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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Conceding Red Victory

An inch-and-a-half Associated
Press dispatch from Hong Kong
reports a As minute battle off the
Matsu Islands northwest of For
mosa. The Red Chinese, said the
AP, reported that two. Nationalist
warships tried to seize Communist
freighters near the islands but were
driven off by gunfire from the Red
coastal barriers in As minute
battle.
This should at least be a remin-
der that Quemoy and the Matsus-
which the U. S. is pledged to defend,
along with the territorial integri-
ty of Formosa-are still there. And
the Reds are still on the mainland
opposite those islands, in ever
increasing force.
Meanwhile in Washington, the
statement of Americas oldest SEN
ator, Chairman Theodore Francis
Green of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons committee. that we should
recognize Red China sooner or
later, brought only gentle remon-
STRANGE from the Secretary of
State. Mr. Dulles said such talk
was premature, to say the least.
But both leave the distinct i'm
preston that a deal with Commu-
mist China is only a matter of
time. There is no hint that Ma
tionalist China might prevail, or
that the free world will help Ma
tionalist China restore the Free
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
February 25, 1857


Dear Friends:
/ didn't know until Friday morn,
ing if | would be able to have the
coffee in Mother Dickerson's honor.
| had invited my friends to come
Friday, the day before the Dicker-
sons departure for Delaware. All
week prior to Friday Il battled
healthy or case of flu. But by Fri
day the miracle drugs seemed to
have conquered the demon that
was trying to conquer me and we
went on with the coffee.
Friday afternoon was my weekly
bridge club This | would have
cancelled except that one of my
good friends was being given an
earring shower that afternoon and
| hated to ask a substitute to take
my place bearing gift for the
guest of honor, who is leaving in
ten days for a three year tour of
Germany with her Air Force hr eby.
As YOU can see Friday was fast
becoming busy day. The children
were in school; Hayes was awfully
busy at the base getting ready for
SAC Evaluation School, a Strate-
gic Air. Command school which an
nualiy checks each crew. 1t really
corresponds to the children's re-
mort cards, only instead of reading.
writing and arithmetic they delve
into every phase of training the
boys have heen given as SAC
n
carry out their missions, their
emergency procedure in case some
thing happened to their jet. their
survival training is evaluated, even
their Judo is scrutinized. Every
thing in SAC is thorough and this
school that Hayes was preparing
for is no exception and HAYES
wanted to naturally do well. Friday
was attending two parties-mine
and the bridge club. Then Mother
and Dad Dickerson were winding
up their ball of yarn" and packing
their clothes, getting things in or
der for their fight the following
dav for the east coast.
Friday night / prepared a fare
we'll dinner" for the DIS and for
Hayes. We all went to bed early.
We were going to drive the Dick
ersons to Kansas CITY to catch their
$40 a. m. TWA fight. Hayes had
to be hack at Forbes bv IL a. m. for
his fight to Little Rock and to the
SAC Evsluation School (SES). Be-
fore we go TO sleep each nioht we
watch the late news on our TV set
~ the bedroom. We turned it on
Friday evening. per usual, and
4hev announced that the snow that
had been falling durino the dav
had Turned into p nice little storm
Nv this hour and so accidents in
orr area had been renorted due to
The hazardous conditions. On went
he lights Haves went to the phone
and bean calling the weather sta
tion. the, TWA reservation desk.
he Fansas turnpike. Tt was bed
INN. Evervone's plans went to the
se~~ winds.
We changed tho Dickersons' res
arvafiore to Srndav morning and
arranged for train tickets for them
~ o. to Kansas Citv that wav. Al
t.oA m the train wonld arrive
harn and this would get them in
Y. G. nar1v erouph N meet the $40
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
INFORMED AND ALERT

One of the most sensible and potentially
effective moves against Communism in the
United States has been taken by the Ameri-
can Bar Association. It's house of delegates
started the ball rolling nationally on a pro-
gram to combat Communism by exposing it
to analysis in high school and college class
rooms.
This action was based on program re-
Gently started by the Bar Association in
Florida. In that state the lawyers have pre-
pared an address, 'The Meaning of Commun-
ism, which is being presented to high school
students. Its purpose is to give pupils an UNI
derstanding of the sharp differences between
democracy and the alien theology of Commun-
ism.
Such program, conducted nationally in
high schools and colleges would do much
TO tear away both the mask that hides the
true face Of Communism and the shroud of
ignorance that hampers most thinking on the
subject. There are those who argue that we
should let well enough alone, and that the
less young people know about Communism
the better. This is nonsense. 1t is never wise
to be ignorant of ones sworn enemy. The
truth about Communism is the best defense
we have against it. We cannot fight it by
pretending that it does not exist.
This takes on even greater importance
now that the American Communist party is
claiming to be independent of Moscow The
Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that
actual membership in the party has dwindleG
almost to insignifcance, but at the same
time it cautions that we must remain alert
to the Communist theology among the COM
paratively large number of fellow travellers
who continue to follow the Communist line.
But we cannot be properly alert to Commun-
ism unless we know what it is, and are able
to recognize the Communist line when we
hear 1t.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

Babson Park, Mass, Feb. 20. To-
al taxes for the year, including Fed
eral, State and Local Taxes, will
amount TO more than 100000, 000,-
900 for 10000. geo people. There is
very little possibility of relief from
Federal or City Taxes. On the other
hand if we would really put up a
flight we should be able to keep
down State and Local Taxes. State
Taxes amount to about $50 an in
dividual. They range from a low of
about $50 in New Jersey (where
city taxes are relatively high to a
top of around s135 in the State
of Washington (where city taxes
are especially low
State Tax Revenue Sources
More than thirty states have in
come taxes or sales taxes, OF both.
The states also get a big account
from automobile taxes, with cuts
on alcohol and tobacco taxes. Un-
fortunately, most states are careless
in their expenditures because their
money comes so easily.
AS a result, total state debts have
increased almost fivefold during
the last ten years.-from about
IS21z billion to over s11 billion.
NCx there is a row on as TO who
should pay for the new schools.
School costs are really the respon-
sibility of the cities and counties,
but they are being passed on TO
the states, which in turn are try
ing to hand them over to the Fed
e~al Government.
What About Teachers Salaries
1t is generally agreed that cities,
towns, and counties should pay
teachers salaries. IL is unfair to
believe that pressure for higher
teachers salaries is coming from
the teachers themselves. Almost
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Pat Nixon s NelU Clothes
Rate Fashion Spotlight
By JANE EADS

WASHINGTON - Up = A sec
ond look is due the second lady of
the land.
president, already has won admir-
alton as model homemaker. wife
and mother Now she's being ac-
claimed for her unerring fashion
sense as well as her poise, stamina
and charm.
= Housekeeping comes naturally
for some women, as does the art of
being an understanding and help
full spouse or an understanding and
wise mother. Some are born
clothes horses and endowed with
all the attributes to stand them in
good stead in public life. Few wo-
men encompass ali these desirable
virtues. Pat does.
Mrs. Nixon's boundiess energy,
equilibrium and unfailing good
humor have been demonstrated
over the past year and half with
the widening scope of her
husbands Office. In addition to her
own heavy schedule, she began
taking some of the load off Mamie
Eisenhower shortly after the Pres
ident's heart attack, filling in for
her at luncheons and teas. With the
vice president she has presided
over numerous important official
functions.
Since 1852, when her husband
was elected to be second top man
in the government, she has travel
ed with him to 80 countries-to the
Far East in 1858, to Latin Ameri-
ca in 1955-as well as totaling UP
more than $4,000 air miles during
the 1856 political campaign.
Through all this she has man
aged to keep a smothly-run house
hold and close and happy rela-
tienship with her daughters, Pa
trieia, 10 and Julie, s. What's more,
she does laundry, cooking, mend
ing and some of the sewing for the
children. She used to make some
of her own clothes and practiced
economy to sueh extent she was
wearing her last years" cloth
coat among the minks OF other
Official wives long after her hus-
band became vice president.
Always dressing with taste and
feeling for what was right for
her slender, patriciaD type, Pat
Nixon has now added a new chic
to her appearance, as well as some
Republican prosperity" furs Her
husband gave der mink wrap Tor
Christmas. She wears an ermine
stole with her new wardrobe of
evening clothes.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Free Worlds aFirst Team


"The aircraft of World War II
bear a resemblance to modern air.
craft roughly comparable to that
of a crystal cats whisker radio
set to a combination television,
radio and photograph set, says
General Orval R. Cook, u. S. Air
Force (Ret.), president of the Air
craft Industries Association. Mod
ern aeronautical vehicles are more
accurately termed weapons sys-
TENS"
1t is we'll that this is so mas
much as the balance of power of
the entire free world resides today
in U. S. air power. And this is SO,
says General Cook. because of "a
relationship between the Govern
ment and the aircraft industry that
is unique in the history of custo-
mer-producer dealings
Apart from the vital security fac
tor involved, this relationship is
pretty important to every Ameri-
can who pays taxes, since it Ere
tains all of the inherent advantages
of competition for the defense
Department. customer and, at the
same time charges industry with
the greatest responsibilities ever
vested in private. enterprise.
In the current issue of PLANES.
official publication of the Associ-
alton. General Cook explains: ITO
days aircraft and missiles have
sped past the point where the Gov
eminent could economically direcl
in detail their design and produc-
ton. The manpower requirements
would be prohibitive." Nor could
any aircraft manufacturer alone
even the largest-produce mod
ern plane, he says. Rather, the
prime contractor-whom the Gen
eral regards as a weapons sys-
tenn manager"-looks to the ma
tion-wide complex of more than
$4,000 subcontractors and suppliers
for most CT the components of the
finished weapon. Only ON such a
broad base of highly specialized
skills could the industry cope with
assignments of today's technology
cal magnitude.
In addition to accepting unheard-
of demands as routine, the indus
try frequently goes ahead on its
own-money. that is-to design and
build a plane it thinks the mill
tary is going to need. This was the
case with the let tanker-on which
che manufactures sambled &c mill
lion dollars that the Air Force
would want it. The first produc-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Are Yon Pretty Enoughl


Senator Neuberger has introduced
a bill in the Senate that sets some
sort of record for irresponsible in
vasion of public rights. he wants
the government to get the rights
to great tracts of land-at public
expense-to provide scenic ease
ments" along the roads.
III this way, he hopes to sponsor
dainty highways that conform 70
his personal idea of what CONNER
cial roadways should be. He does
mt like the looks of free enter
prise highways.
This impersonalized Dainty High
way would mean higher taxes for
everyone by increasing costs and
reducing revenue from businesses
along the roads. Small business
men everywhere would be squeezed
out. Thousands would be unem-
ployed, since highway business
provides more than two million
jobs.
Is it possible in America to close
thousands of businesses because
someone doesn't like their looks?
We think not. Picture a bureaucrat
walking into this community and
saying: Sorry, you're not pretty
enough. You'll have to CO."
Businesses aren't always works
of art. Fertilizer makers, smoky
Factories aOisy mills meat mack
ers. curb markets, or newspaper
print shops-each sometimes dis.
pleases eye and ear. But each also
contributes nightly to an all-time-
high economy. Each provides jobs,
spends money locally, pays taxes
So do all the businesses along our
highways.
Knowing this, our legislators will
certainly kill any proposal based
on an eccentric's misguided sense
of highway daintiness.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

Imitation visited this country in
the early twenties and it is diff
cult to understand the mentality
that is willing to risk another dose.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Israel SfiII UN's Baby

Whatever else the Presidents
radio and TV address to the ma
ton accomplished it gave the an
alysts some analyzing to do He
did not 1--WE thought urge sane
Israel, but insisted that the UN is
on the spot and must be put up or
shut up. At the same time he chided
Israel For Noncompliance and OBJ
structionism.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

Democracy has its faults. but ii
is far superior to other forms of
government and will, in time. prove
the salvation of the world.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson Tovlor

tor model was delivered early this
year-two years sooner than if the
bailder had waited for an order.
What this has meant in giving our
jet bomber round-the-world range
at this time, we shall probably
never know.
others, obviously, have taken
similar CANDLES and lost. Facing
the day-to-day problem of being
0vertaken by the future, these
companies psow back about IS per
cent of their earnings-more than
any other American industry. Nor
does the Government bail out those
that fall by the wayside Building
planes for Uncle Sam. says General
Cook, is no short, happy road to
riches.
The planes may be different
these days, but the spirit behind
them is the same An industry born
to do the impossible-to give men
wings-lives up to its Enthusiastically
expanded responsibilities, in the
hest tradition of the pioneers of
Hight
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
WAR COSTS RISING

Down through the centuries, it has been a
truiSm that war becomes more costly for
each succeeding generation. 1t now has be-
come apparent that the rate at which this
cost increases has speeded up tremendously
in this century.
Part of the reason for this is that concen-
tfated scientific research and development
are creating new weapons so rapidly that
some of them become obsolete before they
can be used. Not only that, but the new weap-
ons are so complex that they cost much more
than those that went before.
case in point is the mighty B-36, six
engined intercontinental bomber which can
rise TO height of nearly 10 miles, travel
10000 miles without refueling, and lend off
virtually any fighter attack From 1913 UNI
til last year, these huge bombers were our
first line of defense The United States in
vested some two and half billion dollars
in a fleet of these behemoths.
Now, without ever having been used
in combat, the B-36 is ON the way out. 1t is
being replaced by the B-52, which costs twice
as much, and there are plans afoot to sup
plant the B-52 with an even bigger and much
faster bomber.
Because of its tremendous cost, the B-36
is the most striking example of obsolesence
in the weapons of war. There are many other
examples to support the thesis that the cost
of maintaining a strong defe ,sive attitude,
as we'll as the cost of war itself, is going up
like guided missile.
There is no indication of any change in
this trend. More and more of our resources,
and of the worlds, will be gobbed up by the
cost of ornaments. Nothing else focuses
brighter light than this on the need to re-
duce world tension so that we can safely
begin to disarm.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

FASHION SENSE: Pat Nixon,
wife of the vice president,
displays a new spring suit,
one of many articles in her
wardrobe that have establish
ed her as one of Washington's
best-dressed women.
Replacing the cloth coat for day
time is a simply-fashioned coat of
lamb pelts, given to her by
the Queen of Afghanistan.
Some fashion experts already are
predicting Pat Nixon will be on
next years list of best-dressed wo-
men. AS one local authority put
it, Pat Nixon knows the first, and
hardest, principle of best-dressing
her type
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01

The arrival of March, with the arrival of
Spring, means that Winter is bowling out.
The name, of course, comes from Mars, an
ancient Italian diety, known as the God Of
War.
In early colonial days, the year began
in March until recently Federal income taxes
were payable in March, but now March has
been relieved of this latter distinction.
March contains many memorable days
and anniversaries. On March 30th 1912,
DR.. Bradford w. Long, a Small-tOwn doctor,
practicing in Jefferson, Georgia, used ether
for the first time on patient to remove
tumor. The patient, James M. Venable, was
surprised when he awoke to find that the
tumor on his neck had been removed and he
had felt no pain. This is one of the little
known anniversaries of March, since for
many years most of the population believed
that the first use of ether had occurred in
Massachusetts administered by DR.. William
Morton, dentist.
DIR. Morton first administered ether to a
patient on October Is, 1856, in the removal
of a tumor. DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes sug-
gested the name anaesthesia. DR.. Long first
used either in 1912. A thorough examination
of the history of its first use was made by
DR.. j. Marion Sims, of New York, in later
years and from the available evidence, he
concluded that credit for the first use of an
anaesthetic belonged to DR.. Long.
March, of course, to be the month of
Inauguration Day and on March 4th, for
many years. Presidents were inaugurated.
However, with the adoption of the 10th
Amendment in 1888, inaugurations have
been held in January
The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whit
ney of Massachusetts, on March IL, 1893
South Carolina, incidentally, voted him an
award of $4,000 in recognition of the i'm
portance of his invention.
The u. S. Military Academy at West
Point, N. Y, was founded by Act of Con-
gress on March 16, 1902, and St. Patrick's
Day is celebrated on March 18th, dating from
the death of the patron saint of Ireland on
March H. 1893.
The month is the birthday anniversary
of several Presidents of the United States,
among them being Grover Cleveland the
only man to serve two separated terms of
office as President of the United States
Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey,
on March 18, 1887.
March contains many other interesting
historical days, including Maryland Day,
which falls on the 25th. Alamo Day in Texas
which comes on the 9Th, and many others.
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dom of her brothers On the main
land
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-03-01
MARCH

with rushing winds and gloomy skies
The dark and stubborn Winter dies;
Far off-unseen-Spring family cries,
Bidding her earliest child arise;
March,
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toric sites might spend some
time in the State of New
York.
East Of the Hudson are the
18th century Phillipse Castle
at Tarrytown; Sunnyside. re-
stored home Of author WASH
ington Irving between Irv-
ington and Tarrytown; Van
Cortlandt House presently
being restored at Croton;
Washington's Headquarters
at White Plains; st. Paul's
Church, shrine Of freedom of
the press at Mount Vernon;
Franklin D. Roosevelt's home
and the Vanderbilt mansion
at Hyde Park, and the Shaker
Museum at Old Chatham.
Pictorial scenes Of the
Hudson can be taken from
many vantage points, eSpe-
cially at the beautiful bridges
and ferries crossing the river.
The Bear Mountain Bridge
crosses from Peekskill, the
Mid-Hudson from Pough-
keepsie, the kingston Rhine
cliff from north of Rhine
cliff, the Rip Van Wrinkle
from Hudson.
The beauties of Niagara
are always for you and your
camera. Other scenic areas
nearby are Fort Niagara,
Beaver Island, Buckhorn Is
land. and Evangola State
Parks.