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Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05

bridge is completed and open for
traffic although the work on some
OF the approaches is not complete
but this does not interfere with
traffic.
While traffic is maintained on a
number Of cther construction pro-
1ects now in progress, the work Is
causing some Inconvenience for
traffic at these points and ii is sug-
gested that motorists comply with
the posted speed regulations along
these operations.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05

Of Tuesday, June 9Th, in the indiv-
idual rooms.
School will be dismissed for the
year at IL o'clock, Wednesday,
June 10th.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
GREGG HALL
Second year pupil in top duneing. in
q novelty tap number

Among the solo dancers little Fchett
Candy-Fary the "NucTacker
is
pupil is outstanding in his Crawford Pack
and Jimmy Hammond az &.
One novelty tap number Il Miss Swiss sung
by a boys a girls
These dances are choeographed by Mrs Sidney Mitchell
the
and conducts dance classes Friday the Milford
This recital the
Milford Memorial
School Auditorium. Tickets seventy-fve cents.
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05
Annual Dance Recital

RACHEL and LINDA GRIER
who are bollerinas in fhe bdIIet
The Noon Is A Sheppordess"
Milford chronicle., 1953-06-05

Ports Are Quickly Installed
Rustproof oIUminvm pipe and fittings
ore cosy to hundIe. loft. section
weighs little over 3-lbs. Just slide pipe
into eoEnector.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

trade agreements with foreign
countries.
The reciprocal trade program
has recurrently been attacked in
Congress by members who con-
tended it went too far in expos
ing American business to foreign
competition.
Scenting such a fight ahead
Senate Majority Leader Taft said
he was agreeable to the one
year extension and thought ii
was "all right to postpone the
fight, if there is going to be one
and let this trade not aid idea
stew for awhile and see what
comes of it."
Trade not aid" is a slogan
used by those, in this country
and abroad, who believe United
States direct aid to friendly ma
tions might be replaced wholly or
partly by measures making it
easier for foreign countries to
sell their goods here and so earn
dollars.
Democratic support for the
one-year extension was pre-
dicted by Senate Minority Leader
johnson, provided there are not
lot Of amendments added"
President Eisenhower said in
his message, "a thorough and
Evening star., 1953-04-08
6. 0.P. Would Keep
Trade Act Until Il
Drafts Own Policy
BY the AssoeiGtsd Press

The Eisenhower administration
wants year of reciprocal trade
bargaining under the present
rules while it works out its own
foreign commerce and tariff pol
1cies.
President Eisenhower said Sc
yesterday in a special message
to Congress, asking that the Re-
ciprocal Trade Act, a legacy
from the Roosevelt and Truman
administrations, be extended q
year beyond its expiration date,
June IL.
Pending is a bill by Represen-
tative Simpson, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania, an influential
member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, which would
extend the act, but with amend
ments curtailing the Presidents
freedom to cut tariffs in making
Evening star., 1953-04-08

comprehensive re-examination Of
the economic foreign policy"
was imperative.
He said the United States trade
policy "as well as that of other
countries should contribute to
the highest possible level of
trade on a basis that is profitable
and equitable for ALL"
The President said also his
administration would consult
Congress frequently as its pro-
gram develops.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Knights of Columbus

The fifth annual Holy Hour
Of Potomac Council, Knights Of
Columbus, will be held from 8
to 10 pm. tomorrow in the St
Aloysius Church, North Capitol
and I streets. The observance
will be under the direction of the
Rev. Edward A. Fuller. council
chaplain.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12
Meeting of Brownie Troop 8

The meeting of Brownies, Troop
8, was held at the Youth Center
on Wednesday with Clara Anne
Jones as president. This was a
'fy-up" ceremony for three
Brownies who had reached their
tenth birthday in January and had
passed their Tenderfoot require
ments. The girls were Norma
Jane Birmingham, Carol Ann
Downes and Sandra j. Warren.
Each girl was presented with the
Brownie Scout Wings by the
Brownie Leader, Mrs. Clark
Knots. Girl Scout Troop 2 was
by Susan Price who
each girl to their new
Leader, Mrs. Martin Golden. She
the girls to Troop 2 and
presented them with the Girl Scout
pin. The Assistant Leader, Mrs.
Richard Price, presented them
with the Troop Crest. Other guests
were Mrs. James Warren, Mrs.
Downes and Mrs. Guy Ed
mondson. The Brownies toasted
at the fireplace and
popped corn. Brownie projects for
January were tying square knots,
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12
BOOK REVEALS
ACCIDENT DATA
National Safety Council Book
Accident Facts" Gives
Statistical Data
RATE REDUCED

Death and taxes may be newt
able-but the experts are beating
the former.
Since 1913, the year of the for
NAL organization of the safety
movement, about 100000 persons
have been saved from accidental
deaths.
From 1900 until 1913 an average
of nearly 10000 persons were kill
ed in accidents each year-a rate
of S5 deaths per 100000 popula-
ton. The toll would have reached
$4,000 persons in 1914 of this rate
had continued, but it was reduced
to 70 and the death toll to 1000
saving of about 1000 lives. Sim
liar comparisons based on rates for
succeeding years show that about
half million lives were saved by
1851.
Despite these accomplishments,
Accident Facts" the National
Safety Councils statistical year
book, shows that one home in
every five is touched by a serious
accident each year.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12
HEART DRIVE BY GRANGE
Grange to Assist Firemen in Farm
Identification Program

Grange to Assist Firemen in Farm
Identification Program
The Smyrna Grange will assist
the Citizens Hose Company with
the farm identification program,
and the grange committee named
for this project includes John
Dukes, Reynolds Jones, and Arthur
Short. The grange is in charge of
plastic hearts for the current heart
drive, a project sponsored by all
the oranges in the state. A con-
tribution was made by the local
grange to the March of Dimes.
The grangers are collecting cloth
ing for use by the school nurse,
Mrs. Clara Spar, for needy famil-
les. Also they collect magazines
and Christmas cards to be used to
entertain residents of the State
Welfare Home These articles may
be brought to the meeting Thurs
day night, or left at the home of
Mrs. James Fleming. A pie social
is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. II,
in charge Of Mrs. Fred Heinold, Sr.
The pies brought by members will
be auctioned off and the proceeds
used for community service. Carl
ton Blendt, Jr, master of Smyrna
Grange will present the Lamp of
Fellowship to the master of the
Dover Grange at the Kent County
visiting program to be held in Do
yer on Feb. II. The program will
be arranged by Harold McGrath,
lecturer of Smyrna Grange.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

End at the Capitol Grange Hall IT.
Dover, under sponsorship of w. L.
Wheatley, Inc, prominent freezers
and Gamers of Clayton. A very
interesting and instructive pro-
gram in soil selection and the
growing and harvesting of sweet
corn, peas, lima beans and carrots
was offered those in attendance.
The program was divided into a
morning and afternoon sessions
with lunch served at the hall by
the Capitol Grange. Principal
speakers included DR.. ]. w. Heu-
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

University of Delaware and Mr..
George Vappa, Assistant County
Agent for Kent County assisted
Mr.. ]. Walter AXE of w. L. Wheat
ley, Inc, in a discussion of Farm
ers' problems in cultural practices
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

making Valentines, attending
church services, new songs and
new games. The sponsors of Troop
8 is the Harvey C. Jones Bible
Class and they will give the
Brownies a Valentine Party on
Wednesday, Feb. IL at $3.50 o'clock
in the Youth Center.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

berger and Prof. Donald Mac
Creary of the University of Della
ware, and DR.. Hester and Mr.. ]. L.
Robertson of the Campbell Soup
Company. Mr.. Robert Stevens,
Extension Horticultural of the
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

at the conclusion of the session.
In addition to farmers present.
there were representatives in at
tendance from several Delaware
and Virginia canning organiza-
tions.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12
HOLDS GROWERS MEETING

w. L. Wheatley, Inc, Sponsors a
Meeting in Grange Hall, Dover
A well attended Growers Meet
ing was held on Monday, February
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12

Change, indeed, is painful, yet
ever needful; and if memory have
its force and worth, so also has
hope.-Carlyle.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-02-12
The Smyrna Times
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Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July S.
1854. Editor and proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert D. Hof-
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Published Every Thursday Morning by
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Street. Smyrna. Del.
w. Lester Smith. Manager
ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
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Subscription price. Sl.5O per year. strictly
in advance.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Hatred for Reds Marks POW Reaction to Explanation

repatriated, go to the door on your
left"
When the interpreter finished, Lee
cried out again, II want to go to
Taiwan." He made another threat
ening gesture toward the Chinese,
then tried to rush for the "Taiwan
door," The Indian guards restrained
him. We all filed out, the guards
being the last to leave him. They
barred the door and faced away
from the tent.
Five minutes later we returned
The Indian chairman again told
him about the doors. Lee made
some more nasty remarks to the
Reds. Then he pointed to the
"Taiwan door" and the Indian said
quietly, Let him go!" The guards
hustled him toward the door to
Taiwan." But Lee was not finished.
He braced himself, twisted back in
the direction of the Communists,
and shouted, "You tell a lie. :.
I choose Taiwan and freedom, not
communism and death. You
sons of dogs murdered my mother
-. You say you will send, me home
quickly. . You tell lie. :" He
was still screaming imprecations as
he left the tent.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
By jock Jonos

BY Jock Jonos
lenkov, it is likely that the United
States would ship Beria back to
Russia to stand trial for murder
Nations generally agree that killing
the head of state is not a politi-
cal crime, but murder most foul,
and assasSlnS who go around knock
ing off kings, presidents, premierS
and dfctators ought to be brought
to account.
Great Britain has long recognized
asylum and considers herself duty
bound hot to ship refugee back
home. Each case is investigated
carefully before action is taken.
This happened in the case of Ger
hard Eisler, the Connie who fled
America aboard the Polish liner
Batory.
The American attitude is more
informal: United States legations
are warned not to put out the wei
come mat for political refugees, but
not to slam the door in their faces
either.
The Christian practice of sane
tuary is the basis for international
laws treatment of asylum. Sane
tuary goes back even before the
Christian era-the Greeks set aside
temples to Zeus as sanctuary spots
but the Catholic church was the
first to go into it in detail, draw
ing up sets of rules and rights.
These laws, like many laws, finally
had so much Interpretation that it
became the practice of each church
to draw up its own rules and set
up its own playing field. This in
cluded how far the right of sane
tuary extended beyond the church
walls.
Nations today are not so specific
and there is no general code of
asylum to which all countries SUBJ
scribe. And the practice of one
state agreeing with another by
treaty on what fugitives should be
Evening star., 1953-10-25

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and
Switzerland. Also present are the
representatives Of the two sides, a
representative of the side by which
you were formerly held, and ex-
planners from the side to which you
belong"
Lee had another fit when the
interpreter mentioned the ~"side to
which you belong" He gesticulated
and shouted nasty epithets at the
explainers. Somehow he got his right
foot under the seat of the folding
chair behind him and sent the chair
sailing at the Communist explainers,
waist high. The table intercepted
the chair as the Reds ducked. Their
briefcases went flying. Lee dragged
the Indians with him toward the
covering Chinese and sprayed them
with spittle as he hissed: Your
mother has gone to bed with the
Russians" The Indians jerked him
back out of range.
The Indian chairman was shout
ing. Listen to mel" over and over
again in Chinese. He obviously had
armed himself with only few Chi
nese phrases and was hard put to
get his point across. The Chi
nese Communist interpreter was
completely ineffective. The Swedish
member, handsome, kindly looking
man, put his hand up in police
mans stop-Signal-type gesture, then
hnnt ict
telling the prisoner to sit down in
sign language. Lee merely hunched
his shoulders and stamped his foot
resoundingly on the board floor
He continued to gesticulate, shout,
II want to go to Taiwan!" and
stomped the floor boards as the
Indian chairman continued, shout
ing through the din:
g., The explainer will now speak
to you. We'd like to make it
clear that you need not answer any
questions you don't want to. 80"
The ExpIoiner Speaks
The Chinese Red rose and spoke
in loud voice, squeezing in a few
words while Lee caught his breath
between insults. Lee stopped for a
moment as the Communist explainer
asked him, What about your mother
and family?" Lee had the answer
for that one, rehearsed in long
hours: You Communists have killed
my family and burned my house"
What percentage of the prisoners
told the truth when they said that
as most of them said it-there is
no way of knowing. Nor can one
be sure that any prisoner really
knew the truth of his family's fate.
The explainer went on, paused to
make a welcoming gesture toward
the China door" behind him, spoke
few more sentences and sat down.
Lee became moderately quiet. The
Indian chairman. resumed:
You have listened to what the
eXplalner had to say to you. In Or
der that you may make a free deci-
sion, everybody here will now leave.
You will have five minutes to make
up your own mind. If you choose
to be repatriated, go to the door on
your right. If you choose not to be
Evening star., 1953-10-25

returned is only little more than
300 years old. The first treaties,
oddly, dealt only with political
fugitiveS.
Today most treaties exclude
political fugitives. The variance of
terms among the many existing
treaties make it almost impossible
to draw up a general rule. The lack
of general rules was well illustrated
in the case of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany when the allies tried to
get him back from Holland after
World War for trial "for a supreme
offenSe against international moral
ity and the sanctity of treaties"
The Dutch. pointing to "the age
long tradition which has made this
country always a ground for refuge
for the vanquished in international
conflicts" refused.
Even where extradition treaties
exist, the punishment must fit the
crime, in the eyes of the country
deciding whether a fugitive should
be returned. If the punishment is
more severe in the country where
the crime was committed, the
prisoner usually isn't returned.
Thus, because Italy has no death
penalty for murder, she will not
extradite to the United States per-
sons accused of murder there, even
though she has an extradition
treaty with the United States.
And, reversing the situation. the
United States would not be likely to
return a prisoner to the small
country whose ruler recently was
driven out because he had re-
instituted long abandoned prac-
tice of cutting off fingers as punish
meant for certain minor crimes.
Mr.. Beria, the policeman, will
have to become a pretty astute
student of. the niceties of interna-
tional law If he hopes to find a
place for permanent roots. Pro-
vided, Of course, that he's looking.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Not Everybody Can Win Political Asylum

If Lavrenti P. Beria actually is
roaming the world seeking a place
to take root, he had better be care
full about where he lands. If he
touches United States shores he
could be shipped back to Russia
under guard.
This interesting possibility arises
because the United States is not, as
is widely believed by the voter, the
open-armed Uncle Sam pictured in
cartoon and story. This country
goes out of its way in extradition
treaties to point out it's belief that
the doctrine of asylum-that a man
who commits a crime is safe if he
fees to foreign land-has no basis
in international law. This is an
, other way of saying you make your
rules and I'll make mine, because
there is no general rule for every
body.
All of this gives wide latitude for
rule of thumb and the thumb
prints cover a lot of territory.
Actually, while a man like Beria
would not be told officially that he
would be welcome to stop in the
United States for a while, it isn't
likely he would be sent back to
Russia if he wanted to abandon his
Communist ways and let high Off
Gals have the answers to some i'm
portant questions. This is because
the United States considers the
crime of which Beria is accused
political, and political crimes have
for long time been excluded from
eXtradition treaties.
Beria's supposed crime is a COM
plicated one: He has been accused
of plotting against the state by
plotting against group of doctors
he accused of plotting against the
state. This sort of crime" would
be deemed political if it ever came
to a showdown. But If Beria, ON the
way out Of Russia, had stopped
by the Kremlin long enough to
shoot and kill Premier Georgi Ma
Evening star., 1953-10-25
The Explanation

Lee had entered one end of long
squad tent. At his left sat the Neu-
tral Nations Repatriation Commits
sion team, one of 80 such groups
sitting that afternoon. The Indian
chairman, civilian in Lees case,
sat in the middle of a rectangular
table along the left side. To the In
dams left sat the Swedish and
Swiss representatives. To the In
dams right sat the Czech and Polish
representatives.
Straight ahead of Lee as he en-
tered, facing him in front of the
door at the other end of the tent,
sat four explainerS, three Chinese
and one North Korean at another
oblong table. The Chinese officers
wore loose, mustard-colored, wool
uniforms, each with red badge
over his left breast. The badges
looked like second-prize ribbons
at American county fairs.
A black steel folding chair was
placed in front of these two tables,
facing toward the commission. At
the right of the entrance, in the
corner, sat a Chinese Communist
observer lin this case an American
second lieutenant with a blue flag
U. N. armband), and a Chinese
American enlisted man who served
as the U. N. observers interpreter.
In the same corner were other chairs
for observers from the U. N. and
Communist press.
Wrestling Notch
Lee engaged in the usual wrestling
match with his two Indian guards
as he approached the NNRC table.
He Spurned the chair, stomped on
the floor, shouted, IT want to go to
TaiWan!" and generally made a spec
tacle OF himself. Each Indian guard
carried six-foot staff. about two
inches in diameter, with nasty
looking iron point on the lower end.
The Indians almost never used their
slaves. Once a guard tapped Lee on
the head with the pole. but their
main restraint was the hammer lock
applied to both arms. Lees beer-can
cup dangled anonymously from his
belt.
When Lee got tired and settled
down little, the Indian chairman
began. He spoke slowly in English
while Chinese Communist and
American Chinese Interpreters be-
hind him translated. Periodically he
interjected stern warnings to Lee
in Chinese to Listen to me" or sit
down." neither of which impressed
Lee. The Indian chairman repeated
his sentences when he saw that Lee
was acting up too much to have
understood. The prisoner was told:
"We are members of the Neutral
Nations Repatriation Commission,
representing five countries, India,
Evening star., 1953-10-25
The Aftermath

Outside in the clear sunshine, two
more Indian guards took over again.
AS Lee struggled past tent after
tent of shouting Red and White
Chinese, he. broke into song, cried,
"On to Taiwan!" Then he stood in
front of the "Taiwan gate" as he
called it but which the Indians, of
course, call "non-repatriating gate"
Throughout the proceedings, the
Indians have not recognized that
these Chinese anti-CommunistS
necessarily will go to Formosa. The
issue, to India, is only repatriation
VS.. non-repatriation, and the Poles
and Czechs on the NNRC teams
make them stick strictly to that
issue. Chiang's offer to receive the
prisoners in FormoSa was said to be
the most important point in per-
suading the Chinese to leave their
South Korea prison camps for the
demilitariZed zone. They wanted
assurances that a friendly power
would take them, that they would
not be left to the mercy of some
nation they considered their enemy.
Lee stood motionless for a second
in front of the gate to homeopathic
tion and eventual freedom. A COM
rade still being grilled in the tent
nearest him shouted, "On to Tai
wan!" and Lee was carried away
again. He started in the direction
of the tent, TO give his buddy some
moral support. Even if his friend
needed it, the Indian guards would
not let him. They thrust him through
the gate, and he started back on
the 400-yard trek to his old COM
pound.
Score: 4l0 to 9
That day 419 prisoners had trav-
eled this road. Nine had chosen to go
back to Red China, out the ''repatri-
alton door," Most of these nine
were older men. A couple obviously
we're Red agents. One was unde-
cided and would face further expla-
nations later. He was rumored to be
a compound commander, had been
subjected to three hours of expla-
nations by the Communists. The In
dians claim the Reds could decide to
concentrate until Christmas eve, the
explanations deadline, on one man,
and the Indians could do nothing
about it, if the eXplainers refrained
from coercion. The United Nations,
on the other hand, is objecting even
fO fhrnn-hnI1C
grounds of "cruel and inhuman
treatment" lie. attempted coercion.
The U. N. also charged brain wash
ing
The United Nations is especially
sensitive to any case of prolonged
questioning this early in the expla-
nations-there are some 81 900 Chi
nese and North Koreans still to be
interviewed. U. N. officials know
the Reds could be feeling their way,
planning to concentrate on certain
prizes among the prisoners. Time,
of course, is on the U. N. side. The
Reds will lose by default if they
spend too many hours on any one
individual.
This undercurrent of Communist
stitfening in the explanations did
not get through to Lee, however, as
he walked, now free and untouched,
through the double Gordon of In
dian guards back to his old prison
compound and eventual freedom.
There was a swagger in his stride
as he shouted again. "On to Taiwan
and freedom!" thrust his fist tri-
umphantly toward the m.dafter-
noon sky, and disappeared over the
Sedpe-cnVered hill.