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Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
WHAT ARE WE sAYINc7

Secretary Of Commerce, Sinclair
Weeks has the distinction of being
the first Eisenhower cabinet officer
to announce that he had succeeded
in cutting his departmental bud
get by Is per cent. On the heels of
the Weeks announcement came
word from Defense Secretary Will
son that he was busy with his
spring pruning. 1t was not going
to be easy, he said, and he felt that
material reductions could only be
accomplished by cutting manpow-
er. Accordingly military personnel
are to be shaken loose from desk
and other nOn-military jobs wher-
ever they can be spared, and it was
planned to cut the draft July first
from $4,000 per month to 37,50O.
At the Interior Department, Sec
retary Douglas Mckay has his
Scotch blood up and is stalking
waste and needless frills. He will
make some real savings, he says,
but is not promising as much as
ten per cent. Agriculture Secretary
Ezra Taft Benson, however stole
the economy show with the an
nOuncement that his house clean
ing would save 13O millions, and
without reduction of any farm
price supports.
1t has also been revealed that
one casualty of Secretary Weeks
shears is the 80 millions earmarked
for a pet Truman project, the
Grandview airport, near Independ-
ence, Mo.
We also hear whisperings that
the proud members of the Eisen-
hover official family may not be
able to make their noble inten-
tions stick. But. we shall ignore
that gloomy sibilance for the mo-
ment, and just sit back and enjoy
the first good news of it's kind we
have heard in more than twenty
years.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
Gas Kills Local
Man In Old Car

Henry Smith, AZ, Milford, died
OF mOnoxide gas poisoning in the
back seat of an automobile in
which he had spent much of last
Saturday riding with three men, in
Vestigation by state police disclosed.
He lived at the lumber yard of
the M. & H. Lumber Co., Milford,
where he was employed. He had
no known relatives.
Debbie Prattis, Wyoming, called
police last Sunday after 1:15 a. m,
reporting that a man in the rear
seat Of the automobile Of Alexander
Bostic Of Wyoming appeared to be
dead. The car was parked in front
Of her home.
An autopsy was performed by
DR.. o. ]. Pollak, Dover, after the
man had been pronounced dead by
DR.. Harry G.. Neese, Jr., Wyoming
who had been summoned By the po-
lice.
Smith, BOstic, and two ether men
had been riding and, according to
police, drinking together last Sat-
urday. Smith, they said, passed
out" in the car and Bostic, unable
to arouse him when he arrived
home, believed his condition due to
drink.
Smith had no Identification cards
and was not known by Bostic, who
said he had picked him up in Mil
ford last Saturday. However, after
some hours Of question in the Mil
ford area last Sunday, the police
learned Smith was missing. Friends
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
BABSON Discusses COst-Of-Eatinu

NEW YORK CITY, April 2-The taking off of
price controls has caused some prices to advance;
but most prices have remained constant or have
decreased. I am convinced that free competition,
which now is being tried, will ultimately reduce the
cost Of foods
BE PATIENT
There will be a lag between the wholesale price
drop and the retail prices In Florida own a cattle
ranch Steers which sold the hoof at thirty cents
pound two years ago now sell for ten cents. Cows
which then sold at 5000 can be bought for $50.
Readers wonder why the retail price of beef is
still high. The answer is that the beef now in the
stores for sale purchased by the packers at
nigh prices. We must wait until this hgh-priced
beef is eaten before the retail price will drop further
Thls may take four to six months. The same prin-
ciple applies to many foods
ADVICE ABOUT HONE FREEZERS
Deep freezers are good for the home and good
for the nation as a whole. These, however. should
be filled inteligently To get the most from buving
IN quantity, the family should give real study to
seasons, crop reports and other factors. The first
verse of the third chapter of the Bible Book of
Ecclesastes gives good advice to those who buv
food for storing
We should buy in quantity when beef fruit
vegetables, etc., are cheap; but we should also
consider quality as well as price It is wise per-
maps to buy some meats now; but wait before
storing beef.
POLITICAL ASPECTS
Wnile such lower food prices please city DWELL
ers' railing prices cause much grief to millions of
uIal FAMILIES Cattlemen are now taking big losses
city 1olks laugh about the dairy mess and similar
Mistakes but they all have a sad human side of
sTleI loss and disappointment Let us be sympa-
Ine1c with all unfortunate rural people.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
NG0NE
JUST WHAT BECOMES OF YOUR
TAX DOLLAR?

The Ides of March are past, but the ma
tional headache that occurs each March Is
when the income tax falls due fingers on. At
the present time, even the smallest taxpayers
Tin the under-$2,000 bracket) must pay more
than fifth of their taxable income to the
FEDERAL government. In the rarifed air of
over-S2OO,O0O the federal tax begins taking
q Whopplng 81 per cent. And you don't have
TO be rich to be in the group that pays half
It's income to the federal treasury-the 81
per cent rate is reached when your taxable
earnings pass $4,000 and it goes up exceed
lngly fast from there. The many state in
come taxes take slice Of what's left in addi-
ton to property taxes
This fiscal year the federal tax take is
expected to total almost sos GGG 900, 900, of
which half will come from individuals and
the rest from corporations and indirect
sources. A great many of us are wondering
just where all that money goes.
Y. ). News and World Report supplied
this information in it's issue of March 20.
Here IS what happens to each tax dollar:
Armed forces, 5Sc; interest on the debt, SIC:
foreign AID, TIC; to veterans, &c; social well
rare, 5.4c; stockpiling and related security
actlVltles, ZSc; public works, 2.9c; atomic
energy, 2.7c; to farmers, 2.6c;. other pur-
poses, SIC
Ihese, OF course, are general cIassifca-
Lons. Y. 5. News went on to show in more
detail now our federal tax dollars are spent.
Z OF instance, the government payroll is
a year, with civilian workers
accounting for little more than half of it.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News lnoFmuOn Supplied BY The Bureau OF Markets
Stufe Board Of Agriculture, Dover, Deuwure

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
keter through this week.
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $4,000 to $3.50, mostly
$34.50 per cWt.
Medium to good: $25.OO to $3.50,
mostly $28.00 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$24.00 mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: $1,000 to $4,000, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Choice: $3.50, mostly $3.50 per
cwt.
Medium: $4,000 to $S1.5O, mostly
$27.50 per cwt.
Common: $1,000, mostly $1,000
per cwt.
COWS
(Slaughter)
MeQlum 10 SoOQ: Sl4.UO TO S15.50,
mostly STATS per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $13.75, mostly
S13.25 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $500 to
$11.75, mostly SLIPS per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice light steers: $500
to $4,000, mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $500 to $3.50, most
ly $14.00 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $15.25 to $17.75,
mostly $17.00 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $14.75 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
12O to 40 lbs: $19.25 to $20.25,
mostly $19.75 per cwt.
40 to 24Oalbs.: $2O.5O to $21.25, /
mostly $21.OO per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $4,000 to S2O.75, !
mostly $2O.5O per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
4730 Ell Cerrito
Sacramento 1S, Calf.
March %. 1853

/ ~AANAe0 Los AdAALs
March %, 1853
Dear Friends:
1 think the reason I didn't 90
see Peter Pan," reverts back to
the 25th, or Wednesday of this
week. / had planned an oven din
ner that night a1d when Hayes and
l came in from the yard, about
thirty minutes prior to dinner time.
we discovered that the oven wasn't
working so we substituted sand
Wiches that night. Thursday I had
promised Lynne / would 90 to
school and spend the afternoon
there and when l came home at
S:1O (Hayes had classes from 3 to
B that afternOOn) Hayes had lock-
| ed us out and I couldn't defrost
anything for dinner, since we didn't
get in the house until $3.50. That
night we had hot cakes and saus-
age, so you see last night I lust
had to stay home and make sure
we had a good dinner, therefore
Hayes took Lynne to see the chill
dren's movie, PETER Pan" Notice.
/ say, "Children's movie"
/ can remember all of us laugh
ing with Jimmy Dickerson so, when
he teased his mother about the bed
time stories she used to tell them.
Their faVOrite story was "The
Green Eyed Goblin" We are told
now to tell our children very pleas
ant bed time stories. / have dis
continued Little Red Riding
Hood" long ago because little
Lynne questioned the story's YER
batim.
Hayes was so pleased yesterday
that his schedule worked out so he
could take Lynne to see peter
Pan" Dawn isn't quite three yet
and we didn't think she ought to 20.
We stayed home and summed" and
cooked Daddy's and Lynnie's sup
per. The last time / can remember
Lynne going to a movie it was to
see alice in WOnderland"-tha
was another mistake, but anyway
Neither Hayes nor l knew the
story of Peter Pan. Our mothers
must have known the story and
knew it was not for us. 1 had look
ed it up in Book House, but our
volumes didn't contain the story
and should have known then, that
something was wrong in Denmark,
but off they went, Lynne as happy
as she could be.
AS Hayes explained it to me the
story opens with Wendy and her
two brothers getting ready for bed.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
SOWS
(gOOd QualitV)

SOWS
(gOod quality
200 to 300 lbs: $14.OO to s1775
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $500 to $3.50.
mostly $17.00 per cwt:
Over 400 lbs: $14.5O to S1s5O
mostly S16.50 per cwt.
BOARS
(good quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $500.
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $7.25 flo $500.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $3.50
mostly $14.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old)
Choice: $500 to S1400 mostly
$11.OO per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $45.OO to S72OO
mostly S65.O0 per cwt.
Butcher type: $25.OO to $4,000.
mostly $500 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
(heavy breeds)
Fowl: $1.4O to $2.4O, mostly 81 20
Roosters: $1.2O to S1.6O. mostly
$1.S5. --'''''
eight breeds)
Guineas: $1.OO to $I.2O, mostly
$1.2O. --O'''
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: S.85 TO s115
mostly $1.05.
Muscovy brakes: $1.60 to S2O5
mostly $3.50.
TURKEYS
Toms: $500 to $7.25, mostly $500
Hens: $4.00 to $3.50, mostly $500
RABBITS
Large breeds: S1.2O to S16O
mostly Sips.
Small breeds: $50 to S1OO
Mostly $50.
Young rabbits: S.35 to S.55.
Mostly $40.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $.421s to S.57b
Der dozen.
Pullet: $40 per dozen.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03

by 638 senator's and representa-
tiVes. Three of these men are con-
cerned with what you think. They
are concerned with the national
debt, and so are you.
Perhaps you should remind them
that all Americans are concerned,
too, with the national debt of hon
or to their battered defenders,
which at best can only be repaid
in small part.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson Tuvlor
'THElRs NOT TO QUESTION WAY,

THEIRS NOT TO QUESTION WHY
On the fifth day of the Red Of
Ienslve against the approaches to
south KOrea's capital, Seoul. that
unIeashed the heaviest artillery
lre and the most bitter ground ac-
tlon OF the year and pushed U. N.
forces off of Old Baldy, newsmen
learned from Pentagon sources
tnat ammunition ships have been
diverted from Korea to other des-
tlnations. This action, it is report-
ed, was taken at the request of the
Far East Command, headed by Cen
eral Mark w. Clark, because of
lack of storage space for more ar
tllIery shells. In Tokyo, General
Clark said he did not know of any
such order.
And the same day, Senator Har-
Ty F. Byrd (Dem) of Virginia re-
ported that General James Van
Fleet testified in closed hearing be-
fore the Senate Armed Services
Committee that the shortage of
ammunition had been continuous
since he took command, and that
he had reported it almost daily.
Failure to supply these munitions,
according to General Van Fleet"
said the BYRD summary, seriously
handicapped not only the prosecu-
tlon of the war against Communist
Chinese and North Koreans. but
also the protection of our own
troops"
General ]. LawtOn Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, reclared in rebuttal.
There has never been a shortage
OF ammunition in the hands of our
troops"
But, who ever is right, and who
ever is wrong (and we hope the
Senate finds Out, no American re-
quires a star-chamber investigation
to tell him that our ivory Flower ton
leadership has not been worthy of
the grave men it has sent into the
slt-and-take-it Korean nightmare.
General Clark was quoted the
other day as saying that he could
see no end to the fighting in Kor-
ca" Unfortunately, there is prob
ably no better authority on the
subject.
NATIONAL DEBT OF HONOR
Every normal American wants to
do his duty . by his family, his
faith, his community and his coun-
try. But nobody wants to be a
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03

later identified the body.
Police said the gas had leaked
into the old automobile and that
there was no evidence Of foul play.
The body was taken to the Fleis-
chauer Funeral Home in Green
wood.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03

Inc states are given grants of 81, 300 100000
as part OF the public-aSSiStance program. The
FOsJ Olhce Department is currently spend
ing S666,OOO,O00 more than it takes in The
aSSVy Is getting some new shipS-bill, $780,
OOO'UUO' MlnCary alrplanes are much big
ger ltem-S7, ,4OO,000,000 this year. Collect
ing taxes is costly business in itself-the
bureau OF Internal revenues budget is
S273,O00,000. Crime is another substantial
expense to you, the taxpayer-the federal
100000. Y'O'
The Eisenhower Administration is COM
mltted to going over all of these expenses
with tine-tOOth comb, and reducing them
whenever possible. 1t must pare billions
Just to balance the budget, much less to start
sncing II. It's whale Of a job-but a Job
be done.
1t is likely that fairly substantial reduc-
tlOns Will be made in the public payroll
there seem to be great many cases where
TWO or more people are now doing work suit
able Tor one. Some water will probably he
squeezed out of the public assistance set-up
various Investigations indicate there has
Deen much waste here. There will be a par
ing OF work which can be abandoned or post
pOned, or which can be done by local govern
ment or private enterprise, such as electric
power projects.
Spending for the armed forces, which ac-
counts Tor much more than half of your tax
dollar, will be scrutinized with extreme care
1nlS doesn't mean that there will be blanket
cuts-reports indicate that the President
feels that Outlays for certain military pur-
poses must be increased rather than decreas-
ed But it is believed. that the forces have
gone IN for some extremely expensive and
unnecessary frills. 1t is also believed that
there has been some bad management in the
Pentagon. AS an example, Congress was
strongly upset by General Van Fleets report
Ina! I tneEe mad been ammunition shortages
during the whole time he commanded in
Korea. -
The overall goal is to balance the BUDGET
and then to start working on tax reduction,
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
FREEDOM is BEST


In his State of the Union Message. Pres
ldent Eisenhower said, ''I am convinced that
hoW-as well as in. the long run-free and
competitive prices will best serve the inter
eSts OF all the people and best meet the
changing, growing needs of our econOnnv.'
The President thus said, in effect. that a
price system which is based upon natural
law. Will be healthier for the nation than one
which is disrupted and distorted by political
dlctatlOn and bureaucratic fist.
1t was no accident that this countrv's I'M
rlvaled living standards were a creation of
the Tree market In that kind of a market
anyone who wants to can establish a factory
make anything he chooses and try to sell f.
anyone who wants to can found a retail store
ana try to attract patronage. And his suc
cess Will depend on whether or not he offers
better product, a cheaper product. or some
other lnducement that masses of people de-
sire. Every day Of the year other n1anufac-
tturers or retailers, as the case may be. will
pc out to get his customers away from him
II they can. That is what is known as COM
petition.
In that kind of market prices NAV be
nigh or low, depending on pressures and
conditions that are beyond the control of
business. But one thing is sure-cor1peti-
ton will hold them down to the greatest
possible extent And our labor will buv us
more OF both the necessities and the lUxur-
les than IS the case in any other kind of
market VI
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
ENRICHING THE NATION

In recent three-year PERIOD, 1900 600
people bought shares for the first time in
American corporations.
Over 100000 people own shares in one
public service company. Close to 400 900
own shares in single automobile manufac-
turing concern. And in a leading electric
utility, one out of each four employees is a
shareoWner.
This means, of course, that the people
concerned have faith in the future of Amer
lean enterprise-and they have faith in the
free system which makes American enter
prise the driving, dynamic thing it is.
STOCK exchanges are needed because that
faith exists, and that has been SO ever since
this Republic was founded. The New York
Stock Exchange began when Washinqton's
government issued stock to help paw for the
Revolutionary War and it was necessary to
establish a market where securities could he
resold. Since. then, stOck-selling has been
the means of raising the money to prodnce
goods and services Of every conceivable kind
1.-The goods and services which are the tang
lOie evidence of our unequalled living stand
ards.
1t has been accurately observed that in
vestors leave the nation richer than thew
found it. And today, happily, their number
is increasing and totals manv millions
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03
GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL

Beginning the second week following
Easter America will observe the ninth an
Week (April 13 through 1917. Lasting the
entire week, this all-faiths drive is planned
with an idea of stimulating the attendance
OF every adult and child at the Sunday
18th. '''''' 1Ai'i II
Sponsored by the Laymen's National
committee, nOn-proft, non-sectarian or
ganlzatiOn consisting of men and women
from civic as well as business fields. this
worthy project is yearly highIighted
throughout the entire country.
Laying foundations of faith through the
training IN religion for our little ones is all
in today's world of paganism and constant
conflict. Our Sunday Schools are more than
mere religious training institutions-they
are combination of the ministry and lay
workers, happy team, united in their self
less dedication to an ideal of an ever closer
relation between man and God.
Milford chronicle., 1953-04-03

NATIONAL DEBT OF HONOR
Every normal American wants to
DO his duty by his family, his
faith, his community and his coun-
try. But nobody wants to be a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-11-06

NEW YORK = NC - Bishop
James H. Griffifhs, Chancellor of
the Military Ordinariate, gave the
invocation at the dedication of the
5,000,0 900 Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace here.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-11-06
Lay Congress
Set Dec. 8-I3
In s. Africa

R0ME-Radio NC)-The first
Afgrican congress on the lay apos-
tolate viii be held at Kisbui, Ugan-
da, Dec. to Is, it was announced
here by the Committee for Inter
national Congresses of the Apostle
late of the Laity.
According to Committee offic-
ials, the African sessions will be
attended not only by delegates
from all parts of the Dark Contin-
ent but from the United States
and various European countries
as well.
Among those scheduled TO attend
are Msgr. Luigi G. Ligutti, execu-
tive director of the National
Catholic Rural Life Conference in
the United States, and Prince Zu
Lowenstein, president of the Cen
trail Committee of German Catho-
lies.
Other delegates, according to
information here, will include rep.
resentatives of various information.
al Catholic women's, youth and Lay
missionary organizations, and OF
the Apostoieship of Prayer.
Expected to preside at the ses
sions is His Eminence Theodosio
Clemente Cardinal de Gouveis
Archbishop of Lourenco MARQUES
Portuguese East Africa. Also due
to attend are Bishops, Wears Apos.
tolic and Projects Apostolic, OF
their delegates, from many other
sections Of Africa.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-11-06
TVS Influence
Strong, Says
Vatican Editor

VATICAN CTTY-NC) - Televi-
sion can be a providential rebuilder
Of family life. But ii can also be
come deadly germ further weak
ening family life.
This comment was made BY
Count Giuseppe Dalla Tore, edit
or of Vatican City's OSservatore
Romano, in his daily column.
Editor Dalla Tore commented
on recently published reports by
British psychologist Roger For
gussen that TV may well serve to
reunite families just as the movie
theater served to break them up
by taking the children out of the
home. Mr.. Forgussen also foresaw.
the possibility of slight decrease
in marriages as a result of TV. He
said 1t was because the young peo-
pie would be staying at home
oftener.
Count Della Tore laughed at
Forgussen's last observation The
osservafore editor noted that
marriages had been going on
quite regularly ever since Adam
and were not greatly affected by
the Social help" Of The movies.
The point that television viii re-
unite the family has this hitch,
Count Dalla Tore said. TV can
have the same shattering effect on
family life as the movies If it
shows the same things on the
screen-themes accepting divorce,
free unions and the like.
There is one other difficulty
with television, Count Dalla Tore
stated. Civil authorities cannot
hang an adults Only" sign on the
TV set like they can on the movie
theater.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-11-06

Which he was introduced by DR..
Frans Van Cauwelaert, president
Of the lower chamber of the Bel
gian parliament. He told an audi
ence of several thousand, including
members of the Belgian Cabinet,
that while America has 'Flike every
country in Europe, gone after false
gods,p she preserves a ''deep re-
ligious strain which embOdies high
ideals and keeps them fresh"
AT the present time America is
experiencing a deep spiritual re-
newal," the Cardinal said. "Evi-
dences of this are on every hand.
They are in the thousands of young
men and women who have turned
from the lure of lucrative positions
to seek in contemplative commun-
tiles a more effective way to direct
their energies of prayer and sacri-
flee to God in behalf of mankind.
Decisive Force
"They are in the qGickening in-
terest which has been manifested
in mysticism all through postwar
America, and in the extraordinary
sacrifices being made by millions
of American fathers and mothers
for the erection and maintenance
of parochial and private schools
wherein knowledge of God can be
integrated with secular knowledge
so that religion will be a forma-