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Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
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TAX PROGRESS"

Inc other day we read a news story about
a washington, d. c., tax expert called to
appear before legislative hearing in state
considering tax raise. He was for it.
What caught our eye was the reason he
was for 1t. He expressed amaZement that
the state had had no increase in this tax for
10 years, while majority of the other states,
ne claimed, "have voted at least one boost
IN this same period. Therefore, he argued,
you good people out here in the provinces
ought to get in line-and jack up your reve-
nue. rates. That was the gentlemans reas-
Oning!
Now we'd always imagined, in our naive
way, that tax decisions by our elected Off
cials were tailored to answer only two uues-
tiOns: "DO we need the government service
prOpOsed?" and "Can we afford it?" But
this new approach - Belgravia is raising
taxes so we've got to rush around and boost
them tOo-jOlts us. If this Washington ex-
pert goes on tour and spreads his gospel in
every village and every state capitol, sound
governments years are numbered ..tt
Inc lucky tax he happened to recommend
Tor raise was the gasoline tax which, in
the average state, already represents. if the
federal bite is added, 35 percent sales tax
on every gallon. That's pretty steep-espe-
clally since nine out of ten of us use gaso-
line every day for making a living or for
other essential purposes.
Last year, the average motor vehicle
owner paid out over $115 in special state
and federal taxes Just for owning and driv-
ing his vehicle. Question: Do we blindly
lack up an ante of that size just because the
IOIkS over yOnder are increasing too?
Probably that Washington expert is a
likeable fellow. But we'd hate to see our 48
sovereign states and 117,OOO local govern
ments all marching together into the quick
sand of his theory of keeping up with the
neighbOrs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
BOARS
(gOOd quality

BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs: $3.50 to $500,
mostly $11.00 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $3.50 to $500, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good: $500 to $500,
mostly $11:0O per cwt.
(6 to II weeks OlG
Choice: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$3.50 per cwt
Medium to Good: $500 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cWt.
Common: $500 to $4.O0, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $500 to S1O5.OO.
mostly $500 per cwt.
Butcher Type: $4,000 to $45.OO,
mostly $S5.OO per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $11O to $3.50, mostly $3.50.
Rosters: SIS to $1.O5, mostly
$1.O5.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam Chickens: $.35 to $50,
mostly S.45.
Guineas: SIS to $1.1O, mostly
$1.O5.
DUCKS
Muscovy Ducks: $40 to $1.1O,
mostly $95.
Muscovy brakes: $1.25 to $1.65.
mostly $3.50.
RABBITS
Large Breeds: $1.OO to $3.50. most
ly $125.
Small Breeds: $50 to $50. most
ly SIS.
Young Rabbits: s.85 to $.45,
mostly $40.
EGGS
Ungraded, Mixed: $.S1 to $.42 per
dozen.
Pullet; S.21 to $50 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet Potatoes: SIS to s1.OO
per IS bu.
Cabbage: $40 to $.55 per g bu.
Greens: $.35 to SIS per 5s bu.
Onions: $40 to SIS per g bu.
Lard: $500 to $3.50 per so Id.
can.
Pop Corn: $50 to SIS per IS bu.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
Translation Needed

In his TV and radio address to
the nation on the Asiatic situation.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles told Red China's Chou En-
lai that the U. S. is not, either, a
paper tiger" that "if occasion
offers we are prepared to
stand firm and, if necessary, to
meet hostile forces with the greater
forces that we possess"
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
BabsOn Discusses Stock Market AVERAGES

BabsOn Park, Mass, Mar. IL.
Certainly, the Fulbright Committee
has displayed ignorance and in
ability to intelligently discuss
stock Market procedure by the fool
ish questions they asked.
DOW-JOnes IndustrialS
They seemed utterly at sea when
discussing the Dow Industrial
Average" and comparing same with
the highs of 1929. AS most readers
Know this average is made up of
thirty stocks, closing on March 3rd
at the following prices:
Iltnd NI..-..-. o
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
5000
RED CROSS MONTH

By presidential proclamation March has
been designated Red Cross month Volunteer
workers have been conducting the drive for
funds the Red Cross will need to continue
its work of mercy.
The Red Cross has been properly describ-
ed as people helping people, 1t is an agency
set up to anticipate the various ills which
can be visited upon people as individuals or
groups, and to provide the means for prompt
and efficient assistance.
All of us are moved from time to time bv
stories of people hard hit by disaster. But
such people need immediate assistance and
however well meaning we may be, as indi-
viduals we are not prepared to meet their
needs. The Red Cross is prepared.
Give to the Red Cross as generously as
possible Be part of this movement of
reorlc helrirC rcople.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
5000
INVITED GUESTS

President Eisenhower has declared him
self in favor of plan which would allow a
group OF Russian farmers to come to this
country to observe our agricultural techni-
cues. The proposal was first made by the
Des MOines Register and Tribune and the
Soviet newspaper Agriculture quickly en-
dorsed 1t and extended a similar invitation
Tor trip to Russia by an American farmer
group.
Before the plan could operate the State
Department and the Attorney General would
have to act to waive provisions of the Nc
Carran-Walters immigration act which would
prevent the entry of the Russian farmer.
By its own admission Russia is plagued
by an agriculture problem. The farmers who
would visit our farms and see our farmers
at work would no doubt be carefully selected
by. the Communist Party Yet they could not
/ help but be impressed by the progress in
methods made by our farmers. American
farmers visiting Russia might have the
chance to talk to their Russian counterparts
and come home with a better idea of what is
happening in the field of agriculture in the
Soviet.
We have a great, powerful and wealthy
country. We can show it to visitors with
pride-even to visitors who may come ex-
pecting to find things with which thew can
/ find fault
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18

The Committee members worked
with pencil and paper trying to
get an average which checked with
the Dow-JOnes Average for that
day. They could not make it check;
thence, they "smelled some monkey
business by Wall Street" They
forgot entirely that prices must
be adjusted to stock dividends,
split-ups, and other changes in
the number of shares.
Simple Illustration
For instance, take a stock such
as General Motors which last split
two for one. In order to give the
new quotation after the split a
fair comparison. the new quotation
must be adjusted for splits, stock
dividends, etc. All this would be
simple were it not for the fact that
some Of the 1929 stocks have been
dropped from the Average.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson ToYlor

OF the most distinguished ecOnO-
mists in the U. S. and Canada had
accepted places on the UAW has
led public to believe that the GAW
demands represent the thinking of
these experts. The facts, according
to Mr.. MOlthrOp, are that not a
single member of the illustriOus
panel goes along with the UAW
program. All believe there must be
"a ditferential between wages for
working and the benefits for not
working. None believes that the
individual employer should take the
unemployment rap for all his laid
off workers. And finally none of
them believes there is any indus
trial Joshua in the land who can
command the sun to stand still,
or the public to buy his products
in balanced volume over twelve
months of the year or at all,
for that matter.
In short, the millennium is not
yet here. Nor do we believe that
the devastating strikes Mr.. Reuther
threatens-entailing losses of mil
lions to the workers and their
families, and involving widespread
unemployment in the related in
dustries, steel, rubber, textiles and
many mOre-will improve anybody's
happiness, security or living stan
dards. And certainly if the auto
makers knuckle on "GAW" or its
financial equivalent, it will be
forced on all industry along with
price increases that could stop the
progress parade in it's tracks. This
would be a hollow victory-and an
! immoral one.
ReprieVe?
When the bike-makers of Amer
lea meet in New York at their
37th annual convention, there will
be no dancing in the streets,
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-18
Reprieve?

When the bike-makers of Amer
lea meet in New York at their
37th annual convention, there will
be no dancing in the streets,
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17

surpass that amount En proposed
defense construction for the II. S.
Air Force and Army; as
In November, contracts awarded
totalled Sc, 765, 1863 according to
Col. Carl Y. Farrell, Alaska Dis
trict Engineer.
In December, bid opening and
contract awards probably will be
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17
$50 News
SERvICEMEN'S CLUB PLANS
ZIG HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES

BfeS Holiday FESTIVITIES
Activities centered around the
USO will make full program for
the holiday season, according to
the plans formulated by the Pro-
gram Planning Committee, which
met recently.
Starting Monday, December 10,
the Club will take on its Christmas
look. A committee with Thomas
Potter ET2 as chairman will get
trees and green's. Another commit
tee, eo-chaired by PFC Paul Bui-
Ear, USMC, and Ruth Pollock, will
select theme and decorate. All
ether members and interested SER
vicemen and their wives are invit-
ed to assist.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17
KODIAK, ALASKA.

t,,ree times that amount, he said
This menas the eSming spring
summer 1856 construction season
will be fast and heavy one.
In the first ten, days of DecemT
her contracts and bid openings
passed 21k-million. other bid open
ings slated are estimated at close
to $19,OO0,0O0-
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17

Tuesday evening, December 20,
the Religious Advisory Committee
will have hospitality night for the
servicemen and their families. A
real Christmas program has been
planned. The Star of the Sea
Chapel is the co-ordinating group
and they tell me that all of the
churches have arranged some good
programs" says USO Director Sy-
piers.
Wednesday evening, December
81, the movie showing at 8 p. m.
is From Here To Eternity"
Thursday evening, December %,
is game night. Mrs Chuck Strader
and Elizabeth Faulkner are in
charge. Home made candy will be
made and served. There will be
prizes for the winners of the high
scorers.
Friday night, December %, at
s p. m, the Christmas Formal
Dance will be held. The Navy
Combo will provide the music.
Allen Cohee, Myrtle Munro, and
Scharlotte Richey are in charge of
the program. The program in
cludes the awarding of USO pins.
Girls who vii. receive so hour pins
are Pat Bates, Kathryn Chichen-
off, Jackie Schwartz, Pat Stanford,
Elinor Thrill and Evangeline Nc
Pherson. Girls who will receive
300 hour pins are Myrtle Munro,
Scharlotte Richey and Merle Heit-
man.
Saturday, December "a, at 10 a.
m, the Rotary will hold Christ
mas party for all pre-school child
rem. Santa Claus will be present.
At 5:45 p. m. of the same day,
there will be ping tourna-
ment. The winner will get a free
telephone call to his home in the
States. AT $3.50 p. m. a movie will
be shown.
An old-timer is the one who can
remember when all members of
fho family had broaEfac+ ~ %hc
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17
Award
Many Contracts

Contracts awarded by the Alas
ka DisDtrict Corps of Engineers
zoomed sharply upward during
November, and in December will
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1955-12-17

An old-timer is the one who can
remember when all members of
the family had breakfast at the
same time. - Greensboro (Ga.)
Herald Journal.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29
BY IRA MILLER
Farm Electrifcation Bureau

Roundup time isn't quite the same
these days on a growing number OF
cattle ranches. And cowboys are glad
Of 1t. The only uses they have now
for camp fire are to keep warm and
TO light up the strings on their'guitars
to strum their way through Home
On the Range"
The fire that was so indispensable
for heating up the branding iron has
gone the way of the Pony Express.
And so has the uncertainty of getting
the iron hot enough to do a satisfac-
tory job.
For branding today can be done the
electric way. SO, too, can dehorning.
Both the new brander and dehorner,
illustrated, are made from the same
type Of sheathed electric heating ele-
ments used for many industrial and
household devices. They can be
plugged into any 110-volt electrical
outlet and will heat up in less than
two minutes. The hrander and de-
horner come equipped with heavy
duty cords and nodded plugs.
The branding iron can be shaped.
or re-shaped-in.o various designs.
It weighs two pounds and, like The
electric dedorner, provides even heat
throughout the complete operation.
Both have been field-tested for over
q year and half. Testimonials from
Fa0chcrs, farmers, Colleges o. Agxi-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29
Negroes Held In Killing
Hurried Out OF Town

Continued from page -
for his friend.
the police were searching
Worked Together
(Both men had worked to-
gether a few weeks previ
ously but CASTOR was firec
from his job at Richardson:
Kaiser-Frazer Motor Co
Scales was still employed
there at the time of the
murder.)
But finally, officers con
tinued in DESCRIBING the
questioning, CASTOR was tol1
that Scales was wanted for
murder. He said that the ac-
cused slayer could be found
at 319-B Cant street "at my
girl friends house"
CASTOR told police That
Scales had come there about
IL pm. Wednesday and told
him that he had been in 5
fight, that police were look
ing for him and asked if he
could spend the night.
The next move on the
part of the law enforcement
officers was to head for
Cant street.
House Surrounded
At noon tn house was sur
rounded by some so Off
GERS. A call from the outside
warned Scales to come out
with his hands high. A few
minutes later, Scales OPP
ened the door.
Scales was taken to the
sheriff's office and question
ing began. At first he would
admit nothing, officers said
But then he began to talk
and this is the story officers
said he told:
That his employer at tbs
garage had told him about
1 pm. Wednesday to tax,
the pickup truck out to New
Garden Road (where thu
Cook family lived) and hel.
pull a car from a snow-cov
cred ditch.
On the way out to the cal
he stopped in the Lawndal
Drive shopping center wher
he met CASTOR and invited
him into the truck. Castor
he went on, started to tall
about his money trouble
and the pair decided to ro1
someone's home.
Long Prison Record
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29

| (Scales has a long prison
record and has served tim,
for breaking and entering
larceny and receiving.)
They went into the Cook:
driveway, parked the truck
/ and, when Mrs. Cook an
swered the door, asked he,
if they could use her tele
phone to call the office be
cause they could not fine
the car they were searching
for.
Scales told police he called
back to his office. (J. B
Richardson, his employer
said that no such call was
received.)
AS he and CASTOR walked
back toward the front door
Scales continued, his com.
panion locked the door and
mumbled something that he
did not hear to Mrs. Cook,
Struggle Begins
He told police that CASTOR
and Mrs. Cook began to
struggle and that she kept
saying, "Why do this to me ?
Haven't 1 helped you all
could?"
She and CASTOR still fight
ing according to Scales sto-
ry, moved into the kitchen
where Mrs. Cook grabbed a
knife and slashed at CASTOR
cutting his coat.
At that point, his state.
ment went on, Scales TOOK
the knife and began slash.
ing the woman. A coroner;
report showed that she hat
been stabbed 80 to 40 times
Scales told police he ther
put the knife down on f.
table but that Betty Marie
! screaming, came into tn
kitchen and CASTOR seize
the knife and plunged it in
to the child.
Both the mother and tn
child died almost immediate
ly, the coroner said. Tire
other smaller children in tn
), home were unframed.
Ran From House
BY then, the confessio
), continued, both men wer
too excited to think abou
stealing and ran from tn
h o m e and started ridin
back toward town.
J Before letting CASTOR OF
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29

and noting that the truck
belonged to the Richardson
concern.
And Richardson believes,
on the basis of that, that he
was the man whom Mrs.
Cook may have been fran
tically trying to call on the
telephone pleading for help
about 1:40 pm. shortly be-
fore the corner said she was
killed.
But if she did dial (and
Scales told police that no
one other than himself had
used the phone while he and
CASTOR were in the house)
she called the wrong num-
Der and G. L. Osmint of 628
Arlington street picked up
the phone.
Heard Woman Pleading
He reported to police that
he heard a woman pleading
for help and she kept asking
for "Mr. Wilkerson, Mr..
Wilkerson" or, as Osmint
said, ga name that sounded
like that"
"That was probably me
she was trying to reach"
said Richardson. "Wilker-
son--Richardson--they could
have sounded the same (. l
wish I could have gotten
there in time to stop it,"
But in an indirect man.
ner, Richardson was one of
the responsible persons in
the breaking of the case less
than "a hours after the dou-
BILE Staying was discovered.
This only clue was fur
nished by the 5-year-old sis
ter of the slain girl. She was
able to tell officers that q
Negro had left the housc
and had driven away in g
clark blue or black pickup
truck"
Identified Truck
Late Wednesday night
Billy Grantham, a neighbo,
of the Cooks, called tn
sheriff's office a d CAV
: them their first break b,
:, informing them that he ha'
seen the truck parked Their
about 1870 pm. and tina
the Richardson motor firm
name was plainly marked o.
the side.
A call from the sheriff
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29
PAGE THREE

office to the Richardson Of
ficials confirmed the report.
Officers learned that the
truck was seen on the New
Garden Road about 1 pm.
and had not returned until
about 2:30 pm. Scales had
left alone. He had returned
alone. There was nothing
about him on his return to,
arouse any suspicion. There
was neither blood on his
clothes nor in the truck. He
had left work saying, "I'lp
see you tomorrow"
=. Absent From Home %.
Officers went to Scales
home Wednesday night. He
was gone. They waited there
all night expecting that he
might return. They had def
mite information that he was.
at the scene of the crime.
and they wanted to hear his
story.
The next break came when
Officers nabbed CASTOR. But.
officers were still in doubt.
Did 5-year-old Barbara Jean,
tell them that one Negro or
two came into the house?
(Some say she told them
one, others say two. Her
testimony would not be al
lowed in court because of
her age.) Did Billy Grant
han, who spotted the truck,
see any Negro or Negroes?
Wednesday night he could
not be reached,
Will Gaston's. alibi as he
has outlined it for the of
ficers hold up when they
resume checking?
The vicious stabbing of the.
woman should have saturat-
ed the killer with blood. But
there was no blood in the
truck and none on Scales or
his clothes VII e n he < re-
turned to work. Had he
: changed clothes? He told
police that he had not.
: While police were check
: ing and seeking answers to
these questions the double
) funeral was held at a pm.
: Friday at Hanes Chapel.
) The Rev. j. l.. Trollinger,
l pastor of the Friendship
Methodist Church, official
ed. . s'$v-s
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29

of the truck back at the
shopping center, the knife
was thrown into the brush,
Scales told police.
Officers were unable to
locate the murder weapon
Wednesday but are continu-
ing the search.
Investigating officers who
questioned Scales quoted
him as telling them that
robbery was their only mo-
tive in going to the Cook
home and that they had no
other intentions.
Coroner w. w. Harvey
had said earlier that the at
tack on Mrs. Cook was SEX
ually motivated."
Scales then went back to
the garage, he told officers
and worked the rest of the
afternoon.
Other workers there were
high in tn cir praise of
Richard" and found it hard
to believe that he had been
arrested and charged with
the Staying that had arous
ed the entire county.
"He had worked here off
and on for about three or
four years." said Richard
son "and was one of the best
workers we've ever had.
why, women customers
would call me ever so often
and ask if l couldn't spare
Richard for a little while to
do some odd jobs around the
house, But Gatson! He was
no good and wouldn't work.
l kept him about three weeks
and fired him; guess it was
earlier this month"
By what Richardson de.
clared was "Strictly a re.
markable coincidence" the
slain woman had once beer
employed in his office as I
clerk.
"But she left about 194j
and this colored man the.
have arrested couldn't hav
known her. 1t just SO hap
pened that he picked tina
house.
This led police to believ
that Mrs. Cook let the me.
into her home after lookin
through the large pictur
window of her living roor
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29

THEY'RE DOING 1T ELECTRI.
CALLY NOW shown above arc
two Of the newest electric branding
and dehorning irons I'm action.
culture and veterinarians attest to
the value, safety and efficiency of
these two irons
Nova word about dehorning cleo
tricaiiy. Apply the dehorner Tor at
least 10 seconds, rotating the handle
slightly TO make sure that all horn
cells in the hair line around the horn
base are killed. The heated area win
turn . dark copper color. Do not
apply medication or reroove the hoTn
buttons. The resulting soabs WIN drop,
on with the buttons In from 4 30 B
weeks. Since there is no loss of blood
or irritation. electrically dehorned
csives do not have to be isolated.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-29
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The loyalty of our friends
enables US to give the high
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at all times. Free ambu
lance service within the city
limits. Phone 2-8246.
Located at 500 Common,
wealth Avenue, N. E., Roa
noke, Virginia.
- xsEx2s
Thirty consecutive years o.
service to Roanoke and sur
rounding communities will
no extra charge within {
radius of 100 miles.
The Arizona post., 1955-01-21

On SabbaticaI leave from
her teaching position in New
York, Mrs. Rose Lehrer ar.
rives in February to be guest
of her niece and nephew, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Oates.
Last Saturday evening Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Zunin enter.
tained in honor of their goth
wedding anniversary. Guests
were Messrs. and Mines. Nor
ris Kaplan, Frank Giamakos,
AL Hinden, Edward Brady,
Louis Shanker, David Sirota,
Peter Hack, Philip Abramoff,
Nathan Bowen, Jack Stern,
Sidney Berman, Joe Fishman,
Harry Penn, David Mishkind,
Maurice Falkow, Harry Ep-
stein; Mrs. Ella Riven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Wei.
ner returned Thursday to
their home in New York after
a three months stay with their
daughter, Mrs. Bernard Til.
son. They were present last
week for her marriage here.
For a week Miss Thelma
Weissberger, New York, was
the house guest of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Weissberger.
Winter visitors for the next
few months are Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Schneider, Rockford, ILL.,,
and living on Gale Barcelona.
Mr.. Schneider is in the jobbing
business.
Next week Mr.. and Mrs. A.
A. Kalish leave for visits in
Cleveland and New York prior
to their departure in March
for a trip to Europe and Israel.
They'll be gone until summer.