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The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
Sergeant Relates
 DickensOn Refused Food to Sick POW

WASHINGTON, R - An ex- prisoner-of-wa said today Cpl. Edward s. Dickinson pushed a sick POW down some stairs after the ailing man had asked Dickin- son for food.
 This incident was described by Staff Sgt. John A. Davis of Nj agara Falls, NY, who stared at Dickinson with unmasked hate during his appearance in the wit ness chair. It was third day of Dickinson's court martial on charges Of collaborating with the Chinese Communists while a POW
 Davis said Dickenson worked at the sick compound as cook at the Red POW camp at Pyoktong along the Yalu River and T saw him trade off chow for tobacco and candy"
 At one point, Davis said he saw  a sick POW go up to Dickenson land ask for chow. Dickinson said there was no more. I, per sonally saw some chow in the chow pot"
 The witness said there was "a little argument" and he saw Dick enson push the man down three stairs. "The mans legs were para lyzed for a day." Davis said.
 Guy Emery, counsel for the de- fense, drew from Davis comics sion that he could not remember clearly the incident of chow trad ing.
 Emery asked the short, stocky sergeant: ''Was it at this time that you began to hate the accused?"
 "Yes, sir," Davis said.
 And you still do?"
 "Yes, sir."
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
Accountant Arrested For Incorrectly Made Out Alaska Tax Returns

FAIRBANKS, R-A Fairbanks public accountant, William Hart nett, has been arrested on charges of submitting more than 100 in correct or falsely made out terri torial tax returns to the tax com missioner.
 At the same time, Karl Dewey, the tax commissioner, has sum- moned 67 taxpayers to appear for questioning in regard to returns filed for them by Hartnett. Of 37 who have answered te summons, seven have made out affidavits, Dewey reported.
 Hartnett's bail has been set at S1,000 He maintains he is inno- cent. Dewey said no charges are contemplated against the taxpay- CTS themselves at the present time.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
Van Fleet To Survey Military Assistance
 Programs In Far East

WASHINGTON, R President Eisenhower has asked Gen. James s. Van Fleet, former 9th Army commander in Korea and now re- tired, to survey the military assist ance programs in the Far East, especially in Korea and Formosa.
 This announcement was made today by Secretary of Defense Wilson at his weekly news con- ference.
 Wilson said Van Fleet, Assistant Secretary of Defense w. J. Me Neil and small staff of civilians and military personnel will leave Washington about May 1.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
Heintzleman Says Partition Proposed Because He Felt Statehood Doomed Unless Something Drastic Advanced

ANCHORAGE, R-Gov. Heint- zleman advanced his proposal to partition Alaska for statehood with ''the greatest reluctance" he said in a letter released here Tuesday.
 The letter was written to liar old E. Pomeroy, Civil Defense di- rector, and it's contents released after approval was received from Heintzleman, who is in the east.
 The governor said he suggested partition "only after I felt sure that we could not get statehood now unless something drastic was advanced"
 This, he felt, offered an oppor- tunity for statehood now for half the territorial area and the chance to admit the outside area in the not too distant future"
 He said he anticipated ''the first reaction would be extreme oppo- sition to the idea,' and added:
 "You may be sure I didn't ad vance it without the greaest re- luctance and to break the stalemate that has existed in the House on Alaska statehood. As you know, no one has been able to get the House bill released by the Rules Committee - and in addition, the President had said six months ago that he was not convinced that Alaska is yet ready for statehood.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21

He quoted President Eisenhow- CTS recent remark that ''he didn't believe the barren reaches of the territory on the north and west should be included in the new state of Alaska" This objection, Heintzleman said, might be satis- fled by the partition plan.
 My new and unpopular ap- proach to the matter at least car ried it off dead center" the gov ernor wrote. 'It may result in some decision in favor of state hood for at least part of Alaska, whereas we might otherwise go along another 10 years without any chance" unless action is taken by the present Congress.
 With at least a portion of the territory a part of the union, the governor wrote, ''our transition period from territorial status to statehood would of course be cas- fer with the smaller area"
 The governor said the new state he proposes would be 35,000 square miles larger than Texas, an 'extremely large state on which to get started with state hood"
 For sentimental and other req sons, Heintzleman told Pomeroy, he hoped the excluded area could be called Frontier Alaska" or Alaska Outpost" until it is fully absorbed into the state of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
COP Committeeman McKenna Endorses Candidate Hickel

FAIRBANKS, R-In a surprise political move, R. J. (Mickey) Me Kenna of Fairbanks announced last night he will resign as Re publican National Committeeman for Alaska if Walter Hickel of Anchorage is elected to the post in next Tuesdays primary cleo ton.
 Hickel is opposed by Territorial Sen. w. L. Oan- Lhamon of Fair banks on the party's special pri- mary ballot.
 National committee members of both major political parties will be elected for the first time under a law passed by the 1853 legisla- ture. They have been named here tofore by the territorial conven- tions of the parties.
 McKenna's statement endorsed Hickel.
 There have been predictions in the past that the National Repub- lican party might not recognize the elected committee members until after the terms of the pre- sent committeeman and commit teewoman, Mrs. Albert White, ex- pire.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
3rd Division Republican Committee
 Asks Replacement of Chippenfield

ANCHORAGE, R-Members of the Third Division Republican Committee asked governor Heint- zleman Monday to declare the office of territorial land commis- sioner vacant and appoint ''com- petent replacement"
 The office is now held by w. A. Chipperfield.
 In the first meeting of the 23- member committee since it was formed at Palmer last month, a resolution passed urging the re- moval of Chipperfield said the land commissioner acted in con- tradiction to the purpose of the land registration act, passed by the last legislature.
 The resolution said the law was meant to obtain title to aban- doned parcels of land on which no record of ownership existed.
 Chipperfield instead, the com mittee charged, stated in a news release at the time he took office and without consultation with the attorney general that mo foreclosure for failure to file land ownership would be made"
 The resolution also charged that Chipperfield "wilfully and negli-
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The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
Bartlett Denies Reports He Instigated Action
 Against Salmon Industry

WASHINGTON, R - Delegate Bartlett Wednesday denied what he said were reports circulating in Alaska that he was a brine mover" in the recent action brought by the Federal Trade Commission against the Alaska Salmon Industry.
 In a statement, he said the ''rumor probably had it's origin in an interview published in an Alaska newspaper in which the Alaskan who was quoted said he and I have been responsible for bringing about intercession by the federal agency.
 T promptly denied this, and herewith repeat the denial"
 Bartlett said that what actually occurred is that the Alaskan, whom he did not identify, sent him material for relay to the Trade Commission.
 Naturally I accede to these re- requests" he said. "As I see it, I do not have the right to set my self up as a censor to judge which views of which constituents shall be placed before which executive departments of government.
 Tn exactly the same manner, I have on many occasions transmit ted material from constituents op- posing statehood although it is generally as well know that I favor statehood as that I have been aligned with Alaska fisher men through the years"
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
US Ferry French Paratroops From aris to Indochina

PARIS, R-The US. Air Force is ferrying French paratroopers to Indochina for later dropping into Dien Bien Phu.
 This was confirmed today here and in Washington. Charles Will son, U. s. Secretary of Defense, said the 8,5OO-mile operation lis in line with present United States policy and in conformity with our existing military assistance pro gram" He added it was under taken at the request of the French government.
 The parachute troops are being flown from France to Indochina in CHA Globemasters. The big Douglas planes belong to the Air Force Tactical Command. They will return to home bases in the United States, the Air Force said.
 The troops are to be landed in non- combat areas. Planes piloted by French airmen or American civilians vii shuttle them to the besieged fortress of Dien Bien Phu. Rains were upsetting air op- erations there today.
 The troops - number unspeci- fled but believed to number at least 1000 - were flown from Paris big Orly airfield Saturday.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-21
DISAPPOINTMENT ASKED FOR SHIFTING OF TROOP PORT FROM FRISCO TO SEATTLE

SAN FRANCISCO, R-R e p. William S. Mailliard R-Ca1if) told a news conference Monday he has asked Army Secretary Stevens to postpone shifting of the major Pacific-Alaska troop port from San Francisco to Seattle, pending further study.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Appointment
Has Been Made
OF Scout Head
d. WintOn Hartman Is
Named To Post of AS
sistant Executive And
Camping Director.

The appointment Of d. Winton
Hartman by the Del-Mar-Va Coun-
Gil, Boy Scouts of America, for the
position of Assistant Executive and
Director of Camping, was announ-
ced this week by John o. Shanks,
Scout Executive.
AS the Director Of Camping in
the Viking Council, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, he gained national
recognition for the development Of
one Of the largest and most mod
ern Boy Scout camps in the coun-
try. For the past two years, he has
served as Director Of Camping az
the Philadelphia Council
Mr.. Hartman is 8 graduate 81 the
University Of Minnesota and the
65th National Training School for
Scout Executives at SchiR Scout
Reservation, Mendham, New Jersey.
He is an Eagle Scout and has
served as Cubmaster and Scout
master. He has also served as an
instructor at numerous National
Camping Schools and Is a graduate
Of the Boy Scout National Aquatic
School He has spent 25 summers
at camp in all phases Of camp stan
work.
, Continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
The Speaker Will Be
Chaplain Harold ID.
Shoemaker Of The Do
yer Air Force Base.

P, LynwOod Taylor, ,program
chairman for the Presbyterian
Mems organization Of First Pres
byterian Church. Milford announced
today, the the first meeting Of the
1954-55 season, would be held next
Wednesday evening, September 18th
at $3.50.
The speaker Of the evening will
be Chaplain (MaiOr) Harold d.
Shoemaker, who has been assigned
as Base Chaplain at the Dover Air
Force Base.
William Lewis is president Of the
association, Jack NAPLES, Is food
chairman; Robert WOrmington Is
chairman Of DevOtiOnals.
The topic is Cooperative Stew
ardship", Major Harold ID. Shoe
maker is a minister Of the Evan
gelical United Brethren Church, he
entered military service in April
1943, serving in Iceland for eighteen
months, then in the South Pacific.
He was released from active duty
ia 1876 and accepted a church ia
Indianapolis, Indiana. He was re-
called To active duty during the
Korean crisis. He served for a time
at Miami International Airport,
Florida, then he was sent to Korea,
where he remained until last July.
Chaplain Shoemaker attended
Anderson College and Theological
Seminary at Anderson, Indiana,
then graduated from Butler IJniver-
sity at Indianapolis, Indiana with
the Bachelor Of Divinity and Master
Of Arts degrees. He later received
Doctor of Theology degree from
Golden State University, Los An
geles, California.
The Chaplain is married and now
lives in Dover with his wife, Mary
formerly Of KOkomO. Indiana, and
his son, Harold Dennis, age 5.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
State Teachers To
Get Flying Trip
Everyone Will Be Afforded
An Opportunity
To Fly

Delaware school teachers-everv
one of them-Will have an oppOr-
tunity to see at least a portion Of
Delaware from the air on Satur-
dya, September 26th, when thew
Will be guests at the first state.
wide Educators Airlift Dav III New
Castle County Airport.
Some 5000 public, private and
parochial school teachers have been
invited to be guests for the dav
with New Castle area instructors
to have Commute flights in the
morning, while those from Kent
and Sussex will be entertained IN
the afternoon.
Inis Is joint project sponsored
Dy the National Aviation Education
Council, the State Department Of
Public instruction, the Wilmington
Board of Education, the Delaware
state Education Association. New
castle County Airport Commission
eastern Airlines and 525th Air ne
tense Group stationed at New cas-
The lights will emphasize the
technics of modern education and
while they are aloft, special talks
VII! be given on operations and
various phases Of flying.
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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
School Board
COnferS With
Top Officials
Governor, Attorney Gen
eral, Top State School
Board Officers And LO-
cal Leaders Confer.

The board of education of the
Milford Special School District will
either reopen its high school with
II Negro students continuing in at
tendance or resign.
The decision will hinge on
whether the district board receives
the support Of the State Board of
Education at a meeting in Dover
Thursday night Of this week on the
Milford boards acceptance Of the
Negro students into Lakeview Ave
nue. elementary-high school.
This was the announcement that
came out of the Office Of Atty. Gen.
II, Albert Young Wednesday after
noon, after Mr. Young gave the
special school district board legal
advice which supported it's action
in admitting the six Negro boys
and five Negro girls.
The meeting, held in the private
law offices of Mr. Young, was called
by Gov. J. Caleb Boggs and at
tended by leading figures on both
sides Of the controversy which has
resulted in closing the Milford pub
lie schools.
Meeting "Unusual, Unique"
The meeting was called unusual
and unique" from the standpoint of
action taken by the states chief
executive in such a dispute.
Mr.. Young said he advised the
district board of education, upon
request, that the members did not
violate any provisions Of the state
or federal Constitutions or anv
law Of this state in admitting the
Negro children and therefore the
board members acted within the
law.
Asked whether the board would
have violated the law in refusing
the Negro children admission, the
attorney general replied that. In
view Of the facts presented to him.
facilities between white and Negro
schools in the district appeared un-
equal in many respects, such as
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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
MiddIetOwn
Man Will Head
Corps
Civilian Chief OF Ground
Group Will Be II. Kirk
Schminke; Will Serve
Without Pay.

ii. Kirk Schminke, a securities
salesman and resident of Middle
town, yesterday was appointed
civilian chief Of the Delaware
Ground Observer Corps as the first
step in a top level REORGANIZATION
made necessary by the recent dis
closure that the nations radar net
work now can be iammed by enemy
devices.
Mr. Schminke, who win serve as
an unpaid volunteer, will direct a
statewide campaign for about $500
plane spoilers needed to give ade-
quate cQverage of the state.
His appointment was announced
BY =. Preston Lee, state Civil De-
tense director, who urged ain
ground observer personnel to CO.
operate fully with Mr.. Schminke
in Strengthening the corps to meet
its increased responsibilities.
The fact that our radar network
can no longer be fully relied upOn
means that the plane spOtter now
provides the only effective means
for getting advance warning OF am
air attack, Mr.. Lee stressed.
THE situation is critical, and the
TOP job in Civil Defense right now
Is to build q full-strength Ground
observer Corps" He added that he
hopes to announce soon the an
pOlntment Of several Air Force Off
GERS to assist Mr.. Schminke IN
building up the statewide plane
spotting network.
Mr.. Schminhe, a veteran ground
observer, Isl responsible for ORGAN
izing the Middletown post and for
recruiting g staf Of 17S volunteers
The post now Is one OF the most ac-
tive in Delaware.
An applying the same success
formula TO the State at large. Mr
schminke viii have his work emf
out for him. Delaware now has onlv
& active Coo posts. most WORKING
only part-tlme. a total of 26 POSTS
are needed on a 24-hour watch The
state now has only 500 active OBJ
servers. To star 26 posts. at least
5000 volunteers are needed 10 wort
tWo-hour shifts weekly.
MT Schminke, whose business
takes him throughout the State IS
tne Delaware representative of In
Vestors Diversified Services. q Be-
year-old investors syndicate with
headquarters in Minneapolis, MIN
nesota. Recently, Mr.. Schminke
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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
Anniversary
AT Barratt'S
Chapel Sunday
Church Folk VIII OBJ
serve 174th Anniver-
sary OF Founding Of
Cradle OF MethOdism'.

The 174th anniversary of, His
toric BarFatt's Chapel Methodist
Church located near Frederica.
Delaware, will be observed this
Sunday afternoon with appropriate
services in the historic edifice be-
ginning at 2:3O o'clock. The SER
mon will be delivered by Rev.
Robert b. Green, pastor of Avenue
Methodist Church in Milford. others
who will be present and participate
in the program include, Rev. Ira
Doyle, of the Camden Church, DR..
Oler A. Barley, District Superin-
tendent Of Dover District, PENN
sula Conference; the Rev. r. S. Glib
son, and the Rev. John 2. Parker.
Rev. Clarence M. Elderdice Of the
Magnolia Church, is the pastor Of
Barrett's chapel also.
Special musical numbers will be
provided by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Ayers; Mrs. Margaret Clark, will
preside at the console.
1t was in 1880 that a deed was
executed for ground on which to
DuAAu CudpDl. meetings OF MeBuO-
dist were held in private homes
fore the chapel was built. So many
attended the meetings that It was
necessary to build a house Of wor-
ship.
The ground for the chapel was
donated by Philip Barratt. a MEM
ber Of the General Assembly, lately
High Sheriff Of Kent County, Della
ware. The project was accomplished
through his exertion and that Of
his father-in-law, Waitman Sipple
The deed dated August II. 1880
is from Philip Barratt to Raynear
Williams, David Lewis. Waitman
Sipple, Samuel Smith, Caleb Furbee,
Jonathan Furbee, Andrew Purden,
William Virden and Daniel James
who were the first trustees.
Built speedily but we'll enough for
services, the chapel a AZ by 4S #.
edifice, remained incomplete for
two generations. It is built of brick,
CONTINUED on page CwO)
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
NeIO Amendments TO
Social Security LaIO
OF Particular Importance
To Both Farm Operators
And Owners

'The Amendments to the Social
Security Act which President Eisen-
hover signed into law on Septem-
Der /, 1854, are Of particular im-
pOrtance to both farm operators and
farm workers 81 Delaware Myfon
Milbouer. Manager of the Whining
ton Social Security District Office.
said this week.
The new law extends social se-
eurity protection to almost ali farm
families after this year Nationwide.
about $500. 600 self-employed farm
operators and about 5000 IN Dell
aware viii be covered BY the first
time, IN much the same way as
other self-employed persons already
under the program, starting Janu-
airy. 1856.
Approximately 100000 IA or e
hired farm workers viii also start
building old-age and survivors in-
surance protection for themselves
and their families on January i,
(continuef on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
M0cys Featuring
DelmmUa Chicken
Coined With Cooking Appli-
ance Firm III Promoting
Fowl

Everything But Everything. .
sells @ Macy's. in New York. The
worlds largest department store
and now Delmarva chicken IS in
1he spotlight Ia a joint promotion
with National Presto Industries. one
Of The nations largest makers 81
cooking appliances, the Delmarva
Chicken Festival Inc, supplied he
areas famous broiler-fryers and
,housands 0l recipe leaflets for
three weeks of 4-a-dav cooking
demonstrations.
Macy's fabulous "bargain base-
ment- visited By hundreds 81
thousands every week.-mrs. as fun
q iried-chicken odors as The
seofgetoWn. Delaware. High school
during the recent National Cool
ing Contest Winning reeipes 81 fhe
Contest we're among those demon
lrated daily.
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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
migration h
Milford Schools
Being Discussed
Farley Between Local
And State Boards I'm
der Way; Schools Have
Been Closed All Week
Awaiting Decision.

The Question Of integratiOn ii
Nillor1 High School was due for
elscdssion Thursday as the
EGonicle prepared to 60 to press,
between members Of the Milford
Board Of Education and the State
Board Df Education.
The admission Of eleven Negro
students, ninth grade graduates Of
the Benjamin Banneker school for
Negroes, to the Tenth Grade at the
high school on Lake View Avenue.
which previous to September 9Th
had been attended only by white
ehlldren from the Milford Special
School District, has resulted in two
mass meetings by white people,
many of whom were not residents
oi the Milford Special District, pro-
testing the action Of the local
1o8fd Of Education ia accepting
the Negro students.
The first meeting was held last
Friday evening at the American
legion Home on the RehOboth cut
Of, with over a thousand people
81 attendance. While there was no
apparent leader at this meeting,
number Of those present ex-
pressed their dissatisfaction at the
School Boards action Ia admitting
the Negro pupils. At this meeting,
8 petition protesting the action Of
the Board was signed BY several
hundred Of the people present. and
lt was decided to present the same
60 the Board Of Education and
other school executives on Monday.
The meeting was orderly and there
was no disorder.
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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-24
y. OF d. Opens 1854
Grid Season Sept. 25
win Meet West Chester Rams AZ
New Stadium Tomorrow


Intent on avenging the sole loss
in 7-1-0 season last year the
Fighting Blue Hens Of the Univer-
sity Of Delaware will meet the
Rams Of West Chester State Teach
ers College for the first football
game in the 1854 season on Satur-
day, September 25th. at Delaware
Stadium in Newark at 2 p. M. Del
aware head football coach Dave
Nelson will lead the defending Mid
die Six champions against the on
slaught headed by willy Glenn KILL
niger, former All-Ameriean half
back and coach of the West Ches-
ter eleven.
West Chester, scoring a 27-1S up-
set to hand Delaware its only de-
feat in 1868, viii invade the Del
aware campus with "a veteran var
sity performers. Its roster will be
further fortified with freshman
candidates, permitted under a re-
cent ruling in schools Of West
Chester's size.
Delaware, whose ranks were
thinned only slightly by graduation
last year, has a total Of is return
ing lettermen, including almost the
entire first team. with which to
operate the wing-T attack. Al
hough prohibited to use freshman
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