davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1955-11-27

rose from the lungs exhaust valve.
Another tapped his ankles as the rope
nearly slipped from him.
Lose line In heavy ocean current
and you may be swept away and lost"
the words Of his early instruction
began flooding his mind.
Lighter and lighter the water be-
came. the surface light seeming to
cast q giant sunbeam TO reach UP for.
His eyes grew wide 10 feet from the
top. And, as In football, the last few
yards to pay dirt were the hardest
He had TO tug TO get air from the
near-depleted lung.
Then with q splash, his head sur
faced. The underwater battle had
been won.
That was the longest 90 seconds /
have ever known" Pat said, after
learning 1t had taken him that long
from hatch to surface. "Yet it was
probably the greatest thrill of my life
when neared the top and knew /
was going to make itl"
All together, ~ instructors plus
Comdr. Moore and DR.. Schultz (all of
whom are qualified deep sea divers)
had taken part in Pats final ascent
He joined the ranks of some 100000
other trainees who, In the last 20
years, have triumphed on d day with
the Momsen lung without one fatal
ity in that period.
And there's been only one case,
Comdr. Moore recalls with grin, that
1t suddenly dawned on sailor he was
in the sub-surface feet.
I had just filled the decomposition
chamber with students when one of
them bolted by me out the door," he
recounts. II called out, Hey, son,
where're you going?'
Home was the reply. My mother
didn't want me TO be in the Submarine
Service nohowl'"
Evening star., 1955-11-27

fish" he'd ever heard of being lOe
feet deep were those heroes of adven-
ture magazines
The elevator bumped to a stop.
Comdr. Moore led the way to the
hatch.
You're now standing under 100 feet
Of water" the tank director said. The
hatch door was dogged. Pat cleared
his ears again and again as pressure
mounted. Water rose around him.
To him. it took forever "a minute and
40 seconds) for the hatch door to
crack open.
(This chamber Is large enough to
hold Is men. It Is like the after
torpedo room escape hatch with an
adjoining culvert-like passageway to
climb up to the "out" door, after
the chamber Is fioodedD
THE 1O0-foot win seem the same to
you as the 10 and 5O-foot ascents-
except this one will take longer"
Comtr. Moore explained.
His parting words were:
Remember, we're with you all the
way"
The next moment he was up the
passageway, out the door and to the
surface In 90 seconds, making a free
ascent. without q Momsen lung, exhal-
ing all the way.
This Is like climbing up a water
filled chimney" Pat thought. as he
went up the 10 rungs on the passage
way ladder to the open door
He took his position on the guide
line. He looked through the 25O,OOO
gallons Of green. The line seemed to
rise endlessly. like steps rising through
the clouds to heaven In the movies
he'd seen. The only sounds were
escaping air bubbles
Hand over hand he went up,
up, up.
Keep your back arched and look
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Continued From
Preceding Poge

nauQ ABOVE MS F1gnt on the une anQ
stepped to a platform outside. His
left ankle went around the line and
he crossed his right ankle over Now
he had the line firmly He looked
down briefly and, through blurred
vision, saw the 100-foot marker, 81
feet below.
Doc, you're on stage" a voice
doomed next to him. Don't worry If
you've forgotten some instructions
I'm right there with you"
Comdr. Moore was watching from
the surface. Pat was hearing his
voice via an underwater public ad-
dress system. From the surface an
instructor had dived down and joined
Pat as he left the hatch. A diving
bell with two instructors also was
alongside him.
He arched his back, looked to the
surface and started up the line, hand
over hand. Relax and breathe
deeply" came the words from above
Breathe, boy! Let me see those air
bubbleS!"
Pat sucked in and out with renewed
vigor. He held the rubber fiange
firmly between his teeth, and his lips
were well over the mouthpiece, max
ing breathing easy. He didn't worry
about losing his grip and plummeting
to the bottom. Actually. his own
buoyant body and the air-filled lung
tried to force him up too quickly In
IS seconds he surfaced.
What relief to be up and breath
ing fresh air! he thought.
You're little too stiff, Doc-try to
relax more on the next rum" Comdr
Moore counseled. Again he made the
B-foot ascent, gaining confidence
Although the 5O-foot pull to the sur
face seemed TO him like an eternity"
he began to feel more at home with
the mermaids and his silent surround
ings. And, indeed, he began to feel a
close kinship to the line that bore
him up and to the instructors hover
ing around him underwater like seals
protecting their young.
Twice the so would be his final goal.
But because Of the i'll effects pressures
and gases have on human body con-
tinually in deep water, Pat learned he
was to put OF the 10O-foot ascent. He
was to spend the next day on his first
training cruise In kller-type sub
marine. So he was to report to the
tank the morning after.
He was there at 8 am. He had slept
hard after making IL dives on sub.
You'll make one 50-foot ascent as
a warmup for the 1OO-foot test
Comdr. Moore told him.
Pat had skipped breakfast. and the
trial run was exhilarating 1t woke
him up, sharpened his reflexes and
eliminated some of that butterfly
feeling in his stomach.
Pat and Jake. started down the ele-
vator, this time accompanied by
Comdr. Moore Now the big moment
was at hand.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
Boy Geniuses Helped
By Realty Mans Fund
BY DAVE BEEDsR
AP Newsfeutures

CHICAG0The developing getting
Chicago million dollar
real
julius Epstein Ss started helping boys with talent after his
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
Little Miss "BO Peep"
Had Her Sheep At Fair
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II QiU DdSC QACJ
into the selling of lambs on a
graded basis-the assembling OF
lambs when ready for the market
and the grading and selling of them
by grade. Delaware wool is sold on
a graded basis through annual wool
pools, the second of which was only
recently held.
In the picture Of the float at the
top of this page, the fleece of Elliott
Evans was chosen from more than
1000 f1eeces at the recent wool pool
held at the Fair Grounds.
The highly attractive floral ar
rangements on the float were de-
vised and executed by Miss Rosanna
B. Messick of Houston. Miss Mes
sick, the daughter of Mrs. Pearl
Armour Messick, also Of Houston.
has arranged and decorated many
floats, including a float for the
Houston Cardinal All Club, which
won first prize in its division at the
Chicken Festival in 1854. In con-
nection with All Club activities,
Miss Nessick also designed a win
dow display for the Cardinals that
won State Honors. It's theme was
Safety.
OF special interest to sheep rails
ers is the fact that the eve lamb
on the float is a sister to the recent
Grand Champion wether at the In
ternational Livestock Exposition.
Miss Bo Peeps costume was made
by Mrs. Ruth H. Concilio OF Great
Geneva Farm, near Dover. Mrs. Coz
clio is also treasurer of the Del
aware Sheep and Wool Association.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
$1O,OOO,O 900 Dirt
Road Bill Signed
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tCont1nued from page one)
knows that there is no reason for
them now that it has become feas-
ible to put on hard top. l have
been advised that it will be more
reasonable in the long run to pro-
vide this hard top than to continue
to fill in the dirt roads. I think
the Governor has shown a fine
spirit of cooperation in signing
this bill"
Governor Boggs also signed the
-6,969, ,536.70 bond bill for capital
expenditures which takes care of
the. authorization for improvements
to several institutions. hese include
the Delaware State Hospital, the
Delaware Colony at Stockley, the
University of Delaware, the Della
ware State College, and the We'll
fare Home at Smyrna.
Also approved was the measure
sponsored by Senator Eugene Lam
mot D-Wilmington) creating the
office of medical examiner for the
state.
Other new laws:
Authorize bond issue of
IA. 900, 900 for highway construct
ion; revamp the statutes governing
the draining of roads; provide for
a commission to study implement
ing legislation for bingo, should
the bingo amendment to the con-
stitution pass the 1857 General AS
sembly; and rewrite the statute
relating to the escheator to provide
that the state shall receive a larger
share of intestate funds where
there are no heirs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
SUSSEX Fire Fighters
Hear Some Reports
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First Vice President Owen Davis,
of Milton, reported on the fire
school held this month in Camden
Wyoming as being one of the finest
conducted and by and far the lar
gest for attendance.
The Kirk Laramore Memorial
Fire Prevention will be held in Sal
isbury on Saturday, Oct s, and on
Sunday afternoon, the parade. The
public is invited to attend.
George Reed, of Milford, reported
on the coming state convention
which will be held in Milford on
Sept. %.
Granville White exhibited slides
on fire extinguishing with dry
chemicals at the school he attended
in Wisconsin. They were all in
color and educational.
Fire report of the county was
read by William Donovan for the
month of June.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
FORGERY INCREASES

EAST LANSING. Mich. y tA9 -
Donald School. Detroit postal in
spector, says bad check artists are
having a field day at the expense
of merchants who still think the
customer is always right.
Addressing a law enforcement
conference at Michigan State Uni
versity. School said t has become
ridiculously easy to cash a forged
check.
Rank novices are swarming In
to the racket because merchants
are so afraid of Offending a GUS
toner" said School. He said one
Detroit market recently cashed a
check on "the Bank of the United
States" and that another cashed a
photostat of check.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
FelU Families KnOlC
About Civil Defense
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q
Mrs. Barney gave her report on
the weeks activities to Levy Court
at its session Tuesday.
The county CD director express
ed surprise at the large number of
persons, not only from Sussex
County but from other places, who
not only knew nothing at all about
the activities of CD but had not
even heard of ii. She said that
parents of children from remote
rural locations asked for each type
of booklet which she had at hand.
One father with six children in
tow, tried to hurry his wife past
the stall but her eye had been at
tracted by the Home Protection
Exercise" booklet and she insisted
on stopping. saying that maybe he
didn't care about CD but she wanted
to learn, how to take care of her
children in an emergency
This Home Protection booklet
proved the most popular, with 1894
booklets distributed. Atomic Blast
Creates Fire" was second, with L.
514 distributed.
Other booklets distributed were:
Facts About Fallout, 5S2; Grand
mas Pantry, GIG; Fire. Fighting for
Householders, 494; Outdoor Shell
ters, 451; Lean-to Shelters, 800;
Your Delaware Civil Defense and
What IT Means to You, 100; Six
Steps to Survival, 553: This is Civil
Defense, 800; Radio Active Fallout
Pamphlets, 1000.
In addition to distributing litera-
ture, Mrs. Barney received 3,S40
applications for Identification tags,
This was the first time CD has
been represented at the fair and
Sussex County was the only CD
group with a stall.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
NEW ATOM SMASHER

ANN HARBOR, Mich. - up =
They are trying something new in
atom smashing at the University
of Michigan. Eight midwest uni
versities-MichiSan Illonois, Iowa,
Indiana, Purdue, Minnesota, Wis
consin and Iowa State, are sending
scientists to work on model atom
smasher combining two old prin-
ciples which never have been used
together.
The model will use fixed mag
netic field through which the ato-
mic particles will move. Then
oddly-shaped magnets will be sta
toned along the way to keep them
on the track. They hope to pro-
duce more particles and move them
faster than in present machines.
If the small 300-kilowatt ma
chine works, they plan to build a
machine of 20 billion electron
volts. They hope to increase the
amount of atomic work done in
Midwest universities. Most such
work is now done on the East or
West Coasts.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05

three of the many who are on the
foundations lists.
To be accepted for aid, a boy
must be a member of the Boys
Club. The club directors are like
baseball scouts, Epstein says. They
submit the boys work to their New
York headquarters where men like
artist Norman Rockwell or musi-
clan Paul Layalle judge it for po-
tentiality.
Music is recorded and mailed.
Cartoons, paintings and other art
works are packaged and forward
ed from any one of the 327 Boys
Clubs located in most major cities
of the nation.
If the experts agree a boy has
exceptional possibilities, he re-
ceives financial aid covering ev-
erything from street car fares to
several years of study under lead
ing artists.
Fifty other business associates
of Epstein's contribute amounts
ranging from $25 to $1,000 a year
to the foundation, but the bulk of
the money is supplied by Epstein
himself.
Epstein grew up in what he de-
scribes as lone of the toughest
neighborhoods in Chicago" Later
he worked himself through the
University. of Illinois, where he
played football.
i've never had any artistic
leanings myself" he said, "but
helping these kids has been the
greatest satisfaction of my life"
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
INTERPRETER NEEDED

HOUSTON, Texas - up - Roy
Masters, an English diamond cut
ter reports he had language diff
ficulty when he reached the Uni
ted States In London. they call
the subway the underground When
he reached New York. whenever he
asked how TO get underground, the
answer always was. Drop dead"
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
Delmarva FLA Group
Wins u. S. Award

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signed institute certificate to be
presented by local extension, far
mer cooperative, and other rural
leaders VINO sponsored the state
contests.
During the report session, Young
Farmers Richard Perkins, Well
vile, Utah. Wayne Buswell, Min
nesota City, Mimi; Bruce Locates,
Delmar, Del: and James Stanford.
Homestead, Fla, will tell an aud
ience of some 1000 farm and ed
ucational leaders and other farm
youth what they did in learning
about farm business operations and
in carrying out cooperative spur-
chases of farm supplies, sale of
farm products, and use of other
cooperative services, such as rural
electricity, artificial breeding, in
surance, etc.
Read The Classified Ads
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

HARTFORD, Conn. up =
When police make arrests in their
efforts to control Illegal gambling,
they find that Union Place is good
hunting ground. When squad of
officers With cameras moved in and
started to take pictures, horseplay-
ers reported the bookmakers NOV
ed out rapidly. The officers said
they were practicing as part of a
course in photography.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05

In memory of their son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Epstein set up the Steven
David Epstein Memorial Founda-
ton. The foundation is admins
tered by the Boys Club of Amer
lea.
Boys Get Help
Don Bowman, 13-year-old Negro
violinist, of Pasadena, Calf, is
typical of the more than so boys
who have studied art, music or
handicrafts with foundation sup
port.
Don lives with his widowed mo-
ther and blind grandmother At the
age of 6, after only a few lessons,
he was playing difficult concertos
on the violin
Limited family finances had al
most forced him to give up his
studies when Epstein heard about
him through the Boys Club of
Pasadena and offered him a schol-
arship.
Since then Don has appeared on
several television shows and play
ed a violin solo in a recent motion
picture.
Don's teacher and others who
have heard him play, predicts big
future for the boy.
In Many Cities
Boys studying under foundation
funds live in more than 80 cities
in 20 states.
Charles Bioto, IA, a clarinetist
from Santa Barbara, Calf; singer
Harry Shehan, II, of Knoxville,
Tenn, and David Russo, 1S-year<
old artist from San Francisco, are
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
CUTTING RECORD

WILLIAMSON, Mich. - Up =
Jacob G. (JakeD Frey, who once
trimmed the hair and beard of Buff
faIo Bill Cody and shaved boxer
John L. Sullivan, still is going
strong after 10 years at a barber
chair
The S4-year-old barber, who
started his career in Detroit, also
remembers another customer of
his young days. A fellow by the
name of Henry Ford, young me-
chanic for the Edison Illuminating
Company.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
Milton Democrats
Hold Beach Party
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ident state Affiliated Club; Frank
Dickerson, sheriff of Sussex Coun-
ty; Nutter Marvel; James Smith,
representative from the 10th dis
trict; Victor Adams, member of the
Levy Court; Elmer Dickerson, COM
mitteeman, and Mrs. Elizabeth Dut-
ton, committeewoman for the 10th,
and Mrs. Mabel Lambden, commit
teeWOman
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
Now She Shops
cash and Carry"
Without Painful Backache

Nagging backache, headache, or muscular
aches and pains may come on with over-exer-
tion, emotional upsets or day to day stress and
strain. And folks who eat and drink unwisely
sometimes suffer mild bladder irritation
with that restless, uncomfortable feeling.
If you are miserable and worn out because
of these discomforts, Doan's Pills often help
by their pain relieving action, by their sooth-
ing effect to ease bladder irritation, and by
their mild diuretic action through the kidneys
tending to increase the output of the 15
miles of kidney tubes.
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Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
HighlUay- Fatalities
In State Total so
CONTINUED rom page one}

Cambell had receiis1d broken
right leg, fractured skull, and in
ternaI injuries, Coroner Trader
said He was employed by the con-
tracing firm of Pleasanton and
Edgell, Dover. His parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Campbell,
of Scranton. The body was released
to the Stevenson Funeral Home,
Dover.
Very was driving south on
Route 13 with seven other persons
in the car when he was killed. His
wife. Mrs. Marie Very, 36, and
two children were among the in
jured.
The accident occurred at GAS D.
m. last Saturday north of Harring-
ton.
State police said Very started
to pass a car driven by Aubrey
Wheaton, 81, of Magnolia, when
Wheaton made a left turn into
the Very car Werry's car ran
off the side of the road and over
turned.
Taken to the Milford Memorial
Hospital, Very was pronounced
dead on arrival. Mrs. Very, most
seriously injured, sustained COM
pound fractures of both legs.
Also injured were the two Very
children, Christine Louise, 5, cuts
Of the chin and neck; Richard
Charles, 4, cuts of the forehead;
Robert Simons, Dover Air Base,
cuts about the face; Albert ]. Has
sen, of FELTON,, cuts of the left
wrist and ankle and held for OBJ
servation; Fred c. Myers, of Dover,
cuts of the left hand and ankle,
and Edward M. Mietla, of Marydel,
cuts of the forehead and chest.
Wheaton is also seriously in
jured in the same hospital, with
rib fractures. He was still too pain
fully injured to be questioned by
state police.
Ella Mae, Purcell, 33. of Green
wood, was injured seriously when
the car she was driving ran off
the road and struck a tree south
of Milford on Route IA, at 2:45
a. m. Sunday.
She is in the Milford Memorial
Hospital under treatment for SER
ious cuts about the head, a fract-
ured arm and wrist, and possible
internal injuries.
A passenger in her car, Norman
Bennett, 81, of Milford, suffered
cuts about the head and face and
a possible fractured leg. He is also
being treated in the Milford Hos
pital.
Two persons were killed and
four others injured in collision
Tuesday night between a car and
truck on Route 13, 800 feet north
of Route Is, the Greenwood-Ellen
dale Road oil the victims were
passengers in the car.
The dead are Eloise Harvey
Cross, Elizabeth City, N. c., driver
of the car, an da passenger, Ethel
Brown, 40, also of that town. The
latter was pronounced dead of a
fractured skull at the scene and
the driver at the Milford Mem
oral Hospital.
Admitted to the Milford Hospital
was another passenger, Cora Eas-
on, believed to be of Philadelphia.
Taken to the Nanticoke Memorial
Hospital, Seaford, were Mary Nc
Leod, 80, Elizabeth City, lacera-
tions of the arm; Shirley Mcleod,
z. fractured skull, and Joyce Eason,
6, of Philadelphia, fractured right
leg. Shirley McLeod's condition is
reported serious.
The truck driver, Lawrence Lee
Savage, 81, of Painter, Va, escaped
injury. His truck was loaded with
tomatoes. A side of the truck was
ripped off and the load of tomatoes
spilled onto the highway. The auto
mobile was demolished. State po-
lice said it was a side-swiping ac-
cident, the truck going north and
the car was travelling south.
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-13
FALSE ECONOMY CORRECTED;
BASEMENT IN COMEBACK
From SMALL HOMES GUIDE

Many families who built or bought
basementless Homes in the post
World War III economy rush have
seen their error, according to Small
Homes Guide. More possessions,
more children have crowded these
families in their slab-floor homes.
Various factors, modern and COM
pact heating plants and laundry
equipment, for instance, have made
it possible to say that Easements
aren't actually necessary. Moreover,
in the average three-bedroom house,
you can save about $1,000 by elm
mating the basement. But what do
you lose?
You lose spage-space that is valu-
able, useful AND at the same time as
toundingly Inexpensive. The cost of
basement construction can be as low
as $1.5O per square foot of floor
space. An expenditure of 10 to 20
percent more than the cost of slab
structure can make your house es-
sentially twice as big.
Recreation rooms, progressing to-
ward necessity status because of their
universal appeal, are foregone by
builders of basementless homes. A
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-13

basement can house the new modern
heating and laundry equipment and
still be utilized for hobby and living
space.
Often, base hent can be built for
less than a substitute utility room
with much smaller facilities for per-
forming basement functions. Houses
with partial easements or crawl spac-
es cost almost as much to build as
houses with full easements.
Mortgage lenders, astute business
men, provide perhaps the most con-
elusive argument for Easements.
Lenders are almost universally more
lenient with theit funds when plans
call for a full basement, since such
homes are more salable.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-13
Tax Law Changes
May Save Farmer
Much AS 10 Pct.

Farmers will pay about 10 percent
less income tar this year if they are
alert to changes in the income tax
law, according to r. H. Baker, Ohio
State University economist.
The new lay allows exemptions for
children who earn over 5000 if they
are under 10 or in school at least 5
months of the year. 1t also allows
exemptions for dependents who aren't
related to the taxpayer.
Conservation expenditures on land
used for farming can be treated as
current costs up to 25 percent Of
gross income. These expenses form
erly were handled as capital improve
ments.
People 65 years old and over need
not file return under the new law If
their gross income is under $1,000.
The new law allows more flexibility
in calculating depreciation. Farmers
may choose straight-line, declining
balance, sum-of-years-digits, or other
consistent method of figuring depre-
citation on new property acquired
after December 81, 1853.
More details on these and other
changes in the income tax law are cx-
planned in the Farmers 1854 Income
Tax" bulletin available at county tx-
tension offices.
Farmers must still file and pay
their final tax by January 81; or file
and pay their estimated tax by Janu-
airy Is. If they file their estimated
tax January Is they must file final
return and pay balance of tax by
April Is.