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Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

The returns are still coming in. At latest
report, a vessel 800 miles away from the
March first detOnatiOn of a "thermO-neu-
clear device" in the Bil1ini proving ground
Japanese radiation specialists were treating
was found to be radioactive. American and
the % crewmen of a vessel showered with
pulverized radioactive coral 80 miles from
the blast, and presumably outside of the
danger area Half dozen doctors from the
Atom Bomb Casualty, Commission at Hiro-
shima (the worlds first atom target) were
working on four atOm-burned fishermen, still
reported in dangerous condition. In the
face of continued public excitement and de-
mands for action, the Japanese. Government
decided to await the outcome of Joint in
.yestigation before making formal protest
or compensation demands
In Washington, Congressman James E.
Van Zandt Republican, of Pennsylvania
told newsmen that such "device" dropped
on the Capitol dome would Obliterate the ma
tiOns seat of Government, with an area of
total destruction twelve miles wide. The
force of this mightiest explosion yet, he said
is estimated as the equivalent of touching
off IL to Ia million toHs of TINT. And there
are larger ones in prospect for the present
test series. Further word that the neucleal
scientists themselves were Surprised"
makes us wonder just how much farther il
is necessary to go in order to impress the
world that we possess the horror to end al
horrors.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
Timber Timber

You may be somewhat comforted,
as we were, in knowing that Ameri-
ca has an Invisible Forest" that
contributes nearly half as much
raw material to our paper mills
as do the forests where the axes
ring and the saws scream and the
crash of falling trees echoes
through the columned corridors.
We are indebted to Mr.. Stuart
B. Sutphin, Jr, president of the
Waste Paper Institute, for this in
formation, and for some statistics
that make this Invisible Forest"
sound like the fabulous Paul Bun
vans. From a sneak preview of
what he will say to executives of
the Graphic Arts Trade AssOci-
alton in Cincinnati this month, we
learned that the invisible fOresters
of his industry processed and
turned over to the mills eight
million tons of waste paper in 1853.
In describing the forest that
would be required to produce the
equivalent in wood pulp, Mr.. SUIT
phin says: Let us assume that
every that every industry and
plant, every Office building and
every home in the six NV Eng
land states were razed to the
ground and the entire acreage of
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,
| Massachusetts, Connecticut and
Rhode Island given over to the
growing of timber Let us further
assume that we have waited any
where from thirty to forty years
for New England to become one
massive forest. Then, and then only
would the timber from this New
England forest equal the amount OF
timber saved last year by the re-
conversion of waste-paper!"
Mr.. Stuphin refers to Paul Bun
yam and his blue OK, Babe, remind.
ing us that they used to "cut dowr
whole forests in a day." but, he
adds, today the waste-paper deal.
eTs, backed up by the printers
newspapers and other sources ot
supply, "save America whole for.
ests every day of the year" Which
is probably a very good thing fol
all of us. Otherwise. we cOuldn'
afford to buy paper to write on
And, to chisel out our remarks il
stone, as our remote ancestors did
would be a nuisance and cOnfus
ing too
Especially when you consider
how bad some peoples handwrit
ing is!
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

ness collapse. Hence, they gave the
interviewer a pessimistic report
pretending business was bad; while
Democratic homes gave good re-
ports. Now the conditions are op-
pOsite. The Democratic homes are
talking grief.
Another feature to be considered
is that some states have a greater
percentage of itinerant workers.
Under present laws i'm many states.
II persons on the labor force are
employed for one or two quarters
within a certain twelve month
period, then the person is entitled
to unemployment insurance of from
$zO to $50 per week, even through
the person is not a resident of the
state and perhaps has even left the
state altogether. Your states re-
ported unemployment should really
be adjusted in accordance with this
unreasonable and nonconforming
legislation. Any reader can get a
free copy of what each of the 4S
states is rolling up for Federal
Unemployment Benefits by writing
to the Bureau of Employment Sc
curity, Division of Reports, Depart
ment of Labor. Washington, d. G.
Before leaving your present state
to seek a job somewhere else, you
should carefully read this Report
by states.
What Latest Figures Show
The reported unemployment of
the entire United States on Febru-
ary 13, 1854. was 3.3S5.OOO by the
Standard Method, 1871 900 by the
new &C. l. O."Method. These both
are based on total population OF
about 61.35O.O0O. but this popula-
ton is increasing about 25O,OO0 a
month. This means that the un-
employed, figured on a labor force
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
SHOULD GOVERNMENT OPERATE
FARMS9

The New York State Association of
County Supervisors recently held its fourth
annual meeting, with 200 members attend
ing. 1t passed a number of policy resOlu-
tiOns on important problems and contrO-
Versies of the moment. One of these dealt
with electric power development, and it de-
serves national attention. The Association
specifically opposed the proposal to have a
state agency instead of private enterprise
develop hydro-electric power on the Niagara
River. And then it make this statement OF
principle: Government has no more bust
ness in the field of power production than it
has in the operation of farms or production
of automobiles"
What rational argument can be made
against that view? The production and dis
tributiOn of power-like the production and
distribution Of food, autos, clothes, or any
other service and cOmmOdity-is a CONNER
cial enterprise. In the case of power, the
terms of sale to the public are stringently
regulated by state public service commits
SionS and, in some instances, by federal
agencies. If it is proper for government
to actively engage in one commercial enter
prise, in competition with private citizens
it is equally proper for it to engage in any
and ALL
Moreover, from a purely economic point
of view, power is an extremely minor item
tC. most people. In 1852, the last year for
which official figures are available, house
hold electricity accounted for a trihe less
than one per cent of average family expend-
itures. Its total cost was about half that of
the national expenditure for tobacco, and
less than one-third of the national expendi-
ture for liquor.
Why, then, all the uproar on the 'pOwer
issue? The answer is simple-the socialists
want a government power monopoly as a
prelude to general sOcializatiOn of American
enterprise.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

of 6S,OOO,OOO, is. on a per-capita
basis, only two per cent of the
entire population. This compares
with about ten per cent unemployed
in 1882. 1 severely criticize any of
the Labor Department or Commerce
Department (who are the remains
of Democratic Bureaucracy for
refusing to use the per-capita fl
CURES. They are not only ignoring
the growth of the country, but may
also be changing the method of
compiling the figures, to please
the CIO crowd. This is like chang
ing the rules of a game in the midst
of a game. Furthermore, the in
crease reported under these new
rules is largely based on the re-
ported unemployment" on a few
farms, which is a very debatable
figure.
Regarding your own state:-
Neither of the above figures for
present total United States un-
employment (the standard figure OF
S.SS5,O00 or the c. I. o. figure OF
S,671,000l can be broken down by
states. Both are too much of a
guess. Moreover. of the present
United States population of 161,-
100000 about 1870 are over so years
of age and So are over 20 years
of age. These figures differ greatly
with different states. For this dis
trihution Of the age group. the
Tabor DEPARTMENT makes no ad.
iustment Il thus will be seen thai
the whole business is guess work
and should he corrected Nr suppres.
sed. However. an unemployment ii
onlv 2ao is nothing to worry about
Such small percentaea shoull
gire confidence and optimism fol
TO rort ovt Iook
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News information Supplied By The Bureau OF osss
Siufo Board OF Agriculture. Dover, DeIuv,ars

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: $4,000 to $31OO, mostly
$2S.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $21.OO to $25.OO.
mostly S23.0O per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$4,000, mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, mostly
'$1250 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: S17.25 to $4,000, mostly
$4,000 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter, medium to good I:
$1,000 to $16.75, mostly $3.50 per
cwt.
Common: 1915 to $1175. mostly
$1,000 per cwt
Gamers and cutters: $500 to
$3.50, mostly $500 per cwt.
STEERS
Light steers. good to choice:
SLABS to $2025, mostly $1S.75 pei
cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $S.25 to $12.25, most
~ $12.25 per cwt.
Beef type: $1,000 to $16.25, most.
ly $14.O0 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $145O to $17.25
mostly $14.75 per cwt.
900 to 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $11.75 to SIS. rs
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
100 to 40 lbs: S24.25 to S26. 90
mostly $25.75 per cwt.
40 to 240 lbs: S26.O0 to S26.5
mostly $26.25 per cwt.
$40 to $50 lbs. $24.75 to $25. rs
mostly $25,75 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality)
200 to 300 lbs: $1,000 to S25. rs
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs.: $3.50 to S21.5O
mostly $21.00 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
First Things First

Americans just can't ever seem
to remember somehow, after the
shooting stops that a strong, ready
and efiCien. merchant marine is
essential to national prosperity as
we'll as national defense. Congress,
which mas twice voted billions for
emergency ship construction, is
again treating our maritime indus
try with shabby neglect and
atNa time when Congressional pro-
pOnents of the st. Lawrence sea
way" would spend millions for a
federally-financed waterway for the
benefit of light-draft foreign tramp
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
No Fade

No lUt
After a three-hour visit at the
White House, at the special in
vitatiOn of President Eisenhower,
General Douglas Macarthur, whose
ideas of massive retaliation" in
Manchuria during the Korean War
were so repugnant to President
Truman, described the occasion as
"a meeting of two old friends"
The meeting. however, included
not one but two private conferences
between the two "old soldiers" and
luncheon at which they were
Joined by top-ranking Defense
heads and Congressional leaders
The guests included Secretary OF
Defense G. E. Wilson, Deputy
Secretary Roger Kyes, Admiral Ar
thur B. Radford, chairman of the
Jcint Chiefs of Staff; General Mat
thew B. Ridgeway, Army Chief OF
Staff (whO succeeded Macarthur
after the Truman Oustef); Admiral
Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval
Operations; Senate Republican
Leader William F. KnOwland
House Speaker Joseph Martin
Chairman Leverett SaltOnstall oi
the Senate Armed Forces Commit.
tee and Chairman Dewey Short 0i
the House Armed Services Com.
mittee.
On mis- departure, General Mac
Arthur admitted to newsmen tha
the President had asked me iowr
today to get my views" and tha
they had discussed internationa
affairs, including IndO-China anC
the Far East.
All of which reminds us that tn,
new look" insofar as it places
primary emphasis on "a great ca
pacity to retaliate instantly b,
means and at places of our owl
choosing. NAV be a new decision
but is not quite a new idea.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
NOARSE
ME THIRD CONCEPT

Mass production and mass distribution
are two modern phenomena on which Amer
lean prosperity is founded. But to exploit
these two concepts for the maximum bene-
fit of the maximum number of people, third
concept must be added-mass investment.
In other words, industry can no longer
rely on a relatively few people to finance
expansion and progress. The needed money
must come from millions of typical Ameri-
cans who believe in our economic system and
its future And most important of all, this
IS the way to bring about true economic
democracy.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
BABSON DISCUSSES UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

BabsOn Park, Mass, March 25.
l urge readers not to taketoo seri-
ously the Federal Unemployment
figures which are released the
second week of each month. Until
they are issued on per-capita
basis and properly adjusted, / be-
lieve them to be unreliable and
misleading
How Such Figures Are Guessed At
There are 63,OOO,OOO, employees
(Other than farmers) in these
United States OF these, only very
few employees are interviewed.
There are over 45,OOO,OOO families
in the United States. Of these, only
$4,000 families are interviewed.
Thus, it will be seen that to give
out a figure Of "3,3S5,OOO" is really
ludicrOus. 1t surely would be more
logical to say about "9,40O.O 900. +"
and call it rough estimate"
The figures never show the real
situation. When families are inter-
viewed they report not only those
who have been laid off. but many
who arc i'll. or working at home,
or perhaps too lazy to work.
Recently, to help the Republicans
get the farm vote, the coverage
has been increased from 1913 coun-
ties to 45O counties. This greatly
increases the percentage of farm
families included in the count. ]
forecast such figures will be found
very unreliable as regards the
status of those helpers who live
on the farm whether or not a
salary is being paid them.
Politics Creep In Badly
Administration, tried to over
come the political slant For in
stance, during the Truman Admin
stration. the Republican families
were constantly expecting a bust.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
I'm THE AIR FORCE
BY EIolno townsend Dlckerson


senators and pointed ont Salton-
stall Of Massachusetts, Duff Of
Pennsylvania, Knowland Of CALI
fornia, Ferguson of Michigan -
all names and faces. familiar to us.
Vice President Nixon was not there
that day so we missed seeing him
as well as our senators, too. Kay's
job in the service is attending the
sessions daily and reporting TO her
office on what legislation is passed
each day. told her she must have
plenty on the ball upstairs to full
fill such job, and hold It, too
Mr.. Williams came and showed
i us the scenes behind the senate
floor and one room contained the
/ office Of the Vice President and
since Richard Nixon was absent
that day / sneaked in his office
and sat in his clIair-just like a
kid on a holiday. We went in the
House, too even though they we're
not in session that day and saw
the holes in the ceiling where the
Puerto Ricans had fired shots a
couple of weeks ago. We then went
into the elevator just for senator's,
! courtesy of Sen. Williams adminis-
tratiVe secretary, and out from the
ascending elevator stepped Mar
garet Chase Smith, with a such a
pleasant smile on her face. She
seems to be very popular among
the people in the Capitol. We took
the underground railway from the
Capitol back to the Senate office
building which certainly made us
feel like V. I. P's ourselves. In
the underground wall there was a
bullet hole where Senator Bricker
/ OF Ohio had been fired at by a man
whose request for a job had been
denied and he blamed it on his
Con gressiOnal senator.
We then left Mr.. williams and
headed for the Smithsonian Insti-
tute. Every time I go to D. c. with
Hayes we ALWAYS have to 20
marvel at the Spirit of st. Louis.
felt like had something in
common with that wonderful shin
this time after my 1100 mile air
trip from Topekas
At three o'clock we walked into
the National Gallery of Art and
even though time was short we
spent an hour and a half there
and wished for much more time
All the buildings that we saw that
day were resplendent with marble.
lavish rOtundas, arehways. stair
wells, and the Art Gallery was lust
as lovely as the others. We saw
two of Rembrandt's self portrait.
the Madonna by POphaeI, portraits
by GainsbOroUgh, Dutch painting
by Van Dyck, and the "Girl with
the Watering Can" by Renoir that
was one of our favorites. These
treasures we had always wanted
to see and we were glad we had
spent the day in our national Cant
tol. Many of us do not realize
how fortunate we are to be so near
Washington and what a crime il
is not to take advantage of it since
Delaware is situated only one state
away from such an important CITY.
At the National Archives we met
Genevieve O'Brien, Hayes cousin.
VINO was there working in her Off
ice. Genevieve showed us the
Declaration of Independence en-
cased in it's bOmb-proOf, fire-proof
vault. Also there in the Archives
were all the documents that each
state had sent on the Freedom
2 Train.
We just had wonderful day and
brought Genevieve on home to Eas
ton, where we topped the days ac
e tlvities with a scrumpuous sOf
t shell crab dinner at the Tid,
3 Water Inn.
e Until next week. E. T. d.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
March 20, 1854
Milford Dnlawarl

March 20, 1854
Milford, Delaware
Dear Friends:
Yesterday morning we left Mil
ford at eight O'Clock to go to Wash
ingtOn, D. c. Hayes and / are often
ashamed of how little we know
Washington when we have lived
so close to it all these years. MANY
of our Air Force friends have never
see it, being from the Pacific coast
and I'm sure they would be as
founded to know that yesterday
was about my sixth trip to our
Capitol.
The first item on our itinerary
was visit to the Capitol to see
the House and the Senate. After
the shooting affair of couple of
weeks ago, it is necessary to OBJ
tain gallery tickets from your
senator or representative in order
to obtain admission. We first stop
ped in Senator Allen Frear's on
ice on the first floor and there met
Mrs. Mary Louise Tilghman Mayer
of Dover, whose mother is a good
friend of my mothers and Mrs.
Mayer is a close friend of Virginia
Grier, here in town She gave us
our Senate tickets and also COM
plimentary tickets to the National
Art Gallery. Senator Frear was at
a committee meeting elsewhere
and we never did get to see him.
We went on upstirs to Senator
John j. Williams office and to
my surprise all the names on the
doors say MISTER Williams and
MISTER Frear; didn't seem prop
er to me. Senator Williams was
busy at committee meeting, 100.
but his right hand man was there,
Mr.. George Williams from Mills
bOTo. Mr.. Williams is V. l. p.
(very important person. in his
own right, having been Motor We
hicle Commissioner, State Treasur-
er, a member Of the State Board
of Education, and most important
a Congressional Representative IL
years ago.
Mr.. Williams offered his assist.
ance to us and seemed rather
amazed that we just stopped in tc
visit. They must get weary Of
people stopping in the office fol
taVors. He told us the correc
hours to see the White House anC
asked us to return to his Offic,
again and he would go to the Capi
tOl with us and show us around
You may visit the White Hous,
from 10 to II and we were ther,
fortunately in time to see tn,
rooms the public are permitted {,
view, the state dining room. tn
red room, the green room and tn
gold room or ball room. I wa
aWfully pleased to see it, but go
such little out of it because ther
were no guides. There were lot
OF guards with "W. H." on thei
uniform lapels and suppose sec
ret service men in plain clothes
but no one to tell interestinI
stories about the various rooms
Since all most all of our sigh
seeing centered around the Mall il
Washington we decided to eat a
the Capitol. The guard in tn,
front door told us it would prob
ably be crowded now and VIII,
not go to the Supreme Court an,
eat in the cafeteria. We did an,
1t was just wonderful and, O
course. much cheaper than if W
had left the Mall and eaten at on
OF the hotels or more elaborat
eating places.
! We got a front row, balcony sea
IN the Senate, and waited ther
for Mr.. Williams to meet us. L
Fay Callahan, of the WAVES. So
next to us and was so interestin
to talk to because she knew all tn
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

Over 400 lbs: $500 to $21.5O,
mostly $19.75 per cwt.
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to S21 90.
mostly $14.0O per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $500 per cwt.
STAGS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs. $1S.75.
Over $50 lbs: $1S.25.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $500,
mostly $215O.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 70 weeks old)
Choice: $11.OO to $500, mostly
$14.5O each.
Medium to good: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $500 each.
Common: $500 to $3.50. mostly
$500 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to 10000.
mostly 5000 each.
Butcher type: $3S.OO to $500,
mostly $4,000 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
: Heavy breeds: S1.20 to $500
mostly $145 each.
Roosters: $1.OO to $3.50, mostly
$1.35 each.
Ggineas: $3.50 to $3.50. mostly
$1.30 each
Geese: $500 to $500. mostly
$3.50 each.
Muscovy ducks: $50 to S12O.
mostly S1.00 each.
MuscOvy brakes: $14O to $50.
mostly S1.6O each.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $120 to $500.
mostly $3.50 each.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed. $.S1 to $40
per dozen.
Large: $50 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet Potatoes: $40 to sfso
per q basket.
Greens; $50 to $.s5 per x
Lard: $500 to $500 per SO lb.
Tarnips: $40 to s.a5 per x
basket.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26

peared. Then SO cents vanished.
The milkman said the jar was all
ways empty when he arrived.
Next day Mrs. MahoneY watched
Up to the jar waddled her two pet
geese. They dipped their bills in
to the jar, carried off the money
and then dropped it in the yard.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
a FoWL DEED

STERLING, Kan. 6P Mrs.
Logan Mahoney solved the case Of
the disappearing milk money. She
had been leaving money for the
milkman in jar on her front
porch. First dollar bill disap-
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
COMPETITION GETS KEENER

The times are just slipping into history
when all merchant had to do was get hold
OF the merchandise and the customers would
ngnt over who would get it. Competition is
getting keener all the time. The merchants
and the statesmen who earn their livelihood
IN the little towns will have to get on the bali
to hold their friends and neighbors. They
viii have to give the same service, the same
bargains and do the same job of selling as
Jnelr pig city cousins. Salesmanship is a
good thing for all Of us.
This view is a pretty accurate reflection
OF what leaders in the merchandising busi-
ness have been saying lately at industry con-
ventions and elsewhere. In both chain and
independent store groups, the concensus is
that there must be better selling IA term
tnat includes both the human salesman, and
such inducements as appealing advertisine,
and displays. In most fields strong buv-
ers' market exists today, and progressive re-
failing fully recognizes the fact
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
HELL-BOMR

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Arizona sun., 1954-09-17
UNITED
NATIONS
NOTES
BY JAMES r.. LAWSON

(Accredited UN Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, NY. (Glob-
aD =. AFRICAN NATIONALISTS
MEN DUN !. James
League, Secretary Of the Advisory
committee of the African Nation
a1ist movement, announced this
week that the recommendations IN
their memorandum to the Presi-
dent of the United States concern
ing merchants ships to the four
independent African states, have
receive d editorial endorsement
from 20 Negro newspapers in this
country. The recommendation was
that the United States give, lend
lease or sell 100 ships to Egypt. 100
to Ethiopia, SO to Liberia and 25
to Lydia.
) LODGE INSISTS ON UN. COUN-
Gil ACTION ON PLANE u.
S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,
sought last week a meeting of the
United Nations Security Council as
soon AS possible TO discuss the
shooting down of a u S. Navy
plane by two Russian fighters off
the Siberian coast last Saturday.
The request was made by formal
letter to the. Security Council.
STAFF DAY Last Friday
evening, a party was held for the
5000 employee sat UN headquart-
ters. Music for the occasion was
furnished by Paul Whiteman's or
chestra, and a number of famous
stars appeared, included Helen
Hayes, Celeste Holm, William War-
field, and Edgar Bergen and Char
lie Mccarthy.