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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

approve the arms aid program.
When the lawmakers return from
their Fourth of July holiday, the
docket will be full of high priority
bills to implement the foreign policy.
GlObal Policy
Congress has approved but not yet
appropriated funds for the second
year of the Marshall plan. The House
passed bill authorizing So, ,568, 100000
to carry the Economic Cooperation
Administration (Which passes out
Marshall plan funds) through fiscal
1850 but a Senate committee pro-
posed cutting it so deeply that ECA
director Paul Hoffman threatened 8
resign.
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-Mich.)
and other sponsors of the Atlantic
Pact were disturbed somewhat over
the procedure in tying the arms-aid
so directly to the pact's coattailS. SEN
ate preoccupation with such domestic
legislative problems as labor has de-
laysa action on the pact and tended
to telescope action on the two issues
into the final period.
Dean sAcheson's return from the
Paris conference, with a picture of
dynamic western progress in Europe
which must not be slowed down just
when the Russians show signs of
needing a breathing spell, has had
il: effect in Congress. Some senators
who once intended to write reserva-
tons into the pact have declared they
would not oppose it now.
No Time to Relax
Other events abroad are tending to
crystalize the sentiment that now is
rot the time to lose momentum in the
campaign to halt the spread of COM
munism. In Czechoslovakia, there
was being unfolded another chapter
in the struggle between the Kremlir
and the Vatican.
Archbishop Josef Beran, whose g.
Oo0,000 Czech Catholics comprise
nearly three-quarters of the popula-
ton, was denounced as an agent oi
foreign enemies of the Peoples Re-
public. Recently Archbishop Berar
said in a sermon: perhaps soon yol
will hear all sorts of things about me
You may hear have made confes-
son i. but no matter how often yol
hear /. / hope you will believe il
me"
The situation in Berlin still is no
harmonious despite the limited &C.
cord reached by the foreign minister
at Paris. The airlift is being continued
into its second year. Russian troop
have seized truck conveys of machin.
cry and again western allied protest.
are being made.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

housing. Democratic leadership in
the House beat back a number of
crippling amendments to the multi
billion-dollar national housing bill.
A year ago public housing was a
focal point in the revolt of the Both
Congress. The Taft Wagner Ellender
housing bill was long and hotly de-
bated but finally was rejected.
Deep-seated differences over fed
eral aid to education have provoked
long and bitter debate in both houses
OF Congress. When the House returns
from its July Fourth holiday it will
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
People
chowmon Golden

(isONAASsit N(0t$sVta
More than 1000 residents of Bay
side, Long Island, just within the in
corporated limits of New York City,
jammed the estate of theatrical pro-
ducer- r-philanthropist John Golden
last Sunday to prove theirs a har-
monious town.
1t was an old-fashioned song fest
dreamed up by Golden as an ex-.
ample of racial, religious and nation
al harmony iE "a small suburban. COM
munity. Everyone who lived in Bay
side was invited.
The more than 1000 participated in
rollicking renditions of popular and
Senni-clasSical' songs. Choirs and
choruses from IL local churches and
civic groups sang religious and goS-
pei songs.
The affair was held on the spacious
lawn of Golden's 2O-acre estate, which
slopes down tc Little Neck Bay.
Golden's estate has been open to
neighbor's children for years. The
producer built a baseball diamond
for them and play areas where they
can romp all they want.
Golden's butler doubles as umpire
in-chief to settle the inevitable rhu-
barbs and insure that all teams get
an equal chance to play.
Golden; who was IS last Monday,
explained his open-door policy this
way: Il don't have any children, but
I'm making a fool out of the little
old woman who lived in a shoe"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

1t was personal triumph for st.
Laurent, 81, soft-spoken French
Canadian in politics only eight years.
He became Prime Minister last fall
when w. L. Mackenzie King retired
because Of i'll health.
st. Laurent broadcast a promise to
work for peace, prosperity and Lib
eral party aims. One of these is to
extend social security to include a
system of contributory. health insur-
ance. Canada'S present social security
system encompasses a "baby bonus"
that pays all parents about SIS q month
toward each child's support.
George Drew, former premier of
Ontario, headed the Progressive Con-
servative drive. ,.-... ---- -r.--e.---
The Liberals won Sc of SO seats in
Ontario, So of 73 in Quebec. The So
cial Credit Party, which governs AL
berta, won 10 seats there against the
Liberals five. The Socialists took IL
seats in five provinces.
All l9 CommuniSt candidates lost.
So did all the is women running,
Belgium joined the European swing
to the political right in general cleo
tions last week. The Liberal Party,
corresponding roughly to U. S. Re-
publicans. increased its popular sup
port about IS per cent over its 1916
showing to displace. the Communists
as Belgium's third party.
The Social Christians, only a little
less. conservative, made some gains
also. The Social Christians failed by
three seats, however, to obtain the
Parliamentary majority they called
for to clinch holding a referendum
on the return of exiled King Leo
pold III.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Biloterol Pact

Britain and Argentina signed a
1ve-year trade agreement last week,
despite American objections.
The pact calls for exchanges OF
goods worth 500 million dollars the
first year, and at least an equal vol
ume in the other years. Britain will
supply the bulk of Argentina's inn
ports Coil, coal, automobiles, whisky
and machinery in return for an es-
timated 100000 tons of meat, cereals
and other foodstuffs.
The pact commits the two nations
to virtual barter. Originally the U. S.
State Department protested that this
violates the spirit of free competitive
international trade.
Fear Freeze-Out
American businessmen fear the
two-way pact may cut this country
off from one of the principal South
American markets.
The State Department softened its
attitude later, however, by observing
there was more fexibility in the
agreement as finally adopted than had
been planned originally.
Actually, three-way trade between
Argentina, Britain and the u. S. had
been practically impossible since
1947 when the British. blocked pound
convertibiiity.
New Crisis
Britain was reported facing another
economic crisis. London newspapers
said the finance ministers of Australia.
Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan and South Africa were to
meet with Prime Minister Attlee and
Sir Stafford Cripps, the economics
czar, in London on July 8.
Purpose of the emergency meeting,
it is understood, is to discuss ways
and means of cutting down the drain
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
RESS: Seven Months Of Hot Debate

CONGRESS grappled last week
~ with some of its most ticklish
domestic legislative problems
labor, housing and education.
It's been virtually seven months.
since the 81st Congress, controlled
by the Democrats, started work.
Until this week, except for rent con-
troll, it hadn't enacted one major item
of President Truman'S campaign
promises or the party platform.
The case of labor legislation ap-
pears typical of much of what Con-
greSs has been doing-or rather what
it hasn't been doing. 1t is not at all
certain even now that a new labor
law will be passed to replace the
Taft-Hartley Act. . .
j., . The Coalitions
The House took first crack at writ
ing it and narrowly averted passing
bill which would have retained most
major provisions of the TIL law, get
ting rid of only its name.
In the Senate, as earlier in the
House, a. coalition of southern Demo-
Gratis and conservative Republicans
administered crushing defeat to the
Administration. They forced inclusion
of plant seizure and injunction pow
ers for the President in all emergency
disputes affecting. national health and
safety.
The new bill, including the major
provision of the TIL law, is to go to
the House and thence to the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Truman's veto is considered
practically certainty and thus the
Taft-Hartley law may remain on the
books to become a major issue in the
1850 Congressional elections.
The Administration Jared better on
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Atom &c
Security

THE atom looms large in every
i nations concept of security.
Congress was asked last week
to declare that the United States
will not use atomic bombs except
as reprisal weapon in the event
soma other nation resorts to atomic
warfare.
So far as has been disclosed, the
U. S. is the only country now capable
of producing the A-bomb.
The proposal was introduced by
Sen. Ralph Flanders (R-Vt.). He said
the A-bomb, like biological warfare
and poison gas, is not military de-
vice but means for mass murder.
Sen. Flanders said if an Atlantic
Pact nation were attacked with an
atomic weapon that, in his judgment,
would be an act requiring retaliation.
He emphasized, however, that the
resolution would in effect tell other
Atlantic Pact nations the U. S. would
expect them to adopt the same policy
as that followed by this country.
Secrecy & Security
A top government scientist declares
that too many people are confusing
secrecy with security. Unfortunately.
he says, secrecy and progress are mu-
tually incompatible.
The result, says DR.. Karl T. Comp
ton, chairman of the National Re-
search and Development Board, is
that real security is suffering.
''True security" he says, consists
in being as far ahead as possible Of
any unfriendly competitor
''To rather astonishing degree, in
the public and even in the. military
mind, security has come to mean se-
crecy.
''If we simply sit tight and lock up
our secrets, it will not be long be-
fore our active competitor forges
ahead of us"
Brake to Progress
DR.. Compton says scientists make
progress in an atmosphere of free in
quiry and, free interchange of ideas,
with the Continual mutual stimulation
of active minds working in the same
or related fields. Any imposition of
secrecy in science, he said, is like ap-
plication of a brake to progress.
Compton quotes David E. Lillienthal,
chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission, to support his views
Lilienthal is currently engaged in
defending his agency's operations
against charges of Incredible mis-
management" leveled by Sen. Bourke
Hickenlooper (R-Ia.). One of Hicken-
looper's charges has been that secur-
ity measures have been lax around
atomic installations.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Maneuvers
Too Realistic

The first reaction of British resi-
dents to air exercises testing defenses
of industrial England against an
atom bomb blitz was that they were
too realistic.
Thousands of aroused parents, their
sleep broken on a hot weekend by
low-fiying planes, telephoned the Air
Ministry to complain. Many said their
children, reminded of wartime blitz
raids, ran screaming from their
homes.
To all complaints the Air Ministry
had one answer: 'If we are to pre-
pare an adequate defense, our prac-
tices must be as real as we can make
them"
Referees and aerial experts of three
countries were close-mouthed about
results of Operation Foil" in which
British bombers and fighters, Ameri-
can Superforts and jet fighters, and
Dutch jet fighters participated.
Operations continued all week with
another gigantic raid planned for
this weekend. Targets included air
fields in Kent, Essex, Suffolk and
Sussex and metropolitan centerS such
as Bristol, Birmingham, London,
Liverpool and Sheffield.
Interception of enemy" forces was
aided by good weather, according to
an Air Ministry communique. 1t ad-
mitted unusual summer fogs helped
attackers somewhat.
But War-eXperienced Londoners.
judging by the sound of heavy bomb
er formations overhead, knew with
out being told that England'S capital
had been heavily pounded" in the
first two night attacks.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
In Short

Resigned: BY Robert F. Wagner. e,
stalwart New Dealer throughout the
Roosevelt administrations, the U. S.
Senate seat he held % years.
Estimated: By Housing Expediter
Tighe Woods, that a million u. S.
landlords may ask rent ceiling in-
creases by giving tenants new serv-
ices or Improvements.
Reported: By the National Foundas
ton for Infantile Paralysis, $25, ,728,-
600 raised in 1949 by the March OF
Dimes; last years total: $21, 900.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

consider a new bill fashioned along
lines of the one passed by the Senate.
School Aid
The Senate measure would make
available $3.50, 100000 year in grants
to assist the states. Each state would
be allowed funds at the rate of SIS
per pupil, plus additional aid up to
500 per pupil for the so-called "back-
ward" states.
Former President Herbert Hoover
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, pres
ident of Columbia University, both
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Pay Off Comino up

Nearly four years after VI Day,
the government is getting ready to
tackle the long, difficult job of paying
off World War II claims for damages.
Congress authorized the new War
Claims Commission year ago but
didn't vote funds for it until recently.
Meanwhile, with preliminary claims
piling up by the hundreds, the State
Department has resorted to form
statements in reply to inquiries.
The commission is authorized to Or
der compensation for only certain
types of war losses such as those suf-
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

provinces but AL
berta in the great
est party triumph
in Canadian his
tory.
The Liberal Party
is Canada's near
est equivalent to
U. S. Democrats.
Their chief oppo-
nents, the Progress
Sive Conservatives
who resemble U. S.
Republicans, won
AZ seats.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

have come out against federal grants
to all states on the grounds that it
would open education to political
pressure. They advocate federal aid
only for those states too poor to sup
port a high level of education.
Eisenhower's position was criti-
cized by Sen. Ebert D. Thomas
(D-Utah). He pointed out that Eisen-
hover had been educated at federaily-
supported West Point and that the
generals present school, Columbia,
received $18,OOO,O00 in federal school
aid in one year.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Quotes

Superior Court Judge Joseph
E. Warner, who abolished the
customary luncheon recess i'll
his Northampton, Mass, court:
Eating lunch makes people food
addicts."
Chancellor Edmund E. Day,
Cornell University: Freedom,
though priceless, is not to be had
for nothing"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Capitol Hill Ready
For Foreign Policy

THERE been conspicuous sackening Capitol Hill recently
Of criticism against the European rearmament This has
interpreted quarters that it. like the Atlantic
Pact will be approved at this session of Congress.
ratified by the Senate alone Both houses must
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08
Elections
Conodo 6 BELGIUM

Canada g. Belgium
The Canadian Liberal Party won a
smashing political victory last week
reminiscent of the 1886 Roosevelt
landslide in the United States.
The Liberals, headed by Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent, won 1913 OF
the 262 Commons seats and led in all
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

An Rights Ksserved. AP NesOsfeatuTesJ
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
.HARTLY SCHOOL
ORGANIZE P.T.A.
Elect Mrs. William Mickey
President and Other
Officers
MEET ONCE A MONTH

Seventy-six interested parents
and teachers on Wednesday even
ing, January 18th, met in the
Hartly School building to form a
Parent Teachers Association. Elec-
ton of officers resulted in the fol-
lowing selection: Mrs. William
president; Mr.. Albert
Konschak, vice president; Mrs.
Marie McDougal, secretary; Mrs.
Ethel Legar, treasurer. This newly
formed organization will meet on
the last Wednesday of each month
and it is the wishes of the officers
that all parents who have children
the Hartly School dis
trict will aim to be present. This
body has as it's initial interest the
of school conditions for
the children and teachers in the
School. With 76 charter
it is on its way to a
splendid start. An executive meet
ing will be held this week at the
home of the newly elected presi-
dent, Mrs. Mickey, for the purpose
of forming committees.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
HERE
ACCREDITED
Approved by Middle States
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools
VISITED BY COMMITTEE

DIR. r. D. Matthews, Executive
Secretary, has notified Superin-
tendent George w. Wright that the
John Bassett Moore High School
has maintained accreditation in the
Middle States Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools. This
action has resulted from the Eval-
uation of the School by an outside
Committee of Educators in Febru-
ary, 1948. In commenting upon this
action, Superintendent Wright
stated the Smyrna High School
was originally the first High School
in Delaware south of Wilmington
to be placed on the accredited list
by the Middle States Association.
This initial accreditation was in
1920. To become an accredited
High School it is necessary to
measure up to high standards in
Curriculum, Pupil Activities, Out
comes, Instruction, Library, Guid-
ance. Staff, Administration and
Plant as established by the Middle
States Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. Periodic and
exhaustive visitations are made by
an outside Committee of Educators
to insure that the established
standards are maintained.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
HIGH SCHOOL
UNDEFEATED
Coach Everett's Basketball
Team Has Clean Slate in
Games Played
PERFECT SEASON is AIM

Coach Bob Everett's High School
Basketball team, as of last week
end, was was one of the five un-
beaten Scholastic teams in Della
ware. Seriously handicapped last
year with inexperienced material,
Coach Everett and his boys have
worked diligently and deserve
much praise in bringing about a
vastly improved team. Coach
Charles Williams J-V team won
three and lost one game as of the
same period. The Cheerleaders,
under the direction of Miss Jane
Reed, have given the team excel
lent support in all their games.
CONTINUED on Page ffvel
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
BANK OFFICIALS ELECTED
Fruit Growers National Bank and
Trust Company Annual Meeting

Fruit Growers National Bank and
Trust Company Annual Meeting
officers and directors of The
Fruit Growers National Bank and
Trust Company were elected at
the annual meeting of the share
holders on January IL. Officers
elected were: C. l.. Harmonson,
chairman of the board; Harley r.
Bodley, president and trust off,
Ger; C. ]. Prickett, vice-president;
William Norris, secretary; J..
Fletcher Truax, cashier and as
sistant secretary; Elizabeth T..
Wilson, assistant cashier; George
d. Wright, teller and bookkeeper;
Marilyn Busker, stenographer and
Mary G. Thompson, clerk. Those
elected to the board of directors
We're: Harley r. Bodley, ]. Allen
Frear, Jr., Charles L. Harmonson,
William Norris, Clarence ]. Prick
ett and George G. Rothwell.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Miss Dorothy M. Green and MIR.
James WaIen Married i'm Camden

Miss Dorothy M. Green and MIR.
James WaIen Married in Camden
Mrs. Ruth Hasson, of Philadel-
phia, announces the marriage of
her daughter, Miss Dorothy Marie
Green, to Mr.. James H. Walen, of
Camden, New Jersey, which took
place Friday evening, January IA,
in the Chapel of the Methodist
Church, Camden, New Jersey. The
Rev. Stacy Myers officiated. The
bride is a graduate of John Bas-
sett Moore High School, Smyrna,
and of the Presbyterian School of
Nurses of Philadelphia. She is now
a member of the staff of nurses of
Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. j.
Mr.. Whalen attended John Bassett
Moore School of Smyrna, and is
now affiliated with the West Jer-
sey Title Company. During the
war he served as a Petty officer,
Third Glass in the U. S. Navy, hav-
ing served two years in the Pacific
area. They are at home at 554
Benkly Street, Camden, N. j.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
NEW RECTOR
FOR ST. PETERS
Rev. Donald ]. Parsons TO
Take Over Duties
Next Sunday
BISHOP MCKINSTRY HERE

The Rev. Donald ]. Parsons
will be instituted in his new duties
as rector of st. Peters P. e.
Church next Sunday afternoon by
the Rt. Rev. Arthur R. McKinstry,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware. The ceremony will take
place at the church at 5 o'clock.
The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. DR.. Nelson Rightmyer of
the Philadelphia Divinity School.
Among the visiting clergymen who
will be in the procession will be
the Rev. Paul Kellogg, rector of
Christ Church, Dover; the Rev.
Walden Pell II, st. Andrews
School; the Rev. Kenneth Clarke,
rector, and the Rev. Percy DON
aghay, rector emeritus, st. Anne's
Church, Middletown; the Rev.
Benjamin Fish Thompson, honor
ary canon of the Cathedral Church
of st. John; and the Rev. Freder-
ick Marx Barton, retired rector of
st. Peters Church. The people of
the towns of Smyrna and Clayton
are cordially invited to attend
both the service at the church and
the reception. Special invitations
have been issued by the vestry to
the clergy of all churches and to
town officials. Services next Sun
day will be as follows: Holy Com
munion at 8 am; Church School
at 10 am; Morning Prayer and
sermon at IL am; service of in
stitution, pm. The annual meet
ing of the diocesan Woman's Aux
iliary will be held on Thursday,
January 27 at Old Swede's Church,
Wilmington, starting with Holy
Communion and an informal ad-
dress by Bishop McKinstry at
1920 am; business session, 11:45
am; box luncheon, 1890 pm.
Business session resumed at 1:15
p.m., the speaker, the Rev. George
Christian Anderson, Trinit y
Church, Swarthmore, Pa; election
of officers; adjournment at 8 pm.
Members of the local Auxiliary
who expect to attend will please
notify the president not later than
Sunday, so that Mrs. Elwood
Salter, president of the hostess
branch, may know approximately
how many to expect.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
Interest In Youth
Pays DiUidends

Several months ago the Smyrna Lions Club set
out to erect building adequately equipped where
youth organizations of this community could meet
and carry out organized projects and activities. In
the past the young people have shared meeting
places with adult groups making it impossible to
have permanent facilities for craftsmanship projects,
etc. This new building has been named the Commun-
ity Youth Center the of which will be offered to
any organization in Smyrna furthering the develop
ment of our youth The Lions Club has financed the
building thus far through fund raising projects So
icitations and the members of the club personally
underwriting the amount of $780, An estimated
$4,000 is needed to complete the building-a small
sum compared to the interest we will receive from
our citizens of tomorrow This is community bet
ter project that every citizen should be interested
in. Let's all help complete the job and show the
young people that this community is interested in
their present and future Give what you can today.
Mail or take your contributions to Charles M Gee at
the National Bank on Main Street.
Smyrna times., 1949-01-20
TOWN ELECTION
FEBRUARY 2STH
Friday, February Is, s PM,
Deadline for Filing Names
of Candidates
OFFICES TO BE FILLED

The Smyrna Town Council has
announced that 8 pm. Friday,
February 18 will be the deadline
for filing of names as candidates
for the coming town election, Feb
ruary 28. The Office of mayor, now
held by Clarence ]. Prickitt, and
two council seats, held by Henry
Price and Henry Shapley, treasur-
er and one assessor, are the offices
to be filled at this election. Nom
inees for the offices of mayor and
member of council must be resi-
dents Of Smyrna, at least twenty
one years of age, and be bona
fide owner of real estate within
the town of Smyrna, which is list
ed on the Kent County and town
assessment books most recently in
force. Nominations for the above
mentioned Offices must be filed
with the mayor or with any coun-
Gilman in writing, signed by the
nominee or by five other qualified
voters of the town, two of whom
must own real estate assessed in
their name, by 8 pm, Friday, Feb
ruary 18. Every citizen of Smyrna,
age twenty-one years of age and
upwards, who has continuously
resided within the corporate limits
of the town for at least one year
prior to February %, 1949 and
who has paid all town taxes asses
sed to him not later than January
81, 1949, is eligible to vote in the
coming town election.