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Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
Larson Is Elected
Speaker OfHouse;
Senate DeadLocks
ARMSTRONG WINS
OUT OVER WAHL

81 As the Chronicle prepared
Tor press, word was rereiveJ =
from this papers conrt ro1 ,1u
Ha porter ihat the state Supreme
Court' .t' by a three to one de-
Glslon disposed of the man
uaIhus proceeding contestinp
the election of Robert 7
SAIIHlstrong, Republican. as
state Representative from
n e secOnd Representative
district, Wilmington. bv re-
rusing to grant the mandaro
o.to. US winch was brought by
attorneys .t representing Rob
ert n; Wahl, Democrat. The
Ga" case has been pending since
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31

GA'lili PFC conservative estimates in
dlcate that butter is down an aver
age OF "a per cent from the years
nigh, meat and eggs are down ~
per cent, cheese 13 per cent ionr
10 per cent, lard 20 per cent oIeo-
margarine Is per cent. scans 1s
per cent, and produce 10 per cent
/ think they will stay down and NAV
go even lower, provided labor and
transportation costs, which consti-
tute a large part Of the retail price
do not get out of hand"
Mr.. Hartford cited two major de-
natlonary factors in the food price
picture; continued high production
and soft" markets; fewer consum-
er food dollars and greater compe-
LitiOn for them.
Producers and distributors must
recognize that once again we have
Continued on page @
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
To Resume Wednes-
day Noon Closing

according to officials of the
9M.,ercnants y, division Of the Milford
Ss... SslamDer Of Commerce, stores in
.-llioia .-... nave resumed closing We'd
lssaay afternoons. During Decem-
~ -. ana up to Christmas, the ma
l9Iity Of the business houses in
nesdays.
Mnlle many close at noon on
Weanesdags or shortly thereafter
some 90 remain open until one
2 o'clock % the afternoon.
fAe Merchants division of the
SAanDer has announced that any
teontlnued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
BY Associated Press

Pay increases averaging about 10
per cent for the armed forces and
related services were recommended
by a civilian investigating group in
Q report released recently by De-
Tense secretary FOrrestal.
While the average would be Is
per cent, there would be a wide
spread in the boosts granted vari-
Gus grades Of officers and men. For
example:
Base pay for brigadier generals
with 80 years service would be in
creased 58.18 per cent; second lieu
tenants 25 per cent; Army sergeants
with 10 years service 36.11 per cent;
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31

honors than any other year in the
areas sports history.
Perhaps the biggest single ac-
eoalpllshment BY lower Delaware
Asllele team was that turned in
by The Milford Red sox Of the Fas-
tern Shore tbaseball) League Who
Wadeo through that circpif's noaf-
season championship plav-OFs -
emerge as the professional base.
BAN champions Of the DeninenIs
Liayt Sheedy. a real teacher IN
baseball, took a patehed-up line
up strengthened most Of the veal
spots, developed the available nlav-
ing talent, and brought his club n
second in the regular season PEN
.al chase; then. his sox qualified
tsf me piay-oAs finals by finishing
te1nilnnad cn paga 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
To Resume Connuni-
ty Basketball Monday

The Milford Community Basket
haIi Program, sponsored here each
winter by Blue Hen Post No. 64g3
Y. f. w, and its Auxiliary, win IS
resumed here next Monday evening
out az the Milford High School conrt
with the staging Of a doublebesder
featuring Milford's two community
teams, the Vets and the Blue Hens
IN the first game, the Hens viii
meet the Cecilton girls team in 4
uar-Del Girls League game, follow
ING which the Vets win meet ne
Dover Bulldogs II a Mar-Del Mems
League game.
CONTINUED on page O
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
Value OF State Crops Drops
$4,3z9OOO To $2O561,OOO

truck c % wa value Of Delaware 3 are crops year. including
eSlhated IN a sued this
% 81 ne figure compares with $2494OOOO last voor sh.
SoSOOO The reduction is largely the resn f GeCne
fhn ualnn n all
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
Lower Food Costs Seen Next
Year By President OfA. g P.

as thew did ] a$ and factories will much food in 1oa
I uuIhe the record
~ PROBABLY pay less for it, Hartford president % ~ ans
ana racine Tea Company predicted fodav - ne Iseat
prices reached their and
en Mr. Hartford said the case az onr ovyr
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
1913 N/as Another Banner Year
For Lover Delaware Sports

the s me 1sls ring Out the passing the Old Year and ,
Delaware snss ear TINS Friday evening midnight lower
Z t. amer year for Clover Delaware sports for I
ana INDIVIDUALS from Dslawares two lower co
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-31
Drivers On
New Years Eve
Are Warned
TOUse Caution
State Police, Safety Unit,
Stress Fatal Toll Now
At Highest Since 1941;
Will Be Ample Troop
ers On Highways.

Determined to prevent any nos
slDle increase in the 1948 highway
fatality toll, both Mai. Herbert
Barnes, commanding officer, Della
ware state police, and ]. James Ash
ton, manager Of the Delaware Safe
" council have made appeals to mo-
tOrists to drive carefully on New
Years Eve.
Major Barnes said that there will
be ample troopers on duty Friday
night so that all traffic regulations
viii be strictly enforced. He caution
ed against the operation Of cars bv
tlpsy drivers and recommended that
II you drink-dOn't drive"
SO far this year there have been
4S deaths on highways outside VIII
mingtOn. This is the highest toll
since 1941 when "a fatalities were
reported exclusive of Wilmington
The highest death total for anv one
year during the past 90 years was
IN 1897 when S8 persons were killed
or died Of injuries suffered in traf-
nc accidents outside the city.
Major Barnes disclosed that there
have been 1883 traffic deaths on
highways, outside Wilmington dur-
ing the past 20 years. This includes
the 4S deaths reported up to Dec. 81. |
This total represents an average Of
about So traffic fatalities yearly
a resume Of the past 20 years ia
tality list as compiled by Major
Barnes follows: 1928, 81 deaths:
1929. So; 1880, 81; 1881, 81: 1892 70.
1888 20; 1884, 50; 1885, 60; 1886. 81:
1887 8S; 1888, So; 1889, II: 1910. 50:
1871, "a; 1912, 54; 194s, So; 1914. 81:
1916, So; 1916, g.; 1947, IS. and 1913
73, up tc Dec. %.
Mr. Ashton, in making a similar
appeal, asked motorists TO remem-
ber that the registration OF autOmo- +
1iies In the state is the highest in
Delaware history this year, while /,
gasoline consumption is also at it's (
highest.
These two points are enough to :
indicate the increase in road haz- I
yards and the acCident-potential. the I
safety Council manager said.
He pointed out that the eight auto I
fatalities of the past year in Wilm- I,
lngtOn are double the total Of last j
year. but still below the annual av- Il
erage OF 13 deaths over a 2O-year
period.
Evening star., 1948-06-20

PLUS: Doris FIeeson, Lowell Meett, David
Dorothy Thonpson @ and , Roymond I MoIev ssr stor
coveroee augmented by the competent stoff
Of the Associated Press heoded by Reln,on
Morn chief Of the Washington Bureou VIII
Iiom BeoIe, Jack Bell and D. Harold Oliver
AP Wirephoto service will provide fast pic
ture coveroee Of human interest events and
personalities.
Evening star., 1948-06-20

Plus: More than 100
nswsn'en, commentators,
and teehnicions- 10 bring
'WMAl listeners O word
by word account direct
from ABC's special studio
immediately overlooking
the speakers rostrum.
Other rodio conmento-
tors include John B. Ken
nedy, Edwin c. Hill,
WoIter /kiernon. Erwin
Conhonn, George Hicks,
jock seoIl and Iris
Coffin.
Evening star., 1948-06-20
MN/1I ChonneI 7 For WMAL-TVs
nv Complete Televsion Coveroge

L
PLUS: CoIorful and sxclt-
ing events os they hop
pen. Tslevision coveroos
Of the Convention will be
an historical first.
lMPokTANT-Events
will undoubtedly occur
at unscheduIed times
therefore watch the
pooes Of The Stor for q
time schedule Of special
WMAl-N teIecosts.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13
Secretary Speaks at
chauffeuf's Funeral

WASHINGTON, April IL. "a
MP = Eecretary of Agricultural
Clinton P. Anderson, paused amid
his rush of activities in helping
to implement the Marshall plan to
speak at the funeral services of
his chauffeur, Norris S. Rich, who
died Sunday morning.
81 am glad to have known and
to have been associated with Nor
ris Rich," said Secretary Anderson
"Hhe was dependable and he had
a wholesome outlook! we shall all
miss him very MUCH" Anderson
concluded is a strained voice.
Also at the funeral were w.
A. Minor, assistant to the ecre-
tary, and about so employees of
the department of agriculture.
Rich, a native of this city, was
Dor in 1899. He came into the de-
partment's employ as a chauffeur
for the secretary in 1941. Prior
to that time he had held two jobs
in private industry and two in
government. He is survived by a
widow, one daughter and four
sons.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13
Presents "Fruits of
Freedom" at Times Hall

NEW YORK, April IL. (ANP)
The historical society of which
Edith E. Baker is the director,
will present the "Fruits of Free
dom," at Times Hall Friday eve
ing The Centennial Historical So
ciety under the auspices of the
Col. Young Memorial foundation
pays homage and extols the deed
of great Americans who have
lived courageously and labored for
the cause of human freedom.
Appearing on the Times Hall
program will be Gertrude Har-
rington, mono-dramatist, Jean
Clyne, soprano; the Urban
Choral and Dramtic society and
the Rev. A. Neral Willis, presi-
dent of the foundation.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13
Stores Add Negro
Clerks 10 Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, April 10. (AN
Pr Two more leading depart
ment stores in the Twin Cities
will probably have Negro sales
women, it was announced last
week. In Minneapolis, Dayton's an
nounced that it is training two
women, iona Tyler and Pearl Nc
Kinney, as slaes clerks. The Gold
en- Rule department store of St.
Paul is interviewing applicants for
sales obs.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13

Florida A. & M. college here, has
retired. He has been in charge
of work among Negroes ever since
additional workers were assigned.
The extension department I'M
der Mr.. Turner's direction has
been an active force in training
Negro farmers in intelligent and
productive agriculture.
He has specialized in the devel-
opment of Puerto Rican yams, a
profitable sweet potato popular
in this area, and was the pioneer
in encouraging farmers to pro-
duce top grade cane cyrup. Turn
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13

er will devote his time to the de-
velopment Of the Florida Farm
er's Cooperative association which
markets Flocane, the syrup he
helped to inaugurate.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-13
Reiires as State
AGENT in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. April IL.
(ANP)-A. A. Turner, who for
80 years has been working with
service with headquarters at the
the Florida Agricultural Extension
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
DOES UE BAN REFLECT
ON OTHER UNIONS

There's been quite fuss during the past week Atomic
Workers from the atom laboratory of the General Electric Co.
Some extremists end of uE
big union and that puts any union which has not signed Taft
spoesen write this sort Of talk % as irresponsible
a Pf % Of d the &hc as Ffs''d from poor wording Linen
The national CIo in indignant handled
problem principal grievance be summed in sent
Spesas @ u Muf hdSs bd 9o'6 bar Gh & ar ."
leaders say that this blacstng of whole organization I'M
plies guilt by & 3 & pncP m to w uns tney a a nd
heads they should at least them loyalty review board
In barring m the % union by anne a%d b set taWsd S9e @
rather than as denDeIate I ahPf m % smear CU %U m @ 6 If
got present officers they have bar
gaining rights in atom plants the many other unions
that he s{s @S'sa wy @ds
members Of UE He adds that if the officers ice Of G desire e 9e Com
Poaton & of the their % 9ya & M sof b m P % % m npard % %
give full and candid statements eonernng present or past afha0n
In addition @ & the same % data will be m of Of
cers Of other unions who represent employees the atomic energy
question their affiliations
tons have submitted to thorough security checks before being
to negotiations. UE officers have not
Fitzgerald issued his
statement barring from the General & Electric laboratory This
m first R then gyng 5 o1 edngs " m pq It & 5
is scheduled to open within a month
This could have from the General Electric CO.
anxious to deal with this union in is atom laboratory Despite the
involved GE heads claim that all they know about is the mere
harsa of reports They have challenged Lenhal to
make available to them the evidence from the F files which obvious
ly he is not free to do
attitude people declare bears charges that the
electrical bargain with Communist union officers
who their rather than representatives of the stronger
trade unions
Whatever happens Schenectady things
well to remeber
W Anytime the union elects officers who security
check the Atomic Energy Commission will be glad let UE bargain
at atomic installations
The whose
signed Taft Hartley affdavis do affiliations
8 Most important Of ALL the Commission has given other union
AFL and CO. NRB rights at atom plants and opened the
organizing at these plants
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14

Business and industry in terrible financial shape
because their low prosand if you don't believe 1t just
read the Sept 25 issue of the NAM News.
1t breaks mans heart to view the tears which
the News sheds because of the situation.
It's downright pitiful-and alarming, too
Now, for example, says the NAM News
'n 1947 corporate profits toaled S13 billion, after de-
ducton of and unspendabe inventory appreciation
Like all other dollars these of the natOnary variety
with considerably less than preWar buying power They
amounted to 4.1%6 of sales.
Dividends payments 500 billion The remaining
S6 part way toward performing the other functions
of profit 1t not nearly enough.
ow replacement to say nothing of expansion, is to be
financed matter of major to the whole nation
The present earnings picture not conducive to attracting
investments if heavy personal income taxes were
MT siphonng off nearly all of the money which should be
available for this purpose. >.
You'll pardon us, hope if at this point express
something stronger than mild skeptcsm.
But to go
'No serious threat to the national welfare exists
present than the misunderstanding concerning business
profits which being fostered by those who have political
and economic to grind.
misunderstanding to the profit situation must not
be allowed to prevail and responsibility rests upon every
to that the truth told to the people of his
community"
Oh brotherl How can they do it?
Either the NAM News completely wrong Sept
% corporations bankrupt 1889 when they made
$5 billion in profits after taXes and just out of the red in
1915 when they rolled in $87 billion
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
RACING Form For Nov. z

Thd parties of real magnitude have rarely left dent III
the of the Democratic Republican tide since the civil war
Predict Elections Bean has been studying and predicting elections
his shares with the reader the methods
he has used to accurately predict elections of the past decade
This book effect dispelng the dewey
attitude" which the coumnt have
sally accepted One magazine headed its review of the book with the
title "Dont Count Truman Out"
the total population these ell
gbe have the polls each succeeding eeconwh
the exception of the 1914 when millions of voting
were overseas ana mos Oh workers VINO had moved 10 ne" JOBS
either not eligible had yet registered in their oa
ton In 1920 1860 of those 2 and voted the
presidential election This increased gradually 591% in 1910 If
those will
ballots month. This million and real
chance for Democratic victory the total election picture the
sidency the House, and the Senate
Il Republican
their calculating the election
total of AZ million probable So million This change
based highs registration figures ruou the country with
the exception of New York Politically sophisticated New York
throw the election to Dewey.
Most to be feared if the Democrats will be the lack of uf
majority
alliance the Congress which action head
off depression Every business depression the years has
brought about the defeat of the party control at the next election
all the the prediction
study of the tide which shown in the of political
the election results of the past century shows three alternating
periods Republican control OF the Congress-
Ihruout this there
cratic strength The periods Democratic
longer their peak higher thru
bv e
the increasing proportion Of the population living cities
substantial decline of the rural farm population this period
the vote An
the low income of the population Thus with exception Of
the SOUTH increased vote that the Democratic
made effective appeal to millions of
apae and fail to advantage voting for candidate
or the other
spent book will give real stimulus to the
those who luled despair them real
lift that there still chance until the counted in November
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
Remember Ais Fair In Love.
Wur-und Politics

ANYTHING is fair in love- war-and politics. Let's not
forget Politics slick with It's own peculiar code
of ethics
Generally bio time politician doesn't lie But some
times he stretches the truth to the point OF confusing po
pe And sometimes that's what he trying to do HIS job
is to convince many folks possible that he the man
who will take of their particular problems IL ne geCS te
vote.
So the politician makes his statements broad enough
to please everybody and enough that no one
can be offended. -
Take the matter of the Taft-artley Act That seems
like clearcut issue But III this campaign tne poHGcS
are doing their best to confuse about the Iaftartey
Act.
The Republican leaders, who accepted responsibility for
the passage of the TafHarey Law over President 1r-
mans veto, announcing that they would faVo Ger
tain amendments, especially "Where such amendments
prove necessary to the democratic processes OF collective
bargaining"
Sound good? It's supposed to sound good. But what
does it mean? it that if elected these Republican
supporters of the aftartey Act will try to repeal some
of the most harmful sections of that law? It does not
There two ways to amend a law. One is to repeal
the harmful unworkable provisions Another is to add
more harmful and unavoidable provisions 1t so happens
that the Wall Street Journal last month away the COP
program That newspaper published exclusive story re-
porting that anabor Republicans all set to put more
antlabor teeth in the Taftarey Act the moment the
next Congress starts.
They want to prohibit ndustry-wde bargaining-the
kind pracsed the railroads They want to prohibit any
strike for security They want to fine unions that put
up effective picket lines during strikes They want to out
law any collective bargaining protect the health look
for the welfare of union members. They want to en-
courage individual employees to start suing unions.
The spade work preparatory to introducing such amend
mentS already pretty well completed by the BaIiartey
Committee.
When the Republican leaders talk about amendments
to the TaftIarey Act, these the amendments they
have mind-not the amendments labor would like to
Iabors friends pledged to outright repeal of the
Taft-Iartey Act Let's beware of the politicians selling
amendments.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
NEWS und VIEWS
By ALEXANDER S. LIPSELL Gan ILNS Feature)

] Make no msaks @ aSq % The Germans 5nd III % assert
Wr oSer Berlin me- T6e a the xupe Committee IN f the social
aeG'af p Poa Pc @ % nd ug @ a9 tine Gedn n s. to 6 h M
world recognize how strong the genuine democratic forces in Germany
latest sign Of the Germans nsste9s to be of the
for end of occupation and the transfer complete responsibility
for for the political and life to the democratic of
forces to direct and limited military duties proposed
1t G5 point dc Gs'an 0 % S the the
political viewpoints regulation could be by
experts along economic viewpoints This could and should bring about
ton powers" . INC '''Oi''-
the body Of the shattered capital
only though perhaps most important single phase the con-
demanding an m mme % Of be "6e Soa ws made m M GIencl a b m
rule of Berlin must be continued as long as part of
occupy position Of precedence over the others ' "
pod S the % Se Of 5 1s % Sen ~ s qps easp sn front Lime
world It's nearing clear i eeaes the view held BY
established European must remain limited and subject
matter wisely stresses the need of dealing with the problem
Unfortunately, American military government Germany seems
10 tSie @ m g & r h tb s P pof % ppefm o. % the occupation aG
demonstrates the limitations the military mind That registers
issue bo" the tips f6er oed experts PT at I5s a or an
men % P cmoera ] ] s s " e dd hs eneEsd 3 qs
the co community OF nations As such deserves the sympathetic interest
solution of the German problem the statement also outlines
conspicuous helpful in the building better
Coenty report American labor editor just back
from three months Germany calls
lNS dispatches, this
the German labor and
ed of its publications. and last but
making labor available to the general public both
the Atlantic.
support German trade unoniss to
out these excellent But
the distribution of German labor periodic
American Through such agencies the Department Labor"
the proposal strikes unwise if downright harmful
To make foreign labor available
function of the labor
is not the job of
with the affairs of organized labor whether in the
Germany or elsewhere Will places unless
interests and duties first and last.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
Labor At The Crossroads

The union drive to get out the vote in the November
elections and sponsor certain candidates without parallel
labor history But then the problems facing organized
labor today without parallel in history Labor organlza
tonS have been subjected to devastating blows IN the
last two years than the previous past two decades The
Egheth Congress through the passage of the aartey
Act did all its power make unions negligible factor in
the American economy Flushed with this victory industry
eager deal labor the final knockout blow and It's IN
strument hopes to the Eghty-First Congress.
Reelection of those congressman who have shown their
hostility toward labor lead to only inevitable result
complete subjugation and eventual destruction OF Am
erican unionism.
But fortunately there is another path open 1t is hard
and difficult route to be But it is the only If labor
wishes maintain the gains and recognition by 1T
through the years of hard struggle That route leads direct
" to the ballot box and requires that every union member
his family and friends go to the polls and vote for those
candidates endorsed by labor. The UAWAFL as well as
most major international nions has endorsed the Truman
Barey ticket Endorsements of Congressman and Senators
your districts have been made by Labos League for Poll
tica Education and may be obtained through central
labor body Voting for these does not voting for
an arbitrarily chosen candidate The record is open to in
specton Every UAW-AFL local union has been supplied
with pamphlet "The Record They Stand On showing
actions of legislators in the Eightieth Congress.
Anyone who read can quickly learn who is repre-
sentng privileged few rather than the American public as
whole If value unions and those things which our
unions have won then must all to the polls IN Nov
ember continuance of those gains by supporting
who have helped them and defeat those who
are trying to take them from us.