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Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
Washinqton Letter - By Robert Nelson Taylor

by the u. S. Government, the con-
tention grew as to whom should
have the credit for their release.
India's " X. Krishna Menon thinks
he did it. His boss, Jawarlal Ne
hru, would just as soon have it
thought that he gave the orders,
and U. N Secretary Dag Hammar-
skiold is willing to take bow or
two. But, whoever is entitled to
this nations thanks, the tragic fact
is that neither the majesty of the
United States Government nor the
forcefulness of any of its hired
help figured in this transaction.
Meantime, in Geneva, u. S. Con-
sui General Franklin c. Gowen has
been talking with Shen Ping, Red
China's consul general, about 63
other Americans held in durance
vile, and whom the State Depart
ment says it has "some reason to
believe are alive
But Government spokesmen have
been silent on the thousands of GIs
reported missing" in Korea, and
believed to have been prisoners of
the Reds. They have been written
off as presumed to be dead" even
though General Mark Clark esti-
mated within the year that there
were about 1000 of them still alive
and held as pawns by the Chinese
Communists. In April Of this year,
however, Jim G.. Lucas of the
Scripps Howard papers quoted a
Pentagon colonel as saying, 1--WE
have checked and rechecked every
source we have. There isn't a
shred of evidence-even unreli-
able evidence-that any Korean
war prisoners, except for those Is
airmen, are still alive"
AS a sad footnote to the whole
inglorious story, we are told that
the parents of ten of these miss
ing men sent back to President
Eisenhower on Memorial Day the
Purple Hearts and other medals
awarded to their sons.
We should remember some of
these things when, in San Fran
cisco this month, the United Ma
tions celebrates" its tenth ami
versary, and proceeds with charter
amendments to make us even more
helpless in its grip.
=
STILL A LOCAL PROBLEM
A year ago when the Supreme
Court handed down its decision de-
claring the segregation of races in
public schools to be unconstitution-
al, we said:
"At the very best, the ruling
has been a needless blow to all of
the people of the South, of both
races, who. in mutual understand
ing and respect have made rapid
and inspiring progress in solving
their difficult problem.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
BABSON DISCUSSES YOUR FAMILY INCOME

LIES with incomes over $4,000.
Back in 1914 the average FAMILY
earned $4,027. Today, the average
for the American FAMILY, includ
ing both farmers and those living
in the cities, is S5,330 And the av-
erage city FAMILY today earns
over $4,000 annually! But most
startling of all is the fact that a
whopping 44% of all non-farm
FAMILIES earn between $4,000 and
$4,000 a year. At the other end
of the scale, only 800 of all fam
lilies, including the traditionally
low farm-income group, earn less
than $4,000. Only 1870 of the city
FAMILIES are today found in this
group. But keep in mind that these
figures apply TO families living un-
der the same roof, not necessarily
to individuals.
But this is not all of the story.
The real eye opener is found in
the great economic leveling pro-
cess that has been at work these
past dozen years. Fewer and few
er families are making over s10.-
900. Only $50 cf our city famil-
les make over $4,000.
IT shGrs, ne have broadened our
market base with greatly in
creased number of potential buy
ers of goods and services. This
expanded market base in itself
should help to keep us prosper
Gus. Then, then is a revolution in
earning power. 1t has already in
creased the middle-class group of
wage eslrners so that we today have
nearly achieved a one-class, mid
dle-class society, with little pow
erty and few extremely wealthy
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10

BABSON PARK, Mass, June 10
| wonder if you realize that far
greater social and economic revo-
luton is taking place right under
your nose than has taken place in
Russia. This is a revolution that
should put Russia to shame.
LOOK AT YOURSELF
Take look at what has happen
ed to you AS little as 10 years ago
did you expect to own a home such
as you probably have today? Did
you ever expect to have the kind
of car that is yours, to go to the
places and do the things you've
been doing lately? To own the
household appliances that are
yours? To be able to send your
children to college?
A young Bason Institute senior
who will graduate this June has
had number of job interviews and
several offers. One company Of
fered him an especially good op-
portunity and we supposed he had
accepted their job offer. Upon in
quiry, he hedged and said he had
not because they were not paying
enough. He wanted more than their
$30e per month to start because
some of his classmates were get
ting offers of from 1925 up. It is
nothing short of fantastic the num-
Der of technical and business ad-
ministration college men who will
start out this June not with just
diploma, but with a wife, per-
haps a child, car, and a s4,000-a-
year job!
WHO is BENEFiTiNo TO-DAY?
Since 1947 there has been a 709o
increase in the number of FAM
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
40S Lakeview Avenue
Milford, Delaware
June 8, 1855

Milford, Delaware
June 8, 1855
Dear Friends:-
Hayes thinks he's in another
world over in Africa and when it
takes between IL to IA days for
mail to arrive at my door from
him, | can just about agree with
him.
Memorial weekend was the first
weekend for Hayes to see what
the country side in North Africa
looked like. Until then he had
stayed on the base planning mis-
sions, spending 10 to IA hours a
day at his staff job. The days were
hot enough to melt equipment in
the planes and the nights were
cool enough to sleep under three
blankets. Each letter has contain
ed different pleasant adjectives de-
scribing his new scooter. Many Of
the fellows had planned to pur-
chase scooters at the p. X. when
they arrived at their African base.
but they were told upon arrival
that the bikes would be two months
in arriving. This necessitated their
getting off to work an hour sooner
hourly base bus. The base seems
to be wide spread and Hayes has
filled his scooter bikes two gallon
tank numerous times already. That
certainly was a good buy.
Hayes first trip into Marrakech
was made by bus. He's so fond of
his Sears scooter that | thought he
might attempt the trip on it, but
the roads are like our secondary
roads, he said. In the fields were
shepherds watching over their
fiocks of sheep and later he saw
men riding across the barren field
on camels' back. A strange sight
was a cloud of locusts, the bugs
seeming so big, and poor pathetic
farmers waving bags on their
measly gardens so it wouldn't be
destroyed.
In town everyone seemed to be
spending the late part of the after
noon at the French sidewalk cafes
and Hayes and his friends Joined
them. Most people seemed to have
been shopping and had stopped for
| tea or wine before traversing home.
A four-piece orchestra played soft
music and Hayes never having
been overseas before felt he should
pinch himself / imagine to see if
this atmosphere was really being
witnessed by a boy from Sussex
County.
The people in the streets were
driving foreign tiny cars, riding
bicycles, little motor bikes, horse
drawn carriages, donkeys and of
course a lot of people were using
the cheapest form of motivation
their feet. The French people of
Marrakech looked just like Amer
leans, Hayes said, and were neatly
dressed and clean, but the Arabs
looked poverty-stricken. They were
garbed in wells for the women and
the men wore baggy pants, turbans,
skull caps, pointed shoes and
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10

persons.
IMPORTANCE OF ADVERTISING
Certainly | would be one of the
first to admit that pent-up war
demand was responsible for the
spurt in business right after the
war. But, that was over by 1850.
What keeps us rolling, now in
1855? Consumer confidence! How
people feel about their local, state
and national governments. how
they feel about the future, whether
they have confidence in Washing
ton-these psychological factors
have had a great deal to do with
our good business. Newspaper ad-
vertising has created a climate of
confidence i'm which it has been
possible for us to consume our way
to prosperity.
Businessmen and manufacturers
are optimistic, too. When they
spend money for new stores, new
plants, and new machinery, we
know times are good. And, business
plans to spend about SO more on
these things in 1855 than it spent
in 1854. When projecting plans in
to the future, most manufacturers
feel that business will be sufficient
ly good to necessitate further
1917 1870 addition to their produc
tive capacity between 1856 and
1858. Yes, it is tremendous rev.
olution that we are part of, revo-
luton that makes our standard of
living almost unbelievable to most
other parts of the world. Charac-
ter, education and advertising are
the basic forces needed to have
prosperity continue.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News nsormoton Supplied BY The Of Moss
ssufs Board Of Agriculture Dover. Dslo~urs

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella-
neous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice: s21.O0 to $3.50. mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $1,000 to s20.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$500, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: s4.00 to $500, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$17.75 per cwt.
Slaughter
Medium to good: $3.50 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: s1050 to $1,000. mostly
S11.75 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: SS.25 to
$1,000, mostly 1915 per cwt.
STEERS
Good. light steers: s15.75 to
$20.75, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: SS.25 to s14.00. most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef type: $14.00 to $17.75, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to choice: $500 to $3.50.
mostly S14.50 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 lbs.
Medium to good: STATS to $3.50.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs
Medium to good: $1,000 to s15.25.
mostly S14.50 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(goOd quality
100 to 10 lbs: s16.75 to $3.50.
mostly s1S.25 per cwt.
10 to 240 lbs: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $3.50 to $500,
mostly $1S.75 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
RIGHTS FOR DOGS!

DETROIT - up Suburban
Dearborn's police dogs may wind
up with human, instead of canine
rights. City Attorney Dale HI. Fill
more is weighing the question.
John Baia, Jr., a city councilman,
posed it,
Baja said customer objected
when policeman brought his dog
partner into a restaurant The Gus
toner said he himself hadn't been
permitted this privilege. The city
health code forbids it.
''The policeman" said Baja, "re-
piled that his dog was a law en-
forcement officer and was there on
official duty. Now what want to
know is, is a police dog permitted
to go where other dogs are persona
non grata?
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
SOWS
(gO0d quality

'V w -
(good quality
200 to 300 lbs: SLIGO to $1,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: SLIPS to $3.50.
mostly s12.25 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: $1,000 TO s14.00.
mostly s11.50 per cwt.
BOARS
(good quality
Under $50 lbs: $3.50 to 1880.
mostly s11.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $3.50.
mostly s14.00 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(s to 12 weeks old
Choice: 5000 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $3.50. mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
WOrk type. SoV.VV 10 Sioi-oV'
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Butcher type: $500 to $500.
mostly s45.00 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: s1.3O to s1.S0. mostly $3.50.
LIGHT BREEDS
CockereIs: S.45 to $50, mostly
$50.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: SIS to $115.
mostly $50.
Muscovy brakes: s1.25 to s1.50.
mostly $1.40.
RABBITS
Large breeds: s1.50 to s2.20.
mostly $500
Small breeds; $50 to $50. most
ly $40.
Young rabbits: $50 to s.55. most7/
ly s.35.
Ungraded. mixed: $50 to Sc per
dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Peas: $1.90 per 5s bushel.
Asparagus: $50 to s.35 per bunch.
Strawberries: $500 to $3.50 per
"a quart crate.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
DAMS AND MONUMENTAL TAXES

DAMS AND MONUMENTAL TAXES
Most Americans don't live along
the Snake River. Thus, they find
it hard to follow the current battle
in Congress over whether the fed
eral government should build a
high dam on the river at Hells
Canyon as a gigantic monument to
the public power philosophy, or
whether the Idaho Power Company
should be allowed to develop the
Snakes hydroelectric potential by
building three smaller dams.
But the Snake River is important
to every federal income taxpayer
in the country. and new study by
the Council of the State Chambers
of Commerce tells exactly why in
dollars-and-cents terms. The study
points out that the Idaho Power
Company plan would develop 770,-
900 kilowatts and cost from $133
million company estimate) to $195
million (Federal Power Commits
sion estimate). This money would
be raised by the company through
normal stock and bond issues; not
a nickel would come from the pub
lie treasury.
But the high dam project, as en-
bodied in bill supported by pub
lie power advocates in Congress,
would necessitate federal expendi
lures of $465 million to develop
only slightly more energy-7S5,0O
kilowatts. And that S465 million
would be all public funds-it would
come either from current taxes or
in the form of increased federal
debt, meaning future taxes. The
Council survey shows that this
means SO more in taxes for every
taxpayer in the country. 1t means
that people in Pennsylvania would
be contributing, through their
taxes, $35 million to develop power
in the Idaho-Oregon area, that Wis
consin's citizens would be doling
out almost $40 million, that Michi-
gan taxpayers would be socked
nearly $27 million, New York State
over s68 millions, etc.
What's more, the study adds,
there are a whole list of hydroelec-
trio projects that publicly regu-
lated power companies want : to
build in the Pacific Northwest and
California that very well could fol-
low the pattern of the Hells Can
yon bill If they should be added to
Hells Canyon and all pushed into
the federal power empire, it would
mean an expenditure of almost $1.2
billion-or S23 for each of the ma
tion's taxpayers. Add that to your
present taxes and see whether you
like it. We don't
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10

| OF course, if you don't care for
| picnics, dislike fishing, never go
| boating or hiking and wouldn't
think of taking lunch with you
on an auto trip, they might just as
well have kept on delivering your
ice in the ice-wagon.
But if you do want ice that will
cool things, and keep them cold for
"a hours or more, without getting
them wet, this new canned ice is
! for you, 1t comes in six-ounce
cans, like frozen orange juice. And
when you feel a picnic or fishing
trip coming on, you put these cans
in the freezing compartment of
your refrigerator. Whatever is in
the cans freezes faster than wa
ter-and colder The four scotch
plaid cans that you buy in match
ing carrying case equal the cool
ing effect of 36 ice cubes and
without any soaking, stopping or
general messiness. When you get
back home, you pop 'em in the re-
frigerator again so you'll be all set
for the next trip.
Two of the cans in a lunch box
(packed at 20 degreesJ will hold
the contents at 40 degrees or lower
-. and you can keep the other two
in the refrigerator for tomorrow.
Come to think of it, this dry
cold is the only canned commodity
that you can use without a can
opener (and better notD. 1t is
also the only thing that comes in
can that can be used over and over,
summer after summer which
may be why they call it "Skotch
| Ice"
Imagine, Buying ice, re-usable
| ice, at that, the way you'd buy a
can of tomatoes. What would
Grandpa say?
CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN
Small campaign contributions
from millions of individual Ameri-
can citizens, instead of large gifts
from the underworld, special in
terests and would-be appointees,
could disinfect American politics,
says Publisher Philip L. Graham
of The Washington Post and Times
Herald.
| Graham would have the Adver-
tising Council launch such a clean
| politics campaign in time to be eff
fective for the 1856 campaign. This
is good idea; providing Congress
will go to work too and outlaw
contributions from labor unions
as they have from corporations.
We'd better clean our politicians
up-before they clean us out!
MUST WE SINK LOWER?
While the four American pilots,
shot down during the Korean War,
and freed from Red Chine jails on
Memorial Day, were becoming re-
acquainted. with their families at
| the Hawaiian rendezvous arranged
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
RETAILING is A LOCAL BUSINESS

RETAILING is A LOCAL BUSINESS
Retailers have long been exempt, for the
best of reasons, from the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act-the act which contains, among
other things, federal minimum wage pro-
visions.
Now it is proposed that this law be ex-
tended to cover all retail and service COM
panies operating in more than one state,
while continuing the exemption for retailers
operating within a single state. In other
words, the target now is the larger retailer.
The grave falacy in this was emphasized
by spokesman representing the Retail Mer-
chants Association of New Jersey, who ap-
peared before a Senate committee. He de-
scribed himself as a small retailer, and
argued convincingly in favor of retention OF
the retail and service exemptions as now
provided. His big point was that retailing
is local business" He observed that it
makes no difference to the public whether
the stores in town are part of big national
chain, a smaller state chain, or are locally
owned and managed. He added: 81 think
that | am typical of small retailers in that
| respect the skill and merchandising judg-
ment of large and successful retail compan-
les but don't want or need federal or state
wage hour laws to protect me from their
competition or any other competition"
In addition, it is certain that if inter-
SCotC SohNClH Ho oPC1 otIIS olO1Co III q SOii-
munity are required to raise wages, the
small local store will be forced to follow suit
in order to obtain competent help.
There has never been time when COM
petition was more intense in retailing. Au-
thorities say that if costs are artificially
forced up, by removing all or part of the
present retail exemption and by boosting the
legal minimum wage, these competitive con-
ditions will make it impossible to pass the
oil TO fbo fxrro
adverse results would follow Large num-
bers of retailers would go out of business.
And those remaining would have to put
every possible operating economy into eff
fect-and widespread unemployment among
the marginal, unskiled workers the Fair
Labor Standards Act is supposed to help
would be inevitable.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10
CANNED GOLD

AS a progress note in this amt
wonderful age, we should
like 20 report that you can now buy
ice Gas we'll as beer, wine, soft
drinBs) in CANS!
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-10

Indiana's population exceeds Az
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
MODERN MARRIAGE
Parents HQd Best
Ignore ,Be-Bop'

Frequently you'll find they
don't know! Many q youngster
who was going around, q few
years ago, saying "hubba hub
ba" had no idea what he was
talking about.
Suppose one Of the young
sters speaks Of a square
Discuss other ways in which
this idea might be expressed.
What other words would give
the same meaning, what words
would mean something more.
what words would m e a n
something less? How did the
word square" come to get the
meaning that they now attach
to it? You viii find q CONVEX
sation along these lines inter-
esting to them, If you manage
1t properly; and they will all
learn a great deal about their
mother tongue.
This is also the kind Of en-
tertainment you can afford On
a long automobile trip. If the
youngsters are old enough to
enjoy taking part in an intelli-
gent discussion in which they
do not feel looked down upon
or patronized, they win profit
by it-and so will you.
If you have other difficulties
in understanding your teen
ayers, get some of the good
books and inexpensive PAM
phlets now available. I have, a
reading list on adolescence
which viii be sent to any
reader. on receipt Of request
accompanied by a stamped,
Self-addressed envelope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
25th Anniversary
For Super Markets

decide on nearly five out OF
ten purchases they had no
intention of making before
they walked in the door. A
shopper knows she wants meat,
for example, but she decides
on the kind after she sees the
varieties available and their
prices. On the other hand,
when she came in she hadn't
planned on buying three kinds
of crackers, potato chips and
candy. But when they're at,
tractively displayed, they look
so good. her resistance breaks
down.
There are those who argue
that pure impulse buying as
such does not exist. but there's
no denying the fact that when
you see a new product on the
shelves that you've heard or
read about. you're strongly
tempted to buy it ). and five
out of ten do. '- =
OF course the success story
Of the super market is his
tory, and from all indications
the Is years ahead will be as
profitable to retailer and con-
sumner as the 25 just passed.
The super market merits our
gratitude for making both
shopping and eating more fun
more interesting For
eignerS who come 10 our
shores never cease to wonder
at the variety Of the items
available TO the American
homernaker. But If super mar
kets get much bigger land
there's every indication they
wild we may have to- start
taking our roller skates along
on future shopping trips.
individual Relish Mods
2 envelopes unf1avored gela-
tin.
/ cup Of cold water.
/ teaspoon salt.
/ cup mayonnaise.
l cup sour cream.
2 tablespoons prepared mus
tard.
"a teaspoon tabasco.
l tablespoon grated onion.
/ jar 30 ounce pickle relish.
4 cup diced green pepper.
l cup chopped cucumber.
1la cups diced celery.
u cup chopped stuffed olives.
Sprinkle gelatin on cold
water to soften. Place over
boiling water and stir until
gelatin Is dissolved. Add salt;
cool. Combine mayonnaise,
sour cream, prepared mustard
and tabasco; gradually add
gelatin mixture stirring until
blended. Mix in remaining in
gradients. Turn into IL indi-
vidual molds: chill until Iirm.
Serve with assorted cold cuts.
Makes IL servings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
By DIR. PAUL PoPENoE


Children who grow up In
an English speaking country
ought to learn to speak Eng
lish. and Mrs. Moo. wonders
If hers are really doing so.
They're teenagers and right
at the 'be-bop' stage" she ex-
plains. They're always say
ing something is cool which
apparently means the same as
hot used to mean. They're
giving me a steady diet OF
Squares hairy ones and so
on, DR.. Popenoe. They're the
most! What can parents 90
to put a stop to this kind OF
nonsense?"
Nothing, Mrs. Moo; at least
nothing worth the effort that
would be required. Much Of it
is silly and moronic. but If 1t
is not actually vulgar, don't
make an issue out Of 1t.
They'll outgrow it, just as you
outgrew a lot of slang that
you used at the same age.
Have you forgotten about
that?
But there is one thing that
parents might well do, to i'm
prove the speech of their
youngsters. Call on them to
define the terms they use.
Bring the matter up at meal
time, or whenever the whole
family is together. Don't be
critical or sneering or irrita-
ting about it; merely suggest
that we'd all be interested in
knowing what the term means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Plant Bugs

S. F. r., Washington
If you will take a toothpick
or match stem. tie a piece Of
cotton On one end and dip it
in rubbing alcohol and touch
the bugs it will kill them
instantly.
The bug multiplies so fast
they will soon kill a plant.
Several years ago I had
trouble with them on my
Yiolets.