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Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
Homeland. USA

1t is significant to note that Henry
A. ByrOade, Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern, South Asian
and African Affairs, will be guest
speaker at the Tenth Annual Con-
ference of the American Council for
Judaism in Philadelphia this month.
Mr.. ByrOade's presence at the
conference should emphasize as
much as his words the new U. S.
policy of "impartiality" toward the
nations of the Middle East, and
clarity, for all Americans, the atti-
tude of the Council toward ZiOnism
and the concept of Israel as the
Jewish homeland" 1t is the COun-
ellis position that Judaism is a
religion, having nothing to do with
any natiOnalism. 1t denies the Zion
list contention that Jews are either
a race" or a nation. And it was
the former U. S. support of ionist
ideas and aspirations, exemplified in
the formation of the State of Israel.
that has brought American prestige
to a new low in the critical Middle
East.
AS far back as 1851 the American
Council for Judaism called for a
U. S. policy based on the needs of
| the area as a whole and the in
terests of the free world, and free
from domestic pressWres in behalf
of any one foreign country, in
Guiding Israel, When Secretary of
State Dulles announced last year
! our new policy of "impartiality'
and warned against u S. backing of
"expansiOnist iOnism," the Council
in letter from it's president, Less
ing J. Rosenwald, was among the
first to express whOlehearted ap-
prevail Later, when Israel defied
the UN request to discontinue its
hydrO-eleetric operations in the
Lake Huleh area. and the State
Department suspended American
grants-in-aid to Israel the Council
again supported the U. S. policy
against iOnist attacks.
To sustain and expand its view
of Jadaism, the Council has beer
carrying on a program of religious
education over the past two years
assisting and offering direction t
/ seven schools throughout the cOun
try. and preparing textbooks ant
teachers guides for others, so tina
more and more Jewish children ma!
study Judaism. free from the prOpa
ganda of Israeli natiOnalism ant
iOnism.
Americans of all faiths, we be
lieve. will applaud the vigOrou
and continuing campaign of tn
Council to straighten out the con
fusion thai Zionism has create,
about Judaism. They will APPROX
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
NEW TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT
INDICATES END OF A TRADITION

Science moves on. Now experiments are
underway to permit several conversations to
be carried over a single telephone line with
out mixup.
This principle is already used on long
distance networks. But until recently, when
the tiny transistOr was developed it was
not possible to do the same thing on a local
basis at low cost
But now engineers believe they can make
transistOrS work on lines as short as five
miles-and economically.
That means if Mrs. Jones wants to call
her grocer while Mrs. Smith is chatting
over the same line with Mrs Brown, she
can do so, without waiting for the cOnver-
satiOn to end.
The separate conversations will simply
go over separate circuits.
AS so often happens, when progress
comes, tradition ceases. While Mrs Jones
may be happily that she can get her grocer
without delay, she may bemOan the fact that
she won't know what it was Mrs. Smith said
to Mrs. Brown.
And the party line is a wonderful device
for spreading news quickly. Someone had a
new baby? No need to make lot of calls
one would do it, enough listeners would pick
it up to carry the word on.
Now along with the free lunch, the
blacksmith, the nickel street car ride, the
party line will be thing of the past, suit
able only for inclusion in songs like "DO You
Remember"
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
By Eloine townsend Dickerson


would be no weekend in Delaware
for him. Gratefully I heard the Op-
orator say Washington, d. c."
and was ready to scream just like
! almost did in Hayes ear when
he first called me on the phone for
date over nine years ago!
Hayes took a train to Whining
ton and met him there and he
was down state about $3.50 that
night. Time was so short he hard
ly got to see any of our friends and
was only able to see his immediate
relatives and mine. / believe il
the Easter bunny had forgotten
Lynne and Dawn completely Sum
day morning they would have
thought their fathers trip home
was sufficient It was fun to have
the egg hunt in the yard and to
have Daddy there to record our
being in Delaware this Easter by
taking pictures.
Hayes left from the Dover Air
Base at two Sunday afternoon,
which gave him just few meager
AAOAA - AAOAAANf 4uL AllOW AAC " do
glad to see for himself that the
children had recovered from their
tOnsillectOmies and Lynne from her
measles. We, in the DickersOn
family, are rightfully proud of our
13-year-Old niece in Salisbury,
Jacqueline DickersOn, and while
Hayes was home he saw pictures
of Jackie receiving her trophy.
Jackie not only is May Queen of
her school this year. but has been
captain of her victorious basketball
team this winter and at a dinner
last week she was presented with
the Don Bolan award for her cour-
teousness, craftsmanship, high
scholastic attainments and other
fine capabilities. The incest part
of all is that Jackie carries these
hOnOTs so well.
Hope your Easter was a happy
one, too.
! Will be writing to you next week.
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
BABSON DISCUSSES REASONS FOR LAYOFFS

Washington, D. c.. April %,
1854. l am convinced that the pres
ent figures on unemployment are
very misleading. With retail sales
holding up reasonably well, these
figures surely are not due to any
so-called Business Depression"
The public must learn that we can
now have unemployment and rea-
sOnable prosperity at the same
time.
Vitamin Pills And Government
Figures
The basic reasons for the present
number of unemployed are: (1) our
increased population; (2) the large
number of women Employed; and
CD the constantly increasing num-
Der Of able-bodied persons over IS
years of age. 1t can honestly be
said that many in this Older-age
group are listed in the "unem-
plOyed" category who would not
have been so classified some years
ago. The vitamin pills taken by
older people undoubtedly keep them
in the "employable" ranks longer.
There are about 100000 more of
these people now than there were
25 years ago!
The constant introduction of new
automatic machinery results in
both unemployment and continued
prosperity. One of my associates
just visited a chemical plant where
three men are now doing work of
eighty men. Fertilizing plowed fields
has been done by hauling fertilizer
in bags to the field, opening the
bags and sprinkling the fertilizer
by hand. Now an airplane loads
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23

that 1854 can be a fair year notwith-
standing an increase in the number
of unemployed. The following fig
ures are interesting and unimpor-
tant. At the top of the last big
boom in 192S-1929, 10 of the popu-
latiOn was unemployed. In 1892. at
the depth of the depression, go
of the population was unemployed
Today, with a population of 161.-
100000 people, only go is unem-
plOyed. There will not be much
unemployment when spring build
ing gets into full swing.
What Is The Solution?
Readers will say: But these
unemployed people cannot buy
these goods unless they have wages
And, unless more goods are bought
unemployment will continue" But
Washington has a solution, which
is (1) an increase in the minimum
wage for those who are employed :
e. a reduction in the legal hours
for working week. This would
mean reducing the 40-hOur week to
35 or 37h hours.
My forecast is that there is no
permanent solution of the problem
1t will always be a race between
the labor leaders, for higher wages
or shorter hOurs-and the employ
ers,, for more automatic machinery
Sometimes labor will be ahead
other times the employers. Labor
has been on top the past 90 years
Now the employers are having their
turn. So it goes! Let US hope the
employers will not oversearch fol
at least another 20 wears.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
THE WILMINGTON SUNDAY STAR
SUSPENDS PUBLICATION

1t was with feeling of sadness that we
read the announcement of the suspension of
publication Of the Wilmington Sunday Star
slast Sunday. This newspaper had been a
Irregular and welcome visitor to our home as
siOng as we can remember. During the years
lFit had had its ups and down, but the Star of
sthe past few months had seemed prosperous
sand newspaper that was filling need for
wilmington and that part of Delaware which
seould be reached for delivery on Sunday. The
scirculatiOn had increased greatly and the
advertising lineage had grown to a sizabe
sNOlume. 1t costs money these days to pro-
sduce a newspaper, and Wilmington is one
Bpf the costliest spots for such venture in
the entire United States. The struggle was
apparently too much and the publication of
the Star was terminated without previous
notice last Sunday.
During the past few years the death rate
of Sunday, daily and weekly newspapers has
been increasing The heavy increase in the
cost of production just could not be met in
many instances by larger receipts in reVe-
nue. This condition has resulted in suspen-
siOns and consultations of both large and
small newspapers. The trend continues.
Others throughout the Nation will probably
be affected by the economic squeeze. The
town having a prosperous newspaper today
is lucky community, as will beoatteSted to
by many places where their newspaper has
folded up and quit. Wilmington continues to
have excellent daily newspaper service. Many
down state towns in Delaware have fine
weekly newspapers which cover their field
better, and fill need which ne other media
can, or does, do. We know of no better means
of reaching the buying sections of lower
Delaware than through the columns of the
weekly newspapers. In this respect Della
ware is fortunate
eGD@xG
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
Needed-A Fair Shake!

Policy on the marketing of cleo
trio power at federal dams has un-
dergOne important changes since
last August when Secretary of In
terror Douglas Mckay wiped the
slate clean and announced the prin-
ciples on which his Department in
tended to operate For the most
part Administration decisions and
statements have made significant
progress in implementing the
theme that "the primary RESPONSE
bility for supplying power needs
of an area rests with the people
locally"
But there is still a great area
where Congressional action is nee
/ essary if all the inequities of past
federal power policy are to be
cleared away. Perhaps the most
important need is that of restoring
, the principle of tax equality. At
present the Tennessee Valley Au-
thOrity and other government pow
er systems can boast of cheap
rates because they pay little or no
, taxes. If, for instance, teas Op-
eratiOns were made comparable
with those of investor-owned utili-
ties, according to c. J. Green, an
engineer-accOuntant who was will
I the Federal Power Commission for
90 years. its rates for electric ser
vice would have to be just about
doubled.
This means, of course, that the
nations taxpayers are subsidizine
the use of electricity in the Ten.
nessee Valley-that consumers ot
electricity in areas where private
companies operate are paying not
only the cost of the service they
enjoy and a substantial burden Oi
taxes. but also an important share
of similar costs that should b,
borne by consumers of government
ally generated electricity.
, Congress has the power to righ
this inequity and enact laws tha
would give a fair shake to all tn,
peOple-instead of handing lOade,
dice to a few.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
sAWED-OFF YARDsTICK

Writing in the New York Times, Will
liam NJ. Blair reports that the Administra-
tion is considering a move to place federal
electric power projects, which are now who'll
ly or largely tax free, on a new basis so far
as taxation is concerned. He also pointed
out the significance of a bill, recently ap-
proved by the House Appropriations Com
mittee, which would require iva to pay in
terest on federal funds that have been adj
vanced for the construction of power facili-
ties.
AS is to be expected, public-power spokes-
men are organizing to fight this. One Con-
gresham from the IVA area went so far
as to say that the interest proposal would
wreck the yardstick idea
It is difficult to see how IVA or anv
other such federal operation is anything but
the phoniest possible yardstick under cur
rent conditions. The private-enterprise pow
er companies, whose rates the yardstick is
supposed to measure, pay out about % per
cent Of al their revenues in taxes, and paw
the going interest rate on borrowed money.
iva is totally free Of interest charges, and
pays only relatively small sums to local gov
ernment in lieu of taxes and nothing to the
federal government. And it gets all manner
of services, the franling privilege being one,
at the taxpayers expense.
Every public-power operation, federal
or local, should pay taxes and interest on
precisely the same basis as private enter
prise. Then the yardstick might start to make
sense.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
April 20, 1854
Milford, Delaware


Dear Friends
Easter is a wonderful time of the
year always. but this year it seem
ed especially nice. Looking back
ward it does not seem possible
that we spent our Easter last year
at Mather Field, Sacramento, Cal
ifOrnia, hunting Easter Eggs with
other Air Force families. 1t seems
much longer ago that we were on
the west coast. In 1852 we were
in Tampa and attended their Easter
egg party at MacDill and our first
year in the service we spent Easter
with Dolores Ragains and Freddie
who were at Sunset Beach, Florida,
that year soaking in the sun.
Chuck and Lib Wright were there,
too, and it was so wonderful to be
with Delawareans our first holiday
away from home.
Last Saturday morning was not
very pretty morning and it looked
like Lynne and Dawn wouldn't get
to see their Daddy another week
end. Ever since Hayes has been in
Alabama we have hoped he would
catch a flight home just for over
night Or. o. N.-Remain Over
Night from Saturday until Sunday.
The school that Hayes is attending
demands a lot of work and he is
busy from z a. m. until midnight
every weekday. Then with books
as required reading and speeches
to prepare, etc, his week-ends are
quickly eaten up, too. Well, ir-
regardless of school and work that
he probably could have done over
the weekend, he got home.
We were at dinner Saturday night
and the phone rang about $50
The operator said Lieutenant Dick
ersOn wanted to talk to Mrs. Dick
ersOn and l thought I never would
hear from whence the call origi-
mated I was so afraid he was call
ing from Maxwell saying the wea.
ther was closing in and there
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
Russ Argo, Milford
Marble Champion
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Kitchens, and Isaacs defeated
PaytOn; Payton clinched third
place by defeating Kitchens in the
consolation round.
At a special assembly, to be held
at the Milford School, this Friday
morning, ArgO, Isaacs, PaytOn and
Kitchens will receive awards earn
ed in the local competition. Argo,
as Milford new marble champion,
will receive a, handsome Bulova
watch, donated jointly by Dixon's
jewelers. and the sponsoring V. F.
w. post. a medal from the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, and a large
box of candy, the latter donated by
the Reynolds Candy Company, of
Wilmington.
Wayne Isaacs, as runner-up in
the local tourney, will receive a
pair of gym shoes, a secOnd-place
award medal, and candy. Ronald
PaytOn will receive a third-place
award medal, a sports gear bag
and candy Glenn Kitchens will re-
ceive a consolation award of Reyn-
olds Candy. A special award for
sportsmanship will also be made
Friday and the identity of the re-
cipicant of this award will not be
made known until the time for pre-
sentatiOn of awards.
Sponsorship of the local tourna-
ment was undertaken by Blue Hen
Post as part of the local v. f. w.
units all-year-around community
service program.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing
last week. This report shows av-
erage prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
marketed throughout this week;
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $28.OO to $4,000, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $4,000 to $27.50,
mostly $24.OO per cwt
Rough and common: $14.00 to
$500, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $20.5O, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $315O, mostly
$1,000 per Cwt.
Common: $1O75 to $1,000, most
ly $500 per cwt.
COWS
(Slaughter)
Medium to good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly STATS per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $11,50, most
ly $1L25 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: S725 to
1915, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
STEERS
Good: $1,000 to $21.5O, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Good to choice, light steers
$11.75 to $16.75, mostly $15.25 per
cwt.
HEIFERS
(Feeder)
Dairy type: $500 to $11.75, most
Iy $1,000 per Cwt.
Beef type: $14OO to $500, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs(
Medium to good: STATS to $3.50
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs,)
Medium to good: $10.75 to $13.75
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
Good Quality
100 to 10 lbs: $245O to $27 25
mostly $26.75 per cwt.
40 to 240 lbs. $26OO to $27.75
mostly $2725 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: $25OO to $26.50
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
SOWS
Good QUALITY
200 to 800 lbs: $3.50 to $2475
mostly $23.25 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs. $1S.25 to $24.25
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23

with fertilizer at the factory and
carries it in bulk to the fields, where
1t is sprayed on the ground from
the air. No manuel labor. no bags.
and better results.
Offsetting High Labor Costs
The rapid increase in self-service
stores and coin machines is another
illustration of how greater sales
are handled with fewer clerks. This
also reduces chances of loss to
the stores from dishonest clerks
who do not ring up sales properly.
The practice followed by most
modern supeT-markets will be
adopted by many stores in other
lines. All these changes have been
forced upon manufacturers and
merchants by union labor leaders.
And the resultant unemployment is
due to prOsperity-not to depres-
sion.
All these plans for saving labor
were gradually building up through
out the Truman Administration
The labor lea ders demanded
higher wages; the consumers re-
sisted higher prices: so there was
only one thing for the manufacturer
and merchant to do-namely, intro
duce automatic machinery both for
producing and for selling goods.
Furthermore, the nation is just
starting on this new departure. To
hold ones job in the future one
must take a greater interest and do
better work both at the bench and
at the counter.
What Are The Facts!
The above facts are why say
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News Information Supplied BY The Of Markets.
State Board OF Agriculture, Dover DeluVsars

over 400 lbs: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $21.5O per cwt.
BOARS
Good QUALITY
Under $50 lbs. $1,000 to $1S.75,
mostly $165l per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $1,000 to $1,000,
mostly $1,000 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to good; $500 to $24.OO,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old)
Choice: $1,000 to $19.25, mostly
$500 each
Medium to good: $3.50 to $115O,
mostly S1100 each.
Common: $3.50 to $500. mostly
$3.50 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $84OO,
mostly $4,000 each.
Butcher type: $4,000 to $45OO.
mostly $500 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
(Heavy Breeds)
$1.20 to $195, mostly $1.35 each.
BANTAM CHICKENS
Light Breeds)
$50 to $50, mostly $50 each.
DUCKS
Muscovy brakes: S1.35 to $3.50,
mostly $160 each.
Muscovy ducks: $50 to SIPS,
mostly $105 each.
TURKEYS
Toms: $500 to $500. mostly
/ $3.50 each.
Hens: $4.OO to $4.25. mostly s4.OO
each.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $1OO to $14O,
mostly $10O each.
Small breeds; $50 to $50. most
ly $50 each
Young rabbits: $.25 to $.45, most
ly $.95 each,
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $.S4 to $.4s
4 per dozen
Pullet: SIS to $50 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet potatoes: $.55 per *
bushel.
Strawberry plants: $500 to $3.50
per 1000 plants.
Greens: SIS to $.35 per 5s bushel.
Country butter: $.55 per 10.
Lard; $6.75 to $3.50 per so ID,
can.
Sweet potatoes: $12O to $3.50
per bushel
] Apples: 1920 per bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-23
Laurel Sportsmen's
Club Field Trial
continued from nrst paeel

NCOnLlnueu from Ait9L pager
timore, Md; second place, Brook
Mar Wrinkles, owner, Roy Little
ton, Salisbury, Md; third place.
Onie Bugle Boy, owner, Everett
Jones, Salisbury, Md; fourth
place, Juletone Smallstuff, owner,
Raymond Jones. Salisbury. Md;
reserve, Brook-Mar DOttie S.,
owner, George Marine, Hebron, Md.
Fld Ch Oakmar's Peggy Pepper,
owner, M. A. Ross, Princess Anne,
Md, won the trophy presented by
the club for highest number Of
points for placing during the 1858
and 1854 Field Trial Season.
Results of the Plan "A7 Trial
held on Sunday. April 1S. 1854
Judges. Reeves Lippincott, Woods
town, N. J., William j. Smith, Sea-
ford, Delaware.
Thirteen-ineh Glass of 90 entries:
First place, Mispillion Bobby. own
er Frank Grier, Milford. Del; 2nd
place, Onie's Traveller, owner,
Everett Jones, Salisbury. Nd: Srd
place, Diana's Judy Ann, owner.
G. w. Messick. Parsonsburg. Md. /;
4th place, Mispillion Sammy. own
er, Frank Grier. Milford, Del: Re-
serve, Messick's Brenda, owner, c.
W. Messick, Parsonsburg. Md. Flo.
Oh. Oakmar's Bonnie Bell. owner.
c. w. Messick, ParsOnsburg. Nd.
won the trophy presented by the
Club for the highest number of
points awarded for placing during
the 1858 and 1854 Field Trial Sea-
son.