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Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
BABSON Discusses Hiring And Firing

liquor not mentioned during the interview.
Going to the other extreme, 1 know of several
large companies which have succumbed to psychol-
ogcal quackery in their overzealous efforts to put
their selections on a scientific" basis Mail-order
services are offered to help executives screen, hire
fire, and upgrade. For fee by remote control
these mail-order seers measure a mans sales ability
and his executive ability; they decide what his vO
cational interests are; and whether he is likely
act impetuOusly or cautiously More and more COM
panies try this diet of tripe each year.
TRAINING PROGRAMS GOOD ON PAPER
Many young people are baited by large cOrpor-
ations with executive training programs" Some
college Seniors afraid to face lfes realities look
upon these programs excuse to continue their
education at someone else's expense. Others, look
ing for something substantial find their enthusiasm
killed by tasks any half-wit could perform Some
of these programs last well beyond any reasonable
indoctrnation period And, at the end of the train
ing program how many companies have definite
plans for their trainees?
Properly designed training programs of short
duration intelligent approach to the transi-
tion between school and work. A little less make
work and little more real work the job while
training will help cut down turnover. Young men
want to get with the job so to enough
to get married and have home of their which
is a worthy ambition.
CONCLUSION
Inadequate hiring techniques and training pro-
grams are responsible for high mortality rates Of
high school and college trainees. Companies need
to make more accurate job analyses and definitions
so that they know what they looking for in
the interview. Aptitude tests are good checks o
subjective opinions but not when administered BY
remote control and interpreted by mail order
Finally shorter on-the-job practical training pro
grams will reduce employers turnover while
learning to be prompt, industrious and temperate
will help young people to hold their jobs.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Jurors Are Selected
For April Term
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o. s-s (contnueu from nrst pagel
Additional jurors: first district,
Roscoe C. Galloway, Mrs. Elizabeth
johnson; S. Carl Simpson, Milford;
second district, Mrs. Miriam R.
Lord, Albert Johnson and Mrs.
Ruth Mervine, Greenwood; third
district, Floyd Wheatley, Seaford;
Mamie Isaacs Short; Georgetown
and Granville Lambden, George
town, r. d., fourth district, How
ard ,McCauley, Seaford and
Blanche Wootten, Laurel; fifth dis
.trict, Frank Parsons, Laurel; Jane
l.. Bailey, Frank w. Tappon, Del
mar; sixth district, Phillip H.
Short, Georgetown, r. D.; Mrs.
Martha Bunting, Dagsboro; Wilt
am A. Carter, Millsboro; seventh
district, Homer d. Bunting, Made
lyn Whaley, George Marvel, Selby-
Vile; eighth district, James Tru-
itt Georgetown, r. D.; Alice L.
DOrman. Lewes, r. D.; ninth dis
trict, Edward Mack, Julius c..
Green, G. Vannie Messick, George
town; tenth district, Norman B.
Baylis, Lewes; Miss Alice Conner,
RehOboth and Charles V. Jones,
IeWeS.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
TRANSIENT WORKERS
COST MONEY

This turnover in personnel cost the 247 compan-
les better than $13OOOOO.OO! One company reported
it lost Is of its 81 college trainees at an actual loss
to the company of $4125OOO This figure did not
include the cost of hiring and training requirements
either Here again if we include both college ana
high school turnover the wasted cost is far greater
Who is to blame for this high turnover OF nigh
school and college graduates? Businessmen are
quick to blame the schools and colleges because the
graduates are unsatisfactory-tardy to work, lazy
with lack of interest careless as to their habits
and appearance unable to get along with their tel-
low workers and not willing to assume RESPONSE
bility. If this were true should completely re-
organize our whole educational program. But
don't think the schools and colleges are to blame
The fault lies with the parents and their example
and training
FAULTY HIRING INCREASES TURNOVER
! One young college lad know recently in
tervewed by a regional sales manager The big
boss leaned back and chewed on his cigar He
asked no questions; he showed reactions. The
boy was confused. He must have made good,
though, because he referred to the general
sales manager whose only direct question during
the interview was: "Do you play golf?" Another
college senior, who had carefully planned answers
for the job interview, was fired for drinking when
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Is OUR RUSSIAN POLICY ToUGHENING?

The dramatic nonstop, round-the-wrold
flight of an Air Force bomber can be viewed
from several perspectives. 1t was a techni-
cal achievement of high magnitude. 1t in
dicated the peak quality of the military
equipment We are now producing. And,
above all, the flight was undoubtedly planned
to dovetail with our present international
policy.
About year ago, according to reports,
a similar fight was projected, and was
abandoned at the insistence of the State De-
partment, which then felt it would further
annoy the Russians and make an amicable
settlement of u. S.-U. S. S. r. disagree
ments even more difficult. This time, sig
nificantly, the State Department took another
view, and either endorsed the venture or did
nothing to, stop it. That in itself good
example OF the change in American diplo
matte thinking that has taken place In a
very short time. Our policymakers have
clearly come to the conclusion that anything
resembling appeasement of Russia can only
result in more Communist aggression. Along
with this, they feel the need to strengthen
the resolve of the Western powers, particu-
larly the smaller ones, which run the great
est potential risks when they throw in their.
lot with this country and Britain.
The flight, in effect, served notice on the
world that American power exists in fact
as well as in theory-and that the entire
globe is within reach of our military arm.
What one plane has done, Swarms of other
could do in the future if the need arose. But
the fact that the flight required several re-
fueIing contacts enroute again demonstrates
forcefully the need of balanced military
establishment including navy capable OF
defending and supplying bases.
Western Europe has long wanted definite
demonstrations of this country's military
strength. The Western military alliance if
it is to succeed, must have its material base
in the United States. Unpleasant as the fact
may be, the most sincere pledges of mutual
purpose are meaningless unless there exists
huge reservoir of armed force to give the
documents meaning. At present, there is q
question of just how far this country can OF
will go in supporting that alliance The
European countries, very naturally, Woulc
like an outright guarantee that we WoulC
go to war if they were attacked, or theil
independence seriously threatened That poin
of, view also has many sincere adherent!
here. But there are equally sincere oppo
nents, who believe that it might be disas
trous to commit ourselves in advance of tn
fact The search is being made for an &C
ceptaDle compromise between extremes.
Someone has said that the "cold war
is turning into "cold peace" But no on
can now see an end to the saber rafting OF
either side.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Taken from the 1919 Files Of The Milford Chronicle

Dawson G. Minner. a member of
the Magnolia Hunt Club, has four
good dogs, Senator Penrose,"
Queen mount" and "Bill Will
iafns.'
a. %
Yesterday morning the people of
this section of the State were
treated to the sight of a large dir
igible flying over. The cigar -shap-
ed gasbag was visible for some time
and large crowds gathered to watch
as it floated along in the skies.
Telephone calls at the Chronicle
office told of persons in the rural
sections seeing the machine some
time before it appeared over Mil
fOrd,and as it continued on its way
calls still came asking if it had
been seen in Milford. The airship
was probably from Aberdeen, Md.
c. NJ. Hammond has bought this
week the Caroline H. Bailey farm
on Clark Avenue. This is an ideal
home with all modern improve
ments. Her price was $4,000,
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Stamp.LOvers, Field Day

The philatelists are having field
day and the postoffice~ department
is hoping the President will veto
many of the % bills thus far intro
duced in the congress providing for
issuance Of special stamps. These
bills run the gamut Of special events
all the way from memorializing the
advent of the first Angora goat to
anniversaries Of cities, towns,
prominent men and women, organi-
cations and cotton textile manu-
featuring. Most Of these bills likely
will be passed.
A member of the house commit
tee on postoffices and civil service
said. 1.-The post office can issue
only so many stamps a year, but
special stamps mean a lot to the
member who introduced them so
we usually pass them and then the
President vetoes 'em." President
Truman last year, however. let
some get by him. Usually the post
office department does not sell
enough to pay the cost Of lithograph.
ing or embossing.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

Any communicated this goes for the
smaller towns no less than for the cities
which doesn't have a modern building code
is asking for disaster. Inferior building ma
terials, poor structural design, improper in
stallation of heating appliances, incinerators
and other equipment-these and kindred
dangers are the causes Of thousands of fires.
And, in many instances, they create the kind
of fires which do the greatest damage to life
and property No community needs to guess
how to phrase a sound building code. The
National Board of Fire Underwriters, at 85
John Street, New York City, recently issued
the 1949 edition of its standard code. A copy
may be had free by anyone concerned with
building construction. The whole purpose Cf
the code is to help builders and officials
achieve a higher degree of fire safety. In
the latest code, new building techniques and
materials are covered, with appropriate rec
concentrations. Fire prevention, by and
large, falls into two categOries. The job OF
the community is to pass and enforce good
building code, and to provide such essential
services as fire fighting equipment, periodic
inspections, ETC. Then, the job of every in
diVidual citizen is to learn the rules of con
duct that will prevent most fires. If these
things are done, our disgraceful fire loss
which exceeded $7,O00,000,00O last year, car
be cut substantially.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
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GOvERNMENTALIsM

The world is experiencing a great surge
of recommendation. GOvernmentalists are
found working everywhere to destroy indi-
vidual freedom. They operate under differ
ent labels: socialism, communism, cOllectiv-
ism, but their goal remains the same.
The most evident signs of it in the United
States are efforts to nationalize basic in
dustries. Naturalization or government op-
GRAFTON of industry eliminates the incentive
to produce. Ultimately it eliminates the
right to protest, the right to worship, the
right to private property, the right to or.
ganize labor unions and other freedoms that
we take for granted. And then you have the
final extremity of governmentalism- -dicta-
torship. What it is called makes little diff
ference.
Governmentalists in the United States
have already made tremendous strides to
ward their goal, especially in the field Of
electric power production.
This country is due for a change o.
heart, or the individual is going to becom,
the victim of government.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
NE@&e
VERY LITTLE VELVET

The retail merchandise man who has
been cussed out mentally by so many of us
because he's had to charge high prices for
his gO0ds-has some problems on his hands.
In a number of lines both prices and sales
have been slipping. The buyers market is
back, and competition gets constantly tough
er. And, as a general rule, the balance be-
ween profit and loss is delicate.
This is borne out by study made by a
life Insurance company. The study deals
with the financial operations of food chains,
but the points it stresses are applicable in
some degree to all kinds of retailing. In the
case of the food outlets, the average mark-up
is third less than before the war, and
averages IL cents out of each consumer dol
lar taken in. Of that IL cents, close to is
cents is spent for wages, rent, advertising,
taxes, shrinkage and spoilage, and other un-
avoidable COSTS The balance-one to one
and One-half cents-is all that is left for
profit. The survey observes that material
drop in either prices or total volume would
result in "red ink" because increased wage
and other. costs have created break-ever
point which is much higher than before.
The extremely modest unit profit earned
by retailers is a logical development. The
high dollar volume that has characterized
postwar retailing has made it possible tt
show satisfactory total profit even whel
unit profits are microscopic Then, the re
lentless and growing force of competition
has forced all merchants to offer, greater in
ducements-in price, in service or in some
thing else-in order to keep their trade from
marching off down the street. That couldn'
happen in controlled economy. 1t can ant
does happen in free economy.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

BABSON PARK, Fla, March
1S-A recent survey by Robert
N. McMurray G. Company of some
1857 college trainees employed
by 247 companies is said to re-
veal that 1920 proved unsatis-
factory or left their jobs" before
the end of their first year of en-
ployment. Probably statistics in
Guiding high school graduates
not attending college would
mount up to 500 as unsatisfac-
tory.
nm Nrc,TU1NTrN WORKERS
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
u. Of D. Band To
Visit Downstate
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NconJlhueo from urSL page)
son, Henry Galperin, Wilhelmina
Griffin, Roberta Carothers, Lancy
Boyce Clyde Greet, Joseph Zappo,
John ClOugh, Gleason Frye, Bill
Hamilton. George King, Stuart
Pratt, John Yasik, James Burri,
Peggy MuUnoz, Louis lie Frisco,
Roy Soukup. Gordon st. Mary,
William Chrismer. Donald Clark,
James McNeal, Alex La Pera, Leon
Tabb and John Schmidhauser
The bands tour will precede by
about 10 days a three-day tour of
several Kent and Sussex County
schools which the Univel bity's
A Capella Choir and Brass Sextet
will make on April 4, 5, and 6.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Rankin Hits Back

Congressman John Rankin of
Mississippi, obstreperous Dixiecrat
who has been charged with being
everything a member of congress
should not be, kicked off the house
un-American activities committee
as a bigot and a debaser Of civil
rights, is getting back at the adj
ministration. He forced a bill out
of his house armed services COM
mittee, which he chairmans by
virtue of his seniority only, calling
fer 1 veterans pension.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

D."
Miss Helen Ryan of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Seymour
Ryan.
Lieut.. David S. Pruitt, who before
enisting in the air service, was a
rural mail carrier at Milford, has
returned from Italy where he took
part in the great Italian offensive.
Dave went to his home in Millville
Wednesday evening and a number
of his friends greeted him at the
Milford station as he went through
this town.
! Captin James w. Cannon, who
left, Milford in command of Com
pany B, 59th Pioneer Infantry, and
who is now with the American
army of occupation in Germany
has sent a number of interesting
relics taken from the battle fields
of France to e. p. Gebhard. of the
Milford Company. Mr. Gebhard now
has them in his window on display.
AJOAAAC VI ttAC NAAAtlSo HCAI WClC dAAbA
tank shells which were used by
the Boche in his efforts TO stop the
Allied tanks A number CT Hun
machine gun shells which Captain
Cannon himself took from Ger
man Machine gun nest. were also
sent. Wire which he had in his
: collection was insulated with paper
instead of rubber. This showed that
the Huns were getting on their up.
pers. Other things of interest arr
in the collection.
.
William Riggs has sold his SIS
= acre farm, located about threj
, miles east of Milford on the Ceda-
Beach road, to Frank Warzichel o
Minnesota. The price for which tn,
: farm was sold has not yet been an
: nOunced.
! %
Mrs. c. w. Hickman of DagsborC
:: is spending the week with her sis
! ter, Mrs. Imly S. Abbott.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Growers Warned Of
Scab Spores Here
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NSOh1AhWSu 4AOH 4AASS PdBSJ
Apple growers should be prepar-
ed to apply a fungicide during the
delayed dormant period. Recon-
mended sprays in the Delaware
Fruit Spray Schedules for 1949"
are: "a go oil emulsion and 2-2-
100 Bordeaux mixture, or (2) 12
gallons liquid sulfur and 1 pint
nicotine sulfate (4O%) per 100 gal
, Ions.
DR.. Heuberger observes that this
is the first time in Delaware, as
: far as can be determined. that the
apple scab spores have been ma
ture at such an early date.
Be thankful you can see.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

"Haves" and Not Haves"
no TAKE from the ''haves' and
\ give to the have nots" seems to
be the purpose Of the federal. and
most Of the state governments. and
is quite generally avowed as the
program of both political parties.
The purpose Of the politicians in
both political parties is to entice
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Ice Box Saved
From Icy Fire

DRYHEAD, Mont. = up - Only
one major households item was
saved when the Claude Street John
family home burned here with the
temperature standing at 80 below.
1t was the ice.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Marie Chapdelaine
Film Planned

VIENNA (F9 Marc Allegret
noted French movie producer, has
arrived at Innsbuck to shoot the
exterior shots for his new film
Marie Chapdelaine, based on the
novel of Louis Hemon.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

votes lTOIi9 Wtlat
they believe is the
mass. The unequal
distrib bu { j o n
Of wealth they so
loudly protest is IL
Iustrated. BY the so-
called nillionaires
Ian exceptionally
small percentage Of
the population. rep
resenting but few
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
PLENTY OF MEAT

u. s. News and World Report has pub
lished a survey of the anticipated meat sup
ply-a subject which is of unusual interest
now, due to the tragic livestock losses caus-
ed by the devastating weather which hit
Western and Midwestern States.
Contrary to popular belief, this survey
says that the storms have not substantially
changed the long-range outlook for meat pro-
duction or prices. Losses were serious, but
were small in relations to totals. Sheep,
whose ability to survive in deep snow is less
than that of cattle, were hardest hit. On the
other hand, the storms had small effect on
hog numbers.
To sum up, this years meat supply will
be about 145 pounds per person. That is ap-
proximately the same as last year, and II
pounds above the 1889 level. However, there
has been some change in the makeup of the
total. In the near future, there will be little
less beef and lamb. But there will be more
bacon, ham and pork. The quality of beef
incidentally will be high.
The point of all this is that we need no
fear meat shortage because of weather OF
any other factor. The United States is bless
ed with progressive agricultural economy
1t has an efficient packing industry to distri
butte the meat to the consuming centers-anC
the charge for that vital service is only ;
fraction of a cent per pound for the cut
that grace our tables. These are typical fac
tors which produce abundance in this coun
try.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
NOTHING NEW

There has been great deal of concern
over the proposal made in the Presidents
State of the Union message, that the govern
ment be empowered by Congress to go into
the steel business if private industry does
not produce sufficient" steel. Just how much
steel would be considered sufficient" would
be decided by the government, thus placing
it in the position of being judge, jury and
prosecutor, all in one. There is every reason
in the world for concern-socialization OF
steel, no matter how small the degree, would
be very long step down the road that is
gradually leading to, the destruction OF lb-
erty and initiative in England. However,
the American people seem to have overlook
ed the fact that specialization OF enterprise
is nothing new to the American government
and that we have been in the midst OF a
trend which must be stopped if our system
of economics and our system OF government
are to live Electric power is the prime ex-
ample. What real difference is there between
a governlnent-Owned power plant and gov
ernment-owned steel plant? Both have their
roots in the socialist ideology; both are the
enemies of free enterprise; both represent a
triumph of political power over the rights OF
the people. The government has spent bill
lions for socialized electricity. 1t wants to
snend billions more. 1t has, In various reg
ions. made it impossible for the private COM
panies to carry on major expansion work
And. to pay for this it has saddled us with
more and more taxes. The fact is that the
proposal for government steel plant simply
follows a precedent already established. For
tunately, precedents can be changed. The
problem before the American public is whe
ther we want stultifying socialism baseC
on the European pattern, or whether VIZ
want to keep a philosophy of life that has
given us more freedom and more opportun
ity than any other people has ever known
5000
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

Mrs. c. W. Hickman of Dagsboro,
is spending the week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Imly S. Abbott.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

WITH A continuing increase in
wages, taxes and the volume Of cir
culating currency we can expect
more initiation. They constitute the
advance guard. At first they meet
but little opposition. When opposi-
ton does arise, it is too late. for the
citadel has been captured. It will
take heroic measures to recapture
the lost position. That invading
army may march steadily on. More
wages, more taxes. more money
mean an ever-increasing initiation
that leads to bankruptcy. =
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
BUILDING AGAINST FIRE

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The Nome nugget., 1949-10-17
l5-Year-Old Boy Kills Brother

LOS ANGELES, (P)-Police to- day said that a 15-year-old bay killed his ten-year-old brother who lay grooming from an acci- dental bullet wound suffered only moments before-"to put him out of his misery"
 Dead with two bullets in his head is Robert James Elliott, 10. His brother, Richard Manning FL liott, 15, is booked on suspicion of murder.
 Police It. Edward Ream gave this account:
 The two brothers, alone in their home last night, watched a west ern movie on the television. After wards. the older boy showed his brother an old-fashioned .32 cali Der revolver he had bought from a school friend for S6 and has kept secretly in his room.
 AS he took the gun from Q drawer, it went off.
 Robert fell down groaning," Richard said adding:
 "I couldn't stand to see him suf- fer like that. I backed up two or three steps.
 "I shot him again in the head to put him out of his misery
 Richard then called West Los Angeles police and sobbingly re- ported:
 - have just shot my bOother."
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-17
Sports Sweethearts Now Mr.. and Mrs.

OAKLAND, Calf. (P) - The sweethearts of sports were married yesterday.
 Diving champion Zoe Ann Ol- sen, pretty and IS, and big, blond Jackie Jensen, 22, former football star for the University of Califor- mia and now baseball bonus player, were wed in Oakland's First Presbyterian Church.
 Some 1000 guests and specta- tors overfloWed the small church, which vase brightly lighted for newsreel and television cameras. Jensen's former football team mates were uSherS. His coach benign Lynn Pappy) Waldorf was among sports celebrities in at tendance.
 Zoe Ann, formerly of La Porte City. Iowa, is the national women's AAU diving champion. She has won II national diving honors. Jackie, a S75,OOO bonus player for Oakland in the Pacific Coast base ball league, was sold last week to the New York Yankees.