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Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
GOVERNOR CARvEL ASSUMES OFFICE

The Inauguration of a Governor is one
Of our great and cOlOrful customs. Politics
and partisanship are, for the moment at
least, forgotten. The Governor is sworn in
as chief magistrate of all the people, and all
the people join in wishing him wisdom and
success in carrying out the SOLDERING tasks
with which he will be confronted during his
term of Office. Unlike the wartime inaugural
ceremonies conducted for the induction of
former Governor Walter w. Bacon our new
Governor, Elbert N. CarVel, was sworn in
amid the most cOlOrful surroundings of re-
cent gubematOrial candidates. 1t was fitting
that the people of Delaware should honor
their new chief executive in this manner.
Inauguration ceremonies should be lively
affairs, the Governors Ball should be color
full and the preliminary exercises should be
in keeping with the festive occasion. Della
ware put on fine demonstration of real fell
lOwship on Tuesday when Mr.. CarVel was
sworn in. He, in turn, reacted in fine fettle
and with the great shOWmanShip of which
he is capable In keeping with the thinking
of all lOyal DelaWareanS, the Chronicle be-
speaks cooperation with the new chief exec
utiVe from persons of all political beliefs so
long as he keeps within the bounds OF reason
with his recommendations for a sound pro-
gram. The festivities are over, and as Gov
ernOr CarVe gets down to the serious con-
sideratiOn of matters of state he will need
sober and sound counsel. He will have full
and complete cooperation of this newspaper
when his recommendations are reasonable.
By the same token he will be cOnstructiVely
{, criticized when he proposes measures which
we believe to be to the detriment of our
people. We wish for our new Governor a
successful and progressive administration
one of which in 1858 we may write, "Well
done, you good and faithful servant"
: Town MEETING AND CITY ELECTIONS
Milford citizens will assemble in the
s Community Building this evening to hear
reports and discuss the affairs of the city. At
the same time they will nominate candi-
dates for City Council from the several
wards. On Monday the annual city election
will be held in the same building. The polls
will be open from noon until o'clock. AT
this time it might be well to call to the at
tentiOn of Milford citizens the plan now pro
posed to tax sewers. Legislation looking tC
the change of the City Charter which WOulC
give Council this power is now in the pro
cess of presentation to the General Assem-
bly, The measure is broad and gives Council
ample power to tax to the limit. This mat
ter should be discussed at tOnights meeting
If you want this legislation, or if you OppOs'
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
NOO0G
No HOLIDAY TURKEYS

Among the resolutions adopted at the
annual convention of the American Farm
Bureau Federation was one which said that
price controls won't control imitation" 1t
further observed that we need to pay more
attention to monetary, fiscal and credit poll
cies if we are to take effective action to
protect the purchasing power Of the dollar.
There is nothing hard to understand in
the case against price control. Basically, 1t
can be summed up this way: no farmer or
manufacturer could produce goods at a loss.
No retailer could stock and sell those goods
to the public at an arbitrary price which was
too low to permit a profit. Under the free
enterprise system, by contrast, production
and distribution are encouraged, and we get
abundance instead of scarcity. All concern
ed, generally speaking, earn a prOfit-yet
that profit is kept small by the force of COM
petition, and has a relatively unimpOrtant
influence on the family budget.
These theories are fully borne out by the
facts. A late example from England is OF
interest. The price of holiday turkeys, like
almost everything else, was established by
the government. But very few turkeys pass
ed through the legal channels of distribution
where price controls were in effect. The great
bulk of them disappeared into the black mar
ket-and the price charged the consumer
ranged as high as $500 a pound. What this
meant was that most English families
couldn't afford to buy.
In the long run, only the black marketee
profits from price control. He becomes tn
main source of supply when stocks in legiti
mate stores dWindle and disappear. And h
charges every last penny the traffic will bear
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Nine. Chang

Don't fool yourself about Madame
Chang getting the cold shoulder Ill
Washington. This lady is a graduate
of one of Americas greatest educa-
tiOnal institutions. Our National
Government has too many irons in
the fire to speculate on remedying
the conditions in China-and nobody
knows that better than Madame
Chang. Already she has laid the
story of her people before Secretary
of State Marshall, in whose home
she has been a guest. The welcome
on the door mat cheers her every
time she calls on the President OF
the United States.
Nobody denies the fact that she is
the leading champion in China in
her efforts to drive the Communists
out of her beloved land. So just be
patient and watch her GROW. OF
course everybody parrots: "She is
awfully rich" 1t that a handicap?
But don't overlook the fact that she
is very brilliant-One of the best
politicians in skirts anywhere in
/ the World. q.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
BABSON Discusses Tornadoes

they could easily be detected. AS
the aviator would come to a small area where
the barometer suddenly drops to %, he would
know that this area is a dangerous spot worth
1t then might not be more than
1000 to 5000 #. or less than a mile in diameter
at it's birth. Authorities differ as to how they
would kill it; but I say that it can be killed.
They are most common in the fall months.
HOW TORNADOEs CAN BE KILLED
TOrnadOes originate on the land, due to "a
dead warm spot" of very low pressure, over
laid by a cold high pressure heavy area, held
down by gravity TOrnadOes come with less
warning and at all times of the year. Often
they have a diameter of only a few miles, and
the core (Which does the damage) may be
only a fraction of a mile. Furthermore, they
last for a much shorter time than do hurri-
canes. AS tOTnadOes are more frequent than
hurricanes the nations total annual loss from
tOrnadOes can equal or exceed the total annual
loss from hurricanes.
tOrnadOes because it takes them such a short
time to develop nearby. TOrnadoes appear to
be born mature and do their damage almost
at once. /, however, do believe that all loss OF
life from tOrnadOes can be prevented The
people in the tornado area can be notified in
time with proper warnings. In other words
every community in the Southern Middle West
should be protected with a tornado siren
alarm system. This cannot prevent the tor
nadO or its accompanying property damage;
but it can absolutely prevent loss of life
There is no excuse for the deaths and injury
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

Of so many people at Warren The entire
State of Arkansas could have been properly
Safeguarded against loss of life from tOrnadOes.
HOW TO DETECT TORNADOES
Every tornado has three features: %
very low barometer reading within a hot stag
nant area, C2) a gradually increasing wind
from hVe miles upwards to 300 to 500 miles
per hOur, CD dark cOlOred column of rain,
art, and other material. The fire or police
station in every southwestern community
should always be on the watch for these three
signals. Upon seeing them, they should, by
radio, Immediately notify all surrounding ter
iltOrles. AS each community gets the word,
1t should ring in a GamewelI siren alarm.
Wmcn would give the proper warning to the
lhhaDltants either to enter a cyclone cellar or
10 go out into the open and lie down. After the
ciOu0 mas passed an all-Out signal should be
given. Perhaps the tornado will have done
much property damage, but in no case need
any persons be killed or hurt.
We live in a wonderful country. It is rich in
resources and opportunities. In this country,
however, we are far too careless of human
hIe This applies to every community and in
every department of life from needless auto
accidents to needless fire losses For reducing
loss OF life through automobile accidents. fires.
ETC. much has been done, but almost nothing
mas Deen done to prevent damage from hurri-
canes and tOrnadOes. This is the next step
racing every city and town. Let us hope that
everyone reading this column may realize the
uahger racing his community and insist that
something be done to prevent it.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
How ABOUT PROFITS?

In one of his recent columns, David Law
renee wrote, "The chief trouble with the ex-
cess-prOfts tax is that it assumes a larger
and larger demand for goods whereas there
are evidences now that supply is catching up
with demand. At the very time when busi-
ness needs to be encouraged, it is being dis
cOuraged.
The whole economy Of this country is
now based upon practically full employment,
the maximum production that our factories
can achieve, and steady and substantial eX-
pansiOn of all industrial resources. This is
necessary both to protect our living stand
ards and to finance our incredibly large an
nual government budgets. The eXcesS-prO-
fits tax is predicated on the theory that bus
mess profits are out of all reason. Yet more
and more of those profits have gone, not to
investors and owners, but into plant eXpan-
sion. And the moderate returns which have
gone to investors are necessary if industry
is to be able to obtain new financing when
needed. If the eXcess-prOits or any other
tax deprives industry of adequate revenues
a general business slump is certain.
Furthermore, there is much misinfOrma
tiOn about the size of profits. Mere dollar
figures mean little in these days of imitation
AS a simple example, it costs two to three
times as much to build an industrial plan
at present as it did before the war.
1t is all very well to damn profits and tn
profit motive. But, Whether we like it or not
they keep the economy alive and growing
They are at the root of high employment
high wages, opportunity to advance for al
Destroy them and depression will follow
There has already been too much loose pc
litical talk about cracking down on industry
which in effect means cracking down on en-
plOyment.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

it, now is the time to make your desires
known. 1t is certain that the Light and
Water plant will again consume much time
at tOnight's meeting. The building of ad-
ditional sewers and water mains should be
discussed. If you are interested in the Oper-
alton of the town, tonight is the time to air
your views. If you have nothing to say,
don't criticize those in Council for actions
taken by them later on.
5000
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
The Competitive
System

The Federal Trade Commission
was established in 1914 as a watch
dog in the antitrust field and given
the formidable task of preventing
every person engaged in commerce
except banks, meat packers and car
riers subject to the various Acts tC
regulate commerce, from engaging
i'll unfair methods Of competition or
unfair and deceptive acts and prac-
tices.
Chairman Freer of the Commits
sion recently declared: L feel very
strongly that this problem of pre-
serving our competitive system IS
the foremost domestic problem to-
dav and that the public must soon
decide whether we honestly lnten0
to try to obey the rules of the eco
nOmic road we so far have travelled
or whether we are willing to TecOg-
niZe that the alternative route is
one of all-Out government regula-
ton. If we continue to give lip serF-
ice to the competitive system and
provide only token enforcement ag.
encies under the antitrust laws; II
we continue to cry against mono
4 poles and at the same time retuse
to provide the means of curDlng
them, we will continue to coast
down hill without conscious resO-
luton into a valley from which we
must be towed because the spark OF
competition neither exists nor can
be restored to its proper function
in our economic motive power.
When that point is reached we VIII
have no choice but to acQuiesce IN a
system Of permanent peacetime Gov
ernment controls which will shlIt
the responsibility of management 70
the Government"
Preservation of the competitive
system, as defended by Chairman
4 Freer is the basis philosophy of the
Federal Trade Commission. the
Commission is not an egency when
+ is seeking power or control over IN
dustrial decision and discretion
he insists, because 1T has been mo-
tivated bv the principle that the
coming of the day of Governmept
regulation can be pOstponed or
forestalled nv prevention of those
practices which oDerate to destroy
, the competitive system by deprivlng
the individua business man OF his
freedom"
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

1948.
Because faster cars are being us
ed at Indianapolis each year, the
AAA, which sanctions the race, is
thinking mostly of safety these
days. Before any car will be enter
ed next year, it's vital parts-steer-
ing mechanism, wheels, axles and
frame-must pass a MagnafleX test.
This is an electrOnic test which
magnetizes flaws in metal. Tiny
bits of iron then are moved over
the car part tested, and will cling
to any flaws in the material as they
appear. These parts must be re-
placed with fiawless parts before
the car can be qualified.
The AAA is a private OrganiZa-
ton which offers various services
to automobile owners who join its
club groups throughout the nation.
The association works to promote
highway safety, the manufacture OF
better cars and the passage of leg
islatiOn favOring the mOtOrist.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

trip to a restaurant here more than
two years ago, a visitors replied,
Does it make any differences"
The Finn smiled. Food isn't ra-
toned anymore, you know" He
was proud and justly so.
They went to an extremely nice
restaurant atop one of Helsinki's
fine buildings. Everything went
beautifully especially as fine a
pair of lamb chops as you can find
this side of Paris.
During the war;" said the Finn,
1--WE didn't dance. We're doing it
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
City Election Will
Be Held Here On
Monday, January "a
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son has been temporarily filling
the seat vacated last summer
through the resignation of William
r. Burke. One year remains of the
term of Mr.. Burke.
Under provisions of the city
charter, candidates must file prior
to a stipulated date and then be, in
turn, nominated during the course
of the annual citizens meeting,
which will be held on Friday eve
ming at the Community Building.
Only those who have filed prior
to the deadline for filing may be
nominated at the citizens meeting
In addition to formal nomination
of candidates, reports of city Off
GERS, council, and various commit
tees are made at the annual meet
ing
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

now"
Hours had passed and the visi-
tor met a lot of Films and still
there hadn't been n word about
Russia. 1t was left to him to bring
it up.
"Oh, Russia" said a young en-
gineer. You Americans get too
excited about the Russians. Look,
we live beside them and We seem
to be getting on"
"That," the visitors remarked,
"was quite an observation for a
Finn 2"
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

BABSON PARK, Flori-
da, January 21-At War
rem, Arkansas, a few days
ago occurred a tornado
which is reported to have
killed So persons and in
iured about $50 more.
Every few months some
such disaster occurs in
the u. S. Most of them are
in the sOutherly center of
the country; but every
one Of the 48 states has,
at some time, one of these
tofnadoes. Therefore, this
is a subject in which ev-
eryOne should be inter
ested.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Dairy Schools In
Kent Jan. 26-27
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meetings will be the same in both
locations and is as follows:
First Day
Economic Factors that Affect
Cost of Milk Production" Delmar
]. Young; How to Produce Feed
for a Twenty Cow Herd" Claude E.
Phillips; Selection of Feeds for
the Dairy Ration and Balancing
of a Ration for a Twenty Cow
Herd" Delmar J. Young.
Second Day
Herd Management to Meet Mar
ket Demands" Delmar ]. Young;
Housing the Dairy Herd" Will
liam A. Calvert; Herd Health and
Sanitation (Mastitis COntTOD," E.
S. Biddle, Mastitis DiagnOstic Lab
OratOry; Bangs Disease Control, "
DR.. Lockwood, Bureau of Animal
Industry.
All dairymen in the county are
cordially invited to attend these
meetings.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Draws Crowd

MIAMI - up - Sightseers from
two national conventions here shat
tered all Off-seasOn attendance rec
Ords at the Hialeah race track. A
single day nOn-racing total of 15,-
600 visitors was set during the Ma
tiOnal Letter Carriers convention.
The four days the American Legion
convention was in session a total
of 27,7OO sightseers visited Hia-
leah.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
BB U'estbrOOk PeOIer

UNFORTUNATELY, most Of the
- clergy who try to take voice
in union relations permit themsel-
YES to be lured into gaseous dis
customs Of economics, and as far
away as the haymarket riots anu
the mournfll sweetness Of Eugene
v. Debs, a durable fraud whose
faults have been painted out by lay
ers Of cosmetic propaganda which
was allowed to lie because nobody
has a special mission to keep the re-
cord straight.
That takes work, determination
and stout contempt for the prOpo-
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
6-Day Kayak Race

COPENHAGEN - up X Dem
mark will have it's first postwar
six-day race next August-nOt as
previously in COnpenhagens For
um Hall and on bicycles but in the
sea around the island of Funen and
in Kayaks.
The Holding Kayak Club of Jut-
land is staging the race.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

LIldt we must
give myth a head
start of 10, 20 or so
years out of respect
for death.
On the whole,
the reVerends have
been a nuisance be-
cause, like vOlun-
teer firemen, they
like to act brave
a n d get noticed
while the profess
sionals, who really
know, have lacked
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Two Journeys

AUBURN, Ala. - (P - Two
leading tournaments will be enter
ed by AUburn's 194S-49 basketball
squad Coach Danny DOyle's Tigers
will seek honOrs in the Oklahoma
City tourney and participate IN the
annual Southeastern Conference
carnival in Louisville. March 3-5.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Films Ignore Russians

HELSINKI - (P) - The Firms
seem to have found something to
talk about besides the Russians.
There was a time after the war
when Russia and Russians appear
ed to dominate, or at least, weigh
down, almost every conversation
here.
Not so any more.
where" asked a Finn, "shall we
have dinner?" Recalling his last
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
WHAT ABOUT HURRICANES?

WHAT ABOUT HURRICANES?
Before discussing tOrnadOes, let me say
word about hurricanes. These originate on
the ocean and can be prevented by "hlling"
them at their birth. For instance, the hurri-
canes which hit the South Atlantic States and
Florida, and the Gulf States, start 1000 miles
or more away-mostly east of the LeeWard
Islands and the Caribbean Sea. When they
hit our Southeastern States, these hurricanes
may have a diameter of 100 to 500 miles. This
diameter varies with each hurricane, but can
easily be measured in each case. We have
been hit by about $50 major hurricanes since
1890. These have done tremendous damage.
10 our Navy would patrol the waters, with
small airplane carriers, where these hurricanes
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21

created and main
tanned our rural
centers, our villa
ges,, towns a n d
small cities. It was
the patronage Of
the people Of their
home town stores
that made these
villages, towns and
small cities possi-
BILE as social and
cultural nanforc onI
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-21
Released hv WNu Eeatnres-

MUCH as we appreciate the auto
AVA mobile. and all the many op-
portunities it affords, it can be the
instrument that is killing the goose
that has provided rural America
with its golden eggs.
In the horse and buggy days it
was the need of market places that
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
SURPLUS MATERIALS GO ON SALE TODAY

One of the largest sales of Army surplus materials to be held at Elmendorf Field in recent years, starts at the Elmendorf Salvage Yard today, according to an- nouncement from Brig. Gen. Don- aid R. Hutchinson, base com mander. Visitors may inspect the sale equipment at the Salvage Yard, beginning at S:3O am. to- day. Sealed bids will be opened on Jan. 5 at 10 am.
 Equipment to be sold includes jeeps, trucks, aircraft floats, ath- letic equipment Gncluding skis and snowshoes), water pumps, Arctic clothing, home and office furniture, radio parts and mess equipment.
 A second sale, in which sleep ing bags will retail for $l0, also starts today.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
Al Club Demonstration Planned Today

There is to be All Club bak- ing demonstration in the Exten- sion Office today. All Club members will meet at the office to bake snowballs and Christmas cookies. Following the demon stration, 4-H'ers will be allowed to sample the products they man. ufacture, or they may carry them home to test on their families, if they prefer.
 Today's demonstration is to in- clude half of the H-H Club mem bers headquartered in Palmer. A second group will meet at the Ex- tension Office for a similar dem onstration at a later date.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
Project Leaders Meet

Next Tuesday, all project lead CTS of the Valleys Homemakers' clubs will meet in special session at the Extension Office at 2 o'clock, it was announced today by Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook, home demonstration leader. Pur- pose of the meeting is to study method of presentation of next months project, which must be completed without Miss Lash brooks help, since she will be absent on leave for most of the month.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
Seventh Dairyman Switches To AlaskA Dairy

Still another Valley dairyman, Chet Liebing, has turned to the Alaska Dairy as marketing agent for his milk, it was announced this week by James Wilson, gen. eral manager of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co-Operating As sociation. This brings to total of seven, the Valley dairymen who have switched from the Co., op to the Alaska Dairy as their marketing medium. Six of the seven are Coop members.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
Jan's Still Pondering

Questioned this week concern ing plans for the former busiess location of Palmer Photo Art, owner Jim Koslosky said he hadn't decided whether to rent the place or to start a business there myself"
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
New Davis Daughter

A baby girl was born to MT. and Mrs. R. F. Davis of Wasilla, at Valley Hospital on Dec. 10. The little girl weighed six pounds and six ounces at birth.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-12-15
Phyllis Is Ill

WASILLA-Miss Phyllis Will son has been confined to her home by illness for the past week
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Vaughan Says He Knows Of 800
Who Were 5 Per Centers' Here

ness and you can quote me-" Gen
Vaughan told reporter who
asked about it.
Gen. Vaughan went on to eX-
plain. however, that there were
IL persons in the vacationing
party and each paid $341 for the
trip. The boat trip was aboard
a ship of the United Fruit Co.
The general refused to discuss
a scheduled congressional inves-
tigation of so-called IS per cent
ers." Paul Grindle. Massachu-
sets manufacturer. set off the
investigation by saying that James
v. Hunt. a management counsel
lor, had claimed to have influence
with Gen. Vaughan and some
other Government officials.
The New York Herald Tribune
quoted Mr.. Grindle as saying that
he agreed to pay Mr.. Hunt a fee,
plus S per cent gross on any
Government contract he got. Mr..
Hunt has denounced as a liar any
one who says he tried to sell in
f1uence in getting Government
contracts.