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Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

liquor a national problem which
must be conquered. It may get
worse before Prohibition, in some
form, returns; but it is a sure
forecast that it will return. Perhaps
one plan would be to prohibit sales
to those holding drivers licenses.
Even the new four-lane turnpikes
do not solve the difficulty, as they
develop a "sleepitis."
New Prohibition VIII Be Different
How the liquor curse will be
handled, I do not know AS my
friend, DelceNare King says, it
is a problem of the three E's:-
Education, Engineering and En-
forcement. The most common sug-
gestion is that we all have a license
either to buy liquor or to drive a
car. This, however, will not alone
solve the cocktail-party danger and
the fact that self-control and judg-
ment of many individuals are not
affected by a little liquor-while
others are affected almost by the
smell of it!
/ hope readers will not take this
column as propaganda for Pro-
hibitiOn, as I believe the person
who does not drive a car has a
right to drink. However, with 80
being killed each day and one
seriously injured every 25 seconds,
ord fhnsa For4ra4 constantly in
creasing, something radical must
be done. Also. unless the brewers
and distillers themselves "see the
handwriting on the wall" and helD
solve the problem, the securities Of
such eomplnies face a terTljc de-
cline. as happened when Prohibit
ton went into effect in 1913.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

and even falling offenders should
help prevent accidents or make
them less serious. However, none
of these things seem to be effec-
tive. The main cause of accidents
is with the brain of the driver.
Hence, the great Importance of
insisting upon drivers keeping in
line and not passing except where
specifically permitted.
The basic reason why drivers
disobey traffic rules, crossing lines,
driving fast, ignoring intersections
and signs, is lack of mental con-
troll. People are all too willing to
take chances. But civilization has
progressed by a constant temper
ing of this instinct to risk, by ed
ucation, religion, and laws work
ing toward the development of self
control. This is a very important
fact which parents and teachers
should recognize.
Liquor And SeIf.COnfrOI
There are three biological effects
of drinking. l. Drinks pep" one
up. Liquor, even in very small
amounts, gives people temporary
courage to do and say things they
otherwise would not 2 Drinks
enable people to forget,-but this
means forgetting driving rules as
we'll as troubles. 8. Drinks are
habit forming. No one ever ex-
pected to become a slave to drink
xvhnn he Sfarfnd siYuu1n social
drinking.
Not only are automobiles in
creasilg every year by several
million and the population BY about
million but the age chen young
people start to drink has lowered.
The cocktail party, along with the
aforementioned factors. has made
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
VINO Is Waking Whom ?


The people OF the United States
have been advised by the UN Am
basador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
and his associates in our UN dele
cation, that we must wake up
if we are to preserve freedom
against Communism and check the
Red March through Asia, India
and the Near East.
This advice. prepared initially
for the Secretary of State last
month in a formal statement, and
passed on to us by Mr.. Dulles after
conferring with the President,
urges more emphasis on economic
and educational endeavors.
Mr.. Dulles read the statement to
his news conference the other day,
and admitted under questioning
that it was brought up now to
bolster the Presidents long-range
foreign aid program as proposed
in his State of the Union message.
The UN message. noted that the
Reds were Jumping military as
well as political barriers" through
economic and social cOllabor-
alton" and warned: "We are in a
contest in the field of economic
development of underdeveloped
countries" and that: Defeat in
this contest could be as disastrous
as defeat in an armaments race.
We do not know how the Con-
gress will respond to this invita-
ton to wake up" But we think
"the country as a whole, which
Paul Revere Lodge is seeking to
rouse, may not appreciate advice
from the UN chief who. sat on his
hands while the Reds and their
/ stooges put over the package
deaI", and who failed to support
our ally Nationalist China in heI
single-handed land successfully
fight to exclude Outer Mongolia.
And we can not hut think that
the courage to stand By our friends
and face up to our obligations lin
Guiding Americans in Red Chinese
prisons) may be more impressive
even in the Orient-than play
ing Lord BouRtiful where we think
friendship may be for sale.
ass
EVerybOdy's Fight
During the 1856, mobile x-ray
units will visit practically every
community in the U. S. at leas
once during the year. An esti
mated thirty-five million Americans
will have their breathing appar
atus x-Tayed by these rolling x-ra!
laboratories. the great majority
in their own home towns.
To make this mass screening o
utmost value to the participating
millions, the American College o
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

nOunced in houses than in dupleXes
or converted apartments. The large
apartment houses are said to be
fully occupied, and in some cases
waiting lists are almost as long
as they ever were. With a wider
choice of houses for rent it is not
surprising that more people are
inclined to delay buying a house
until they find a bargain in an old
one or. see. just what they want in
new operation.
=. And There Are More Old
Houses For Sale
The number of old houses for
sale also has increased, with a
consequent weakening of this mar
ket in a majority of Third District
cities. Owners Of these properties
seem to be unaware of declining
values, so in holding out for un-
realistically high asking prices
they are delaying sales. The larg-
er houses are said to be especially
slow moving, although buyers also
are harder to find for some row
houses IN the older nelSnDOFnOOus
where coming regulations have
been dOwngraded. According to
realtors, there are many more de-
sirable properties on tOday's mar
ket to compete with newly con-
structed houses in the medium and
low price ranges. This is a COM
paratively recent development
Last spring and over much Of the
summer the market for these s'bet-
ter" dwellings showed remarkable
strength.
Demand For New Houses Has
Turned SpOtty
Reports from some areas indi-
cate a significant accumulation oi
unsold newly built houses, while
elsewhere operations seem to sell
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

RadiolOgy- medical assO-
citation of 1000 U. S. radiologists,
who are physicians specializing in
the use of x-rays, radium and other
radioactive substances for both
diagnosis and therapy-has just
issued a policy statement concern
ing a health problem which has
thus far from disappeared.
tChest x-ray surveys for the
detection Of communicable pull
monary disease are in the public
interest, says the statement. ''They
should be conducted as part of a
program of control and eliminate
pulmonary tuberculosis"
The College takes dim view,
however. of the mass x-ray survey
method for protection from lung
cancer and heart disease. Expert
ence in mass x-ray screening, says
the statement, has disclosed such
a small number cases that it is not
recommended as practical or effec-
tive" in detection of cancer, OF. as
a primary method for the detec-
ton of cardiac disordeFs"
IF the tuberculosis campaign is
to be effective, says the College of
an age-old health problem, ar
rangements should be made in ad-
vance OF the mobile units visit for
all whose chest x-ray films show
suspicious shadows to receive
prompt medical examination and
definitive diagnosis. The size Of
the x-ray film used, the report OBJ
serves, is not as important as the
quality of exposure and process
ing. The report also stresses the
need for Interpretation by highly
trained medical personnel. Many
authorities, It states, recommend
that these films be read twice.
In the x-ray, medical science and
the engineering sciences, working
hand-in-hand, have forged mighty
weapon against one Of the greatest
killers in history y-tuberculOsis. By
mounting x-ray eqipment on wheels
and bringing it to every community
in the nation, many organizations
and thousands of public-spiriteC
people have given it unprecedented
range. And by lending the oficia
support Of its membership, the
American College of RadiolOgy hal
aided in a great health crusade.
AS for the rest of US, it is moth
ing less than a stern duty-to our
selves and to the other fellow-tC
take full advantage of this fab
ulous and mysterious gift.
More Steel-MOre Everything
In these days when the number
one problem of every business
man, from the Main Street mer
chant, the farmer. the contractor
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Current Trends :

Expanding business activity in
1855 was accompanied by a very
substantial increase in the use of
credit. The two areas making par
ticularly heavy use of credit were
housing and automobiles. In view
of the Importance of these indus
tries in our economy we made spot
checks with Representatives in
each to ascertain latest develop
ments.
Developments In Housing
Inquiries made of realtors, lend
ers, and builders indicate that
housing markets in major cities of
the Third Federal Reserve District
have become increasingly selective
in recent weeks. Opinions ranged
all the way from considerably
weaker" to continuing quite
strong No one seemed downright
pessimistic concerning either the
current situation or the outlook for
1856, but expressions of unquali-
fed optimism we're seldom heard.
These interviews uncovered more
spotty situations than have been
encountered for a long time. Per-
haps the most characteristic COM
ments we're to the effect that much
Of the urgency was gone from the
attitude of prospective home buy
ers and that demand had weaken
ed more for existing dwellings
than for newly constructed ones.
Rental Vacancies Have Increased
Realtors told us that rental lists
rave heightened in some Of the
.arger cities like Philadelphia,
Harrisburg, and Trenton. Although
the vacancy situation appears to
be far from acute anywhere, near
~ all areas report the existence
OF "more elbow room" The up
trend in vacancies seems more pro-
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
DISEASES STUDIED

TAIPEI, FormOsa lRl- The
u. S. Navy has extended its study
Of infectious diseases to FOmOsa.
A research unit viii study the dis
eases and the animals and insects
that carry the germs
There are similar research groups
at Cair5. Egypt, Berkeley, Calf,
and Great Lakes. Ill Such studies
are expensive but, as the Navy has
learned, cheap in the long run.
In World War II. for example,
elephantiasis in Samoa caused the
equivalent Of a marine battalion TO
become ineffective for four years
At q total estimated cost to the
II. S. government Of 50 million dol
lars.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market Inormuon Supplied Ry The Bureau OF Markets
ssuss Board Of Agriculture, Dover. DoIu~urs

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella-
neous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK. PRICES
Vealers Choice: $2S.00 to $3.50,
mostly $34OO per cwt.
Medium to Good: $1,000 to $27.5O
mostly $24.0O per cwt.
Rough and Common: $1,000 to
$500, mostly $140O per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, most
ly $3.50 per ewt.
LAMBS
Medium: s17.OO to $3.50, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to Good: s11.5O to $14.75,
mostly $12.75 per cwt.
Common: 1915 to S1125, most
ly $11.0O per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $6.25 to
$3.50 mostly $8.25 per cwt.
STEERS
Light Steers: $1,000 to @1T.5O
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy Type: $3.50 to s11.75, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef Type: $1,000 to S1S.25, most
ly $500 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HELPERS
Good to Choice: $3.50 to $3.50,
mostly $14.00 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs.
Medium to Good: $500 to $16.25,
mostly $500 per cwt.
800 TO 1000 lbs.
Medium to Good: $1O.50 to S14.25,
mostly $3.50 per cWt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to 10 lbs, $1,000 to $12.75,
mostly s11.75 per cwt
10 to 240 lbs, SLIPS to 1915,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs. SLIPS to 1875,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 300 lbs, s7.75 to 1925.
moetlv sS.0n per cwt
300 to 400 lbs, $500 to $500
mostly SS.25 per cWt
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
TREE SITTER REMEMBERS

NILES. Mich. -lP)- His 25th
anniversary as a tree sitter is be-
ing marked this year by Wilbert
jam. Back in 1880 when he was
13. he sat uD in a tree for 25
days with a 14-year-old pal, How
ard Davis. Their perch was a small
wooden platform in the branches
Of a spreading maple tree.
It was then a new record. Look
ing back, he can see why tree sit
ting is something Of a lost art. He
says:
4 didn't feel a8y dinesent when
came down than when / went up.
jam is married aud the father
Of nine children He IS head MAIN
tenance man at St Mary's Catholic
Church. Davis has died So has the
tree.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
THE GOOD CITIZEN AND THE Law


A favorite theme of early western fiction
is the portrayal of the slow but sure ascen-
dency of law and order over frontier gangs
who rode rough-shod through helpless COM
munities. Dime novel heroics obscure the
grimness of the situation as it existed then.
There is nothing more fearsome than the
exposure of helpless people of a community
to the attacks of lawless thugs. 1t can still
happen, and the remedy is still the same
cooperation between private citizens and law
enforcement agencies. An outstanding eX-
ample is in Philadelphia. For a number of
years gunpoint holdups of local merchants
reached alarming proportions. One COM
pany, American Stores, which operates a
chain Of retail establishments in the ,Phila-
delphia area, was particularly hard hit.
Finally, the management of this company, in
cooperation with authorities, launched a
campaign against such outlawry. The re-
suit has been a steady drop in the incidence
of holdups.
Recently, American Stores completed one
full year of operation without a single gum
point holdup in any of its stores in Phila-
delphia AS a token of appreciation, the
local AFL Food Clerks and Managers Union,
81 of whose members had been subjects of
hOldup Outrages, rendered luncheon to Will
liam Park, Chairman Of the Board of Direc-
tors Of American Stores, and 18 top execu-
tives Of the company.
I'm presenting an engrossed testimonial
to the management, the union officials en-
phasized fact that should never be forgot
ter Suppression Of crime is definite re-
sD0nsibility of ali good citizens, not exclu-
sively that of our law enforcement agencies,
a social and civic opportunity to which all
leaders Of business enterprises may well ad-
dress themselves
ON THE SIDE OF FREEDOM
The local newspaper is a personal diary
of a community's life. This is especially
true of the country papers, of which there
are many thousands in the United States.
These papers are free to express their point
of view on any issue or question of public or
private interest, subject only to the reser-
vatiOns imposed by the libel law.
Their right to criticize their government
was established over two hundred years ago
in what was then a British Colonial town
now known as New York City. This coun-
try's smaller newspapers are a tremendous
asset on the side of freedom, possessed by
no other nation. The strong local appeal of
the small-town newspaper assures unusual
leadership interest.
Amid all the modern development in the
field, the newspaper retains it's position as
one of the most effective advertising med
iums. All of us have tremendous stake in
the continued health and independence of
our thousands of newspapers, It's reassur-
ing to find that they rest on such solid
foundation, both culturally in the minds and
hearts of the readers, and economically in
the support of advertisers.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

Over 40 lbs. $3.50 to $s.75, most
ly $7.75 per cWt.
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs, $500 to $725,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs, $500 to $500, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to Good: s4OO to $1,000,
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
rs to 10 weeks Old)
Choice: $3.50 to $500, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Medium to Good: S4.OO to $500,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: S1.00 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work Type: $4,000 to $500.
mostly $4,000 per head.
Butcher Type: $1,000 to $SS.OO,
mostly $24.00 per head.
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
Fowl: S1.0O to $17O, mostly S1.25.
Cockerels: $50 to $50. mostly
$50.
BOOSTERS: SIS to sl.25, mostly
Light Breeds
Guineas: $50 to S1.25, mostly $50.
Geese: $500 to 1913, mostly $500.
EGGS
Ungraded, Mixed: $.4s to SIS per
dozen.
Muscovy Ducks: $40 to si.O0.
mostly $50.
Muscovy brakes; s1.2O to $3.50,
mostly S1,25.
TURKEYS
Hen: $500 to $500. mostly $3.50.
RABBITS
Large Breeds: s1.8O to $3.50,
mostly $3.50.
Small Breeds: $40 to sfOO. most
ly $50.
Young Rabbits: s.s5 to $50, most
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Lard: $500 to $500 per so ID.
can.
Sweet Potatoes: s1.OO to s11O
per bu.
Onions: $50 to $50 per * bu.
Pop Corn: $50 to $50 per q
Turnips. $40 to slOO per X bu.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
PROFITs NOT no BLAME

This wear, as has been the case for some
time, there is a great deal Of talk about the
sspread" between the money the farmer re-
ceiyes for food products and the price the
consumer pays when she goes shopping. In
1865, the farmer got about $18,3OOOO0, 900
for the feed, and selling price at retail was
some S46,300000 000 The difference, of
S28, 900, 200, 900, represents m ark tt n G
charges of one kind or another.
This great difference has led many peO-
pie to wonder if wholesalers, professors, re-
tailers, and other involved in the marketing
lob aren't making excessive profits at the
expense of the farmer, the consumer, or
both An article in a U. S. Department of
Agriculture publication casts some reveal
ing light on that.
The article points out that Consumers
are demanding and getting more convent
ence and services with the foods they buy
more. precOoked, frozen, packaged, and cas-
ier-tO-serve foods" It also observes that
firms marketing food products were paying
their employees "A per cent more per hour
in September of last year than in 1947-49.
And then it presents these facts about the
profit situation: A group of 46 leading food
processing companies averaged a net profit
of 1.8 cents per dollar of sales in 1854
slightly less than in 1853 and substantially
less than in 1947-49. Five large wholesale
food distributors averaged one cent per dol
lar Of sales in 1954-and this, too, was
slightly less >than in 1858 and substantially
less than in 1947-49. Finally, eight food
chain systems averaged one cent profit per
dollar of sales in 1854, as against nine-tenths
of cent in 1853 and Ia cents in 1947-49
These concerns are representative of
their industries. 1t is obvious that big profits
are not the cause Of the farm to market
spread The infationary forces which mush-
roomed costs in every segment of the mar
keting industry since the 1947-49 period,
and the constantly increasing food conven-
ience demanded by the housewife, are the
real nigger in the woOdpile.
AZ1R<&
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

Federal Reserve BGnks Tells Of Developments in
Housing And Demand for Cars.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
FRENCH CHAOS

An alliance between the Radical Socialist
Party of Mendes France and the Socialist
Party of Guy Mollet will make the first at
tempt to govern France since the recent cleo
tions. 1t is likely that MOllet will become
Premier and for a time at least Mendes
France will support him.
How long such an alliance will last is
questionable. If anything is practicable
about French politics it seems to be that
the country is in for an even greater degree
of governmental instability than it has en-
dUred in the past-and that's not good.
The Communist party won 81 new seats
in the election. This strengthens its position
and will enable COmmies to cause even more
trouble than before. A new element-the
Poujadists- extremists of the right--WOn
81 seats in their first national contest and
they, too, will contribute to the confusion.
The sober fact it that unless France
comes to term with itself-aWakens to the
fact that factiOnalism, petty political bick-
ering and personal ambition must end soon,
France will pass as world power. And
unless French conservatives and mOderates
come to their senses the totalitarians of the
extreme left or the extreme right may end
up in the driving seat
Americans are sometimes tempted by the
thought of several-party political system
in which voter would have chance to ex-
press exactly what he believes. There is no
better defense, however, for our twO-party
system, with all its faults and the cOmprO-
misses that are sometimes necessary, than
to see the appalling state to Which multiple
parties have brought France.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

classified Ads Get Results
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
BAD RECOR}S

In 1866 the state legislatures set new
record-and one which is bad news for the
taxpayer. According to the Tax Foundation,
possibly as many as 5000 new tax laws were
passed. A large proportion involved in
creases in taxes-On personal incomes, on
business, on gasoline and motor vehicles
and so on.
federal taxes in 1856. That will be of small
cheer if it is offset, or largely so, by in
creased local taxation. The point is that we
must keep a weather eye on the state house
and the city hall-as well as the national
capital
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

Reports from some areas indi-
cate a significant accumulation Of
unsold newly built houses, while
elsewhere operations seem to sell
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-01-05
The Old Year Passes

Noble county is facing 1866 with the realization that
every effort must again be made this year interest
industry to locate in community if continue to stride
forward we have done in the past.
There very little accomplished in 1855 along this
line and in most cases. the local business officials
resting the laures which obtained when the Cad-
well plant of the Cleveland Graphite Bronze company
located here
But task such this should have let-up and
WideaWake Chamber of Commerce organization must
always be looking forward to the possibility of another
such plant coming to Noble county.
The year could be banner for the county
and is the time to make plans to put out all possible
feelers with the idea in mind that another industry might
find Noble county very inviting for their expansion program
The county has enjoyed very bright industrial
picture with increased payos noted that topped the
average for the state Then, too the retail business
listed the highest percent of increase the state for 1854
All of this is very interesting and shows that efforts
have been made in the past to improve the economic
dition of this county
Washington county and Monroe county both
predicting very bright 1856 and Noble county might
we'll get into the picture.
Now is the time for the Chamber of Commerce to jo,
ranks and work trelessy in 1856 they did few years
back when CGB to this community 1t paid off
dividends then and will surely repeat
Let us all unite in efforts to make 1856 banner
year for Noble county, bsinesswise econoicwise and
otherwise.