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Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
VFW Kiddie Party
Was Big Success
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Post Home, here, and was, accord
ing to all reports, a tremendous
success.
This veterans peacetime "mis-
sion" actually got under way two
months ago when members of Blue
Hen Post began the solicitation of
gift items; Milford merchants, just
as they have in the past, responded
generously to this annual appeal
Cub Scouts and Brownie Scouts did
their bit by contributing additional
toys which were repaired and made
serviceable by the veterans. While
some members of post and Aux
iliary were engaged in wrapping
and tagging the gift items, others
were engaged in arranging trans
portation for the youngsters.
Last Saturday, around noon,
post members began the task of
transporting more than 100 young
sters from their homes to the Post
Home, where, upon arrival, they
were greeted by "Ol' Santa, him
self. After being entertained and
filled to the brim" with all the
goodies generally associated with
the Yuletide season, the young
sters received gaily wrapped gifts
having total value in excess of ST.
600. Then, the tired, but happy and
gift-laden youngsters were safely
transported to their homes.
Reports on Operation Santa
Claus" will highlight the next reg
ular meeting of Blue Hen Post the
evening of Tuesday, January Sth.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
MILTON
By Walter w. Crouch
Phone: Milton 1885

Services were held on Sunday
at p. M, from the Short Funeral
Home in Milton for Mrs. Cora Mae
Wilson, wife of William B. Wilson,
who died Wednesday afternoon in
the Milford Memorial Hospital after
long illness.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by a daughter. Mrs.
Elizabeth Schmierer, Lewes; a son
Clifford C. Bullock, Milford; three
sisters, Mrs. Laura Hartzell, Royal
Fort, Pa; Mrs. Harry Braumback,
Phoenixville, Pa; and Mrs. Herbert
Kelsey, Glen Moore, Pa; five grand
children and two great grand
children.
The Rev. Earl w. Watts, pastor
of the Pilgrim Holiness Church,
officiated and interment followed in
the Beaver Dam Cemetery at Har-
beson.
On Monday afternoon funeral SER
vices we're held for Mrs. Delema
Anna Blizzard, who died Thursday
afternoon in Wilmington Hospital.
She is survived by her husband,
William E. Blizzard her mother,
Mrs. Emma T. Walls; daughter,
Mrs. Helena NJ Pusey, Blades: ?
son, John E. Blizzard, Milton: a
sister Mrs. Maggie Wilson, Milton;
a brother, John Steelman, Lewes,
and two grandchildren.
The Rev. Earl Watts of the Pill
grim Holiness Church, officiated at
the services from the VIM. Short
Funeral Home. Burial was held in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Reed and
children were dinner guests on
Christmas Eve in Milford with Mr.
and Mrs. Herman w. Sharp, Sr.
On Christmas Day, Mr.. and Mrs
Preston Reed and children were
among those dinner guests enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Courtland
Smith in Glendale Mr.. and Mrs
Reed entertained the following
Christmas callers at their homo
near Milton: Mr.. and Mrs. Heynan
w. Sharp, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Clements and son, Jimmy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Davis and sens, Larry
and Johnny, all of Milford; Mrs.
Betty Shivelhood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Clifton and children, and
Mr., and Mrs. Roland Millman and
family of Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard Messick held
family reunion at their home on
Union ST., Saturday evening. The
guests attending the turkey din
ner included, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Sammons and family of
Ellendale, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cox
and children of Milton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Messick and family of
Seaford.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Dorman, Mrs. Nora Campbell, Mrs.
Harry Dorman and Mrs. Albert
Lofiand and son Jimmy were after
noon guests with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Campbell in Marcus Hook, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lof1and are
vacationing in Hollywood. Fla.
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Lofiand, Sr., and his sister.
Mrs. joseph Doster and children.
Early Christmas morning, Mr.
and Mrs. George Marcun and son
Richard left for two weeks visit
in Miami. Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Black, who
for the past few years have made
their home in Richmond, Va, are
once again Delaware residents.
Herman has been transferred to
he Newark office of his COMPANY
ond they are occupying an apart
nnent in that town. awaiting COM
nIeti0n of a recen+1y purchased
home in that vicinity.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
New Subscribers To
Blood Bank Face Raise
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Mr.. McClOskey went on to say
that "the present annual dues of
81 make it possible for every fam
lily to enjoy the benefits of Blood
Bank coverage. We want to keep it
that way. We believe that this new
"one time charge" of the 81 enroll
ment fee will provide adequate in
come for the Blood Bank to operate
effectively"
Frank Gallagher, executive di-
rector of the Blood Bank, said that
new subscriptions now in the mails
would be accepted without the en-
rollment fee. However, all mail
subscriptions postmarked a r
than January 2, 1857, must include
the 81 enrolment fee and the addi-
tional 81 first annual dues.
Mr.. Gallagher also emphasized
that former subscribers whose
memberships had been cancelled
due to failure to renew or meet
their blood donor obligations might
rejoin the plan but would be sub
ject to both the 81 enrolment fee
and payment of the annual dues.
The executive director pointed
out that any subscribers whose
memberships were cancelled twice
would not be eligible to rejoin a
third time.
The Blood Bank of Delaware,
Inc, began operations in New Cas-
tie County on May Is, 1855. Since
that time the plan has put 1858
pints of whole blood into the blood
banks of the community hospitals
of Delaware replacing blood re-
ceived from the hospitals by Blood
Bank subscribers and their depen-
dents.
Those interested in joining the
Blood Bank of Delaware may do so
by calling Olympia 48S37 or writ
ing to 1011 Washington Street, Will
mington.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04

The United States has 315 acres
of arabic land per person.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
HIDING EVIDENCE

SANFORD, N. c. II up - Jur-
les in Lee County Superior Court
are expected to reach their YER
diets on the merits of the case,
even when there are pretty lady
witnesses.
A new addition to the courtroom
is box around the witness stand
which completely hides the occu-
pants legs.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
NEW PANAMA CANAL

JACKSON, Miss. - Up - Hugh
Griffis. ham radio operator got
himself out of the mud in adja-
cent Rankin County through use of
the airwaves-via Panama.
His car got stuck while he was
squirrel hunting and he used his
car radio transmitter to summon
help. He couldn't pick up anyone
locally but an obliging ham in Pan
anna heard his "SOS" and relayed
it back to C. G. Griffith and Myron
Jockey, Jackson amateurs. They
came to the rescue quickly with
tire chains.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-04
FOTTED PARAKEET

MILWAUKEE, - up Mrs.
Arthur Miller says she has a par
akeet that not only asks for beer
but drinks it, tooi
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

Mr. Mortin. q free Lance writer, lived
ond studied in the Middle Eost for
mony yeors.
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the Arab Resurrection Party,
headed by Akram Hourani. is ia
vorable to the present government.
in addition to the small Syrian
Communist Party. In opposition
are the powerful Populist Party,
the Syrian National Party and the
National Party. These three
parties could easily win 80 per
cent of the parliamentary seats in
any fair election.
Sharply Divided
II the inside forces of opposi-
ton are more powerful than the
ruling clique. what. then, accounts
for their disability to dislodge
the present regime? There are
several reasons. In the first place.
the opposition is sharply divided
on major issues and has been
feuding ever since Syria won its
independence at the end of World
War II.
Another major factor. which is
to the advantage of the present
regime, is the feeling of despair
that grips most of the ardent
nationalists in Syria. 1t is the
product of the failure of Arab
policy in Palestine Algeria and
elsewhere. And 1t reacts against the
Western powers, who are blamed
for all the woes of the Arab world.
AS to the external opposition
to the new regime a quick look
at the map reveals that Syria is
ringed by hostile pro-Western
powers. Th three Arab countries
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Qualification Is Due on Status of FIJI Files

than abide by similar court rulings.
Up until late last Friday, the
bills introduced in the Senate by
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat Of
Wyoming, and in the House by
Representative Walter, Democrat
Of Pennsylvania, were almost iden-
teal. These bills would seek to
revise and clarity the Jencks de-
cision in two major regards:
Q If the Government contends
that any statement or report made
by one of its witnesses and de-
manded by the defendant contains
data which does not relate to testi-
mony given by the witness, the
Government must turn over the
material to the judge for his pri-
vate inspection. The judge would
cut out those portions which he
finds are not relevant and direct
delivery of the remainder to the
defendant.
. 1t would be made clear that no
Government-held statements and
reports made by its witnesses need
be turned over to the defendant
prior to the trial.
But late last Friday, on the
insistence of several liberal DEM
ocratic Senators, the O'Mahoney
version was softened. The wording
that the bill shall not affect the
Federal rules of criminal proce-
dure was added. This disturbed
the Justice Department. which
fears that. even though the Su-
preme Court in the Jencks case
concerned itself with the at-trial
production of witnesses state
ments. the bill might be inter-
preted as congressional approval
of pretrial disclosure. Senator
O'Mahoney said. however, that the
new language simply leaves the
question open and does not in
dictate approval or disapprovsl.
Another modification of the
O'Mahoney bill would, in the eyes
Of the Justice Department. allow
FBI agents reports to their SUI
periors on their interviews of
Government witnesses in certain
cases to be turned over 10 the
defendant.
In view of these objections.
administration forces will seek to
amend the measure so that it is
restored to its original form be-
fore the Senate votes or it to-
morrow.
Defendants Right
AS to the matter Of the judge
screening the Government reports,
the Supreme Court specifically de-
clared that the defendant should
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rose in her hair a white one.
During the Is years since Khalid
Bakdash spoke at that meeting,
the Syrian Communist Party has
grown from 500 to an estimated
5000 members. Considering the
opportunities offered by unrest
and dissatisfaction, this is not an
outstanding achievement.
Strange as 1t may appear. the
anti-Communist forces in Syria
are. even today, much more
powerful than the Communist and
pro-Communist leftist elements.
And they are augmented by i'm
portant outside forces.
Among the internal opposition
forces are the majority of Syrian
army officers, including those in
exile. which constitute quite a
large body.
Last weeks purge Of is top
ranking officers, including Gen.
Nizam ul-din, the army chief of
staff, is an indication Of the inn
portance Of this group. The purged
officers had elaborated with
those remaining in power to over
throw Col. Shishekly in 1855. with
the hope of establishing a demo-
cratic form Of government run by
civilians. They have now found,
too late. that is is impossible to
collaborate with a group which has
been hand-picked by Moscow to
carry out a well-laid plan aimed
at selling power in the country.
Among the poll cal parties. only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
By L. EDGAR PRINA

Since June IL, 1856. when the
United States Supreme Court
limited the Federal Employe Sc
cur4ty Program to sensitive"
Government jobs, there has been
q string Of decisions by the high
tribunal which have been in
terpreted in some quarters as
dulling the Nations weapons in
the fight against communism and
Subversion.
Loud outcries. accompanied by
the introduction of numerous pro-
posals to correct" the situation,
have reverberated over Capitol
Hill. But as the 85th Congress
plunges into what may be the
final week Of its first session. only
one of these measures is likely to
become law. This is the so-called
"Jencks BILL" which late last
week reached the Senate floor and
which is slated to come up in the
House tomorrow or Tuesday.
The bill seeks to establish ex-
elusive procedures for the produc-
ton of Government records in
criminal cases and thereby revise
and clarity the Supreme Courts
ruling early last June in the case
of the United States v. Clinton
E. Jencks.
In this case, the court ruled
that the defendant, an official of
a left-wing labor union accused of
filing a false non-Communist affi-
davit, should have been given ac-
cess to FBI reports made by bu-
reau undercover agents on ma
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have the right to make the deci.
sion on whether to use certain
material in the reports of the wit
nesses touching the events ard
activities to which they testified
at the trial. - 1t added:
THE practice of producing
Government documents to the
trial judge for his determination
of relevancy and materially,
without hearing the accused, is
disapproved !. Only after inspec-
ton of the reports by the &C.
cused must the trial judge deter
mine admissibility-e.g., eviden.
tiary questions of inconsistency,
materiality and relevancy-of the
contents and the method to be
employed for the elimination Of
parts iInmaterial or irrelevant"
Moy Require New Test
The Justice Department obvi-
ously does not think that If the
judge were given the decision on
what the defendant should see, the
defendants right to due process
would be impaired. Whether the
Supreme Court, in view of the
language quoted above. would
agree may have to await a new
case.
Most observers believe that, bar
ring a really wild dash for adj
journment, the "Jencks bill" will
be approved. The powerful and
popular FBI is Pumping for it:
Deputy Attorney General Will
liam Rogers has been doing leg
and voice work on Capitol Hill
in its behalf; such opposites as
Senator O'Mahoney and Sena-
tor Eastland. Democrat Of Mis-.
sissippi, favor it, and it has BIZ
partisan support in the House.
A flock of other bills designed
to tighten internal security and
give Federal employees fairef treat
ment under the loyalty program
are, meanwhile, destined to await
consideration by Congress when it
returns next January.
These measures include the
wide ranging recommendations
made by the Commission on Gov
eminent Security. which submit.
ted its report to Congress late in
June after making an 18-month
study of the Governments internal
security set-up. Many of the pro.
posals of the commission, which
was headed by Los Angeles At
torney Lloyd Wright. are contained
in the 141-page omnibus security
bill introduced by Mr.. Walter in
the House last week.
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MANY PAPERS CLOSE
British Press Is in Trouble

racier Daily Mirror, a tabloid
which out-tabloids any American
counterpart. So now. in an effort
to save itself. the Herald is shelv-
ing its official adherence to the
LaboriteS-and its serious political
purpose. It. too. has set out to
entertain.
Little Foreign Coveroee
A democracy demands a public
well informed on foreign affairs.
But where are the British to get
these facts? From 1889 to l945,
newspapers were reduced to one
page, for newsprint had to be i'm
ported and shipping space was
precious. After the war newsprint
rationing. for economic reasons,
persisted for years and has only
recently been lifted. For over 10
years British newspapers have
been skimped for space. so that
most might be read in is minutes.
One result has been limited
Space-or no space-for foreign
coverage. It is doubtful If many
people, stopped in London street,
could tell you where Indonesia is
or what the Geneva Conference
was about. The tremendous
changes of a resurgent Asia are
hardly noticed. The countries of
the Commonwealth fare no better.
There is little background news to
be found about Canada, Australia
or any of the DominionS.
Yet for every 1000 inhabitants
of Britain, Gil newspapers are
sold every day. There are over
$50 daily and Sunday papers. And
every stable town has a weekly
newspaper, of which there are
1850. But the scene is dominated
by the great national dailies and
Sundays. Their calculations are
the biggest in the world because
Britain is a small. compact island
which can be blanketed by a
particular paper.
The concentration of news
paper ownership in a few hands
has continued to increase: Today.
Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Rother-
mere and Mr.. Cecil King-only
three men-control more than
20 per cent of the entire circula-
ton of the morning press.
The Sunday newspapers are
less newspapers than magazines.
The largest, the News of the
World. has a staggering circula-
ticn Of eight million-and its
main contents are copious reports
of the more Sordid or exciting
crime cases. Among the dailieS,
the Daily Express has a circula-
ton of over four million. the
Daily Mirror nearly five million.
The fact that newspapers can
not attract enough advertising,
even with circulations nearing
two million. has led to such a
frantic scramble for circulation
at-any-price that the quality of
some of the Sunday newspapers
must be seen to be believed.
worldwide Press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
THREATS TO NEW REGIME
Syrio's Neighbors May Be Vests Best Hope

bordering Syria have had a series
of serious verbal clashes with the
pro-Communist regime during the
last months.
Iraq resented the Syrian Sabo-
tage of oil pipelines during tho
Suez hostilitieS last fall depriving
her of millions of dollars in royal.
ties. More recently, Jordan &C.
cused Syria of mastermindirg an
unsuccessful plot to dethrone King
HusSein, and relations between the
two countries were on the verge Of
breaking down. Relations with
Lebanon, the third Arab country,
have been more than strained re-
Gently with Syria accusing her
neighbor of giving asylum to
Syrian political refugees.
Syrian relations with Israel and
Turkey. the two non-Arab coun-
tries, have also been far from nor
NAL. The Syrian-Israeli border
continues to flare up at intervals.
Turkey has sharply protested
Syrian troop concentrations on
the northern border.
Intervention Unlikely
However, of the five countries
bordering Syria, only two, Turkey
and Iraq, would be likely to take
action against the leftist regime
in their neighbor. Both are mem
bers of the Baghdad Pact and,
as such, are dedicated to thwart-
ing any Communist conspiracy in
the Middle East. But such action
appears unlikely at present and
involves more than a punitive
campaign against a weaker neigh
Dor. For. even If 1t does not
develop into a major war, since
the Soviet Union is not likely to
risk such a war by defending
Syria, armed intervention would
put Iraq in very awkward posi-
ton among the other Arab ma
tions hostile to the Baghdad Pact.
Eventually. barring unforeseen
major developments involving the
great powers, the present regime
seems certain to collapse even IL
the Communists take over COM
pletely The opposition, which
comprises the great majority Of
Syrians. can be expected in due
time to join forces and stage a
successful coup. For it is to be
remembered that Syria. unlike
Hungary. has no common border
with the Soviet Union and It
would be impossible for Soviet
tanks to come to the aid of the
present regime without trespass-
ing in the Baghdad Pact coun-
tries, joired in defensive alliances
with the Western poTrs.
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only the tabloid Daily Mirror, the
raucous, chauvinist Daily Express
and the stately London Times
were clearly not in economic diff
flculties. For the rest. even
papers like the famous Daily Mail.
with a circulation of more than
two-and-a-half million, the future
appeared doubtful.
Since then, both the News
Chronicle and the Daily Herald
have announced their determine
ton to carry on as they are. The
immediate crisis on Fleet Street
has subsidized. But it is clear to
many observers that this is merely
a respite. that the main problems
remain to be dealt with in the
not-too-distant future.
How is it that newspapers with
larger calculations than all but
one or two American dailies are
finding it difficult to prosper in
a country which. despite its trade
balance problems. is enjoying a
general boom? The answer is
that circulations are no longer de-
cisive in the British newspaper
business.
The Times Prospers
The London Times, with a daily
leadership of only about $1,000.
prosperS while the proprietor Of
a paper with a circulation in the
millions is worried.
Fundamentally. it is the adver-
Using squeeze which has put sew
eral big-circulation dailies at a
disadvantage when competing
with the more popular Mirror and
Express, which, between them,
boast a circulation of nearly 10
million or one-flfth the popula-
ton of Britain.
A newspaper like the Times does
not face the same problem. There
is q much wider distribution here
between popular" and serious"
journals than in America, for ex-
ample. The Times, the traditional
breakfast reading matter Of the
elite of the British professional
class. government and business
leaders, and almost no one else. is
assured of steady revenue from
those advertisers who must reach
the eyes of the upper crust and
can do so through almost no other
means.
But while the Times has its
faithful few. the larger British
newspaper public. vastly in
creased over that of even rs years.
ago, has made it clear that it de-
sires entertainment more than in
formation from its press. British
readers once read the newspaper
with which they were in sympathy
politically. This is no longer gen.
orally the case.
The Daily Herald. half Of its
stock held by the British Trade
Unions Council, was until month
ago the official organ of the Labor
Party. But the latter's IS million
adherents preferred to read the