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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02

IL lHe VeTulcJ STANDS uD under
an intended appeal by defense coun-
sci, CULLEN must serve a life SEN
tence for the Staying of his 65-year-
old cousin, Raymond Banks, Sr., also
of near DagsbOrO. The accused was
charged with firing a shotgun last
Dec. s and wOunding the deceased
This according to the state resulted
in the eventual death of Banks on
Jan. 2 in Beebe Hospital. Lewes.
The jury was out two-and-a-half
hours before John w. Donovan, of
Lincoln, foreman, indicated a YER
dict had been reached. 1t had to
be announced twice, however. be-
cause of the technicality that left
some doubt as to the degree in
tended by the jurors in the verdict.
Under a conviction of first de-
gree murder, the defendant could
have faced a death sentence.
President Judge Charles S. Rich
ards presiding with associate
judges James B. Carey and Daniel
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Radar Sets
Will Aid Drive
Against Speed
State Police Tell Of Plans
To Curb Road Crashes ;
Three-E Program Is
Fully Explained.

State police have announced a
breakdown on speeding and have
disclosed that three radar sets are
now in operation in the state.
Col. Harry S. Shew, police super
intendent, said at a meeting of the
! planning committee for the Gov
ernOr's Highway Safety Committee
this week, that the breakdown is the
first step in a three-E program of
enforcement, engineering, and edu-
cation.
AT the same meeting, it was dis
closed that 563 drivers have had
their licenses suspended for "wilful
violations" of basic driving safety
so far this year.
Harold H. Keller, state motor
vehicle commissioner said that the
suspensions were for periods of
from 30 days up to a year. He also
said that 1851 there were only 224
suspensions by the Driver Improve
ment Bureau of the Motor Vehicle
Department and 264 last year.
Mr.. Keller also reported that 317
drivers licenses have been revoked
this year for various Offenses.
The state police have had two
radar units in use during the sum-
mer and recently borrowed the third
unit from the State Highway De-
partment. The units will be shifted
around frequently, it was said, and
will be used most commonly at
points where accidents are frequent.
Governor BOggs will issue pro-
clamatiOn asking all state agencies,
departments, institutions, and COM
missions to undertake safety pro-
grams among their own employees, it
was announced.
There are about 5000 public en-
plOyes in Delaware and they will
be asked to set examples by OBJ
serving all the regulations of the
highways and streets in the state.
Ashton Chairman
J. James Ashton, manager of the
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Harrington Raceway
Opens On Saturday
Plans Are Now Complete For Eighth Annual
2O-Day Session. Meet Will Wind Up Rae
ing Season In Delaware And Maryland.

Everything is in readiness for
the eighth annual fall meet of har-
ness racing, with pari-mutuel bet
ting, which will open at Harring-
ton tomorrow evening, Saturday,
October Bird, and continue for 20
weekday nights.
The Harrington track is the pio-
neer of harness racing tracks, with
pari-mutuel betting, in both Della
ware and Maryland, and operated
for several years before a similar
track was established in MARYLAND.
The meet at Brandywine Race
way, near Wilmington, is schedul-
ed to close this week, and already
a number of horses have been
moved from that track to Harring-
ton. Others will follow later in the
week.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Ind1u5sS.,'IiTiaI 15l5 s. GrOwth
Prospects In State
LOOkExtremelyWeA
Conference Of State
Leaders Learn Of Great
Growth Contemplated
At Dover Air Base
And Other Projects.

Industrial prospects for the State
OF Delaware are extremely bright.
This was learned at a conference
of leaders called by Governor ].
Caleb Boggs and held in the Leg
islatiVe Hall in Dover last Wednes-
day.
Ways and means of further adj
Vancing the economic development
of the First State" were thorough
ly discussed. The conference was
attended by As representatives of
business, industry and commercial
interests from all parts of the
state. Arrangements were made nv
the State Development Depart
ment, Miles L. Frederick, director.
presided during the session which
lasted through the entire after
noon.
Continued economic growth for
the state seems assured. the con-
ferees found. OF particular inter
est to the people in this area was
the revelation that the Dover Air
Force Base when fully activated
in the next few months, will have
monthly payroll of more than 25b
million dollars. This development
is also seen as a means of provid-
ing for numerous small industries.
Governor j. Caleb Boggs was the
nrst speaker and he said, in part:
Delaware is standing at the
threshold of its greatest DAYS. We
rank high in many fields. It is
my sincere hope that through your
discussions here today, and through
the cooperation 70 all people in all
fields. we can look forward to
making the First State an even
more important one in the years
ahead.
We are a small state in area
We are not Over-pOpulated. al
though census figures show that
we have more than a six percent
increase in population since the
1880 census was completed. We
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Fewer Growers Now
Raising More Potatoes
Raising Of Tubers Is Becoming
More Concentrated In State

More potatoes produced by few
er growers is the trend in Della
ware, believes DR.. r. o. Bausman.
head of the department of agricul-
tural economics, University of Del
aware.
He points out that Delaware
growers produced one-third more
potatoes in 1860 than in 1945-on
fewer farms. In 1850, approximate
ly 1000 farmers grew 100000 bush
els of potatoes, as compared with
$500 growers and 100000 bushels
in 1945.
There is a very definite reason
for this trend toward concentrating
potato production among fewer
but larger growers" he explains.
Apparently the larger growers
are faster at gaining the essentials
OF potato production such as land.
labor, machinery, and know how.
This gives the larger growers an
advantage in meeting competition
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
art-Kingston Are
Opening Here Today
Well known jewelers. Are Located
In S. c. Evans Store

Stuart-KingstOn jewelers.. who
have successfully conducted Jewell
ry establishments on the Peninsula
for the past twenty-five years. are
opening a brand new store in Mil
ford, today, Friday, October End.
The new beautifully appointed
store is at the former Samuel c.
Evans location, and the store has
been completely renovated in blue
and rose accents with gray fixtures.
new lighting and new floor, match
the other appointments.
Stuart-Kingston now have stores
in RehObOth Beach, Delaware and
Salisbury, Maryland. The officers
are: Melville Stein, president. Sid
ney COhan, secretary, and Maurice
Stein, treasurer. The manager of
the new Milford .Stuart-Kingston
will be William Joiner, formerly
with a jeweler in Denton, Mary
land. Mr.. Joiner is married and
the father of a four-year-old son.
He is an expert matchmaker.
Samuel c. Evans, whose father
founded the store in 1862. will
CONTINUED on page eight)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Birth Certificate Not
Needed To Prove Age
Social Security Department WIN
Accept Other Evidence

You don't have to have a birth
certificate to prove you are IS
when you apply for Old-age and
survivors insurance payments, ac-
cOrding to Myron MilbOuer, manag-
er of the Wilmington Social Sc
curity office.
while a birth certificate is the
best evidence of a persons age"
Mr.. MilbOuer said, "the fact is that
there are persons who were born
before birth records were required
and who just can't get a birth GER
tificate."
Some of these people have gone
to the trouble and expense of get
ting a delayed birth certificate for
social security purposes.
This is unnecessary" Mr.. Mil
bOuer said, "since the evidence
that is requiredtO obtain a delayed
(continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Meeting Of Sussex
Firemen At Seaford
Group Discussed Demonstration
Plans; Reports Given.

The Sussex County Volunteer
Firemens Association met i'm Sea
ford Fire Hall, recently with Is of
the II volunteer companies in the
county represented. Presiding was
William Hines, of Seaford, presi-
dent of the association, who received
reports from officers and COM
mitteeS.
Elmer West, chairman for the
Fire Prevention Essay Contest an
EOunced that all essays must be
turned in at the next meeting of the
association which will be held in
Georgetown on Oct. q.
Thomas Calhoun. of the evOlu-
tiOns committee discussed plans
Tor a demonstration which is under
continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Mix Prices Advance
In Milford Area
Diaries Forced To Advance
Price One Cent Per
Quart.

The managements of the dairies
in the Milford area advanced the
price of milk by one cent per
quart. The price advance became
effective as of Thursday, October
1st, and in all probability will
continue until next spring or sum
mer.
The prOprietors of the various
dairies explained that the price ad-
vance is in line with seasonal price
Continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
State Land Values
Gain 2 Pct. In State
Increase During Past Year Is Noted
BY Economists

Delaware land values were up a
slight two per cent during the past
IL months. This slight rise be-
comes significant in view of the gen.
eral decline in land values over the
country, according to DIR. r. o.
Bausman, head of the department
of agricultural economics at the
University of Delaware.
New Jersey and Maryland, along
with Delaware, are among the few
states that have had a slight rise
in land values. In contrast to most
Continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
High School PTA To
Meet Next Wednesday
Committees Will Be ReOrganized
At Session In Cafeteria

The Parent-Teacher Association
of Milford High School will meet
Wednesday, October 7th, 500 p. m,
in the cafeteria. The president, Lyn
Taylor, will preside. Other Off
GERS include George Sheaffer. vice
president Mrs. Florence Herring
ton, secretary; and Mrs. Mona Mill
er. treasurer.
The program will include reor-
gahizatiOn of committees, program
plans for the year, a discussion of
policies and other business. After
a year spent in organization, the
P. T. A. is ready to go into action,
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
1854 MILFORD HIGH
YEAR BOOK ON SALE

The sales campaign for the
1884 year book began OctO-
Der 1 and closes on October
q. Many people have been
disappointed in previous
years because they failed to
get a year book. If anyone
wishes to buy one and isn't
contacted by a senior before
October 20, he should phone
Milford 8619 and leave his
name and address. A senior
will then contact him, and
take the order.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Sussex COP Women
List Farley Delegates
County ClHb Names GrOuD To
Attend State Meet Oct. 8.

Mrs. Evadne ]. Knapp, director of
public relations for the Sussex
County Republican Women's Club,
has announced delegates and al
ternates named by the Sussex club
to attend the state convention of
Republican women, to be held in
Dover Grange Hall, October 8. Mrs.
Knapp was appointed alternate
at-large.
The appointments were made at
the first fall meeting of the Sussex
club last Wednesday in the Repub-
lican headquarters here.
Mrs. Edward Mas. of Seaford
was named chairman of delgates
in charge of information. Other
appointments were as follows: First
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Set Referendum Date
On School Annex
BrldgeVille VIII Vote October 12
On $45O,OOO Structure

A $45O,OOO building program for
the Bridgeville Consolidated
School. to be raised by a capitati0n
tax of SO on each white adult m
the district. and a property tax Of
25 cents on each $1OO of property
assessed, was outlined at Bridge
vile Parent-Teacher Association
meeting last week. The plan will
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Q"ilIen Convicted Of Murder
Is Facing Il Life Sentence

D9vG w. CULLEN yearOld farmer of DagsborO listened
sIoay
Oh elght and
degree '
The specification
VINO STOOD trial for six days, would
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Community Calender
For Coming Week
Events Are Listed For Period OetO.
ber 2 To October 8

Friday, October 8
$500 p. m. - Football: Milford
High Buccaneers VS.. Rehoboth
High School at RehOboth. Robert
Leslie, head coach.
Saturday, October 3
$500 p. m.-Milford Grange at
Grange Hall. William Michel, mas
ter.
Sunday, October 4
For Church News. see page 2.
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Bert Caryel Honorary Chairman
For Peninsula Girl Scout Drive

Ebert N Carvel Laurel Delaware immediate
the Delaware will
take October Mrs X
Thomas EVerngam, Denton president
Mr. Carve while
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-02
Vocational Rehabilitation
Group TOAid The Handicapped

In cooperaon with joint action
of the United
National Employ The
Caleb BOggs having appointed Committee the
chamanshp OF E. a
of activity for this time asking
Evening star., 1953-09-18
Dulles Says U. 5.
Wants Pacific Pacts

NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-Sec-
retary of State Dulles says more
good will and unity in the Far
East and Pacific areas could lead
to comprehensive mutual secur-
ity agreements.
Mr.. Dulles, speaking last night
at a dinner honoring Crown
Prince Akihito of Japan, said
the United States is vitality in
tereSted in a collective security
organization in the Pacific.
This country has signed indi-
vidual treaties with Australia
and New Zealand CAnzuS) E, Japan,
the Philippines and tentative
pact with South Korea.
Noting that the Anzus Council
voted to exclude other Far East
ern nations from their defense
organization, MI. Dulles added:
This does not mean we have
abandoned the development of a
more comprehensive system of
regional security in the Pacific
area.
But before there can be useful
development by way of multi
lateral treaties, there is need for
the development, within the Pa
Cif1c area. of a greater measure
of international good will and
a greater unity of purpose.
Il trust that these sentiments
will soon come in measure suf-
fiCient to warrant the develop
ment of enlarged mutual security
measures"
Evening star., 1953-09-18
Ootis Freed After Two Years in Cell;
Compares Prison Life to 'Purgotory'

Dickens, Howard FaSt-and some
propaganda magazines-from
my referent. So we had some
thing to read.
In January, 1852, I started
writing SongS-one-voice melo-
dies with words-on toilet pa
per. Before I got out, I wrote
more than 400 songs, three re-
vues and numerous skits. Don't
look for any of these at your
music Store.)
Shower Every Two Weeks.
We looked forward to the
scheduled events of each week:
The buying of cigarettes candy,
cookies and fruit from a prison
officer who took orders at the
cell door and delivered the goods
a few days later; the arrival of
clean, unbleached-muslin under
wear from the prison laundry
eve got change of our tan
burlap uniforms only when they
began showing dirt or holes.)
There were shower baths about
every two weeks, trips to the
doctors or dentists office as
needed. (The dentist filled
numerous cavities in my teeth.
The doctor put me in the prison
hospital with what was dag
nosed as tuberculosis.)
There were, on rare occasions,
walks in the prison courtyard.
And there were. for me, five
automobile trips to Prague. when
I eagerly drank in all the sights
of streets and houses and people
and trees and grass and sunshine
and sky and space that I missed
in my cell.
The first time, I went to
Pankrac Prison to testify at a
trial of a group of Czechs ac-
cused of espionage and linked
through a devious web with my
case. The police made it clear
how I was to testify. That was
in March, 1852.
Six weeks later I was taken
to the downtown police station
to meet United States Ambassa-
dor Briggs. (Only then did I
learn that the police had been
wrong when they told me. "The
American Embassy is doing
nothing for you'D
There was a visit the following
October with another Embassy
man, Charge D'Affaires Nat P.
King, and a trip to a hospital for
a physical examination some five
months after that. I had sec
ond visit with King only two
days before my release Neither
of us knew then that was about
to be freed)
Rare Breaks in MOnOtOny.
Incidents like that were rare
breaks in the monotony. In the
cell there always came a time
when we ran out of things to do,
and there we were again, pacing
the floor and waiting for bed
time.
There was rule, probably
intended to prevent suicides,
that every prisoneg, unless Spe-
Evening star., 1953-09-18
'Nixon.s Aim on World Trip
Will Be to Listen, Not to Talk

to learn rather than to tell any
people what we think they should
do. I do not propose to go into
policy matters or discussions as
such. That is the province of
the President and the Secretary
of State"
Mr.. Nixon, standing before a
huge map of the world, observed
that his travels would take him
into several actual or potential
points of irritation" having a
very direct and immediate bear
ing on this country'S foreign pol
icy problems.
But the basis for the trip is
not anxiety about possible points
of irritation" he said. NAT
urally we shall try to find all pos
sible facts not only to examine
any existing irritation but to
spot any potential points in ad-
vance"
VIII DC WOTk 1rIps
Mr.. Nixon described the trip as
work and not sightseeing" One
of the most pleasant and profit
able parts of it, he said, would be
to bring official greetings of the
President and people of the
United States.
There has been a tendency
for us to put much emphasis
on our foreign relations with
Europe" he said. Until re-
Gently most members of Con-
gresS and administrative off,
cials who have gone abroad in
the past generally went to
Europe. Secretary Dulles was
the first Secretary of State to
go to the Far East. My trip. I
hope, will convey to that part of
the world that the United States
puts equal emphasis on the Far
East and has an equal interest
in Far East problems.
"It also should demonstrate
a realization that those areas
are becoming increasingly i'm
portant to the whole world, and
that possible points of irritation
might be located and be re-
duced in advance of possible
trouble"
The Vice President indicated
Evening star., 1953-09-18

he was not going as q trouble
shooter or in the role of special
ambassador to deal with any
specific problem. He disclosed he
has asked United States embas-
sizes and legations all along the
line to keep protocol and official
entertainment to q minimum.
He said he wants to see farms,
factories, schools and the COM
mon people and to talk in
formally with governmental Of
ficers everywhere, without being
delayed or sidetracked by too
many formal functions.
Only nine persons, as well as
the crew of the Constellation
plane, will accompany him on
the trip that starts early Oc-
tober 6. They will be Mrs. Nixon,
Brig. Gen. Paul A. Caraway,
military aide; Philip H. Watts.
State Department representa-
tive; Christian A. Herter, jt., ad-
ministrative assistant to the
Vice President: Comdr. John B.
McGregor, naval aide and hight
surgeon; Miss Rose Mary Woods,
personal secretary to the Vice
President, and three press serv-
ice representatives, Russell
Brines of the Associated Press;
Warren Duffee of the United
Press and j. William Theis of
the International News Service.
The flight course includes San
Francisco, Hawaii, Canton Is
land, New Zealand, Australia,
Java, Singapore, Bankok, Sal
gon, Hong Kong, Formosa, Ko-
rea, Tokyo, Manila, Rangoon.
Ceylon, New Delhi, India, At
ghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi
Tripoli and the Azores.
Evening star., 1953-09-18

cifically excused from doing so,
must sleep with his hands out
side his blankets. CAS- a frail-
looking foreigner trusted not to
do himself in, I got an excuse)
A few of the guards, especially
the younger and newer ones. en-
forced this to the letter. While a
prisoner sleeps, he is likely to
pull his hands under the covers
almost by habit. And when my
cellmate did so, such guards
banged on the door, Hands out
side the blanketS!"
And then we were both awake,
and back in prison. And then
we went back to sleep, and
pretty soon again we heard the
same cry, at our own door or
somewhere down the hall. On
nights like that, nobody slept
right.
Through every night, the elec-
trio light burned overhead.
Every few minutes a guard
looked through a peephole in the
door.
If he was the right kind of
guard, we slept in spite of all
that. But always there came
the dawn, and there was another
day to get through-16 hours
$50 minutes $500 seconds.
That way, I struggled through
two years.
Shortly before midnight May
Is, 1858, a guard awoke me and
took me before a secret police
officer. The officer told me that
President Zapotocky, acting on a
letter from my wife, had for
given the rest of my sentence.
The next morning at $50, I left
the prison for the last time.
And less than six hours later
an American Embassy car car
ried me out of Czechoslovakia.
Evening star., 1953-09-18

Vice President Nixon is willing
to call, himself a fact-hunter,
good will carrier or possible
trouble spotter but not a foreign
policy maker on his forthcom-
ing trip around the world.
The 7,000-mile tour from
October 6 to December II at the
suggestion of the President will
touch on policy matters only if
officials of other countries ask
him to explain the considered
position of the Eisenhower ad-
ministration," he told reporters.
On such questions as foreign
aid. he added, he will not at
tempt to predict what Congress
will do next year.
The Vice President held a
briefing session late yesterday to
announce his route. He also ex-
planned general purposes of the
journey to 18 countries, many of
which never have been visited by
a top level United States execu-
tive officer.
Intends to Listen.
'It is not my purpose to act
as an unofficial Secretary Of
State" he declared. "It will be
a fact-finding trip, to listen and
Evening star., 1953-09-18
Bar Aids Senate Group
On World Trade Study

Representatives of the Ameri-
can Bar Association have joined
the Senate Banking Committee's
advisory group in study of
foreign-trade problems. Commit
tee Chairman Capehart Of In
diana said today in praising the
association for its help to Con-
gresS.
Norman NJ. Littell of Washing
ton. chairman of the aSSocia-
tion's committee on foreign eco
nomlc cooperation, Arthur Lit
tleton of Philadelphia, chairman
of its committee on economic
banking, and Paul Darlington
of Dallas, Tex, chairman of its
committee on commerce, were
designated by President William
j. Jameson to serve on the ad-
visory group of business, labor
and farm representatives.
Evening star., 1953-09-18

few things to pass the time.
From my cellmates, 1 learned
little Czech and Slovak and
a few words of Russian, Hun
garian, Hebrew and Arabic.
spoke rudimentary French with
the priest, and taught him Eng
liSh.
We sang songs in several
languages. The politician taught
me Dark Eyes" in Russian, and
I taught him "Dinah," ME and
My Shadow" and 1.-The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" in Eng
liSh.
We played questions land an
SWerS. We drew a chess-and-
checker board on toilet paper
and kneaded figures out of rye
bread. which is as hard as rock
when it has dried. (The priest
colored the red" chessmen with
toothpaste.) That gave us two
more games to play.
We got books in Czech and
Slovak, at the rate Of one or two
a week, from the prison library
They were mostly propaganda
novels.
I got three parcels of books in
English-from my wife. from the
United States Embassy and from
the A. P.-novels, plays, poetry
and writings on music and sci
ence. And I got some Soviet
publications in English-Gorki,