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Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
The World Will Listen

The Question of atrocities com
mitted by North Korean and Com
munist Chinese forces against
United Nations prisoners of war in
Korea" to quote the formal word
ing, has finally been placed on the
agenda of the UN General Assembly
Fifty-three of the sixty UN members
voted to hear the charges, while
vigorous opposition came from the
Soviet bloc, in whose behalf, Andrei
Vishinsky labeled the charges as
classification" and fragrant lies,
which were designed to Illustrate
a peaceful settlement of the Korean
question" Only India and Guate-
mala sat on their hands. India alb
stained, said V. X. Krishna MenOn,
not from any lack of revulsion",
but because it would 'be totally
improper" since that nation is
chairman of the Neutral Nations
Repatriation Commission. Why
Guatemala played pOssum. we don't
seem to know
The favorable vote was surpris-
ingly large since there were those
saying AYE" who would just as sion
not hear any more about the matter.
We can only assume that these UN
fat-cats rather like their soft assign
ments, and are beginning to realize
that had they voted to ignore what
the U. S. Defense Department has
officially reported as the massacre
or torture of nearly 10000 prisoners,
Glib being American, public Opin-
ion in the free world might well
have tossed them out and closed
those expensive UN doors.
AS it is, the United Nations has
won another chance from the plain
people-whO get the fancy payroll.
Traffic Is Here To Stay
We are advised by the Automobile
Manufacturers Association that our
cars, trucks and buses are now
reeling off a total of half a
trllllOn miles a year, a figure that
is even larger than the national
debt. And if you are one of those
who has been saying: "They don't
make 'em like they used to-" you are
in for statistical shock. Analysis
and comparison of registrations
show that in 1852, one out of three
passenger cars and one out of four
trucks were built before Pearl
HarbOr (nearly a dozen years ago)
and in 1941 about one in eight motor
vehicles was ten years or older.
But, with 54 million cars, trucks
and buses on the roads, we still
haven't learned how to drive them!
According to a survey by the
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
THOSE FIXED COSTS

There has been much discussion of the
fact that the cost at wholesale Ofmany of the
things we eat and wear and use is often a
great deal less than the price we must pay
in the retail store And that tends to create
an impression that retailers are bunch of
bandits who are making extortiOnate profits
at the expense of the hapless housewife.
What this attitude fails to take into
consideration is that, in late years, the fixed
costs of carrying on a retail business have
tremendously increased. Those costs include
labor taxes, rents, transportation, and every
thing else. And there is still another factor
which is found in changed consumer prefer
ence. AS an example, people now want pro-
cessed foods where they used to buy the raw
product. They want goods in a wide range
of packagings and sizes and varieties. And all
this costs money. The retailer, like the pro-
ducer and manufacturer, has no choice save
to pass the cost on to the buyer
The real test of whether or not retailing
is exploiting us is found in it's net proft-the
money typical stores have left at the end
of the year after all the bills are paid Major
food chains earn a net of as little as one per
cent. Other types of stores custOmarily earn
three or four or five cents on the dollar
of sales. AS anyone can see, if the profit were
eliminated entirely, there would be small
change in the retail cost of merchandise
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
RECORD BRIDGE BUILT

PRINCETON, w. Va.-(P)-A
Turnpike bridge is being built
across the Bluestone River near
here which World Almanac editors
say is the highest in the United
States.
The floor is 255 feet above the
water. The editors say the previ-
GUS highest bridge was New York
City's George Washington Bridge,
252 feet above the Hudson River
at low water level.
Other high ones are Golden Gate,
San Francisco, 2SS feet; st. Johns,
Portland. Ore, 205; Rainbow, Mia
CARA Falls, 189; Chesapeake Bay.
Kent Island, Md, 1888; The Mar
rows, Tacoma, Wash, 1856; Long
view, Columbia River, Washington,
1856; Delaware Memorial, Whining
ton, Del, 1870; Port Arthur Orange,
Neches River, 176; San Francisco
Oakland, 173; Bear Mountain, Hud-
son River, 1853; and the Ambassa-
dor at Detroit, 155.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27

The Outdoor Writers Association of
America-an organization which is vitally
concerned with the conservation and proper
development of our water and other natural
resOurces-recently adopted a resolution con-
demning the "big dam" idea, which is the
incredibly expensive pet of sOcialiZed power
groups.
The resolution pointed out that dams
usually are secondary to more fundamental
water conservation measures, saying, "It
is practically certain that if watersheds were
managed to produce a more constant flow of
Silt-free water, there would be much less need
for the gigantic dam down stream" Then
it made this significant observation: "The
citizeneTy must be told in advance the whole
truth concerning great CONSTITUTIONAL projects
which will be paid for by the citizens. Over
playing benefits of project, glOssing over
losses, Understanding costs to get initial
approval with ultimate costs multiplying un-
reasonably, keeping serious errors from
general public knowledge, as has happened
in actions of some public agencies, cannot be
tolerated..
Untold millions have been wasted in big
dams for which there was no genuine need
untold millions more will be wasted in the
same manner if the socialist in and out of
government have their way Socialism is
both incredibly expensive and incredibly des-
tructive-measured in the coin of freedom
no less than in money and other material
consideration.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
THE WAY TO BETTER LIVING

Between 1920 and 1850 U. S. population
increased by 43 per cent Food production
even though the amount of crOpland remained
cOnstant-jumped 60 per cent. And that
happened when the number of people engaged
in farming showed a heavy drop-from 3d.
100000 to 24,O00,0OO.
How did fewer farmers produce a great
deal more food from a given acreage? The
answer is found in mechanizatiOn, specialza-
tiOn, and application of science to farming
And the result is that most people in the world
are constantly worried about getting enough
to eat. Americans are fortunate in being able
to worry about TOO much rather than too
little
The point of it all, of course, is that the
machine has made an industry of agriculture
and highly efficient and progressive indus
try. In no other country is farm equipment
used anywhere nearly so widely or generally
and no other country has farm equipment
industry even remotely comparable to ours.
Our living standards can be raised fur
ther only by increasing the output per worker
in agriculture, industry, and the rest of our
economy. In other words, the more mechan-
ical power we put to use, the better off we all
shall be-
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
Better Selling And Investing Are
Needed

Better Selling And Investing Are
Needed
American business cannot stand
still. 1t moves either forward or
backward. To move forward. if must
sell. When it stops selling it dies
Sales have slumped because sales
men have become lazy and sales
clerks Indifferent. Lots of peOple
still need lots of things; but price
levels may be too high. l believe the
time has come for reappraisaI of
potential markets and profit mar
gins. A spiritual Tebirth by en-
ployers and wagewOrkers is needed.
This may mean only deluxe
models instead of "super-deluxe
models!" 1t will mean much greater
manufacturing efficiency, a cutback
in material waste, and an increase
in per-man output.
While we are learning to do these
things we must expect a readjust-
ment in business activity. Among
those industries that will feel the
pinch first are automobile, building,
steel, and nonfeTrOus metals. But
while manufacturers are readjust-
ing to peacetime demands there will
be strong sustaining forces that will
hold the economy strong, such as
the tremendous developing demand
of the World War II baby crop,
heavy supply of savings, and a credit
base still capable of considerable
expansion. The greatest hope of
continued good business lies with
the ten or more billion dollars
likely to be spent for the defense
of our large cities.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
1918 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
November %, 1853

Dear Friends:
This last week has been a week
Of perplexity. When you start out
Monday morning with things going
haywire you know that the whole
week will be lulu.
After four long months we re-
ceived word in the mail that Mon
day, the 18th, we were to have
our phone installed. We told them
we would take a Is party line
lust to get phone. Well, I called
the business office TO varify the
fact that we would be back in
modern civilization again and they
frightened blue Monday by saying,
I'm sorry, there must be some
mistake"
Wednesday, all of us in the
neighborhoOd went to the o. VIC.
COfficers, Wives Club to attend
tea and fashion show. The mod
els in the show had made all their
own clothes and it was really hard
to believe that, when you saw the
beautiful outfits that were modelled.
After the program we all rushed
TO the tea table, and tried to con-
1ure up as much dignity rs we
could in being the first ones there.
l thought we were there ahead of
time, perhaps because there were
no spoons on the table vet. Some
one on the committee whispered TO
me that all the necessary ingredi-
ents were inside my tea cup and
no spoon was needed. We went
back to our seats and started tO
nibble the tid-bits and taste the
tea when the gal responsible for
the tea appeared. She had i.st
modelled her dress in the fashion
show and almost gave the cloth
of her dress a spattered affect
when l took an unladylike gulp of
the tea. 1t was Russian tea and ia
me it tasted like tea that had been
vinegared and heated. I lust am
a plain old Sussex County girl that
likes the plain old every dav tes
as well as food and it really is
rough going sometimes in the Ali
Force when you run into all these
different variations of preparinf
food and beverages.
Thursday night we were invited
/ across the street for dinner will
the Alexanders. 1t seems they ar,
fiends for Mexican food. Well, herr
we go again! Jane asked me if
would bring the beans. There wer,
eight invited to the dinner and eacI
girl was going to bring somethinl
to eat. Well. the only beans
know anything about are string
lima and baked beans. These.
cleverly assumed, were not wha
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
FOR YOUR PETS
AP NewsFeusures

AP NeWsteutUTeS
FidO, Tabby and BObo the para
keet charm your household all the
year. So why not remember them
at Christmas time? Hang a stock
ing for each at the fireplace and
watch how your little animal fam
lily will purr. chirp and wag their
appreciation for your thoughtful
ness. Animals get bored with plain
old routine just like people do and
they need respite from daily dull
ness.
There are little red net socks,
bulging with everything to delight
your pet, available at pet shops,
super markets, drug and hardware
stores. A dog gets a play-slipper,
nylon brush, bones and flea pow
der, while the cat finds catnip and
little mouse to while away time
on his paws. The parakeet will be
Joyous with a little ladder, Jingle
bells and a special dinner. The
canary stocking is full of Juicy
morsels and playthings, too.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News information Supplied BY The Bureau Of Market,
S'0fa Board Of Agriculture, Dover, Delaware

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 mar
keted throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $26.0O to $4,000, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $25.50,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$500, mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter, medium to good :
$11.OO to $14.25, mostly $3.50 pei
cwt.
Common; $3.50 to $1O.5O, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $500 to
$500, mostly $7.75.
STEERS
Light steers: $6.25 to $2O.5O
mostly S14.OO per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $5.25 to $1,000, most
ly S1O.50 per cwt.
Beef type: $11.OO to $1&25, most
ly $500 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good
1915 to $14.75, mostly $3.50 pei
cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good
$3.50 to $16.75, mostly 1915 pei
cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
100 to 10 lbs: $20.5O to $22.75
mostly $21.50 per cwt.
10 to 24O lbs: $21.5O to $22.75
mostly $22.25 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $3.50 to $1,000
mostly $21.75 per cwt.
SOWS
(goOd quality
200 to 300 lbs: $16.75 to S19.75
mostly $500 per cwt.
800 to 400 lbs: $1,000 to S2O.25
mostly $19.25.
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Over 400 lbs: $16.75 to $4,000,
mostly $18.75.
BOARS
(gOod quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $500.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $500,
mostly $500 1er cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: S14.0O to S215O.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
{ 6 to IL weeks Old)
Choice: $3.50 to $1,000, mostly
$11.00 each.
Medium to good: $500 to $500,
mostly $3.50 each.
Common: 1915 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $1,000 to $4,000,
mostly $500.
Butcher type: $500 to $S4.OO,
mostly S21.00.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: S1.20 to $1.6O, mostly S1.4O.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens: SIS to $50,
mostly $50.
Guineas: $.65 to $50, mostly SIS.
Geese: $3.50 to $3.50, mostly S2.25.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $50 to $1.15,
mostly $1.15.
Muscovy brakes: $1.SO to S2.4O,
mostly $1.60.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $1.OO to $1.7O,
mostly S1.2O.
Eggs, ungraded, mixed: $50 to
$50 per dozen.
Pullet: S.45 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Walnuts: $.45 to $1.S5 per 5k
bushel.
Cabbage: $.85 to $50 per busheI
Turnips: $.35 to $.75 per "a
bushel.
Kale; SIS to $.35 per * busheI.
Lard: $2.75 to $500 per so Id.
can.
Sweet Potatoes: $.35 to $50 per
5s bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
BABSON Discusses The Winter Outlook

Babson Park, Mass. November 26
Panicky readers disturbed by the
increasing number of business fail
ures have asked me if business
conditions are not likely to take
sharp drop by 1854. Here is what
l think.
Bankruptcies Have Increased
The months to come will separate
the men from the boys in business.
Right now, when we are supposed
to be booming along, companies
are dying at the rate of 700 a month.
The approximately $500 business
failures since the first of the year
have involved dollar liabilities far
in excess of any period since the
depression.
Too many inefficient business
operators have been swept to pros
perity by the business currents of
strong demand rather than by their
own business acumen. l predict
that many more of these would-be
entrepreneurs will be severely
squeezed unless they wake up, cut
expenses and get hard at work. In
general, this will be good for our
economy which needs to eliminate
those who have given the poorest
service, the shOddiest products, and
gone after the fast buck.
Study These Figures
Some of my critics say I'm too
pessimistic. They point out that 679s
of our homes are more than 20 years
old, that there has been a tremen-
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
TREASURE HUNT

WETUMKA, OklG.. -(P)- Mrs.
Ben Mcneil lifted up a brick in
her front yard and found a dollar
bill. Now, her husband reports. ali
the stones and bricks on the place
are being turned over by his wife
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
&1ONG
THE SOCIAL SECURITY


TAX INCREASE
In a recent syndicated column, Robert S.
Allen states that President Eisenhower
strongly desires to block the automatic jump
in the social security tax that is scheduled
for the first of the year, and that Chairman
Reed of the House Ways and Means Commit
tee has pledged cooperation.
That tax increase, should it come, would
offset the prospective income tax reductions
for every couple with an income of $4,000 a
year or less. And there is no need whatsoever
for higher social security tax-the systems
reserves are enormous and are still growing
The American people want and have been
promised tax cuts at the earliest possible
time. The Presidents position on the social
security levy is 100 per cent sound.
DON'T FORGET LOCAL GOVERNMENT
When we talk of taxes, most of us think
OF the federal government. That's natural
for federal taxation constitutes our greatest
tax burden.
But we will make bad mistake if we
overlook government at the other levels. Dur
the last fiscal year, says the Tax Review, state
tax collections broke all previous records.
reaching high of S10y542, 100000. And local
tax collections also scaled a new peak, esti-
mated at $10,200,000,O00. This means that
the combined state-local tax load came to
$l33.l6 for every man, woman, and child in
the country.
The moral is plain. We must fight against
Wasteful and excessively costly government
everywhere-not just in Washington, D. c.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
THE PROBLEM OF CHRONIC ILLNESS

One of the most difficult of medical prob
lens lies in the financial strain imposed on
families when member is afflicted with long
term chronic illness. 1t is estimated that some
100000 Americans suffer from this kind
of illness.
Luckily, very intensive work is being
given to find solutions. In 1949 the American
Medical Association and other groups founded
commission for the express purpose of max
ing detailed study of the whole problem.
And the ANA has Joined with the American
Hospital Association, the American Public
Health Association, the U. S. Public Health
Service and the American Public Welfare
Association in sponsoring major conference
on the subject, to be held in Chicago next
March. The conference will be divided into
five major categOries covering the chronically
Il-the patient at hOme the patient in an
institution, integratiOn of facilities, research
needed, and methods of financing.
We would be foolish indeed to believe
that so complex a problem can be solved in
a hurry We would be equally foolish to
believe it is incapable of sound solution. The
improvement that has taken place in many
helds and phases of medical care in a relatively
short time is nothing short of amazing. An
outstanding example here is the growth of the
various voluntary prepayment plans which
now provide tens of millions of people with
protection against the economic effects of
ShOrt-term illness.
American medicine, in company with
other agencies, is vigorously working on every
medical problem not yet solved. and is conf
dent OF ultimate success.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
ROAD RULE RECORDED

PHILADELPHIA Up TIL e
sign on the back of a Philadelphia
truck: dim Dem Dam Lites!"
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
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OOPPORT YOTTTH ACTTVyTT


A major oil company has pnbIisbed
booklet which outlines it's program to holm
young people in the city and on the farms
This company, like many others. nartici-
pateS IN All Clubs, Future Farmers of
America, and Junior Achievement nrooranoc
1t encourages its employees and executives
TO support and take an active part in these
and other youth groups. And it supnortS
educational and civic organizations thronob
contributions of time as well as money
An introduction to the booklet exnlains
why the company is so deeply interested in
youth activities in these words "Making
better things alone will not make a better
America. We must have better people also.
Realizing the Importance of this truth, for
ward looking businessmen support organiza-
tiOns that seek to develop moral character
and effective citizenship through training
our youth !"
Every business in this country, large and
small. can help youth activities to some extent.
And the result will be a greater, stronger, and
happier nation. The most valuable asset we
have is the young people to whom the future
belongs.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
NO TIME FOR TAX INCREASES

Last May the President recommended tn
Congress that the social security tax be frozen
at It's present rate of one and One-half ner
cent, and that legislation passed by the pre-
VlouS Congress which would increase the rate
TO Two per cent next January be rescinded. No
action was taken Even so, it is not to late
Tor when Congress meets again it can. if #
WILL adopt the freeze policy and make it retro
active to January 1, 1854.
Some OF the reasons why the tax ShOu1d
be frozen, in the direct interest of labor. the
consumer and business, were recently s11n-
married These include:
L. The increase will amount to about
S1'3OO,OO0,OOO, half being paid by EMPLOYEES
and half by employers. That means enpI0ve
spendable incomes will be reduced bv more
Cnan nall a billion year-and the prices
consumers pay for goods will rise by a similar
amount, lnasmuch as business must include
all expenses IN the price charged for what #
sells. "''S'' ~
z There is no need now for a larger social
security tund. The reserve stands at more
Inan SI8OOO 100000, and is increasing bv
P4'VOO'UOO,OOO year at current tax rate.
g.. Inc economic welfare of this country
depends on the sale of more consumer goods
not less. production in almost all fields is on
Che increase. When we reduce consumer
Speholng power we weaken the production
ulSIflOuClon machlne-at the ultimate ex-
PenSe OF employment, living standards. and
normal sources of taxation ''--0'
-, One more point also should be considered
me aVOWed objective of the government now
is 10 cut taxes as soon as possible, In tho
!lehC OF CnlS, 1t is difficult to see how this +o1
increase can be defended. ''''N
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
Study These Figures

Some of my critics say I'm too
pessimistic. They point out that 6796
of our homes are more than 20 years
old, that there has been a tremen-
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-27
-LET THE PEOPLE KNOW

PNOPN
Evening star., 1953-01-21
H[|g|'|I)N,
Plan Formal Protest
Against " on Coats

Arlington volunteer firemen
will appear before the County
Board Saturday to protest the
painting of a large "V" on the
back of fire. fighting coats Of
volunteers.
The County Volunteer Fire
mems Association, at meeting
last night at Jefferson Fire
house. voted unanimous opposi-
ton to the order, which came
from County Manager A. T.
Lundberg, Director of Public
Safety Carlisle Johnstone and
Fire Chief A. C. Scheffel. A
committee was appointed to ask
the board to revoke the order.
The county officials have said
the "V" would help the chiefs
of volunteer companies keep
track of equipment for which
they are responsible.
Volunteer f1remen contend the
same result could be achieved by
using different series of numbers
on the coats. They consider the
v too discriminatory between
them and the paid f1remen.
After the VS. were painted on
the coats of Jefferson volunteers,
the men painted them out. Then
county officials picked up are
still answering calls. Some of
them have their own coats, fire
hats and boots. he said, but 9TH
ers "just make out the best way
they can"
Evening star., 1953-01-21
Church Council Elects
Virginia Legislator
BY the Assoeioisd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 81. -
Delegate Baldwin G. Locher Of
Rockbridge County, a layman in
the Episcopal Church, is the new
president of the Virginia Coun-
Gil of Churches.
Mr.. Locher, a member of the
State legislature since 1914, sue
ceeds DR.. Roland P. Riddick Of
Norfolk, pastor of the Park Place
Methodist Church.
An industrialist who operates
glass sand production plants. Mr..
Locher also is a fruit grower and
livestock dealer. He is a member
of the Virginia Manufacturers
Association and the Virginia
Chamber of Commerce.
Four vice presidents were
chosen, The Revs. Arthur w.
Newell of Richmond and U, G.
Wilson of Portsmouth and DR..
James H. Ivey of Richmond and
Mrs. D. w. Richardson of Rich
mond.
w. A. Mann of Richmond was
renamed treasurer.