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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

more than the same body style in the small car field.
Why settle for small car when new IS Dodge
Coronet brings you so much more for 50 Ittie
more And why settle for stripped down
model Of one OF the medium priced cars when
full-sze, full-styled full-powered Dodge Corontst
can be yours for tess! There's full line Of Dodge
Coronets to choose from: 2-door and 4-door
sedans, 2-door and 4-door Lancer hardtops, and
a dashing convertible.
Come in and see the Dodge Coronet today.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Community
Good Friday Service

A community wide Good Friday
service will be held March 80 at
1890 p. m. at Trinity Methodist
Church. Buckingham.
Rev. Ernest Harris. Rev. Ken
meth Barnes and Rev. William T.
Kessler will brng the message. The
public is invited.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

way. For the initial paintings the
Longwood Club is supplying the
shrubs and the Highway Depart
ment is doing the actual planting
under supervision Of the landcap-
section
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Your hing Size By-by far
SO DODGE C0r0net

Here is the value that will change your idea
about price class" The King Size Dodge
Coronet actually brings YOU more length. looks
and lur'ry, more big car roominess and big car
rtde, than other cars in the medium price field
even those costing a thousand dollars more.
Yet, The exciting necs Is this, For all its size COM
tort, performance and style. the King Size Dodge
Coronet is priced right down with the lowest
Lancer hardtop for only about q cents ueek
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31

road bonds. Furthermore, these
factors add heavily to the cost of
building. Existing toll roads were
favored few years ago with ris-
ing bond prices and easy money
Besides higher interest rates.
materials and wage costs have
risen 70qo within the past few
years. In 1858 and 1854 the aver
age cost was $9S0.000 a mile. Now
it is claimed that the cost for most
toll roads is about s1,670,000 a
mile. Logically this means that
much higher toll rates must be
charged, adding greatly to the
competitive position of freewavs.
Engineering Estimates In Question
The continued failure of West
Virginia Turnpike revenues to
come up to the estimates made
when the bonds were first offered
causes buyers to hesitate before
committing themselves to such is
sues. But this and other experiences
no doubt should lead to much more
conservative estimates of traffic
and revenues.
However. recent traffic exneri-
ences in West Virginia and Ohio.
and with extensions of the Pennsyl-
vania Turnpike. will certainly put
damner on new issues for some
time. But in the long run. where
existing toll roads serve q real
economic need at fair level Of
CHARGES. there need he m fear If
bonds based an them. In the mean
time. nredict that come barpains
are likely tn develop in existing
toll road Tax-exempt Revenue
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Keyn0tes For Americans

We can't seem to remember what
the Republican Convention-except
that the first half sounded pretty
good but was cancelled out by the
dreary recital of Democratic short
comings in the second half. To
these longsuffering ears, the Re
publican keynoters were the
Messrs. Hoover (the elder) and
Knowland.
Our revered former president, in
his third farewell address" before
COP convention, warned against
"menacing ideas" and listed them
as communism, facism, atheism,
aggressive nationaEsm, centrali-
zation of government away from
mems control, and that yelled sis
ter of communism-lega So
cialism."
To-day he said, s.the greatest
croachment of Government to
master cur lives"
Declared Temporary Chairman
William F. Knowland, ''The longer
/ have served in public life-in
the Legislature and in the United
States Senate-the stronger be-
lever and supporter of the princi-
pie of states rights | have become
And again: II have deep convic-
tiof that if, as Americans of this
generation, we only use the same
courage and common sense that
motivated the men who sat at
Philadelphia and gave us first, our
Declaration of Independence, : and
later our Constitution; there are
none of our domestic problems we
can not solve and there is no
foreign foe we need ever fear"
Senator KnowIand assured his
hearers that the Administration and
the Party believe in our Constitu-
| tional system with its limited
powers in the Federal Government
and its reserved powers belonging
to the, states and to the people there
ofY
He urged Democrats of good
witt to join in ''the preservation,
protection and advancement of the
American way of life, and added ;
"I believe the spirit of that great
Republican and American states
man. the late and highly revered
Senator Bob Taft, should motivate
us all in the days ahead He knew
that a. party based on principle
could survive temporary defeGt
change of leadership or factional
contests"
Or-as former President Hoover
observed: Is there are some
members of both parties who are
out of their spiritual home"
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Washington
Letter

Sdez Chickens Could R00st Here
On the forty-second anniversary
of the opening of the Panama Canal
for business, Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles sat down TO
lunch in London with Her Majesty's
Prime Minister Eden, and Foreign
Minister Lloyd and French Foreign
Minister Pineau-and the task of
finding face-saving way out of
the Suez mess.
The following day, Mr.. Dulles
presented to the opening session
of the % nation Suez conference
from which Egypt's President Mas
ser was notably absent-a foEr
point plan on which the Western
Big Three had presumably agreed
over the luncheon bubble-and-
squeak.
He proposed that the canal De
operated in accordance with the
Constantinople Convention of 1888,
ana iby an International board which
would include Egypt and some
sort of tie with the UN. No single
power must dominate. and the
canal must be open to the shipping
of all nations, in peace or war.
This plan would recognize Egypt's
right to share in canal profits. II
would also guarantee compensa-
tion to the stockholders of the
Suez Canal Co., now nationalized
by Col. Nasser Finally. it would
set up arbitration machinery to
handle disputes.
Il is the American position. whe-
ther Mr.. Dulles sold it to Britain
and France or not, that the nation
aIization of the canal by Nasser
was legal, that it therefor Belongs
to Egypt and so do the profits.
The Big Three is strongly united,
however in the determination that
both supervision of the canal and
its actual operation must be in
ternational. Egyptians would be
allowed to work for the operating
authority.
Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov
and India's Krishna Menon, how
ever, urged that operation and con-
troll be turned over to Egypt under
suitable guarantees that the canal
will be open to all who wish to
use it and will be properly main
| tanned.
For once we are inclined to agree
with this Russo-Indian view. For
one thing, the Egyptians who have
the most to gain by efficient oper-
alton of the canal. should be able
TO do far better job of manage
ment than an international COM
mittee. But. far more important
from the u. S. point of view. is the
looming question of how we can
insist on globaIist control and
operation at Suez. and continue to
retain for ourselves the manage
ment of onr own Panama canal.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY EIoins townsend Dieksrson

that viii be at the club September
18th. It's quite farce for me to
be asked TO model hats, because |
rarely wear them Well, 20 tell
you about our practicing. | have
been in other fashion shows and
just put on dresses, walked on the
platform, walked off and that was
it. The Air Force wife who is i'm
charge of this show is a profess
ional model and she realizes (she
says that we c2nnot perform as
professionals the day of the show,
but she is surely giving us a work
over in trying to perfect this 80
minute exhibit So far we have
practiced sssven hours and the
fashion show is two weeks away.
We bave been shown the open piv-
OF, the. closed pivot, what foot we
should place IL back to begin our
pivot so our trout will end up
facing the audience This goes on
and one-eIbows arched so we
don't look droopy as we. present
our fashions, hands in front of us
when we present the back of our
AaSof 0HCoA Outs ltdA in--Ion tOQ
wish you could witness this hi-
larious show. Then tc add to the
comedy will be the outrageous fall
hats. Hope Hayes will get sec
ond during that day to take some
pictures and if he does I'll for
ward them on to you.
At a 80 in the morning we will
be on our way to Kansas City, Mo-.
to put Jack on her plane back to
the Eastern Shore and with her
will be this letter to you. Jack
has been away from Salisbury.
Maryland, since June the 5th, and
when she leaves we will feel like
part of our family is missing. Ger
tainly hate TO see her leave and !
know the Forbes Air Force. teenr
ager do, too.
Until next week.
Always, ~
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Washington Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor

of Government is to do for a COM
munity of people whatever they
need to have done but can not do at
all, or can not so well do, for
themselves in their separate and
individual capacities. But in all that
people can individually do as well
for themselves, Government ought
not tc interfere" " The emphasis here
is our own-also the warning to
watch out, if the Administration is
returned to power, for the old
familiar cry: I'VE can do it better" !"
Further on, the preamble con-
tains the pledge: I'VE shall con-
tinue TO oppose the seating of Com
munist China in the United Ma
tions." 1t does not include the
additional Democratic platform
of continued support" to National
ist China. But those who read far
enough into the massive document
found reference to the security
treaty with the Republic of China
covering Formosa and the Pesca-
dores', the authorization of Con-
gress to defend this area, and the
conclusion that these acts have
restrained the Reds from acting
on "their amounted intention to
take Formosa by force"
The pie-in-the-sky department.
in which the Democrats were so
specific, expansive and extensive
was covered by the Republican
platform in vague generalities
stated against the background of
achievements for agriculture, la
Dor and in the ever widening area
of social welfare. The platform
was specific, however, in stating
that the Administration has moved
into use'' almost seven billion dol
lars worth of farm surpluses, and
divided a quarter-billion soil bank
dollars among half million
farmers who have thusfar with
drawn ten million acres from pro-
ductfon.
The Republican plank on civil
rights was somewhat more forth
right than the Democratic, 1t en-
dorsed the desegregation decision
of the Supreme Court, but realis-
tica1Iy pointed out in the same
paragraph that Sc in certain sec
tions of our country /. s. racial
patterns have been developed IN
accordance with prior and long,
standing decisions of the same tri-
bunaP.
But in view of he@cavalier hand
ling of this massive declaration. its
potential for intra-party suuabbles
and public acceptance of it as a
statement of pious hopes rather
than firm resolves, perhaps the
Platform may henceforth be a.
bolished as a tedious nuisance.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31

If Herbert Hoover's health continues
good, he may set new record for being the
longest-lived former president. He cele-
brated his 82nd birthday recently, having
thus lived one year longer than John Quincy
Adams and two more than Martin Van Bur-
eli. Ahead of him are still James Madison,
who died at IS, and the patriarch of them all,
John Adams, who survived till his goth year.
Hoover is now % years out of office.
Adams was an ex-president for 25 years.
Nowadays the functions of the presidency
are so taxing that, unless Hoover breaks it,
Adams record may stand indefinitely.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31

Eabson Park, Mass, August 30.
The recent passage of the Federal
Highway Bill has centered a great
deal of attention on toll roads and
the numerous problems they face.
Competition OF Freeways
During the debate on the Federal
Highway Program, weakness began
to develop in the prices of many
toll road bonds. Finally, when this
bill was passed, many holders of
these bonds became alarmed and
sold out for fear that the proposed
new freeways would successfully
compete with existing toll roads.
Many investors felt that the gov
ernment highway program would
shelve practically all plans for
new toll roads.
But / feel that too much stress
has been put on the probable COM
petitive effect of freeways. Re-
member that state highway depart
ments will control the expenditure
Government In the past, states
have ENCOURAGED the building of
toll roads. Therefore. it seems
quite certain that states would not
Law out new freeway routes that
would clearly divert much traffic
from existing toll roads
Possibilities For New Toll Roads
Fear of competition from new
freeways NAV well be only tenn
norarv retardant in the planning
of new toll roads. This would he
true if such roads considerably
ly populated centers. Certainly
reduced travel time between heavi-
where current studies show heavy
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
BABSON DISCUSSES TOLL ROADS & new fREEWAYS

traffic possibilities, it is likely that
new toll roads viii be built in the
future.
But l forecast there will be
fewer offerings of toll road bonds,
so that eventually some states may
take over toll roads, issuing state
bonds for existing toll road bonds,
thus improving their credit posi-
tion.
Risks I'm Toll Road Bonds
While some states have directly
or indirectly guaranteed interest
and principal payments on toll
road bonds, most issues are Sc
cured solely by revenues collected
from users. Investors should care
fully check the security of issues
offered them. Be especially cautious
when buying bonds on projected
toll roads.
Now that the Federal Govern
ment has agreed to furnish up to
90% of the cost of the construction
of approved freeways, it is less
likely that state legislators would
promise to even partially support
a new toll road. No donht big bond
houses will try to put pressure on
state legislators to guarantee a
norton of the cost of toll roads.
But predict that little state sup
port will be forthcoming, except
in cases where such roads can
very clearly be shown to be self
eunnorfino
Cost OF Toll RaadS A Stumbling
Block
Rising interest rates and tight
money supply have also caused a
price decline for outstanding toll
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
NEW WEAPON

BERLIN. Conn. - UP The
Connecticut Light & Power Co.
has added a weapon resembling a
sawed-off shotgun to the equip
ment of its linemen.
It's not to repel wild beasts, few
of which are found in Connecti-
cuts hinterIand anyway, but To
fire a half-pound brass rod at
tached to $50 feet of nylon line.
The company said it learned the
value of the line throwing device
during the 1855 Connecticut foods
when it was used to get lines
across streams at spots where
bridges had been washed out.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
1851 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
Augnst 26, 1856

AuSI5l 20, 1000
Dear Friends:
Monday we turned on te1evision
to watch OUR convention and
Dawn tour 5-year-old) turned to
Jack and said, Haven't we seen
this before?" You heard what Sem
ator Estes Kefauver's five-year-oid
told the reporters about her dad
running for president. She said
she didn't want to live in the White
House and they asked her why and
she plainly told them, "It's bad
enough to have God in the room
with you all the time, let alone the
White House policemen"
Hayes has been in Columbus.
Ohio, ever since last Sunday and
is there with the 55th Strategic
Reconnaissance Wing working on
the staff to help the crews with
their work in the SAC wide COM
petition. John Cameron Swayze is
there. too, and he will probably
televise his news programs from
there this week. Be sure to watch
and maybe you'll see Hayes on
camera.
While HAYES mas been gone we
have seen one movie after another.
The other night at the ldrive-in mo-
vie I was trying to catch the theme
of the picture while Dawn was
chattering on the back seat and
asked her please to be quiet. She
persisted in questioning us and
finally | heard her say, well, is
she Adam or is she Ever" We were
watching Joan Crawford in "Au-
tumn Leaves" and she thought that
female actress on the screen had
to be either Adam or Eve or if she
misunderstood the title of the pic
ture that girl was either Autumn
or Leaves! We just howled.
Friday afternoon | took the chill
dren and Jack with me to the Of
ficer's Wives Club to watch us
practice for fall millinery show
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
LIFE SAVING BUSINESS

WAKEFIELD, Mass. = up -
Saving lives seems to be a Macau-
life family trait
Recently Donald Macauliffe, 35.
won medal from the Massachus-
etts Humane Society for rescuing
a youngster from drowning.
His grandfather Timothy j., and
his father, Dr. Philip L., teamed in
1925 to save man from drowning.
They too won society awards.
His brother, Philip, Jr., 26. was
awarded the society's medal in
194S for the rescue of man who
fell through thin ice. Two years
ago he saved two women from pos
sible drowning in the Potomac
River.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
MYTH : MAKERS

What tools are used by the public-power
groups in attempting to sell their program to
the public Phe answer is bogeyman and
myths.
BY keeping alive the bogeyman of the
power trust and monopoly, the disciples of
specialization by indirection have maintained
a steady drumfre of propaganda in favor of
more and more government power facilities.
The myth that IVA is a highly profitable
and very beneficial enterprise is still propa-
gated in spite of the repeated IVA annual
reports which prove that IVA does not pay
its own way. The enormous difficulty the
Idaho Power Company had in getting the
Federal Power Commission to consider its
proposal to develop the Snake River is a
case in point. 1t shows how distortions of
fact can be used to frighten government
agencies, as we'll ats the public
A favorite word of these myth-makers
is ''giveaway." The weary old claim is con-
stantly made that when private enterprise
is permitted to develop the power on river,
a priceless resource belonging to the people
is callously given away to rapaciouS special
interests. The obvious fact, of course, is that
exactly nothing is given away. The utility
company in question must pay for the nee
essary facilities with its own money. When
the water has turned the turbines in the
power house, it is returned to the stream. 1t
sells the power at rates which are establish
ed by public service commissions. And it
pays huge taxes for the privilege of carry
ing on the business-some % per cent, on
the average, of all of its revenues from
sales
Actually, federal power monopolies are
the real giveaways. The money of all the
people is given away to provide a special
group of people with subsidized, tax-free
electricity. 1t would be equally just, equally
sound in principle, to thus subsidize their
food, shelter, clothing, automobiles, or any
thing else.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
LEARNING BY DOING

More and more people-particularly in
the moderate-income brackets-are buying
shares of stock in corporations in whose fu-
ture they have faith. There is every indica-
tion that this number will steadily increase
as time goes on. How can young people-the
potential shareOwners of thc future-learn
in practical and interesting way just how
the stock market operates and what it con-
tributes to the American free enterprise
system?
A group of students in an eastern high
school came up with an excellent answer to
that question. Under the direction of their
economics teacher, they gathered a wealth
of information about the market including
its mechanics and terminology Each stu
dent nominated a specific stock and argued
its merits A share Of the stock receiving
the largest number of votes was actually
purchased.
Then the group of shareowner-students
kept daily graph, showing their stocks ups
and downs and other factual data. They
discussed and analyzed the various factors
that might affect its value. Interest was
strong, with teachers and members of other
classes joining in.
Here is another example of the wonder
full magic of learning by doing. These stu
dents acquired some appreciation OF what
makes the American economy tick, some ap-
probation of business risks, of capital re-
quirements, of investment returns. This
schools experiment should be widely emu
lated.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
po~bss yeoper

In Chicago. after Edward 8tsAar
berg received q $235 check from IN
INSURANCE. company to cover the
loss of goods stolen from his shop.
SOMEONE rohred bin of tn. rherk
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Our Unsung Leaders OF Youth


Opening of schools will find more
than 100000 youngsters taking
their seats in the bands and orches-
tras that are now basic part of
school life. These youngsters are
the favored children of America,
for they not only will be gaining
the influence of those anonymous
builders of fine citizens, the band
masters.
Too much attention is given to
the small percentage of young
people who find destructive out
let's for their creative urge. Far
more of our young people are
learning to direct this urge and tn
enrich their lives with it-under
the patient, frieDdlv and firm guild
ance of the men md women who
direct not only the music but the
development of their students.
According to the Selmer Music
Research Center, there will be more
than $4,000 bands and orchestras in
our schools this year. Each will be
under the guidance of man or
woman who is teacher, musi-
clan, a confidant, a leader, and an
organizer for many young people
in their formative years-all on a
modest teachers salary.
America can be thankful for
these selfless bandmasters who are
making certain that the next gen.
Grafton will be worthy of leader
ship and capable of living happy
lives.
Platform To End Platforms?
That brief platform that Presi-
dent Eisenhower asked for, and
which turned out to be somewhat
longer than the Democratic move
lette, may still have been the most
painless document of its kind in
our history The reading, by Con-
necticut's Senator Prescott Bush
chairman of the Platform Commit
tee, was restricted to the two
column preamble or Declaration
of Faith. The Senator advised the
delegates they would find printed
copies of the whole works on their
chairs-which they could read Il
they wanted to. The motion thai
the full platform be adapted was
handled as casually and swiftly By
Convention Chairman Joe Martin
as if it involved adjournment fol
the evening or thanking the Cow
Palace janitors for sweeping VI
yesterdays trash.
The Declaration read by Senator
Bush reaffirmed the COPS faith il
God. Lincoln and Eisenhower
that order. 1t also quoted (as di(
many speaker) these words o
Lincoln's: "The legitimate obiec