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Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
TIME FOR REFLECTION
BABSON Discusses Politics

BABSON PARK, Mass, August THE Repub-
liCan Party in its Convention at Chicago selected
it's candidate for President of the United States.
The Democratic Party in it's Convention also at
Chicago has selected its candidate for President The
candidates of either party will not be acceptable
to millions of voters The National election that
will be held on November A. 1852 will select of
the candidates be President of the United States
The President elected will not be the choice of
millions of voters-BUT!
COOPERATION NOW VITALITY NECESSARY
After the majority of the voters have elected the
man to be President the COOPERATION of every
individual in the United States will be necessary
insure our Democratic way of life and our economic
independence The President matter of
which party is under obligation, account of the
present emergencies, to make of the best brains
in either of the leading parties. Members of the
Cabinet and heads of the various agencies of the
Government should be selected for their ability to
handle the particular position, regardless of party
affiliation.
The intellect and ability of defeated candidates
should not be wasted because they belong to the
other party A COOPERATIVE administration is
the best method of meeting the international situa-
ton the taxation problem, the national debt, and
the employee-emplOyer relationship and the other
serious problems that will confront the new Presi-
dent This is the time for all good people to come
to the aid of whoever is elected to insure eco
nOmic and political freedom. -.
THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY FOR 1853 To 1857
! The Village, the State, the Nation are all the
result of cooperation. The very term THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA" signifies the cooperative
basis of our national existence Back in tribal days
the rightAt0 hold the right1nf might All tribes
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

the beasts, the typical" American, if there
is one, may seem a sorry fellow.
But there is another convention coming
up. a convention that should help to restore
our belief in ourselves and our country, in
the inherent decency of Americans and the
driving urge, regardless OF political philO-
sophies, to be a credit to themselves, their
communities, their country and their pos
terity. This is the annual national cOnven-
ton of more than four million Americans.
devoted to a movement begun by combat
soldiers in the mud Of France thirty-four
years ago, and whose solemn pact begins:
For God and Country, we associate our
selves together"
This is the American Legion. This is the
host of all the citizen armies OF our time,
manned by business men and labOrerS, pro-
fesSors and farmers, PrOteStants and Cath
OlicS and Jews, Negroes and whites, men
and women, American patriots from II to
10, who have put aside their uniforms, but
have never laid down their arms.
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisen-
hover will address the convention in one
of the early speeches of his campaign for
the presidency President Truman (nOw
holding the permanent retired rank of Col
onel and a Legion member) is expected to
attend, and Governor Adlai Stevenson, Dem
Ocratic Presidential Nominee has been in
vited.
No convention of 1852 we believe, will
be more significant than this Madison Square
Garden cOnclave in New York, from August
25 to %. From here the voice of the Ameri-
can veteran, of whom there are currently
% million, will be heard by the nation and
the world. And while LegiOnnaires estimate
that this voice may determine 60 million
votes, we believe the number could be far
greater. For this voice, free from the mar
rowness of party" ambitions, concerned
only with the broad objectives of national
strength and progress, could be the voice of
the typical" American.
The IA hour parade which the guests of
honor will be invited to review, may we'll be-
in the truest Biblical sense "an army with
banners" that will blazOn the
hopes and sentiments of all of us.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

There the closest thing thev had to
them were Cuban Sandwiches. but
they were not subs Here they
have "Hoagies' and they are good
old Submarines, only With shredded
lettuce. The first time / ordered a
Hoagie I said, with everything but
that. And the girl said, mo let
tuce% She could have fooled me
and did, cause that didn't look like
lettuce to me. When you, bsfy these
Hoagies they're put in paper bags
to take home, only here they're
called Sacks"
The stores here are open Monday
nights instead of Saturday. like
they are home. Even in this heat
there are very, very few men down
town in Houston without coats and
ties on. The women are very we'll
dressed in Houston and to be on
Main Street land that's its name)
for day Of shopping is just like
watching a huge fashion show.
( Everyone wears hats, everyone
wears gloves, and almost everyone
looks like a fashion plate. / say al
most everyone, because Texans,
like the Dickerson's, like to go
barefoot, while they're playing,
even going to school, and shopping
too. In one of the largest stores
downtown, beside the moving
stairs there is sign, "No barefoot
children allowed on esculators".
Our biggest bugaboo in Della
ware was ticks, when the children
were playing in the yard, in Flor
ida it was mosquitoes and here in
Texas it's ants. Oh! my how they
bite the childrenL Adults, too, if
they're barefooted,5 like usually
am.
Drive-Ins here are called U-Tote-
Ems. I saw one the other day
whose sign read. "You Toot-We
Tote. The first word of greeting
is, of course, "Howdy". And when
, you leave it's always, Hurry
Back. And that's what l say /.
Hurry back, next week, you all.
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
. July 25, 1852
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

The following is weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
CALVES
Vealers: Choice, $4,000 to $3.50,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $260O to
$3.50, mostly $26.OO per cwt.
Monkeys: $3.50 to $500, most
ly $1,000 per cwt
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $500, most
ly $24.25 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $1700, mostly
$500 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter: Medium to Good,
$500 to $26.OO, mostly $21.S5 per
cwt.
Common: $17.OO to $1S.75, mostly
$1825 per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $3.50 to
$1675, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
STEERS
Light: $500 to $S1.75, mostly
$26.O0 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy Type: $16.75 to $27.00
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to Choice: $26.0O to S2S.0O
mostly $27.00 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good
$27.5O to $2S.75, mostly $500 pei
cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good
$1,000 to $500, mostly $3.50 pei
cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $500, mostl!
$3.50 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(good Quality)
12O to 10 lbs, $1,000 to $4,000
mostly $19.75 per cwt.
10 to 24O lbs, $1,000 to $2S.50
mostly $23.25 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs, $500 to $21.5C
mostly S21.25 per cwt.
SOWS
(goOd quality
200 to 300 lbs. $500 to S17.5C
mostly $500 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
I'm TIE AIR FORGE"
b Elalne Townsend piekerson

1899 Patricia Lane
Houston II, Texas
Phone, MI 9-1415
Dear Friends:
OF course, the biggest difference
in Texas and Delaware is it's size.
next is the 1900 miles which sep-
arates the two, and the third differ
ence is the HEAT. Hayes and I had
to laugh at the weather news on
TV yesterday. 1t said New York
firms had dismissed their employ
ees early from work this week be-
cause of the record breaking tenn
peratures Of SO and "a. Do you
know that here 80 is cool and that
we have ninety degree tempera-
lures day and night? Oh! to have
variety in weather again! Rain
here just means the humidity is a
little heavier than usual-it doesn't
vary the temperature one iota.
One of the first differences / no
ticed in Texas from the eastern
states was the yards, gardens and
lawns. No matter how little atten-
tiOn it seemed to get, the grass is
just beautiful In Florida it costs
"a fortune to keep ones grass from
dying and the water bills must be
terrific. Our Delaware lawns must
be watered frequently too, but here
they are beautiful even with rela-
lively no attention. I guess that's
why cattle grazing is so good in
Texas.
People down here eat Ockra, hush
puppies, grits, lot Of rice (becausG
it is grown here and in Louisiana)
homemade noodles in everything
BLOOD PUDDING and shredded
lettuce by the car load. Do yOI
know in one of the very ritZies
stores in Houston, in the tea room
they serve the most delicious
fresh fruit salad with poppy see'
dressings on shredded lettuce? Yol
can't find a lettuce leaf in Texas
Hamburgers down here are serve
to you in the usual roll with relish
mustard and slice of tomato wit
! SHREDDED LETTUCE. In Florida
Hayes and I got so hungry for Del
aware Submarine S a n d vic h e
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson Taylor

And for every $500 an American
pays for a Swiss watch, or an
American" watch with Swiss
works, the Swiss spend about five
bucks for American automobiles or
cotton or wheat or other comes
tibles.
Viewing the international scene
as whole, in these days when our
friendship abroad is generally ra-
ther expensive, this might seem
like pretty satisfactory arrange
ment from our point-of-view.
Not so. The U. S. Tariff Com
mission, on the urging of three
U. S. watch makers, is recommend
ing a hike in the tariff on watch
movements. The recommended in
crease, nearly double the present
rate, will mean that the Swiss me-
chanism will represent more tariff
than movement" and a terrific
shake-dOwn for the protection of
American inefficiency. The in
crease in the price of watches will
naturally be in proportion.
1t is likely to mean also the loss
of a staunch friend and a valued
customer for those goods we can
produce honestly and competitive
ly. What this action could mean
in threatening the economy of this
proud, fearless keystone nation of
jittery Europe, time (Swiss watch
time, if you please can only tell.
From here it looks like a poor
/ bargain.
! MUCH TO LEARN
! With the passage of anxious DAYS
following the second most severe
earthquake in the history of the
U. S., Californians finally decided
the terrifying tremblor that killed
eleven people, devastated the town
of Tehachapi, and rocked 100000
square miles, would not return
AS Red Cross disaster units SWUNG
into action and emergency crews
fought Oil fires from Bakersfield tt
Long Beach, seismOlOgists warn.
ed that recurring shocks might bC
expected for thirty-six hours.
The fact that none occurred is
as mysterious as the reason fol
the first shock, and as far beyond
our scientific knowledge as thu
prediction of when, where and il
another violent shift in the earth.
crust will occur.
Are We unduly superstitious i
we wonder, in this atomic age
whether we have been rebuked fol
our destructive curiosity, Scien
lists assure us these quakes ar,
caused by faults" in the earth
But there still might be some fault.
! elsewhere.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
cuhbbean Rice Producer

NEW YORK - (P - The Do
minican Republic, which 90 years
ago depended entirely on rice i'm
ports, now ranks as the major rice
producing country Of the Carib-
bean area.
The Dominican information Of
fee in New York said 1851 rice
production was 66,263 tons. The
announcement noted that the
threat Of Communism in the Far
East made it imperative for Car
ibbean countries to grow products
formerly obtained there.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News nformuion Supplied BY The Bureau Of MUres
State Board Of Agriculture, Dover, Delaware

800 to 400 lbs, $14.75 to $17.75,
mostly S16.25 per cwt.
Over 200 lbs, SLABS to $500,
mostly $16.50 per cwt.
BOARS
(good quality
Under $50 lbs, $500 to $1,000,
mostly $1,000 per scwt.
Over $50 lbs, $500 to $12.75,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $14.OO per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
6 to II weeks old
Choice: $3.50 to $12.75, mostly
$3.50 each.
Medium to Good: $500 to $500,
mostly 1925 each.
Common: $2.75 to $3.50, mostly
$500 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $500,
mostly $500 each.
Butcher Type: $24.OO to $500,
mostly $34.OO each.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS: Fowl, $1.25
to $1.70, mostly $1.40 leach.
1 ROSTERS: $1.05 to $1.35, most
| ly S1.25 each.
LIGHT BREEDS: Cockerels, 35c
to 40c, mostly 40c each.
| DUCKS: Muscovy, soc to 9Oc,
mostly 9Oc each.
TURKEYS: Hens, $3.50 to $500.
mostly S4.OO each.
RABBITS: Large Breeds, 90c to
$1.S5, mostly $1.2O each; small
breeds, 6Oc to S5c, mostly 75c each.
EGGS: Ungraded, Mixed, 6255c
to zoe per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
WATERMELONS: 3Oc to 671kc
each.
TOMATOES: SOc to s1.25 per st
bushel.
CUCUMBERs: 75c to s1.1O per
bushel.
PEACHES: s1.1O to $1.SO per u
bushel.
CABBAGE: soc to 75c per * bu-
shell.
SNAP BEANS: $3.50 per * bu-
shell.
| PEPPERS; S1.4O per Is bushel.
| LIMA BEANS: 1925 per bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
NO SALE FOR THE EAGER
BEAVERS

BEAVERS
In nine feverish sessions in
which Democracy's youthful north
ern radicals recklessly plucked the
sutures from the slOwly-healing
wounds of the Civil War; yet fail
ed to Oust the Southerners, who re-
fused to secede 1900 steaming
delegates representing 1890 vOtes)
labOriOusly sweated down a mass
i've field of twelve candidates, of
which Harry Truman would have
been the thirteenth, but for his
written instructions against being
named, to Illinois Governor Adlai
Stevenson, who had previously
threatened to shoot himself should
such fate befall him.
No one can deny that the Demo-
cratic National Convention had
everything" . foods of OratOry,
which were expected. a fire in the
I hall, which wasn't; the premature
swan-sOng of Vice President Bark
ley, believed done to political
death by the CIO-whOm he had
served too well; and the emerg-
ence from the shadows of FDR's
One-time political master-mind,
big, genial Jim Farley. And for its
final flourish, President Truman,
dropping out of the skies to escort
the new standard-bearer, the diff
dent Stevenson, to his triumph at
the Stockyards.
Thus ended the "stream-line'
convention, specially designed for
televisiOn, and advertised as a mod
ell of decOrum. So far as we know
there were no fractured skulls.
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THIS MAN "WALKS SOFTLY"
Republicans and Democrats
alike are pondering one of the few
cryptic sentences ever uttered by
our normally blunt President Tru-
man. In his address to the Chi
cagO convention preceding his in
PRODUCTION of Governor Adlai Ste.
venson, he said: "YOu are going
out of this convention much
stronger than you came in"
He may have been thinking
about the narrowly averted break
between North and South, or Ot
the conventions approval of {
typical (though diplomatically
worded) Fair Deal platform. Or ht
may have been thinking of the
party's new nominee for the pres
, idency.
Il accept your nomination ant
your program" were the Cover
nor's frs words to the nation. I"
should have preferred to hav,
heard those words uttered by /;
! stronger, a wiser, a better MAJ
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
Train Signal Device Improved

CENTRALIA, Ill. - (R) 49, Ever
been stopped by automatic railroad
crossing gates Only to see the train
just idling down the tracks. This
can be corrected by a new device.
Illinois Central Railroad has re-
warded one Of it's signal testers,
Clay Owens, 80, of Eflngham, for
the improvement. Owens got $50
and a citstiOn for the device which
permits gates to stay open if a
train stops within the signal area.
Only when the train resumes move
-ment do the yates. .elnse
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

than myself. e.. have not sought
the honor you have done me-" he
said, explaining that in campaign
ing for the gOvernorship of Illi-
nOis he felt he was seeking an of
flee that challenged his utmost ca
pabilities. Referring again to the
presidency, he said, THE burdens
of that Office stagger the imagina-
ton convert exultation into
prayer"
Stevenson asked for the help
of his hearers, saying he would
need all he could get because Il
have not changed in any respect
since yesterday" He outlined his
plan of campaign in the simple
statement: Let's talk sense to the
American people"
Thus, we think we know what
the President meant. And for once,
at least, we think he was right
MOdesty is an inspiring quality
in any leader. 1t is one of General
Eisenhower's greatest assets. In
a Democratic standard-bearer, it
is something of a shock as well,
after 20 years.
ENNUI AMONG THE ENEMY
While administration leaders
were still extOlling the great hu-
manitarian achievements, the pros
perity and peace-Offensive of twen-
+ ty years of New Deal and Fair
Deal in the convention hall in Chi
cagO, the PentagOn in Washington
/ released a new list of Korean bat
tie casualties tOtalling 113,405
which is 562 higher than the pre-
viOus week.
Meantime the secret truce talks
continued, occupying a few min
utes per day, and in the belliger-
ent atmosphere maintained by Ra-
diO Peiping. which still demands
that all Chinese Red prisoners must
be returned, and that "the U. S.
aggresso1s" are trying to break
up the conference and extend the
war In the latter case, they prom
Use us, our forces will have their
heads broken"
Thus. it would seem that our
"containment" policy is wearing
a bit thin. Even the enemy ap-
pears to be getting tired of con-
tanning us.
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TIME FOR REFLECTION
For years past, in good times
and bad, time, itself. has been the
major contribution of Switzerland
to America. 1t is estimated that
when 20 Americans out of 100
want to know what time it is, oul
Swiss friends provide the ans
wer.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01
Red Propasundist siIeneed

Adds ABABA Ethiopia -(P)-
One of the Russian propaganda
chiefs here approached the Ameri-
can general secretary of the local
YMCA.
I'VE would like to put some of
our literature and publications in
the YMCA," the Russian suggest
ed.
"DO you permit the YMCA to
operate in Russian" The YMCA
general secretary asked.
The Russians silence ended the
matter
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

1889 Patricia Lane
Houston IL, Texas
Phone, MI : 9-1415
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-01

After the punishment of two solid weeks
of national political convention oratOrv.
most of it bigOted, blatant, boastful, some
OF it sly and cynical, and all of it devoid
OF the generosity that makes human feI-
lOwship possible, and hence puts man above
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
Jesuit Priest Diary in EIizobethon
England Has a Sharp TimeIiness

TILE AUTOBIo GRAPHY OF A
HUNTED PRIEST. Translated
by Philip Caraman. With an in
PRODUCTION by Graham Greene.
fPeHegrini & Cudahy; $780,
This diary Of an Elizabethan
Jesuit has both an antique
flavor (the original was in
Latin) and a sharp timeliness.
Priests who labor today as he
did. under pain Of death, for
their ministry should draw in
spiration from his humble. vivid
document.
Father Gerard disembarked
in his native England under
cover of night in 1888. Dis
guised as a country gentleman
devoted to hawking and hunt
ing, he made his way to the
great country houses of Eng
land, preaching to the faithful,
making converts, seeking vo-
cations-all in constant peril
from informers and priest-hunt-
ers. Inevitably he was cap
tured. His description of tor
ture, when his tormentors wept
in anguish. is narrowing. made
bearable to read only by his
firm protestations and his will
ingness to die. He was denied
martyrdom, however, and after
escape returned to his perilous
work. After Is arduouS years
he made his way to Belgium.
Father Gerard showed a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
YOU DON'T NEED
A LOT OF MONEY
TO RETIRE

Not II you know where living costs are
less and where you can also earn small
income from o part-time job or business.
Where to. Retire On Smell Income"
selects out OF the hundreds OF Thousands
OF communities IN the q. S. only those
tchere YOU can GlfDdys hGDe good time
and iclteYe lipiHD costs are less.
1t shows YOU Just where you can rent
homes today ct low cost, where houses and
farms cost less, and living costs are gon1e-
times half those elsewhere It tells you
where the climate is mild and where you
stand better chance OF living longer. It
never forests that some people must round
out their Income by getting part-time or
seasonal jobsS and III shows just where
such work Us aiiable, and where small
businesses are needed. 4
These are also the places where you
can have fun from hunting. boating.
dshing. where there's j constant round
Of music, concerts lectures and art show
fngs; places where your hobby can earn
you q good income. h Esits5 4 5.g3
where 10 Retire on Small Inceme"
covers cities, towns, farms. ana Islands In
Florida. California, New England, the South,
the Pacific States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, etc.
You'd spend hundreds OF dollars, plus
months Of time II you tried to get this
tnformatt On By travelling around the coun-
try. Yet, "Where to Retire ON . Small
Income, costs only 81. Money-back guar
Tear out id, print name and address
on sheet Of paper and mail with ST. bin to
Harlan Publications, 1893 First Avenue.
GfeeQlaWn. NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
Books IN Review.
Thomas Hal Phillips Third Fine Novel
Is Work of Sure-Honded Young Author
SEARCH FOR HERO
BY Thomas Hal Phillips (Rinehart;: So
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

Benford Meadows. who worked
on the railroad and brought. up,
. FAMILY precariously IN 9 small
Town IN mississippi. had three
sons. menectual. thwarted In
most Things ne wanted ne de-
sired nothing so much as to see
one OF ms sons g. hero.
But 70 the father the elder
sons, twins, were well on the
way toward that exalted status
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
Basic Psyclliotry
Well Explained
BASIC PsYCHIATRY

BASIC PSYCHIATRY
BY Edward A. Strecker, M. D.
Randong House; $3.50 s
What distinguishes this book
from many others on the sub
ject is the clarity and simplicity
with which DR.. Strecker writes
about the complexities Of mem
tai illness and its treatment.
Where most psychiatrists con-
fine themselves to a maze of
technical terms, he explains
what these terms mean in
everyday English. While his
book is by no means elementary.
the general reader should be
able to follow him without diff
ficulty.
DR.. Strecker describes the
most prevalent forms of mental
disease, their causes, certain in
the case of organic and toxic
psychoses and probable in dis
orders originating in the mind.
He outlines the most hopeful
treatments to date. In the field
Of prevention. he stresses his
belief that the most common
kinds of mental breakdown
could be materially decreased
eff every child could have its
rightful heritage-the emo
tional security of being wanted
and loved by its parents. loved
with that unself1sh and COM
pletes love that makes a proper
balance between holding and
releasing. possessing and eman-
cipating."
The author is chairman Of
the department of psychiatry at
the University Of Pennsylvania
School Of Medicine and has
been president of the American
Psychiatric Association and
head of the American. Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
sloshing lnsiehts, Sweeping Judgments
.Mork Grohum Greene Fierce Criticism

Greene joined the Communist
Party In his youth as q prank.
That was apparently one Of
his lesser adolescent didoes. For
years he played Russian rou-
lette with his brothers revolver
and tried almost every known
method Of committing suicide.
An invigorating collection,
as you see. It Is only to be re-
GREETED that his publishers did
not see fit to present it proper
ly. The book Is abominabiy
printed In scarcely readable
type on paper that is thinner
and grainier than . Londoner's
meat ration.
Z MARY McoRoRY.