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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
The Final Authority


A majority of American farmers,
we believe, will agree with Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Agriculture
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson that
flexible price supports, ranging
from IS to 80 per cent of parity,
should be permitted to go into effect
at the end of the 1854 crop year,
as existing law requires:
Plainly, the House Agriculture
committee was thinking of NOvem-
ber 2nd when it recommended con-
tinuance of the present, rigid, 80
per cent price supports. But in
urging more of the same law that
has resulted in a reckless imbalance
between production and cOnsum2-
ton Of butter, wheat, vegetable oils
and other products, the Congress
men may have overlooked some
! fundamental facts.
They may have under-rated the
farmers sense Of responsibility, his
deep-seated patriotism-which he
doesn't talk about very much-his
fundamental respect for the land
and his reverence for it's bounty
! Perhaps they don't realize that he
is even more shocked than the resi-
of us at the wickedness of the
mountainous waste that these sur.
pluses bring about. The fact thai
they threatened the nations eco
nOmic stability by consuming bill
lions of tons of good food, intended
for the health and happiness of man
kind, can not be consumed, hu
must be destrOyed-when IS PEI
cent of the earth's population il
hungry!
Thus, we can understand wha
the President meant in his speecl
urging the people to press thei
Congressman for passage of hi
legislative program. In the matte
of flexible price supports, he sal
, you may remember-that he wa
''unmOved by politics." and be
, lieved that what was good for tn
, nation could not fail to be good 70
politics.
In this connection, at least, hi
. plea for less political fissiOn an
4 more political FUSION will b
! granted if Americas farmers say S
4 to their Congressman.
t 1T SEEMS AS IF everyone bU
h the State Department knows thu
T. there will be a meeting of America
= Foreign Ministers in MOntevide
Uruguay on July 1st to cOnsidC
T what to do about Red-dOminatt
), Guatemala. 1t also seems general
n known, outside the State Depar
: ment, that Panama, Costa Ric
Nicaragua and probably Mexico al
e Argentina-the two states that a
IS stained from voting at Caracas {
e the anti-cOmmunist resolution
rected against Guatemala-have 8
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneous commodities prevailing
last week. This report shows av-
erage prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $1,000 to $27.5O, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $21.50,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$3.50, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Monkeys: $3.50 to $21.O0, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $24.25, mostly
$2325 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $18.25, mostly
SIPS per cwt.
COWS
(Slaughter)
Medium to good: $1,000 to $14.75
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $11.50, mostly
| S11.00 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $3.50 tC
$3.50, mostly $500 per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice: $17.75 to $21.25
mostly $500 per cwt
Light Steers, good to choice
$1,000 to $500, mostly $15.75 pc
cwt.
HEIFERS
(Feeder)
Dairy type: $7.25 to $14.5O, most
ly $11.50 per cwt.
HEIFERS
(Slaughter)
Good to choice: $500 to $210C
mostly $500 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $3.50 to $15.7I
mostly $15.75 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs.)
/, Medium to good: $10.50 to $13.7I
J mostly $1,000 per cwt,
STRAIGHT HOGS
(GOOd Quality
12O to 40 lbs: $3.50 to $3.50
/ mostly $24.75 per cwt.
| ITO to 24O lbs: $24.OO to $25.7
2 mostly $25.75 per cwt.
I 24O to $50 lbs: $1,000 to $24.7
mostly $24.5O per ,cwt
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

ready Indicated they'd attend.
So we just hope the Central
American bad boy won't pull any
rough stuff before July first, when /
we wouldn't know what to do about
it.
Where Trade Won't Aid
General Albert Wedemeyer, au-
thor of the famed "1Ost" Wedemeyer
Report on China, has added his
voice to that of Bernard Baruch in
agreeing with Spain's Generals
simO Franco that we are losing, not
winning, the cold war with Russian
Communism.
The Franco views were given to
Roy Howard, head of the Scripps-
Howard newspapers, in an inter
view with the Spanish dictator in
Madrid, and presented by Mr. How
ard in his papers. The Generals
simO pointed out the Soviet need of
imports, and declared that a firm
alliance of the anti-communist
nations of both East and West
could strike at the Achilles heel
of Communism" by an absolute en-
barge of all goods to Russia and
her satellites. AS it is, he said, con-
fusion, disunity-especially among
the big Three"-lack of purpose
are bringing the free world closer
to defeat
In endorsing Frances idea of a
strict and complete embargo, Gen
eTal Wedemeyer went even further
and declared in favor of severing
diplomatic relations as we'll be-
tween the U. S. and Russia. Mr.
Baruch pointed out anew thu
familiar fact that in war, hot 81
cold, all goods are strategic, anC
declared: I'VE will not win the colo
war until we put the desire fol
peace above the desire for profit o
every kind"
All of this brings to mind a re
vealing article in The freeman
magazine on Russian commercial
Establishments, such as our British
cousins are currently falling for
Author Leo Dudin, well-knOwl
oAoAJo ~ Ou tic OOFiGI WOlAu IS
? minds us that with Russia. trade i
} not commerce, but political war
fare" He cites the record to shoV
I that Soviet exports, notably in lux
I ury items such as caviar and fur'
q reached their peak from 1929 to 1913
D. in hopes their prices would turn dc
r preston into chaos, possibly revC
d luton by millions of unemployed.
y AS times improved in the Wes
: Russian imports dwindled to a
all-time low. Since 1858, Russia ha
d been pushing barter sales of p,
, troleum, of which she is 2cutel
n short, with France, Finland, Argei
/ tina and Iceland. The purpose is {
l. make trouble for the U. s., to el
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Septic Tanks Need
Regular Check-up

If you live in rural Delaware,
you probably have your. own sew
age disposal system. This can
mean problems with septic tanks
unless you use inspection and sim
pie maintenance, says Byron. L.
Bondurant, engineer for the Agri-
cultural Extension Service, Uni
versity of Delaware.
During the digestive process of
sewage in a septic tank, sludge-
which is a heavy black mass-ac-
cumulates at the bottom of the
tank, Bondurant explains. Unless
this material is removed at regu-
lar intervals, the septic tank may
fail to give satisfactory operation.
Bondurant makes these sugges-
tions on cleaning a septic tank:
1. A septic tank should be
cleaned after the first years Op-
Grafton to get some idea of the
rate of sludge accumulation. In a
large tank sludge will accumulate
very slowly, but in a small one it
will collect rapidly and require
frequent cleaning.
2. In most septic tanks the
sludge should not accumulate to a
depth greater than 18 to "a inches
The depth of sludge accumulation
will depend on the size and style
of tank.
3. Removal of the sludge from
the septic tank can be accomplish
ed by the use of a sewage or dia
phragm pump. Sometimes tht
sludge is removed by bailing.
In cleaning the septic tank it il
necessary to remove only tn
sludge or black material whicl
has accumulated at the bottom o
the tank.
Sludge which has been remove,
from the septic tank should be dis
J posed of in an open field at leas
One-quarter to a half mile fror
dwellings. Since this material ma
r contain many harmful diseas
r germs such as typhoid, diphtheri;
or dysentery, it should not
! dumped in open road bitches alOh
!. country roads.
e If commercial operators are Ell
: gagged for septic tank cleaning
Y Some understanding on the Coz
should be made in advance. Occ;
a siOnally. reports are receive
4 where too-high prices are charge
. for this operation.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
I'm TIE AIR FORCE"
BY EIqlno townsend Diekerson

interested in doing this time. Lynne
fell out of her bed this night,
knocked over a glass and landed
right on top Of 1t. How it escaped
breaking we don't know, but it
didn't, and some how we eyaded
what could have been a serious
accident.
Mileage along Ohio roads is
marked by stone markers and are
hard to get accustomed to since
the printing is only about one and
one half feet from the ground. Co
ing through Columbus, Ohio, our
+ second morning of travelling, we
/ heard on the radio at 8:45 that the
/ temperature was then SO degrees.
We had three hot days on the road
4 for sure. Lockburn AFB is outside
/ of Columbus and we must have
witnessed an air show that they
were having at the base because
/ we saw the jet bomber, B-47, a KC-
I 81 refueling fighter, and also saw
B-36 six motor bomber and the
new B-59
That evening we stopped at
! Springfield, Illinois. We also had
stopped here a year ago enroute
to Topeka and arriving late that
night saw little Of the town and
the history il held about Abraham
Lincoln's life there. The only
house that Lincoln ever owned is
in Springfield and in this town
was where he began his law prac-
tice, but it didn't impress me one
half as much as New Salem, Him
Ois, which we saw the following
morning. There was a village re-
! constructed Of the town where
Lincoln lived from 1881 to 1897
If you're going west this summer
on vacation for goodness sake
don't miss seeing New Salem. j
want to tell you about our interest.
: ing visit to this antiquated town ii
I my next weeks column.
4 Until then. Always, E. T. D.
s p S. The crickets weren't 81
I. bad after all, but we could measur,
e the sand, dust and dirt with a ruler
h Two days before we arrived the,
o had a terrific storm with Is mil
70 an hour winds. That's Kansas!
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Trophy Grange Notes

The lecturer presented the fol-
lowing literary program last Mon
day night:
A prayer, read by Rodney Biddle;
quiz on different kinds of coins
and bills, won by Gladys Kates;
talk on the first flag, by DorO-
thy Heyd; reading, "The Protect
ing Flag" Annie Cow; reading,
"He Forgot" Charles BOstick;
reading, Singing A Song" Gladys
Kates; reading, "The New Hired
Man." Reba Gruwell; reading
Folks" Eva EllingswOrth; read
ing, What Have We Done To
day?" Mabel Cohee; song by the
Grange, "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
Refreshments were served at the
close of the meeting.
On June %, the Grange will
meet at Wheeler's Park for q
weiner roast.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market InfOmuiOn Supplied BY The OF Markets.
State Board Of Agriculture. Dover. DsIuv.Ors
soWs
-HnnA n.nIaA--

SOWS
Good Quality)
200 to 800 lbs: $1,000 to 1925,
mostly S1S25 per cwt.
800 to 400 lbs: $500 to S17.75,
mostly $3.50 per cwt
Over 400 lbs: $14.75 to $17.25,
mostly $500 per cwt.
BOARS
Good Quality
Under $50 lbs: S11.0O to S12.50,
mostly $11.5O per cwt.
Over $50 lbs; $1,000 to $11.OO,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 20 $3.50,
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
C to II weeks old)
Choice: $1,000 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 each.
Medium to good: $500 to S115O,
mostly $1,000 each.
COmmon $500 to $500, mostly
$500 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $500,
mostly $1,000 each,
Butcher type: $500 to $4S.OO,
mostly $500 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy breeds: SI10 to S125,
mostly S1.25 each.
GUINEAS
Light breeds: $50 to $1.OO, most
! ly $50 each.
DUCKS
Muscoyy: $50 to SIPS. mostly
$.95 each
RABBITS
Large breeds: $.95 to $1.1O, most
| ly $1.0O each.
Small breeds: $.55 to $50, most
ly $50 each.
Young rabbits: $.25 to $40, most.
ly S.S5 each.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed $.S7 to $.4C
per dozen.
Pullet: $.24 to $.31 per dozen
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet Potatoes: $l10 to Sl.2I
per "a bushel.
Country Butter: $40 per Ib.
, Peas $1,00 to $500 per ss busheI
Kale: SIS to $50 per e busheI
+, Strawberries: $.65 to $.70 per al
GoosebeTries: $.45 per qt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Robin Hood Theatre
Will Open June II

Two stage hits of the 1953-54
theatre season, and two new plays
previewed on their way to Broad
way, will be part of the 11-play
program to be presented at the
Robin Hood Theatre in Arden this
summer, in a season beginning on
June 21.
Plans for the 1854 straw hat the
atre season we're announced today
by Stanley Phillips and Neil Nc
Kensie, cO-prOducers and directors
of the Robin Hood. The Arden barn
theatre will enter it's 18th year of
professional summer stock with
the production of 1.-The Little Hut, I"
a French comedy by Andre ROuss-
in which came to New York last
year after fOur-year "smash"
success in London.
1.-THE Little Hut" (three on an
island), tells the story of a man,
his wife, and her male friend cast
adrift on a desert island. This
farce-fantasy is the sort Of thing
that never happens, but some peo-
pie are said to dream about.
This is one of the two current
seasons hit shows, staged thi:
summer at the Robin Hood. The
second will be Don Appell's "Lul
laby," which brought Mary BolanC
back to Broadway out Of Holly
wood. This hilarious comedy, /;
mOther-in-law story to top then
all, brings into close conflict a 40
year-old truck driver, his new wifi
fresh from the night club chorus
and a donineering mother VIII
watches every move "Junio
makes.
Phillips and Mckenzie said tina
the two dates on the summer cal
endar are being held open for pre-
Broadway tryouts. Negotiation
for one of the two have been un
der way for some time.
The Robin Hood, operated fO
the past six summers by Windso
Lewis, under the direction of p. \
Productions, will stage plays frOl
Monday through Saturday night
AT present, plans are beiE6 mad
to try a Saturday matinee, as q r.
suit Of requests for a matiGe,e /
Wilmington area groups.
Apparently a traditional ga
opening night has been establishs
at the Robin Hood in previous yea
and we are very happy to cOnti
ne this pleasant custom" Mr. Phi
lips said. The opening of "The II
tie HUI" on Monday, June 21, w
be arranged as in previous yeal
with the Robin Hood serving
host to members of the audien
entire act.
Other plays to be presented
the Robin Hood this summer ar
Hay Fever" by Noel CoWar
Summer and Smoke" by Tenns
see Williams; Bell, Book, a
Candle" by John van brute
Candida" by George eBerna
Shaw; "The Enchanted" by G
adoux; aPetticoat Fever" by Ma
Reed; which Way Is Home. /"
program Of three one-act pla
and Voice Of the Turtle" by v
Druten.
Robin Hood Theatre is located
1901 Miller Road, Arden, WilzniI
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson ToYlor

courage French resistance to NATO !
and edo. 1t is also a handy way, |
says Mr.. Dudin, Ito send new
cadres Of spies disguised as trade
agents to these countries"
While we dread, from day to day,
that we shall find ourselves sucked
into another Korea in IndO-China,
the British are planning to send
a trade mission to Red China, and
to receive one from Peiping. And to
make it worse, our own foreign aid
chief, Harold Stassen, the Repub-
lican Harry Hopkins, thinks more
trade with Russia would be just
dandy!
It Won't Get Lost
The problem of world commu-
nism, President Eisenhower told
his press conference, may last for
forty years. And, considering the
fact that we have already been con-
fronted with it for thirty-nine years
during. which time our position
has continually deteriOrated-thls
would seem, barring a world con-
fagatiOn, a very modest prognOs-
| tication.
AS for Outlawing all trade be-
tween the free world and iron cur
tain countries, the President in
dicated this would never happen if
he had his way He stressed the
need for more liberal American
/ foreign trade policies as an aid in
building up allies who can make a
living. But he did not mention that
there might be room for some CO.
operation in this direction by the
allies also.
Perhaps we should begin to won.
der whether America, forty years
from nOw-after forty more years
of foreign aid, of giving all anC
asking nothing, of restricting oul
own trade with the Reds while oul
= allies expand theirs-will also b.
/ able to make living. 1t seems un
! likely that the problem of wOrlt
l communism would then be any les
. ACUTE
. stamp LlckS Gambler
Last year the Supreme Court de
clared the Federal gambling Ia
stamp legal in all states. And now
= the U. S. Court of Appeals ha
J, followed in it's big brothers foot
5 steps to say it's constitutional
= the District of Columbia.
+ A Municipal court found that tn
stamp law violated that famou
l. Fifth Amendment that protects
n citizen against self-incriminatiOI
s Thus, the higher courts action ca
: only mean that it's alright for
y Connie to pull this constitution;
l. cloak around him, but a book
o mustn't-even after he has pa
l. Uncle his so bucks!
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Kent County Court
VIII Open July 6
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tions thus far are that there will
be only a very few cases to be sub
mitted to the grand jury at the
July term.
There will be no civil cases list
ed for consideration at the July
term and Prothonotary John P. Lee
Fevre reports that the criminal
docket has only a few cases to be
acted upon that have been continu-
ed from previous terms of court.
The petit jury will be summoned to
report for duty on Wednesday,
July 7th, in event there are any
cases ITO be heard before a jury.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Monday evening
6I14I54
S51S Mayo
Topeka, Kansas

MONDAY evening 7
6I14I54
351S Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
Dear Friends:
Doesn't take long for time to
roll by, does it? Here we are back
in Topeka and in a little over a
week well be on our way again to
California for nine weeks. When
Hayes checked in at the base this
morning he met John Geyer from
Milford at the hospital, where John
is a technician. 1t really is amazing
how many people from our home
town we have encountered since
Hayes was recalled back in the Air
Force three years ago. When we
move to Sacramento, Howard
Kitchens, also of Milford, will live
Just a half block away from us.
When we were right outside of
Milford last Friday with our sta
ton wagon just loaded down,
Lynne said, "Gonua have an acci-
dent with the car like this. She
had forgotten we had a side rear
view mirror, but they have travelled
so much that they know all the
hazards of driving and especially
so from their father who thinks air
travel is the only mode of trans
pOrtation. And Dawn's only thought
was, "Will we soon be there?", not
knowing that we had three days of
travel ahead of us. The children
really hated to leave Milford be-
cause they had made real friends
this time and had gotten close tC
their little cousins again Hayes
and / got their thoughts diverted
right away to Topeka and the fur
they would have with their friends
i'm Kansas.
We were routed by way of tn,
| Pennsylvania Turnpike and surel,
hated to leave that highway be
cause we made such good time witt
no stop lights, towns, etc, to sloV
us down. The first night we stOppe
in Cambridge, Ohio, where the glas
and pottery factories are located
This is the second time we hav
lodged over night there and bot
, times we have been too late t
, tour the factories, which / was S
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Emmett McKnatt Had
Narrow Escape Sunday

Emmett McKnatt, age 81 years,
had narrow escape from death
last Sunday during the height Of
the storm, when he came in con-
tact with a hot line" while making
repairs for the Ellendale Electric
Company.
Approximately 1900 volts passed
through his body, passing out his
right leg. He slumped unconscious
in his safety belt and fell about 20
feet to the ground. He was for
tunately not seriously hurt by his
fall, and at the present time is re-
covering in the Milford Memorial
Hospital.
Mr.. McISnatt is a brother Of Mrs.
Edward Salevan, and has done elee-
trio work most OF his life.
RooH r1occfHoa Al
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
DeLmGrUG Chicken
Festival Win Be
Opened On Monday

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menus to be served and also the
serving of milk and ice cream. Ice
cream is planned to be served in
the shape of chicken drum-sticks.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

In World War II there were
about $4,000 battle deaths OF Am
orleans in the Pacific area.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
ONLY CURE

'We could both cure the budget deficit
and many of the pains of taxes without
lessening our effectiveness in defense or in
the needed functions Of government if we
could now have period of self-denial and
patience"
That observation has come from real
authority, Herbert Hoover, in talk made
before the American Society OF Newspaper
Editors. The American people never were
oiven sounder or more timely advice. If we
are to lay the ghost of initiation and honestly
eliminate the danger of eventual national
bankruptcy, we must welcome and encourage
every effort to cut government costs, includ-
ing those which hit US directly in our OWL
pOcketbOOks.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

When you are broiling lean steak,
brush it with olive oil and sprinkle
it with lemon Juice,
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford

FTOIn IWUFBUUy9 UWUt IWlII3 10
Wednesday, June 18th, Inclusive
John E. Barcus, weather recorder
for the United States Government,
reparts the following weather con-
ditions for Milford as recorded on
instruments located on Lakeview
Avenue, for the week beginning
Thursday, June 10th. and ending
Wednesday, June 18th, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

exceeded actual revenues by over $19OOO,-
100000.
Nowadays it is up to conservatives with
a perspective to keep hammering at the false
brand Of liberalism that leads nations to ruin
and bankruptcy. Again quoting Mr.. Mullen
dore "a review of the history of the past two
decades should suggest that we should
make an honest inquiry into present practices
and their meaning. If we will fearlessly and
honestly make such an examination, we can
not but see that the sources of much of our
present prosperity are destructive spendthrift
policies not only the freedom of the
American people but the fate of a civilization
is involved.
THE "TEW LOOK" IN AGRICULTURE
We hear much of the great efficiency and
productive power Of American industry. We
do not hear as much as we should of the
efficiency and productive power of American
agriculture.
Farm Journal recently said editOrially,
Farmers produce so abundantly that 85 per
cent of the population can now choose other
kinds of jobs. If farmers were not so efficient,
a lot more people would have to go to work
farming This is an efficiency that since be-
fore the war has increased farm output by
about 440 per cent, and does it with II per
cent less labor"
That speaks well for the progressive
spirit of the American farmer. 1t is also a
tribute to tools and techniQues, often actually
revolutionary in effect, which have been ms
allies. Electric power has been tremendous
force for better living and working on the
farm. Chemistry has proved fertilizers and
weed and insect killers of remarkable potency
And the farm equipment industry has come
along with machines which produce more
crops at a declining cost in time and money
and which are invaluable in the equally i'm
pOrtant task of conserving the land not only
for future years but for future generations.
It is no exaggeratiOn to say that thu
machines and the other tools do much to make
the difference between an exceedingly well
fed nation and a nation on subsistence or
near famine basis. This will become all tn
more evident as the years roll by and ther
are millions more mouths to feed each day.
RSGNRG
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

Read classified Ads
Evening star., 1954-05-22

SATURDAY. MAY 22. 1884
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Charlottesville Issues
IS New Building Permits
Speciol Dispotch TO The Sto

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May
22.-Fifteen building permits is
sued in the second 10 days of
May brought to $112.115 the
value of new construction, altera-
tions, repairs and additions au-
thorized so far this month. The
Is permits had total value of
$66,335 as compared with $45,-
7SO during the first 10 days OF
the month.
Permits during the first 20
days of April had a combined
value of only $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
As Homes Projected
In Rockville Sector

Forty-f1ve homes are planned
for the third section of New
Rockland in Rockville. Md. Met
ropolitan Homes. Inc, has an
nounced.
The first two sections have
been completed.