounded
most of the legations with Red
militiamen to see to it that the
order was enforced. This coercive
gesture was protested by a joint rep
resentation from the Ministers OF
the United States, Great Britain,
Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Turkey,
and the interim Apostolic Delegate.
A second representation was made
when the Dimitrov governments
reply to the first protest was deemed
thoroughly unsatisfactory"
This second representation in
cluded strong remonstrance
against the special incident which
concerned the French Minister. 1t
seems that, on the deadline date Of
March 7, three French citizens rep
-resenting the French official news
agency were restrained from en-
tering the Legation by the Red
Militiamen, were mistreated when
Evening star., 1947-03-18
The Political Mill
Bv Gould Lincoln

The Republicans in Congress will be
compelled soon to stand and be counted
for or against remedial Federal labor
legislation designed to elm
mate the monopolistic grip which Or
ganized labor has on the individual
worker and monopolistic power which
it now eXerts against American industry.
Both the House and Senate Com
mittees on Labor have completed their
public hearings on proposed changes
in the labor laws, hearings that ran
for weeks and at which labor was given
the fullest opportunity to present its
views. Both committees are now tao
king the task of writing legislation,
and one or both may have bills ready
for introduction and report to their
respective Houses by April /.
Much interest naturally centers
around what the Senate will do in the
matter of labor legislation. For years,
during the Roosevelt administration, the
House put through measures seeking to
curb the excessive power Of labor unions
and to reduce the likelihood Of strikes.
And for years this kind of legislation
was tied up in the Senate and never
allowed to go to a vote. Now that the
Republicans have taken over control
of the Senate, and many Of the Roose-
welt New Dealers have been eliminated
by the elections last November, the
chances for such legislation have bright
ened. Nevertheless, 1t is understandable
that Chairman Hartley of the House
Labor Committee should hope to see
the Senate pass labor bill before
the House acts. He will get then an
idea how far the Senate Is willing to 60.
That the Senate Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare will produce labor
bill Is a certainty. The only question
today is, how far will the bill go; will
it deal with the two major labor prob
lens, the closed shop and industry
wide strikes? The committee appears
to be divided to against the more
drastic legislation. Five Republicans and
one Democrat seem to be favorable to
bringing out bill with real teeth in it
net punitive or unfair to labor, but
a bill to take from labor and its union
leaders powers they misuse. Four Demo-
Gratis and three Republicans are in
clined to line up against that kind OF
legislation. On the side Of the legis-
Iation of the character described may
be found Chairman Taft, and Sena-
tors Ball of Minnesota, Smith Of New
Jersey, DonneIl of Missouri, and Jen-
ner Of Indiana. Republicans, and Sena-
tor Ellender Of Louisiana, Democrat.