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Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson ToYlOr
during the 82nd Congress." !"

during the 82nd Congress-"
By way of bucking up the gentle
mans hOpes-and your Own-yOu
might try doing what Mr.. Wall
hansen did-writing to your Con-
gressman. Certainly Editor Wall
hausen and Representative Jones
have set the stage for you. What's
needed now is a mob scene.
IN CALLING FOR REPEAL of
the Fair Trade" laws and new
legislation to protect trade and
competition from restraint by labor
unions, the National Committee to
Study the Antitrust Laws has
made friends and foes-in the same
people. Immediate indications, at
least, are that legislators who
favor an end to Fair Trade" op-
pose restrictions on labor unions
and vice-versa.
From the point Of view of the
so selfless (and probably thank
less) members of the Committee,
the issue is simply whether or not
we really are against trusts.
hoo
Jerry-BuiIt
No one denies that Uncle Sans
soldiers are pretty important peO-
pie. And we're pretty generally
agreed that one way to keep our
service men happy, efficient and
cOntented-and around-On the $50
or more bases across the nation
is to provide them and their fam
lilies good homes. Maybe even at
tractive homes. And to provide
those homes now!
But we wonder if the Capehart
Bill, introduced by the Indiana
senator and his cO-spOnsOrs a few
days ago. can do just that. Matter
of fact, the Capehart Bill reminds
us of the newspaperman who had
as his credO: Find fact and de-
part from it,"
Senator Capehart has found his
fact: The need for homes. But he
seems to have departed from it
in his housing bill to replace the
Wherry Act on June 80. For the
bill puts our military brass in the
housing business and slams the
door on private builders, who
though far from perfect, managed
to build $4,000 military units in
years under the Wherry Act.
Even assuming generals can take
time off from atomic weapons
guided missiles and glObal war
fare to become housing experts
they will do so at heavy cost. Their
houses will be tax-free, unlike
Wherry Act homes which provide
substatial tax revenue to scores OF
counties and states.
Still worse. the Capehart Bill
ignores servicemen overseas. Their
need. according to the Armed Ser
vices themselves, is just short OF
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
State Water
Supply Said To
Be Sufficient

Ground-water supplies in the
State of Delaware hold promise for
much greater development to meet
municipal, industrial, and agricul-
tural needs, Secretary of the In
terror Douglas Mckay said today
in releasing a cooperative report of
the Geological Survey and the Del
aware Geological Survey. This
Preliminary report on the geology
and grOund-water resources of Del
aware" was written by l.. Wendell
Marine and William G. Rasmussen,
biologists of the Geological Survey.
In 1854 about 80 million gallons
of water a day was pumped from
the ground in Delaware. This is
roughly one sixteenth Of the
amount the report estimates could
be withdrawn safely in the State
as a whole. The water is derived
from nine different water-bearing
strata, and individual wells yields
m to 1,100 gallons per minute.
North of a line between Newark
and Wilmington, gTOUnd-water Oc-
titles in the Piedmont province.
which. constitutes about 6 percent
of the State. The Piedmont is un-
derlain by hard, crystalline rocks,
mantled in most places by a wea-
thered zone of residual clay and
sand. Water is stored in the Wea-
theTed zone and in fractures and
other assures in the hard rock. The
relatively small quantities of
grOund-water are suitable for do
mestic needs.
The remaining 81 percent Of the
State is part of the Atlantic Coastal
Plain, underlain by unconsolidated
sediments of CretaceoUs, Tertiary
and Quaternary age. These sedi-
ments, consisting of beds If alter
mating sand and clay, form huge
wedge shaped mass that dips
sOutheastward from the Fall Line
at Newark and has a thickness oi
more than 5000 feet beneath Fen
wick Island, in the southeast corn
CT of the State. Large quantities oi
] grOund-water, supplied by infiltra.
ting rainwater along narrow belts
of intake at or near the land sur
face, are contained in the sands
This water moves very slowly down
dip in a general sOUtheasterly di-
rectiOn, between contining silts and
clays, to discharge ultimately
through artesian wells and springs
or to pass onward beyond the coast
line to discharge into the sea by
upward leakage.
The largest production Of ground
water, 1871 million. gallons a day
comes from the PleistOcene series
This series provides the chief auui-
] fers for GEORGETOWN, Laurel, Sea
ford, Bridgeville, Lewes, Rehoboth
/ Beach, and Delmar, and many farm
wells in Sussex and Kent Counties
and southern New Castle County
The average large-capacity well in
the PleistOcene series yields 81,
gallons a minute and has a specific
capacity of 1913 gallons a minute
per foot of draWdOwn.
Rocks of CretaceOus age, particu
larly the nOnmarine sediments
form the second most important
series Of aquifers: in 1854, they
provided an average of Z million
gallons a day to cities and indus
tries Of Newark, Newport, New
Castle. and vicinities.
Two sands Of Tertiary (Eocene
age yield relatively small quaint
ties of ground-water In the areal
of Middletown, Odessa, Clayton
and Bombay Hook.
The MiOcene series consists o
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
QUOTATION BUSINESS

NEWARK, N. J. {P The
man behind the calling card which
says II may look busy but I'm only
confused is a freckle-faced printer
named Harry f. Murphy who
doesn't claim to be original
When we feel creative we reach
for a pair Of scissors. says Mur-
ply
A couple Of years ago he started
using scrap paper to print some
whimsical saying to advertise bis
business. His customers liked them
and now he tries to put out q
new" one every month. a card
goes with every one Of the 500 OF
so orders that leave the shop
monthly
AS recent interviewer left
Murphy he was handed q typical
card
Your call has climaxed an all
ready dull day.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08

desperate.
There's another joker in this
1880 100000 bill to erect a maxi
mum of 100000 homes at an aver
age cost Of $1S,50O each.
What's to prevent any self-serv-
ing general with a 100 house pro-
gram from building 80 houses at
$4,000 each and three more at
$45,000 each?
Not the .Capehart Bill. 1t says,
average" And the computation of
averages is left to the generals
themselves. Under the Wherry Act,
the genrals and the privates and
aXpayers-kneW the maximum cost
of unit could never exceed $4,000.
It may be that $13,5O0 is not ex-
cessive today for a home. But add
to that $13,5OO, the cost of land,
taxes, interest and sewerage, etc,
and the real cost of a Capehart
unit will be nearer to $4,000.
What puzzles us is who do our
well-meaning senators think will
live in a $4,000 home when a brand
new Capehart home worth $1,000
is available?
And what's the Government go
ing to do with those hundreds of
$4,000 units for which taxpayers
have already paid almost $780,
100000?
Hearing Is Seeing
If you wear glasses, and have a
notion you hear better with them
on, you're right! And similarly,
those who wear hearing aids see
better when they are using them
The close partnership of the eye
and ear, which psychologists have
long suspected has finally been
proved in scientific tests reported
by the American Hearing Aid AS
sociatiOn. AS biologists (ear doctors
to yOu) have known for years,
speech is normally controlled by
the ear. Thus, any substantial loss
of hearing which exists at birth,
or occurs soon thereafter, will
hinder both language development
and the establishment of adequate
speech habits. And we can now
add that vision. as we'll as hear
ing, will be less perceptive.
Another established fact, not
we'll enough understood, is that
hearing losses which occur after
childhood may cause speech de.
fcctssin those who previously spoke
in a normal manner. When the
ear can no longer serve as a moni
tOr-when you can't hear your own
voice clearly-a slow speech de-
generation sets in. Enuneiation be-
comes blurred. Monotony replaces
the normal melody Of speech. In
donations disappear and the vOic,
becomes rigid. And, as the hearing
loss grows, the speaker loses con-
troll of the lOudness of his own
voice.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08

BabsOn Park, Mass, April 4.
1866. Although the Fulbright Inves-
tigatiOn of the stock market is
over-probably to the benefit of all
continue to have
questions from readers. Most of
these are in regard to the Dow
Jones Industrial Average.
DO Figures Lie2
This is what seems to trouble
readers most. First, they note that
the DOw-JOnes Industrial Average
has "gOne up" or "gone down"
four pOints-fOr instancea-and vet
not one of the 80 stocks included
in this Average" has varied this
amount! They say: wall Street
accounting is worse than Truman
accOunting!"
Another thing bOthering stock
minded readers is that from one
day to the next this sO-caIled
Average" will move faster and
further than what they claim to be
the honest Average" They write
me: "NO wonder Bernard N. Baruch
Us reported to have indicated that
readers had better forget following
the newspaper accounts of Wall
Street. because by the time the
market makes the front page ali
the wise guys have left the
0~emises with tho money"
Reasons For Wall Street Arithmetic
The day-tO-day changes in the
Dow Averages are magnified. In
the case Of the Industrials, if-on
a straight mathematical average
the market prices Of the stocks
we're UP / point, the net change
shown BY the Dow Average release
would be UP by more than s
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08

Over 400 lbs. S11.OO to s14OO,
mostly $500 per cwt
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs. $500 to Sii.5O.
mostly $3.50 per cWt
Over $50 lbs $500 to 1925, most
ly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good: $1,000 to S14.OO.
mostly $1,000 per cwt
(6 to II weeks old
Choice: $3.50 to s120O, mostly
$1,000 per cwt
Medium to Good $500 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cWt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $54.OO to S11sOO..
mostly $4,000 per cWt.
Butcher Type: $500 to $47.00,
mostly $500 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
Fowl: $1.4O to $500. mostly
.$165.
Roosters: s1.2O to $3.50. mostly
.$1.4O.
Light Breeds
Bantam Chickens: SIS to $40,
mostly S.35.
Guineas: s1.OO to $3.50, mostly
.$1.O5.
Muscovy Ducks: $50 to $12O.
mostly $1.10.
Muscovy brakes. s1.sO to s1.65.
mostly $3.50
RABBITS
Large Breeds: $1.OO to S1.6O.
mostly $12O.
Small Breeds: $50 to s.s5. most
ly SIS.
mostly $.35.
Ungraded, Mixed: s.S5 to $,4S
per dozen.
Pullet s 26 IN $40 ner dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Turnips: $.S5 to $50 per s. bu.
Sweet Potatoes: $50 to $3.50 per
q bu.
Black Walnuts: $.S5 to $50 per
Is bu.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
STILL GROWING

Without making any attempt to forecast
the future it can be said that the confidence
which business leaders and investors and
others are expressing in the American econ
omy has plenty Of justification in current
events.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United
States recently listed some of the plus fac
tors. Steel production is now at so per cent
Of capacity as against 20 per cent a year ago
Electric power output is running at about
l0,0O0,O00,000 kilOwatt-hours a week as
against 8500000000 in March, 1854.
Freight car loadings are also above year
ago. Exports and imports are up about
SlOO,O00,0O0 per month over a year ago
First quarter car sales are expected to total
g third greater than in the same period Of
1854 And spendable income (which is in-
w Ws,rs % an ILL., Z s. - sl-gll.le az nlgn.
inn ration
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
STILL IN THE '7Os

Decades ago government cOllared the
railroads and brought them under strict reg
ulation," says the Rochester, New York,
Times-Union. Railroads were mOnopOIies
Railroads are no longer mOnopOlies. The
private automobile has eliminated thousands
of miles of railroad passenger service that
once existed and has reduced what remains.
Trucks haul counting share of the less-than-
carload freight. Air lines contest with rail-
roads for mail contracts as well as passen-
gers.
"Yet we continue to regulate railroads
and intervene in management decisions as if
they were the mOnOpOlies they were in the
'7Os."
The Times Union goes OF. to urge some
relaxation Of government controls over the
railroads in order to provide a wider field
for management initiative and imagination,
and to give the industry better chance to
make adequate earnings. In other words. the
point is to regulate the rairOads-and all
other caTriers-in the light of the conditions
Of today, not in the light of a situation which
is as dead as the dOdo and is now history
The big reason for doing this is not the
interest Of the railroads themselves. 1t is
instead, the public interest ia which every
citizen shares. For as the ST. Louis Post.
Dispatch recently said, "a healthy railroad
system is essential to the national prosperity
in times of peace and to the nations defenses
liz Zines of war
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
THE BUDDING BONNETS

Long before the trees start budding, or
the sky puffs with lambs wool clouds, or
even before the sting of winter has left the
wind, the Easter bonnet has been atrimmin'.
woods this season. 1t may be frislxy with
straw founces. 1t may jiggle with cherries,
or fiutter with ribbons It may perch, or set,
or land with tilt. But it's blooming time
for bonnets.
They celebrate the day of awakening
things. They don't seriously pretend to be
symbol of much of anything, but the women
who wear them have a gladness of heart.
And in church each year with perky hats
bowed, the lit of Easter is discovered in the
words of life found in death.
FNGnRNG
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
ESO&&
STILL MORE LEAKS

Inc administration would do well to plug
the holes through which conflicting and con
fusing information is being leaked to the
public. This is not a problem peculiar to
this administrations has caused trouble in
the past. That is no reason however. why
something shouldn't be done. Recently, more
or-ess out of blUe-sky, information was
leaked to the effect that an attack by the
Chinese Communists on Quemoy and Matsu
might be expected in mid-April Later the
official quoted as the source of the story de-
MED making any such definite statement.
Whether or not that was what he said, it was
what was reported in some very reliable
newspapers. Shortly after the startling state
ment about the irnminence of the Chinese
attack was published another White House
source said that the opinion expressed did
not represent the Presidents views.
The Defense Department has issued an
order which will make it necessary to clear
public statements before making them. This
may help to plug some of the holes but it will
not plug them all. The Defense Department
is not the only one from which information
leaks. The public is entitled to every scrap
Of information which will help it to an intelli-
gent understanding of what our government
is doing-as long as publishing that infOrma-
ton is consistent with national security.
There is no excuse, however, for contributing
to public confusion by releasing statements
that are inaccurate, partially accurate or
mere speculation.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
IpENTIFleAHoNl

WHITE SANDS PROVING
GROUND. N. NJ. (P)- The gals
looks may FOOL you, but now the
hard and sometimes dismaying
facts are there to check. New Sc
curity badges, which must be worn
at all times on this rocket develop
ment base, now give their age and
weight.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
R8ONG
GOOD TIME COMING

According to Summer SliChter, professor
of economics at Harvard University 1866
will be the best economic year in American
history. The sums of money earned, mate
rials produced and consumed are expected
to be astronomical. A person really has to
be told these things, because anyone strug-
Cling with the family budget is not likely to
be joyOusly aware that he's got more money
to struggle with statistically than he has
ever had before' AS youngsters, everyone
played that game of what to do with the
astounding wealth that would naturally be
ones own some day. But probably mighty
few children had the foresight to guess that
the weekly take-hOne million would be spread
over q dozen time payments.
In world Of increased wants, nobody
knows what he wants, or how much he wants,
or how badly he wants until he finds himself
digging up a down payment. AS a result, the
average man discovers he is stretched in ev-
cry direction with the clocks of dozen time
plans ticking off the dollars and cents, the
months and the years Of hectic life. He may
not know where he's going, but he's on his
way. Though we are caught in an economic
sprawl, the man says we never had it so good
Well maybe we never had. But to appreciate
his blessings, man should take thought as
to the direction in which he is going and he
should study his household figures to see how
Tar he can 60 on how much.
5000
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
PAINEuL BE

COLUMBIA. S. &c. lP City
dog catcher George Lane has had
long experience in snaring stray
dogs and avoiding bites. When he
was bitten the dog had rabies and
Lane has had to take antirabies
treatment.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dleksrson
] -oWn9ond DIekoTson

AS press containing her article
this had
This is the first time since the column the COW
has failed to reach in time for publication. b
Editor
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
DELAWARE FARM MARKET news

Market News InOFm0on Supplied BY The Bureau of Mo
siufO Beard OF Agriculture, Dover Dolauugs
Evening star., 1955-10-05
Godfrey's $500 Settles
CoreIess-F|ying Charge

De Orsey, said in q letter to tn,
cAA inciosing a $500 check:
This payment is not to bs
construed as an admission Of
guilt on the part of Mr.. Cod.
frey.
This course has been decided
upon to minimize the inconven.
ience and expense to the air.
line, to the Government and Il
Mr.. Godfrey which would result
from the hearing"
Mr.. De Orsey added Mr.. God.
frey feels that he acted with
every consideration for safety,
but recognizes that individual
judgments may vary and thai
passengers inexperienced In
aviation could well be disturbed
by the seemingly close proxim.
ity Of another aircraft"
Mr.. De Orsey said that il any
passengers were disturbed BY
the incident. Mr.. Godfrey lex.
tends his sincere regrets thai
someone who has, devoted 9
large part Of 26 years in avia-
tion to It's safety and its ad.
vancement should have giver
them cause for anxiety Of any
kind"
Evening star., 1955-10-05

The slim, dark-haired Ameri-
can was described by Prosecutor
Giuseppe Mirabile. who asked
for q sentence Of two years. as
Allan testified yesterday that
he believed his wife, Marjorie. 80
had betrayed him with Spinosa.
The young Italian, taking the
witness stand with one arm still
in q sling. denied there was any.
thing improper in their relations
Mrs. Allan had been called tc
testify today, but did not appear
in court.
Taking the stand in the Stan.
ford University graduates behalf
today were several character wit.
nesses. including italian Gen, AL.
berto Roda. military adviser tc
the President of Italy, and Chris.
tian Democrat Deputy Giuseppe
Dante.
Evening star., 1955-10-05

after a high-level scientific
meeting later this month.
The contract. 1t said, would ir
effect make Martin the prime
contractor for the hardware OF
vehicles which would get the
satellite into the air.
Mr.. Perkinson reported PEN
|tagon sources confirmed today
that the Navy has been desig-
mated executive agent" for the
Governments participation in
the project.
Burke Hints at Deal
He said Admiral Arleigh
Burke, new chief of naval
operations, limited at this in a
recent interview in Chicago.
There was also q hint at White
Sands, N. Mex, about the same
time that Martin would play q
key role in the development, Mr..
Parkinson wrote. The naval re-
search laboratory at White Sands
was reported to have curtailed
its upper air research program
using Viking rockets.
The Viking is made by Martin
and presently holds the altitude
record-l58 milesAfor q single
stage rocket.
Apparently q three : stage
rocket would be necessary to get
q satellite 800 miles into the air
and there was speculation a
super-Viking might be used to
give It the initial push.
Evening star., 1955-10-05
Stocks Continue
Recovery; Key
Issues Up $l-$3

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (P.--Witf
lsteels and motors in the lead. the
stock market today extended Its
recovery from Mondays sharp
break.
The rally gathered strength as
the session progressed, although
trading was on the quiet side
The upturn followed encouraging
reports from Denver on President
|Eisenhower's condition.
Key stocks advanced from
around 81 to So a share.
Bethlehem Steel was ahead
$2.25 a share at $155.25. General
Motors was UP $l.l2 at $l40.I2,
New York Central $2.25 at sac. 6.37,
Standard Oil IN. J.) 50 at
$l32.75, Glenn Martin Sits at
$32.75 and Chrysler $1.37 at
$97.12.
Mondays sell-off was the Sec
ond major reaction to Mr..
Eisenhower's illness. The FIRST,
which came q week ago Monday
brought the biggest drop In the
Associated Press 60-stock aver
'age since 1929.
Evening star., 1955-10-05
japan Gets FeeIer
On Talk With Reds

TOKYO, Oct. S R.-Premier
Chou En-lai Of Red China has
informally" invited Japan to
open talks in Peiping aimed at
restoring relations, q member Of
Japan's Diet said today.
The legislator, Tokurato kit
amura, said he brought the
bid back from q 40-day trip be-
hind the Iron Curtain. He
returned Sunday.
Mr.. Kitamura said In an In
terview that Mr.. Chou had
asked him to suggest to jap
|anese Prime Minister Ichiro
Hatoyama that q representative
be sent to Peiping for talks on
outstanding issues"
" did so yesterday" Mr.,
Kitamura said. "Hatoyama
had no comment"
Evening star., 1955-10-05
Earth Satellite Contract
Reported at Glenn Mortin

BALTIMORE, Oct. S (P.-
The Evening Sun said today the
Navy has signed a contract Will
the Glenn L. Martin Co. Of Bal.
timore to design, build and op.
crate the launching gear for ar
earth satellite.
President Eisenhower an.
nounced several weeks ago the
Government was sponsoring ar
attempt to launch such a sat.
elite into outer space for scien-
tiflc purposes.
William j. Perkinson, assist.
ant managing editor of the
Evening Sun, reported the Navy.
Martin contract in q dispatch
from Washington.
He said neither the Navy, the
Department of Defense nor the
Martin company would say any
thing about 1t.
800 Miles In Air
When Mr.. Eisenhower made
his announcement 1t was spec
ulated q satellite about about
the size Of an overinflated bas-
ketball would be sent 800 miles
or more in the air.
There is would circle the
earth is to l6 times a day at
an average Of about $4,000 miles
an hour.
The Evening Sun reported that
formal announcement that the
Navy has signed $40 million
contract with Martin may come
Evening star., 1955-10-05
Journalist Convicted,
F reed in Rome Stobbinq

ROME, Oct. s R.--An italian
court today sentenced American
Journalist Donald Allan six
months and 20 days in prison
for stabbing an Italian he
thought had seduced his wife.
The SO year old magazine
writer from Washington, D. c.,
us expected to be freed tonight
because he already had served
more than the term while await
Ing trial.
Allan was tried on q charge
Iof attempted homicide. The
court held there were extenuat-
ing circumstances because Of
honor"
He was jailed last February
|20 when he knitted Italian Jour-
|nalist Adaiberto Spinosa, 26,
when Spinosa brought Mrs. Allan
home at 4 am. after a Foreign
Press Club ball.
Evening star., 1955-10-05
BY the Associated Press

Arthur Godfrey today paid a
$500 fine In settling a complaint
of careless flying.
At the same.time MIR. Godfrey
denied. through his attorney,
that the payment was an ad-
mission of guilt.
The Civil Aeronautics Admin
Iistration offered to accept $500
Fin full settlement of civil pen
alties arising by reason OF these
violations
It said the violations referred
to resulted from the approach
LOT Mr.. Godfrey's twin-engine
lDC3 too close to an Ozark Air
Lines DC3 near Aurora. Ill. Sep
tember z.
The pilots Of the Ozark plane
filed a complaint with the CAA
charging that Mr.. Godfrey's DC3
overlook them shortly after
takeoff and forced them to turn
aside.
The CAA said that payment OF
the $500 fine concludes the In
lcident SO far as 1t Is concerned.
Mr.. Godfrey's attorney, C. Leo