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Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09
STATE VOTING
LAWS CONFRONT
WALLACE PARTY
Requirements For Qualifying
to Get on Ballot Shown in
Survey Over the Country

WASHINGTON, Jan. - P) -
Here briefly are the requirements
for a third party to qualify for the
general election ballots in the vari-
Gus states as disclosed in an Assoc
! lated Press survey:
ALABAMA - Organize and file
emblem with Secretary of State,
nominate candidates at convention
before first Tuesday in May.
ARIZONA-Get petitions signed
by at least 2 per cent of vote cast in
previous gubernatorial elections
from each of at least five counties.
CALIFORNIA - Petitions signed
by 27,597 persons, filed before
March Is, or by 27,597 eligible vot-
ers merely registering as independ-
ent progressives. The 27,597 figure
represents 10 per cent of vote cast
for Governor in 1916.
COLORADO - Petitions hearing
500 names and those of candidate
and Presidential electors filed for
ty-fiVe days before election.
CONNECTICUT - Petition
signed by l per cent of vote in last
Presidential election, or 1919, three
weeks before election.
DELAWARE - Must renresant
500 voters in each county in which
party exists.
FLORIDA - Organize third party
with $4,000 registered voter mem
bers in next few months and have
slate OF electors named in Nav 4
primary, or by write-ins.
GEORGIA - Petition containing
per cent of estimated 1,1OO. 600
registered voters, or about $4,000
names.
IDAHO - Hold convention of not
less that 200 delegates to name cleo
tors.
ILLINOIS - Petitions signed bv
$4,000, of whom 200 must come
from at least fifty-nine counties.
INDIANA - Petition signed by at
least one-half of 1 per cent of vote
cast for Secretary of State in previ-
Gus election, names of candidates
and electors, before Sept. 1.
IOWA - BY convention or caucus
or as few as two voters, one to sign
certificate of nomination as chair
man and other as secretary.
KANSAS - Petition signed bv 2
500 voters for each of eight electors.
KENTUCKY - Petitions of I 200
voters filed fifty-five days before
August primary.
LOUISIANA - Petition signed nv
1000 not affiliated with any other
party Must be submitted before
major party primaries to nominate
congressional candidates.
MAINE - Petition by l 1000 before
July Is.
MARYLAND - Petition by 1000
and filing fee of $27O. Also write
in ballots are allowed, if petition is
not filed.
MASSACHUSETTS, - Petition by
$4,000.
! MICHIGAN - Petition six
months before election signed by !
to 4 per cent of voters for Secretary
of State in previous election.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09

MINNESOTA - Separate petition
for each electOr signed by 1000 by
Oct. 2.
MISSISSIPPI - Any group may
name slate of electors to get on bal
lot.
MONTANA - By convention
naming four Presidential electors.
MISSOURI - Organizing state
committee and cOnVentiOn-Prel
mary view of election officials.
NEBRASKA - Convention for
maly advertised in advance at
which $50 legal signatures required.
NEVADA - Five per cent of vote
in last congressional election or
about $500 signatures.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 900 sigma
lures.
NEW JERSEY - Petition of 800
voters, with party name only in
slogan on ballot.
NEW MEXICO - Formal Orgeni-
zatiOn of party and filing of candi-
dates forty days before election.
NEW YORK - Nomination in
convention by legal party-Ameri-
can Labor Party, for exampIe-or
by Independent nominating petiti-
Ons signed by 10000.
NORTH CAROLINA - Petition
signed by 10000 and filed ninety
days before election.
NORTH DAKOTA - Petitions
signed by 300 electors filed with
the Secretary Of State forty days
before election.
OHIO - New code, effective ian
2, 1948, leaves undetermined whe-
ther a new party could qualify.
OKLAHOMA - Petition of 5000.
but certificatiOn Of new party would
have to reach Election Board before
April 80.
OREGON - Through convention
of 24O voters, or petition of S per
cent of vote in last congressional
election in 1916.
PENNSYLVANIA - Signatures
Of 1874 to nominating papers. Fig
ure based on percentage of 1947
vote for State Judge.
RHODE ISLAND - SIGNATURES of
500 to petition.
SOUTH CAROLINA - Simply by
printing and distributing ballots at
polling places.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09

SOUTH DAKOTA - Petition Of
$500, or 2 per cent of vote for Gov
ernor in last election, to file as in
dependent, or $4,000 signers as
third-party nominee.
TENNESSEE - Convention or by
petition of fifteen voters in each
county.
TEXAS - Statutes make no re-
ference to independent" candidate,
but the Secretary of State, Paul
Brown indicated candidate could
get on ballot if there is a Vice
Presidential running mate and fol-
lowers organize party and name
electors.
UTAH - Petition signed by 300
by thirty days before election.
VERMONT - Petition by l per
cent of vote in previous election for
Governor, or 1888.
VIRGINIA - No provision in the
election law for the present on bal
lot of third party. However, the Sec
retary of the Election Board has
asked the Attorney General for a
ruling.
WASHINGTON - Convention Of
at least twenty-five voters.
WEST VIRGINIA - Petition
signed by about 1000 or 1 per cent
of vote in last Presidential election.
WYOMING - Petition signed by
100 voters for each of three electors.
WISCONSIN - File fourteen sets
of nominating papers, each con-
tanning 1000 signatures, one set
each for third-party candidate, run
ming mate, and twelve electors.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09
Anti Cracker Polly
Demands Pork Chops

BALTIMORE - up - Mrs. Bet
tie E. McComas has a polly who
wants no crackers.
Mrs McCOmas says the rare bird
insists on scrambled eggs and
bread dunked in coffee for break
fast.
For dinner he prefers peas,
mashed potatoes, corn, carrots, or
pork chops, and will gnaw on chic
ken bones with the rapacity of a
bulldog"
But Mrs. McComas says she does
not feed Polly Boy much meat be-
cause she believes it might make
him lose his feathers.
The parrot is as delicate in lang
uage as he is in palate, and never
uses naughty words, Mrs. McComas
says.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09
SchedHle-Daily and Sunday
EFFECTIVE-OCTOBER q, 1947
Sandy Point -Matapeake Service
LeGVe Sandy Point AeaVe Matabeake

Bus Connection. S. Sundays only.
@ Ferry service through to Claiborne
for vehicles via prompt connection
at RomancOke.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09
RomancoIIe. claiborne Service

Note: All boats leaving Claiborne make
connections with boats leaving Mat
apeake. hour later.
For connecting Carrier Information,
Consult:
hed star Motor Coaches, Inc,
Salisbury and Baltimore, Nd.
Baltimore & Annapolis r. r. Co.,
Baltimore. Md.
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Washington, d. G.
THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
l09 3. LEXINGTON STREET
BALTIMORE-S, ND.
mSO.ti
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-09
Russia Lays Claim
To Daylight Movies

MOSCOW = up = A daylight
movie prefecture and screen have
been perfected in the USSR, It Is
claimed by the newspaper "Koh1-
solOm Pravda." The paper said
test had been held in the hall of the
Palitechnical Museum and had been
hailed as a success.
Scientists have been working for
a long time on the problem Of show
ing films during daylight" said the
announcement
The inventor is r I. Novitsky.
The new device, it was announ-
ced, enables the spectator to see
perfectly from every angle.
Novitsky's screen is said to be
made Of organic glass;"
Evening star., 1948-05-16

took steps to prevent it. Taking a
piece of cardboard, he cut a hole
in it just eight inches long and
five inches high, fastened it to the
top of the net, and aimed the shut
tie through this illiputian opening
until he developed a low serve of
pin-point accuracy.
H. Ellsworth Vines, Jr., for
mer tennis kingpin, is now a
leading pro golfer, and doubt
less looms in the minds of
many a player as a natural.
But, like other champions, Vines
paid stiff price. Tennis had
imposed a handicap on him when
he turned to golf. His right arm
had become considerably larger
and stronger than his left, and for
half a year he carried hand
gripper in his left hand everywhere
he went, squeezing it incessantly
to develop his grip.
He practised golf two or three
hours every morning, another one
in the evening, took five lessons a
week. Within a year he lowered his
handicap from Is to two.
The price Vines paid to become
star wasn't merely figurative,
either. From his professional ten
mis- earnings, he set aside - and
used up $4,000 which went for
golf lessons and equipment.
There are still other sacrifices.
In order to make the Davis Cup
team, Vines left the University of
Evening star., 1948-05-16
so YOU WANT TO BE A CHAMPION?
Continued from page ten

anything on Andy himself. Pro-
prietor of bowling alleys, he bills
his outfit: Home of the Worlds
Most Sensational Bowler" Well,
Andy is sensational. He has COM
piled a tournament average of
over 200 in 10 years, and has
bowled more than 5Operfect games.
BY a literal construction,
Varipapa contradicts the state
ment that championships aren't
won with mirrors. Andy did use
mirrors - he practiced in front of
them to correct flaws. And there
were other routines. To develop a
good hook he used to place a ball
in the middle of the alley and then
bowl his own ball to pass to the
right of it and veer back left to
hit the No. 7 pin - the extreme
left pin in the last row. Eventually
it became an easy shot for him
after few thousand tries.
Dent Serve Too High
ONE of the most humiliating
experiences in badminton is to have
your serve successfully rushed.
If the serve is too high. zing! - an
alert opponent catches the shuttle
at the top of its flight and fiicks
it down for a placement.
This doesn't happen to Ken
Davidson, the crack pro whose
deft exhibitions have been wit
messed by more than 100000
persons. Early in his career he
Evening star., 1948-05-16
The smile that wins
is the Rtpsodent Smile!

Wonda Hendrix. Paramount ssorSes.
plays leading role in Paramount's
"My Own True Love-" Although Oh she
has smiled her way through only four
pictures, Wanda is hailed as one of
the years best bets for stardom. She
was junior high school student in
Jacksonville, Florida, when a talent
scout discovered her in little thea
ter" play. Now her smile is as bright
as her future its Pepsodent Smile!
'Tve used Pepsodent Tooth Paste
since my little theater' days." Wanda
says, land l wouldn't change no,or'
Evening star., 1948-05-16

Southern California after one year.
Championship requirements cut
college careers short for Jack
Kramer, Helen Jacobs and others.
Needless to say. training seldom
goes hand in hand with the richer
and fuller life. Golfers, figure
skaters and other athletes have
risen with the chickens to get at
their grind before their practice
spots were cluttered up with peo-
pie playing for fun. And a star may
be called on to resist not only
smoking and drinking but candy,
cream, butter and desserts, movies,
reading and automobile driving.
Pleading the Customers
AND don't forget the inevitable
the show must 60 on" angle. If
Susie Smiths back hurts her dur
ing a friendly tennis game she can
call it quits without censure.
But when Helen Wills Moody
walked off the court, for this rea-
son, in the middle of her final
round match with Helen Jacobs at
Forest Hills in 1888, the resultant
furore seemed about to prompt a
Congressional investigation. In
the champions rule book, for
anything less than broken
leg, it's get out there and
please the customers.
So perhaps you aren't so badly
off if you never succeed in winning
a national sports crown. You may
never have your picture in the
newsreels, but you'll still be able
to sigh, Brother. the headaches
I've missed!" The End
Evening star., 1948-05-16
- 7hs 7aeee4s2< Wins 3 t0l over any ohe, tooth paste.

Like Wanda Hendrix, people all over
America prefer New Pepsodent with Irium
for brighter smiles. In recent tests, families
from coast to coast compared New Pepso-
dent with brands they'd been using at home.
By an average of 3-to-l, they preferred
Evening star., 1948-05-16

PePsodent Tooth Paste over any other lead
ing brand they tried! Yes, New Pepsodent
won 3 to for its cool, minty flavor, for
making breath cleaner, teeth brighter! For
the safety Of your smile use Pepsodent tmice
u day-see your dentist fuice a year'
Evening star., 1948-05-16

Do you hove o winning smile? If Pepsodent
Tooth Paste has helped your smile and
career send your picture and story to
Pepsodent, l4l w. Jackson Blvd, Chicago 4,
Ill. If used in our advertising you will receive
regular professional model fees.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

accordance with the Scriptures.
God is love; and he that dwelleth
in love dwelleth in God, and God
in him" Il John 4:16). How prac-'
teal is this name for God! !
The writer remembers a road
through lonely country which
suddenly twisted up a steep hill
and curved around a rock. On the
rock was painted in large letters,
prepare to meet thy God" (Amos
4:12). To meet God is not
something to be feared; it is not
something which happens only
after death. God is Life, and we
meet Him in every activity every
day. We are constantly with Him.,
God, being Life, is a law of ami;
hilation to death. Did not Jesus
prove this for us when he raised
Lazarus, restored the widows
son, revived the daughter, of
Jairus, and finally stepped from
the sepulcher triumphant in the
glory of unconquerable Life? !,
Our activities are governed by.
intelligence when we remember
that God is our Mind. We are not
subject to material limitations
when we prove that in reality we
are the children of Spirit. Fleshly
failings and the ugliness of ma
teriality find no foothold in our
thought when we know that our
God is Soul. Truth is another;
name for God. eye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make
YOU Free" our Master promised
John 1892. You shall indeed
know God and God shall make you
free! Our Father is so near and
50 real that when we seek Him
with understanding He is all we
need. When we know Him we
have All. - The Christian Science
Monitor.
VOTE REPUBLICAN -
There are $4,000 distributors
of fluid milk in the u. s.. and
10000 plants processing milk,
butter, cheese, ice cream and
other dairy products.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

were all over the place, yelling
to each other to come on for
waiting cab and running out,
many leaving their instruments
, in Tommy's well locked dressing
room. Tommy was the last to
leave and Deborah and the door
man waited patiently as his valet
fused over the clothes he wanted
| to wear. He changed suits twice
| behind the closed door and fin
allyy chose tie from among an
assortment of two dozen.
Sorry to keep you waiting"
he apologized, but Deborah only
smiled coyly.
1t was four in the morning and
there was no place to go. They
could just be satisfied with rid
ing through Chicago's quiet
streets. Tommy talked sweetly
as he caressed her at every red
light and somehow the CONVEX
sation got on his going to Cali
fornia.
Continued next weekly
- VOTE REPUBLICAN
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

- VOTE REPUBLICAN
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03
WASHINGTON
: = k]NEEkIIk
WAOHINNIOIN, D. u Il
be an historic document"

! be an historic document"
Those were the words of one
OF the trainers of the Republican
platform in Philadelphia as the
nation awaited the first reading
of the document referred to.
The nation now knows the wis
dom Of those words. The nation
now knows the position Of the
party which is pledged to "save
what is left Of the American
wayy Of life after 16 years of
j dawdling with crackpot ideas
that have shunted the nation
through one war and are threat.
ening another.
A position of world leadership
is pledged in that platform; a
position at the head of crusade
for freedom and right-not by
might, but by light.
The Republican Party pledges
! in it's platform to introduce
American principles into its for
eign policy. 1t pledges to oppose
any encrOachment ON freedom
with the traditional doctrines Of
Americanism rather than the
doctrines born of indecision.
In it's domestic policies, the Re-
publican Party took an equally
forward step by pledging to the
American people that they would
no longer be the subjects of mas
tiers by concentrated government,
but would again enjoyy the right
to plan and live their lives in the
fashion which made this the
greatest nation of freedom in the
the world.
Fear; of war and fear Of the.
collapse of true Americanism
played no part in the REPUBLICAN,
pldg to Amrica, for tn framr of
TIL platform expressed to the con
vention the utmost confidence
that the election of the .Republi-
can Party to office would way
lay such fears.
And they were confident of that
election.
w Continuance of international
effort by the leaders Of America
was not an argumentative phase
OF, the drafting of the platform,
but the institution of true Ameri-
can principles into that effort is
an argument the Republicans
said they were proud to place
before the nation.
1t is not reconnaissance
eove-communism- there approach (
which has disturbed the nation
and the world since our wedding |
to the painted doll of Sovietism.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03
What You Are Seeking

TN the advertising section of tn
average daily newspaper we
= find many expressions of need,
such as home or help or employ
ment wanted; and often a per-
sonal column implying loneliness
or the need Of healing broken
family relationships. This is all
typical Of society in which one
may hear another say, IF only
| had home of my own, l should
be so happy; or eff l had some
where else to work, things would
be different" Many times the at
tainment of the desired end leaves
something still lacking.
The truth is that most people
are really seeking God. But |
am not seeking God" one may say.
Il have never been attracted to
Him. AS matter Of fact, it makes
me rather uncomfortable to speak
Of Him. Let me be practical and
keep my feet on the ground. a
mighty Judge sitting on a heavenly
throne has no appeal for me-"
NSuch. concept of God has no
appeal to any intelligent person.
To understand Him one must
learn His true nature. To the
question, 'What is God?" Mary
Baker Eddy has replied in Sci.
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" (p. 1861, "God is in
corporal, divine, supreme, inf
mite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle.
Life, Truth, Love-"
''To speak Of God as Principle
seems rather cold" you may say.
But is it really cold? A dictionary
defines the word principle" in,
part as follows: Justice, equity,l
integrity; source, origin, cause"
Do not these words apply intelli-
gently to the Supreme Being?
To speak of God as Love is in
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

Deborah dressed in suave black
with naked shoulders that even
ing. She was meeting Tommy
at the cafe at midnight. A cigar
cite was lit at her dressing table
for reinsurance. @This is the
night" she told herself with an
mistaken voice, that Tommy will
propose to me. And what will !
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03
Pleasant Valley
Picnics Held At
Fourth OF july

Two Of the many Fourth of
July Picnics to be held next Sum-
day include the Wisconsin Civil
Rights Congress Freedom Day
picnics at Pleasant Valley park,
and the IBPOE of w ElKs will
hold an annual dance and picnic
at Pleasant Valley park the fol-
lowing day.
VOTE REPUBLICAN, =
With prices what they are to-
day when you call a man ham
you are really inferr1ng that he
is worth a lot of Water
loo 0nd) Press.
VOTE REPUBLICAN
t5
~ President Grover Cleveland
signed the law creating the in
terstate Commerce Commission
ID 1887.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03
No Cure For Love

THE STORY THUS FAR: De-
borah Ames, Chicago newspaper
woman has fallen in love with
Tommy Morgan but is afraid to
admit it. Tommy, nations top
bandleader, comes down to her
office to see her before leaving
for California. Together, they
drive to the country.
PART VII
They drove out into the green
countryside as Tommy pushed a
button to manipulate the sollaps-
able top and joked at the funny
vehicles on the road with them.
Debbie tucked her legs under.
her. She was enjoying the won
derful country small as Tommy
told a batch of old college Jokes
which she insisted were stale
even when she was a little girl.
Suddenly, but not surprisingly,
Tommy stopped the car and help
ed Debbie out.
They walked over rocks and
through bushes and then chased
each Through shrubery until
Debbie's high heels failed her
and she tripped over a stone and
fell into Tommy's strong, wait
ing arms.
1--WE waited long enough for
this" he whispered tenderly as
Debbie struggled to free herself.
Don't make me wait longer" he
pleaded. She was in his grasp,
breathing hard, wanting to be
kissed and yet drawing await
from his lips. Then she looked
into his. eyes-felt the honest
ness of his approach-7and relax
ed in his arms.
She didn't look at him again
for several minutes-hoping that
when she did, the careless, man
ly expression, untouched by
worldly knowledge would still. be
with him. And it was. She look
ed into his eyes again. /. {. and
at that moment Debbie was sure
she was insanely in love.
They talked the afternoon long,
teasing, chattering and broad
casting their pet peeves against
the opposite sex. Tommy re-
nounced women who shop on
bargain day" and still get cheat
ed and Deborah FASTENED to their
defense y describing men who
know only of Citing the fair
ladies with compacts and per-
fume. 1t was sitting there on the
deep green grass, lodging flies
and admiring the busy ants that
the two of such different worlds
became acquainted AS Tommy
talked of his school days, De-
borah sat entranced, passionate
ly watching the fading sun be-
hind him and the beauty Of the
scene that was in his voice. The
odd colors of the sunset seemed
to form "a spotlight around that
rugged individual and the feel
ing made Deborah quietly rise
and go to Tommy's side. In real
ity he spoke to her about get
ting back to town, but in dream
land. as they walked slowly to
gether in the direction Of his
car-their faces turned to the last
of the sun-Deborah knew that
with Tommy; she could climb Mt.
Everest's peak as though it were.
nothing more than the highest
point Of Riverview prak. With
Tommy, she could tour the world
over and face any crisis. of their
lives, unafraid.
** -
Deborah dressed in suave black
with naked shoulders that even
ing. She was meeting Tommy
at the cafe at midnight. A cigar
cite was lit at her dressing table
for reinsurance. %This is the
night" she told herself. with an
mistaken voice, that Tommy will
propose to me. And what will /
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

Discerning the rights of man,
we cannot fail to foresee the
doom of all oppression. Slavery
is not the legitimate state of
man. God made man free.
Mary Baker Eddy
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

State Immediately after it's
The recognition of the Jewish
State immediately after it's for
nation will, in the opinion of
Truman's advisers, help to stop
the Democratic revolt against
him in the Northern Cities
Newsweek, May "a, 1913.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

The very idea Of the power and
right of the people to establish
government presupposes the duty
Of every individual to obey the
established government.
r~- .=s Washington
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03
Gems of Thought
FREEDOM THROUGH
GOVERN MENT

Men well governed should seek
after no other liberty, for there
can be no greater liberty than a
good government.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

We must accept the disciplines
of democracy as well as it's free
doms. Discipline from without
flourishes when discipline from
within grows weak.
Harry WOODBURY. Chase
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-07-03

Only free people can hold their
purpose and their. honor steady
to a common end, and prefer the
interest of mankind to any mar
row interest OF their own.
Woodrow Wilson