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Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

1920 dollars of this will go for
life insurance premiums. This
would leave 1925 a year to save and
invest otherwise.
Plan For Saving And Investing
A study of the average mans f.
nancial independence is generally
shocking to most people. About
30ao Of the men 55 years of age
are not self-supporting. The real
largely of this sistuation, as I
have seen it, is that the average
man made enough money between
the ages of thirty and fifty to
keep himself and his family in
compartiFe ease for the rest Of
his life. He just never got around
to definite plan of saving and
Does it not seem sense
less for you to work hard the best
part Of your life to get a few
dollars if those dollars earn moth
ing for you after you get them
It is highly important to learn
early in life how to budget, save
ana invest.
Important capital is created only
by labor and saving; those who
consume less that they produce 1
.urn their surplus back into pro
1uctive channels to increase the
nations store. Investments. plus
1ank deposits. are the way in which
sapitsII is increased Increased
capital means increased produc-
ion. Greater production means
more wealth. More wealth means
more TO be distributed among those /
vho take part in production.
Greater production means more
goods ard services at I
over prices for al Of us. Tais is
he democratic way Of raising our
standard.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27


The following is 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 through this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice: S2S.OO to $500, mostly
$34.00 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $500 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and Common: $1,000 to
$500 mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $4,000, mostly
$1700 per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to $500, mostly
$1,000 per cwt
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium To Good: s11.0O to
$3.50, mostly $11.50 per cwt.
Cemmon 1925 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $500 to
$500, mostly $8.75. per cwt.
STEERS
Light Steers: S14OO to s16.25,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy Type: $3.50 to $11.75, most
ly s11O0 per cwt.
Beef Type: $1,000 to S15.75, most
1y $14.00 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to Choice: $1,000 to S1450,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 pounds
Medium to Good: s14.00 to $3.50,
mostly $500 per ewt.
500 to 1000 pounds
Medium to Good: $11:25 to $I3.75,
mostly $3.50 per cWt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to ITO lbs, $1,000 to S11.50,
mostly $11.25 per cwt.
10 to 240 lbs. $1,000 to $14.25,
mostly $12.75 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs, S10.25 to $1225,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 300 lbs. s775 to $1O.50,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs, S85V to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

eminent medical journal, The
Lancet, that immigrants from
Great Britain to New Zealand are
affected by their former environ
ment and that this effect is related
to the length of exposure in that
environment"
Just as we've always suspected
life in the big city is just about
what it's hacked up to be.
More About switch Hunts''
In their latest propaganda blast,
which appears to stem from the
controversial Dulles brink of war;
article in Life, the Red Chinese
assure us that they are not "intimi-
dated" by threats Of atomic bomb
ing and that their determination
to s'liberate" Formosa is ''f1rm and
unalterable
This may be taken as a sort Of
postscript to our New Years greet
ing from Comrade Khrushehev,
when he told a U. S. newscaster
that the fact that both the free
world and the Reds now possess
H-bombs does not cancel out the
chance of war.
All of which reminds us Of the
continued warnings of American
leaders, in and out of public life,
and who fight Illustration, in
difference and pinko smears in
their dedicated efforts to alert US
to what we hate to admit is ca
clear and present danger" Near
ly three years ago, Thomas F.
Connor, the fighting editor from
Scranton, Pa, who came to Wash
ington to lend his indomitable
spirit 70 the fight for free enter
prise and against the Red menace
asked, in speaking of the Korean
debacle, g. does anyone seri-
ously rule out the possibility of
another Soviet-sparked aggression
in another spot which suits their
purpose? The Communist threat is
not regional, it is global. It's success
in any one area furthers its chances
of success in every other sector.
yet large numbers of our peo-
pie" declared Connor, "go their
way undisturbed by the Soviet pro-
gram of conquest by infiltration,
subversion and aggression. Those
folks go on THE assumption that
America is beyond all harm. Yet
history informs US that states, dy-
nasties and civilizations have all
fallen. So it was with ancient
Egypt 8. the Greek Empire
and Rome"
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

losses" you should exclude are
those which were not derived from
transactions affecting stock IN trade
or property held primarily for sale
to customers IN the ordinary course
OF your business. For example,
gains or losses from the sale or
exchange Of land, farm equipment,
dairy breeding, and work animals,
farm trucks and tractors, ETC..
should not be considered IN figuring
your net earnings for social securi-
ty purposes. Please bear in mind,
however, that these exclusions ap-
ply only to social security; they
are, however. taken into account in
figuring your income tax.
While some farmers figure their
income on an "accrual method"
most of them use the @cash re-
ceipts and disbursements method"
ef keeping records. The cash meth
cd means recording items Of income
or expense whether cash, proper
ty, or services generally in the
year in which received or paid. In
my next articleg shall describe the
optional ways whereby many farm
ers who use the cash method can
figure their net earnings for social
security purposes
Self-employed farmers shCuId
report their 1855 net income Tor
social security credit and pay the
self-employment tax not later chan
April IS. 1856. Watch for a fun ey.-
planation of these reporting sae-
in a later fnstallment
Of this series.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
BBIH.BBSON ON BUDGETING and INVESTING

Bab7on Park, Mass, Jan. 26. Most
people seem content to live from
day to day irrespective of their
pocKetbooks. Governmental womb
to-tOmb" social security has caused
people to. take lightly problems Of
unemployment and oId-age security.
Most young people give little or no
sound thought to their financial
futures. They, therefore, never get
even the few dollars necessary to
get themselves started on the road
to successful investment. Surely.
the birds who build their nests
(homes) before they raise their
young set US a good example.
Men And Money
My father used to tell me that
man who Systematically spends
less than he gets, automatically be-
comes an employer; while a man
who spends all he earns, auto
maticaIly remains a wage Garner.
Father insisted that the business of
saving had nothing to do with how
much money a person had, or the
amount of his salary. "Some peo-
pie with very large incomes never
save anything" he used to say.
It has been my own observation
that partners in business and
partners in marriage tend to get
along well as long as there is
plenty Of cash in the bank. 1t isl
when the bills come in. and there
is no money with which to nay
them. that trouble begins. The
only way to assure financial or
marriage snccess is to tell vonT
dollar where to 20 instead Of
~skfng whara ii went
HTaiu Investment Problems Saving
Your first steD in an investment
program is. to save SOME Of your
income each week. The next stsp is
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
IN TIE AIR FORCE"
BY Eleins townsend Dlekewon
Townsend Diekerson

station wagon. While they fought
it out we slipped into the house
with our little black and white
'charmers.v
Speaking Of dogs-our PTA has
recently purchased dog tags for
all the children in the West Avon
dale School. This we did under the
supervision of our civil defense
director. j had forgotten about Civ
ing the children money for their
tags back. in December. / came in
the house the other afternoon. ana
as I entered the front door. out
goes Sambo with this long chain
around his neck. Dawn saw me
look at him and said. Mother. the
teacher in school sent this home
to Sam it's a dog tag"
Have you been reading in your
eastern papers how cruel Kansans
are to rabbits? Apparently there
has been much publicity in other
papers about the Western Kansas
Jack rabbit drives. During draught
years jack rabbits seem to Increase
more than ever and they survive
on the poor crops Of the miswes
ternfarmers. Volunteers for miles
around meet at a designated spot.
They usually begin in a circle two
miles in diameter and commence
closing in. Guns originally were
used. but too many accidents Oc-
CURED SO. they now use clubs of
any description. AT the last round
up 1000 volunteers annihilated
1900 of the crop thieves. People
who have never seen these wiry
looking, monsterous hares can't
realize just how destructive they
can be. They do not, in any way
resemble our little cotton-tails.
Governor Fred Hall wrote people
who protested such rabbit round-
ups that it's "A case Of the survi-
val Of the fittest. Here in the
eastern part Of Kansas they have
Tyetes round-ups and some time I
hope to watch one Of these and
renort to you on them.
This is all for this week Until
the next Chfonicle
Always.
e. T. ID.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
January %, 1856
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas


Topeka, Kansas
Dear Friends:
In last weeks column you'l re-
member 1 wrote about how despair
ately the midwest farmers needed
moisture. The day after ] mailed
my letter to you, it showed, and
we have had snow on the ground
ever since. The temperature hasn't
gotten above 90 in the past week.
All this morning we have had a
light snow and our current tenn
perature is 16e. The children have
had one sled ride behind our sta
ton wagon. This I was never, never
permitted to do when I was young
and so am especially cautious when
4 take the childr4n. Hayes was
flying the day vi pulled the chill
dren on their saeds in back of the
car and Gene Shirley helped me.
Gene is from Georgia, so both of
us we're green" at how to handle
those ropes, sleds and DOGS.
The Shirley's and We have bull
dogs. "Sambo" and mike" G3th
love to go in car. and this day
was no exception. We were doing
beautifully until we passed
group Of playful dogs; a boxer, a
doberman pinscfer and a police
dog. Well, when those two lame
brain dogs Of ours saw these big
monsters they broadcasted their
howl to all and sundry. We couldn't
stop and had to keep driving. The
children on the back were scared
of being trampled by the hounds.
Gene was trying to hold onto their
sleds and attend to our two dogs
in the car, and was afraid our
car would be ''mortally wounded"
by claws. / drove to our house
as quickly as I could hoping to
put Sambo and Mike inside, and
Immediately realized we would be
devoured by those dumb beasts If
we stepped out Of the car. To help
the situation Sambo and Mike
started fighting. Well, we are here
to tell the tale today merely be-
cause the. dogs apparently were de-
Gliding who would have the first nip
at the choice morsels inside that
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News lnsormuiion Supplied BY The o M0r
ssuse Board OF Agriculture, Dover Delu~ura

Over 400 lbs., $3.50 to $3.50, most
ly $500 per cwt.
BOARS
GOOD Quality
Under $50 lbs, S400 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs, $500 to $4.25 most
ly s400 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to Good: $500 to $10.25,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old
Choice: $500 TO $500. mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $500 to $3.50.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $4,000,
mostly $3.50 per head.
Butcher Type: $4,000 to $500,
mostly S2S.00 per head.
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
Fowl $1.00 to S1.35, mostly S1.10.
Cockerels: $50 to $.75, mostly
$.e5.
Light Breeds
Cockerels: $50 to $40, mostly
Guineas s1.OO to sl.O5. mostly
$1.0O.
Geese: s2.25 to $3.50. mostly
$3.50.
DUCKS
Muscovy Ducks: s.65 to s1.1O,
mostly s1.00.
Muscovy brakes s125 to s15O,
mostly SI40
RABBITS
Large Breeds: $50 to $1.SO, most
" $50.
Small Breeds: $50 to SIS, mostly
$50.
Young Rabbits $50 to s.45, most
ly s.S5.
Ungraded. Mixed s.42 to s.57 per
dozen.
Pullet: s.Ss to Sal per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Turnips $50 to s1.00 per g bu.
Apples: S.75 to s1.25 per g bu.
Lard $500 to $500 per so ID. can.
Pop Corn: $50 to $50. per Is bu.
Sweet Potatoes: $50 to S1.50 per
ss bu.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
VISTAS UNLIMITED!

Now indeed, in these early days Of 1856,
we stand on the threshold of golden to-
morrow
Automation-the amazing, ever improv-
ing automatic machinery-is opening to all
OF US unlimited vistas of greater achieve
nent, still higher standards of living.
We cannot but have confidence in Amer
lca's capacity to grown its expanding
dynamic economy. Guided by electrohics.
powered by atomic energy, geared to the
smooth, etfortless workings of automation,
the magic carpet of our free economy heads
for distant and undreamed of horizons.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
MILFORD'S City FIFeTIONg

MllfOrd's city elections on Monday were
quiet even though a good turnout Of inter-
ested citizens was noticed and the vote in the
several wards was large Observers familiar
with the local situation had predicted the
election of William r. Murphy as Mayor by
a margin Of about two to one. The final
count verified this prediction The same
people Ead predicted the election of Percy
HaSghey as Councilman from the First
Ward and William Berry in the Fourth
Ward. Again they were right Mayor Muir
ply and the newly elected Councilmen were
sworn IN on Tuesday evening and things
began to move. In the shortest organization
meeting in recent years Council, through the
skillful guidance of the new Mayor, com
pleted its work and went home
The City elections here in Milford this
year brought forth many rumOrs, counter
rumOrs ana the usual crop of falsehoods.
1t IS doubtful If any of them had much eff
feet on the final voting. The voters spoke
and gave clear-cut majOrities in each ward.
The lll-feelings in some quarters will be
healed 5y time. Milford is one of Delaware's
finest communities in which to live and shop.
It will continue to be just that Let's give
the new administration, which has started
out so well, our full backing so long as they.
continue to function in this efficient manner
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27
PLIGHT OF RAILROADS

going the way of canals. Their revenue is
decreasing, equipment is becoming obsolete
and service is declining.
Robert r. Young, head of the New York
Central, blames the government for this
plight. He says that passenger travel is dis
couraged by the 10 per cent excise tax on
tickets. He says that the government sub
sidizes terminals for airplanes, and to a les
ser extent for buses and automobiles, while
railroads have to maintain their own sta
tlons. In addition, the government provides
free roads for trucks, buses and autos, while
railroads must build and maintain their own
track systems.
This indictment makes a profitable fu
ture for railroads seem black. But Mr.
Young thinks that the Aerotrain which is
low, lightweight and economical to operate,
may raise the railroads from the dOldrums
by reducing costs, both of maintenance and
tickets. He predicts it will put the railroads
back IL passenger competition with the air
plane, the bus and the automobile.
Meanwhile, it might be well for Con
gress to consider rates paid the railroads for
hauling mail as well as the taxes imposed on
them Above, all Congress must make sure
It IS not subsidizing other forms of trans
portatlon to the disadvantage Of railroads.
5000
BEHIND THAT HOLIDAY RUSH
Reports from around the country indi-
cate that this years holiday retail business
may set new records for volume
Whether or not that happens, all the
economic indexes, forecasts, and reports will
continue to lay heavy stress on the state of
retail trade. Once distribution was regarded
as something of a country cousin to produc-
tion-but no longer. Retailing is not only
great industry but an industry whose ex-
perience largely determines the state of the
cOuntTy's economic health. The money that
crosses store counters is the money that
moves on to make orders, jobs and oppor-
tunities in every kind of enterprise. And
practically all of it does moves On-for COM
petition sees to it that the retailer keeps, as
his profit, only few cents or less out of each
dollar spent with him.
Competition does more than hold the
profits and prices down. 1t makes for better
service, more attractive advertising and dis
plays and all the other things that help in
duce trade. 1t compels each retailer to "sello
with all the imagination and resource he can
command. He must go all out not only to |
make US want goods, but to make us want to
get the goods from him. So volume scars. |
and this country's incredibly vast produc-
ton machine keeps humming along.
When you found stores packed and shop |
ping difficult this season you should have
been happy. That's what helps keep the
wheels turning
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-27

Mississippi hss s,74I miles o.
railroad
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
SEN. BARNES HOME
 FROM JUNEAU-HAINES

Senator Doris Barnes returned home this week from Juneau and Haines where she spent about a week. She went up to attend the big Republican picnic held in Ev- ergreen Bowl in Juneau on July 25, and then flew to Haines for a short visit.
 Sen. Barnes returned to Juneau in time to attend the judicial cere- monies in the Federal building at which Roymand Kelly was sworn in as r. s. District Judge of the First Division. She said Judge ]. |. McCarrey. of Anchorage who ad- ministered the oath of office. well comed Judge Kelly to the Alaska bench and also Judge McCarrey paid high tribute to the late Judge Geo w. Folta whom Judge Kelly succeeds.
 sen. Barnes who operates an in- surance agency here. is leaving Monday for Anchorage where she will join Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dim mock of that city. insurance agents. in driving to Fairbanks to attend the annual meeting Of the Alaska Insurance Agents Association
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03

state Commerce Commission to have ready by January |, a plan for fixing raJes on all traffic with in Alaska either coming from or going to the states. The report dealt with other matters raised during subcommittee hearings in October of 1955 in Anchorage, Jul neau, Seattle and San Francisco. It criticized the Defense Department of alleggdly taking business away from commercial shipping lines and private terminal repair shops.
 The committee said it was fin entire accord" with the views ex- pressed by private companies that fine government made "unwarrant- ed use of military terminal facilit- ies and of vessels operated by the military sea transportation serv- ire." Thp committee also recom- mended that supplies to the Dist ant Early Warning operations be shipped from Seattle instead of from San Francisco It pointed out that Seattle is almost 1000 miles closer to the Arctic.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
GIRL DIES WHEN
 l9 MOUNTAINEERS PLUNGE INTO CREVASSE

TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. -lP- A group of youthful mountain climbers roped together for safety, was plunged to the bottom of a rocky crevasse Sunday when two of their number lost their footing.
 One girl died and the other were injured, some gravely, as the teen- agers were shipped one after the other over the brink on the slopes of Mt Hood.
 The youngsters had come from eastern and midwestern states on a bike and train tour of the country They climbed the f1.235-foot peak and had just started down when the accident occurred at about 3:3O D. m.
 Lynn Kaufman was dead by the time help arrived She was suffo- cated when driven deep in the snow al the bottom of the 4O-foot drop. Several other were injured critically and only two were able to walk
 The injured were carried down the slope by litter and taken to Portland hospitals.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
COMMITTEE WANTS REGULATION ON FREIGHT RATES FOR ALASKA

MASHI NCTON A Senate Commerce committee said there should 4e federal regulation on freight rates within Alaska on goods moving to and from the Uni ted States Tn the same report. the committee Slapped at government competition of privately owned shipping lines and terminal facil- ities on the west coast
 Chairman Magnueou said federal regulation was needed 60 end -ru- mons competition" between tricks and the Alas'a railroad. ~ urging the Interstate Commerce Commfs- sion to prepare recommendations for hesitation to fiN rates on such traffic, the commirteo soid
 Transportation offered by pub- Tie carriers should be subject in some measure to competition. but not to the uncontrolled competit- ion now present in Alaska" Tho committee report said tho Alaska Railroad followed q policy of re- ducin% ifs rates on tr7fffc fnr which if compates with truck, while maintaining higher rates on goods not carried by trucks.
 Since freight rates within Nl1s- la are mt regulated. the commit ."o said "the railroad is free to cut under tha trucrers' rates and tha -""ckers a~o free to reta1iqte. This state of affairs can only lead to
 "eto~ fHr tha motor carriers ba- cause the railroad hae norcom- petitive business on which Iosscs on competitive traffic may he TO- couned
 Freight rates on goods moving between A1aeran ard U. S. ports are controlled by the Maritime Board.
 The committee asked the Inter
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
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Continued from Page One) q reformed sports writer now doing politics. is of the considered opin- ion while loIling on an Oregon beach th1t the contest between Senator Wayne Morse and former Interior Secretary Douglas Mckay is going to be a dil'y Stub. prowl- ing Oregon, finds Morse favorite in Portland and the industrial areas while Mckay is strong in the rural districts.
 While they are sweating it out in Chicago. a fellow tells us there's a place un the river where you have to hide behind a t~ee to bait your hook No proxy on this one. This is a convention where we go in person.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03

LOST WALLET containing important papers, checks. currency. Return to Hans Enzbrunner. Re ward 3S-1tc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
NEW FIRST DIVISION JUDGE TAKES OATH IN JUNEAU

Judge Raymond J. Kelly was sworn in as |. 5. District Judge of the First Division Monday morning in Juneau in judicial proceeding presided over by Judge J. L. Me Carey, Jr., of Anchorage.
 In attendance were members of the Juneau Bar Association, Feder- al and Territorial officials and oth- CT interested persons. Judge Kelly was escorted into the courtroom by Henry Roden, president of the Ju- neau Bar Association.
 After Judge Kelly presented his commission from President Eiseu- hover to Clerk of the Court J. w. Leivers, Roden welcomed the new First Division jurist to Alaska in behalf of the members of the bar.
 Judge Kelly took the oath of of flee an then dOnned the black robe symbolic of his office.
 The ceremony ended with the an nOuncement that court would open at 10 a. m. the next day Clues day) at 10 o'clock.
 Judge Kelly succeeds the late Judge Geo. w. Folta who died of . heart attack while on a bear hunt ing trip a year ago.
 Judge and Mrs. Kelly, who ar rived in Alaska from Detroit last week, will be honor guests at a public reception held for them to- night in Juneau at the Governor $ House by By. B. Frank Heintzle- man.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
VISITING FATHER

sandra Fenn, daughter of cliff Fonn. Army Engineer inspector on the harbor dredging project. arriv- ed here the first of the week to visit her father She had been at tending Girl Scout encampment il Juneau
 Mrs. Fenn. who was hera about a week, returned to their home in H"iuee Tuesday She operates a gift shop there Sandra will be here until the middle of August
The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-03
ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Hugh F. Hall, Vicar

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