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The Nome nugget., 1950-03-22
FAIRBANKS, (P) - Dr. Ferris

FAIRBANKS, (F) - Dr. Ferris Moore, University of Alaska pres ident, left yesterday for Washing ton, D. C., to attend a meeting at which plans will be laid for an Alaska Science Conference, tenta- lively scheduled for November. The conference is planned primar- fly for government officials doing scientific research in the Terri tory.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-05-11

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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-05-11
THE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvTLLE. OHIO

last Thursday with Rev. and Mrs.
Finlinson for an all-day meeting
There were Is present. Next
meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. Anita Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Blake
motored to Lima, Sunday, to
visit their brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lee,
who has been i'll. They were sup
per guests at the home of their
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Blake and sons, Larry
and Ronnie.
Rev. and Mrs. Ed Finlinson
and Kenneth Blake attended con-
ference at Piqua, Tuesday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-05-11
. Pottersburq
BY MRS. KENNETH BLAKE

Family Night
Friday evening, May II, will
be family night at the Potters-
burg Methodist Church. Every
one is invited to attend with
well-filled baskets for supper at
8 o'clock. There will be a pro-
gram and an evening of fellow
ship.
Petersburg w. S. c. S. met
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-05-11

every every item
Better
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
BABSON Discusses Insurance Stocks

The cycle now is that of a period of good earnings,
which give yield between 40 and SO although a
large part of the assets are in Government Bonds
Perhaps never before in history has property been
nearly insured to full value The rates not
ordinarily reduced until fve-year-average results
demonstrate them to be too high. When rates again
begin to be reduced andIor fire losses increase dvi
dends and prices of fire insurance stocks may again
decline for a period
Small Labor Expense
5. period of labor trOubles-such as we are
witnessing today-shOuld direct attention to the ad
vantage of insurance company stocks The cost of
labor for the insurance industry is around 1919 of
the volume of business This compares with a labor
cost of from 400 to 500 in most industries. This
gives great advantage to fire insurance companies.
Any increased labor costs go into the expenses
and taken into consideration in the fixing of
rates as we'll in the payment of If drastic
labor trouble should occur, this type of company,
having small investment in plant can be moved to
a new locality. But the percentage of labor cost is
so small this is seldom necessary.
Selecting Stock To Buy
use the Home as an illustration because it is
the largest in the United States in total admitted
assets and in premiums written, although only the
fourth in pOlicyhOlders surplus happen to be a
director and have great confidence in its President
Harold V. Smith. Also, there other good COM
panies such Great American. American of New
ark, Firemen's of Newark. Aetna. National Fire
Continental Fidelity -Phenix Insurance Company OF
North America. Springfield Fire Marine.
If you are ultra-conservative. buy stock in
all ten companies. Then you should have the best
possible combination of safety and income. An
other suggestion is that you look at your insurance
policies If you find one of the above ten then buy
some stock in that company If it is good enough
for you to insure in, it should be good enough fol-
you invest in The business of an insurance com
pany is probably the most Christian of all bus
nesses 1t is based 1000 upon the principle thai
those who escape fire, accident and other troubles
all unite to help the one who has an unfortunate
loss.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
Thirty Years Ago 81 81 4it F5sia o2 H8a GBfoBas 5RS 1i:

Kent County Pomona Grange, IN
session at Camden, installed the
following officers for the year:
Master, w. V. Cosden, Dover;
Overseer, J. A. Latta, Smyrna; Lee
turer, Jefferson Cooper, Cheswold;
Steward, M. Lemex, Milford; Assis-
Secretary. Miss Ida ROosa, Milford;
Chaplain, Alexander Cow, FELTON,;
steward, NJ. Lemex, Milford; assis-
Ceres, Mrs. w. w. Moore, Camden;
Flora, Mrs. Marshall Derby. Wood
side; Pomona, Mrs. w. V. COsden;
Treasurer, John Heyd, FELTON,.
A very enjoyable birthday party
was given at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Layton of Lewes in honor of
the eighteenth birthday of their
son, George r. Layton, on Monday
evening. Among those present
were Misses Mae and Margaret
Arterbridge, Maud and Helena Hud-
son, ELENA Wilson, Lula Mitchell.
Virginia Bermender; Messrs. Geo.
Paynter. Robert Lynch. Clyde Hast
lngS, Thomas Arterbrldge, Charles
Hudson, Everett Reed. Robert Bry-
an and Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson. Re-
freshments were served at 10 o.
clock in the dining room. which
was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. after which the guests re-
turned to their homes, wishing the
young man many more happy
birthdays.
After being delayed for months
preparations are being made fO
improving the streets of Laurel. A
a special conference of Mayor Har
ry K. FOOks and the town council
with Engineer HattOn of Whining
ton regarding the preparations q
! specifications for the prOpose'
street improvements. it was decid
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
TAFT HITS "HANDOUT STATE"

The "HandOut State" is the name tnaC
Senator Taft has chosen to brand the type
of Federal Government the Truman Admin
istratiOn is seeking to give the people. It's a
Government characterized, as the Senator
sees it, by lavish spending and multiplicity
of controls. For the Senator's purpose hand
out" is a good tag. "Statism," taken by John
Foster Dulles as his target of attack, is an
unfamiliar word, rather pedaptic, and con-
veying no clear idea to the average man.
welfare state" conveys to many an idea
which they welcome rather than reject.
"HandOut" conveys the idea of ScOrn and
contempt which the Ohio Senator and those
who agree with him want to put over in at
tacking the Truman policy. 1t suggests a
picture of Uncle Sam as an imprOvident do
gOOder whO regardless of the bad principle
involved, dOles out benefits which tend tC
impair self-respect and self-reliance in the
recipients. Supporters of the Truman policy
will not agree that the attack is justified; bu
those who make it are entitled to use plalT
talk. If the Senator wins in Ohio on the line
he is taking it may strongly influence Repub
lican policy in the next Presidential cam
paign. 1t will be we'll for the country if tn
issues shall be clearly drawn and the posi-
tiOn of the parties made plain. A "me too
attitude will do the COP no good. No on
expects it to commit the folly of attempting
to destroy the fundamentals of the existin
social security system. But the multiplication
of irksOme controls and burdenSOme taXatiO
that shackles free enterprise and slows eN
pansion of production can be fought by ar
peals to the nations sOundest traditions.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

Literary Gazette. They show one of the
wavs the Soviet party wOOs Russian national
pride. The move corresponds to vital need
of Russians to vindicate their self-respect
and DESTROY the residue of an old sense of
inferioritv. II also increases the Russians
confidence in their. capacity to catch up with
and Outstrip the rest of the world technically
at the present time. 1t is, in other words, an
exanonie of the kind of morale-building prop
aganda the government is now feeding the
Russian masses.
Moreover. it is an example of how the
Soviet bosses will use any untruth or half-
truth to serve their ends. story has been
going the rounds concerning a British Com
munist who went to meeting OF RUSSIAN
Communist strategists in Moscow. lie was
perplexed as to how to argue some ldeOlogl-
cal point or other in England. Inc RUSSIANS
gave him an answer, to Whlch ne ODJeCCeu
that # wasn't true. The Russians looked at
him With amazement-and then burst into
gales of laughter over such naiVete. 1t is
said that the incident was described to the
ton Russians. including Stain, and that they
burst into laughter also. This story may De
apocrvphal but it has a point. COMMUNIST
thinking holds that the end Justlhes the use
of anv means. If lie will work, 1t is told.
Words are twisted out of all semOlance 10
what they mean to other nations. That is
touched on in General Walter Bedell Smiths
revelations of his experiences as Am6assa,
dor to Moscow. He, Secretary Marshall ana
other Americans, he says 'Naively assum-
ed that the word democracy meant the same e
thing to the PolitburO that it did to us
Events proved that nothing could have Dee1
more wrong. The Russians gave democracy
a new meaning which suited them, and thus
managed to give interpretations to interna-
tional agreements which were the exact Op-
posite of what the West had intended: Ihls
policy is one of the principal reasons Tor our
failure to meet the Russians on common
ground.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
A GRASS-ROOTS COUNTRY

The government of this nation is dOmi-
mated by the small towns and the rural areas
not by the great city populations. That
striking fact is developed in an analysis of
the United States Congress published in the
December issue of The American Press. The
analysis shows that 76 out of the SO Sena-
tors-79 per cent-are elected by rural ma
jOrities, and that "a per cent of the Repre-
sentatives represent more rural counties than
urban counties. For the purpose of the study,
a rural county was considered to be one in
which there is no community with more than
10000 population. The small number of Sen
atOrs who represent predOminately urban
constituencies mostly come from states with
very small land areas and concentrated in
dustry, such as Rhode Island and Connect
cut. The study shows further that AZ Sena-
tors and 1872 Representatives have a weekly
newspaper as their home town paper. 1t then
said: "All of those from rural areas depend
on weekly newspapers as one of their CHIEF
barOmeters of the opinions of their cOnstitu
ents." The point is that, in spite of the
growth of the cities, this is still a grass-rOOt'
country The people on the farms, in thu
villages, and in the small municipalities have
the dominant voice when it comes to electinl
the men who make our laws. The future O.
America is in their hands.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

ed that Engineer Hatton, who al
ready had surveyed the town, shall
prepare specifications for the grad
ing, curbing, paving and sewerage
construction for the full length of
Market, West, Sixth and Pine
Streets. Engineer Hatton is expect
ed to present these specifications
early next month, so that they may
be submitted to bidders and, If pos
sible. to get the work done early
next spring.
The question of putting a dam or
bulkhead across the Assawaman
Canal at Ocean View, Del, for the
purpose of preventing the flow of
water through the canal, which it
is alleged, has an injurious effect
upon the fisheries, having been
brought to the attention of the
U. S. Engineers Office. public
hearing on the matter will be held
in the town hall at Selbyville, at
1870 p. m, Thursday, February 5.
All interested parties are invited
to be present and submit their
views, which should be in writing
as far as possible.
-
The sleet, which has been the
worst for years and which has
held our town and community in
its relentless grip for more than a
week, has begun to give way and
we are all glad to see the sun shine
once more.
While you step along the street
The treacherous ice a traitor
proves
To your unwary feet
/ A slip. a slide, a jerk. a glide.
While all the neighbors stare:
Your feet are not on sea or land.
But waving in the air.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
Both SchOOItsaehsrs

Both Senator Holland and Senator
Pepper taught school, both studied
and practiced law, both served in
the Florida state legislature. both
belong to the Kiwanis. Sinners,
Masons, Elks and both are Phi
Beta Kappas and members Of the
American Legion. There the sim
ilarity ends. but both were elected
to the United States senate.
Senator Pepper. up for reelec-
ton this year, is two years older
than Senator Holland, but has a
head Of coal black straight hair.
He has a prominent nose. exceed
ingly high forehead, high cheek
bones and is slightly stopped. He
is considered one Of the ablest
debaters on the floor Of the SEN
ate. He is an ardent New Dealer,
was one Of the most loyal support
ers of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Although Florida is not con-
sidered an Industrial state, he is
one Of the staunch advocates. Of
labor legislation and repeal Of the
Taft-Hartley Act. He is held UP by
organized labor as one Of the few
who voted 100 per cent right on
labor legislation.
Prior to the Democratic national
convention in 1913. Senator Pep
per urged General Eisenhower to
run against the President. As a
matter Of fact the night before the
nomination. after Eisenhower re,
fused. Pepper announced his owl
candidacy for president against
President Truman, probably the
shortest candidacy on record, fol
he withdrew within about three
hours and was among the first or
the platform to congratulate Pres
ident Truman and to swear hi,
loyalty.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

James F. Alice, Jr., who has been
chairman of the Kent County Re
publican Committee for the past
two years, on Tuesday rendered his
resignation as chairman of that
body and notice to that effect was
sent to each member of the COM
mittee.
Miss Elizabeth G. Stidham arriv-
ed home on Monday after four
months in California. Miss Stidham
left Milford with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Atkins and son, Earl, in their
automobile and motOred to CalifOT-
MIA The Atkins are still on the
coast.
A. Louis Amundson. who for
some time has been in charge of
the Maritime Exchange Office at
the Delaware Breakwater, has re-
signed and accepted a position with
the firm of d. w. Burbage and
Company, ship brokers Of this town.
Anderson Palmer, who has been en-
plOyed in the American Stores,
. here. has accepted the position as
operator at the Maritime Exchange.
While driving his Buick roadster
= in Milford Monday morning, George
NJ. Simpson met with an accident
which resulted in damages to his
car. Mr.. Simpson was driving east
Z on East Front Street, South Mil
, ford. and when at the intersection
, of Carlisle Lane he attempted tC
turn into this street In so dOino
l his car skidded and struck a pole
= in front of Prettyman's Store. One
= wheel of the vehicle was smashed
the windshield shattered, running
board broken. and top badly dam.
aged. The cost of repairing the cal
will probably be about $3.50.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
Not a New Dealer

Senator Holland was never a
Roosevelt New Dealer, although he
favored some Of the progressive
legislation sponsored during that
era. He has been unable to 60
along with much Of the Truman
Fair Deal program. particularly
with reference to civil rights, re-
peal of the Taft-Hartley act. the
administration health program. the
Brannan farm program and others.
He does support the Truman for
eign policy program. however.
With reference 70 the Presl-
dents state Of the Union mes
sage, Senator Holland said: 81
liked the foreign program part
Of his message, but the dOmes-
tic part seemed 70 be little
more than q relteratiOn Of the
message Of last year, and a re-
statement Of those old trouble
making items which kept Us In
so much turmoil. ] was strong
ly for those parts which called
for q balanced budget"
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

'OlS' ANY OF these stocks can De
purchased through your local bank
Di'ersifcatiOn and Initiation Hedges
l. Insurance companies arc .o,ro1Iv weII di
verslhed and balanced Investment trusts" with
secoho source OF earnings from the insurance bust
ness. This second source will often produce as
much income as the stocks and bonds which the
company owns. Furthermore the purchasers of
this form OF investment trust should receive more
incOme-and certainly more securit, rban bv the
direct purchase Of most securities. For instance,
the Home Insurance Company. the stock Of which
sells at sS5 a share, has invested assets of $50
share.
2 Fire insurance stocks arc sou,,u ot a low
ratio to lqudating value. To tako ,h case of the
Home Insurance Company again as an example it
is selling at about $50 Of its currn. l,ouidating
value Since 1885 the average ANNA, range for all
hre insurance companies has been less than the
liqudating value. As most fire iosprorco companies
have portfolio of good common .,oo1. ,bov should
be fair imitation hedge
Dividend Outlook and Cycles
/ g. Generally dividends on FIRE ,ns,,-orcs stocks
gradually increase. The ratio 10 s,,',.s. Doid to
investment income received is below the normal av-
erage Tor other classes of stocks Tbis shows con-
servative management. The leveling os - nremiums
will stop the drain on surplus ana -or,st greater
dividends. Increasing dividends go, ..nse in
creasing market prices
4 There are cycles in the insurance business.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
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Conflicts Noted
IN WASHINGTON

THERE is a continuous wonder
! ment here in Washington amsng
those who watch the ever-changing
mortality in the membership Of
congress how the same set Of
voters in a given state will send
representatives to Washington Of
opposite and conflicting view
points-men with completely diff
ferent outlooks on politics. upon
economies. upon human relation
ships. although they may even be
from the same political parties.
OF course these opposites stand
out more boldly in the senate
where there are only two men from
each state. Excellent examples
are Senators William LANCER and
Milton r. Young. both Republicans
from North Dakota: Senators
Styles Bridges and Charles W.
Tobey. both Republicans from
New Hampshire: Senators Ken
meth McKellar and Estes Kefauver,
both Democrats Of Tennessee.
Probably the most outstanding
example of this peculiar prefer
ment Of the voters is the two SEN
ators from Florida, Senators
Claude Pepper and Spessard Lind
sey Holland.
Senator Holland is a southern
aristocrat, tail. straight. hand
some, with a thatch Of white hair
He has an engaging personality
and polished manner, and while HI
Is not considered one Of the toI
orators in the senate. he is Away
well prepared when he takes III,
floor and presents his argument
with legal and forensic skill.
He never makes an enemy
and is one Of the best liked
men IN the senate, with a host
Of friends on both sides Of the
political aisle. He Is making q
record as a watchdog Of the
treasury and his record vote
during the first session Of the
1 Slst congress shows that he
voted 20 times against in
creased appropriations to cut
expenditures.
But when it comes to the sout
ern bloc. Senator Holland is som
times found voting with the sout
erners. even against the maiori
of Democrats in the senate. And
r is this southern bloc which Oft
/ joins with the Republicans to for
the southern Democrat-Repubnci
coalition.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

BABSON PARK, Fla, Feb. 3
letters have come to me
asking that suggest an invest
ment which combines: D prop
er diversifcatiOn; (2) an infla-
ton hedge based upon low cost
compared with liquidating value;
CS) a fair interest yield, and (D
freedom from labor troubles.
This last is very important. At
ter considerable thought, l rec
ommend stocks of good long es-
tablished fire insurance COM
panies, and herewith are my rea-
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
British Work For India

NEW DELHI. India - (P) -
There are 277 British officers in
India's Army, Navy and Airforce.
Defense Minister Sardar Baldev
Singh told the legislative assembly.
About 100 British civilian officers
are also employed.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
Malaga Has Cocoa
Project

KUALA LUMPUR -(P)- Malaga
is getting into the cocoa producing
industry. AS a first step the NAL
ayan Federation government has
ordered 5000 cocoa seeds from the
Gold Coast.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03

Fire destroyed the plant of the Eastern
Shore Times, at OnancOck, Virginia, last
Thursday morning. Notwithstanding this,
Publisher John BOrum mailed out 24-page
newspaper on Friday morning. AS soon as
we learned of the disaster, the Milford
Chronicle offered the use of our entire plant
to Mr.. BOrum in his time of need. His Ac-
comac competitor, however, had offered his
plant and it had been accepted. We visited
the scene of the frse last Sunday. It was a
bad sight. Work of rebuilding is already in
progress, and salvage crews are at work saw
ing that which can be saved. Publisher BOr-
um is planning to make his plant better and
his newspaper more worthwhile. This will
be hard to do. 1t already rates high among
the outstanding weekly newspapers in Amer
ica.
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA LINE

Who invented the electric light? If you
say Edison, you're wrOng-it was a Russian
named YablOchkov. Who devised the tele-
graph? If you say Morse, you're wrong again
lit was another Russian named Yakobi The
radio? No, it wasn't Marconi-it was still
another Russian named Popov. How about
the first successful flying machine? If you
answer "the Wright brothers" you'll have to
60 to the bottom of the class-a Russian call
ed MOzhaisky few like bird near st. Peters
burg 20 years before the Wrights took off at
Kitty Hawk. These and similar revelations
are found in a Soviet magazine called the
Milford chronicle., 1950-02-03
THEY INDULGE IN LOGROLLING

Those lists of books which authors draw
up for the newspapers as a guide to conf
dent giving, how reliable are they? A little
lOgrOlling is not unknown by writer's; skepti-
cal readers will make distinction between
logs blazing of their own combustion and
those that have been sprinkled with chemical
salts, the better to take a grain of in making
a choice of books. A playwright-prOducer
for example, likes a recent novel by his part
ner, whereas professor liked different books
for different newspapers. And what about
the ex-Cabinet member who recommended a
book by his ex-bOss' secretary, or the Western
newspaper publisher who went all out for a
novel by one of his editors? Then there's the
author who likes a novel that hasn't been
published yet, the eminent reviewer who likes
different books in different pages of the same
supplement, the Baltimore editor who plugs
book about Baltimore, and The New Yorker
author who solves everything by choosing a
volume by one Of his colleagues.
And what applies to books also touches
every other product. Almost daily news
paper publisher is deluged with news releases
singing the praises of some article or mer-
chandise. Which brings us to this cOncIu-
siOn-every crow thinks that its baby is the
blacklist, every producer that his product
should have favorable publicity treatment
in short, if the publisher will fall for it. he
and his readers will be the suckers" This
the Chronicle tries to guard against.