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Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
NIXON SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Vice President Nixon performed a won
derful service for the American people
when, last Saturday evening, he answered
the charges which had been hurled at the
Eisenhower Administration by Adlai Stew
ensOn. Mr.. Stevenson it will be recalled,
had criticized the entire administration and
had made charges that the administration
had embraced "McCarthyism" to such an
extent that efficient leadership had fallen
down. The Vice President hit Stevenson
hard when he pointed out that the 1862
Democratic candidate had failed to offer
any plan, either constructive or otherwise.
The Stevenson speech was political in every
respect. He told of no Democratic party
plan for solving our present problems There
was no well thought out schedule for either
local or foreign affairs during the Truman
administration. A series of crisis, one of
which developed into the Korean War, was
the end result
Mr. Nixon pointed out that the approach
of the present administration is to keep the
foes Of our Nation off guard by keeping the
initiative in the cold war without saddling
ourselves with staggering defense costs and
intOlerable taxes. He brought to the atten-
ton of the American people the lack of
cooperation of the Democrats in the matter
of taxes. He explained that their actions in
demanding heavier tax cuts than are justi-
AtSN SctAt OAAAJ pie up QCllCltS. III LIH long
run all OF US will suffer. He touched on the
farm question and accused the Democrats
Of trying to torpedo the Eisenhower plan.
He met the charge of "McCarthyism'' head
on. He deplored the loose talk which can
only result in discord and misunderstanding
unless it is curbed. He denied that the Pres
ident or the present administration had con-
doned. the Mccarthy tactics, or that the
Senator from Wisconsin had formulated ad-
ministration policy on the subversive ele-
ments. He recognized the need for constant
alertness against all subveTsives and stress
ed the need for preparedness against all
groups or individuals working against our
form of government. In expressing the hope
that all Investigations will be kept at a high
level, he voiced the desire Of all loyal Amer
leans. He has done the nation a great SER
wee through his mastery reply to Adai
Stevenson whose attack was. without cues
tion political shot aimed at influencing the
next elections.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
Frem- FGUOrS Cut
In Excise Taxes
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to make up for the loss of revenue
which tax reduction would bring,
l feel l would favor that stop. The
American people have indeed been
extremely generous in providing
billions upon billions of dollars
for economic and military assist
ance for our Allies over a period
of many years. In the present sit
uatiOn, it becomes inevitable that
we take necessary action to pro-
tect our own welfare"
In the other remarks contained
in his weekly statement, Mr..
Frear made passing reference to
the current controversy between
the. Mccarthy Subcommittee and
the Department of the Army. Mr..
Frear said that this situation was
diverting the attention of members
of Congress and leaders of the
Executive Branch from other re-
sponsibilities, and he expressed
the hope that the differences of
opinion will be speedily adjusted.
Senator Frear also explained in
his statement that he voted for a
motion to include Alaska in the
bill authorizing Hawaiian State
hood, because he felt that both ter
riotries should be considered to-
gether. The Senate is now debat-
ing the amended Hawaiian Alas
kan Statehood measure.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19

fair to you for any manufacturer,
or his employment manager, to
base his opinions and hence his
firing and hiring" program on
the Dow-Jones Average. Manufac-
turers should study the average
prices of all the $500 stocks,
properly adjusted as to volume,
and not depend solely on what 80
stocks indicate.
What Is The Present Outlook?
The truth is that the stock mar
ket is very confusing to any honest
employment manager today. The
Dow-Jones Industrial Average in
dicates one thing; while the entire
stock market indicates an opposite
thing. Certain good stocks are now
abnOrmally high; while other good
stocks are abnOrmally low. Before
you are fired by any employment
manager, he should study other
factors, rather than look solely at
the stock market.
General business fell off during
January and Febraury, 1854, COM
pared with 1858: but the stock
market did not forecast this. Some
stocks went up; while others went
down. Many stock prices have
changed very little in the past six
months or even longer. Hence. we
all should watch carefully the busi-
ness of March and April without
reference to the stock market Ger
tainly-except for customary sea-
sonal reasOns-I forecast that en-
ployment managers will be making
a big mistake by firing people at
this time.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
Haul Down The JoIIv !

Haul Down The Jolly Roger!
In the hopper of new bills for
Congress to work on is one de-
signed to bring the so-called
gypsy carriers on the inland
waterways under regulation by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
AT the time Congress passed the
Transportation Act of 1910. water
transportation generally was put
under regulation by the Commits
sion. The author of this bill said
at the time, "If experience should
show that more extensive regu-
latiOn is necessary it can be accom-
plished at future time"
Senator John W. Bricker (R-
OhiO), the Chairman of the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee of the Senate, evidently
thinks that that time is now here
He has introduced a bill, which is
also sponsored by Senator John
son (D-COlorado), the ranking
minority member of the Senate
Committee, and a number of other
Senators of both political parties.
This bill is intended to insure
equality of opportunity in the navi-
cation of our rivers. In the 1910
bill an exception from regulation
for those carrying bulk cargoes
consisting of not more than three
such commodities was put in the
bill at the instance of u. S. Great
Lakes carriers because of COM
petition with Canadian vessels. This
exception has protected a form OF
piracy against barge operators on
the inland waterways. The law
givers then had in mind the Great
Lakes ore carriers in competition
with Canadian vessels carrying ore
coal and limestone. They were not
thinking of the barge lines on the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and
the other inland waterways, which
have become an important factor
in keeping down the cost of what
Americans everywhere eat and
wear and use.
This dry-bulk exemption has left
gypsy operators who file no rate
scales with the ICC free to pick
off such cargoes below the rates
which regulated lines must observe
Further, the gypsy need not accept
all cargOes offered, nor complete
contracts he finds improbable
since he is beyond ICC control. UG-
til this bill is passed the gypsy
remains q legal freebooter prey
ing on commerce" as the old tern
is, and costing all of us money by
preventing efficient operation of the
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
March II, 1854
Milford. Delaware

Milford, Delaware
Dear Friends
1t seems this leave we have
spent more time in Philadelphia
than we ever have. Hayes and I
had arranged to meet in the AdeI-
phia Hotel in Philly Thursday
night. He drove in from Topeka
with another boy, originally from
New Jersey, who will accompany
him, too, to the school in Ala
bama. Hayes had been in Kansas
for two weeks and as / told you, I
thought the meeting" warranted
a new chapeau. Unfortunately I
bought the bonnet on a spring-like
day and bought white straw to
brighten up my black, low belted
suit. Thursday afternoon Dad
drove me to Wilmington to catch
the train going north and l casu-
ally walked out into the snow in
my white straw hat. Nothing I
could do, but wear it and Hayes.
good old soul that he is. loved it.
We met Harry and Elaine Null
AOAAohu ia LOWu III EulIly LudL
night and had dinner with them at
Palumbo's and watched the floor
show as we ate. They live just a
half hours ride from the big CITY.
but in New Jersey.
Saturday we returned to Penn
sylvania to see "Cinerama" at the
Boyd Theatre. So many people we
have talked to have confused this
picture with Cinemascope. This is
entirely different and really quite
lndescribable since it is all very
new. | believe there are only eight
theatres in the country who can
show "Cinerama" because of the
| expense involved in changing the
theatre so completely. Three pro-
iectors are needed, a large screen
that encircles the stage and new
sound equipment The picture has
no stars, no plot, and perhaps with
this bit of information YOU are
disinterested already, but don't be
You'll never regret going to Phil
adelphia to see 'Cinerama." HAYES
about had a fit at first when
mentioned going so far to see a
movie and paying $3.50 for oul
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
I'm THE AIR FORCF7
q EIolne Townsend pIekerson


two reserved seats. but he was not
sorry afterwards. The screen COM
ing out on either side of the aud
ience makes you feel you are real
ly a part of the picture, the seen
cry being in front of you and on
either side of you. The curtain
opens and you are riding in the
chair of a scenic railway at Rock
away Island, New York. The girl
next to me hid her eyes and /
screamed for all I was worth: it
was so realistic. Another scene.
they land you on the runway of
the Kansas City Municipal Airport.
II Just is impossible to describe,
bat it really is breath taking. I
have never been to a movie where
the audience sat still after the pic-
ture to see who the directors
were, who originated this new
medium, and they tried to find all
the available material they could
about the miracle they had lust
seen. You won't be sorry if YOU
go out of your way to see "Ciner-
anna"
Sunday morning we went to
church in Harrington and stood up
with Anne and Bill Minmer to have
little Karen Elaine Minner chris
tened. You know how fathers are
about their little daughters and
Anne didn't know until the last
minute if Bill would give Karen's
name to the minister as Karen
Elaine, peach peach, lump, lump"
She looked darling.
Tuesday night l played with nv
old bridge club at Ann Baechler's
mouse. 1t was so nice to see Ros-
lyn McFaul, Eva Marshall. Ida
Wells. Jeanette Isaacs. Kinney
Townsend, and Lucy Hammond.
Mary Jean Warren usually plavs.
but she is now in Florida. Aileen
wilkins had a strep throat and
Blanche Stokes was practicing for
the fashion show that the Hospital
Auxiliary is sponsoring tomorrow
night so there were three substi-
tutes, but we had a real nice time
Milford is as busy as ever and
we are enjoying being around
again.
AS always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19

up of the top big-cOmpany stocks;
C2) that banks and trustees-per-
haps partly to protect themselves
against later suits-prefer to buy,
for trusts and pension funds, the
stocks of these top companies; 60
. that this concentrated buying,
with little selling, sends these 80
stocks up above the true market
average; and (4) that the buying of
Mutual Funds is a great factor in
boosting the Dow Industrial Aver
age.
Let me say something about these
Mutual Funds. They are worthy of
careful consideration for small in
vestOrs. They give wide, diversi-
ficatiOn and honest management.
These Funds are being sold today
by thousands of statesmen who get
a commission of about 59o-while
the rest of the 1900 stocks are ne
elected, for the selling of which
they would get only 1/Sth of 196,
Stock Market And Employment
1t is unjust to say that the stock
market should be a fair barometer
.Of general business, which deter
mines your employment. The stock
market as a whole does represent
the composite opinion of the busi-
ness leaders of the nation. Although
this composite opinion maye be
wrong, il is worthy of careful con-
sideration by every reader of this
newspaper.
But the Dow-JOnes Industrial
Average does not necessarily repre-
sent the opinion of leading busi-
nessmen as to employment con-
ditions. Hence, it may be very un-
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
Changes liz Social
Security Explained
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"A strange thing about peoples
knowledge of social security"
Milbouer added, 'is that those who
seem to know least about it, are
those who have been under il
longest. The newly covered groups
on the other hand seem to be
much more aware of their status
under social security and the pro-
lection it provides even though
they have only recently begun
making contributions"
All workers are urged to get
up-to-date information about what
the social security program means
to them and their families. They
should know what the program
provides for a mans family in
the event Of his death as well as
something about what they can
expect as payments upon retiring
after age 65.
The place. to get this informa-
ton, according to Mr.. Milbouer
is at the Wilmington Social Se-
eurity Office, S13 West Street The
stan Of this Office will be glad IA
answer questions and discuss so-
clal security as it applies to in
diVidual situations.
Small easy-to-read pamphlets
explaining the program are avafl-
able without cost.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
''EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD

Many believe chat the distribution of
physicians in this country is excessively un-
even and that a substantial part of the pop
ulation does not have doctors readily avail
able
The facts are found in seven-year
study made by bureau of the American
Medical Association. AS of a comparatively
recent date, every community with more
than 5000 population had at least one pbvsi-
clan in active private practice. as did 96 per
cent of those with 2,500-5,O00 people and
1913 per cent of those in the 1,000-2, 500 pop
ulation bracket. And only 100000 Ameri-
-one-sixth of one per cent of our popu-
lation-live more than 25 miles from a doc
tor
These disclosures certainly support the
study's conclusion that the distribution of
doctors in relation to the people they serve
is extraordinary good
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
BABSON DISCUSSES TRUTH ABOUT STOCK
MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT

BabsOn Park, Fla, March 1S. You
have seen recent newspaper head
lines: STOCK MARKET TOUCHES
HIGHEST IN 25 YEARS. Yet, when
many of you check your list of
good stocks owned, you find this is
not true as to your portfolio. Now
let me tell you the trouble.
DOW-JOnes Averages Explained
There are about 1900 stocks list
ed on the New York Stock Ex-
change. OF these 1900, only 65 are
taken to prepare the Dow-JOnes
Averages, so-called. Furthermore,
these are divided into three groups:
(D The Industrial Group contain
ing 30 stocks; (2) The Railroad
Group containing 20 stocks; and
(S) The Utilities Group containing
Is stocks.
AS a practical matter, most inves-
tors do not bother with the second
and third groups. They look at only
the Industrial Group. When the
Industrial Group of 80 stocks goes
up, they think the entire market
of 1,50O stocks goes up. When this
Industrial Group goes down, they
think all, 1900 have gone down.
Hence, the newspaper headlines
mentioned above, reporting the
market at it's "25-year high" really
Group of 80 stOcks-not to the
real average of the entire market
or probably not to the stocks which
you own.
Is The DOW-JOnes Barometer Fair?
I answer this very frankly by
replying that it is unfair to act on
these averages. The truth is: ~.
that this Industrial GroAp is made
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson ToYlo

regulated lines.
We hope that Congress will rec
tify, at long last, the commission of
1910. This seems to he logical and
necessary step in developing an
efficient, cOordinated, transporta,
tiOn system under regulation by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
in the interest of all the people.
E#a
What COmmies!
President Eisenhower, in answer
to a question at his press confer
ence, almost agreed with Vermont's
Republican Senator Ralph E. Flan-
ders on the subject of Senator
Joseph R. Mccarthy.
The President, who authorized
direct quotation of his answer, said
he had expected the question and
thought about it on the way over. "
He said that he agreed that when
Senator Flanders points up the
danger of us engaging in inter-
necine warfare e. then he is doing
a service when that kind of thing
is happening"
But Mr.. Eisenhower hastened
to add, Now / am not going to be
in a position of endorsing every
word he said or how he said it. /
don't know All l saw of it was
little bit of the thing on television
last night 80. ="
So we wonder if the President
was listening when Senator Flan-
ders declared that international
Communism rather than domestic,
had placed the free world in mortal
peril-that the danger ''is from
without, not from within.
Thus the Vermont Senator ap-
pears to be in agreement with
Harry (Red Herring) Truman, who
told reporters in New York only
few days ago, There aren't an
eyeful of Communists in the whole
country ="
Senator Mccarthy, however, in
devOting a moment to Mr.. Flanders
during his radio appearance on the
Fulton Lewis, JT, program, quoted
Abraham Lincoln in reply. He re-
called that Lincoln had said that
not all the armies of Europe could
gain the Blue Ridge or drink of
the Ohio River" and that if
America was ever to be destroyed,
it would be from within.
In view of the record Of the past
twenty years-the planned, deliber-
ate and steady infiltration of Reds
and their pink followers into every
phase of American life, government,
schools and colleges, the press,
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
MARKET News Information Supplied By The Bureau OF Moeis
State Board OF Agriculture Dover, DeIuv-urs

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
CHOICES: $500 to $30.50, most
ly $500 per cwt.
MEDIUM TO GOOD: $4,000 to
S24.50. mostly $22.50 per cwt.
ROUGH AND COMMON: $500 to
$500, mostly S14.OO per cwt.
MONKEYS: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $14.50 per cwt.
LAMBS
MEDIUM: $1,000 to $500, most
ly $500 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER cows
MEDIUM TO GOOD: $11.5O to
SLABS, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
COMMON: $1,000 to- $11.25,
mostly $10.75 per cwt.
GAMERS AND CUTTERS: $3.50
to $7.75, mostly $500 per cwt.
STEERS
GOOD TO CHOICE LIGHT
STEERS: $10.25 to $4,000. mostly
$17.00 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
DAIRY TYPE: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $10.25 per cwt.
BEEF TYPE: $1,000 to $500,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
GOOD TO CHOICE: $14.OO to
$500, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
BULLS
(OVeTs 1000 pOundS)
MEDIUM TO GOOD: $3.50 to
$3.50, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
600 to 1000 pOunds)
MEDIUM TO GOOD: S11.OO to
s$16.25, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
12O TO 10 POUNDS: $24.75 to
$4,000, mostly $25.75 per cwt.
40 to 240 POUNDS: $26.O0 to
$26.50, mostly $4,000 per cwt.
24O TO $50 POUNDS: $24.5O to
$16.25, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 TO 800 POUNDS: $500 to
$24.00, mostly S21.5O per cwt.
500 to 400 POUNDS: $3.50 to
$23.25, mostly $21.00 per cwt.
OVER 400 POUNDS: $500 to
$2100, mostly $19.75 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19

BOARS
(gOOd quality
UNDER $50 POUNDS: S11.OO to
$3.50, mostly $1,000 per cwt
OVER $50 POUNDS: $500 to
$1,000, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
MEDIUM TO GOOD: s1400 IN
$3.50, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
Is to 10 weeks ODD
CHOICE: $1,000 to $16.5O, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
MEDIUM TO GOOD: $3.50 to
$3.50, mostly $500 per cwt.
COMMON: $500 to $500, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
WORK TYPE: $4S.OO to $4,000.
mostly $1,000.
BUTCHER TYPE> $4,000 to
$4,000, mostly S41.0O.
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
FOWL: $1.2O to $3.50, mostly
BOOSTERS: s1lo to s16O. most
ly $L35.
Light Breeds
GUINEAs: S1.OO to slips, mostly
:. GEESE: $500 to sg.4o. mostly
$2.40.
DUCKS
MUSCOVY DUCKS: soc to Sl.30.
MUSCOVY BRAKES: Sl8O
TURKEYS
TOMS: $1,000.
HEN: $3.50 to $500.
RABBITS
LARGE BREEDS: $l.15 to $3.50,
mostly $1.30.
SMALL BREEDS: soc to CSC,
mostly zoe.
YOUNG RABBITS: 85c to soc,
mostly 35.
EGGS
UNGRADED, MIXED: soc to 41c
per dozen.
LARGE: SIC per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
APPLES: $1.75 to SIPS per bu-
shell
LARD: $500 to $500 per 5O-rb
can.
SWEET POTATOES: soc to $1.OO
per Is bushel
COUNTRY BUTTER: soc per
pound.
BLACK WALNUTs: Csc to SOC
per 5S bushel.
shell
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-19

labor unions, even religious groups
which should be as familiar to
Senator Flanders as to the rest of
US; we are inclined to agree with
President Lincoln-and Senator
Mccarthy.
No Striped Pants Needed
The best reply we have yet heard
to the Miami curtain-raising speech
of Democratic Bearer
Adlai Stevenson comes from De-
fense Secretary c. E. Wilson, prob
ably the outstanding executive of
the official Administration family.
Asked for comment on the Steven
son criticism of the Departments
new look, which the irrepres-
sible Adlai described as "rlore bang
for buck" Mr.. Wilson replied that
he had not read the speech.
why do you think should read
it?' he asked the reporter DO
you think he is an expert in the
matter?"
Perservering reporters wanted to
know if the new look" meant a
return to dependence on atomic
weapons, as in the years before
our nucleaT know-hOw was stolen:
and what about Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles idea of clob-
bering the enemy atomically if we
, happened to get into something
less than a first-class war.
Il don't think there is any simple
answer" said Mr.. Wilson, but
from the military point of view,
we are not replying on any thing. "
I'VE have a complete program.
Our military chiefs think it is
sound, and l think it is sound. The
Security Council and the President
have approved it-and l know we
will have our critics on it."
Further explanations were forth
coming from Admiral Arthur w
RadfOrd, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of
the Navy, Robert B. Anderson, who
denied, in subsequent speeches that
the new look" was any radical
departure from traditional mill
tary planning or involved reliance
on one weapon or one service for
one kind of war.
We thus have some reason to
hope that at least one of the
changes" it was time for has been
accomplished by the Eisenhower
Administration that the State
Department is no longer running
the military.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-15
Southern States Amaluer Talent Acts
Head For Important District Shows

N1ctcalf and hi. accompanist
Brett Watson. VIII represent the
Prospect and Darlington Heights
section while Jimmy Hill and
Kcnrleth Bryant. a hillbilly duet.
VIII represent the Dillwyn area
These Will compete at Roanoke
A tap dancing act. composed of
Arthur Emerson and r. f. Golden.
Will represent the Amelia area in
Richmond the following day
The pot OF gold is an all ex-
penSe pad trip to New York where
the act Will appear on the Origin
al Amateur TV SHOW. providing
they hurdle the district contest
and win at Richmond The run
ner-up act VIII receive a $500 cash
prize and the third place winners
slO0
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-15
Five Forks

Mr. and MIS- r S Woodell Of
stanton spent the week end in
the home of Nh and Mis- Ger
man Covneton
Arnold Covineton and Charlie
Carter spent Sunday in Richmond
visiting Mrs. Arnold CoWnpton h
the home of Mrs. w S GATH
right Charlie Carter visited his
aunt. Mrs Charles Berry while
there Sunday afternoon
Nh and Mrs George Florence
named their young son Michae'
sullivan He was born on Sept
10 in Charlottesville MIS- Flor
ence was formerly from here
Mrs Richard Whl.head Mrs
German CoyIneton Mrs. Luis
Thompson and Miss Cornelia
Mayton spent the week end at the
NJ, f. parsonage with MI and
Mrs. r T Lovelace, at Newport
Va
Evening star., 1954-01-10

Thank you, Washington Your response Anniversary
Sale announcement simply overwhelming with of you
stormng doors to take advantage Of ashed prices
wanted merchandise than imagined Judging by this
Evening star., 1954-01-10

frweek response Anniversary offerings the second
week of Great Yearly Event. about to Begin will be
greater We take tin fact love it-so one,
come al-we' be ready.