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Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

every u. S. lightning man sWeafs
to support and defend, no longer
protects him beyond his own snores'
he should know the unspes kapls
punishments, the pre-trial assuinp-
tion of guilt, the denial Of bail or
contact with those who might help
and the fantastic sentences ne is
up against in these lands-as wen
as bow to outwit enemy interroga-
tion.
IN modern soldering. the psych-
logical perils are more terrifying
than the physical. Whatever de-
lenses may be contrivee against.
the sadism Of an enemy-or an
aIly-are definitely in order.
IN SPITE OF THE GENEVA
MEETING in which che Oriental
Reds achieved a sort Of recognition
from the q. S., their diplomacy
seems not to be improving the
North Koreans, who are not Only
I the same breed Of cats as the
/ Chinese Reds and their stooges,
to boot. have shot down another un-
armed II. s. plane, and tried 70
wing a search plane that followed.
4 So far as we now bnOW, they have
wantonly killed two more Ameri-
cans-at the very time .. S. troops
were protecting their truce seam
gtooges from the wrath Of our
south Korean friends. They do not
seem to understand the cheek
turning routine.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

Babson Park, Mass, Sept. %. If
you're an average American, this
last year has been an unusually
successful one. You who had good
have probably col
lected'' more money than ever be-
fore in your life, and you've bought
a lot Of things, including several OF
the mere costly items purchased on
the ihstallment plan. For your
own safety, do you owe too many
people too much!
Bad Debt Boom Due To
Shorter Hours
There is a boom of q new sort
which has been shaping up in re-
cent months bad debt boom.
Collection agencies are having the
most business they have had IN
many months, with increases IN
their business of from SO1o 10
1O0Go. This means, Of course, that
great many people are not pay
ing their bills. AS a matter OF f9ct,
the American Collectors Assocl-
alton estimates that about 10 mil
lion families. or one in every I'VE
are over their heads in debt Do
you realize that Americans today
owe more than 1913 billions On
car-;nqra1Iment leans: that mort
gsge :. dents are close to the s12s
biIIior naryxq And these are but
two items people purchase on tins
while working shorter hours.
yUbv are neople SO deeply il
5obt i sncb GOOD times2 The col
Iacfion agency viii tell you thai
| the credit delinquent is not usual.
unemployed. The difficulty is tha
/ rs IS increasing his debt Will
working fewer EOurs. He may p
/ earning $4,000 par year, but du
to shorter hours prices have gon
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
September 26, 1855

IOD6hds AdHoao
September 26, 1855
Dear Friends:
Maybe I have a surprise for you
this week and maybe I don't. I
have sent a picture home to the
editor" to be printed along with
the column and if he gets It in time
and if it looks worthy Of space il
will see its way to your home this
weekend.
Remember several weeks ago I
told you about a fashion show out
at the base. The girl who was CO.
ordinator of the show for that day
asked me if / would model and
when 1 accepted she gave me a
date to be at the department store
in town. who was in charge Of the
fashions. The day I was supposed
to be at CrOsby's to try on my out
fits was also the day I help on the
base paper, so I went early TO get
done in tme to report back TO
Forbes
The Topeka Daily Capitol, the
daily paper here, had three photo
graphers there at CrOsbys when !
arrived and anticipated running an
article the following morning about
the Ohicer's Wives Club luncheon
and fall fashion show. My arriving
early made me one Of the two
models photographed.
The other girl whose picture ap-
peared is living DOLL. Glnny
I Govt is the wife Of a full Colonel,
blond. whose attire is always the
very latest in fashion and who
never has hair on her head out Of
place. So there was yours truly, Al
the top Of the fashion page awk
wardly holding black bag an'
! gloves, wearing a hat (Which I rare
Iy dol with a tweed coat throw
over my sweltering frame. Alread'
I was garbed in a wool fwo-piec
Idress. My feet looked like I hadn'
decided yet whether to go east o
west.
There Ginny was, the picture ad
joining mine, in a stunning blu
velvet cocktail dress with black ha
with ostrich plumes making wild
picture hat effect. She just casu
ally draped herself in front OF
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
BABSON DISCUSSES YOUR FINANCIAL DEBTS

ND and he is spending at the rate
of $4,000. He buys $500 items on
s5-down bait. He doesn't want to
miss a good thing. So, before he
knows it he may be overloaded
with monthly installment pay
ments.
Study Economics
OF course, the more you buy,
up to your ability to pay, the
better business is. But watch out.
Periodically | make a BabsOnpOll
Of Business Conditions, I ask
people like you what they think
about different things. My latest
.polI reveals that 699o Of those poIled
express definite confidence in the
future of business. Only go feel
that general business prospects are
Door. Now when people have confl-
dence in the future, they spend
which should be to the good if they
will match it by work.
have found that when all the
world begins rushing in one dl-
rectlon, it is time to start look
ing the other way. Ever since World
War II. while business has been
blooming, there has been raised al
most constantly one skeptical
question, How long viii boom
times last?" Every dip in business
\ has been viewed as the possible
start Of a new depression. Since the
dip in 1953-1954, a kind q
Optimism unlimited has set N
# There seems to be a belief that w
/ never can build too many houses
on automobiles. Perhaps such
time is many years ahead. but To-
the good of your family and vou
community you SHOULD avoid gettinl
/ into much debt while WORKING
shorter hours.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
FARM E0IJIPMENT-19O7 STYLE

FARM F0UIPMENT-19O7 STYLE
Last Labor Day goOdly crowd gathered
at farm near Candy, Oregon, to see some
thing that once was common but is extreme
w unusual now Five old steam-poWered
farm machines, threshers and separators,
dating back as far as 1907, went through
their PAGES. These ancient, snOrting mons
tiers had been kept in working order through
the loving ministrations of members Of an
organization known as the Western Steam.
Fiends Association.
This event has two-fold significance.
First of all, it's pleasant to know that all
the obsolete farm machines haven't yet gone
to oblivion-they made history in their day,
and they deserve a measure of immortality.
Second, the people who saw the denonstra-
ton undoubtedly came away with new
regard for modern farm machinery, with its
adaptability, ECONOMY, efficiency, and ease of
The old machines were far better than
anything known before. But they were limit
ed in their use, were generally suited only to
large acreages and, to put it mildly, gave
plenty of trouble. Today there are farm ma
chimes and attachments for almost every con-
ceivable farm task-and the equipment man
ufacturers make a practice of working close
ly with actual farmers in order to produce
the types and models that are wanted.
In this connection, it is reported that the
Russian farmers who visited this country
were especially impressed by our laDor-saV-
inc smaller tractors and other machines. In
Russia, it seems, the emphasis has been on
producing big machines, such as harvesters.
But most Jobs there are still done in the pri-
meval manner, with human and animal mus
Gle. The American farm equipment indus
try has attacked the farm production prob
lem on all fronts, and has assured the future
of the family farm as the basis Of our agri-
cultural industry.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
EDEN AT THE TOP


Some observers believe that even more
than Secretary of State John Foster Dulles,
Sir Anthony Eden, the British premier, has
taken the lead in negotiations with Russia.
He has other distinctions as appears in a
new biography, Anthony Eden, by an Eng
lish newspapermsn Lewis Broad.
Eden is the youngest Foreign Secretary
since 1791 and was the youngest adjutant in
the British army. He is the only cabinet
member able to speak Arabic and Persian.
He has served as Foreign Secretary longer
than anyone since Lord Palmerston in the
first half of the 18th century. And not since
Lord Salisbury resigned the premiership in
1902 has a Foreign Secretary become pre-
miCr.
MANY wonder if he will add to his laurels
or If he viii prove that success in subordinate
positions does not guarantee triumph as head
of the government Eden's exceptional
achievements invite speculation. If his ca
reer as Prime Minister, following the bril-
liant record set by Sir Winston, is as dis
tinQuished as his earlier careers have been
he will establish another precedent for Eng
land by furnishing its government with Z
second outstanding premier in one century
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

The National Education Associ-
alton saws adequate classro0ms
provide so square feet Of hoor
space for each elementary school
pupil and 25 square feet for eaeh
high school student
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
GLOBAL WAR ON CRIME

Tbe rise in juvenile delinquency is not
coDfned to the United States Statistics lndl-
cate it is a global phenomenon. To cope with
this problem 400 specialists from all over the
world are attending the first congress called
by the United Nations to study juvenile de-
hnquency and its prevention. They are meet
ing at Geneva to see if a new approach can
be found for solving this problem, which has
SO many grave consequences for the future
of the world.
They will try to devise a basic set of
rules, applicable in all sections of the world,
for treating prisoners and for preventing
crimes. At present, no such unity exists.
In England, for example, there is widespread
support for the attitude that crime, especially
among teen-agers, should be treated as an
illness. On the other hand, many areas Of
the world impose severe punishment for even
minor infractiOns.
Since juvenile delinquency is a globa
problem, it may be found that it is fosterec
bv certain conditions in the world Today
MobiIizing the worlds resources for meeting
this problem is an important stem forward.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
THE CUSHION crows

Here's bit of good news: The American
people are doing pretty good job of volun-
tarily cushiOning themselves against the
financial impact of illness.
A survey made by the Health Insurance
Council tells the story Nearly two out OF
every three men, women and children In the
United States are now covered by voluntary
health insurance. Some 104, 100000 have in
surance against hospital expense, 89,OOO,OOO
have surgical expense protection, and 3d.
100000 have regular medical expense pro-
lection.
Payments by the health insurance COM
panies and plans have risen sharply. Last
year the total exceeded $2,70O,0OO,OOO - a
gain of IL per cent over 1858. More than
half of this went to help meet the hospital
expenses of -benefciaries, more than $780,
100000 was compensation for surgical and
medical care, and benefits to compensate Tor
loss of income due to disability were in ex-
cess of S50O,000,000.
Another striking fact is that since the
beginning of IS41 the number of persons
with hospital expense protection has null
tiplied nearly eight-and-one-haH times.
Finally there is an important and very
new develOpment-majOr medical expense
insurance, covering what is known as catas-
trOphic illness. More than 2,2OO,OOO people
now have this prOtection-a Jump OF 50 pei
cent in single year.
No one claims that the financial prob
lens connected with illness are all solved
But the point is that we are making dra
matte progress toward the gOal-and we arr
doing it voluntarily and on our own hook
not because the government forces us to.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
MAKING ROADS sAFE

In spite OF the vastly larger NUMBER OF
cars on the road, there is only one-third the
chance Of having a serious accident that there
was in the '3O's So says Damon Stetson,
who has been making nationwide survey Of
the traffic situation for the New York Times
The cause seems to be better enforcement
In 1912 the New Jersey Turnpike had a death
rate of 81 for every 1OO, 100000 miles, far
above that Df other state roads. More patrol
cars better signs and radar have cut the
figure to 2447. South Carolina in 1854 be-
gan to take the licenses of drivers who viO-
lated regulations persistently. Deaths drop
ped from 1853 in 1853 to 564. The new sys-
TEN was challenged in court and temporarily
dropped. UP went the death rate. Accidents
have increased in New Hampshire since the
! Legislature made it harder to take away dri-
vers' licenses.
Publicity has increased safe driving but
4 by and large the best weapon against acci-
Ldents is a tough policy toward those involved
in them. Any policy which works. however
whether tough orgentle, or in any field, must
have behind it's working the great force OF
public opinion. If people really want The
roads made safe, from the mechanical anC
the human causes Of accident, they will b
made so.
Roads will not be safe unless we all carr
enough to have them safe.
<G&@0SG
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
LAWS SHOULD REFLECT FACTS


The Wall Street Journal recently printed
a thoughtful editorial on the almost insuper-
able problems involved in regulating and es-
tablishing the rates charged by the various
commercial carriers. 1t said: obviously
anyone who has the authority to set rates for
these competing carriers has the power, by
raising the ohe or lowering the other, to shift
traffic from bne carrier to another. The 'au-
thority has the power to dispense either
prosperity OH depression quite apart from
anything the carrier itself does.
"And in deciding, the regulators find it
impossible tb determine what is an 'eqult-
able rate for all carriers, with their many
variations id costs, or for all shippers, with
their many different needs. So almost in
evitably the argument becomes simply one
of Judging what is the right proportion of
shipping volume which, as a matter of policy,
ought to go to each carrier. That looses a
political dispute that defies the wisdom OF
Solomon"
The PAPER continued that our existing
system Of alt-inclusive rate making may have
made sense in the vanished days when the
railroads were practically the only form of
bulk transportation. But now, it went on,
/" it is about time we got rid of a rate
making system as outmOded as the covered
wagon Returning more of the rate-making
authority to- the power of competition would
let the public get the full benefit OF trans
portatiOn progress"
Monopoly has long since disappeared in
commercial transportation. Competition is
wide open and increasing Let the laws re-
fleet the facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Earring Craze
Hits South Africa

An earring craze has struck
South Africa. In Cape Town
office workers are wearing COL
ored buttons as earrings.
Most popular are buttons with
pictures of race horses, dogs,
yachts and leaping fish set in
glass. Jewellers say that never
before have so many woman and
girls owned to many earrings.
The potent spell" of TV is
credited as one cause. So many
televiSion stars wear them.
Mothers are even letting little
girls wear earrings at 6 or 7.
Some cherish the old belief that
piercing the ears improves sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
NOSES TINGLING,
TREE MEN ATTACK
NOISOME GINKGO

District tree experts will
have another stab this year
at that mess in Washing
ton"-the noisome ginkgo
trees.
Male ginkgoes are we'll
behaved, but the females
fruit offends nostrils. Vari-
Gus remedies have been
tried. including shaking
she-ginkgoes. But the stencil
has persisted.
Last year, the District
Trees and Parking Division
used a chemical developed
by National Capital Parks
pathologists. 1t was en-
ployed too late, however. to
halt fruition of the affront
to the nose.
This year, hands on spray
handles and eyes on the
it-bearing females, Trees
and Parking Division is
ready to abort the fruit be-
fore it gets loud. Jerome A.
Lowe, division horticulture
list, said yesterday he was
hopeful the chemical works
this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Tribute Paid
Butuun Hero

More than 200 American and
Filipino veterans of Bataan and
Corregidor stood in silence for
full minute at Arlington Gene
terry yesterday after Raul T.
Leuterio, Philippine minister,
placed a wreath on the grave
of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright,
hero of Bataan.
The moment of silence at 4:30
pm. conceded with a similar
observance in the Philippines on
the part of all public officials.
Philippine President Ramon
Magsaysay had proclaimed yes
terday as Bataan Day, a special
public holiday throughout the
islands, in commemoration of
the fall of Bataan.
He declared it sis a fitting
homage to the heroism of Fill
Pine and American forces who
fought side by side against over
whelming odds in the epic strug-
gle for democracy and freedom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Teen-Aeer Feted in West
Goes Back to Russians

| That night he saw the Marilyn
Monroe show and again he
spouted familiar Soviet slogans,
most of them anti-American.
Writes to Baltimore Girl
On the 4th he answered a let
ter written him by an American
school girl-15-year-old Marsha
Kappelman - from Baltimore,
Md, by suggesting she write him
again at his home address in the
Soviet union.
Gn Baltimore, Marsha's .
uncle, DR.. Melvin D. Kappel-
man, said his niece has written
letters to youngsters all over
the world as part of her high
school work and has developed
regular pen pals" in several
countries.)
Young Lysikov waited until the
5th to tell the Americans he
wanted to talk to the Soviet mill
tary mission. He was allowed to
write a letter to the mission ask
ing for the right to return. The
State Department in Washington
agreed and the High Commission
here emphasized that he was
free to go just as he was free to
receive asylum in the West. He
was flown secretly to Berlin last
night for today's reunion. (.
Declared Not q Plant
American spokesman insisted
at a news conference:
/. Young Lysikov had con-
WINGED erican intelligence
interrogators of his maturity and
sincerity when he detected.
Afterward, he convinced them
equally of his fear for his parents
safety and his conviction that he
would not suffer reprisals if he
returned.
2. Future cases involving de-
fecting minors will be dealt with
ION their individual merits"
8. Lysikov was mot an agent
planted on the West to embarass
the Americans" g.
A spokesman said he felt the
American position in granting
asylum and just as promptly &C.
ceding to the youths wish to re-
turn after he changed his mind
consistent.
Regarded Himself rs Hero
He added that Lysikov re-
garded himself as something Of
a hero" who would be we'll re-
ceived now in official Soviet
quarters. Presumably he will
never return to the Karlshorst
school, after saying in the West
that he had at least so comrades
there who are anti-Soviet and
pro-American, banded into an
organization calling itself the
anarchists"
Deputy Public Affairs Director
Jack c. McDermott said:
"Lysikov had an exaggerated
view of the West. He seemed to
think he would not have to 90
to school and maybe he could be
a pilot. They were all small
signs but indicative of his out
look"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Primute Infuriuted
By Word Donate

New zealand's Primate. Arch
bishop Owen. a purist in speech,
says that "finalize" and zap
pointee" merely anger him but
donate" rCuses him to fury.
Giving prizes at Wellington
Girls College he urged the girls
to use simple words. If they
were generous with words of
kindness and encouragement
they would help spread happi-
ness, he said.
1t was pointed out that the
Oxford England Dictionary con-
tains both donate. which it de-
scribes as chiefly United
States" and appointee. Final
ize does not appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10

themselves about the basic facts.
Disarmament attempts in the
past have been notable for their
failure. His idea is that any pro-
gram is suicidal if it seeks to
strip one country of it's power
to fight and permits another
country to get by on hollow
promises to diSarm without an
iron-clad means for global in
Spection.
One of the proposals Mr.. Stas-
sen is considering was put for
ward last month by Secretary of
State Dulles in testimony before
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. Arguing for Senate
approval of the Paris agreements
to rearm West Germany as part
of the Western European de-
Tense, Mr.. Dulles cited what an
suggested it could possibly be
arms control plan involved. He
useful topic in any East-West
conference.
This control program is laid
down in the seven-nation West
ern European Union in which
West Germany will take its place
alongside Britain, France, Bel
GUM, Netherlands, Luxembourg
and Italy.
Frequent Checkups
The unions arms controls, not
yet fully developed, would work
this way: All participating ma
tons would agree to how many
soldiers and guns each would
have. Checkups would be fire.
quent. Violations would be re-
ported quickly and control
agency would try first for a
voluntary solution. Failing this,
the necessary remedial and
punitive" action would be
ordered.
World disarmament has been
a topic of discussion, sometimes
bitter, between the United States
and its allies on the one hand,
and Russia and the Communist
world on the other.
! President Eisenhower put for
ward his atomS-for-peace pro-
gram more than a year ago at
the United Nations, partly be-
cause it was one way of trying
to break the East West deadlock
on world disarmament. q
Mr.. Stassen hopes to have q
progress report for Mr.. Eisen-
hover fairly soon. He says he
hopes to make appreciate head
way toward world disarmament
during the next two years of Mr..
Eisenhower's administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Butler 10 Back
D. {. Inner Loop
Highway Plan

Senator Butler. Republican. of
Maryland, yesterday assured En-
gineer Commissioner Lane he
will back construction of the pro-
posed Inner Loop highway plan
for the District.
In a letter sent by Mr.. Butler
to Col. Lane the Marylander
said. Il shall certainly do every
thing I can to expedite the con-
struction of such a roadway"
Mr.. Butler said his interest
in the proposed road centered on
the fact it would cut travel time
between Washington National
Airport and Friendship Inter-
national Airport located on the
outskirts of Baltimore.
The Inner Loop is designed
to ease congestion in the down.
town area by use of freeways.
1t is estimated to cost about
500 million.
Senator Butler pointed out
that plans for the freeway, at
its northeast leg, would bisect
both Florida avenue and Third
street northwest. providing easy
access to New York avenue
which connects with the WASH
ington- Baltimore Expressway.
Such a highway is highly de-
sirable in view of the Presidents
Airport Advisory Committee on
Friendship Airport Mr.. Butler
wrote. 1t would serve in the
plan to use Friendship as a CO.
terminal to relieve congestion at
Washington National.
The economy minded admin
istration has said it will not al
locate funds for second airport
in the Washington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Mons Jaw Broken
In SIT Robbery

A 31-year-old man was beaten
and robbed last night in the
1900 block of Maryland ave-
nue. NE.
Ralph F. Myers, colored, was
walking toward his home at 1909
Lyman place NE. at II pm. when
he was jumped upon from be-
hind by four colored men who
beat him and took a wallet con-
tanning Sill. he told police. Mr..
Myers was treated for a pos
sible fractured jaw at Casualty
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
Transports Due
SAN FRANCISCO. April 9 up,

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (P.
The Military Sea Transporta-
ton Service said today the trans
port Gen. j. c. Breckenridge is
due here next Saturday from
Yokohama with 1922 passen-
gers. The transports Gen. A. E.
Anderson and Gen. Edwin D.
Patrick are scheduled to arrive
from the Orient April 10, the
first with 2,422 passengers, the
other with 1.O27,