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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-30
HARRINGTON
By Mrs.
W. c. Burgess
Phone
Harrington 1851

The scrap assessment for Harr
ingtOn for 1851 was $50, ,3957s
an Increase Of S51,528.8S over 1850
It was revealed this week. Assess
ment last year was $52,054 $685.
The city issued the following build
ing permits recently: Mr.. and Mrs
Melvin Brobst, house, over $5,OOO
Dorman ST.; Frank Graham, house
ever $4,000, Mispillion St., and Ben
jamin Hughes, Jr., garage, $5OOOi
Delaware Avenue; Wayne Rawding
garage, $1,000, Delaware Ave: Olin
T. Perry, End Avenue, $5,000
Capt. Tom Clark, recently return
ed from Japan and Korea, gave an
interesting talk on Japan at a tur-
key dinner recently given by the
Booster Glass of Asbury Methodist
Church in honor Of Warren Holm's
class of boys. The dinner was ser
we'd by the WSCS.
Capt. Clark said Japanese chill
dren were receiving the same help
from our missionaries as the chill
dren in this country were getting,
and that they were living better
than they did before the war
The dinner meeting opened with
a solo by Mrs. Holmes who sang
Boy Of Mine" accompanied by
Miss Ruth Moore.
Samuel A. Short Jr., said it was
through the efforts of every men,
Der Of the Booster Glass that the
dinner was a success and cOngratu-
lated Mr.. Holmes on his progress
in increasing the membership of
the class from nine to %. He add
ed it was the grandest sight any
one would want to see that the boys
of their AGES would think enough
of themselves and the church to
come out everv Sunday morning to
Sunday School. In conclusion, Mr..
Short declared that the bows of to.
day were the boys of the church of
tomorrow.
Gr0un SINGING and refreshments
concluded the dinner. Fulton
Downing was cO-chairman of the
dinner.
HARRINGTON st0res will remain
omen Fridav and Saturday NIGHTS
until 9 n. m. the HarrinqtOn Ret.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-30

Pa.
Mrs. John G. Parks spent Thurs
day in Wilmington.
Miss Elizabeth Jones, Of. Wilm-
ington, is visiting her sister in law
Mrs. Lorenzo Jones.
Mrs. John Bullock, of Dover,
spent Friday with her daughter,
Ernest HOmewOod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph KOnesey and
son, Kenneth, spent a part of last
week in Irvington, N J. visiting re-
latives there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Swain, and
daughter, of Dover and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Swain spent Sunday in
Georgetown and Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Smith
spent Sunday in RehOboth.
Miss Shirley Simpson. of the Del
aware Hospital in Wilmington.
spent Thursday and Friday with
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-30
Land GMiSerW
2L.6
ACTUAL MILES PER GALLON q

eneed drivers under A.A.A. Contest Boord
rules. Each SiUdebGlGsr had overelrive, op-
honai at extra cosi-and used regular, moi
premium, gas. See your SiUdebuker dealer.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-30

N the 1881 MobiIgas Economy Run, three
SfUdebGkeFs successfully defended their
FePviafion for siand-oUt gasoline miIauqe.
The StUdebskers were PiIofed by expert
Evening star., 1951-04-29

cured, smoked, cooked, barbecued
and dried beef products. nor do
they AK specific prices for certain
types Of speciality steaks. ~
These products, along with sau-
sage, pork, lamb and mutton. con-
tinue under the general ceiling
price regulation until OPS has
gathered sufficient information to
permit uniform pricing.
Provision Is made In the whole
sale regulation for assuring an
adequate supply Of beef for the
armed forces. Ceilings are estab-
lished on Away beef purchased by
the services.
Four-way beef is bought at a
fiat price, boned and boxed. and
delivered as steaks, roasts, stew
ing beef and ground beef instead
of by other varieties Of wholesale
cuts.
Independent non-slaughtering
wholesalers. suppliers Of hotels
and restaurants, Kosher slaugh-
terers, peddler, truck sellers and
other specialized handlers are per-
mitted to make extra charges for
their specialized services.
The wholesale, retail and live
cattle regulations make the seller
as well as the buyer subject to
civil and criminal sections under
the Defense Production Act for
any violations.
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Harrison Anticipates
Reduction in Controls

William H. Harrison, defense
production administrator, yester-
day predicted a greatly expanded
economy within 18 months and
fewer and fewer controls"
But he made the proviso that
in the meantime we must go with
out few things we might want,
and must live within the necessary
controls.
Mr.. Harrison leaves the produc-
tion post on Tuesday to return
to the presidency Of the Interna-
tional Telephone and Telegraph
Co.
He addressed a luncheon meet
ing of the American Trade Associ-
alton Executives at the Mayfiower
Hotel.
Within a reasonable time, he
said. we will have succeeded IN
building our military apparatus
and in expanding our industrial
plant to the point where we will
have a more fruitful civilian econ
omy than in the record year o1
1850.
There is absolutely nothing in
the months ahead" he cautioned,
which should suggest to anyone
that it is prudent to do some ad-
vance buying" He said people
with confidence and good sense
will be restrained in their pur-
chases.
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requires that records be kept of
the distribution of beef by USDA
grades. This regulation makes
certain that necessary records will
be available If further distribu-
tion controls are later necessary.
Margins Narrowed Since Freeze.
In announcing the regulations,
MIR. Disable explained 1t is not
possible to order further retail
price reductions at this time, be-
cause both wholesale and retail
margins have been so greatly mar
rowed since the general price
freeze of January 26.
Uncontrolled live cattle prices
spiraled upward and squeezed
against the temporary wholesale
and retail ceilings, and in some
cases are reported to have broken
the price line established by the
General Ceiling Price Regulation.
The temporary ceilings Of many
packers also varied considerably
and since the General Ceiling
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Meat Industry Fears
Control Violations
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, April 28-The Amer
lean Meat Institute expressed the
hope today that the governments s
new beef price control program
will be well enforced and only
temporary.
The institute represents most Of
the packing industry.
Experience during OPA shows
that when ceilings are set below
levels commensurate with the
buying power of the public. some
people will find ways of furnish-
ing meat at higher prices thar,
legal ceilings" the institute said
In a statement. 1t added:
This is happening now. Unless
these new regulations are en-
forced and work better than the
freeze order (now In effectl5 has
worked, more and more meat and
meat animals will be sneaked
around the regular markets at the
expense of law abiding COM
panies."
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-
OPS emphasized that cattle
yielding more than the standard
percentage yields specified will
command q correspondingly higher
price. Thus for prime cattle, each
! per cent increase in yield over
the standard yield would be worth
about SIS cents per cwt.
Ops district officials are author
lied to make exceptions for show
cattle and cattle produced by
members of All Clubs, Future
Farmers Of America and other
cattle Improvement organizations.
Adjusted for Freight Variation.
The wholesale and retail regu-
lations establish dollars and cents
prices above which no wholesaler
may legally charge retailers and
other customers such as hotels
and restaurants. and above which
no retailer in turn may legally
charge the housewife.
Wholesale and retail ceilings
are established for standard cuts.
by grade and according to the zone
in which the distributor is To-
Gated.
The wholesale prices are based
on prices at Omaha, Neb., and
Denver. Colo, important shipping
points for beef from the Midwest
producing areas. Ceiling prices
In other parts Of the country are
adjusted to reflect freight charges
from those points. The nation is
divided into zones for the purpose
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Price Regulation did not fix CELL
ings for live cattle. slaughterers
who had higher ceilings were able
to bid more for live cattle.
This resulted in hardships for
those slaughterers who had es-
tablished lower ceiling prices for
beef. Since their ceiling prices
were lower, they were forced either
to curtail operations or to pur-
chase cattle at higher prices and
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Rita Hayworfh Says
Her Marriage With
Ally Khan Is Ended
BY the Assoeia,ed Press

~ tHe Ns10GsatS0 Ft83S
NEW YORK, April 28.-Rita
Hayworth, Brooklyn girl who be-
came o princess, said today her
story-book marriage to Prince Ally
Khan was ended.
The red-haired film star said
she would seek q legal and per-
manent separation because his
social obligations and "far- flung
interests" made a happy home life
impossible for her and her two
children.
Her statement. issued through
her attorney. Bartley Crurn, con-
firmed frequent reports denied by
Aly-that the royal romance was
on the rocks.
At Prince Aly's luxurious sea-
side chateau in France, his secre-
tary said the prince was away for
the evening but had been reached
by telephone and had been told
the news.
WIN See About It Later
The secretary quoted Ally as
saying Of Rita's separation plans:
Wen see about that later"
Ally and his Paris lawyer, Pierre
Denizot, have for days been call
ing divorce rumors "just publicity"
and ridiculous"
Mr.. Crum said "the necessary
legal steps will be taken in the
Western States" but there was no
specific mention of divorce action.
The reference to the Western
States came amid reports that she
soon will return to Hollywood to
resume her moving picture career.
Married in 1S49.
The breakup came less than
two years after their marriage
amid Oriental splendor in VAL
lauris. on the French Riviera, on
May ~, 1949. It was q gay affair
with champagne. lobster, dancing
and laughter.
The wedding of the Brooklyn
girl, born Rita Cansino. daughter
of a dancer, and the son of the
Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili
Moslems, attracted worldwide
attention.
For a time, the prince and
princess appeared Supremely hap
py. They Travelled in luxury to
this social event or that fashion,
able horse racing meet. There
was skiing in Switzerland, yacht
ing in the Mediterranean, holidays
in France, dancing lessons at an
Arab banquet. Once she talked of
selling her Hollywood mansion.
Had Denied Rift.
But they parted during a trip
in Africa. Miss Hayworth re-
turned to New York on April 2,
firmly denying rumors Of a rift.
There is no truth In that she
told ship news reporters. What
she wanted. she said. was not q
divorce. but hot dog.
Miss Hayworth has been mar
ried three times. Her former hlls-
bands were Edward Judson, a
Texas oil man, and Orson Nelles,.
the theatrical figure.
It was Prince Aly's second mar
riage. His first wife was British
heireSs.
Miss Hayworth had one daugh-
ter through her marriage to Mr..
Welles. The second. Jasmine, was
born seven months after her mar
riage to the prince.
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How Beef Controls Operate

new retail regulation gives house
wives an easy way to be sure that
the price she is asked to pay Is
not higher than the ceiling price.
Retail prices will not be exactly
the same in all stores throughout
the country. One reason is that
prices are fixed by zones, depend
ing on how much it costs to trans
port the meat from where 1t is
produced to where 1t is sold across
the retail counter. The other rea-
son is that stores are placed in
three classes. depending on their
volume Of business. Slightly diff
ferent prices are provided for each
of the three classes of stores.
But in every retail store-no
matter what zone or class 1t is in
ceiling price must be posted
where all customers can see them.
AS a further protection to the
housewife, the regulations provide
that meats Of different grades
shall be displayed In different
trays, and that each tray shall be
tagged with the ceiling price. :.
Why Were the Regulations Issued?
Even in ordinary times, beef is
vital to the farmer, to the meat
packer, and to the consumer.
Now, when constantly increas-
ing supplies Of meat are needed
to satisfy the Nations food re-
quirements. beef takes on even
greater Importance.
In 1949, beef cattle production
Accounted for about II per cent
of the farmers cash income. """
The meat and other products re-
sulting from the slaughter Of meat
animals had total product value
exceeded only by the products Of
the automotive and steel indus
tries and about A per cent
of all meat eaten by consumers
in 1S49 was beef-about So pounds
per person.
Without price controls, cattle
prices have jumped sharply since
trouble began in Korea, though
they were already at near record
highs when the fighting began.
The climb-per hundredweight for
choice steers at Chicago - was
from $29.85 in June 1850 to $34.93
in January 1851 to $36.81 IN March
1851.
Nationally, average prices paid
to producers for beef cattle rose
from 1877 per cent Of parity on
June is to 152 per cent Of parity
on April Is.
It is clear that If the cost Of
living is to be controlled, beef
prices-one of the principle items
in the housewives market basket
budget-must be stabilized.
The new OPS regulations are
designed to do this with a mini
mum of dislocation in the vast
beef industry. That is why the
riod of months. That viii give
feeders and others who have
bought cattle at high prices time
to move them out ahead Of the
later reductions. For the con-
sumner. the net result win be stable
beef prices by fall, at a level about
10 cents below prices now being
charged and paid in the Nations
butcher shops.
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OPS calculated the retail price
ceilings by adding a fixed margin
percentage to the price the re-
taller pays for each wholesale cut.
In general these markups approx
innate pre-Korean dollar margins
plus increased operating costs
since that time.
Forty Standardized Cuts.
The price charts which retail
stores must post will list a ceiling
price for every grade and cut of
beef, and prices for, variety meats
and byproducts such as livers and
tongues. The prices will vary ac-
cording to the type Of store
whether 1t is an independent,
chain or Supermarket, etc.
OPS will furnish the charts, but
retailers may use their own if they
conform to OPS standards.
Different grades and cuts of
beef on display must be kept in
separate trays and ceiling prices
for each grade posted.
There are about 40 standard
lied retail cuts. These cuts are
the ones traditionally used in re-
failing beef and with which
butchers generally are familiar.
Since the grade of meat used in
Foreground beef loses its identity
a single price is established for
hamburger irrespective Of grade.
Groups of Meat Retailers.
The three groups of meat re-
tailers for pricing purposes are as
follows:
Group /: Independent retailer
with annual gross food sales of
1915 900 or more and a realized
margin of more than II per cent
from the meat department in 1850.
Group 2: Other than indepen-
dent stores (chains) or indepen-
dents with annual gross food sales
of more than $350.000 and with
Ia realized margin of more than
II per cent from meats In 1850.
Group 8: Other retailers whose
margins from meat departments
were less than II per cent during
1850.
The allocations record order
OR2) requires the use of stand
ard United States Department. of
Agriculture grades for beef as well
as veal, calf, lamb. yearling NUT
ton. and mutton. -
While the regulations announced
today cover only beef, the other
meat products will remain under
GCPR until specific regulations
are written for them.
United States Department of
Agriculture beef grades are prime.
choice, good, commercial, utility.
cutter and Gamer. and bulls.
Note: At this point the OPS
statement gives examples of
ceiling prices for various cuts of
beef IN various zones. They are
omitted here because ceiling for
this area are printed elsewhere
on this page.
Preparation for ALLEGATION.
The grades are being established
as standard for the whole meat
program in the event ALLEGATION
OF supplies should become neces-
sary sometime in the future.
OPS emphasized, however, that
the present supply situation does
not appear to require immediate
imposition of allotments, but the
grading system is necessary to
determine distribution patterns.
The regulations add additional
links in the chain to stabilize all
meat prices from the producer to
the consumer. The first link was
the livestock slaughter control
regulation, issued In February,
which set UP quotas for slaughter
ers and froze the slaughter Of live
stock in the same pattern which
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by the Office of Price Stabiliza-
ton on the new beef price con-
trols:
THE WHAT AND WHY
OF THE NEW OPS
BEEF REGULATIONS
WHAT DO THEY DO?
The new regulations-five Of
them-control the price Of beef
from the packer to the dinner
table.
How do they do it?
-Four Of the regulations fix
prices. They do this:
l. By regulating what the
packer can pay. on the average,
for live animals. For accounting
periods beginning on or after
May 20. the packer must pay
about 10 per cent less than he is
now paying for cattle. Two
further reductions, of about AZ
per cent each, will be ordered
on August and October /.
2. BY fixing dollars-and-cents
ceilings, by grades and cuts of
beef, that wholesalers can charge
their customers.
8. BY fixing dollars-and-cents
ceilings. by grades and cuts of
beef, that retailers can charge
their c1IStnrnarS
4. By fixing dollars and cents
ceilings. by grades and cuts of
beef. that retailers of kosher beef
can charge their customers.
The fifth regulation is a distri-
button regulation. It requires the
keeping of current distribution
ers for use in the event that allo-
cation of meats becomes neces-
sary later on. It also provides
that meats sold commercially
shall be graded according to
U. S. Department of Agriculture
standards.
How Do They Affect Prices?
The immediate 10 per cent re-
duction in prices which packers
can pay for live animals will not
have great effect on current re-
tail prices. While some slight re-
ductions may result, for the most
part the effect of the first reduc-
ton on live cattle prices will be
to restore operating margins to
wholesalers and retailers and thus
to take them out Of the squeeze
in which they have been caught
since the OPS freeze" order of
January 26. ..r.
In August, however, a further
reduction Of livestock prices will
lower retail prices by 4 to 5 cents
a pound. And again in October,
the second scheduled reduction in
live cattle prices will lower retail
prices. by another 4 to cents a
pound.
Thus by fall of 1851 the house
wife will be paying from 9 to 10
cents less for beef than she is now
paying. 1t Is estimated that this
will mean, on an annual basis, a
saving Of $500 million to consum-
ers.
How VIII Housewives Know What
The New Ceilings Are?
BY requiring posting Of the cell
ing prices in each retail store, the
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veal and certain beef products
which still remain under the gen.
eral freeze. Nor do they apply to
pork, sausage, lamb or mutton.
Because Of the need for issuing
the beef regulations at the earliest
possible time, the orders to not fix
dollars and cents prices for most
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Further price reductions also
cannot be made at this time with
out causing serious losses to feed
ers, who pipeline cattle from the
range to the stockyards, Mr.. Di-I
Sale explained.
Time to Dispose of Inventories.
MIR. Disable said the live cattle
price reductions set for August /
and October / were generally fair
and equitable"
He pointed out they provided
three months before the first re-
duction and five months before
the second one, permitting feed
ers reasonable time to dispose of
inventories acquired at higher
prices.
The reductions also will take
place when the numbers of live
stock in feed lots are at a rela-
lively low level.
The reduced levels of prices will
be substantially above 100 per cent
OF parity. The prices prevailing
until August l will reflect 1876 per
cent of parity. Those pertaining
for the period August to Sep
tember 80 will reflect about 1870
per cent Of parity. while those
after September will reflect ap-
proximately 100 to 125 per cent
Of parity. AS Of April is, the Bu-
reau Of Agricultural Economics re-
ported last week. beef cattle were
152 per cent Of parity.
The new levels of prices also
will be above the legal minimum
OF the highest price received dur
ing the period from May "a to
June "a. 1850.
OPS officials also said that the
new level of prices will tend to
prevent the disruption Of milk by
bringing beef cattle prices more
in line with dairy products.
May Expand Inventories.
Officials also said the level Of
prices prescribed are believed to
be more than adequate in relation
to total beef cattle production
costs to maintain the present level
OF beef cattle numbers. and If feed
supplies will permit. will undoubt-
ed lead to further expansion in
beef cattle inventories.
The maximum average price for
the first accounting period under
the new live cattle regulation.
May 20 to July 90, will be $34.20
a hundred pounds for choice grade,
SO per cent meat, at Chi
cago. the major packing center.
Dollars and cents ceilings are also
set for other grades.
The maximum price formula
does not place ceiling prices on
individual animals.
What it does is to limit the total
amount q slaughterer can legally
pay for cattle he slaughters in q
monthly accounting period on the
basis Of their dressed grades and
yields.
Grade Determined After Slaughter
This method has been adopted
because the grade and yield of in
dividual animals can be deter
mined accurately only after
slaughter.
Cattle vary widely in value on
the hoof. What they are worth
depends on the grade and amount
OF beef they will produce per 100
Of live weight. Hence.
cattle prices are not suited to con-
troll by one overall ceiling.
The maximum calculated
prices" to be used by the slaugh-
terer in determining the maximum
permissible cost for his monthly
drove will be calculated by each
Siaughterer separately by a for
mula provided in the live cattle
regulation.
Live Cattle.
Maximum prices which packers
in Chicago win be permitted to
pay. on the average, during ac-
counting periods between May 90
July 20 are as follows:
Dressed Dot 1Fo
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Judge Lows to Speok

Chief Judge Bolitha j. Laws of
District Court will address a meet
ing of the Chevy Chase Methodist
Church PTA tomorrow at 8 pm.
in the Parish Hall. Judge Laws
will speak on the application Of
Federal laws to the training Of
children.
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existed during 1850.
This order is designed to pro-
mote the distribution of live cattle
and dressed beef through normal
channels.
The new wholesale and. retail
beef regulations do not apply to
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Beef Ceilings in D. c. Area

following tables give the retail prices the principal
beef 14N covering the North Atlantic and
including District Eastern Maryland nearby Virginia.
PRICE PER POUND IN SMALL INDEPENDENT AND SMALL
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Complete Text Statement by OPS on New Beef Price Control Regulations

of adding freight and other han
ding charges, such as icing and
reicing en- route.
A sample of the wholesale beef
ceilings for representative parts or
the country follows. The price is
per 100 pounds for the various
grades Of beef.
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Wholesale. Beef.

Wholesale Beef.
Price Per Hundred Pounds
(Top figure is the ceiling price effective May o. 1s5D
CBoom figure the ceiling price effective
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Rx the Associntad Press

Here is an official, explanation
by the Office of Price Stabiliza-
ton on the new beef price con-
trols:
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