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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Fast Auto: Fust 500

Ell RENO, Okla. (P.-A test
hop in his new expensive auto
mobile proved costly for 1t.
James Joseph Zentgraf, "a.
Vance Air Force Base, Enid.
The airman spent a night in
Jail and paid a fine of 500
after highway patrolmen
clicked him at ITO miles per
hour.
1t. zentgraf told Justice of
the Peace j. v. Cravens that
his car was new and he wanted
to see how fast it would 60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Too-HeoIthy Rabbits
Spoil Medical Tests
BY the Associated Press

GREENSBORO, N. c. - The
Federal Government is suing two
feed companies for $500. charg-
ing their rabbit feed caused
failure of medical experiments.
The suit contends the Public
Health Service experiments at
the University Of North Carolina
were spoiled because the feeds
contained aureomycin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Tuck Attacks Benson
On Farmer: Penalties
For 0verproduction'
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. IA
Representative Tuck, Democrat,
Of Virginia yesterday attacked
an order of Secretary Of Agri-
culture Benson penalizing farm
ers If they produce beyond
acreage allotments.
II our farm economy is
ignored and suffers maladjust-
ment, it will result in fiscal and
financial chaos" Mr.. Tuck said
in an address, at. the opening of
the Danville tobacco market.
Mr.. Tuck attacked Mr.. Benson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14

in the perennial war against mo-
florists.
When a woman taking a driv-
er's test stopped across a cross
walk, a man on foot opened one
back door Of the car, walked in
opened the opposite door and
continued out and across the
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14

they were entitled under the
law"
AS the sales got under way,
warehousemen reported $6S to
$40 per hundredweight prices
for choice grades of leaf. quality
was reported considerably bet
ter" than last years opening day
offerings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Snake in the Bog

SWEETWATER, Tex.s Dr.
Sweetwater rancher, w. B.
Wetsel reached casually in
a feed sack yesterday, then
held on for dear life-until he
had squeezed the life from a
full-grown snake in the sack.
The snake turned out to be
a non-poiSonous chicken
snake.
"It kind of surprised me-"
Mr.. Wetsel said, "but I pinched
him around pretty good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Life in the U. S.
Life in the u. S.
Bossy Won't
Explode After
KeroseneDiet
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOUNT AIRY, N. c.. Sept. IA.
Its okay to smoke around Paul
Flynn's COW.
The COW got into q tub of
kerosene yesterday and drank
3 to S gallons.
Veterinarian II. c. Jackson
said: shes saturated, but
there's no danger of an ex-
ploSion."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Thieves Reject Cor

DALLAS, Tex. (R.-Jerry o.
Watkins was wondering today
just what kind of thieves visited
his house Sunday night.
He told police the robbers car
ried off his console TV set In
his car. Then they brought the
car back, but stole the spare
wheel and tire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Administrators to Meet

The Washington Chapter OF
the American Society for Public
Administration will hold its fall
luncheon at 1890 pm. tomorrow
in the Willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-14
Pedestrian Wins q Round

INDIANAPOLIS (R.-William
Stockdale. a State drivers license
examiner. yesterday told Of a
pedestrian who took direct action
Smyrna times., 1954-04-15

Sunday School hour will be short
ened, and will be followed by an
Easter program. The pastor, Rev.
]. c. Reedy will deliver his Easter
message in the evening service.
The message is entitled, Living
Because of Jesus. The text for
the message is taken from the
words of Jesus as found in John
14:19, because I live, ye shall live
also.
Smyrna times., 1954-04-15
Church of The Nazarene

The Rev. ]. c. Reedy, pastor of
the Nazarene Church, announces
services for Easter Sunday, April
Is, as follows. The usual arrange
ments of morning services will be
changed for Easter Sunday. The
Smyrna times., 1954-04-15
do more work per day. mo

You save hours on The road.
Thanks to new high-compression
power, you can maintain faster
schedules without driving at higher
maximum speeds. Increased accel-
Grafton and hill-climbing ability let
you save time where it counts.
You save time on deliveries.
With new truck Hydra-Matic trans
mission, you save time at every
delivery stop. And you can forget
about clutching and shifting for
good! It's optional at extra cost on
"a, "a and 1-ton Chevrolet trucks.
You save exfru trips. That's be-
cause of the extra load space you
MOST TRUSTWORTHY
Smyrna times., 1954-04-15

get in the new Advance-Design
bodies. New pickup bodies are
deeper, new stake and platform
bodies are wider and longer. Also,
they're set lower for easier loading.
You save with lower upkeep,
too. Extra chassis strength saves
you money on maintenance. There
are heavier axle shafts in two-ton
models bigger clutches in light
and heavy-duty models stronger
frames in all models.
You save on operating costs.
New power saves you money every
mile! The 'ThriftmaSter 235" en-
CINE, the 'Loadmaster 235" and
Smyrna times., 1954-04-15

the "Jobmaster 261" Optional on
2-ton models at extra cost deliver
increased operating economy.
And your savings stof The doy
you buy. In fact, they start with
the low price you pay and con-
tinue over the miles. Chevrolet is
Americas lowest-priced line of
trucks. It's also the truck that has
a traditionally higher trade-in value.
Come in and see all the sc :
wonderful new things you ga AsAsf q Asafi
get in Americas number 3
one truck. Well be glad ssof D
to give you all the money ~
saving facts. \aA
Advonce-Desiun Trucks ~
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

An observer OF changing national trends
and attitudes recently observed that the
chain store has immensely improved the eff
cheney and economy of distribution, to the
vast benefit of the consumer. Yet, ironically,
the development of the chain idea was fought
bitterly, strong efforts were made to block it
with punitive laws and special class taxes,
and not until comparatively recently did the
chains receive full acceptance in the thou
sands of communities they serve.
The fight against the chains, which reach
ed high point some 20 years ago, stemmed
from belief that their continued growth
must inevitably mean the death of independ-
ent merchandising, especially by smaller
stores. That attitude, as time has proved. did
the Independents gross injustice. They
weren't willing to perish. They didn't Just
sit back and shake their heads over the new
competition and do nothing. Instead, they
adopted the chain idea of big turnover and
small unit profits, added attractive innOva-
lions OF their own, and met that competition.
Today independent merchants account for
the majority of total retail sales, and indepen-
dent stores of all kinds, small and large, are
flOurishing.
The lesson to be learned from this is that
maximum opportunity for any enterprise
can exist only when there is maximum Oppor-
tunity for all-and that the masses of the
people are best served, quantitativey and
qualitatively, where enterprise is freest and
competition is wide open. Retailing is a per-
feet example of that truiSm.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

here at home. eff all the know
ledge now on books were fully
applied on the farm" he said,
three times our current agri-
cultural production could be &C
cOmplished on half the land now
cultivated in the U. S" But, because
of our agricultural education
system, we have been able to show
the world tremendous progress al
ready.
Thus, he thinks, the worlds best
hope of full dinner-pail lies in the
capable hands of Americas County
Agricultural Agents. They must
plant the seed of knowledge in
fertile ground before the discoveries
Of research can be harvested.
Foreign Trade That Ticks
When President Eisenhower ap-
pointed the Randall Commission to
investigate and report on foreign
trade and tariff, he wrote each
member outlining the detectives.
He said, in pact: 1.-THE building
throughout the free world of a
strong and self-supporting economic
system requires en-
laTgement of commerce between
nations"
Perhaps the most startling en-
ample of what commerce between
nations can mean to both parties
is the Swiss" watch business.
Americans make more money out
Of these watches than the Swiss
do. The figures tell a dramatic
story:
Last year Swiss watch imports
g per cent are movements ONLY
amounted to So million dollars
which sold at retail for $50 million
dollars after American-made cases,
dials and straps were added. For
every dollar the Swiss gets. Ameri-
cans receive five! OF every dollar
you spend for a Swiss" watch
So cents stays here and Is cents
goes to Switzerland. And out OF
that IS cents. II goes to Uncle Sam
for tariff, excuses and sales taxes
His bite is bigger than the whole
of the return to the Swiss!
( America spent a total of 1914
million dollars last year for all
imports from Switzerland. but
watch imports alone provided the
foundation for an American in
dustry whose annual sales were
twice this much, which directly en-
ployed $4,000 people and supplied
a considerable part of the in
come Of another ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Americas $1,000 jewelry store
owners who derive half their in
come form watch sales and repairs
Here, indeed is a goose that Laws
golden egegs-regularly-year in
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
BABSON DISCUSSES AUTOMATIC MERCHANDISING

BabsOn Park, Mass, Jan. 81, 1854.
AS happens every once in a while
stories have been going around
which portray a brilliant outlook for
the automatic vending machine
business. Inscriptions promoters
paint the future in most vivid
colOrs, eXaggerating the sales DO
tential and hardly mentioning the
operating costs and other problems.
Automatic Merchandising Has Dis.
tinct Advantages
This robot is essentially a SUD-
Elementary salesman. Automatic
vendors do we'll on lOw-cost items
such as cigarettes and candy, which
merchants often sell only as an
accommodation. Machines can take
over the sale of such merchandise
and generally show a small profit.
Furthermore, they don't get into
the habit of smoking "on the house"
as do many employees, and they
never ask for raise or a day off!
Another rapidly growing field
where the machines play a valu-
able role is in supplying snacks
where food is not otherwise avail
able. These machines offer fac
tories an ideal means of providing
quick-energy foods which keen
both morale and efficiency biob
There is then no need to "send out"
or to take a half-hour walk" to
the corner drugstore.
Profits Are Not Large
But these uses, while they assure
further growth to the industry,
do not constitute a golden road
to riches The fact is that the
average volume of sales per
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

The dynamic qualities of our economic
system, already tremendous, await further
development and intenSifcatiOn. Mass dis
tributiOn, inherent in American society. has
virtually no limit to its future growth. Mass
distribution includes the distribution of SER
vices as we'll as. goods and these services.
in turn, account for further growth in the
demand for goods.
The idea has been rather generally held
that distribution is secondary to production.
But more and more students of our economy
now think that in many instances it is dis
trlbutlOn that comes first and creates the
opportunity for production.
In any event, there can be no doubt that
mass distribution is 100 per cent essential
II mass production is to make it's peak con-
trlbutlon to our welfare-and that the vol
ume OF business done at retail is the best
existing barometer of how our economy is
going, and what is happening to our living
standards The finest factory on earth would
soon become useless unless its products could
be moved In an established, ORDERLY fashion
into the hands of the consumer. The degree
OF success attained at the distribution end
on the economic machine determines whether
that machine is to run at high speed or slow.
what 1t all amounts to is that the hun
dreds OF thousands of retail businesses in
this country, with the wealth of goods and
services they provide, are a key to prosperity,
%SGO%G
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

and year out. Let us pray that the
Randall Commission marks no such
birds for slaughter on the block of
higher tariffs. No sauce (not even
apple) could make this dish pala-
table. -"
States Rights
1t is hardly surprising that
neither Labor management is dane
ing in the over the Presidents
recommendations for revision of
the Taft-Hartley Act.
This time there were sixteen
points instead of the nineteen in the
message" that didn't get to Con-
gress last July-just before Secre-
tary Martin P. Durkin resigned.
Analysis by The Wall Street Jour-
nal, which broke the story of the
midsummer confusion, indicates
that labor leaders will like eight
of the new points, business will
like four, with the other four
getting mixed reactions from both
groups"
But, as usual, the unionists-whO
should be better pleased than
management-are quicker and
louder in, protest. The JOvian scorn
of UNIV Boss John L. Lewis is
apparent in his comment that ga
few piddling amendments won't
make a slave-law palatable to free
born citizens"
AFL President George Meany
thinks the President, in recommend
ing that a strike vote be held under
Government auspices, intend that the
workers ballot before a strike had
begun; whereas the Administration
bill, drawn by Senator H. Alexander
Smith, chairman of the Senate
Labor Committee, called for such
a vote after a strike had been called.
This, said Mr.. Meany, was "a
naked strike-breaking device, OBJ
viOusly not intended by the Presi-
dents own recommendations"
In his press conference, the
! President said it was Congress-
job to decide whether the voting
should be done before" or latter"
Most important, perhaps, is the
Presidents recommendation that
the rights of the states to deal with
strikes involving emergencies en-
dangering the health or safety of
their citizens" be clearly protected
/ Which reminds us of the failure
of New York State to clean up the
notorious International LOngshore-
mans Association, a task which
Mr.. John L. Lewis repeatedly pro-
poses to accomplish by simply with
holding some of his 100000 loan"
to the union until it smells sweeter.
! Certainly the teeth of a sovereign
state should have as much bite as
those of a labor leader.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

machine is surprisingly low. The
ordinary cigarette machine land
cigarettes account for over half of
all vending-machine sales) dis
penses about fifteen packs a day.
1t is clear that at this rate there
must be a large investment in robots
in order to support a serviceman
who will load, repair, and collect
coins from the machines. The daily
net profit for the owner is figured
in fractions of pennies.
In addition, vandalism by small
boys and petty thieves is an occu-
patiOnal hazard of the robot. It
must be located where there is
heavy traffic at all times, or where
there is an employee doing other
work. Public locations are un-
satisfactory. Certainly, there is no
profit if a blue uniformed clerk"
must stand ready to defend the
machine with his nightstiCk! This
means that the further growth of
such machines will come in stores
where vandalism cannot occur.
The Personal Approach
Machines do not know the psyche
logy of selling. 1t is a mistake,
therefore, to believe that they can
ever take over the job of an enthu-
siastic clerk who has a true "sales
appeal'. They are able to sell only
well-known. low-cost items that
people already want. Products that
people want to feel, or try for size,
cannot yet be automatically dis
pensed. Also, experience has shown
that the average citizen hesitates
to drop anything larger than a
quarter in machine; and there are
few persons indeed who will deposit
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson TaYlor
TOmOrrOW-1O9.5s9 More Months

TOmOTTOW-1O9,5S9 More Mouths
Find a way to secure food and
habitatiOn for the millions of Euro
peans, Africans and Asians, not by
gltt-but by the honest sweat of
their effort and WOrk-and the tur-
mOil that generates revolution, an
archy and communism will sub
side" his is the considered belief
OF a scientist who has studied the
unequal battle between the human
race and starvation has been doing
something about it. In an inspiring
address to the nations State Agri-
cultural Commissioners DR.. Robert
White-Stevens, nutrition scientist
at Lederle Laboratories, Pearl
River, N. Y, lifted the curtain of
famine shrOuding a world that now
produces about 40 per cent of mini
mum needs in food and fibers-and
let some light shine through.
Perhaps the County Agents of
today" said DR.. White-Stevens
ARE the fOrerunners of a great
host of men and women who will
go out from America in years to
come, not to conquer men of other
lands, but to lead them by the
hand to conquer their own problems
of need and want They can
show the backward peoples of the
earth how to help themselves rather
than trying to feed them off the
farms of America, a hOpelessly
impossible task on the face of it,
To indicate how impossible, DR..
Whlte-SteVens resOrted to Arith-
metic. There are now approx
mately two billion people on this
earth, and despite war and famine,
disease and disaster, the number
increases by at least 40 billion
new mouths to feed and new bodies
to clOthe and shelter each January
first"
The farms of the world total two
billion acres, and "by present
worldwide average methods" DR.
White-Stevens calculates five billion
acres would be required to support
the present population "at a bare
subsistence level"
The solution, he thinks. can only
lie in worldwide application of
the knowledge now available to
agriculture; and the continued
search for improvement in soil
plants and Misunderstanding in
vestigatiOn of new "areas of food
and fiber production so-caIled
barren lands, lakes. oceans. mic
robes, undOmesticated plants and
animals and insects"
In spite of Americas tremendous
strides toward scientific agriculture
DR.. White-Stevens admits that
we are not quite up to scratch
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

FREEDOM TO WORK-AFTER IS

In his message to Congress on Social
Security, President Eisenhower asked that
ten million more Americans, farmers, do
mesticS, doctors, dentists, lawyers archi-
tectS, accountants "and other self-employed
professional people" be added to the sew
enty million now covered by the Old Age
and Survivors, Insurance System.
The President recommended that the two
per cent paid by both the employer and en-
plOyee on the first $4,000 of income be ex-
tended to the first $4,000, and that the bene-
fits, which now range from S25.00 up to a
maximum of $500 (the average is $4,000
be increased.
Most significant of all, however, is the
Presidents recommendation for lifting the
sO-called retirement test which Imposes
an undue restraint on enterprise and initia-
tive" Under the present law, a beneficiary
who earns more than SIS in month must
give up his OASI payment for that month";
The President urges that the first $1,000 of
annual earnings be exempted, on the grounds
that: Retired persons should be encouraged
to continue their contributions to the pro-
ductive needs of the Nation"
We agree most heartily with this view
point, but we fail to see any reason for i'm
posing any ceiling. If this is really "insur-
ance," as the Government terms it, the pay
ments are due the individual who has full
filled his payment contract, regardless of
how much he may continue to earn. AS the
law stands now, these payments are made
to those who have large incomes from stocks
and bOndS-incOmes that are not earned.
1t seems downright un-American to pen
allze the man who wants to work for it!
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News Information Supplied By The Bureau OF Mues
Stuie Board Of Agriculture, Dover Deu,suro

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 mar
keted throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $4,000 to $1,000, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Medium to good: $24.OO to $3.50,
mostly $26.00 per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$3.50, mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $4,000, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $3.50 to $500, most
ly $500 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to good: $11.0O to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $1O75, mostly
S10.75 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $7.75 to
1925, mostly $500 per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice light steers:
S14.O0 to $4,000, mostly S15.75 per
cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $500 to $14.5O, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef type: $1,000 to $500, most
ly $14.00 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $14.00 to $16.75,
mostly S15.75 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $500 to $4,000,
mostly $14.0O per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(good quality
100 to 10 lbs: $3.50 to S26.OO,
mostly S26.O0 per cwt.
10 to $40 lbs: S26.5O to $1,000,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $500 to S27.OO,
mostly $26.50 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 300 lbs: $1,000 to $500,
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

dollar or more in a gadget that
they are not sure will work.
Therefore, | am not now fore
casting that selling robot machines
Will go far toward displacing sales
clerks, but they may discourage
further wage raises. l do predict.
however that the extent to which
the robot finally supersedes the
blonde will materially depend upon
advertising and packaging.
Importance OF Advertising
1t is significant that the products
which move well through auto
matte selling devices are we'll
known brands. Dime" chains are
giving them careful study in con-
nection with "self-selectiOn" stores.
Of course, the nations leading
practical psychologists will have
to devote their great experience
and talent to the problem of pre-
selling anything that is earmarked
for quantity distribution by ma
chimes. Hence. the robot should
increase newspaper advertising.
The first step will be clever pack
aging. And once a good design has
been achieved. it must repeatedly.
day after day, year in and year out,
be put before the buying public.
The manufacturer who does not
make full use of good packaging
and newspaper advertising will not
get repeat orders from vending
machine operators. Therefore, I
conclude that robot selling does
have its place in certain stores
where its uses have not as yet been
fully exploited. But l warn readers
not to be misled; robots are now
far from being mechanical gold
mines.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
THE HISTORY OF LIBERTY

Liberty has never come from the
government The history of liberty is the
history of the limitations of governmental
power, not the increase of it,
That was said more than 40 years ago
by one of the greatest students of govern
ment who ever sat in the White House
Woodrow Wilson. And the warning he issued
is a hundred times more important and timely
now than it was then.
The overriding lesson that modern history
teaches is that when we give government
virtually unlimited power, freedom dies-and
oppression and tyranny take it's place.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

mot feasible" in an election year. The Pres
ident replied that he did not think he was
too smart politically =. but he did not be-
ieve anyone could study the problem as long
as Administration officials had and believe
that the present system was workable, prac-
ticable and of help to farmers.
Election year or not, it's time for "new
look" when expenditures of over seven and
half billions for the purpose have failed to
stabilize farm incomes.