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Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
SCIENTISTS ARE NEEDED

In the endless conflicts, military and eco
nOmic, between this nation and the cOnnmU-
mist world, science and the scientists are all
important factors. Physics, chemistry, med
icine, the higher mathematics, engineering
of many diverse types-these are potent Wea-
pons in the struggle for advantage.
u. S. achievements in scientific fields are
legendary. Our scientists, and those Of
friendly Western powers, have done the un-
believable almost as a matter of routine.
Our educational plant knows no superior so
far as the sciences are concerned. Yet
shortage of qualified men has developed in
some basic lines, such as chemistry And
that development is seriously troubling those
who best understand the need for eVer-great-
er scientific discovery and achievement-no
only In the interest of progress but of sur
vival
In the light of this, an article on Soviet
Science which appeared in a recent issue of
Foreign Affairs is of significance. Written
by John Turkevich, Professor of Chemistry
at Princeton, it briefly traces the history Of
Russian science since it began under Peter
the Great. At first, the scientists had to be
imported from the West, Russia having none
of her own. Then, over the years, Russia
developed native scientists, though few were
outstanding. However, DR.. TUrkevich writes,
the 10th century opened with good deal of
promise, and up until World War l, the RevO-
luton, and the Civil War, marked progress
was made.
These bloody events set the clock back on
Russian science. But the Communist regime
soon saw the need for a resurgance of scien-
tific education and training, in order to ad-
vance the social and economic goals of the
state. Dr. Turkevich states, "In the Marxist
thinking, the control of the state cannot be
separated from the control of economic pro-
ductiOn. =. To its adherents, Marxism is
total philosophy and as such includes phil
OsOphy of science"
Today science is a highly organized arm
OF the Soviet government. The President of
the Academy of Sciences has a rank equiva-
lent to that of a major cabinet minister The
top Soviet scientist is given many benefits
high pay a country home, an automobile
Soviet scientific publications are excellent,
and what goes on in other nations is care
fully observed, studied, and reported. Every
effort is given to recruiting the brightest
young men and women into scientific work,
and the state meets the bills. The party and
the government, to quote Dr. Turkevich
again, "are doing their utmost to build up a
large pool of highly trained scientific and
technical personnel"
This doesn't mean that all is well with
Soviet science and scientists. theological con-
sideratiOns have sometimes been used to
channel scientific thinking and experiment,
with ludicrOus results. But it is obvious that
Soviet scientific progress has been notable,
and that nothing is being spared in he,drive
to attain world leadership. The Job of this
country and the West, obviously, is to keep
the lead in the race.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
BABSON LOOKS AHEAD FIFTY YEARS

BabsOn Park, Mass, Dec. 2. Part
Of our Fiftieth Anniversary, cele-
brated recently in Wellesley, Massa-
chusetts, was spent looking ahead
fifty years to the year 2OO4. DR..
r. F. w. AlexandersOn, a disciple Of
Steinmetz and longtime engineer
researcher for General Electric and
the Radio Corporation of America,
made some startling statements. If
he and the other speakers did not
hold such very important positions
today, we would take these state
ments with grain of salt" but
under the circumstances they de-
serve attention. Here's what we
predict for fifty years from now.
On Our Tremendous Material
Progress
Our offspring will look back on
the 1854 era as one of primitive
existance. AUtomation will have
taken over completely, not only in
the factory, but also in the home
and on the farm. For example, DR..
Alexanderson predicts that the
business executive will live in the
country and commute to work by
helicOpteT over a special-frequency
airline chanel which will pilot his
plane automatically and safely to
its destination The busy business
executive won't have to go to the
Office so often, for he will have
private TV circuits between his
home and his Office and can go into
conference or look in on any part
Of his factory by means Of numer-
GUS television eyes. He will be
able to 60 to his summer place in
the mountains and. again by means
of private TV circuits, see and talk
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
Here We Go Again!

AOAC VIC WU A8uAMS
The recent cozy visit Of New
YOrk's multi-millionaire Governor
Elect Averell Hartman and multi
millionaire Governor G. Mennen
Williams of Michigan-who is also
GOvernOr-elect for the fourth time
at the Hartman Arden Farms
cottage near Hartman, N. Y,
should give politicians Cand even
the rest of us) some idea of the
road ahead.
The two happy gentlemen, who
obviously feel that approximately
half the world is their oyster, were
photographed sharing their mutual
affection with the Hartman dogs
.. and wondering, perhaps. which
would be the first to grab the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination, and
would the other support him.
It just happened that some re-
porters dropped in after lunch. Mr..
Hartman told them he thought
the Federal treasury ought to help
out the states-especially New York
with such matters as schools,
highways, housing. This, he thought,
would place all the states on a
fairer basis, and business wouldn't
have to leave New York because of
high taxes. Thus, he.is still cOnfus-
ing Uncle Sam with Santa Claus,
just as in the good old FDR days,
when he was shOvelling out U. S.
tax money abroad as ECA chief
Governor Williams also thinks
that the Federal government should
build the schools and also help
mt on the unemployment problem
But oddly enough, both governors
expressed themselves as opposed
to Federal interference in or con-
! troll of such schools.
These millionaire mendicants, the
ranking figures in two of the rich
est states in the Union, have al
least given us fair warning of what
to expect. The old, Original-and-
Only-genuine New Deal is on the
prOwl again-and mewing out OF
both sides of it's mouth.
Liquidate Your Worries
/ You may confidently expect that
the present era will go down in the
history books as the Age of the Big
Jitters. In these days of a world
divided against itself, in which
both sides are presumably equipped
with the means Of swiftly destroy
ing each other a world of economic
upheaval in. which the business OIL
living becomes more complicated
and few people can tell a Democrat
from a Republican, increasing thou
sands of Americans are chewing
their fingernails by day and staring
sleeplessly into the dark by night
Such nervous and physical ex-
haustiOn is known to the medical
fraternity as the "anxiety-tensiOn-
fatigue syndome," and the doctors
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
3518 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
November %. 1854

november 70, 1884
Dear Friends:-
Last Monday we had a three ta-
bic bridge party in the afternoon
and when I came home around five
o'clock found Hayes scurrying
around the house with that where
have you been, woman" look in
his eye. All men hate to come home
and find their wives gone, don't
they? AS soon as 1 got inside the
door Hayes said, I'm going TO Cal
ifornia tonight for a couple Of
days" So many thoughts flashed
through my mind: Do I have fresh
laundry for him to take? Hope I
darned those socks he wanted
Thanksgiving is three days away
and he's sure to get weathered in.
And of course my foremost thought
was THIS is HIS INITIAL RIDE
IN THE AZ.
Ever since we left MacDill> in
Tampa, Florida, May Of 1852, HAYES
has been training for jet bombers
and Monday, November %, 1854.
was Jet Day for him.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred Shirley
from Alabama, Major Joseph Bear
den from Texas, and Major Roy
Kaden were on a night reeonnais-
sance mission to California and Col
Onel Shirley thought it would be
Of benefit to his squadron to have
Hayes along since he is assistant
squadron observer in the 338th
Strategic Reconnaissance Squad
ron. Fred and Hayes have been
good hunting friends, good neigh
bors for over a year and a half
now and they were both looking
forward to this mission together.
It takes just thousands Of dollars
to train one man to fly the RB-47.
There are three crew members
the pilot, the cO-pilot and the OBJ
server. So you won't have an err
rOneOus idea about the observer
right now l want to explain to you
that he doesn't look out the plane
for OncOming aircraft! When some
one said this to me / just about
"flipped my lid Hayes is an OBJ
server. The observer on the AZ is
triple rated-navigator, bombar-
dier, and radar man. Naturally you
can see that since he is respon-
sible for three jobs, which were
done by three men in the now
obsolete propeller driven bombers,
he works like a mad man keeping
up with this latest conveyance.
The main reason I am trying to
explain this mission to you in great
detail is, it's a known fact that
this three million dollar bomber is
the main reason we're at peace to-
day. The November 20 issue Of the
Saturday Evening Post in the ar
ticle titled "They Bail Out Eight
Miles Up" which is entirely about
the AZ. gives you an idea of the
Importance of this aircraft in air
superiority between Russia and the
United States.
Back to the mission Major
Bearden, Wing Staff Observer, had
spent the day before preparing his
maps, logs, bombing data ct cetera
for the mission. The pilots had at
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03

what people think and why they
think that way. This kind of analy-
sis will enable us to predict human
behavior and business trends far
more accurately than is now pOssi-
BILE.
On Education And Man
Both Miss Margaret Clapp, Presi-
dent of Wellesley College and DR..
Alexanderson are concerned about
the kind of civilization our technO-
logical advances will leave us with
in 2004. Both fear that science, if
pursued on a straight materialistic
plane, will lead man into some real
trouble. There is a serious fear in
the minds of many educators lest
education today is too concerned
with teaching facts rather than de-
veloping thinking men and women
of character and stature who know
why as well as how
A good climate for business and
a sOundly administered government
do not just happen. They are the
products Of able leadership. And
leadership, good or bad, is more
closely tied to our religious and
educational system than we may
like to admit God leadership de-
pends on excellence Of instruction
in church, school, and college. In
the last analysis. what we do with
our chronological advances -whe-
ther we shall have peace or war,
progress or decline in the art Of
living in 2004 may we'll depend
on the kind Of churches. schools and
colleges you and want and on
financial support we give them
today.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03

In the view Of Undersecretary Of the
Treasury w. Randolph Burgess, $50 long
as we continue along the roads of economy,
lower taxes and honest money, the public
debt need not be a source Of fear
These are also the only roads that can
save Us from more initiation. The greatest
domestic achievement of the past two years
IS found ia the fact that the purchasing
power O. the dollar has been virtually sta
oihzed. # we return to policies of unbridled
government spending the inevitable result
viii be renewed cheapening Of the dollars
value ct the expense of every family In the
nation.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03

with his children back home. By
the same means, he can look in on
his cattle or into his chicken house.
A button pushed at his mountain
house will carry an impulse via
short wave to the chicken house
back on the farm, and the chickens
will be fed and the eggs collected,
sized and boxed, automatically.
Machines will be powered by
atomic capsules, and by 2O04 we
will consume as much power in one
year as we did in all the years from
l A. d. to 1854! Homes and work
ing establishments will all be air
conditioned Electronic ovens will
cook our food in seconds. Foods
will be wrapped and sealed in in
expensive plastics and will keep
crisp, fresh, and deliciOusly pala-
table indefinitely. People will be
healthier and happier. They will
live to be a hundred with no debili-
tating effects. This age will be
known as the atomic age-an era
Of unprecedented chronological ad-
vancement and material prosperity.
On Government And Business
Mrs. Ivy Priest, Treasurer of
the United States, predicts that one
half of our elective and appointive
officials will be women in 20O4-half
of the House of Representatives,
and a third of the Senate. The
Secretary Of State will be a woman.
Through efforts Of women the world
over there will be an effective out
lawing of war.
In predicting business trends Of
the future, considerably more en-
phasis viii be given to sampling,
market analysis, and discovering
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News InoTmuOn Supplied BY The Bureau Of Marked.
suto Beard Of Agriculture, Dover DoIuuus

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella-
neOus commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that we're mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $500 to $3.50, mostly
S28.00.
Medium to good: $17.OO to $24.50.
mostly $500.
Rough and common: $500 to
$1,000, mostly $1,000.
Monkeys: $1.O0 to $11.OO, most
ly $500.
Medir~, to good: $1,000 to $13.75,
mostly $1,000.
Common: $500 to $9.75, mostly
$500.
Gamers and cutters: $5.25 to
$7.75, mostly $7.75.
STEERS
Good: $500 to $1975, mostly
$19.25.
Good light steers: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $1,000.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $575 to $1,000, most
ly $3.50.
Beef type; $1,000 to $14.OO. most
ly $1,000.
SLAUGHTER HEIFBRS
Good: $11.OO to $3.50, mostly
$3.50.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good
S12.75 to $14.75, mostly $3.50.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good
$500 to S16.25, mostly S11.00.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
12O to 40 lbs: $500 to $21.5O,
mostly S2O25.
10 to 24O lbs. $19.75 to S21.OO
mostly $2050.
24O to $50 lbs: S18.75 to $4,000
mostly $4,000
SOWS
good quality
200 to 800 lbs: $500 to $4,000
mostly $3.50.
800 to 400 lbs; $500 to $500
mostly $17.25.
Over 400 lbs. $14.5O to Sl7.0O
mostly S16.50.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
FLIER LEARNS ABOUT MINES

GOLDEN, Colo. - A9 Il After
nearly 40 years as an airplane pilot,
Bart Stevenson, 50, is enrolled as a
freshman at Colorado School Of
Mines.
With 1880 flying hours behind
him, the father Of three grown
sons is carrying 21 hours a week
at the engineering school.
His aviation career started dur
ine World War I when he became a
Navy fier. Later he demonstrated
the comfort of early cabin planes
by wearing a business suit derby
and spats. During World War II
he was Lockheed test pilot at
Burbank, Calf.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
TEARS SOLVE EMERGENCY


RICHMOND. Va. = az An
emergency dash from south Virgin
ia via Roanoke Rapids. N. c., came
to a happy ending with a rush Of
tears in a hospital elevator here.
c. c. Jones, Jr., 8, choked on a
peanut and was rushed 70 Roanoke
Rapids. At a hospital there the
peanut was spotted IN the boys
lung @. G. was sped to Richmond.
where there was better equipment
to remove it,
AS the hospital elevator moved
up, the child recOiled IN terror.
With his fright came tears. With
the crying came coughing. And
with the coughing the peanut.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03

BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs: $3.50 to s15.25,
mostly $14.O0.
Over $50 lbs: $10.25 to S1s.25,
mostly $780,
SHOATS
Medium to good: s11.OO to $500,
mostly $14.00.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks ODD
Choice: $1,000 to S14.5O, mostly
Medium to good: $500 to $500,
mostly $500.
Common: $3.50 to $500, mostly
$500.
HORSES AND MULES g.
Work type: $4,000 to S71OO.
mostly $45.OO.
Butcher type: $4,000 to SS1.OO.
mostly $24.00.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: S.70 to S1.25, mostly S1.OO.
Cockerels; $40 to $40, mostly
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens S.l5 to $50.
mostly $.25.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $50 to $1.O5.
mostly $50.
Muscoyy brakes: $1.1O to S145.
mostly S1.20
RABBITS
Large breeds: $50 to s12O.
mostly $50.
small breeds: $50 to $40. most
Young rabbits: SIS to $40,
mostly $.S5.
EGGS
Ungraded mixed Sal to $50
per dozen.
Pullet: S.s5 to S.S7 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Turnip SIS to $.s5 per g basket.
Cabbage: $50 to $40 per basket.
Greens: SIS to $.25 per IS basket.
Popcorn: $50 to $1OO per Is
basket.
Country butter: $.S5 to S.45 per
pound.
Lard: $3.50 to $500 per can.
Sweet potatoes: $40 to S1O0 per
5s basket.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03

Many years ago it was observed that the
longtime outlook of the farm equipment in
dustry ''is, and always has been, bright. :"
Experts within and without that industry
believe those words are just as appropriate
and accurate today as they were then. Over
short periods of time, farm equipment sales
may rise or may fall, depending on changes
in agricultural income and other factors.
But in the long pull the trend inevitably will
be upward. For these amazingly efficient
and economical tools are what make the con-
tinuance of the agricultural revolution poss-
ible-jUst as they make it's beginning pOss-
ible. A century ago arduous work by about
30 per cent of the population was required
to produce the nations food and fiber Now
very small percentage of the population
does that jOb-and produces greater quanti-
ties and better qualities. Our agricultural
acreage is virtually fxed-there is, seeming
ly, no chance of increasing it substantially in
size. Yet our population is growing at a rec
ord rate. This means that, in the future,
each acre will have to produce still more food
and fiber. Still more mechanizatiOn is the
answer.
Equally important, farm equipment. used
with proven techniques, is the instrument for
conserving the land-fOr saving the ire
placeable topsoil, for preventing water dam
age, for maintaining the fertility and vigor
OF the earth that supports us all. Yes, its
future is bright for the simple reason that it
is the foundation of a dynamic agricultural
industry.
1UNREALISTIC AND DISCRIMINATORY
A special committee of the National AS
sOciation of Railroad and Utilities Commits
sioners-which has been cooperating with
the Interstate Commerce Commission in a
study of railroad passenger deficits-cOn-
demns the unrealistic and discriminatory
transportation policies of the federal govern
ment which have resulted in diversion of
mail from the railroads to air and highway
carriers without economic Justification"
Specifically, the report points to the fact
that certifcated airlines not only receive
compensation from the postoffice department
for carrying the mails, but receive public
subsidies to render their entire operations
profitable. 1t is critical of the recent post
Office experiment in sending some three-cent
mail by air. 1t also opposed the diversion of
mail to highway carriers on the basis of
lower charges particularly when such lower
charges do not reflect the same degree of ser
vice as rendered by the railroads" That
practice, it added, lis far from true econo-
my"
These Commissioners aren't Just con-
cerned with the interests of the railroads
The public interest is the big thing at stake
For, as the report observes, the paramount
objective of government mail transportation
policies should be the maintenance of ade-
quate railroad transportation facilities fol
use IN time of emergency by providing fol
maximum use in time of peace. ANY other
course can undermine this country's strength
and security
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-03
IA DYNAMIC FOUNDATION

NeONG
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-09
INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids in single copy subject to the conditions herein will be received by the Director of Aeronautics of the Department of Aviation, Territory of Alaska. until August l6, 1854 and then publicly opened for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for grading and improving of the Air port at Kotzebue. Alaska.
 Plans and Specifications and project documents may be obtained from the Director of Aeronautics. Department of Aviation, Boom POP, Glover Bldg, An chorage, Alaska.
 Bids will be opened publicly in the office of the Director of Aeronautics, Glover Bldg, Anchorage, Alaska at 10:00 am. A.S.T. Aug. 16 1854.
 Performance bond will be required for an amount not less than 50 per cent of the contract. Payment bond will be required for an amount not less than 50 per cent of the contract.
 The right is reserved as the interest of the Territory may require. to reject any and all bids, to waive any informal- ity in bids received, and to reject any item of any bid unless such bid is qualifified by specific limitation.
 HERMAN PORTER,
 Director of Aeronautics
 Department of Aviation
 Territory of Alaska. Publish July 26 28. Aug. ? I. 9, Il, 1854
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-09
Japanese Army Refuses Part in Motion Picture

TOKYO, R-Japan's infant army Saturday turned down a movie maker who wanted to use troops in a picture.
 Reason: the army was supposed to lose.
 The movie maker wanted to pit the self defense force against a huge "gojilla'-a cross between a gorilla and kujira or whale-in a fanciful thriller
 The "gojilla' was to be equipped with death-ray flames and bullet proof skin. The script called for it to capture Tokyo despite the army's best efforts.
 Keikichi Masuhara, No. ? army chief, snorted:
 Why should we lose? Coopera- ton is out of the question"
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-09
THE NOME NUGGET

five when they were youngsters. The girls celebrated their 10th birthdays together last May 28.
 The four survivors-Yvonne, Marie, Cecile and Anette-as well as Emilie's parents and seven other brothers and sisters were reported deeply shocked at her untimely death.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-09
BY LEILA OMAN
Concluded from Last Issue)

Concluded from Last ISsue) When the mermaid failed to |capsize the canoe she stuck her head out of the water. She barred her teeth and let out water, as in Ia distasteful and infuriated spit, from her mouth. She breathed loudly through her nostrils, then tunged forward to reach for Aye Inee's canoe. When she failed to rapture the one in the canoe, she Went to some more furious strug- gle. Amidst the frightening con- fusion, Aye-mee was undecided |of what to do. If she ran for help, the creature she caught might take her net away. She noticed that the mermaid was strong. She was afraid of it, still felt sorry for it. Creature like this, half human and half fish, was some thing one could not encounter and hot feel afraid of There were stories that she had heard of, Rbout how the mermaids lured men. When a man is marked he tould not survive. A mermaid Showing herself to a man and he would jump into the water to go hfter her. Later his body would be Found floating on the water.
 After violent thrashing and loud klapping of the fish tail, the mer- maid seemed to have spent her hnergy. She stuck her head out, Hung her arms into the air and Beemed to give up. As it sank, 1uietness settled around Aye-mee. bhe padded close to her net. Presently one with long hair came ulp to watch her.
 II could set you free if you would let me-" Aye-mee offered.
 The mermaid barred pretty, white teeth and breather loudly through her nostrils. She was beautiful. Her hair, slightly Wavy around her temples, also clung
 1atteringly around her delicate
 features. As she padded about
 10 keep her head out of the water, Der arms looked white and nipples hagnified them into grotesque
 figures.
 Just stay quiet and let me un-
 angle your beautiful hair. I will bot harm you. l am a woman |ame as you are. If you capsize hy canoe we both will drown. l have a family and they need me Fery much" This time the mer- |naid did not bare her teeth. She