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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-07-09

wise exciting day.
If swimming is included
in the summer activities,
choose a swimming pool or
beach whore the water is
approved by the Department
Of Health and if possible
where there is a life guard
on duty. Take advantage
OF summer swimming and
see that children have an
opportunity to learn water
safety. Swimming can be
lots Of fun and good exer-
else. Children should be
taught not to 30 into deep
water unless they are good
swimmers and never to go
alone. T hey should be
taught never to venture into
strange water until they
have asked about holes or
strong undertowS.
DR.. Molner has these Sug-
&c Stions to parents:
! Give children. clean
and safe place to play.
, Teach them to play safe
~.
3. Teach them never to
chase ball into the street.
4. SET them proper eX-
ample in crossing the street
safely
). Teach them that the
safe rules for riding bicycles
apply in summer as well as
during the school year.
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Summers the time for
fresh, new dessert IDEAS
that will tempt appetites
made light by the hot wealth
er. Designed to stimulate APP
petittrs with a minimum ef-
fort are Angel Fruit Squares,
a new dessert made with fine
packaged angel foor cake"
from your grocer'S ready-to-
cal cake department. The
cake, made from a nome
type cook book recipe. is
coated with a quick-to-make.
tart lemon juice-condenSed
milk mixture. and rolled in
cereal. Fresh fruit tops the
squares at serving time.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
Full City Evacuation Time
Estimoted at Two Hours

All District residents could bt
evacuated from the city to areas
outside q 4-mile radius within
two hours in case of an atomic
attack with plenty of warning
time. Col. John Fondahl, Dis
trict civil defense director. said
last night.
Col. Fondahl emphasized, how
ever. that the estimate is based
on ideal conditions and added
that the two-hour evacuation "is
optimistic but possible
Col. Fondahi spoke at a panel
discussion On civil defense. con-
Quoted by the Washington Chap
ter Of the American Veterans
Committee in the Perpetual
Building & Loan Association
auditorium. He pointed out that.
under a proposed evacuation
plan, the city would be divided
into sections to keep families
together so far as possible.
Col. Fondahl said new develop
ments in nuclear devices have
changed District Civil Defense
planning considerably and have
brought UP new problems. Among
them, he said, are the problems
of escaping the areas of radio
active fall out and furnishing
shelters outside the city.
I'VE can only go 16 miles to
the northeast" he pointed out,
before we meet the Baltimore
crowd who would be evacuating
from their city"
The civil defense head also
told Of the. city-wide air raid
Evening star., 1955-06-02

signal test, which viii be held
here on June Is, and he asked
residents of the city to cooper
ate by sending in reports on the
effectiveness of the system. Resi-
dents have been asked to return
coupons which will be printed in
local newspapers prior to the test
so civil defense officials can de-
termine the effectiveness of the
new alert system, he said.
Robert L. Corsbie, director of
Evening star., 1955-06-02

Civil Affects Test Group of the
Atomic Energy Commission. said
it is erroneous to assume that
all nuclear explosions create q
fa1l-out area for thousands Of
miles around"
He said radioactive fall-out
danger depends upon the size Of
weapons used against us. the
point of burst. time Of year.
weather and other factors.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
60 Heavy Grade
Crisp Royon
Dress Taffefas
49, :

Crisp, heavy rayon taffeta in your
choice of Is light and dark shades Just
the right quality for formals and suits.
Also for rich looking draperies and
spreads. In 40" and As" widths.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
Rosewood Fabries
Las Butcher
Ruyols Prints
go =.

A cool, fresh summer fabric that
looks Like linen. In a beautiful
selection Of floral patterns and
modern designs for casual wear.
Make your selection now and save
sec on the yard. a" wide.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
$50 10 2.o5
GREASE RESISTING
Irish Dress
Linens
100 ID.

Directly from Ireland to you comes
this fine quality solid color linen.
There are 20 beautiful pastel and
dark shades plus plenty Of black and
white for trim. stylish dresses,
blouses, skirts, suits, etc. In 36-inch
widths.
Evening star., 1955-06-02
~ Fine NyIon Net
4os "a.

Pure white for bridal frocks host of
exquisite pastels for the brides attendant
and party dresses. Make your selection
now /. save SOC per yard. In 72-inch
widths.
Evening star., 1955-06-02

Just 1000 yards Of this cool, easy
to-care-for summer fabric. Choice
Of lovely printed patterns all on
dainty pastel grounds. Washable,
dries quickly, needs little ironing.
AZ" wide.
Evening star., 1955-06-02

An all-time favorite for cool summer
frocks for MON and the kiddies this
easy-to-sew gingham has that new crease
resisting finish that keeps you fresh look
ing longer. In an array Of colors in various
size checks. In SO" widths. ,
Evening star., 1955-01-20
By Mary MeGroy

That most democratic insti-
tuition, the Presidential press
conference, has been further
democratized by the admission
Of television and newsreel cam
eras. The setting, however, is
anything but American gothic.
That plain-spoken man. the
President, talks to the press sur
rounded by angels in one Of the
Capitals most exuberantly Or
nate rooms. Gold stars look
down on him from the ceiling.
Dolphins, salamanders and god
desses confront him. So do re-
porters.
All the television camera and
the three newsreel cameras and
their accompanying floodlights
did was to bring out the gleam
of the marble panels around the
room and the glitter of the gold
on the Corinthian columns. Here.
plainly, some arcnltect nung
aside Federal tinhibitions and
went quietly mad.
Known formally as the
'"Treaty Room Conference
Room" of the Bureau of the
Budget, the place cries out. for
the stringed ensemble, the
potted palm and the waltz. 1t
is easy to imagine the dowagers
beaming from the balcony,
which is cireled with a wrought
iron balustrade bristling with
eagles and salamanders. The
wallfiowers could study the stone
goddesses whose heads guard
the windows, or the dolphins
Evening star., 1955-01-20
MIs Not Gold That Litters
Walls of Press PorIey Room

with gold tridents m their
backs policing the wall.
The searchlights are supple
mented by heaven knows how
many kilowatts in the three
globe-lights borne on the angels
wings at the four corners Of the
room. The angels, though dark,
are apparently supposed to be
good, or at least useful. One
spike-crowned angel behind the
President carries q torch, an
other a scroll. The third has a
cog wheel. q hammer and other
tools. The fourth, ready for any
emergency, has an armful Of
what looks like holly berries and
a shield.
In this setting, the television
camera and the three movie
cameras mounted on a platform
at the back of the room seem
anachronistic. So does the
Presidents desk at which he
stands with its cross-bar micro
phone, its blotter and its water
jug. But the room is proof
against such intrusions--eyen
the three leather chairs behind
the President for his three press
secretaries. Y ~
In difference to the occasion
not the decor--the cameras were
decently nmuffied In padded
covers that looked like giant tea
coSieS. THESE were supposed to
keep them quiet, and did.
The Historic innovation of the
cameraS brought out a record
attendance of reporters. BY the
time the President appeared.
natty in q dark brown suit, the
seating capacity estimated at
203 had been exhausted and q
Edozen or so reporters repaired
to the balcony. The interval Of
waiting for the President was
enlivened BY photographers re-
quests to the chatting reporters
to look this way or that.
The President took brisk note
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Stevens Ready 10 Aid
Mcclellan II Peress ]
Case Is Reopened
By Jones Y. Newton

Secretary Of the Army Stevens
was reported today to have Of
fered his full cooperation In the
event that Chairman Mcclellan
and his Senate Investigations
subcommittee decide finally to
reopen the Peress case.
Mr.. Stevens called on the
Arkansas Senator late yesterday
ostensibly about an Army order
closing a hospital In Hot Springs.
Ark. But 1t was understood that
the Army Secretary has assured
Senator Mcclellan that he would
testify in the event that he was
asked to In the Peress case and
would produce any records the
Senators may desire.
A meeting to organize the
Investigations subcommittee un-
der the Democrats had been
called for today but Senator Nc
Clellan postponed it until Mon
day after the three other Demo-
Gratis In the group said they
would be unable to attend. A
decision VIII be made Monday on
whether to hold public hearings
on the Peress case and there was
every indication that one WOULD
be held.
Senator Mcclellan said that
he would ask for q little less
than 100000 to run the investi-
cations group this year. The bud
get problem also will be settled
Monday. Under Senator Nc
Carthy last year the committee
was allotted around SAT-, 900 and
there was left over only about
$4,000 Of that amount.
Another problem facing the
subcommittee under Senator Me-
Clellan was the matter of stan
personnel. Because Of resigna-
tions of the old Mccarthy group
already received. the Arkansas
Democrat said he did not expect
O large personnel shakeip.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Photo

Of the arrangements when he
arrived. No stranger to the food
lights, he seemed unbothered by
the glare. He was very much
as usual: calm voiced when dis
cussing foreign policy, a little
louder, but somehow less force
full on domestic questions.
A couple of reporters, appar-
entity slightly ratified by the
thought Of being on display
neglected the usual form of
stating their names and papers
before putting their questions.
The President didn't seem to
mind.
He didn't mind at all when
some one reminded him that
today would be his second anni-
versary In Office. Happy as a
birthday child, the President
flashed his grin, whipped out his
spectacles and plucked from the
same pocket the copy Of a speech
on the budget he had made In
Peoria, Illinois on october 2,
1852.
Another reporter got q smile
when he asked the President
how, after two years in Office,
he liked his job.
The President never a phrase
maker. even among the elegances
of the press conference room,
replied in his usual unadorned
phrasing.
Like everything else" he said,
"there is not wholly unmixed
blessings in such duties"
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

as at July l, 1854, which was the
beginning of the current fiscal wear
ending June 80, 1855, showed a de-
ficit of $25,398.44. The estimated
revenue, per the budget for the
year ending June 80, 1855, amounts
to $535,727, while expenditures for
the same period approximate $685.
2l2.OO, or excess expenditures over
revenue for the year of S1O3, ,485.
This deficiency in revenue, when
added to the deficit at the beginning
of the year, will result in an esti-
mated deficit of $128,883, as at the
close of the year ending June 80.
1855.
I'm order to acquaint the new
members of the. Levy Court with
the factors leading up to this esti-
mated deficit figure, it appears es-
sential to review briefly the finan-
cial history of. the County of Sus-
sex.
THE following summaries show
a comparison for the period from
January 194S to the date of the
budget adopted for the year ended
June 80, 1855, as to revenue and
expenditure, together with COM
parison of the property tax assess
ment, tax yield and tax rate for the
same period Of time:
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Revenue Deficiency

The summaries referred to show
that with the exception of the year
ended June 80, 1850, the county
has consistently shown a deficiency
in revenue from 194S to 1855. The
excess revenue in 1850 was due al
most wholly to the fact that the
county received $161, ,761.O2 from
the settlement of an estate, which
is normally homecoming in ma
ture.
THE summaries further show
that at the beginning of the year
ending June 80, 1947, the tax rate
was reduced from As cents to 40
cents, for each $1OO in assessment
and remained fixed at that rate
until the beginning Of the year
ending June 80, 1853, at which time
1t was set at so cents per hundred.
which is the maximum allowed by
present statute, and is also in eff
feet at the present time.
"The figures referred to between
the period from January Is, 1943,
to June 30, 1855, show that while
revenue will have increased by an
proximately SO per cent over the
12-year period, expenditures will
nave increased by approximately
1872 per cent.
THE surplus revenue balance
Of the county as at June 30, 1948.
amounted to $238, ,599 and decreased
to the balance of $156,146 as at
June 80, 1949. Due to the settle
ment of an estate, previously re-
ferred to, the surplus revenue bal
ance increased to $268,5O0 at the
close Of the year ended June 30,
1850. Between 1850 and the close
OF the fiscal year ended June 80.
1854, there was a continual de-
crease, resulting in the deficit, as
at June 80. 1854, of $25,S98, as
shown in the following summary:
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
$1O3, ,484 Deficit Is
Shown Levy Court

Continued from first page)
bOrO, and Victor Adams of Bridge
vile. They were elected last No
vember.
Financial Problems
The Sussex situation is such
that after the commissioners had
read the report they insisted that
it be made public.
The conclusion makes plain the
financial problems of the Sussex
commissioners, as follows:
I'm conclusion, as independent
auditors for the county and finan-
cial advisers to the Levy Court, we
wish to point out the necessity for
enactment of legislation, resulting
in temporary financial relief to
the county in the form Of increas-
ing the borrowing capacity and in
creasing the tax rate, until such
time as the county could benefit
from a general reassessment of all
taxable property"
At the outset the report saws.
THE surplus revenue balance.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
DR.. o. Y. James
SWccUMlbs In
Hospital Here
CONTINUED from mage one)

NOouLAuuSu from page OueJ
since 1922, a former member of
the Milford Chamber of COmpao~oc
a past president of the medical
staff of the hospital, a past presl-
dent of the Kent County Medical
Society, a member of the Sussex
County Medical Society, a member
OF the American Medical Assocla-
tiOn
A native of Sussex County, he
came to Milford from Gumboro in
1922.
He is survived by his wife, Yer
da; a son, DR.. oliver A. James of
Milford; a daughter, DR.. Elizabeth
James Walker of Chicago, and by
two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
from the Berry Funeral Home, this
city, on Friday at IL a. m, with
the Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor
Of Avenue Methodist Church: the
Rev. John w. WOOten, pastor of
the Bridgeville Methodist Church.
and the Rev. Roy L. Tawes, pastor
of the Peninsula Methodist Church.
Wilmington, jointly officiating.
Interment will be in the Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

OWNS NEW STORE The
Plaza Dress Shop in Dover has
4 been sold. Mr.. George Shuman
who operated the Plaza Dress Sbou
from its opening day, has found
it necessary to sell because of iii
health. Il was doing so well, and
1t leaves me considerably disap-
pointed to find that have to sell
this shop" Mr.. Shuman said. But
have no alternative"
The new owner of the Plaza
Dress Shop is William F. RiOrdan.
who just a year ago bought the
quarter-century old Fashion ShOp
in Salisbury. Before buying the
Salisbury store, Mr.. Riordan trav-
eled more than $4,000 miles around
the United States looking for a
store. Il finally got to Salisbury.
only because I had a long waiting
time before my plane was to take
on from Washington for Denver. "
RiOrdan told us. "And there I found
the Fashion Shop. During the wear
that l have been operating the
Fashion Shop in Salisbury, I've
driven over most every highway
and byrOad on the Shore. The citv
of Dover has long impressed me as
being one in which the business
people work with foresight, and I
thought I'd eventually like to have
a second store in Dover. The op-
pOrtunity to buy the Plaza Dress
shop was the answer to my plan
ming"
Mr.. Riordan, a 34-year-old retail
store executive, comes to Dover
with considerable retail store ex-
perlence. After graduating from
Georgetown University, and a
hitch in the United States Armv
during World War ii, from which
he was discharged with the rank
OF major, RiOrdan became vice
president of Sterns in New York
City for two years. That was fol-
lowed by two years as merchandise
manager of Denver Dry Goods in
Denver, Colorado. Last February
he bought the Fashion Shop in
Salisbury
Mr.. RiOrdan makes his home in
Salisbury, with his wife, Terry.
daughter, Mary, and son, William.
Jr. He plans to operate the Dover
store as a branch of the Salisbury
operation. "In this way" Mr.. Rior-
dan explained, "Ill be in a better
position to give Dover shoppers a
rounded out selection Of fine mer-
chandise, and a definite break in
the prices"
The Dover store, which will be
operated under the name of Rior-
dams Fashion Shop, will be man
aged by William RiOrdan's brother.
Michael, who is coming in from
Chicago, Illinois. The store will
close out all merchandise this week.
and next week some remOdeling
will be made in preparation of a
planned change in fashions -,
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Service Slants

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Homer w
Minus, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George G. Minus, FELTON,, Del. was
recently promoted to sergeant while
assigned to the Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington, d. c.
Sergeant Minus, a research as
sistant, entered the Army in July
1853 and completed basic training
at Camp Pickett, Va.
He is a 1853 graduate of the
University of Delaware and a men,
ber Of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
1ST CAV. DIV, JAPAN-Armv
Cpl. Walter II. Sharp, 21, son of
John A. Sharp, Route 3, Milford.
Del, recently completed a winter
training exercise with the lst Cal
airy Divisions 8th Regiment at
Mount Fuji, Japan.
The mOnth-lOng exercise was
held to train the regiments soldiers
to fight in cold weather on snow
covered mountainous terrain.
Sharp, a section leader in Com
pany B of the Regiment, entered
the Army in February 1853 and has
been overseas since August of that
year.
FORT ORD, CALIF.-Army Pvt.
Carl B. Ricketts,, son of Frank Ric-
ketts, 19 WOlfOrd ST., Seaford, Del,
is scheduled to participate in Exer-
else Surf Board along the western
coast of the U. S. March 21-26.
During the Joint Army-Navy
Maneuvers Private Ricketts, unit,
the 38th Regimental Combat Team,
will attack an underground ag-
gressOr" guided-missile installation
in the Santa Lucia mountains. An
amphibiOus landing from Naval sur
face craft will be made on the San
Simeon beaches.
Private Ricketts, is regularly sta
toned at Fort Lewis. Wash, with
the End Infantry Division.
Pfc. James Palmer. Milford sta
toned at SchOfield Barracks Homo
lulu, Hawaii, recently met Captain
George Russell, of Milford in the
post office. it is needless to say that
he was mighty glad to see someone
from home.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

Tax Rate Inade0uate
1T is our opinion that the excase
increase in the cost of operating the
county government, over the in
crease in revenue, is indicative of
a tax rate which is inadequate to
meet these rising costs, or ineuui-
ties IN the method of assessment.
The members of the Levy Court
nave been handicapped in the finan-
cial planning for the operations of
the county because of the fact
that the maximum borrowing ca
pacity has been set by an act of
legislature at $4,000.
In order to finance the countv
needs for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1854, it was necessary for
the members of the Levy Court to
request the State of Delaware to
temporarily take over the burden
OF relief costs. The state was re-
paid from the following years tax
revenues, but all indications point
to the necessity for similar action
again this year.
me increased costs in direct
relief and welfare has been consid-
cradle during the past 10 years and
the audit report for the year ended
June 80, 1854, showed that Sc per
cent of total expenditures went for
public relief and welfare; grants
maid, and county Jail and farm,
while A per cent was expended for
financial and administration; as
sessments, collection of taxes and
functions of the county treasurer;
elections; agriculture; judicial and
legal; court house buildings; air.
port; capital expenditures and gen.
eTal county government COSTS"
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Houston Graders
Designed Rugs
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over into the home as recreation.
Included in the show, together
with their own statements. Is the
work of Shirley Davis, Jackie
Donovan, Tommy Robson, Sharon
Johnson, Wayne Morris, Donald
Sallo, Beverly Hayes, Edith Wat
kins, Elisa Capehart, Leon d.
Smith, Jrr Sammy Deputy. Leslie
Armour, Anna Mae Watkins. Dam
ny Anstine, Mary Kay Scott, Char
Ia Dutton, and John Howard Yer
kes.
Miss Anne Cheavens, Kent Conn
ty Art Supervisor for the State De-
partment Of Public Instruction. has
advised the class and arranged the
exhibit. 1t will continue until
March 25, Monday through Friday.
$3.50 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Boost Is GiUen 4-H
Citizenship Program

- Continued from page one)
rent All Club program. (2) inven-
tory and evaluate the citizenship
programs of other youth organiza-
tions and (3) use the research ma
terial that he has developed in the
Foundations research and training
project on develOpmental needs
and human relations.
The National All Club Founda-
ton is a nOn-prOfit, non-gOvern-
mental education organization es-
tablished in 1948 to aid the Exten-
sion Services All program in help
ing boys and girls prepare them
selves for happy and well adjusted
living.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
SUSSEX Jail Bill Passes; ;
Is Presented To BOggs
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Continued from page one)
version when it was passed Feb. 10.
Senator Thomas L. Johnson (R-
RehOboth Beach), the president pro
TEN, noted "the Senate version of
this bill was called up in the
House the other day and action
was deferred for an amendment "
He continued:
1T seems the House feels it act
ed too hastily in passing this bill
and is now desirous of amending
it. Perhaps we should delay action
until we see what the House does
with the Senate bill.
Called Ripper Bill
Aside from this consideration,
I think the bill has been discussed
pretty thoroughly. / still think it
is purely political and is ripper
legislation.
Senator Steen, noting that he had
deferred action at the minority's
request only yesterday, pressed for
a roll call. Absent for the balloting
were Senators William o. COvey,
Jr., (R-SeafOrd), and Charles G.
Moore (D-Hartly).
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

iWafe-OOrn educator will be recalled
the cornerstone of a new $3.50, 900
IS on Friday, February 25th.
building in Dickinson's S3,OOO.0O0
tour new structures, is to be named
enry Morgan, graduate of the class
inson Preparatory School and be-
came a member Of the Dickinson
College faculty in 1884.
Elected 18th president of the col
lege in 1915 he took over the ad-
ministration at a low ebb in the
institutions life. When he retired
IA years later Dickinson had it's
greatest endowment, largest en-
rollment, strongest faculty and
highest academic standards IN TO
that time. He was recalled to the
presidency in 1881 and again in
1888 for brief periods.
DR.. William w. Edel, Dickinson
president, who was a student of
Morgan's at the college, will pre-
side at the cornerstone ceremony.
The college is named for John
Dickinson, first president of the
board of trustees, and will observe
the l82nd anniversary of its found
ing at ceremonies in May.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
TITANIUM PLANT PLAN

ANNAPOLIS. Md. - Up - A III
tanium ore extraction plant, de-
scribed as the largest of its kind in
the world, is scheduled to begin
operations this spring.
The plant site is 65 miles south
of here at Cove Point on Chesa-
peake Bay.