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Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
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Ten days or so before the arrival
Of 79-year-old President Syngman
Rhee in Washington, President
Eisenhower said he had invited the
South Korean president over here
TO discuss Korean uniflcation.
But It seems unlikely that the old
gentleman will hear anything to
encourage his steadfast dream Of q
Korean Republic that embraces the
whole peninsula, since the Admin
istratiOn apparently regards our
failure in Korea in the same light
as the partitioning Of Germany fol-
lowing World War III and Of Indo-
China in recent days.
In view of intelligence reports
that North Korea has been brought
under the complete domination of
Red China since the truce" It is
believed Mr. Rhee was advised
IN advance Of the futility OF his
trip.
Asked in his press conference If
he regarded the partition Of Korea
as permanent, President Eisenhow-
er said that as he understood it.
the purpose Of the UN when the
Korean war started had been to
prevent any advance by force into
South Korea, and that this had
been accomplished. He knew of no
one, he said, that had ever propos-
ed that we go to war to free North
Korea.
The President went on to say
that Korea, as we'll as Germany
and now Indo-China presented un.
satisfactory situations, but that
there was no thought on the naTt
Of the Administration OF starting
an aggressive move for the freeing
of that country.
In other words, after more than
three years of lighting, after the
loss Of $4,000 American lives in
combat, and most Of the 13,2OO
missing" after the bloodshed OF
100000 American wounded and the
direct expenditure of fifteen billion
dollars, half Of the Korean penin-
sula is unoficially but irreVocably
ceded to Red China.
Americans too, can weep with
President Rhee.
THERE HAD 70 Be A REASON
Three fatal blasts within a week,
all Of them in fireworks plants, en-
gagged at the time on Government
munitions contracts, may be a mat
ter Of pure coincidence. The latest
Of the three mishaps, at Cranbrook,
n j., killed three and injured at
least nine, while the previous ex-
plosions at Chestertown, Md, and
in Chicago brought death to thir-
teen more and injury to more than
fifty.
There would seem no good yea
SON why these relatively small
plants would exercise less caution
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
MEETING ZEE eosT oF ILLNEss

Those who argue that the cost Of medi-
cal care Is a very serious problem to a large
0ercentage Of the American people, and that
the only solution is some kind of federal
Intervention whereby the government will
assume much Of the fnsncial burden, over
look or ignore the progress that has been
made BY the voluntary health and accident
insurance systems.
Their growth has been literally pheno-
menal. In 194I only 100000 people were
thus protected against hospital and medical
expense; now some 100000 have protec-
ton. In recent year benefit payments ex-
ceeded 81, 600 100000, figure which does not
include the large sums paid under sick leave
programs, uniOn-adminislered plans and en-
ployee mutual benefit associations.
a striking recent development is found in
a form of insurance which covers major liz
nesses Of long duration and heavy cost. This
is very neW--yet as Of a late date, / 900 900
people had the coverage and the number is
growing very rapidly The policies are writ
ten on "deductibie" basis, as in automobile
collision insurance, and their cost is rnoder-
ate IN view of the all-inclusive coverage pro-
vided
1t is true, Of course that there is q small
percentage of INDECENT families which can't
afford any form of protection. But certain
ly public assistance can be given them With
out subjecting all the rest Of us to politically
dominated medicine.
Finally, it is being urged that families hit
with unusually large medical expenses be
allowed reasonable income tax deductions,
which is not the case now, and that health
insurance premiums be considered a medical
expense for tax purposes. That would 20 a
long way toward solving the cost problems
that still exist
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
IlV TIE AIR FORCE
"a IN IoNn.ana DIsE.I.on

ln the soil Wluid have been iin~
pressed VITA Ste fields that ne saw.
AL ireit orchards are irrigated.
One never finds a single weed under
tne trees and each tree trunk is
neatly painted white They remind
yon Of old maid house keepers-@
everything sDick and enan.
II you were here you would want
% know what the big machine is
across the Held from where we
liye-it's a gold digger. Just ima~
8lne a gold digger right fn our lapsl
We have friends that have gone up
IN the Sierras and panned gold one
weekend and actually oame back
with nuggets
Living in California IS relaxed
and most family life cenfers around
the garden and the lanai Most gar
dens have under ground sprinklers.
One Of our first impressions OF
California was everyone having a
six to eight foot high fence around
their backwards. This is not because
people are unfriendlys it's merely
Decause they sun bathe. water
battle, eat, cook and practically live
II their yards and some privacy
under these conditions is. expected.
Old wooden wheels. wood blows,
oaken buckets are all sold at lum-
Der yards to help decorate your
garden here ia the west. Decorative
redwood fences surround one story
houses in California. Rarely do you
find two stories out here. This Is
relaxed living. Why have defunct
second stories that neeessitate
climbing stairsg The dearth OF
white houses IS noticed III the
west too, Our house is gray, our
neighbors are pink. green, yellow.
light blue. The east Is getting away
from stereotype white houses too.
but the varied colored houses here
still impress an easterner like me
and believe me i still am an easter
! ner We honestly do love Sacra-
ment It IS a lovely city and it's
interesting to see how the west
lives, but the First State viii al
ways be FIRST with as.
Until next week.
Always p T. D.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
Washington Letter = BY Robert Nelson To7lor

in their operations than the very
largest. Death is just as perma-
nent in either situation. But it is
understandable that a security re-
gime might be more difficult to
maintain in the smaller factories.
But whatever the causes Of these
disasters, whether they follow a
pattern or are totally unrelated
these victims will have died in vain
unless every muitions plant in
America checks up on processes.
careless or uniformed workers
and loopholes for sabotage.
DREAMERs DO VIM
Confusion and chaos seem to
abound everywhere in the world to-
day, but in Detroit this month a
ceremony occurred that proves
once again that America is still a
land where boys can dream-and
make those dreams come true.
In its oath year of helping bows
make their dreams come true. the
Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild has
bestowed hundreds of awards to
winners Of its annual model car
competition. The several hundred
state awards range from a S25.OO
U. s. savings bond to $3.50 in cash.
The forty-one regional awards in
cluded free trips to Detroit for the
Guilds annual four-day conven-
tion. and eight university scholar
ships, with total value Of $40, 600.
The prizes. in all, represent a
grand total of $4,000.
Pleasant as it is for a boy to re-
ceiYe one of these awards, the most
important gift of the competition
to each boy participant is the as
surance that he can, no matter
what his background, walk with
his chin in the air, his eyes on the
stars, certain that his heritage of
freedom guarantees him the oppor-
tunty to gain almost any goal in
life if he has the talent and isn't
allergic to work.
Equally important is the express
sion by Fisher Body, in sponsoring
the competition, of industry's re-
sponsibility to the society in which
It is rooted. For this is a program
that does some honest spade-wOrk
in preparation for Americas to-
morrow. Such a program helps de-
velOp Americans that are capable
Of effective citizenship in a high
ly industralized world.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
Debeaking Broiler
Chicks Continuing
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Continued from ursz pags)
cial attachment is used 10 remove
about one-third Of both beaks. The
operation is PAINLESS, since the tip
OF the beak is made Of the same
material as a persons fingernails
or a cows horn. Birds can stiN
eat mash from the feed hoppers
Just as we'll as birds not debeak-
ed weight gains and feed efficien-
-cy are equally as good or better
The beaks grow back but are still
blunt at eleven weeks Of age when
the broilers are sold.
Rough-lOokingH flockg of broiI-
ers resulting from feather-pickinp
are usually sold at a lower price
and are down-grade8 IN the pro-
.cessing plant Poor ventilation.
poor feeding practices, unbalanced
rations, and crOwding are an fac
tors that contribute to feather pnll-
ing. While deSeaking cannot take
the place Of good management, II
viii help
Debeaking Of laying hens and
turkeys has been a common prac-
tice for years; but debeaking Of
baby chicks was started IN this
area less than a year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
LINDBERGH SPEAKS ON SECURITY

LINDBERGH SPEAKS ON SECURITY
A single common word, survival, covers
the most aWes0Tne problem that this nation
has ever faced. It is almost impossible to yls-
ualize the destructive power of the weapons
that exist today, and the even more terrible
ones that win probably come into existence
in the relatively near future.
"A vast literature has been written on
what we must do if we are to continue to
exist as a nation. very distinguished au-
thOrity, Charles A. Lindbergh, makes an ina-
pressive contribution to it in a brief articie
appearing in the Saturday Evening Post Of
july 18th, entitled Our Best Chance to Sur
vive"
General Lindbergh begins by pointing
out that, in atomic war, an initial attack
made without warning could kill millions
and destroy all the great cities. Thus, un-
less the nation possessed military forces
which were both extensively decentralized
as well as extraordinarily powerful, its abil-
lty to retaliate in kind might be destroyed
too. lie writes, Nlhe hydrogen bomb and
the supersonic missile have eliminated de-
fenslye security on the surface Of the earth.
The most elaborate defensive network we
can devise would intercept only a fraction
OF modern enemy aircraft launched in a de-
termined attack on this country Atomic
bombs can also be delivered by submarines,
ships or saboteurs, and one bomb will erase
one city"
Here General Lindbergh observes that
TO strike without warning is against our
traditions So, of course, is capitulation The
one alternative is vast military strength
we must maintain an inexpugnable means
OF retaliation method of delivering our
bombs In the event a surprise attack is made
upon this country, and after we have absorb
ed the first terrific blow"
This means, he goes on, that we must
have great numbers of air bases, so many
tnat our retalatory power could not be
paralyzed In that initial enemy attack, no
matter how great its scale. It further means
research, development and industrial-decen-
trallzation programs that will improve the
effectiveness ct our future weapons and re-
duce our Vulnef2bility" So far as possible.
he believes, important war establishments of
all kinds should be located outside the major
target areas.
General Lindbergh also emphasizes the
human element in the military forces. In this
element, ne writes, "lies an extraordinary OBJ
portunIty to increase our power and reduce
our costs. Our ingenuity in the use of
man has not kept pace with our ingenuity
IN the use of the machines man nanufac-
lures. Economy itself demands that
long years OF expensive training should be
followed by opportunities, pay and condi-
tions which encourage people to remain in
tRe careers they were trained for"
Finally General Lindbergh advocates "a
prOdigiOus Air Force, a strong ARMY. a
strong Navy and strong allies" The task IS
q formidable one, but he is convinced that it
is within our capabilities, and that it is abso-
lutely essential to survival. To quote him
once again, "As long as a dangerous enemy
exists, our security will lie in the indestruc-
tible power to DESTROY"
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
MuFksl News lnomaon Supplied BY The Bureau Of ogkss
sluio Beard Of Agriculture. Dover DoIawuro

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 were mar
xated throughout this week:
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $4,000 to $3.50, mostly
$27.00 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $1750 to $21.5O,
mostly $1,000 per cWt.
Rough and Common $1,000 to
$1,000, mostly Sl4.00 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$14.50 per cwt.
Medium: $500 to $4,000, most
" $500 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to Good. $1,000 to S13.25,
mostly SLIPS per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to 1915, mostly
S9.25 per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $5.75 to
sS.25, mostly SS.25 per cwt.
STEERS
Common TO Medium: s11a00 to
$500, mostly $17.25 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy Type: s7.25 to s11.75, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef Type: $1,000 to $500, most
" R19 90 nnr nVvt
SLAUGHTER HETFERS
Good to Choice: $3.50 to $21.00,
mostly $500 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 pounds
Medium to Good: S14.O0 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
800 to 1900 pounds
Medium to Good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly sl1.5O per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to 10 pounds: $4,000 to
$22.75, mostly S22.25 per cWt.
10 to 24O pounds: S22.50 to
$23.50, mostly $2325, per cwt.
240 to $50 pounds: $1,000 to
$23.25, mostly s22.O0 per cWt.
SOWS
(gOOd Quality)
200 to 800 pounds: $14.50 10
$500, mostly S17.25 per cwt.
800 to 400 pounds $500 to
$3.50, mostly $1700 per cwt.
Over 400 pounds s14.0O to $1,000,
mostly S15.75 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
July 2 1854
lVI kuflz Way
MaLnn. .--.-- y -

Mather Field. Calf
Dear Friends
nave decided why California
seems so special te 81 thie fIns
After travelling through Nevada
Colo-ada and Utah and SEEING nofh,
ing but wastelands. anv naoniea
land would look like paradieo
Hayes has just raved abouf fho
scenery relaxed living and customs
Of the Caiifofnians this visit and j
think he's pretty sold On this wes-
tern LIE. Really It Is lovely out
here.
Out in our front yard we have a
geranium that they plant in the
yards 70 become a bush-ahubbery.
mind you. Al home we pant them
IN pot and expect fine blossoms
and that's about an. We have a
geranium at our back window that
is taller than am and has abont
100 to $50 blooms. Really flowers
look artificial to us. Roses are SO
wide Ia diameter that they don't
even look pretty to us. / Just wish
you could be out here with us 70
see how things flourish. Fields are
all irrigated and the plants are Just
gorgeous-corn and tomato plants
are all so big and so rfah looking,
Hops are at theSr peak in growth
now and are Lovely in the fields
They climb up strings fastened to
poles that are ten feet TAN. Vineyards
are bearing grapes and 1t Is
especially interesting to see these
being picked for the wineries in the
state. Just about two miles from Us
there is a winery that the public IS
Invited to see and this hope to tell
you about one Of these weeks.
Here in California, Of course, are
palm trees, olive trees, orange trees
all Of which we do not see in Della
ware. Many of the farmers are
Japanese which is rare on our east
coast. Farms here are always called
ranches you know. Their orchards
are immaculate. We went riding
last night after dinner and I wished
my Uncle Ed Salevan could have
accompanied US. Anyone interested
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
OIL UNDER THE WATERS

TrT
Though Offshore oil prospecting differs
greatly from dry land operations, there is
at least one condition common to both. The
only positive way to determine whether oil
IS present or not is to drill for it. Drilling
an exploratory well on dry land is tre-
mendOusly costly business, but oil men esti-
mate that it costs about three times as much
to drill deep hole on an offshOre location.
One oil company set out to drill a well in
sixty feet Of water. BY the time the drill
was ready to turn, $l0,000,000 had been
spent for nine square mile underwater
lease and staggering collection Of special
lzed marine equipment.
It's been little more than a year since
the squabble between the federal govern
ment and the states over who should have
title to the submerged land was settled in
favor OF the states. In the past twelve
months the major companies alone have
poured well over S100,000,000 into the de-
yelopment Of tidelands OIL More than 25
wells are going down off Louisiana, and five
are underway or about to be started off
Texas
It's been estimated by biologists that the
area under the relatively shallow waters of
the Gulf Of Mexico may eventually weld
lO,O0O,OOO,000 to 1900, 100000 barrels of
oil which would be pretty close to one-third
OF presently known u. S. underground re-
serves. The oil is there but it is worthless
until somebody gets it out ard makes it
available for people to use. Free men work
ing Tor themselves with a chance to make
profit, have the kind of get-up-and-go to do
this sort Of job.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30

BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 pounds $1,000 10
$3.50, mostly S14.00 per cwt.
Over $50 pounds: $500 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to Good $1,000 to $3.50.
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
FEEDER Pigs
t6 70 II weeks OId)
Choices $1,000 to $1,000, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to Good $500 to Sll .OO.
mostly S11.00 per cwt
Common $500 to $500. mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $500 to s65.OO.
mostly $45.00 per cWt
Butcher Type: $1,000 to s31 90.
mostly $24.00 per cwt
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
Fowl: S120 to $160. mostly $40
RoOsters: sl.OO to si.20, mostly
Light Breeds
Bantam Chickens: s5c to soc.
mostly Soc.
Ggineas: y soc to sloO. mostly
DUCKS
Maseovy Ducks: zoe 70 CSC. most
RABBITS
Large Breeds soc to $3.50, most
Small Breeds 49c to soc. mostly
Young: zoe to Csc. mostly Csc.
Ungraded, Mixed SEC to 45c per
dozen.
Pullet: zoe to CSC per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Peaches: soc to sl.4O per x bu-
Apples: loc to soc per q bushel.
Cabbage SOC to zoe per bushel.
Tomatoes: 25c to $3.50 per 8 bu-
shell
Lima Beans: $3.50 per e bushel.
shell.
Peppers: 4oe to 7sc per x bu-
Snap Beans 45c to zoe per *
bushel
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
COINCIDENCE IN THE NATION

isader IN the world of retailing IS re-
ported to have said that retail business as 4
whole may be somewhst less this year than
last-but that he expected his own store to
show substantial advance
Ihls may or may not happen in his case
But It Is an example Of confident and ao-
RTessive attitude that is prevalent throuo6-
out retail business. A good retailer feels
that he can do little better lob of attract
ing the public than the store down the street
or ln the next c0mmunity-an that his sales
viii prove it.
The public interest in such an attitude
IS clear. The only way any retailer can Al
more business in these highly competitive
times IS to offer lower prices, or better alal-
tiles, or more attractive service. or some
other induccment-and to advertise fhase
attractions and deliver them as promised
That means that we5the consumers. get the
best possible return for what we spend 81
retail S''N =
Going farther retailers have saith -
this country. They aren't scared bv racas-
sion talk. They like other businesses and
industries, are spending huge sums IN I'M
provement and modernization. That auo1Irs
well for the nations future.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
H-BoMBs VERSUS MOVABLE
TYPE

History shows similar conditions
existed when printing became pow
erful in 1850 This like, the H
Bomb, became a threat to the en-
trenched rich political Kingdoms.
The Church and Kings fought by
legislation, persecution and wars:
but the rise Of TIE masses could
not be stopped. The printed word
became more powerful than the
sword. Reformations. revolutions,
and beheadings followed. The dis
covery Of the H-Bomb is unsettling
civilization today as did the birth
Of printing in 1450.
WHAT ABOUT CAPITALISM
Naturally we do not want to see
entrenched capitalism collapse as
did entrenched monarchisrn. We
now use legislation, submit to high
taxes, and endure small wars to
protect our way Of life, as these
same methods were practiced 500
years ago to protect established
monarchism. Could It be that the
fear Of the H-Bomb will become as
powerful as was the fear Of printed
books 500 years agoY
For the long pull, / am an opti-
mist ! don't believe in the Lind
bergh Retaliation Theory. /, how-
ever, do believe that the fear Of the
H-Bomb (like the fear Of printing
500 years ago) could handicap our
Western Democracies with a blew
to the capitalistic system.
WHAT ABOUT RETALIAnoN9
Lindbergh's only hope Of pre-
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
n CAN BE CURED

By a clear-cut vote Of SIS to SO.
the Senate, last Wednesday night
expressed its approval of President
Etsenhower's order that the Ato-
mic Energy Commission supply pri-
vat1 power to the iva. The vote
followed eight days and nights of
argument on this most controver-
sial aspect of the Administration s
new Atomic Energy bill. But the
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
RADIO SONG CLASSES

ANN ARBOR, Mich. A9
Song festivals in l3 commuzities
are 6nal examinations Tor an esti-
mated 1900 school children who
take part in twice-Weekly radio
singing class. Mrs Janice Cobb
conducts the class broadcast by %
Michigan radio stations.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30

Want to make fish taste especial
" good? Roll serying-size pieces
IN corn meal before frying to give
delicgte brown crust. Serve with
lemon wedges for good flavor.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
THE FREEDOM 10 INVEST


Here are two current and significant
statements
"Iraditionally, our government has
sought to create and maintain democracy
OF opportunity in which individuals have the
general freedom and the specific opportun-
tiles to work. to spend, to save, and to invest
and the incentive to pursue these opportun-
tiles to the fullest extent This concept of
the role of government has not been made
obsolete by the events of the last few dec
ades."
II our economy continues to provide IN
centiyes for people to produce. to invent IL
invest, and to devise better ways Of produc-
ing the increased goods and services orr
growing population viii require, a 20 per
cent increase in real pe9S capita income NAV
oe anticipated by 1879"
The lead quotation is from Americas
Hrst citizen, President Eisenhower. The Sec
ond rs from an economic study made bv q
manufacturers association.
II IS noteworthy that in both cases EN-
phaslS IS laid on investment. The incredible
wealth Of material things we enjoy has been
mace possible because millions of individuals
nave put part of their savings in the Sc
curltles Of enterprises IN which they have
Ialth. That wealth increases as more people
Of moderate means do the same thing.
Milford chronicle., 1954-07-30
THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE

An old story tells of a salesman who at
tempted to sell a farmer a set Of books on
how TO farm successfully The farmer turn
ed him down, saying, Il amt farming half
as well now as / know howl"
be that as it may, farmers and ranchers
are operating farms more efficiently and
successfully than they used to-due both to
work OF their own, and to assistance and
knowledge provided by organizations which
have to do with the production and sale of
farm products in one way or another
An Official of the Department OF Agri-
culture has described improvements that
have taken place in beef cattle production.
Seventy years ago It took four and often i've
years for lOnghorn to reach a weight of
1000 pOunds-now it happens in less than
halI that time. In 1853 fewer than 1000
Deer carcasses were condemned during in
spectlOn because of tuberculosis-25 or 90
years ago the number Of cOndemnatiOns ran
from $4,000 to 10000 animals.
Believe it or not, the atom NAV even
AFFECT the meat business of the future. "Pas-
teurlzatlon" Of meat through exposure to
gamma rays has been accomplished on a
laboratory scale at the American Meat IN
stltute Foundation. The studies, which were
supported in part by Acc, have shown that
shelf life Of pre-packaged meats may be ex-
tended five-fold by radiation doses with
little, If any, production Of off-havors. odors.
or discolorations This process is not ready
for practical use and many difficult scien-
tlilc problems must be ironed out. But II
may be an indication Of things to come.
6SS0NG