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Evening star., 1949-04-24

~ cop. All he heard was a shrill
whistle and somebody yelling. and
next thing Sheridan knew there
was a cop jumping On his running
board and shouting something
hoarsely as he scrambled inside
the car.
Follow that green sedan" the
cop was yelling. He pointed at a
car a block ahead.
Mechanically Sheridan did as he
was ordered. He knew the law.
A policeman had the right to COM
mandeer any citizens car in the
performance Of duty and the citi-
zen could get in trouble if he re-
fused. 1t was the sort of thing
that could happen to anyone, but
not until it did could you know
how you were going to feel.
Sheridan gripped the wheel
numbly and fed all the gas he
dared to on the busy city street.
They know we're after EN-"
the cop snapped. They spotted
me. Come on, Mac. they're gain
ing. -"
"WHAr'D they do?" Sheridan
asked.
Stolen car" the cop grunted.
Il caught the license when they
slowed down for that light back
there. just before grabbed you"
oh" said Sheridan. The sedan
executed a series OF quick turns in
an attempt to shake them off.
They also answer the descrip-
ton of a couple of punks who held
up filling station this morning."
the cop said.
The green sedan decided to run
for it a while on the boulevard and
Sheridan pushed it up to fifty-fve.
The cop yanked his gun impa-
tiently. Close in." he barked.
Sheridan felt the sweat begin
ming to form under his hat band.
Not that he was afraid there'd be
shooting; as far as Sheridan was
concerned the sweat was produced
by something not quite definable
- but considerably more potent
than fear.
OBLIGATIONS as a citizen? he re-
flected suddenly. This was none
of his business. This was a situa-
ton he wanted no part Of. Espe-
cially this afternoon - and it was
later than he thought. He'd had
his choice between a four or five
o'clock appointment and if he'd
taken the early one this wouldn't
have happened.
He hated the men careening
around the corner ahead. He
hated the cop breathing heavily
alongside him. Okay, so they
stole a car. Maybe they Were the
same punks who robbed the filling
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Maybe It was the first time they'd
got in bad, and maybe it wasn't
-. but whatever it was Sheridan
didn't want any part of it.
He was beginning to feel all
mixed up. Among other things this
was going to make him late. Heidi
not want to be late today. Things
had been pretty much okay. and
then this cop had to come along
and jump on his running board.
They lost the green sedan for a
moment and the cop cursed.
They're getting awayr
SHERIDAN whirled around an
other corner and there they were
again. Suddenly a hand with a
gun reached out of the window of
the sedan. Sheridan saw a puff of
smoke and then heard the report.
The cop leaned out the window,
fired back and flashed a glance at
Sheridan. Sorry, Mac. / hoped
it wouldn't get rough"
That's okay." Sheridan said.
I'm not scared. It's the breaks,
that's all"
No, he really wasn't scared. But
he had the feeling that he was be-
ing forced to take sides in some
thing that didn't concern him. 1t
was all a leering trick of fate that
had been sprung on him today of
all days. There he'd been. mind
ing his own business when this
thing came along to upset him -
and maybe get him hurt. besides.
liz CAUGHT a glimpse of a clock
in a jewelers. window and Just
about gave up keeping his appoint
ment with Rogers.
A few more blocks and Sheridan
knew he'd have to make up his
mind soon. He couldn't stay a
neutral in this much longer. The
pattern of their fight was begin
ming to make definite sense to
him, and Sheridan knew it was,
within his power to head them off.
He had to decide now - one way
or another. He had to take sides. ).
This could be terribly important,
too - more so than he could estiA
mate at the moment. Even his
date with Rogers was unimpor-
tant by comparison.
The green sedan was still a full
block away when Sheridan made
up his mind. He didn't follow the
sedan around the next corner. He
went straight ahead. Where the
hell you goingr' the cop beloved.
"I'm cutting them off," Sheri-
dan said tightly, as though some
thing was stuck in his throat.
They're doubling over toward,
the Central Avenue Market. Once
they get into that maze of stalls
and trucks and one-way streets
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Sheridan had to obey the cop, but he had a very
special date that afternoon. Could he keep it.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
Thirty Years Ago 81 81 Fs FSsia o2d H69q GBoae: Rs aSs

Summer ends this coming Sun
day, but warm weather will be with
us for the next three weeks.
Delna E. Mag has returned from
Chicago after completing a three
months course in electricity at the
Coyne Trade and Electrical
School. ..
The management of the Milford
Emergency Hospital has advanced
their plans to such a point that it
is now almost certain that the in
stitution will be opened for the in
spection of the public some time
in October.
Mrs. Theodore Coulbourne and
family, Armel Nutter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbert M. Joseph returned
this week from a ten days auto
mobile trip in the south. They Wis
tied Norfolk, Newport News, Old
Point Comfort and intermediate
points and report a. perfectly
lovely time" No mishaps and
splendid weather.
%
Corporal John E. Davis has made
wonderful baseball record since
he came home from overseas. When
he was tried out by Connie Mack
and hit a fast one into the bleach.
ers, Mr.. Mack remarked, my boy
you can hit them" He has beer
doing that ever since. He is bat.
ting over 500. AS captain of the
Laurel team he was recently re
sponsible for all the five run.
made in a fast game, SO. On tn,
Caulk team he has done wonderful
work. Indeed, the Caulk team i,
playing wonderful ball, and lay
ing aside all prejudices, we mus
"hand it to them"
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02

Today the Senator's are elected by popular vote
The Supreme Court consists mostly of who
were never officials of large corporations but mostly
men in humble circumstances. In those days wage
workers usually voted with their employees; while
today most of them think it's smart to vote directly
contrary to what their employers recommend. Labor
unions have much more power today than manage
ment had fifty years ago.
SMALL BUSINESSMEN
Those were days when every small businessman
had a chance to become a big businessman. Today
under the present income taxes it is very difficult
for any small businessman to compete both against
big business and big labor unions. Today the big
corporations are frozen" bg while the little bus
inessmen frozen" little. If you have any doubts
about this, write my friend Ernest H. Gaunt of
Haverhill, Massachusetts. who has made an init
mate study of this situation.
Fifty years ago national advertising was unknown
except in the case of patent medicines and there
only few national weekles and they had
small circulatiOns. The Saturday Evening Post then
had only hundred thousand. AS result adver-
tising rates were so low that the small businessman
could afford to advertise as we'll as the large cor
pOration. Today advertising rates are rs times what
they were then. The small businessman cannot af-
ford national advertising he is Obliged to pay the
same rates per page as the big operators.
WHAT THE NATION NEEDS
Today labor unions have a greater and more
dangerous monopoly by fixing prices and output
than management ever had Hence, the Anti Trust
laws should now be amended to include labor unions
and forbid the fixing of prices, wages output II
the people, through their legal representatives, want
to Elk minimums" this should be permissible, but
only through proper legislation. Furthermore, if
there need be any exemptions to the Antitrust
laws these should be in favor of the small business
man. He today, is really in the same unfortunate
position that labor unions were fifty years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
How osB Works

And while the office Of small
business admits that their services
or aids to small business still re-
main largely intangible, they have
set up throughout the country in
the principal cities, AZ department
field offices which are at the SER
vice of business men for advice,
for counsel, for the dissemination
Of all the information and statistics
on markets, prices, how to do busi-
ness and the scores of questions
which enter into the operation Of
modern business today.
AS an example, hardware deal
er in a Midwestern town who had
been in business for 25 years knew
his banker personally, applied to
him for a $500 loan. The banker
said something like this: "Jim, I'd
like to make this loan, but on the
basis of the business you are doing
/ just can't make it." Jim hadn't
taken the trouble to make up a fl
nancial statement for his banker.
or to show him his inventory. AS a
matter of. fact his books were in
such shape he couldn't make up
one.
So the. field office representa-
tive advised him how to put
his books in shape and TO make
up a statement, with the result
he obtained his loan, modern
iZed his store, dropped many
dead accounts or poor credit
risks, and went after business
and got it.
The department has scores oi
pamphlets and booklets dealing
with every possible contingency ir
the small business field which ars
available to businessmen, informa
tion which big business pays high
to get on their own. You may OBJ
tain these in your own state, likely
in your largest city, or write direc
to Office OF Small Business, De
partment cf Commerce, Washing
ton D. c.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
GRASS ROOT EDITORS SCOOP
THE DICTIONARY

GrassroOts is very big word, "but you
can't spell it," and if you look in the die
tionary you probably won't find it, either.
All the big-fsh journalists use the unborn
word when they want to high-hat local news
papers-just as they did years ago when
Sydney Smith blurted out his opinion that
81 have no relish for the country; it is kind
of healthy grave" The Chinese had pro-
verb: "If you have not lived in the country
you do not know what hardship means"
Way back, $50 years ago, William Cowper
reported progress: "God made the country
and man made the town." The country was
beginning to be recognized. Eventually grass
and roots were accepted as relatives under
the. skin, and farmers, conservationists,
homesteaders, and others welcomed the
towns, villages, and counties as co-partners.
Thus, ''grass roots" spread over most areas
of the United States. The grass roots auto
matically became the backbone of the great
est Nation on earth. Our Grass Roots is the
power that makes the wheels go round
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02


When the Antitrust legislation was enacted.
strongly favored the exemption of labor unions from
the Act. Management then was very strong; it
fought both collective bargaining and manipulated
prices, In eighty per cent of conflicting cases the
courts ruled against labor when labor was only
honestly endeavOring to improve conditions The
membership of all labor unions was then only about
100000 Prices were being fixed but wages and
output were left to supply and demand"
Today, the situation is wholly reversed. The la
Dor unions number about 100000. The courts are
now more friendly to labor than to management
Collective bargaining is enforced by law. The fixing
of prices or output by management is criminal;
while the fixing of wages output by labor is up
held by the courts Therefore, today management
instead of being top dog is the under dog. Con-
sumers today suffer by fixed wages and output even
more than they did by fixed prices
POLITICAL CHANGES
i Fifty years ago the political situation was vastly
/ different Senators then were not elected by the
people, but were appointed by the Governors Hence,
most of the Senators were either officials of big
Il corporations or wealthy men, The Supreme Court
was then made up of great lawyers most of whom
had previously served large corporations. There
no income tax in those days. All these things gave
management advantage over labor and explains
why felt labor unions should be exempt from the
Antitrust law.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02

Robert Morris and wife of Wash
ington, d. c., were guests of Phil
ip Griffith last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Frazier of
Baltimore, have been passing this
week as guests of Mrs. Allan D.
Jones and Mrs. Angeline Marshall.
-
The congregation at the opening
service of the Presbyterian Church
of this town were given a treat
Sunday morning when Mrs. H. w.
Nash of Fayetteville, N. c., sang
the Offertory number. Mrs. Nash
has a contralto voice of great pow
er and wide range and sings with
splendid Interpretation, one of the
charms of her work being a clear
enunciation. Mrs. Nash was for
two years contralto soloist at North
Tyron Street Church, Charlotte, N.
c., and is at present soloist at
Hay Street Church in Fayetteville.
Mrs. Nash sang for us while here
last summer and we hope to have
the pleasure of hearing her again
next summer.
The tomato market at Milford
last Monday opened at 75c a bas-
ket and sold up to $1.1O in a few
minutes after the first bid was
made. This indicates that the price
for tomatoes on the open market
will be almost prohibitory for can
ners. The buyers at the depot are
taking the tomatoes for the catsur
and tomato paste plants which are
located at Greenwood, Dover and
other points, Next week the great
er bulk of the early set plants
will be ripening their fruit, anG
even then there will be less thar
One-eighth of crop going to mar.
ket.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02

Prof. William ]. Horner of
Queen Anne, Md, has been spend.
ing a week with Otis P. Jefferson.
Mrs. Marion v. Rose1fblum of
Brooklyn, N. Y, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. F. T. Jackson at Mil
ford.
Miss Anne Davidson, formerly of
Milford. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
S. c. Evans. Jr., on South Walnut
street.
Myer Cohen of Newark is spend
ing the weekend at the home of
his fiancee, Miss Anna Orkin, of
this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon P. Rich
ardson and family are visiting
Mrs. G. r. Bennett and relatives
in Milford.
Miss Bertha Lebitsy of Salem
N. j., is spending a few days with
her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Orkin.
George Carter, editor of the Will
mington Evening Journal, was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. c. Evans
Jr., on Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McMuller
and son Willard of Kemblesville
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Par.
ker of Philadelphia have been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mag.
| %
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob H. Rosa ant
two sons. Miss Ida and Henry L
Austin left last Thursday for ;
ten day auto trip through Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, New York ant
Long Island.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
IRE
H(1FE1E
TOuIn I
REPORTER
Business hazards
On WASHINGTON
ss5si % =

TT you are just starting into a
1 small business, retail. whole
sale, manufacturing or service you
stand a $3.50 chance to fail in the
first two years. Fully third fail
in the first year.
If you are an old established bus
mess and are not doing so well,
there are several factors which
may be responsible including loca-
ton, lack of modernization, lack of
capital, poor credit risks, failure
to keep accurate books, more ac-
tive competition and the fact that
many business men have not come
to the realization that the lush sell
er's market of the war years has
now given place to a tough buyers
market with consequent consumer
resistance to high prices. Shoddy
merchandise and a lackadaisical
attitude on the part of any busi-
nessman.
Another thing in years past
In many instances a capital Of
$500 was considered a "shOe-
string" upon which many small
businesses might be started.
Today the man or woman who
starts OH that capital is almost
sure to fail for the shOestring
Of 1949 has grown to $1O,0OO or
even better a $4,000 minimum
for starting any kind Of a small
business.
These are the conclusions of the
office of small business of the u. S.
department of commerce which is
this year expanding and branching
out in an effort to be of more ,di,
rect and tangible service to the
small business people in the coun
try.
And to. back up their conclusion:
the figures on the starting and tht
end Of small business firms for thu
past three years show that in 1914
615,000 new business firms wert
started. The same year 1920
went out Of business. In 1947, 400,
600 went into new business Will
$4,000 failed or for other reason
folded. In 1948 only $4,000 neN
business firms started while tn
number going out Of busines
climbed to $4,000. So more smal
businesses are failing and 'fewe
are starting and this situation
prevalent in small towns and
rural areas, for there is a trend I
start a business out in suburba
areas or even out along the higl
ways.
And this failure of small bushes
came about despite the fact that
1948 the rate and amount of COZ
sumner savings increased in 49,
for the first time since 1914 ind
eating a pronounced consumer n
sistance to high prices and to
sellers market.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
MAKE THE COMPARISON!

The whole concept of the Welfare State
lin which the government would theoreti-
cally do everything for everybody, and no
one would have to do anything for himself
lis based on the concept that the traditional
American system, with its emphasis on indi-
vidual freedom and responsibility, is wrong.
Winston Churchill recently touched on that
idea in these telling words: "It must occur
to sensible people to ask themselves how it
is, if this American system is so wrong, that
the American democracy of 14O,0OO,00O
hard working people are able to keep them
selves at far higher standard of life than
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
New Pushkin Ballet

MOSCOW - (AP) - The Soviet
Unions newest ballet The Bronze
Horseman has been successfully
staged by theatres in Moscow and
Leningrad.
It is based on Pushkin's poem of
the statue in Leningrad of Peter
the Great. II is new production
of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
BABSON'S Labor Day Message

BABSON PARK, Mass, Sep
tember 81 am a good friend of
every wage-worker, having long
been one myself. During World
War l, 1 was appointed by Pres
ident Wilson at the request of
Samuel Gompers, the then Pres
ident of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Labor. l worked
closely with the leading Labor
Leaders for some time and be-
came fond of them. l think they
also respected me.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
UN0 Ceremony

The state department and the
United Nations are making big
plans to observe the fourth anni-
versary of the ratification of the
charter of the United Nations on
October "a in ''happy birthday
celebrations. In rural areas the OBJ
servances will be sparked through
the offices of the 5000 county a
gents and with rural groups such
as Fourth clubs and Future Farm
ers cooperating. Approximately 70
organizations will participate. .
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02
Some Used Cars
Are Like That

CINCINNATI, o. = (AP) - Jo-
seph Decker decided he wouldn't
buy the used car he inspected.
When he took hold Of the handle
to open door, ne wound up in a
hospital. The door fell off ana hit
his left foot
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02

The armed services committee
of the house took the cost reduction
teeth out of the Tydings bill as 1t
was passed by the senate. The sem
ate bill would take close to a bill
lion dollars out of the armed serv-
ice cost. The house bill would take
out practically nothing and would
not reduce tile useless jobs held
by civilian employees, where the
Hoover commission had antici-
pated making a big saving. Those
useless civilian employees had
more pull than has the interests Of
the American people. .
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-02

we are-and bear so large part of our
burden" A prime example of the welfare
state philosophy is found in the drive to fas-
ten government compulsory medical insur-
ance on everybody in the country, whether
or not they want it. The evidence from Eng
land, New Zealand and the other nations
where similar schemes are in effect, over
whelmingly proves. that the standards of
medical care 90 down and the cost of medical
service goes up-largely because of the top
heavy political bureaucracy that is created
to handle administrative matters. Overbur-
dened doctors have neither the time nor in-
centive for research or preventive medicine
the kind of work which, in the long pull,
does more than anything else to make ma
ton healthier. 1t is true that every person
gets medical attention-but an appalling
large percentage of the time it is second
grade attention. In this country, by con-
tract, anyone can go to the doctor of his
choice. We have voluntary plans whereby
we can purchase prepaid medical and hospi-
tai care for family for about the cost of a
pack of cigarettes day. We lead the world
in research, and we are making dramatic
progress in the conquest of disease. The doc
tor is his own man-not a civil servant un-
der political orders. What can the welfare
state offer to compare with this?
<NIARS&
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14
Taxis And Dogs To Be
Regulated BY Town
Council

Fewer taXicabs and fewer dogs
on the streets of ClintWood.
These are edicts handed down by
the town council at the Monday
night meeting.
Cabs will be limited to six.
Those who wish to operate We
hicles for hire will make applica
ton, and by secret ballo. the
councilwomen will choose that
number next Monday night. The
town sergeant was ordered to
impound all stray dogs and after
a reasonable time time for identi-
fication, turn them over to the
game warden to be disposed of
according to state law.
The need for more revenue
came up constantly during the
meeting, and the field was eager
ly scanned for untapped sources
of taxation.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14
Cleve Branham Attends
Burial Of Son In
National Cemetery

Cleve Branham of Skeetrock,
accompanied by his sons, Quinten
and Lacy, and Otis Wallace at
tended the burial of his son, Otto,
in the national cemetery in Fit.
Leavenworth, Kans., July 5. Four
teen soldiers were buried togeth-
er. They were killed by an ex-
plosion while loading a bomber
on an airfield at Rattlesden,
England, April "a, 1914. The re-
mains of the men could not be
separated and were placed in a
common grave, from whence they
were recently brought to the ma
tional cemetery.
Otto enlisted in the air corps
July 20, 1910, and was trained at
an airbase at Orlando, Fla. While
sergeant, he received a citation
of honor from the hnds of Lieat.
General Hap" Arnold.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14
Services Held For
Clifton E.. Silcox

The funeral of Clifton E. Silcox
veteran of World War II, was
held at the home of his mother
on Middle Branch of Lick Creek
last Thursday before burial in the
nearby family cemetery. Death
had come Tuesday night follow
ing heart attack. Elder C. E.
Reedy and Elder Jack Kiser were
in charge of religious services.
The deceased was son of the
late Thurman Silcox. He was
born on Middle Branch Oct. 81,
1918. He entered the army Jan.
%, 1912, and served with a tank
destroyer battalion in the Pacific
theatre. He was discharged Sept.
81, l945. On May 20, 1916, he
was married to Sue Silcox, a dis
tant cousin. Surviving are the
mother, one brother and several
sisters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14

D, c, Martin of Dante Rt. l
was visitor here Saturday,