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Milford chronicle., 1950-07-21
GREENWOOD

Mr. and Mrs. Granville Eastburn
of Newark, Miss Kathryn Eastburn
of ManastUa, n j., and Mrs. Fran
els Muller of Wilmington were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. P.
Rust, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Rust, Jr., of
Wilmington, are spending a few
days of their vacation with Mr.. and
Mrs. T. P. Rust, Sr., this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w Paul Lord spent
two days last week in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey /Dickerson
and family were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar O'Neal at Cam
den.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Draper are
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. James
Cottingham and son of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K Hubbard spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ronald Hubbard in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Uhler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Kitchens returned
home Sunday night after a delight
full trip through the New England
States. They visited Niagara Falls
and many other places of interest
in New York State.
! The Ladies Auxiliary of the Vol.
unteer Fire Company won frs
prize for best appearance and the
prize for the most in line in a pa
rade at Laurel on Monday evening
The winner in the Miscellaneous
Club on Monday night was DorOth!
Burton of Milton.
Mrs. w. ]. Mills and daughte
Eilene, Mrs. G. H. COnaway spen
Monday in Wilmington.
Diane Greenwood, a member o
the New York Herald-Tribun
Fresh Air Children is spending twt
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. r. Rees
Warrington. Diane was their CUES
last summer and again at Christina
for the holidays
Grace Methodist Church SchoC
is holding their annual picnic thi
Friday evening at z o'clock on tn
playground. Be sure to be there.
The Greenwood Methodist Churc
School will hold their picnic o
Lewes Beach August 2. The bU
will leave the church at 3 p. m.
The pastor of Grace Methods
Church is teaching a group of yOun
people at the Peninsula Camp (
the Methodist Church this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Erp of Wi
mingtOn spent the weekend wit
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Twigg.
Mrs. Walter Spence and son La
ry, also friends from Lancaster, Pt
are spending this week at BrOa
kiln Beach.
Mrs. Clarence Percival of BALI
more was a guest of Mr.. and MI
w. j. Mills and Mrs. H. E. Mil
last week.
Mrs. Evelyn Andrick of Wilmin
ton was a weekend guest of MI
H. E. Mills.
Miss Mildred Long of Upper Da
by, Pa, is spending some time
her mothers residence on Go
ernOrs avenue.
Grace and Cannon
Methodist Charge
E. c. Thomas, Jr., Pastor
CANNON: 1000 a. m.-Chur'
School. Robert Gilbert, superi
Milford chronicle., 1950-07-21

The total public debt Of the Unit
ed States, according to Twentieth
Century Fund estimates which in
clude state, local and federal debts,
rose from $50 for every person IN
191v to $3.50 for every person in
1945.
Home fires are most numerous
J during winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12

Don't be hasty if you see snake in
your yard.
Most of them are harmless, no matter
how ferocious they look.
The way to handle them is not to
handle them at all. Leave them alone,
and they may reward you with hand
some snakeskin. Who knows?
o. B. r. of Riverdale, Md, writes:
1--WE live next to some woods, and have
the sort of suburban scenery you men
toned the other day-rabbits, turtles,
snakes, birds, etc.
Several weeks ago, as passed our
garage, I noticed, with a bit of alarm,
a good sized snake coiled around my
rose bush.
ut was about a yard long, and an
inch wide in it's thickest part; had
cream colored stripe along its back; I'M
derside white; dark gray on top. light
gray and cream on sides, with kind of
white arrow points toward the underside.
"A neighbor and decided it was
harmless, since the shape OF its head
indicated it lacked poisonous ducts.
"It disappeared that evening.
1.-THE next day I glanced toward the
rosebush and to my surprise saw the
snakes skin lying underneath it!
What the snake had been doing in
my rosebush was trying to shed its skin,
with the help Of the thorny branches.
I'VE keep chickens. and had ! become
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
By Charles E. TroceweH
Alfred Kohlberg.

Right you are, lady.
The holly tree deserves place all its
own.
AS a nice small tree for the average
small place. nothing is nicer
Birds like it, at all seasons.
Yet for some reason it is not planted
in the. home grounds as much as Its
merits deserve.
Probably this is due to the fact that
most persons accept the trees that come
with their place, nowadays. If any.
If there are none, they select some
rapid growing thing, rather than wait
for the holly to develop.
Yet the holly and the dogwood are
perhaps the best Of all trees for the
modern suburban lawn.
Everyone likes the dogwood. 1t is found
today in many home yards, standing
great deal of hardship and lack of best
conditions. usually becoming credit to
the place
The holly is believed difficult to grow.
but actually takes no more care than a
dogwood. Any soil can be adjusted to
grow holly tree.
More people should plant more holly.
It is not necessary Gas our correspondent
points out so definitely to grow holly on
an oak tree! Let's forget about that, and
grow holly on its own, as good addi-
ton to the modern suburban scene. That
way. we shock no one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
This and That

too alarmed I might have killed it,
thinking it was on the way to harm the
chickens.
1.-The other day we painted our front
porch steps with glossy white enamel.
Several hours later, when the paint
was still slightly tacky, we noticed
brown thrasher walking all over it, pull
ing his feet up and setting them down
again on the paint, as though he were
having himself good time.
HE walked over every inch Of the
surface of the top, widest step.
"It was the first time a brown
thraSher had ever ventured that close
to the house.
1--WE assumed the glossy white enamel
had fascinated him."
REMINGTON, VA.
Dear Sir:
IT always read your column with in
terest.
81 am shocked tonight to learn that
holly grows on oak trees!
Having lived in a holly growing
country all my life, I've yet to see that
phenomenon,
"You maybe meant to say n1istletoe,
which is a parasitic plant and usually
grows on oak.
Every truly yours. M. 3. A."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Absolutely indispensable

In calling for immediate action to hasten
completion of the radar warning system around
the continental United States, subcommittee
of the House Armed Services Committee has
given voice to simple common sense. The system
that we have now is not nearly good enough. We
need to make it much better, we need to make
it the best possible and we need to do so with
This country Of ours, with its great cities
and concentrated industrial regions, Is uniquely
vulnerable to aerial attack, more so-in many
ways-than Sprawling Russia. Accordingly, espe-
cially in these days of grave international tension
it is of vital Importance to us to look skyward
with the most thorough, around-the- clock
vigilance. That means that must have, among
other things, as excellent and as all-coVering
radar screen as can possibly be built-a
screen capable of giving an adequate advance
warning, night or day, of any strange planes
approaching the continent from the north, east
south or west.
In itself, of course, such screen cannot
cope with an aerial assault. That part of the
Job must be done, if it ever has to be done, by
our interceptor planes, modern anti-aircraft
guns and such other things as defensive guided
missiles-all of which, incidentally, we need in
abundance But if these instruments are to be
effective, we must also equip ourselves with the
completest type Of radar watch. The sooner we
have it the better. It is absolutely indispensable
TO our national safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Lake Rendezvous

Here In these city tuGllS sometimes wake
And iDo1,der 1T the sDird Is still. at break
OF day, and If the tuild geese seek the lake
And rest from northward flight. .,
I kr,o10 the cove is iDaiting for me still.
And that the Sky-refected lDaters spill
Their siluer ripples, that along the hill
Dog,oood is blooming unite.
And as / match the slo,D-shod days slip
By
/ know that tDaitino hills lean on the
sky ..
The road turns back and as the time
drGtDS nigh
The dream is polished bright.
-. . ALMA robson HIGBEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Letters to The Star

South Korea Conference called by the
Communists in Pyongyang. dined with
him twice while was In Korea, and I
saw no signs that he ever was molested
by the "reactionary government" Of
South Korea. The Socialist leader ITO
Sowang Che was elected to the National
Assembly in the election Of May 80. 1850
told me last year before I left Korea
that he was in no way hindered by the
government in the propagation of his
party doctrines.
In quoting a cable from a u. NJ Com
mission member in Korea, Mr.. Hill slants
the news and makes it appear as If the
South Koreans did all the provocative
firing. suppose it is too much even
for Mr.. Hill to come right out and say
the South Koreans started the war. The
truth of the matter is that ever since
Korea was divided, it has always been
Communist guerrillas who invaded South
Korea. Never once did the South Korean
troops cross the border.
Mr.. Hill is wrong again when he
says that "anti-Rhee forces won more
than 100 out of 210 legislative seats"
in the last election. They were indie
pendents, not "anti-Rhee forces" The
very fact that $50 out Of 210 assembly
members voted for Rhee policies. after
they convened in the first session. proves
that the newly elected assembly men
are not "anti- Rhee forces" The de
feat" of DR.. Rhee in the last election
is another Communist line Mr.. Hill has
picked up somewhere.
Mr.. Hill alleges that President Rhee
wanted to attack North Korea to bring
about unif1cation, and quotes Gen.
Roberts, the former head of the Ameri-
can Military Mission in Korea: ITO
prevent the South Koreans from attack
ing, we gave them no combat air force,
no tanks and no heavy artillery"
ANY intelligent man knows by now
that North and South Korea cannot be
united except by force. The United
States tried it for two years, and failed.
The United Nations through its Cont
mission on Korea has tried it ever since
January, 1948. and has failed so far.
If Syngman Rhee is wrong In his
passionate desire to unite North and
South Korea under democratic govern
ment. by force if ultimately necessary. so
was Abraham Lincoln in his attempt to
unite our North and the South. Lincoln
did not want civil war; neither does
Rhee in Korea. Lincoln had no alter
native; neither has Rhee.
Abraham Lincoln was denounced by
his enemies; so is Syngman Rhee now
denounced by his enemies-the Com
muniSts and their spokesman, persons
who have grudge against him, and
smart alexis who mouth about things
Of which they know nothing. But like
Lincoln in America, Rhee Is loved and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
About Two Years to Go

When winston Churchill says that the West
has breathing space of about two years in which
to head of third world war; the rest of us had
better listen to him.
Twelve years or more ago Mr.. Churchill
sounded similar warning Hitlers Germany
was on the rise, and Mr.. Churchill saw clearly the
nature of the menace that was shaping up. Time
and again he appealed for recognition of the
danger and for timely measures to head 1t off,
Little attention was paid to him. That mass
inertia which SO often has immobilzed free
societies in the face of impending disaster, that
seeming inability of free men to act while there
still is time to act, that frightened hopefulnesS
which tends to paralyze the will when at last,
but too late the true nature of the menace
finally is understood-al of these things COM
hined in the fateful thirties to drown out the
voice Of the prophet and pave the easy road to
Hitler'S lightning conquests.
Now, as in kind of nightmare, the same
old scene is being acted out again. This time
the threat comes from the EaSt-from the
readied armies of Russia and the ruthless dicta-
torshp which directs them. For months and
years this menace, greater than that OF Nazl
Germany. has been there for all to see if they
would but look. Tragically little, however, has
been done to meet it. Western Europe stands all
but helpless, weaker by far than when Hitler
struck. In the past few weeks and months there
has been some stirring of activity Plans are
being made and, as Mr.. Churchill says, measures
are being proposed which, if taken two years
ago. would have produced some fruit Still, the
impression is strong that the nations of the West
are rather marking time when they should be
driving forward with every resource they can
muster to the goal of military preparedness. Ger
tainly, there is nothing now in Western Europe
to stop the Russians if they should choose to
march. All that holds them back is the superiority
of the United States in atomic weapons, and that
is an advantage that will not be enjoyed much
longer.
Mr.. Churchill's estimate is that we have two
years remaining. If that time and it is very
little time, is used to best advantage, with vigor
and determination, it may be possible to raise in
Western Europe a structure of strength which
will discourage attack. This is no more than
possibility and we should not overestimate it.
We may be very confident, however, that if this
supreme effort is not made, if the next two years
are not vastly more productive of armed strength
than the last two have been, the attack will come
and it will sweep over all of Europe. If we do
our best the attack, of course may come anyhow.
But in that event, at the least, we will have done
what we could and there should be some prospect
of successful defense. But the slow-motion
approach must be abandoned. There is very
little time left, and such time as we have is
rapidly slipping away from u.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Ernie Hill on Synqmun Rhee

Ernie Hills dispatch from Lake Sue
cess. printed in The Star Of July 49,
about the "discredited government" of
South Korea, comparing President Syng-
man Rhee with the playboy Emperor
Bao Dali of Indo- China, is misrepreSen-
tation of the facts.
DR.. Rhee was constitutionally elect
ed, not put In Office by some outside
power as was Bao Dali. The Korean
National Assembly can remove him any,
time by lawful process, as is provided
in the constitution.
Mr. Hill says that when DR.. Rhee
became President after Korea was
taken away from Japan, he moved into
a palace. put up heavy armed guard
and started waging campaign against
liberal elements as well as Communists"
The palace" was the former resi-
dence of Gen. Hodge, American COM
mander in Korea. DR.. Rhee occupied
it against his wishes, as a matter Of
national prestige. It was warm, COM
Portable place when Hodge was living
there. But after Rhee moved in, he
voluntarily rationed heat in winter, say
ing that if the Korean people did not
have sufficient coal for comfort, then
their President was not entitled to it
either. In the winter of 1948-49, when
visited him many times at his resi-
dence, the entire house was closed except
three rooms. And these rooms were
heated one hour in the morning and
one hour in the evening. This kind Of
auStere life certainly cannot be COM
pared with that of any luxury-loving
playboy Emperor
AS to having "a heavy armed guard"
that is no more unusual than President
Trumans secret service. Only in Korea,
it is a necessity. Attempts ON DR.. Rhee's
life were made on numerous occasions
by Communists ever since he went to
Korea, both before and after he became
President. On one occasion-October
10, 1913, to be exact-as DR.. Rhee was
on his way to Tokyo, dynamite charges
were discovered by the ever-vigilant
South Korean police minutes before the
Presidents car passed the spot. &C
companied DR.. Rhee on this trip to
Tokyo in Gen. MacArthur's plane
"Bataan," and was in the car following
the Presidents on our way to the Kimpo
airport.
The charge of "waging campaign
against liberal elements does not have
an iota of truth. 1t has been my good
fortune to know personally all liberal
and conservative leaders of Korea. And
do not know of any liberal who has
been prosecuted by DR.. Rhee or his lieu
tenants. The most outstanding leftist
leader in South Korea is DR.. Kiusic
Kimm, who attended the North and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
Are There 300 Doctors in the House?
By Ted Mcdowell

THE ARMED FORCES, faced with
l. difficulties in obtaining enough doc.
tors, are running into a familiar re-
Spouse "A wonderful chance for some
one-but somebody else, not me-"
The American Medical Association
wants its members to volunteer. If they
don't-and they aren't-the association
will put the heat on with new scheme.
The latter plan, now under considera-
ton. would work like this: Committees
of doctors would be established on the
county level throughout the Nation.
Their job would be to persuade" doctors
to join the armed forces under priority
plan.
And If this plan fails to produce
needed physicians. the ANA favors a
doctor draft similar to one proposed in
bill introduced recently in the House.
It looks as if some prodding will be
necessary. For instance. the Army re-
Gently sent letters to 5000 doctor-re-
Servists, asking them to accept active
duty. Only 200 replied. OF these. is
accepted
But doctors who served last time
10000 Of them-know the difficulties Of
re-establishing private practices. So they
bend reckoning finger at their col
leagues who trained at Government ex-
pense without seeing duty as medical
officers.
This group would go first under priori-
ties outlined in the House bill, as well
as under ANA priorities. Doctor veterans
would go last. A majority of the men,
bers of the priority enforcement commit
tee would be doctor-veterans
What about these Government trained
physicians whose military service seems
assured?
First, they are young doctors. They
were in medical school, or about to enter,
when the ASTP (Army Specialized
Training Program) and the Navy Viz
program were established to provide for
the training of doctors and other
specialists.
They were commissioned ensignS OF
second Ieutenants and remained in
medical school. They knew that they
would be needed in civilian life or in
the armed forces. But they met bar
rage of comments such as, ooh, Viz
that means IL years and you fight"
About half of them graduated in time
to see service. The others were dis
charged with no strings attached when
the programs were dissolved after the
war.
The number who did not serve as
medical officers is more than five times
the number the armed forces are now
asking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
American Words

The Associated Press in q dispatch from
Chicago reports Milford Mathews editor of
the Dictionary of Americanisms as saying: 1--WE
lead the world in word production" His book,
to be published early in 1851 will contain $4,000
words that first appeared in the English
language in the United States or were given
new meaning in this country" Americans, he
argues, always have been great word manu-
facturers They had to be-"
But this discovery is not new with Mr.
Mathews, nor does he claim that it is. Thomas
Jefferson was ahead of him by roughly 1877 years
The Sage of Monticello is cited by H. L. Mencken
in "The American Language" as writing on
August 16, 1913: 1.-THE new circumstances under
which we are placed call for new words, new
phrases, and for the transfer of old words to new
objects. An American dialect will therefore be
formed"
Mr.. Mathews, however, does not regard his
$4,000 native words as existing outside the Eng
lish language. He explains that the new reference
volume upon which he is working will be the
first to bear an "all-American" label, yet it
will be universal lexicon. Phrases like COX" +,
so what?", Skip 1t" and Drop dead" are as
American as apple pie, but they are understood in
every quarter of the globe.
The best most energetic words it seems
come from the masses not from men and women
of particular genius. Thus Mr.. Mathews
credits Washington Irving with only single
contribution to the Dictionary of Americanisms-
almighty dollar" Alfred E. Smith has a much
better record as an enricher of language, but
even he was an adapter of current speech
rather than deliberate inventor of it. For in
stance, he was taking part in a cornerstone
laying ceremony one day when photographer
asked him to pose actually laying brick The
Governors answer was: '"Nothin' doin' That's
Just baloney. Everybody knows I can't lay
bricks!" The word "baloney", meaning "a cheap
grade of meat, made of ground-up scraps" was
an East Side term long familiar to multitudes,
but it took Mr. Smith to give 1t unlimited vogue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12
We Need These Two States

While there is some doubt whether the 81st
Congress will approve statehood for Alaska and
Hawaii, there is no doubt whatsoever that such
approval would be given if the Senate gets a
chance to vote on the two bills now pending.
The House has approved these bills by large
majoritieS Unlike the situation which prevailed
in the 80th Congress, when the bills were bottled
up in the Committee on Interior and InSular
Affairs both bills have received the approval of
that committee this time and are on the Senate
calendar whether they will be taken up depends
on Senate leadership, and the decision there will
rest on whether taking them up threatens too
long delay enforced by minority of opponents
It seems to The Star that everything that can
be done should be done to get these bills up in
the Senate and to obtain the vote which will
eliminate the last barrier to statehood for these
territories, ready, anxious and able to become
full-dedged members of the Union. The oppos1-
ton to statehood does not stand up against
the Affirmative evidence gathered in countless
Investigations and the distinguished array OF
opinion lined up in favor of statehood. The
opposition is based on fears which are not
sustained by demonstrate facts and on con-
siderations that have become outdated with time
such as "noncontiguity" and the lack OF means
OF self-support AS for equality of representation
Ii, the Senate, that question was disposed of
when our Constitution was adopted.
The consideration that ought to prevail is
whether statehood for these territories would
benefit the United States. The committees OF
Congress which have studied that question and
the House of Representatives, supported by the
opinions of the President and the Departments
of Defense, State and Interior, all say that it
would. There is greater unanimity of opinion
now than ever before, more substantial support
than ever before and failure to bring the matter
to vote in the Senate at this session will mean
an altogether unreasonable delay in taking the
step that should be taken now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-12

More than 1900 med students en-
rolled in Viz: 1880 joined ASTP. OF
these, 1888 Wis flunked, or failed to
pass physicals.
Of those who graduated with all or
part of their training paid for by the
Government, 1000 former ASTPs and
5,304 former V-12s have not served as
medical officers. In addition, there are
several hundred doctors who interned
at Government hospitals after the war,
but a majority of these have remained
on active duty.
The armed forces at present need
1900 doctors.
Army medical authorities say many
young medical officers had to be trans
ferred from advanced training courses
to Korea duty. The Army wants 600
additional doctors. The Navy wants 400.
The Air Force wants the most-800.
to fill its rapidly expanding Medical