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Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

Miss Elneta Stevenson of
near WOOdside, who has been
attending school in Magnolia.
has returned home and is at
tending school at Caesar Rod
ney.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Norman
Hickman are moving into the
home of Mrs. Lena Hickman.
They have been living in
Frankfort since their mar
riage in the summer.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
Draper, ST., and their daugh-
ters. Miss Ida Draper and Mrs.
Charles r. Varney, left Mil
ford on Saturday last, in their
automobile for Florida. Mrs.
Varney will stay a few weeks,
but the remainder of the party
will spend the winter in the
southland.
Miss Lena Reed LOfland,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
LOfland, of BrOadkiln, and
Charles Paul Vincent, son of
Charles Vincent, near Lewes,
were married at the Milton NJ.
P. parsonage by Rev. J. w.
Townsend, on January 10. They
will reside on the Mrs. Emma
Burton farm, in BrOadkin
Neck.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15
Ten Years Ago.

Taken from January 81, 1914 ISsu,
Mr.. and Mrs. CORTLAND E.
Clarke, of East Second street,
Milford, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Ger
trude Marie, to Technical Ser
geant Lloyd Mason Baxter, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Mason Bax-
ter, 705 North Walnut street,
Milford. Miss Clarke is a stu
dent nurse in the Delaware
Hospital, Wilmington. Serge
ant Baxter now stationed at
Atlantic City, recently return
ed from active duty in India.
Both are graduates Of the Mil
ford High School.
0SO
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas K.
HairgrOve, of Camden, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Lieutenant
Ellen B. Hairgrove, Army
Nurse Corps, to Lieutenant
Joe c. jenkins, of Wyoming.
aoo
Albert o. Humphreys of
Greenwood, was appointed
executive assistant. to the Del
aware AAA Committee, effec-
tive January /. Mr.. Humph-
Teys, a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Delaware, has been
teaching vocational agricul-
ture at Bridgeville.
Staff Sergeant Edgar +. Eng
lish, stationed at Camp Liv-
ingston, La, has returned to
his duties after spending a
short furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
English, of Greenwood.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

State Senator G. Clifton
Maull. of Lewes, was elected
Grand Tall Cedar at a meet
ing held in the Milford Com
munity Building last week.
So
Miss Stein of SeafOrd, has
accepted a position as teach
er in the second grade of the
Bridgeville School, vacated by
Mrs. Josephine Aliens resig-
nation on Saturday.
oOR
Miss Bernice Clendaniel,
student nurse at an Atlantic
City hospital, who has been
spending some time with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Clendaniel, of Milton, has
returned to her work.
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The Community Building
will be the mecca of lower Del
aware this Saturday evening,
January 20, for checker play
ers, for on this date, N. w.
Banks, of Chicago, who is ac-
knOwledged as the National
Checker Champion of the Uni
ted States, will play 10 of the
best checker players of Milford,
and surrounding country.
Banks will play every game
blind-fOlded.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15
The Past In Review
News As It Was Reported In The Chronicle
orty Years AGO.
Taken from january l6, 1914 Issue

Taken from January 16, 1914 IssU
Last Saturday evening at
the M. E. parsonage, Frederick,
Roy KentOn and Miss Alice
Legates, of Magnolia, were
united in marriage by Rev. ].
w. Jones.
Edward J. Elliott and bride
have returned home and are
occupying the property re-
Gently vacated by Miss Name
Jones, Bridgeville, while she
has moved to her handsome
new residence on Broad street.
Roa
Governor Miller last Friday
appointed Adrain v. Woodruff
as member of the Kent County
Levy Court. to succeed John
p. Carmean, deceased, for the
Tenth Representative District.
Mr.. Woodruff resides two miles
west from Milford on the Har-
ringtOn Road, and his father
= served two terms as a men,
Der of the Levy Court for this
district.
John E. Davis, a law stu
dent at Richmond College, and
a son of Rev. Thomas c. Da-
Wis, of Milford, who made a
record as catcher on the Caulk
Club last season, through the
recommendation of the Grier
Brothers and Stuart Walton, is
to have a try out" by Connie
Mack, manager of the Phila-
delphia Athletics, champion of
tho uTnnIA
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

Invitations have been issued
by Mr.. and Mrs. George Blades
of Burrsville, for their TWEEN
tieth wedding anniversary to
be held this Friday evening.
The following are the names
of the pupils of Church Hill
School on the honor roll for
the month of December: Ber-
tina Stevenson, Viola DOwnes,
Ruth Pearson, Sarah Chris
Jensen, Pearl Pearson, Letha
DOwnes, Grace Meeker, Ma
bel Hall, and Martin Emory.
Those perfect in department
were Mabel Hall, Pearl Pear
son. Alice Thomas, Grace
Meeker and Robert Donovan.
OSO
About nine o'clock on Tues
day morning, fire was discov-
cred burning lively at the
home of A. C. Howe of the
firm of Howe & Lemex. The
furniture in the lower part of
the home was saved, but the
building was a total loss,
which will approximate Mr..
Howe $4,000. The wind set the
sparks and flames towards the
home of Mr.. Benedict, the next
neighbOr, and it was by hard
work that it was saved. If
Milford had owned a chemical
and an auto truck much of the
loss could have been prevent
ed; but the building was To-
Gated outside the reach of the
fire plugs of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

the uprights for the shelves, and
the pieces were sanded smooth at
the first meeting.
When the screens are completed.
they Will have small bowels to
hold dozens of spools of cotton.
small pockets for small equipment.
and pockets large enough to hold
patterns and fabric you are work
ing with. They can be covered
with fabric, plastic, or even wall
paper to blend with your color
scheme.
These screens make a nice sew
ing center which can be used for
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

The War Department has an
nOunced the promotion of Will
liam Harrison Walker of
WOOdside, to captain, serving
in the Air Corps.
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Lieutenant and Mrs. Garrett
L. Grier are the proud and
happy parents of little Linda
Sipple Grier, who arrived in
Milford Memorial Hospital on
January Is. Shortly after her
arrival the news was singing
along the wires to Seattle.
Washington, where Lieutenant
Grier, U. S. Navy, is now sta
toned.
Mrs. Jean Wilkins Hamilton
left last Thursday for Enid,
Oklahoma, to visit her hus-
band, Cadet Raymond Hamil-
ton.
Pfc. Major Sockrider, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur ].
SOckrider, of Milford, spent a
twO-day furlough with his par
ents this week. Major is sta
toned at Plymouth, Mass.
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Charles E. Rhodes, II years
old, son of Mrs. Florence
Rhodes of Laurel, has enlist
ed in the Navy and is receiv-
ing his boot training at Great
Lakes Training Station. He
has two brothers, Corporal
David H. Rhodes. and Pri-
vate Ernest S. Rhodes, with
the Army Air Force in Eng
land.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

State and federal irrigation ex-
periments in the James River val
ley of South Dakota boosted corn
production from about % to over
81 bushels ner acre.
Basket making is one Of the most
ancient of industries.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

Shown i'll the picture are Dora
and Alfred Mccain in their fam
GUS radio program. THE Nc
Cams At Home" as broadcasted
to millions of people in the east
over Radio Station WOR, New
York.
AS a result Of this radio pub
licity Thousands of requests were
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

hand sewing in the living room
or with sewing machine for
larger work.
The women who attended this
project school are: Mrs. Elsie d.
Bush, Dover; Mrs. Blanche SicOx,
Dover; Mrs. Ruth Rusby, Smyrna;
Mrs. Elizabeth Bush, Smyrna;
Mrs. Mary Burrows, Smyrna, and
Mrs. Ruth f. Stokes, Viola. Miss
Ruth E. Pearce, Extension Cloth
ing Specialist, was the instructor
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

La Paz, capital OF the Southern
District of Mexico's Lower Cali
fOrnia, was a wOrld-famOus pearl
fishing center until a blight killed
off the oysters in the late 19SOs.
Babylonia had a banking system
as early as 1000 B. c.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

In Chicago, after Edward Stein
berg received a $235 check from an
insurance company to cover the
loss Of goods stolen from his shop,
someone robbed him Of the check.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

In 1880 in the United States
about one out of seven employed
persons living on farms had nom
farm jobs, but in 1910 the figure
was one in five and in 1949 one out
of three.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15
Kent Home Doings

Who said wO-
men can be
carpenters? Six
women attended
a project school
to make sewing
screens, held on
January 5th and
January 18th.
T h e y started
with Gu t
pieces of lumber
for h e frame,
measured, an d
went to work
W 18th saw and
chisel. NOtches
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-15

for the classes.
They deserve congratulations for
their good jobs-and they will
get lots of enjoyment from using
their convenient sewing screens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

authority to the Executive
Branch in any field, it is an I'M
warranted intrusion of the
Legislative Branch into the ex-
ecutive's function to require ad-
vance approval by Congressional
committees of specific trans
actions to be entered into pur-
Suant to such authority.
Requiring affirmative approval
action by the committees would
tend to delay, worthwhile prof.
ects, particularly when Congress
is not in session, and in some
instances might make it inpos-
sible to accept favorable offer
within the time it is held open.
The position of Congress in per-
forming its function of reviewing
the activities of the Executive
Branch and criticizing improper
transactions is weakened when
committees have given advance
approval to project.
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Air Chief of Staff. He and Claire
Chennault and Don Stace-both
later generals-were engaged in
trying to perform a half loop
with roll out on top. They col
lided at 5000 feet and Gen.
Cannon had to ride a powerless
and rapidly diSintegrating wreck
to the ground.
He was so badly broken up in
that crash that Gen. Spaatz
telegraphed his mother she had
better hurry to Texas to see her
son alive. The elder Mrs. Can
non came, bringing with her
Miss LeVon Dennion, the young
pilots sweetheart. But young
Cannon emerged from the hos
pital eventually with what
amounted to a new face and
Miss DEMONS name changed to
Mrs. Cannon.
During the Sicilian campaign
of l943 he had another fall, this
time from a Pal and into the
Mediterranean. He was the first
Mustang pilot to crash into the
sea and return to land. He often
few a Mustang over his own
bomber formations in those days.
Famous PunilS-
Between accidents he became
famous as director of train
ing and among his former pupils
one finds listed eight air generals
who became famous: Nathan~F.
Twining. new chief of staff:
Benjamin w. Chidlaw, Air De-
Tense Command; Curtis E. Le-
May. Strategic Air Command:
Lauris E Norstad. European
Command; Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
former chief of staff. Also 1t.
Gems. Donald L. Putt. lately of
the Research and Development
Command: Charles T. Myers.
Northwest Command, and Ed
ward w. Rawlings. Air Material
Command.
Also there was a primary stu
dent whom a Kelley Field in
spector washed out" for Lack
Of promise. Gen. Cannon dis
agreed and kept the boy in
school. The boys name was
Charles A. Lindbergh. He never
forgot "Uncle joe" and later
presented him with the flying
helmet worn in the first At
lantic air crossing. That helmet
now hangs in the Cannon home
at Langley Field. Va.
A devout Mormon, Gen. Cam
non always has been attentive
to the requirements of Chaplain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Gen. Cannon Retires Today
As Chief of AT Tactical Unit
Is Senior Officer
Of Air Force From
Point of Service
By John A. Giles

The Air Force today loses It's
leading exponent of tactical avia-
ton. Gen. John K. Cannon, chief
of the Tactical Air Command, is
retiring at the age of 81, after 81
years of military service. He is
the senior air officer in point of
service.
This afternoons farewell re-
view with full military honors.
including a f1yover by fast jet
fighters and bombers which are
capable of carrying atomic
bombs, was set at Boiling Air
Force Base. Most of the Penta-
CONS ranking military figures
and a great many old flyers were
to be present.
Yesterday. to the establishment
of this extraordinary modest
warrior. he was given a farewell
luncheon by President Eisen-
hover at the White House.
There was a genuine feeling
of sadness throughout the air
arm at the departure of white
haired Uncle, joe" The warmth
of that feeling was evidenced
yesterday in a rehearsal for the
review. More than one particle
pant was seen to brush away a
tear.
Tough, But Humane.
While the 175-pound, five-feet,
nine-inch general has been
known all his life for the tight
discipline he maintained. he also
is known as humane and equi-
table diSciplinarian and for his
complete mastery of whatever
job he has held.
Most of the jobs have been in
the combat field. And always
they have been in the realm of
fighters and f1ghter-bombers So
dominant a figure in tactical
operations was he In North AZ
RIGA and Europe during World
War II that he was identified as
"Mr. Tactical Air Himself" His
leadership in the Rhone Valley
campaign of late 1914 is still a
model of invasion-air tactics.
But equally important was an
assignment of more recent years.
1t was Gen. Cannon, then in
command Of the Air Force in Eu-
rope. who directed the Berlin
airlift to a successful conclusion.
That operation was at first con-
Sidered an almost impossible
task. It's Success is now gener-
ally regarded as a turning point
in this country's relations with
Soviet Russia. The onward march
Of Communism in Europe was
brought to a. halt.
AS senior active officer of the
Air Force, Gen. Cannon nat
urally dates from the services
pioneering period. A native of
Salt Lake City. he was COM
Ir1issioned in the Army in 1917.
BY 1928 he was director of the
newly formed advanced flying
school at Kelly Field. Tex. He
had become famous as a pursuit
pilot. sd
Early Crackup.
One of his early exploits came
while a student at Ellington
Field under Gen. Carl CTooey)
Spaatz-then a major and later
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Senate Action Seen on Bill
To Let u. S. Buy BUILDINGS

agreements under better terms
than the law now permits.
while the Public Buildings
Act of 1949 authorized a pro-
gram for site acquisition and for
the design of Federal building
projects. no authorization for
actual construction of public
buildings was given. Sites &C
quired, and plans and specifica-
tons prepared as a result of the
Public Buildings Act .of 1949
could be utilized under the pro-
visions of this bill.
THE bill includes a statement
Of the intent of Congress that
this legislation is not to consti-
tute substitute for or a re-
placement Of any program for
the construction of Federal
Government buildings by the
United States"
The Senate committee set
30-year limit for lease periods,
feeling that. If any longer term
is contemplated, a lease pur-
chase contract would be prefer
able.
A provision in the Senate bill,
as drawn. requiring expenditure
above $4,000 annually to get
approval of Senate and House
Public Works Committees is
causing some concern. The House
version would permit spending
up to $4,000 annually before
requiring submission, 80 days
prior to its effective date, of a
proposed purchase contract
agreement. The project would
be referred to the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of
tn House for appropriate refer
ence to committees, under the
House language. /
Provision Questioned.
Directors to circumscribing
executive power unduly declare
they understand the present ad-
ministration opposes any pro-
vision granting authority to an
Executive Branch official to ex-
ercise power only after con-
gressional committee approval
has been obtained. They say the
administration has no objection
to the House requirement.
These DIRECTORS recalled that
during the Truman administra-
ton, the President and members
of Congress used these argu-
ments against similar proposals:
When Congress sees fit to grant
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foresaw golden opportunity for
the Communists to stall things
along at least until fall. And
by then, said the experts, the
hour would have struck for the
agonizing reappraiSal of Ameri-
can foreign policy.
Perhaps because things are
never quite as bad as they seem,
this estimate has recently soft
ened up a bit. The general pre-
diction now is for ratification Of
the edo by late June-soon
enough. presumably, to save
NATO's bacon and keep the
Western defense effort in line.
Disturbing Tack.
The developments, however,
have threatened Western soil
darity from another direction.
Within the last few days a dis
turbing line is being pushed by
some pro-EDC newspapers and
picked up in many French
circles.
Crudely stated, it is that the
Germans, rather than the
French. are to blame for the
present state of affairs. 1t is
held that the Germans are de-
liberately trying to sabotage the
EDO by holding out on the Saar
issue. The objective, it is said,
is to kill EDO in such a way
that the whole blame will be
placed on the French. Then
Germany could look forward to
rearmament by two-way agree
mentS with the United States
and Britain, without the re-
strictions and safeguards i'm
posed by the defense treaty.
This fear of independent Ger
man rearmament certainly pro-
vided the basis for a recent
ruling by the three allied
allied high commissioners which
has brought French re-
lations to a new postwar low.
Because the French demanded
1t. the commissioners have gone
on record in announcing that
they would not approve any
steps toward German rearma-
ment except within the frame
work of the European Defense
Community. AS all Germans well
know, the statement was the
price exacted by the French for
their approval of a long delayed
amendment to the Bonn con-
stitu tion. The amendment,
which could have been killed
by the veto Of any Of the three
Western occupying powers. per-
mits the final ratification of the
edo by Germany.
For their part, the Germans
see this as a thinly-disguised
French ruse to keep Germany
permanently disarmed and oc-
cupied. Many Germans, it seems,
are rapidly coming to the con-
clusion that France has no in
tention of ratifying the defense
treaty or. as long as it can be
prevented. of allowing Germany
to rebuild its army. Today, even
responsible German newspapers
are limiting at the need for some
kind of rearmament within the
British and American zones.
This talk. of course, is far
from official. SO far as any re-
sponsible government spokesman
is concerned. both sides are act
ing in harmony and good faith
in pursuit of a common goal.
The fact that the common man
is not disposed to buy this OPP
timism may be the result of ig-
:lorance. But is it also typical
of the complicated and conflict
ing currents of suspicion and
mistrust that run deep under
the whole hopeful structure of
: European unity.
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cisive move toward approving the
treaty has not come off, despite
the most strenuous efforts of the
American Government.
(The last hope for EDO ac-
ton before the Geneva confer
ence went by the board today,
the Associated Press reported.
The National Assembly began
debating an education budget
after agreeing last night to
take an Easter recess from
April 10 to May 4. AS the
Geneva conference begins April
26, the program started today
will use every hour of Assembly
time before the recess.)
There are plenty of explana-
tions for this unhappy state Of
affairs.
The simplest is that the
French leaders decided they
couldn't risk government crisis
on the eve of the Geneva talks
Since the followers of Gen
Charles de Gaulle had announced
that they would quit the govern
ment when the treaty debate was
announced, Premier Laniel may
have agreed to hold off.
Officially, however, the shelly
ing of the debate has been tied
directly to the talks now going
on at Bonn. aimed at settling the
long dispute between France and
Germany over the status of the
Saar industrial basin. This settle
ment has been formally claSsed
as a "pre-condition" to approval
Of the EDO by France.
A few days ago, these negotia-
tons were supposed to be in the
bag. All kinds of carefully
planted rumors held that the
Germans were on the point OF
accepting the most recent French
terms in the hope of speeding
action on the EDO. A two-hour
meeting between French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault and
German Chancellor Konrad AIDE
nauer was hailed in many quar-
tiers as the key to the problem.
Some Optimistic.
Today. some diplomats here
are inclined to discount reports
that these negotiations have be-
come hopelesSly begged down in
talks between the ministers dep
uties.
This sort of thing" they say,
lis normal. When you get a
couple of technicians together all
they can do is shove papers at
each other. What we need is
another meeting of the two top
boys to break the ice"
Still. it cannot be denied that
while DR.. Adenauer was away
paying his respects to the Greeks
and the Turks, nothing has been
accomplished. And in the
meantime. the precious days
that might have meant the sue
cess or failure of the EDO have
been lost.
A few weeks ago. these same
experts were predicting the
gravest consequences from ex-
actly the conditions that exist
today If the French Assembly
did not ratify the EDO before
Geneva, or at least have the
debate we'll under way, they
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post Offices and other Federal
structures here and throughout
the Nation. For the Post Of
fee Department. as we'll as the
General Services Administration,
is included In the proposed legis-
lation.
The economy minded Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge saw the
wisdom of the Federal Govern
ment being housed adequately be-
meath its own roof. Accordingly,
with the approval of Congress,
he signed the Public Buildings
Act of May Is, 1925. This pro-
vided for new buildings here
and throughout the Nation.
Federal Triangle Resulted.
1t signaled the start of the
greatest public buildings pro-
gram here since Washington was
set up in 1870. The Federal Tri-
angle here, with the great new
Justice, Commerce, Labor. Post
Office Departments and a host
OF other agencies. including the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, was the result.
But as the Senate Public
Works Committee observed in its
March 10 report:
Public buildings construc-
ton, for number of years, has
been virtually at a standstill.
Government activities, during the
past decade, have expanded
greatly. The Federal Govern
ment, as result. is handicapped
with highly inadequate facilities
to carry on its complex duties
in an efficient and businesslike
manner.
I'm the past the Federal Gov
eminent has either carried out
its own building construction, or
has rented space from private in
dlvidualS. This has resulted in
the Governments renting, in
many cases, the same buildings
for periods as long as 40 to so
years.
THE legislation under consid-
Grafton would alleviate this sit
uation by allowing the Govern
ment to enter into contracts
with private parties for provi-
sion of buildings designed for
Government use, with eventual
ownership vesting in the Gov
eminent. This bill would also
give the Postmaster General the
authority to negotiate term-lease
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and Medical Corps personnel Of
his commands. believing that
their efforts were essential to
morale.
He does not smoke and sell
dom takes a drink.
He plans to go to California
and grow roses.
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IA THE EVENING STAR
~ Washington, D. c.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1854
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$125.00). In Dacron, and
Dacron combinations, we're
currently showing "a differ
ent fabrics. In gabardine,
We'll show you 48 different
colors; in tropical worsteds
we lost count-it's some
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Nearby Votes

Votes Of Maryland and Viz
ginia legislators on major roll
calls July 10 through 16.