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Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
Tide Water Nets
S27,256,OOO In First
Nine Months

NEW YORK-Tide Water AssO-
ciated Oil Company's net earnings
for the first nine months Of 1855
amounted to s27,256,OOO compared
with S26, $4,000 in the similar 1854
period, d. T. Straples, president,
reported to stockholders.
Net earnings applicable to the
common stock were $2.18 per share
on the 11,4S4,471 shares Outstand-
ing at September 80, 1855, after de-
ducing $2,246,000 in dividends paid
on the preferred stock. Net earn
ings of $2.01 per share were re-
ported for the nine months ended
September 80, 1854, when no pre-
ferred stock was outstanding, on
the 13,423. .299 shares Of common
stock outstanding on that date.
Third quarter earnings amounted
to $9,234,000, against $8,800,000 in
the 1854 third quarter.
Sales and other revenues during
the nine-month period were S304,-
$4,000. The comparable figure in
1854 was $33S, S,289,OOO. Capital ex-
penditures in the first nine months
Of 1855 were S68,252, 900, cOmpar-
ed with $41, ,123,0 600 in the first nine
months of 1854.
Operating data for the period
showed net crude oil and natural
gas liquids production of $4,000
barrels per day-refnery runs of
$4,000 barrels per day--reh9ed
products sales of 48,7S4,o1O barrels,
and 159 net wells drilled, of which
12O were producers,
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11

member Of the Levy Court, acted as
tOastmaster for the entertainment
and sang several of the songs he
had written. including the well
loved, Sussex County.
Mrs. Brasure introduced many in
dividuals and groups from the audi
ence including the new election
board, the new highway commits
sion and the new liquor commits
sion. She hOnored Mrs. Mary Fran
ces Barney, county Civil Defense
director, who is away at a CD
school and was represent
ed by her secretary, Mrs. Mabel
Givens; Warden Marion o. Carey
and Deputy Warden Thurman ROdg-
ers Of Sussex County prison and
others.
Clifford Hall read a poem he had
written describing lIumorOusly the
present farm program, with the re-
frain, ''They get the corn, we get
the husks."
Entertainers for the evening in
cluded Eddie Burton, Bridgeville;
Carol Ann Mcdonald and jeanne
Campbell, Milton, and Norman Rey-
nolds, Milton.
Mrs. Brasure presented two
checks for $25 each to two women
who had tied in the contest pro-
NOTED by. the county club to bring
in new members. They were Miss
Grace Sizmore, Seaford, and Miss
Margaret Lynch, Georgetown.
PARTY leaders stressed the i'm
portance Of harmony in the politi-
cal work ahead and Mrs. Brasure
thanked the women who had work
ed together for their spirit Of cor
operation in arranging the dinner
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
FIFTY FOR FIFTIETH

PITTSBURGH - up - Young
Frank SnatchkO started
life with $50 in the bank.
He got the money for being the
5Oth grandchild in his family. It
was a present from his grandmO-
ther, Mrs. Anna Snatchko, who has
Is children, 49 other grandchildren
and z great-grandchildren.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
NO CURB FOR KIRBY

DECATUR, Ill. H up H The
Kirbys have a corner on the street
commissioners Office and it's fast
becoming a tradition.
Lyle Kirby, who retired last
spring after 12 years in the job,
turned the Office over to his son,
Forest L. Kirby. Another son, Viii
liam D. kirby, is assistant super
intendent in the department.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
BRIDGE STUDENTS

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. -tP)-
The rising Straits of Mackinac
Bridge is providing on-the-job
training for selected engineering
students from universities as far
away as India. They are paid for
their work and studies at the four
mile span linking Michigan's two
peninsulas.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
GET A HORSE!

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. Up
The horse, still first in transpor-
tatiOn style at this historic sum-
mer resort, stepped aside briefly
for a minor invasion of 1856 model
autos. The islands city council
permitted one auto manufacturer
to bring in six new models to pho
tograph against island scenery.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
BLIssFUL BOYINEs

FRANKLIN, n. c. tF) ~ r. c.
Enloe believes his cows are among
the worlds most contented.
The cow barn is surrounded BY
a white picket fence. bordered by
flowers, and soft music fills the air
from number of speakers.
There has been no noticeable in
crease in milk output.
Milford chronicle., 1955-11-11
FOR THE LUNCH BOX

Add finely diced celery and graf
ed carrot to canned deviled ham
and use as a sandwich filing. A
little grated onion and lemon juice
may also be added to- point up
flavor.-(R).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
BY the Associated Press

Senator Kefauver. Democrat of
Tennessee, said yesterday he has
asked Attorney General Brown
ell to look into three phases of
the now-discarded Dixon-Yates
contract with an eye toward de-
termining whether the Govern
ment is liable for any cancella-
ton charges.
Senator Kefauver has sent Mr.,
Brownell a transcript Of testi-
mony before a Senate anti-mo-
nopoly subcommittee which has
been investigating development
of the electric power contract
and its approval by the admins
tration.
The Tennessee Senator, an
outspoken foe of the Dixon-Yates
proposal, told the Attorney Gen
.eral thNee specific points may
be Of interest to the Department
of Justice in your review Of the
record"
He put them this way:
/. Serious questions Of con-
f1ict Of interest" in the activity
of Adolphe Wenzell, who served
as a consultant to the Budget
Bureau on power matters while
still a vice president of the First
Boston Corp. First Boston, a
New York banking house. later
became fiscal agent for Dixon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Red China and the United Nations

toned there as a result Of
World War II. America did
and so did the Russians in
l949 but the Communists then
set up a puppet government
in North Korea. There may
be some theoretical argument
for the existence of a North
Korean army as an internal
= faction but there is no valid
basis whatsoever for the pres
ence today of a Red China
army in North Korea or its
occupation of any Korean
territory since october, 1850.
Yet such a realistic fact is
overlooked by European gov
ernments which are urging
the unif1cation Of Germany
but seem willing to abandon
the task of unifying Korea
even though this mission was
specifically entrusted to the
United Nations.
There can be no settlement
of the Korean question with
out guarantees that the indie
pendence of an all-Korean
government chosen in free
elections will be respected by
the Communists.
There can be no settlement
of the Formosa issue until
free elections can be held in
side China so that all Chinese
may choose their form of gov
eminent uncoerced by a die
tatorship and its armies.
To admit an aggressor gov
eminent into the U. N. now
would cause the leaders Of
both political parties in the
United States to demand
withdrawal of America from
the U. N. They are on record
to that effect. The loss of this
country to the U. N. is too big
a price for European coun-
tries to pay to appease the
Communists in the interest of
trade or anything else. For
if America splits with its
allies on the Red China issue
it could conceivably affect
foreign aid and other United
States relations with Europe.
The Presidents remarks at
his press conference show why
admission of Red China to the
U. N. is unthinkable on the
basis of anything that has
happened thus far. But they
also constructively point out
the course Red China must
follow if she wants to be
taken into the family of
civilized nations.
(coyprisht, 1861
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Russio|s Offer Tempts w. Germany

What If Russia insists on
her grip on her satellites?
What if Russia continues to
be a ruthless dictatorship and
holds millions of people in
labor camps from whence few
return alive? What If Russia
wants a disarmament program
which would render the West
impoUent while she still main
tains the greatest armed forces
in the world?
The fate of the tens of mil
lions of human beings held
in slavery is Il matter of po-
litical theology which had bet
ter be passed over in silence
in order to do away with the
risks of nuclear war which
would spell destruction to
everybody, Europeans feel.
The Communist tyranny, say
the Europeans, is bound to
diminish as years go by. There
is no telling what may happen
in the USSR itself in the fu-
ture once normal intercourse
has been established between
free and captive peoples.
Time is a great healer. There
is no reason to believe, say our
European friends, that this
element cannot in our day and
age also heal the deeply diver
gent political PHILOSOPHERS Of
the free versus the enslaved
states.
For more than three years
the peoples of Europe have
been neutralist-minded. They
regard the East-West conflict
merely as a struggle for power
between Russia and America.
They want no part of it despite
the protestations to the con-
trary Of their governments
which were anxious to get from
the American taxpayers as
many billions as possible in the
form of economic and military
assistance.
The next meeting of the Big
-Four foreign ministers is
scheduled for October. BY that
time Chancellor Adenauer will
have received Russia's enticing
package proposal" and it will
be difficult for him to reject it
unless he wants to retire per-
manently from the political
stage. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Another Western Betrayal Looms Ahead
If Chancellor Falls for Soviet Trickev

the Foreign Ministers meet in
October.
But the solution that the
Russians have in mind is that
Germany land Chancellor
Adenauer) must be sacrificed
for world peace-as, for the
same reason, Chang Kai-shek
was sacrificed to Chou En-lai.
And they used Geneva as the
Chinese used another Geneva
conference to lead up to that
solution.
Chancellor Adenauer is
being invited to Moscow to
destroy him, before the for
eign ministers meet in Octo-
Der. If the Federal Republic
exchanges diplomatic relations
with the Soviet Union, as an
entity separate from the whole
of Germany. he will have been
Unanswered into accepting
and legalizing, de facto. the
partition. Two Germanys Clike
two Koreas. two Vietnams.
and two Chinas) will then be
reluctantly accepted by the
West as a necessity of world
peace.
That will be another West
ern betrayal. We do not know
how the West in the situation
it contributed to create can
fail to betray West Germany.
We only observe that the Rus
slams land the Red Chinese)
are managing to use the at
mosphere of reconciliation to
befog the fact of no compro-
mise from them.
Everyone Is scrambling upon
the reconciliation band wagon.
In Istanbul the World Confed-
Grafton of Organizations Of the
Teaching Profession voted
August 3 to establish liaison
with the international FEEDER
alton of Teachers Unions.
The former has members from
40 major nonCommunist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
DORIS FLEESON

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt
Prime Minister Nasser speaks
warmly of his fellow-soldier
who is President Of the United
States. 1t will help to avert
war that Mr.. Eisenhower has
been a general, he says, be-
cause military men hate war
more than civilians do.
He also shows intense in
terest in the Eisenhower
atoms-for-peace plan, saying:
1T can do more for us than
for you"
He compliments the Geneva
Conference. 1t has given hope
to underdeveloped countries,
he says, and will increase their
chance to do their work.
For the next 10 years-no
war" is his prediction. 1t
turned out, however, that he
was thinking Of the great
powers; although rather Curl
ouSly he used the same To-
year phrase in discussion OF
the war Egypt lost but for
which she has not signed a
peace-the war with Israel.
On that topic he is all emo
ton. 1--WE don't think of any
relation-I cannot feel safe
now at ALL" were typical COM
ments. He charged that one
candidate in the Israel cleo
ton campaign just concluded
promised to march down the
File through Egypt, and said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Kefouver Urges Probe
OF Dixon-Yotes Liability,

Yates. Senator Kefauver ha.
suggested Mr.. Wenzell helped
frame the contract. Admins
tration officials say he had nc
hand in policy decisions which
led up to the contract.
2. Very substantial conflict In
the testimony between" Mr.
Wenzell and Edgar H. Dixon, one
of two principal officers in the
private power group with which
the government dealt.
8. A contention that in viola.
ton Of the Federal Power Act
Mr.. Dixon served as an officer
and director of more than one
public utility" without first get.
ting permission of the Federal
Power Commission.
Senator Kefauver told Mr.
Brownell substantial claims
might be made against the gov
eminent for cancellation Of the
Dixon-Yates contract.
He insisted that mo action
should be taken which would
recognize the validity of such
claims until all the facts have
been developed and there has
been an opportunity for appro-
pirate action by both the execu-
tive and legislative branches OF
the Government"
In support of this. Senator Ke-
fauver quoted from an opinion
by Frank Weitzel, assistant
comptroller general, which said
Questions of possible conflict OF
interest and public policy have
been raised at the hearings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08

When Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer goes to Moscow next
month he will, according to
authoritative sources in Bonn,
receive these proposals from
the Russians:
A 25-year non-aggression
pact; free elections all over
Germany and the organization
OF a new German state after
the elections; an internal Sc
curity force of not more than
five divisions and a package
trade agreement providing for
not less than S. billion a year
between the new German state
and the USSR and its satel-
lites.
The aged chancellor. who
has received a preview at his
vacation retreat in Switzer-
land, is said to be very I'M
happy about it. The propos-
ais are shrewdly conceived and
in effect will nullify Germany's
adherence to the NATO pact
and make her into a neutral
country. But unless he is will
ing to give up his political life
and retire as an elder states
man he will not be able to re-
ject them.
According to reports from
West Germany, even the
Chancellor's most ardent fol-
lowers-to say nothing about
the rank and file of the public
see great advantages, on the
surface at least, from accept
ance of the Soviet offer.
Germany is not interested
in organizing the 500, 000-man
army which the Bundestag
voted this sum mer to
strengthen the NATO. The
25-year non-aggression pact
between the USSR and an
lntegrated German republic
waaild remove the danger of
an armed clash in Europe.
Moreover, say the German
"realpolitikers" (realists), if
Germany becomes neutral
with out formally declaring
herself SO. the Soviets will not
fear her potential armed
power. This would help peace
in Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Adenouer's Mission to Moscow

countries. The latter is en-
tirely Communist.
The Liaison Committee
strongly supported by the
American delegation will pre-
pare for summit meetings to
establish closer cooperation
among all the teachers Of the
world"
DR.. John Lester Bufords su-
perintendent of school In
Mount Vernon. NY, and
president of the American Ma
tional Education Association,
declared: This (co-opera-
tom does not deal with ideo-
logical or political problems.
The constitution of World
Confederation prohibits such
discussions"
AS though it we're conceiv-
ably possible to discuss any
thing involving education
without political overtones and
ideas, lie. "ideology"! AS
though Communist infiltra-
ton were pure myth!
Chancellor Adenauer's visit
to Moscow will Immediately be
followed by one from the
French Prime Minister, Mr..
Faure. if his cabinet consents.
and of a French parliamentary
delegation, also in advance of
the October meeting.
The visit will be to "con-
tinue international relaxation
Of tensions. not the opening of
precise negotiations" Again.
sweetness and light but moth
ing precise. and the initiative
from Moscow.
Who wants to postpone de-
cisions, and keep the present
status quo. while softening up
its opponents? Why fight, if
one can. like a wrestler, cause
ones opponent to throw him
self with his own strength?
Russia succeeds at the
cheapest price by the moral
and intellectual weakness of
the democracies, their uncer-
tainty of belief and flabbiness
of faith.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Egypt's Nosser Sees No Big War Soon,
But Some Fear q Little One

the mans party had 10 seats
in the l20-man Israel Parlia-
ment.
Il don't know in 10 years
how many seats 1t will have"
he commented.
Premier Nasser feels the
United States is largely re-
sponsible for Israel. Harry
Truman, in whose administra-
ton that happened, is a great
villain here - though Mr..
Roosevelt, like Mr.. Eisenhow-
err, gets praise.
The first event Of the ami
versary celebration was a huge
military parade. The equip
ment included Sherman (prob-
ably old United States) and
Centurion tanks new, British
and some jet planes few over
head. The soldiers looked
sturdy, though inclined to ro-
tundity at the waistline. and
were all spit-and-polish pre-
cision.
BY this time most American
and British males have fought
in at least one Of two world
wars and all, of course, are mil
itary experts. They differed
as to the striking power of
this force which is Egypt's an
swer to the shame Of her
trouncing by the Israelis. Pre-
mier Nasser blames that on
pc corruption Of the Farouk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
Uncertain Portents in Near East

regime which sent the army
to war unprepared and ILL
equipped.
One-third OF the Egyptian
budget goes into the army. It
Is not modern by our stand
ards. Since we will not sell
her new equipment, she has
been buying it from behind
the Iron Curtain in Czecho-
slovakia. Reporters thought 1t
World War II stuff.
Arab newspapers harp on
the theme that Israel must be
destroyed, the Israelis driven
into the sea. The Prime Min
lister says nothing Of this sort
to the foreign press, but he
constantly reminds them that
the government must be re-
sponsive to the people. The
question is whether he is be-
ing responsive in the manner
of an adroit politician and so
gaining time or whether he,
too, desires the ultimate test.
In this situation his sin
certify. which most people ac-
cept, could be a danger.
Bets are taken either, way
by disinterested observers.
One longtime resident thinks
that some day when the great
powers have their eyes fixed
on crisis elsewhere-For-
mosa, for instance-Egypt
will strike at Israel. Others
suggest that the great powers,
Nv in effect saying war is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
DAVID LAWRENCE

Unless Red China withdraws
its troops from North Korea
and agrees to a plan for the
unif1cation Of the whole coun-
try under the auspices of the
United Nations, there is no
possibility even of consider
ing the admission of the Pei
ping government to the U. MS
Security Council.
This is the plain meaning
of a pointed comment by
President Eisenhower at his
press conference last week the
words Of which were reported
though their significance was
generally overlooked. Here is
exactly what the President
said:
Now several times I have
stated that as long as Red
China is branded as an ag-
gressor by the United Nations,
which 1t still is, due to the fact
that its armies are still in
Korea, we have no choice of
our own. and I don't know how
the United Nations has a
choice of its own.
There are other outstand-
ing complaints which I have
outlined time and again, and
I have no idea that under ex-
listing circumstances. there
would be a change of the kind
you indicated in our policy"
The President originally used
the phrase branded as a die
tator by the United Nations"
but corrected himself later by
saying he had intended to use
the word "aggressor." His
questioner had inquired spe-
officially as to American policy
toward Red China. comment
ing that generally the atmos-
phere seems to be one in which
people now think there has
been a change in the attitude
Of our Government toward the
possible recognition of the le-
gitimacy of the Chinese gov
eminent. that is the Chinese
Communist government"
It is important to note that
while Mr.. Eisenhower re-
ferred to other complaints"
against the Red Chinese he
made his principal point the
presence of Red China's
troops today in North Korea.
His argument was that Red
China not only had been
branded an aggressor by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
DOROTHY THOMPSON

The Soviets are now push
ing Chancellor Adenauer to
visit Moscow at the end of
this month or early in Sep
TENDER to discuss diplomatic.
economic and cultural ex-
changes"
The only topic for discus
sion that is Of Importance to
the Chancellor and the people
of the West German Republic
and the captives of the East
is the unification Of the di-
vided nation.
This was the only issue,
agreement on which would
have been Of telling effect"
in Geneva, which was called.
in fact, to discuss Germany.
Mutual promises of good be-
havior, inspections and what
not, are of no telling effect.
At Geneva the President
was forced to drop the Ger
man subject and at the end
Of the conference to retreat
even more seriously, in con-
senting that unification be ne
gotiated at the Ministers con-
ference in october simultane-
ously with a European secur-
ity pact, although all Western
delegates had previously in
sisted that German reunifica-
ton must be settled first.
Our newspapers Including
this column have praised
the popular public relations
job of President Eisenhower
in Geneva. But popular public
relations play a neglible role
in the great political contests
that determine the course OF
history.
At Geneva the Soviets
scored on every point that
could be won under the rules
of the game. The conference
was not. in the Presidents
words. called to affect "solu-
tons" These will follow when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The United States attends atoms conference
in Geneva Democrats annoyed They say
those minds that does nothing but back and
and forth between peace and prosperity
The Russians have stolen the slogan from Americas frozen
foods industry "Thaw before consuming"
Democrat Senator Symington says the Defense Depart
ment is the biggest mess he's Democratic slogan
for So Time to turn the rightful
canine expert says that dogs get lung
thing, we'll have flter-tip dog biscuits.
Gov Hartman of New York says whether he'll run for
President the $4,000 question. Mighty expensive question
In fact some Democrats fear Mr. Hartman may give himself
the right answer-and them the election