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Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF was
inspecting Korean command posts
with General Ridgway. Announcing
that the resumption of the peace
talks can not be hedged much long
er, Ridgway also mentioned that
the Eighth Army is prepared to
strike, and strike hard"
Bradley, asked about his timer
airy, replied that he does not expect
to stay in the Far East more than
"a couple of weeks" This is GER
tainly a lot longer than any high
brass has required hitherto for a
picture of the Korean situation. So
don't be surprised if he turns up in
Formosa, with his feet under Chi
ang's dinner table!
NEW PROBLEM IN PROTOCOL
Princess Elizabeth, presumably
the next monarch of Britain, and
her husband, the Duke of Edin-
+ burgh, will arrive in Washington
the afternoon of October 81, where
thew will be the guests of President
and Mrs. Truman for two days, al
Blair House.
The royal couple will be dinner
guests of the Trumans on theil
first evening in the United States
and on the second night will give
a dinner at the Canadian Legation
in honor of the President and FRS
Lady. On the first afternoon, short
ly after their arrival, they will b.
entertained at a reception by Wash
ingtOn correspondents, and the fol
lowing afternoon by the Britisl
Ambassador. Sir oliver and Lad
Franks.
All of this, as you can see, vii
2 entail considerable coming and 60
= ing. And we wonder whether tn
3 royal guests will leave land al
/. proach) Blair House, the Pres
D dents temporary home during r.
r pairs to the White House. via u
/. back-door. through the garage an
a out the back alley, as the Presioel
r does. After all, it would hard
:. seem that such distinguished al
n internationally important vislto'
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
Washington Letter ByJ.E Jones

should receive less protection than
Mr.. Truman.
FINDING A STATISTIC IN A cORNFlEL0
Carl Snider's cornfield, eight
miles north, northwest of Olney in
Richland County. Illinois, is now
the u. S. center of population, says
the Department of the Census. But
Mrs. Snider said, Il don't know
whether to believe that bunch.
There's so many of these statesmen
coming around" AS for Mr.. Snider,
he admitted that he "ain't overly
worked up about it," But that was
before the newsreel men got there.
And if he's not worked up by now,
he will be by October Is, when
cabinet officers, governors, photo
graphers, radio technicians and an
nouncers and a few thousand on
lockers tramp over his fields to ded-
icate an official marker.
This peripatetic population cen
ter has been sauntering across In
diana since 1890, in 1910, was peg
ged two miles from Carlisle. tndl-
ana, and hoped across the border
into Snider's corn when nobody
was looking. It's had a long jour
nev. 644 miles, since the first cen
sus in 1890, when it was found tC
! be % miles east of Baltimore!
But we doubt that it will evel
make Los Angeles County!
MoHAMMED WILL GO TO THE
a. AND WE QUOTE"
Representative Edith NOurs'
Rogers, ((Rep) of Mass, discuss
ing the removal of crosses from
10000 Army graves in Hawaii: "Th
/ Hill of Sacrifice looks like COW
pasture"
Governor Val Peterson Of Ne
braska, at the 43rd annual Cover
nor's Conference at Gatlinburt
Tenn: "Unless Eisenhower come
out with declaration by the mrs
: of the year. / think Taft will D
, nominated" :"
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

WHEN IS A HOLIDAY NOT A HOLIDAY
President Truman has proclaim
ed October II as Pulaski Day,
and October II as Columbus Day"
They happen to fall, this year, on
Thursday and Friday respectively.
But hold your hat. We have just
checked with the White House, and
you won't be having a fOur-day
Indian Summer vacation. 1t takes
more than a mere proclamation"
it seems, to create a national hoh-
day.
Pulaski Day and Columbus Day
are strictly for political purposes,
signals for the faithful Fair Deal
ers to butter-up Poles and ltal-
ians. For all practical purposes,
the President might as we'll have
proclaimed Mondays as wash-day.
SoNcHYON.OR-FIcHT. RI0cWAY
ULTIMATUM
Samples of Russia's mightiesi
| guns and tanks were featured IN
the vast array of Red armament
and troops that wheeled by Peip'
ing's famed Gates of Heaven
over a road specially reinforced
for the occasion, and under can
opy of hundreds of Russian planes
in celebration, on Monday, of th'
second anniversary of the Chimes
Peoples Republic. A 700 piece ban'
: played a piece called THE East /
Red" Generalissimo Mao TIE Tuni
received the Oyations of the multi
tude and congratulations from Stal
in, in which he said that the friend
2 ship between the Soviet Union an
5 China guarantees the peace an
security of the Far East.
All day and night the Peipin
radio was full of the birthday pal
!. ty. story, allowing very little tim
: out for insults. Meantime, the
O N. radio was telling the Reds
! accept the Ridgway proposals Il
l. further truce talks at Songhyo
six miles southeast of enemy-heI
Kaesong, or to brace themselves Il
~ all-out var. Also, at the same tim
" General Omar Bradley, Chairma
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
Sussex Volunteer
Firemen's Group Is
Told Of Defense

Members of the Sussex County
Volunteer Firemen's Association,
meeting in Delmar recently, were
told of the urgent nede for compile
tion of Civil Defense units in every
community and the types of aid
needed by the volunteer fire COM
NAMES for use in Civil Defense.
The pressing need for volunteers
TO serve in local defense units,
other than firemen, was stressed by
the Rev. DR.. T. c. Mulligan, state
chaplain, who urged that civilians
awaken to the need and volunteer
for service"
He pointed out that while Offi-
cials are aware of the necessity for
strong CD units in each communl-
ty, the people themselves have not
been made aware of such necessity
and that there is urgent need thai
civilians be aroused to the needs o.
the hour"
]. Herald Brittingham, of Lewes
president of the Delaware Fire
Chiefs Association, discussed tn'
tvpes of Civil Defense aid to volun
Eteer fire companies, stressing par
ticularly the need for culvert pipes
to be laid in local streams to enaDl,
Ifremen to draw water from sucl
sources in case of water main fail
lures.
Fire companies were urged t
make surveys of other than tow
water supplies, and make such IN
formation available to the prope
authorities.
Ellis Kyttle, a member OF Tn
State Civil Defense Advisory Coun
Gil. gave a brief statement on hoy
: moneys already appropriated ma
been allocated. for the most paI
, in the areas designated as possibl
target areas: Wilmington. Dove
and Newark. Mr.. Kyttle also warn
/ ed firemen that while other CON
, munities may not be possible tai
get areas, a close check on fre
houses, equipment and local waite
supplies should be maintained.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

Exposition at st. Louis, The Purina
Mills Experimental Farm and other
important points of interest en-
route. Accompanying the Judging
Teams as alternate judges will be
Ray Lane and Ernest Fry, both of
the Milford Chapter F. F. A. The
boys will leave by car on Sunday
morning, October Z, and will return
October IA. The Judging Team
members have all of their expenses
paid. from National, State and 10
cal F. F. A. funds. 1t is hoped that
the honors and the pleasures won
by these boys will prove an inspira-
ton to the other members of the
Department to win duplicate hOnors
next year.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

Linwood Hastings, of Blades,
president of the association, pre-
sided and received reports of COM
mittees and officers. Mr.. Kyttle. as
chairman of the Evolutions Com
mittee, reported everything in readi-
ness for the relay drill to be held
October 21st, beginning at 2 p. M,
with Blades and Seaford Fire Com
panies as hosts. Eleven fire COM
panies have already agreed to par
ticipate
The Fire Prevention Essay Con-
/ test sponsored by the state and
county associations was briefly dis
cussed and committees in charge
urged to complete plans for the
contest. The committee in charge
comprises Sydney Bennett, Bethany
Beach; Elmer West, Selbyville, and
Harold Murray, Frankford.
The report Of Granville White,
/ fire recorders, for the period July
is to August Is listed losses at
s1O1 500, with insurance covePage of
S67 .978 and a net loss of S33, ,522. OF
this amount. town losses were list
led at $S5,150 and rural losses at
/ SIC, $50. Dwellings, led in types OF
fires. 10 in number. and the number
Of deafhs by fire was reported as
; three. The comDanv responding tC
: lrnost alarms was Lewes. with six
! I Georgetown was the company with
greatest loss, S25.N0O. and compa.
nies reporting No fires for the nari
nd were SeInhvville. Blades, Bridge
willie and Ellendale.
} Amhulapces were reported al
having rnado "a trims covering 2.95'
: miles. Mr. White also gave figure
+ IN total Alarms IN tho state cover
ing the noriod from Januarv list t
2 August let this wear. Total alarm
: wore els and tho total lossos 70
v tho same roriod were s920,36R.
Thornas Nelson. nresidert ~ ~
( rolp,ar Fs,.N Co,onanv. iptrNdnce
e Mavor a. r. Hsntworkor. who "V
r tendNa 4ueIcovoa ~. Tho v'cstori
: 4a alsa irtredueod M~~'cn SNHr
: -.,ond rroriaont ~ tho p~i~rar. Md
: lTo,.,, eo,,~o,I. sscc~v-,'' pnllr. v.~ag
: .aort os .l,o Vriccv,soo Cn,,~tv ND
r seoo,ation aod Conrge Duncan
Delaware state president.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
WE BEGIN ANOTHER YEAR

AS we grow older time continues to pass
more rapidly and the years just glide by.
Like "Old Man River" the Milford Chronicle
Just keeps rollin' along. With this issue OF
the Chronicle we begin our seVenty-Iourtn
year of continuous publication by the fam
ily of it's founder. Many newspapers may
be as old, or older than the Chronicle but
few. newspapers that we know OF IN the en-
tire Nation have been published seventy
three years by father and son, with the
third generation actively tied IN with the
business. ,,.,.,
With the view of keeping the Milford
Chronicle abreast of the times, we here at
the Office are continually striving for meth
ods of giving our readers better news
naner in every respect The news gathering
and editorial departments of the Chronicle
are ever alert to brighten and improve the
content of the paper but are never satlsfled:
We keep continually before us the ideal OF
building a better newspaper ana keeping
the Chronicle high at the top OF the list OF
weekly newspapers, both in Delaware and
the Nation. ,,.,e-,
The careful leadership given the Milford
Chronicle. plus unQuestiOned buying power
and influence of the people who comprise its
subscribers, are reasons why the Chronicle is
producing such satisfactory results Tor local
and national advertisers. Several years ago
this newspaper. was rated by a Well-knOWIl
independent research bureau serving ma
t;onaI advertisers as "AAA plus" This
means that the Chronicle equals any weekly
newspaper in the nation when subjected TO
tried and proven methods of newspaper
evaIuatiOn. Previous to, and since receiving
this honor we have striven hard to merit the
rating given us. AS we begin our seventy
fourth year we shall continue our efforts 10
make the Milford Chronicle newspaper
which every resident of Milford, Kent and
Sussex County and the State OF Delaware
may be proud OF. we certainly are
THE LIVING CONSTITUTION
During this years legislative session, the
State of California took a step which should
he followed throughout the country. The Cal
ifOrnia LEGISLATURE passed law which re.
0lires that a course in the Constitution anC
in American history be condition for grad
nation from high schools, junior colleges
state colleges, and the state university. ina
reouirement-cOminga at time when enc
mics within and without the nation are ben
on destroying the letter and spirit OF tn
Constitutions a matter OF the utmost I'm
The Constitution is our first line OF de
fense against tyranny and oppression. A
Percy v Long, leading San francisco al
tornev and author of ''The Story of the Con
Stitnfion'' has written, "Under the COnstl
tuition the only power to govern IS unde
GrIIe of law, securing to the Individual tn
right to 90 and to come and to stay; to Ell
low the family relations; to pursue homes
Industry and innocent recreation; to eXel
else freedom OF opinion, of worship and
speech and the rights of private property
81 o secure these rights governments al
instituted among men, as stated In the De
laration of independence. 1t was the mes
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
BABSON Discusses Woodlands

is very dependent upon the moisture. When tree
is cut it will be that some growth rings are
over an inch think, which was the growth during
rainy year other rings will be only one-quarter
inch thick which shows the growth in a dry year.
If woodland could be cheaply irrigated the time
required to grow wood timber or pulpwood could
be cut in halves
MORE MEDICINAL USES COMING
The sap of very few hard wood trees is now
used The outstanding example of useful sap Is
that of the maple trees from which maple sugar Is
obtained We however, use this maple sap merely
because it is sweet. Sometime it will be found that
the bitter saps Of other trees contain valuable meul
cinal qualities. These may help people suhermg
from high blood pressure arthrtis and similar dls-
eases Who knows but the key to the cancer PROD
lem will be found in the sap or bark of some hard
wood tree Today the bark is used mostly LOT
tanning dyeing.
Looking into the future, We must not forget the
leaves Of trees We know how valuable are the
leaves of the tea trees of China, Malay ana lnuia
At one time the leaves of the mulberry tree were
needed to raise silk worms. Yet TO-DAY not one
bundredth of one per cent of the billions OF our
hard wood leaves are utilized forecast that cut
over land will some day be valuable merely for the
leaves of the remaining brush. Marvellous new uis'
coveries are ahead in connection with the use O
grasses and other forms of vegetables which are no"
wasted -.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
lust a thought in closing. Has it ever occurred
IN Won that trees can do Something which yo'
cannot do? Trees can draw up food through theh
roots We humans must lift our food up to oui
mouths and let it pass down through our oodies 0!
gravity The branches and leaves of Tree tax
their food up from the ground through their "teet
against the pull of gravity This means that lle:
have some undiscovered elements or Vtamhs "hici
have great possibilities. Don't put all your none
into anv one thing: but don't go through life with
out owning few trees.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05


for timber increasing more rapidly than the growth
it is evident that the price must constantly increase
This increase in demand is due both to the constant
increase in population and also to the new uses
for pulpwood and other species.
few years back pulpwOOd was used only for
newsprint wrapping paper etc. Today it is used
for plastics cabinet, cellOphane and even wearing
apDarel These new uses are increasing very fast.
Hence the two most valuable woods today are
spruce for pulp and pine for timber. Hard woods
are also becoming valuable for use in connection
with furniture tools and various utensils. In fact,
the largest profit may be in stands of hard woods
because they are now very cheap.
GRATING OF TREES
The grating of fruit trees is very common. This
applies particularly to apple pear and orange trees
The best orange trees are vaencias grated on lemon
roots. Now experiments are being carried on to
graft timber trees to get more valuable varieties
and quicker growth. For instance after cutting
down an 1Sinch pine tree instead Of permitting the
stump to waste hole will some day be bored in
the stump and a healthy ten year old graft will be
inserted This gives the new tree the benefit OF
the large root system of the old tree which has just
been cut This method has a great future.
With free gravity power, it will sometimes De
possble to rrigate woodlands. The growth of trees
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
Will Hold Trap Shoot
Tomorrow Afternoon
CONTINUED from nrst paSS1

of those who previously participa-
ted. Additional meets are now be-
ing arranged for Saturday, October
10th; Saturday, November 3rd;
Thanksgiving Day. Thursday, No
vember 22nd), and Saturday, De-
cember 8th.
The course and equipment at the
". F. w. property are being put in
tip-top shape this week so as to
have everything in readiness for
another highly enjoyable shoot
there this Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

NEW BOSTON. N. H., October
5-Every investor is justified in
owning some growing timber.
This applies especially to those
in the higher brackets who are
not too much interested in in
come, the most of which must
be paid back to Uncle Sam. say
this because only $50 Of the
profits on woodland need be paid
back in taxes.
WOODLAND PROFITS SURE
In areas protected against
fires, woodland profits should be
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
POULTRY NEWS

Demarva ber 100000 the week
ending September 21
cent less than the same week An
hatchngs
nshpments
1851 Outshpmen relatively
practically the the corresponding
pacngs in all IL reporting declined
earlier.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
CHICKS PLACED AND BROMERS MARKETED 81
DEL.MAR.VA PRODUCERS
CANNED POULTRY REPORT, BAE

CANNED POULTRY REPORT, BAE
quantity poultry during August
compared pounds
and the 1945s Of 95S200O pounds The quantity
quantity poultry certified Federal inspection during
August year quantity
Of poultry
Federal inspection during the first months Of this
ing the same period year-an of per
LOCAL BROHER.FEED RATIO
By Maryland State Department of Markets
265c; 209
boer mash averaged $1O657 Last
weeks averages broieTs
pounds feed
BOSTON EGG MARKET-USDA
Wholesale Special Large September October 676c
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
CHICKs Placed IN ADDITIONAL AREAs lgsl
BROILERS MARKETED BY DELMARVA PRODUCERs

producers
than
Maketngs
the corresponding period
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

The state flower Of Minnesota is
the Moccasin flower.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

age to the world, prOcIaiming the American
philosophy of government"
That message was never more vital to
our strength and our very survival than now.
There can be no, question that much of the
teaching in our schools, and particularly col
leges, along with many of the textbooks in
current use, is inimical to the Constitution
and to those liberties it guarantees. Califor-
MIA has taken a splendid step. No young
person should be allowed to graduate from
school or college without thorough under
standing of those eternal, living principles
upon which our nation was created.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05

The pearls in American oysters
have little or no commercial value.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN

The new Federal tax bill arOuSeS much
speculation on how high taxes can safely
90 without destroying our free economy. Cal
culatiOns by noted economists generally agree
that when taxes take more than 25 per cent
of income they generate dangerous imitation.
If this'be true, and it is partially proven by
actual experience, then the U. S. had best
stop, look and listen, for the new bill would
result in 80 per cent of income being used
for government. We are certainly begin
ming to witness the diSmaying fact that tax
alton and cOnfiscatiOn can become much the
same thing. There are many reasons why
taxes can destroy a free economy, and the
most important is that, once they reach a
high enough point, they undermine incentive.
Why should a man take a chance on some
venture or other when, if he succeeds, the
government will gain most of the profit,
while. if he fails, he must stand the entire
loss? And why should anyone work hard in
An attempt to get ahead when the rewards
of success become constantly smaller? No
intelligent man can any longer say that the
solution to the tax problem is to soak the
rich some more The tax rates have gone
the limit in the upper brackets-and if they
were actually set at a cool 100 per cent the
resultant revenue wouldn't make dent II
todav's governmental spending. So the so
called "little man"-With an income In the
81. 5.6OO-and-under breakfasts the sole re
naming source of substantial new tax reve
nues. The irony lies in the fact that th'
governments drunken-SailOr policy Wa
started and has been carried on In the nam'
of helping the "little man." Keep that II
mind next time you open a taX-depleted pa!
envelope. Waste and prOdigallty can destrO'
nation just as it can destroy a family.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
TRUTH AND PROPAGANDA

The American people are entitled to know
the truth about the activities of its Govern
ment. But indications abound that we get
propaganda instead, designed to attract pub
lie support for the Truman program
Republican Representative Walt HOran
of Washington submits few statistics. we
do know" he says, that the franked mail
from Government bureaus exceeds $75 mil
lion year. The franking privilege for the
Legislative branch is only $1.25 million a
year. We do know that over SIS million. Is
spent each year for various information
services and that some $4,000 people work
at this either part or full time"
The American press may we'll be proud
that it is free to print what it can find out
It is also proud of the challenge that goes
with the privilege-tO determine what is
truth and what propaganda, and to print
truth
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
ALL TO THE GOOD

A profound revolution is taking. place
in our American economy. People In the
middle and lower income brackets are sue
ceeding the rich in owning and enlarglng
American enterprise through investment IN
the securities of corporations The wealth
of the rich, after taxes, has shrunk to spec.
tacular degree By contrast, the number OF
people with S5,O00-$10,000 incomes after
taxes has vastly increased. In 1929. there
were 100000 of these individuals with a
combined net income of $4,000, 100000. In
1946. the last year for which such hgures
are available, there were 100000 with IN
comes totaling $11, ,2OO,000,0OO. An even
greater growth has occurred in the aggre-
gate net income of people in the under-S5, 900
brackets. Today about 100000 lndlvld-
uals own stock A large stOck-brokerage hrm
RECENTLY found that one-third of the invest
ors it served had incomes of less than S5,OOO
The Capitalist" of the present is lar cry
from the bloated plutOcrat who was a pei
subject for the cartOonists of lOng-past days
The New York Stock Exchange and other
exchanges are now doing much to inform th'
general public of how these market places
work, and how the prices of stocks are deter
mined solely by what individual owners ~
willing to sell them for or pay for them
. The result is that the ownership OF Amer
can enterprise is being spread through NOR
and more hands-which is all to the gooo
Evening star., 1951-04-07

covered on the far side Of the looking glass It
might just as well affirm that John Bunyan never
attained the House of the Interpreter or Doubt
ing Castle or the Delectable Mountains Scientific
inquiry might establish that there was no Tabard
Inn at Southwark for the Pilgrims going to
Canterbury. II research were pushed enough, it
might be demonstrated that there never was any
Doone Valley for Lorna and John. Perhaps there
were no windmills for the melancholy Don Quix-
ote to ride against
Even If there had been, where would they be
now? Which is more factual: The material or
the dream? Which lasts the longer? The idea
of Homer's Troy persists 80 centuries after him,
but where is his Troy in the ruins of Hissarlik?
Where is Treasure Island, or Uncle Toms Cabin,
or the Mill on the Floss, or Peer Gynt's icy
mountain? Just recently it was asserted in all
seriousness that there never were any King
Solomon's Mines. Now comes the National Geo.
graphic Society with. the news that 221-B Baker
street never existed. Well, it should have, GER
tainly; and it does-in the only sense that really
matters to the public of DR.. John H. Watson and
his friend, Sherlock Holmes.