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Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
December 6, 1852
47S0 81 Cerrito way
Sacramento Is. calf.

December 6, 1852
4720 El Cerrito Way
Sacramento is, Calf.
Continuing her western trip
Dear Friends
We we're heading for Las Vegas
from the Grand Canyon and We saw
signs that said santa Claus, Ari-
zone" We all had heard Of Santa
Claus, Indiana. Mrs. Robert Hal
lett of Haven Lake, Milford, had
sent us a brochure about this juve-
nile paradise thinking maybe we
might be near it in our travels.
This Arizona Santa Claus land
isn't comparable to the one Mrs.
.Hallett visited, but it did have a
Cinderella house and the Three
Little Pigs house that the children
could enter and see all the doll fur
niture inside. There was red,
white and green colored inn there,
too, and it was called the Christmas
Tree Inn. Duncan Hines had rec
commended it asa good place to eat.
Having just eaten we entered the
Inn just to buy postal cards with
the Santa Claus stamp on them
They were twenty cents a piece, SO
you know we bought no quantity
The proprietor geemed untidy to me
and 1 expressed my disappointment
to Hayes after we were in our car
again and on our way. I am Sc
dumb! We were there about one
month before December 25th and
the stout Inn Keeper was growing
beard for-you-know-what!
After going up and down hills
for several hours we came upOT
Hoover Dam. We stopped the cal
so the children could get out anC
look at the large swimming pool.
l found out that for thirty cents yoI
could take a tour through the dam
duration 35 minutes. I had hand
bag with me and Hayes had his Ar
gus C-3 camera and since neithei
of these we're permitted and thu
next tour commenced Immediately
Hayes cOndescended to keep tn
children, and my bag so I coult
go on the tour. BY elevator WI
were lowered a depth equal to
44-story building to BEGIN on
sightseeing trip of that fabulou
power plant. Our guide told us il
! the beginning to please stay wit
| the crowd not only for security rea
sons, but if we were lost we coul
wander through 80 some miles g
tunnels, otherwise we would Onl
have to walk half a mile. / wa
surprised that on S-hour' shifts, onl
200 men operated the plant.
course it is all electrical, but fC
such a massive plant just though
it would take more man-pOwer.
The Is large generators had
capacity each Of 82,500 kilowatt
the two small one varied, one ge1
Grating 10000 kilOwatts and Il
other $4,000. There were II tu
bines and these varied in hors,
power from 115,000 to $4,000. Thel
were several electricians in OF
. tour and they questioned our guiC
numerically, but he knew his jo
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

BOARS
(goOd quality
Under $50 lbs, $3.50 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs, $500 to $500, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Coed: $500 to $1,000.
mostly $3.50.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to II weeks old
Choice: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $3.50 to $3.50.
Common: $500 to $4.0O, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $4,000,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Butcher Type: S2100 to $500,
mostly $2S.0O per cWt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $1.1O to S160, mostly S1.40.
ROOsters: $11O to $500. mostly
$1.4O.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam Chickens: soc to 75c,
mostly CSC.
Guineas: S5c to $1O5. mostly
S1O5.
Geese: $4OO.
DUCKS
Muscovy Ducks: 75c to $1.3O,
mostly $110.
Muscoyy brakes: $3.50 to S2.O5,
mostly S175.
TURKEYS
Toms: $3.50 to $S.I25. mostly
$3.50.
RABBITS
Large Breeds: S10O to S1.4O.
mostly $1.1O.
EGGS
Ungraded mixed, Csc to soc per
dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet Potatoes: $40 to, $3.50
per Is bushel
Black Walnuts S1SO to $3.50
I per bushel.
Cabbage; $18O to $14O per bu-
shell
TurniDs: 10c to 40c per q busheI.
Lard S2.75 to $500 per S0-ib can.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
Wbat Next2

The first open fight for leader
ship in the II year history of the
CIO has been won by the aggres-
sive, if not radical, Walter Reuther,
president of the United Auto Work
ers, largest of the member union.
He defeated conservative Allan S.
Haywood, the executive vice pres
ident-whO had no union of his own,
but was backed by the United Steel
workers, by a vote of 100000 to
2,613,O00.
What this decision will mean for
the CIO, and the AFL, and the union
movement as a whole will be the
subject of exporting for weeks to
come. The fact that Mir. Haywood
was returned to his post of execu-
tive vice president should improve
Reuther's chances of holding the
Organization together. The long
discussed merger with AFL seems
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
For The Record

The income tax which has to
come out of the pockets Of eight
American families earning about
$4,000 a year, is required to pay
the salary of just one average Fed
eral Government employee
and it has 100000 of them-civil-
ians-On the payroll.
Illustrating the cumbersome pat
tern of handling Federal lands, the
Citizens Committee for the Hoover
Report said cattlemen must some
times apply to Federal agencies in
three different states to get per-
mission to move their herds over
public lands in a single state.
An inquiry by Senator Williams
of Delaware revealed that the gov
ernment had sustained a net loss
of more than S2,800. 600 600 around
SIS for every family in the United
States-through mismanagement in
the disposal Of 1886 ships since
1916.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
Peace of Mind-Dad's
Christmas Gift

That old refrain, commercial
izing Christmas" has started again,
now that December's here. It
seems to us, however, that Grand
dads filling his youngsters stock
ings with oranges around the turn
of the century. and Dads expensive
gift of a TV set to his family this
Christmas are both expressions of
the same thing the Christmas
spirit, the urge to bring festivity
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

and happiness to those nearest and
dearest.
Under today's Christmas tree
there's everything from a camera
to a car, from a steam iron to a
washing machine. TOday's gifts
represent a mode of living inf
nitely higher than in the good
old days"-a new standard made
possible by the evolution of mass
production and installment credit.
Today, millions of American
families are enjoying the good
things of life as they pay for them,
and without fear of what would
happen if their income was dis
rupted. The same American inge-
nnity that made independence poss-
/ ible to the thirteen struggling col
Onies has found a way to remove
fear from credit buying with a pre-
gram which insures payment OF
the monthly installments if the pu--
chaser is disabled and pays the
entire debt if he should die.
Last year, more than Is million
families protected more than five
BILLION dollars worth of time
purchases and loans with this con-
sumer credit insurance. And the
same spirit of thOughtfulness that
is behind the super-duper family
gift is leading more and more peo.
Iple to give also the peace of minC
that American business has pro
vided in consumer credit insurance
The simple fact that such pro
lection is available chalks up t
the American system of free enter
prise the worlds most practica
demonstration of "gO6d will to
ward men,"
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
TALKING PARROT CREETs
CUSTOMERS

Ell DORADO, Ark. r. (P)
People who patronize small
honey cafe on the south side Of this
Arkansas oil capital usually get
something for their nickel besides
cup Of coffee.
Pedro, the parrot pet Of the cafe.
often gives the customer a conver-
sation. Depending on his mood OF
the moment, Pedro greets patrons
with a clear, unmistake wolf Whis-
tie, a friendly "Hello." maybe a
hospitable Come in" or just blank
scrutiny.
In parting, Pedro may tell them
Come back. Goodbye, or Bye
Bye. The bird once told a new
comer pettishly, "Shut the door,
country boy It's cold
His owners, Mr.. and Mrs. Blonde
Wells, have taught him such tricks
as initiating an airplane motor
when one of the pilots approaches.
initiating a fire siren, and mocking
the bark Of a dog.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CHANGE
IN WASHINGTON

One thing is sure about the Eisenhower
Administrations will be very different in
deed from anything the country has known
for 20 years. The Cabinet appointments are
excellent indications. The tone of the Ad-
miniStratiOn will be conservative The top
men will be experienced, practical, and bus
iness-like. They will be strong administra-
tors and they will demand results. All along
the line, the emphasis will be on more ecOnO-
my and less red-tape in the conduct of gov
ernmental affairs
In most departments reorganization will
be thorough-gOing. This will be especially
marked in the State Department. John FOs-
ter Dulles is vitally concerned with getting
rid of the left-wingers and the weak sisters.
His policy will be unequivocally anti-cOm-
munist, in deed no less than in word. The
Kremlin can expect no concessions, no signs
of weakness. Like his chief, Mr.. Dulles be-
ieves that the policy of containing Russia,
as pursued by Mr.. Truman and Secretary
AchesOn is both unwOrkable and negative. A
much clearer and more positive policy will
take its place AS u S. News & World Re-
port put it, u. S. in world affairs, will get
off the defensive, take the offensive. An end
IS coming to policy of drift. Fear of Russia
no longer will influence u. S. actions There'll
be no hesitation to put U. S. interests first
in world dealings"
In domestic affairs, the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration will be against the government
should-do-eVerything concept that so largely
characterized the ROOSeVelt-Truman Admin-
lstratiOns. The appointment of Governor Nc
Kay of Oregon to the very important Interior
post shows the direction that particular
wind is blowing. Mckay is a home-rule man,
who puts local rights and responsibilities first
Secretary Of the Treasury Humphrey is
expected to be a very tough man with the
taxpayers dollars. His primary goal will be
balanced budget, to be followed by tax cuts
at the earliest possible time. And Secretary
of Defense Wilson, coming from one of the
biggest jobs in industry will demand maxi
mum result from every dollar the military
people get.
It is forecast that President Eisenhower
viii effect some significant changes in the
method of running the Executive Branch.
He will probably inaugurate something COM
parable to the staff system which is used in
the military forces. Governor Adams is be-
ing given job which amounts to assistant
President, and he will have wide powers. The
point is to relieve the President Of some of
the tremendous burdens Of detail that are
part Of his Office, and leave him freer to deal
with broad policy. That will probably happen
In the departments too. Tt was reported, fol
instance, that Mr.. Dulles told the President
elect that he did not want the State portfolio
unless he could turn over certain responsible
ties to capable assistants, and largely c0ntine
his own work to policy matters. General
Eisenhower, it is said, fully approved.
Finally, it is plain that the next Admins.
tration will not be one which is loaded with
personal friends and political associates oi
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
Labor and Lore

No telling how he'll work out as
a cabinet officer, of course. But as
a plumber, we think Democrat
Martin P. Durkin, the controversial
Eisenhower Labor Secretary, is a
sound man. His first published ref
erence to Senator Taft, who has
been as nearly explosive over the
appointment as Senator Taft could
be, was that he regarded Mr.. Re-
publican as "a fine gentleman"
Certainly, if we had a frozen pipe,
DuTkin is the sort we'd want to
work on it.
To the Senator it is incredible"
that Ike would elevate to the cabi-
net tho head of the AFL Plumbers
Union, which shared in the ,-AFL
endorsement of Adlai Stevenson
and sought, however fruitlessly, to
persuade its members that they
never had it so, good" While we
have seen no explanation from the
President-elect, and don't expect to,
J it may be he reasons that Mr.. Dur
kin has had his lesson, and is
therefor all the better equipped to
! indOctrinate our other labor lead
ers that there's no profit in telling
the boys how to vote.
We Go agree with Senato. raft,
however, that others were suggest
ed who fit much better the mental
frame in which we'd put cabinet
member. And we especially ap-
plaud the Senator's rebuke to those
who have tried to represent this
appointment as a rock that has
split the COP wide open. "It is in
correct" he pointed out, ito say
that the honeymoon is over. There
never was one"
However critical the. SeantOr may
be of General Eisenhower, either as
| President-elect or President, tC
question his loyalty to his party is
to doubt the law of gravity.
Learn and obey farm safety rules
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

the President. Some Of the incoming Cabinet
members know the President-elect hardly at
all. They were chosen for one reason only,
so far as anyone can see-the reason that
they seemed the best available men for their
respective jobs.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
BOGGs MAKES GOOD APPOINTMENT

In selecting his Secretary of State, Gov
ernor-eleet J. Caleb Boggs has made an ex-
cellent choice. Jack" Mcdowell newly nam
ed to take oyer this important Office, fills the
bill to perfection. He has not been identified
closely with partisan politics. This removes
any honest criticism on the part of Demo
Gratis or any faction Of the Republican party
which might feel slighted in the naming of
the new Secretary OF State. But, more i'm
pOrtant, Jack Mcdowell is qualified in every
respect to handle the job. His years of train
ing in public relations work will stand him
in good stead when he assumes Office Janu-
airy 10th. His close association with Con-
gressman Boggs, during four of the six
years that he has spent in Washington, as
sures the public Of the services of a man who
understands governmental functions in their
larger aspects.
Jack Mcdowell knows how to meet peo-
pie He knows how to talk with them He
knows how to compromise when matters in
dispute arise. In short, the newly appointed
Secretary of State will be a refreshing
change from the Mcdowell who now occupies
that important position. We predict courte-
Gus treatment, regardless of political affilia-
tion, color or creed for those having business
with the new Secretary of State. If Gale
BOggs continues to make good appointments,
and surround himself with men of the calibre
of Jack Mcdowell, he will be in a strong posi-
tion to give Delawareans fine leadership in
governmental affairs during the next four
years He has made an excellent start.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
BIRTHS 1982.1951

The above figures suggest that an abnormally
small number are reaching 90 years of age.
Hence according to this theory. there should be a
decline in business wages, prices real estate, etc.
around 1883 OF course BIRTHS ARE ONLY ONE
FACTOR; but they should have bearing stock
and bond prices, Notwithstanding the recent Repub
lican victories, s,s asss,g.eq.s .s.sss,- ss,.,e,
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
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less likely, and the course of un-
iOnism at large must be largely dis
rected by the outcome of the first
two contingencies.
AS for what it may mean for the
politically ambitious Mr.. Reuther,
we are reminded of bit of Muir
ray folklore. Once, a Washington
reporter asked the late CIO presi-
dent if Reuther was cunning for
mis- job (the story goes), "Not this
one" said Murray, and then jerk
ing his thumb in the direction of
the White House, THAT one!"
SO don't say you weren't warn
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
LET THE CONTROLS DIE

No one knows yet what the exact attitude
of the next Administration will be toward
price controls, nor what specific legal recon-
mendatSOns viii be made. But the whole
tone of the Eisenhower campaign was one Of
vigorous opposition to unnecessary political
dominance of our lives and government med
ding with our affairs
Almost everyone is agreed that in times
of grave national emergency, when the nor
NAL processes of production and distribution
are unavoidably disrupted, controls are neces-
saH'y. But, outside of certain political circles,
no one argues that we have such an emer-
gency today Despite the terrible Korean
war and the NATO program, military de-
mands are taking but a small part OF our
colossal productive effort, and before very
long, according to current schedules, it will
start to take still less In all but very few
specialized fields, production of consumer
goods is completely adequate.
Death of the controls (the present law
will expire next April unless renewed) would
give this country lift. They have bound
manufacturers and retailers in a mass of red
tape, and they have been enormously costly
to all kinds of business. In many cases the
burdens have fallen with particular force on
small business, which lacks the legal and ac-
counting and other resources needed to deal
with thousands of complex confused and
sometimes opposed regulations, orders, and
directives They have interfered with the
natural workings of competitive, business
seeking enterprise-and such interference
hurts us all in the long run.
The controls should die. None who believe
in our system of government and our way OF
doing things will mourn them.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

Court testers Of the Middle Ages
often performed at meal times.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

Check yo.a speed-and check ac-
cidentsl
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12
THE TREND OF PRICES

The vast majority OF Americans are vital
ly interested in what happens to the prices
of commOdities-in the ups-and-dOWns that
help or hurt the family budget. But relative
ly few understand the forces that determine
whether prices shall be high or low.
Probably the most potent force in favor
of higher prices, or imitation, is wasteful
government with its continual expansion of
credit and the money supply, and its reliance
on printing-preSs money. This has cut the
value of every dollar in half.
Efforts have been made to blame high
prices on farmers and manufacturers and re-
tailers. But these groups have small control
indeed over the price structure. They must
pay certain wages. They must meet whatever
tax bills government imposes. They must buy
supplies of all kinds at the going rate. The
price for which they sell their products must
meet all these costs and return some kind OF
a profit for those who risked their money
and made the existence of any enterprise
possible.
Furthermore, in a free economy, where
any man or group of men can enter any bust
ness they wish, competition holds prices
down. Retailing is one of the best examples
A merchant may try to earn an excessive
profit, but his customers won't be fooled fOl
long. The competitor down the street or in
the next town will offer better deal-anC
the business will flock to him.
This is one of the reasons why political
price controls are futile-they do not anC
cannot go to the roots of the disease. Worse
than that, the controls undermine the system
on which the free economy is based, and give
government the whip hand over our affairs
When that idea is carried far enough, all The
freedoms perish,
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-12

Learn and obey farm safety rules
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-07-04

TAKE TIME OUT
TO ENJOY MIDDLE BASS
AND PUT-lN-BAY VIA
THE ERIE ISLE FERRY
Why go to Europe When you can find the
old world beauty right Middle Bass Island?
Enjoy an educational visit to Middle Bass Win
cry with all the charm, beauty and atmosphere of
European show place.
There four trips daily to and from Put
Inlay and Port Clinton. The Ferry which leaves
the Jefferson street dock daily schedules will stop
at Middle Bass request
, 1952-01-12
Pennsylvania foundered in a

er Pennsylvania foundered in a
shrieking storm Wednesday.
Not a trace of either the men
or their vessel had been dicovered
more than 80 hours after the
Pennsylvania sent out a distress
call saying her crew was abandon
ing ship and taking to foursmall
lifeboats.
American, Canadian and Japan
csc ships fruitlessly criss-crossed
the darkened, snoWswept waters
when the Pennsylvania Last report
ed her position, some $50 miles
northwest of Seattle.
Coast Guard and Navy planes
prepared to launch at dawn an
other day of aerial search after
having combed wide expanses Of
the heaving ocean yesterday with
out spottingany clew to the where
abouts of the drifting men.
The japanese vessel Kamakawa
Maru last night joined the Ameri-
can freighter Cygnet III and the
Canadian weather ship StonetoWn
at the scene but found nothing on
the empty, gale-whipped sea.
The Cygnet earlier r~eportedshe
had picked up ~"objects" on her ra-
dar screen frequently unrelia-
BILE in bad sea conditions-about
16 miles distant. But hours later
the Cygnet still had found nothing
to account for the radar GHOSTS"
Coast Guard search planes dron-
ed through tricky winds, bad ic-
ing conditions and poor visibility
for hours over the area yesterday
put likewise reported negative re-
suits.
, 1952-01-12
Page Three

Comdr, R. M. Dudley, pilot of one
ofthe planes, reported that he and
his crew saw absolutely nothing"
His plane criss-crossed the region
for IT and a half hours before
nightfall forced it to return to
base at Seattle.
Search and rescue officialssaid
a coast guard BIT search bomber,
A PPM patrolplane and two navy
aircraft would be over the search
area at dawn today but added that
the situation doesn't look good"
The said chances of the men
being found alive were dimming
with each hour that dashed the
seas throughout the region.
, 1952-01-12

NEW YORK, Jan. IL GNS)-
Anyone in the audience have time
to listen to a long, sad, truestory
about what happens to the Christ
mas spirit?
Scarcely a Christmas passesthat
I fail to receive a gift without
one single, solitary clue even a
finger print-toidentify the giver.
It would be simply dreamy if
the gift was always ten dozen red,
red roses from a man | could inn
agine as tall, dark and handsome
with money. He'd have to have
money to send that many roses.
But even I cannot summon up a
tall, dark handsome man loaded
with lucre who would be respon-
sible-over the years-for such a
motley array of gifts as six cock
tail napkins, a bath mat, a three
pound fruit cake, a carton of avo-
cadoes and, last but not least, a
poinsietta plant.
No, these are merely the slips
that pass in the night in New
York's harrassed stores at the
holiday season. They simly forget
to tuck in the gift card.
, 1952-01-12

The unidentified poinsietta ar
rived on Dec. "a of this last Yule-
tide season. Despite it's illegitimate
status, | gave that poinsietta a
mothers care.Bu even so, by yes
ter eve it resembled a picked
chicken more than a plant, and l
was thinking that soon we must
part.
At this point the phone rang. A
man with a voice full of melan-
choly asked if | was Mrs. Robb
and if l had received a poinsietta
plant for Christmas.
eyes," I said bitterly, land
what's more, there was no card
with it and no way to identify
the florist and now probably my
best friend thinks Pm a heel"
"Lady, don't say nothing" the
sad voice pleaded. "Already, I got
two mad women on my hands. An
other I can't stand. All day, yak,
yak, yak until I gotta migrane
aspirin won't touch!"
"It's like this" the sad voice ex-
planned, "that poinsietta plant don't
belong to you in the first place.
This woman come into my store
on Christmas Eve and she says
she's going to send a plant to this
friend she amt spoke to in five
years.
"They had a falling out, but now
this woman is softened up with
good will to man and she wants
to make overtures to this old
friend to be friends again.
$50 she orders this poinsietta
for a woman whose name is Hobb,
and to make a long story shorter