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Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
THE FARMERS BANK OPEN NEW
BANKING BUILDING AT DOVER

We were among the group at the recep-
tlOn Thursday evening of last week when the
Farmers Bank of Delaware gave previeW
inspection of their new banking home in
Dover. It is beautiful building, equipped
with the latest of equipment and facilities for
the accommodation of the public and it's custO-
mers. The expansive main floor is beautifully
appointed. TheOficeS of the officers are hand
some, the Board Room and conference rooms,
together with the kitchen facilities the large
vaults and the easy accessibility to them are
only few of the modern features of the new
institution. The bank is one that will easily
stand a second and third inspection. It's
features in many instances are unique. Ger
tainly there cannot be many banks Of such
proportions located in a City the size CT Dover.
Delawareans in general should make it point
to visit the bank when in our Capitol city.
The officials there will welcome your visit.
@SO4N
ATOMIC ENERGY LEAD ENDANGERED
Dr. Harold C. Urey, Nobel prize winner
and top atomic scientist, warned recently
that unless America speeds development of
atomic energy for peaceful purposes, 'sOme
other countries will get ahead of us. Pre-
sumably ne included Russia.
He said we need Henry Ford or a Walter
Chrysler to harness the atoms for construc-
tive ends. The government has been moving
much too slowly, and the only way to get the
program rolling, he thinks, is to clear the
road for business enterprise to go to work.
AS for there being a danger in letting
private companies in on atomic secrets, that's
nonsense, in the opinion of this expert whO
more than most others, is in position to
Judge. Plenty of highly-secret weapons GUS
tOmarily are manufactured by private COM
panies andthere are no good reasons, he
thinks, for not entrusting atomic energy
development to them. DR.. Urey makes sense
This government monopoly should be broken
up now.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13

She reserved a special place on the
guest list for a group of university
students who had just returned
from a good will tour of India.
She did not expect any lulls in the
conversation - and there weren't
any.
Mrs. Romans home has been a
meeting ground for more than 26
years for a traditiOnally tempera-
mental lOt-the big and little peO-
pie of show business.
She applies a similar procedure
in slightly different form. She says
she often let's the guest of honor
choose the guests. just to be on the
safe side.
II just say, Honey, whom do
you love in town'?" Mrs. Conan
explains. "The guest of honor tells
me. and that's that. How can you
miss. that way?"
Mrs. Conan and her husband Op-
crate the Gay Nineties" night club
in San Francisco. They, like the
university chancellor and his wife,
live across the Bay in Barkeley
There they entertain almost all the
city's visiting actors.
Guests Studied
Mrs. Kerr has a little rule: study
up in advance on your guests.
ut makes all the difference in
the world" reports Mrs. Kerr, eff
you can say something like, Mr..
Jones, this is Mr.. Smith. He just
returned from Mexico City, where
you visited last summer That
gives them something to go on"
At large p2rties. Mrs. Kerr and
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
351S Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
November 8. 1853

ANONGAAAgCA 1900
Dear Friends:
Tomorrow night we hope to have
Harry DerricksOn with us for din
ner. We hope it won't be too much
longer before he'll be in Delaware
for good. Know that doesn't read
very we'll, but Harry is anxious to
get home to be with his wife, Ar
lene, who is in the Beebe Hospital.
and to be with his three children
again, namely: Bobby, Sandy and
Jimmy. We will miss him. More
of our friends who are moving
about are the Harry Mulholland,
Juniors, who now have moved to
New Jersey. Know all the gang at
home will miss them greatly, but
l am sure they will be home fire.
quently with their three darling
daughters, Cheryl, Judy and Joan.
Sorry to hear that Joan was in the
hospital just a few days before
they moved.
l have just written this morning
to our Mather friends in California
to be on the look out for Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. Howard B. Kitchens
who are to be stationed in Sacra-
mentO. Know they will love that
city and I hope will get to meet
some of our friends out there.
Yesterday we drove up to a fill
ing station here in town and ask
ed for the best way to get to
LeaVenworth. The sharp" come
dian peering in the window at us
said, va might shoot somebody.
You see one Of the Federal prisons
is at LeavenwOrth, Kansas.
LeaVenwOrth is between here and
Kansas City and when we were
not too many miles from the peni-
tentary we began seeing signs
along the highway that read "Pri-
son area. Please do not pick up
hitch mixers"
At Xavier. Kansas. which is a
nearby town, is st. Mary's College
which looked lovely from the high
way with it's winding road covered
with trees that were beautiful in
their fall cOlOrs. We are Just now
enjoying the fall colOrs; late this
year because of the draught. Here
at Xavier also is a very, very large
Veterans Administration Center
On the grounds I noticed an unus.
ual church and later when bought
some post cards of the town there
was one Of the church and the de.
scriptiOn on the back said it is the
only church in the world thai
houses two religious denomination,
under one roof One half of the
church on lower ground housed
the Catholic chapel and the othe1
half housed the Protestant church
and was entered by climbing MANY
steps up a hill leading to the from
door. 1t was really unusual.
At LeavenwOrth we went first tC
Fort LeavenwOrth because we werC
hungry and hoped to have dinner
at the officers club there. For
LeavenwOrth is an Army post anC
is the Home of Staff and General
Command School. To us it looked
like a college town. It seemed FUN.
ny to me not to be checked in
at the gate by some Military Police
The Strategic Air Command is
very strict about visitors, and the
Air Police check each car. but
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
Service Slants

Pvt. John w. Whitby, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Russell w. Whitby.
Camden, Del, recently joined the
45th Infantry Division in Korea.
The first National Guard division
to see combat since World War III,
the 45th Infantry was federalized
in 1850 and arrived in Korea during
December 1851. It is now receiving
intensive post-truce training.
Private Whitby, a tank-driver,
entered the Army last March and
was stationed at Fort Knox, KY,
where he completed basic training.
He is a 1850 graduate of Caesar
Rodney High School and later at
tended the University of Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News Inormuon Supplied By The Bureau OF Muet,
siote Board OF AgreuIture Dover, DeIuNsara

$1,000 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $17.0O to $19.75,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: S26.OO to $500.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to S14.OO.
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over $50. lbs: $500 to S11.OO,
mostly $10.5O per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $14.O0 to $4,000.
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to II weeks Old)
Choice: $1,000 to $14.O0, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $500,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $500 to $1,000, most
ly $500 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $1.2O to $1.6O, mostly S1.4O.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens: $.35 to S.65.
DUCKS
MuscOvy ducks: SIS to S1.2O.
mostly $1.1O.
Muscovy brakes: $1.S5 to $1.75,
mostly $1.40.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $1.OO to S1.2O,
mostly $120.
Small breeds: $50 to $50, most
ly SIS.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $.521s to S.67b
per dozen.
Pullet: $.4215 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Cabbage: $50 to $1.OO per busheI.
Turnips: $50 to SIS per a
bushel.
Peppers; SIS to S.25 per x
bushel
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13

The following is a 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
marketed throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $28.OO to $500, mostly
$4,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $1,000 to $27.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$4,000, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $11.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $5.75 to
$3.50, mostly $7.25 per cwt.
STEERS
Light steers: 1925 to $500,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $500 to $14.0O,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef type: $1,000 to $17.OO, most
ly $14.00 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1,000g lbs.)
Medium to good: $11.OO to S14.25,
mostly $12.75.
600 to 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: 1915 to S11.5O,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
12O to 40 lbs: S2O.50 to $22.5O,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
40 to 240 bis: $23.OO to $23.25.
mostly $500 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $21.OO to $1,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality)
200 to 800 lbs: S16.5O to $3.50.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
PROMPT ACTION NEEDED

All voters should demand prompt action
by the next Congress to bring a balanced
budget in sight so that taxes may be reduced.
The Federal government has "gOne in
red" in 20 of the past % years. The deficit
for fiscal 1928 set a new peacetime rec
ord of 389,O0O,OOO.
This record deficit was incurred while
the government was collecting $65,218,OOO,-
600 in revenue-a new record for war or
peace. That shows how Federal spending
has got out of hand.
By cutting nearly $13,OOO,OOO,OOO from
the lameduck budget submitted by Mr.. Tru-
man, the Eisenhower Administration has
made real effort to achieve economy. But
ga good try isn't enough. Congress must
regain control over spending and use that
control to cut expenses. Continued deficits
spell continued initiation - higher taxes -
higher prices.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
5000
FEDERAL AID COSTLY

State and municipal officers will keep
running to Washington for grants-in-aid as
long as Federal spending dries up all the chief
sources of revenue.
Congress and the Administration recOg-
nized this when they cut nearly $13OOO,00O,
600 from the lame-duck Truman budget and
set up committee to allocate revenue sources
to the various levels of government.
The next step must be to reduce Federal
expenditures still further. Otherwise, as
President Eisenhower said recently, 1--WE are
not going to have America as we have known
it."
The hand the Federal government uses
to dole out grant-in-aid soon becomes the
mailed fist of centralized power.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
AS TO FREEDOMS, HERE'S ANOTHER

Among the other freedoms which we
enjoy in our land is the freedom of men to
xperiment-perhaps to fail at first but then
to try again, and thus build and develop bust
nesSes which make jobs.
People save money and invest it in other
peoples ideas. Scientific research and machin-
cry are bought; workers begin work. A small
plant, which may have begun in an inventors
basement or garage, becomes a big one.
Profits are plOwed back into the business to
increase production, lower the sales price,
make still more jobs.
It's one of the many freedoms we
Americans enjOy-but which most of us just
take for granted.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13

ter Han win be in charge of the
progrGr'.
Evening star., 1953-04-05
By Jack Jonas

Oy JOCK Jonas
fine docks. # you don't mind
a little fog now and then,
and can sleep through the
blasts of foghorns, Hoffman
might be what you're looking
for. The Government would
welcome you with open deed
book.
The postal clerks island in
Boston Harbor-which for a
long time presented a selling
problem to the Government
also is a one-time quarantine
station. The buyer inherited
some problems here. He takes
on any claims that come up in
connection with an old ceme-
terry on the island. And, with
the land going back to private
hands, it again becomes part
of the City Of Boston, liable
to city and State taxes.
But there's q CHEEKY note.
In trying to entice prospec-
tive buyers, the Government
let the word get around that
some of Capt. Kidd's pirate
loot was buried in the area.
Also in Boston Harbor, and
still unsold, are Outer Brewster
and Great Brewster Islands,
Of IT'S and 21.7 acres, respec-
lively. These are farther out
and were used at one time to
guard the harbor entrance.
Lighthouses, of which GSA
sold many during recent years,
are under control of the Coast
Guard. The Coast Guard de-
clares them surplus when
changes in shipping lanes and
lighthouse techniques make
them no longer useful. If no
other Government agency
wants them, they are sold.
Sold, that is. If they can be
found. Sometimes it takes q
long search through old maps
and records to locate the prop
erty the Government no longer
wants.
The Coast Guard recently
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Surplus Islands

The Government is running
out Of surplus islands.
Another was sold recently
q $3.50. 900 bit Of land In Bos-
ton Harbor went to a postal
clerk for $500. This one was
the windswept GalIupS Island,
a 17-acre former quarantine
station bought by the Govern
ment from Boston In 1918.
But before you rush down to
General Services Administra-
ton to get ahead Of the pros
pective buyers for other is.
lands, it's best to tell you that
there is no clamoring mob.
The best islands are long gone.
One. in fact. is so far gone
It's under water.
During the past few years
the Government had some
choice bits Of real estate just
on shore. These were aban-
doned lighthouses and small
islands suitable for hermits'
retreats. They were snapped
up by Sportsmen and other
outdoors types. One New
Yorker, who told GSA he
wanted to get away from peo-
pie, bought one Of the Gov
ernment's islands, and, as far
as GSA knows, made his
dream come true.
But some of the remaining
islands appear to be turning
into white elephants. CASH
loaded prospective buyers are
steering clear of the bidding.
Hoffmon lsIond
One example is Hoffman
Island-a hexagonal lis acres
In New York Harbor-and it's
nearby companion, Swinburne,
with 2.5 acres. The Govern
ment laid out nearly $1.4 mil
lion for these islands in 1929,
and turned them into Navy
training stations, complete
with masts and dummy cargo
matches.
There are 40 buildings on the
main island, and a couple Of
Evening star., 1953-04-05

Once again Congress is
wrestling with the old problem
Of Mexican ''wetbacks." These
are the Mexican nationals who
swim the Rio Grande illegally
to look for work in Southwest
and Pacific Coast areas, which
are short Of agricultural labor.
Almost all Of them are willing
to work for much less than
American farm laborerS de-
mand.
Employers Of farm labor
aren't grumbling, Of course.
But prospective farm laborers
are. Others, inspired by hui
manitarian and assorted other
considerations, also are anx-.
ious to stem the flow Of "wet-
backs" mainly because they
bring so much misery and
Squalor with them.
= So far, Congress has not
been willing to put out the
money for q border patrol
large enough to prevent this
illegal immigration. One Of
the reasons, apparently, is that
there is a genuine labor Short
age in the Southwest. The
MexicanS alleviate it.
The problem is one Of the
most confused issues likely to
come, before Congress during
the present session, though it
may not grab the headlines
or stir up world comment.
But along the Rio Grande
River. which snakes its way
between the United States
and Mexico, in the farms of
the Imperial Valley of Cali
fornia, in the cotton areas
Of Texas, and across New
Mexico and Arizona, it is q
stubbornly vital situation.
The issue today Is wrapped
up into . single package Of
Evening star., 1953-04-05

legislation, q bill with the
rather routine title s. 1207-to
extend Public Law 7S. 82d
Congress, for three years.
Whot the Low Soys
The intent Of Public Law
78 has been to place in the
hands of the United States
Government the problem Of
negotiating with Mexico for
the importation OF Mexican
farm labor. Prior to that law,
farmers themselves were given
considerable latitude in work
ing directly with the Mexican
government for the employ
ment of labor during periods
Of domestic shortages.
In addition. the law re-
quires the Department Of
Labor to certify that a domes-
tic shortage exists, thus pro-
tecting, in theory at least.
American farm laborers. The
legislation also provides that
Mexican workers will not be
made available to employers
who knowingly employ wet
backs" who swarm across the
southern border at the astound-
ing rate of more than 1000 q
day in search of jobs.
One major argument for
Public Law Is was that it
would cut the number of ille-
gal Mexican immigrants, even
though it advanced no pen
atty against the employer who
knowingly employed ''wet-
backS"-inevitably at cut-rate
wages. Has the flow of illegal
immigrants actually been re-
duced since the passage Of the
law two years ago? Not so
any one could notice it.
During 1852 197,1OO Mex
Evening star., 1953-04-05
Governments StockPiIe Of Them Is Dwinding Away;
Those Still UnsoId Are Mostly White ELePhonts

told GSA it no longer had use
for an island or Charleston.
GSA tried to locate 1t so Il
could be described for sale. It
couldn't be found.
A check through old maps
began. GSA learned that it
had not been an island, but
once was part Of the main
land. used by the Coast Guard
as a lighthouse installation
on shore. That was shown on
an 1850 map.
But the coast line had re-
ceded. Now the Government
has on its hands a sunken is
land. The lawyers say it can't
be abandoned. but must be
disposed Of in some other way.
Little interest has been shown
in buying an underwater Is
land.
others Are Solid
This is a unique instance.
however. The other islands
up for sale are solid and due
to be around for q long time,
although GSA may be enter
tanning a silent wish that they
would go away.
If you're still interested in
buying, don't poster the GSA
Office here with your request.
They can't do anything for
you. Most Of the choice is
lands are in the New England
area, handled by GSA's Reg
ional Office in the Post Office
Building at Boston. Make
your inquiry there.
GSA officials shudder when
they recall what happened the
last time the Government
announced it had islands for
sale. Thousands of letters
came in. Many of them bore
dollar bills, or two dollars, an
payment for an island.
One hopeful gentleman wrote
that he was getting ready to
retire, and thought 1t would
be nice if the Government gave
him an island.
Evening star., 1953-04-05
Metropolitan Scene
Hearings on Bill to Boost Federal Payment to D.
=. Would Spotlight Iniustices of Present System

It probably viii come to
nothing, but hooray anyhow
for the bipartisan group of
four Senators which has in
troduced a bill to increase the
Federal payment to the Dis
trict.
The measure would raise the
Federal share to Is per cent Of
the annual city government
cost. :.
Sponsors under the leader
ship Of Senator Johnston,
Democrat, Of South Carolina,
were Senator Nicely, Democrat,
of West Virginia, Beall Of
Maryland and Payne of Maine,
Republicans. @
From a one-time $3.50 split
with the city in paying the
costs Of operating the Nations
Capital, the Federal share has
dropped TO q mere y per cent.
For years the law that Uncle
Sam was to pay 40 per cent
stood unrepealed, yet appro-
priation committees refused to
honor it. It was finally wiped
of the books IN the late 1940S.
The present Federal pay
ment is $11 million, although
the District Revenue, Act of
1947 plainly fixes it at $12 mil
lion.
It is Congress constant ig-
noring Of it's own authoriza-
tions that prompts the pessi-
mism over the latest proposal
which, incidentally, would
boost the payment to about
$36 million, on the basis Of
the pending 1854 District
budget.
Still, the plan is proposed
out of the knowledge of its
Evening star., 1953-04-05

Of the promise, Immediately
turned over the delinquent
dollar to the newsman who re-
layed it to the general.
Spencer Not Youngest
Just in case anybody has
been wondering whether new
ly nominated Commissioner
Samuel Spencer is the young
est such appointee at AZ, he is
not.
Authority for this is District
Purchasing Officer Roland
Brennan. who makes District
history his hobby. He says
Oliver P. Newman took office
in 1918 at SO and Louis
Brownlow in 1915 at the same
age. Testing George Allen was
81 when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt named him in
1888.
r 4 i Il
Legislative Shadow Boxing
"A great. bit Of legislative
shadow-boxing has been going
on over a bill designed to curb
the declaration of dividends by
utilities if it affects their
capital structure. The measure
was promoted by the recent
Capital Transit Co. dividend
incrsase taken from surplus. 5
After the sound and fury
died down and the public
hearing was over, it developed:
l.. The measure would not
have prevented Transit from
doing what,it did.
2. Even If passed, the leg
islation probably never would
be invoked.
Evening star., 1953-04-05

so the solution Of the problem
must be through q workable
importation program which
can and will furnish the nee
essary supplemental labor sup
ply to harvest our crops during
periods Of need"
. The official position Of the
Eisenhower administration, as
> expressed by Undersecretary
Of Labor Lloyd A. Mashburn:
Present indications are that q
shortage Of domestic agricul-
ture labor which necessitates
this program win not lessen to
any great degree during the
following year." He recon-
mended extending Public Law
78 one year. giving time ITO
determine what remedial steps.
if any :. would be desir-
able"
. The attitude Of American
farm labor, represented by the
CIO and AFL. which is on rec
ord as not opposing a limited
extension Of the legislation.
But important provisos are at
tached. Labor wants the law
amended to end agricultural
SweatShopS and slums" by
boosting wages paid Mexican
laborerS to equal wages de-
manded by American farm
workers. Labor wants i'm
ported workers restricted to
actual field jobS-labor also
wants to add Safeguards to
protect the rights and stand
ards Of American farm work
ers."
. The attitude of the Mexican
national, himself. Whether he
comes to the United States
as an illegal "wetback" or a
legal contract worker, the
Mexican stands a good
chance of earning as much
money in q month or two
as in q year at home. That
money is in dollars which 60
much further than pesos in
Mexico.
Since the "wetback" stands
in the fortunate position Of
having everything to gain
and nothing to lose," he is apt
to be a problem in the United
States for a long, long time to
come.
Evening star., 1953-04-05

By John W. Thompson, Jr.
sponsors of the injustice being
done by the District. Hearings,
If they are held on the plan.
will serve a good purpose in
publicizing further the fiscal
injustice of the present arbi-
trary lump-sum system.
X y X \
LocoI Mounties?
What the Metropolitan po-
lice force needs, says Repre-
sentative Jensen, Republican,
of Iowa is some men on horse
back.
There is something about
q mounted policeman that en-
anateS a mighty lot of author
ity," he told a House Appro-
priations subcommittee the
other day.
Police bridled at the. sug-
gestion. They didn't like it q
bit. They felt Mr.. Jensen was
giving his imagination a free
rein in wanting to saddle
them with such outmoded
transportation. They'd catch
fewer motorized crooks, that's
d cinch. ie*
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ComoIier's Buck
Engineer Commissioner
Louis Prentiss may possibly be
able to claim he is a fast man
with a buck-Commissioner
Camalier's buck.
The other day on receiving a
membership card in the So
ciety Of Natives he promised to
help collect Mr.. Camalier's
dues, which he understood
were in arrears. Mr.. Camalier,
on hearing from q newsman