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Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
REFUGEES SANCTUARY

hEr ObLEO OA1NOI OAhI
1t is gratifying that the government has
finally warned Communist nations against
pressuring refugees to go back behind the
Iron Curtain In the light of recent events,
including Russian coercion of five sailors to
return after they had expressed desire to
remain in this country, the governments
warning was overdue.
1t is nOnethelesS welcome however. 1t
puts the Reds firmly on notice that we will
not tolerate undue pressure on persons who
have sought asylum in the United States
The government action also gives such per-
sons assurance that their adopted country
will stand behind them in their efforts to
resist coercion.
Since the end of World War Ii, more than
million refugees from Communist regimes
have found sanctuary in western countries
Recently the Soviet Union has intensified its
efforts to persuade, entice or force as many
of these refugees as possible to return to
their native lands.
1t is this kind of pressure that the United
States government now resists on behalf of
those who have sought refuge here. Hence
forth, the government will have to be salts
fled that those who leave are leaving of their
own free will.
The u. S. action should strengthen the
resolve of other free nations not to let the
Communists take back unwilling refugees
1t is fitting that this impetus is coming from
the United States, since this country has
been historically refuge for all who fled
tyranny. And no tyranny, since the found
ing of this nation, has been more oppressive
than that of Soviet Russia
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WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON
The essence of the principal recommended
tion made by the Presidential Advisory Com
mittee on Transport Policy and Organiza-
tion is simple. 1t is that the various COM
mon carriers should have greater freedom in
pricing the transportation services they offer.
Each carrier would be permitted to charge a
rate without there being taken into consid-
GRAFTON the effect it would have on other
forms of sportation-provided the rate
in question was compensatory, not unreas-
onably high and not discriminatory or pref
erential.
That proposal has been endorsed by news
papers throughout the country, by many leg
islators and other high government officials,
by the purchasing agents and traffic man
ayers of many leading companies, by civic
and business organizations, by the railroads,
and by others. 1t has been opposed, on the
other hand, by some of the railroads COM
petitors
The opposition, it would seem, can stem
from only one idea-the idea that these COM
petitorS are for some reason entitled to Spe-
cial protection even though it means higher
transportation costs and artificial and arbi-
trary ALLEGATION of the available traffic. And
the users of transportation-which includes
everyone, directly or indirectly-would pay
the higher costs.
This idea has neither rhyme nor reason.
If fair competition is good in other fields of
endeavor, it is good in transportation. Under
fair competition, each carrier can make the
most of its inherent advantages-and the
public will get the best possible transporta-
tion service at the lowest possible cost.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
(By Associated Press)

Protect your hair from sun. surf
and sand.
The girl with bleached, tinted or
dyed hair has an even bigger prob
lem to keep her hair from looking
like straw in the summer.
eff your hair is tinted, be sure
to wear bathing cap when you go
swimming" advises Miss Verns a
New York hair colOring expert.
Salt water bleaches and dries the
hair and dunkings in a chlorinated
pool are no help either. Pool wa
ter combined with sunshine may
drastically bleach or discolor your
hair" she says.
Dry wet edges of your hair with
a towel after taking off your bath
ing cap, she advises. Put on big
brimmed hat to reduce red or gold
sun bleached hair streaks that
might otherwise result from the
exposure.
Hair lacquer is no substitute for
a scarf if you ride in a convertible
car, Miss Vern reminds us. Lac
quer, she says, should be used
sparingly at all seasons because it
fades the hair, causing it to lose
lustre. She suggests using hair
setting lotion that unsnarls the hair
and contains a conditioner
Every woman should have at
least one midsummer recOnditiOn-
ing hair treatment, she says, whe-
ther she tints or not 1t will help
keep the hair lustrous. MANY wo-
men think that the oils in pomade
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Eloine Townsend Dieksrso

people would knock off $4,000 be-
cause he won" the drawing at the
Fair. His purchase cost only $500
this way. AS they were leaving, the
real estate lady told Hayes if he
was interested too she'd see that
he got winning letter!" Well,
twenty years from now we'll see il
Ole John was profitably psychic.
When the boys returned home we
sat down at the table and had a
great big pizza pie with mush-
rooms and Italian sausage on it.
While we were eating we could
hear car out front stop and peo-
pie talking as they walked toward
our house. 1t was ten o'clock in
the evening and couldn't imagine
who was calling so late at night.
| can tell you | was real pleased
when whose face should be at the
door, but Terri Phillips and her
husband and son from Wilmington,
Delaware. They returned this
month from six months stay in
Japan with the Air Force.
The boys talked shop" little
three year old Scott Phillips talked
Japanese, and Terri and l talked
shopping" in the Far East. Ter
ri's bridge club when she left gave
her a gorgeous bag covered with
pearls. Rowland bought her a mink
stole for half the price we'd pay
here. She bought cute oriental fiat
shoes, lots of jewellery, cashmere
sweaters for $500 instead of the
state side price of $4,000 She had
a cashmere coat made for her and
p jacket made for Rowland. They
had beautiful tea set-tray, cof-
fee pot, cream and sugar for $11.50
in brass or copper. There l sat
taking this all in and wondering
why. in the world Curtis LeMay
would send us overseas. to Europe
or the Far East. Maybe some day.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dicserson
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
CRASH AT SEA

The big question raised by the crash of
two ocean liners near Nantucket island is a
disarmingly simple one: Why did it happen?
How could ships equipped with modern SEN
sorry equipment lunge into one another, even
though the fog was very thick? The public
inquiries should search diligently for ans
be acted on with vigor.
Here were two great vessels, presumably
armed to the teeth with electronic gear de-
signed to serve as eyes and ears They were
not restricted to visual sighting as the i'll
fated Titanic had been "A years ago. Radar
scanned the waters about them; round-the-
clock radio supposedly kept them informed
as to the whereabouts of other ships. Why,
then, did they range so fatally close to one
another on foggy night?
Fortunately, the extent of the tragedy
was much less than it might have been. The
splendid Italian liner Andrea Doria went to
the bottom, the Stockholm was damaged,
many persons were injured and seven lost
their lives. But some LOO were rescued
during the night by other ships.
The chilling thought comes, however,
that this was the result of luck rather than
of forethought. Had the Andrea Doria sunk
more quickly, had other ships not been near
by the Titanic disasters death toll might
have been matched.
1t may be that what is needed is better
system of routing to keep ships we'll apart.
Whatever the cause of the Stockholm-Andrea
Doria collision, measures to reduce the like
lihood of such an accident should be prompt
ly taken.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
Summer Sun and Surf
Play Havoc with Hair

help condition hair. Actually, it
only dresses the hair. 1t should be
used lightly because it might fade
the hair as well as attract dust to
it," says she.
Your hair treatment if done in
salon should take about 40 minutes
with a heating cap and special oils
that help remove foreign coatings
such as soap scum, shampoo resi-
due and pigment from rinses as it
lubricates and conditions the hair.
These oils usually do not leave a
sticky hair film and may be re-
moved with a single soaping.
"A natural blonde or a tinted
blonde who goes without bathing
cap may be surprised to find her
hair taking on a green cast from
chlorinated water says Miss
Vern. THAT condition and brittle
hair. may be helped by using
hair coloring bath that is warmer
than the original shade. After that
application removes the greenish
discoloration the original color may
then be put on"
The brassy hair look, the result
of too much sun bleaching. may
be helped temporarily with a rinse
CT hair cOloring in a live-loOking
gray. This rinse conditions the
hair at the same time so that there
is no need for a setting lotion.
Brunette hair is likely to suffer
from too much sun also. Ends that
becomes sun-streaked are likely to
need reconditioning. says Miss
Vern. of the Clairol Institute.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03

| do not blame the cities entire
ly for the evils which have befallen
them. | well realize that local gov
ernments today do not receive
nearly so large share of our tax
dollars as before World War III.
Cities are feeling keenly the ad-
verse effects of our sharply grad
uated federal income tax. The more
it costs to run the national gov
ernment, the harder it is for local
governments to raise needed funds.
So the cities look increasingly to
federal and state grants-in-aid to
pull them through. | forecast that
such a policy will prove to be very
shortsighted.
Increased central municipal con-
troll or inspection encourages waste
and results in a heavier overall
city tax load. Economy alone can
put our cities back on the path
which will lead to true progress; ;
but what are the chances for such
economies? For politicians to
bribe and to buy, votes with dollar
bills is now illegal: but these same
politicians are free to "bribe" vo-
ters by promising more aid to the
unemployed, to the aged. to mo-
Tiers and others. Much of the leg
islation to protect" plumbers. car
penters, painters, and even BARRIERS
is merely bribery to get the votes
of these groups. 1t is supposed to
be enacted to protect the public;
but the public should be made to
pay directly for such protection" 4"
No portion of such increased costs
for inspectors and others should
be added to taxes. If this welfare
work continues to increase. city
sales taxes are inevitable
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03

power and commerce which testify
to the fulfillment of the American
dream. Yet, as | travel around the
country, | am often appalled, at the
shabbiness of SO many 0f our urban
communities. In too many cities,
entire streets have been permitted
to fall into shocking state of dis
repair. This condition is often dan
gerous to life and limb, and also
creates fire hazards.
Some of our proudest municipal
tiles are limping along with obso
Iete residential and business street
lighting. Rundown parks and ath
letic fields are all-too-common
sights. Even city halls, which
should be the focal point of COM
munity pride as well as of COM
munity activity, are often made
quate as to capacity and dOwnat-
the-heel in appearance.
THE INCREASE OF TAXES
When taxes OH real estate and
rsonaI property were first
broached in the United States as
the basis of municipal revenue, tax
dollars were spent chiefly on
streets. street lighting, parks, ath-
letic fields, and buildings for the
proper transaction of public busi-
ness. In more recent years de-
mand for public-welfare projects
financed by city government is be-
coming more insistent. Funds for
their maintenance are now being
voted at the expense of older and
sometimes more basic services. In
some cities, protective services are
being cut. Even fire alarm systems
are not being adequately maintain
ed or extended.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
By VIVIAN BROWN
AP NewSfeatureS Writer

If you want to get rid of that
Number 1 summer pest-the mos
quito-first try to eliminate its
breeding places.
Mosquitoes can't breed unless
their eggs are on water, laid there
or carried there. That means that
indoors you should put clean wa
ter in flower vases each day-fre-
quent breeding places for mosqui-
toes; outdoor they'll find their
Matching place in temporary rain
pools, marshes, tin cans, rain gut
ters and ponds.
Remove temporary water con-
tainers, fiatten or dispose of tin
cans, place discarded tires where
water cannot get into them, fill in
tree holes; see that cesspOOls, sep
tic tanks, rain barrels and tubs
in which water is stored are tight
ly covered. Empty birdbaths and
pans for chicks at least once a
week, clean out rain cutters, drain
or fill in stagnant pools and swami
Ply places.
If you'd like to find out whether
larvae or wigglers are in standing
water on your property, the experts
advise dipping out water with a
glass and examining it. If it con-
tains wigglers then plan your at
tack. You may kill mosquito lar
vac in fish ponds and ornamental
pools without poisoning the fish
and plants by spraying very light
mist of a pyrethrum oil solution.
Experts advise not applying more
than l ounce of spray per 100
square feet of water surface.
To keep adult mosquitoes away
apply insecticides to places where
MOSQUITOES rest or hide about the
home Experts suggest an emul-
sion or oil solution of one of
these: per cent DDT, 2 per cent
chlordane, l per cent lindane. But
keep DDT out of bird baths or fish
pools.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
July 80, 1856
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas

Dear Friends:
Hayes and John flew TO Arkansas
Yesterday. Rather busman's hol-
iday, wouldn't you say? I'll have
to tell you why they went on this
trip.
Way back last September Cap
tain John Moberly signed his name
on the dotted line at the Kansas
Free Fair for free land in Arkan-
sas if HIS NAME WAS DRAWN.
Well, of course it was drawn. All
he had to do was travel down to
the Land of Opportunity, look over
his acreage, give the real estate
people $4,000 for the deed and he
became an official land owner. The
only catch was three other boys in
the squadron were lucky enough
to have their names drawn too.
They related that they know others
who had received notice of their
land-fall.
This coincidence of others re-
ceiving lucky letters did not deter
John in the tiniest Early Sunday
morning Hayes flew John down to
look over his property. His lot
from the lottery measured 25' X
go. His only problem was to get
water and electricity to it. Water
would be obtained by digging a
well through granite rock. If you
bought the property, you were en-
titled to use their lakes to swim
and fish in, even though no one
seemed to be taking advantage of
this splendid opportunity yester-
day, Sunday In time there would
be a country club with golf course
for all the land owners, riding sta
bles were future plans, etc.
John is thrifty bachelor and the
deal sounded good to him. No not
the land without water and light,
but another lot that the real estate
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
PAPER FARM RELIEF

While the front pages have been
pretty we'll filled with the soil bank
discussion and the price support
hassle, a new and highly practi-
cal form of farm aid-that costs the
ly sweeping rural America.
Without fanfare or arm-waving
in Washington, the nations tree
farmers have been busily turning
out pulp-wood to supply those So
pound multiwall paper feed sacks
that are making life simpler and
stock and poultry raising more eff
ficient and profitable for all the
other farmers
You might wonder-as we did
what difference it makes whether
feed comes in paper bag, barrel,
or a discarded piano box. But it
seems that both the 50-pOund size
and the paper are important in
these days of farm-labor shortage
and rising machinery costs. These
bags are not only easier to handle,
stack better and store better, but
make record-keeping easier and
more accurate-in a day when it's
vital to know the cost of produc-
ing a pound of pork chops or a
pound (not dozen) of eggs.
Protection of the ingredients of
today's quality feeds-medicated
feeds for preventing or treating
disease, new growth stimulants,
and de-wormer feeds for parasite
cOntrOl-has become highly impor-
tant.
These paper bags not only light
en- one of the heaviest of farm
chores, but, the experts tell US,
make the animals happier and thus,
fat, sassy and succulent. We are
assured that if we were a COW or
a porker or a chicken, we would
flavor of vittles served this way,
just as the farmer appreciates the
fact that the feed empties out of the
bags completely and without waste.
Farm wives, who are still the
chicken-raisers in some families,
like the idea of feed bags they can
handle. And one neat houSekeeper
observed: Sometimes / pick up
feed when I'm in town and when
it's in paper. there is no dust left
in the car"
Of course. if you're not farmer
maybe you don't care whether the
animals get fed out of paper bags,
pipeline or get turned out in the
fields to forage for themselves. But
you should. That is, if you eat
and have food budget you're try
ing to live with-you certainly
should.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
BABSON DISCUSSES CITY PROBLEMS AND TAXES

BABSON PARK, Mass, August 3
meeting at Atlantic City recently.
received special report on the
plight of American cities, which
are now facing some peculiar and
very difficult problems.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
OF course. the most pressing
problem of cities, and especially of
our larger metropolitan centers. is
traffic. For a good many years now,
| have been telling my friends and
readers that heavy traffic and in
sufficient parking spaces are chok-
ing our cities to economic death.
Traffic congestion is Fastening
the exodus of business enterprise
from our large cities. But even
more important = heavy traffic is
slowing down our whole economy
and limiting our gross national pro-
duct. Millions of productive hours
are lost because of traffic SnarlS.
In Chicago, to cite but one eX
ample which could be multiplied by
thousands, busses were stationary
a few years ago only 1910 of their
trip time Today, owing to more
frequent and longer traffic delays.
these busses are stationary 40%o of
their trip time. This is one impor-
tant reason for the need of higher
fares. Five cents of every bus fare
which you pay is necessary be-
cause of unregulated automobile
congestion.
DOWNTOWN AREA BLIGHTS
A second urgent problem of our
cities is the tenoency for in-city
public and private property to de-
teriorate too rapidly. The great
cities of our country are centers of
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
HEAVY CHERRY TOLL

HELENA. Mont. ~ Up - The
past winter, one of Montana's
worst, took i heavy toll of the
states 1856 cherry prospects. The
Montana Crop and Livestock Re
porting Service estimates the
states sweet cherry crop will total
$50 tons. about 10 per cent of the
1855 production.
Estimated production of sour
cherries is 290 tons compared with
$40 tons a year ago. Montana s
cherries are grown around Flat
head Lake in the northwestern sec
ton of the state.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
ELEPHANT TROUBLE

VANCEBURG, Ky. Up Those
good old days when an elephant
could do the job are gone.
A tractor-trailer truck of a cir
Gus caravan got stuck in ditch
near here.
Motorists, their way blocked by
the truck, watched expectantly as
a circus elephant was paraded to
the scene.
The pachyderm huffed and puff
ed but couldn't bulge the truck.
Finally. a couple of wreckers arriv-
ed re DO the job.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
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CRAB GRASS HERESY

The other day we encountered man
doubtless an incorrigible type who secretly
admires dandelions-who had some unortho-
dox views on the cult of the crab grass fight
ers. We quote freely from his discourse:
So what Che arguedl if it does spread
bit, consume a little grass of finer heritage
and even leave a small bare spot some day?
For that should a home owners life be upset
with theories, hard work, special tools, sci
entifc sprays and endless tiresome conver-
sations with the neighoors?
Why not (the man continued) relax and
focus the vision little higher-on the flow
ers, the trees, the skies-and take time, per-
haps, to go swimming or loll on the porch?
Why be forever grubbing in the lawn?
But this is hereSy-at least, to those who
would rather let their summers be gobbled
up by the crab grass battle
SHANGRI-LA-SOUTH DAKOTA STYLE
South Dakota is debt free state. In ad-
dition, after paying about $40 million in vet
Grams bonuses it recently was able to reduce
taxes.
The Lennox, South Dakota, Independent
says, while the nation and virtually all
other states have expanded their public debts,
South Dakota has been reducing its obliga-
tions. An extra tax, such as the sales tax to
pay the bonus, nearly always is retained. But
not in South Dakota"
school, in South Dakota and learn how this
splendid achievement was made possible.
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WHERE GOVERNMENT is THE BOSS
In a competitive economy, free of govern
ment controls and other artificial restrictions,
consumers get the goods they want. If one
concern fails to produce them, another will
and it will get the business. If one store
fails to stock them, competitor down the
block willard it too will get the business.
But the situation is enormously different
where government is the boss. For instance,
the New York Herald Tribune carried this
news item short time ago, under Moscow
dateline: Letters from angry Russians In
villages that do not have electricity were
printed in 'Pravda' today. They complained
that village stores are out of kerosene lamps
and flashlights but have plenty of electric
light bulbs on hand"
Now Russia, where the state owns practi-
cally everything, is an extreme example. But
the situation is similar in any country where
government wieldS big stick over business.
There is no need for producers or retailers to
go out of their way to please the consumer
for the economy is run on the take what is
offered or go without system.
Secondly, the consumer gets far better
run for his money in the competitive econ
omy. Where the state sets prices, it usually
incorporates a very high profit-and no one
can do anything about it. But where manu-
facturer must compete against manufacture
er and merchant must compete against mer-
chant in order to attract critical public,
profits, of necessity, are held to the lowest
possible levels.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
You Can Rid Your Home
Of the Mosquito Pest

These sprays are said to be po-
tent a week or more after they are
applied to the foundations and
underparts of buildings, between
logs, on tree trunks, and to the
undersurfaces of leaves where a
runoff occurs. A small power spray
er is suggested for large areas, a
compressed-air sprayer or hand
sprayer is used to treat small areas.
Quick relief from mosquito at
tacks may be obtained at picnics,
lawn parties or other outdoor gath
erings by using a spray containing
per cent of DOT, a 1-per cent lin
dane emulsion or oil solution; py-
rethrum or allethrin, or 1-pound
DDT-pyrethrum aerosal. Pyre-
thrum or allethrin is said to he
more effective during periods of
mosquito migration near dusk.
Apply these sprays, suggested for
temporary control, so that they will
drift through bushes, grass and
other vegetation. Repeat the treat
ment every few hours, or as often
as necessary.
*&*
Indoors you can kill mosquitoes
with good household spray. For
best results keep windows and
doors closed for from to 10 min
utes after you spray with the aero
sol. If there are secluded spots
where mosquitoes may rest-under
chairs, tables, beds, bookcases, in
closets, behind pictures, and be
tween furniture, you might need
to apply a per cent DDT spray
to those spots.
Dieldrin is even more effective
than DDT.
Insecticides are usually poison
GUS They should be handled with
care. If spilled on the skin. wash
it Immediately with soap and wa
ter. be careful not to contaminate
foods, dishes or utensils. Store in
secticides in containers out of
reach of children and pets.