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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Delaware Food Market
Report

Locally grown vegetables are in
creasing in supply as harvesting
continues. Sweet corn and toma-
toes are just beginning to be picked
and it is expected these two favor
ties will reach volume proportions
in early part of the month. Ice
burg lettuce from nearby produc-
ing areas is very low in price, with
quality good to excellent. Romano
and Boston lettuce, endive, oscar
ole and other salad and cooking
greens remain in good supply this
week and prices are low. Other
reasonably priced vegetables are
summer squash, snap beans, Gu
cumbers and onions.
Summer fruits continue to ar
rive at local markets and supplies
of most are plentiful. Burberry
shipments have been and are heavy
and prices reflect this. Look for
this fruit on special sales this
week. Csc a pint Tree-ripe pea
ches are rolling into markets and
we are beginning to see evidence
of the large crop which was pre-
dicted for this fruit as prices be-
gin to fall. Plums are definitely
wearing attractive price tags. Do
you have trouble selecting juicy,
ripe plums? Well, here's a hint
from the United States Department
of Agriculture. Don't let color be
your plum guide. If the plum is
soft at the tip, the plum is ripe.
In purchasing plums be sure to
note whether or not the flesh is
shriveled. This usually indicates a
leathery texture and poor flavor.
Over-ripe or over-mature fruit is
insipid in flavor. It's characters
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

we had this morning. While they
ate Leslie guzzled down seven
ounces of milk. All this traffic up
and down the hall would awake
anyone and sure enough soon our
overnight guests joined us at the
table. Lieutenant and Mrs. Edward
Longman of Wellington, Ohio. are
keeping Leslie for us while we're
in K. c. Wilma and Ed played polk
er with Hayes and me the evening
before Leslie arrived. They were
at our house the day she came
home from the hospital. They wit
messed her christening. Really they
qualify as her second parents, her
god parents.
/ hope our two young ladies will
be just that while they are under
your watchful eyes this month. If
they would just say the word this
morning Hayes would gladly turn
this car around and cancel their
proposed flight east. He loves his
harem and hates to part with any
of us.
Must close now since the sky
scrapers of X. C. are in sight. It's
lovely summer day here Hope
the fight is a smooth one for our
and IL year old babies.
Until next week.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

We do not have the preponderant
power to check Soviet plans and
CANDLES, for they will actually be
capable of destroying SAC bases
and of infiicting more damage on
the United States-Or as much-as
we are capable of infiicting on
them.
HARTMAN AND KHRUSHCHEV
Another American, Debated for
mer New York Governor Averell
Hartman, has met with Russian
Dictator Nikita Khruschev. This is
in keeping with the trend among
U. S. politicians.
Mr.. Hartman, of course, is
writing a series of articles about
his travels, and his interview with
Khrushchev is a feather in his cap
and one which he obtained as the
former Ambassador to Moscow, and
as the former Governor of New
York.
Mr.. Hartman, who enjoyed a
meal with Khrushchev at his coun-
try villa near Moscow, is report
ed to have carried on his discus
sions with Khrushchev longer than
most Americans, although we dc
not know whether he could match
the record claimed by Senator HUI
bert Humphrey, of Minnesota.
Humphrey was claiming some
thing like an eight-hour-stint, if
we recall correctly.
Whatever can be said about
Harriman's travels, and his series
of articles seems to be very in
teresting reading, he is at least
keeping up with the active candi-
dates, although he, himself, is con-
sidered eliminated as a presiden-
tial nomination possibility.
With Senator John Kennedy
thinking about going to Africa,
with Senator Hubert Humphrey
about ready to cut out to the Far
East, and with Vice President
Nixon ready to go to Moscow, it
must be that Senator Stuart Sym
ington, Governor Nelson Rookie
Teller and Majority Leader Lyndon
Johnson are wondering where they
can go to maintain a political and
psychological balance
If one of these gentlemen could
make the first trip to the moon be-
fore the conventions in 1860, he
would be an almost-sure-shot for
the nomination. Certainly no one
could match that and the inter-
views he could obtain on the moon.
and the profound secrets he could
discover, would certainly dazzle
the world and put him far ahead
of the other candidates in the
"world-traveled Man of Distinc-
ton" category.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
July 6. 1859
4::30 a. m.

Dear Friends:
Think this is the earliest have
ever written to you. We four oldest
Hayes Dickersons are already
dressed and in the car headed for
Kansas City this morning. This is
the day we have planned and wait
ed for since spring. Lynne and
Dawn are leaving us this morning
by TWA. Their destination is our
nations capitol. This afternoon at
1:40 their plane is slated to land
in D. C. and there my brother, Ted,
and his two oldest daughters, Con-
ME and Marsha will be at the air
port to meet them.
The girls are so excited about
their trip they didn't even cry when
they said goodbye to their baby
sister, Leslie, this morning. Leslie
heard us getting dressed when we
arose and she decided she'd better
climb up out of that crib and in
vestigate. The last 10 days she
has learned to stand on her own
two feet and believe me you can
take that two ways. She's a lady
with mind of her own. You'll see
for yourself in August.
The girls love those canned bis
cults for breakfast, so that is what
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
THE COTTON INDUSTRY

President r. C. Edwards, of
Clemson College, said recently that
the federal government must rec
ognize the Importance of the cot
.On industry to the nations econ
omy, and the national defense, and
that present federal programs were
unfair to domestic manufacturers.
Edwards claims that foreign aid
md trade policies allow American
cotton to be sold to foreign textile
competitors at 61a to &c per pound
below American prices. American
manufacturers, of course, are not
able to buy cotton at these prices.
When one considers that foreign
manufacturers already enjoy ire
mendous advantage in labor costs
IN advantage which sometimes
amounts to as much as 5000 below
American wages, it is quite clear
hat the advantage enjoyed by for
eign manufacturers is a consider
able one.
The educator also pointed out
that the first thing an undevelOped
COUNTRY seeking to qualify for U
s. aid sought, in many cases, was
o develop a textile industry be-
cause production in that industry
can begin quickly. and because
cheap cotton is usually made avail
able. 1t takes these competitors
only a short time, thereafter, to
compete with domestic textile
firms, according to Edwards.
Meanwhile, the textile industry
has a legitimate complaint, con-
cerning the price of cotton, and the
State Departments tariff and pric-
ing policies in recent years, and
the complaint should be given a
air and complete hearing.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLIT?
Chances have been enhanced in
recent days that a major split will
occur in the Democratic party al
some time before the 1860 presi-
Dental election. The action of the
National Committee Chairman, Paul
Butler, indicates that there is a
group of liberals in the senior ma
jor political party who prefer a
split to a united front. 1t is the be-
life of some of these liberals that
the party can win an election with
out the 127 electoral votes in the
South.
In the background might also be
the jockeying for position in the
presidential competition. Chair
man Butler is campaigning for Sen
ator John Kennedy. Majority Lead
er Lyndon Johnson, considered to
be a moderate in the field, has be-
come a major threat, who can nc
longer be easily dismissed. John
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son would probably carry the
South, solidly, while the other lead
ing candidates might well expert
ence what Harry Truman expert
enced in 1948, and what Adlai Ste
yenson experienced in 1862 and
1956-the South about evenly di-
vided.
The basic difference in the philo-
sophies of the anti-mOderates and
the moderates is the view, on the
one hand, that a very liberal plat
form and candidate is needed to
win, and the view, on the other
hand, that only a moderate can win,
in 1860.
Those holding the latter view
believe the elections of 1852 and
1856 prove conclusively that the av-
erage voter in the United States
does not want highly liberal can
didate, a free spender and an ad-
ministration inclined toward the
left. The Butler faction contends
that only very liberal candidate
can defeat the Republican nominee,
nv offering the voters contrast.
THE MISSILE GAP
Under the pressure of daily
events and with news concerning
the steel industry, Berlin, and
other hot news taking up most of
the headlines, we are inclined to
forget about the most serious
problem the United States faces
in its dealings with Soviet Russia.
That is the problem of the mis-
sile gap. 1t should be remembered
and cannot be forgotten by think
ing Americans that Secretary of
Defense Neil McElroy has admit
ed that in the next three years the
Soviet Union will have 3 to 1 SUI
premacy over us in the field of
intercontinentaI ballistic missiles.
The Secretary of Defense, back
ed by President Eisenhower, is
willing to take the risk of allowing
the Russians to gain this terrible
advantage over the United States.
We are committed to a policy
which depends upon a balanced
defense, which means that we
have weapons such as SAC, TAG,
Naval Air Power, intermediate mis-
siIes. and other retaliatory forces,
to offset the ominous ICBM advan-
tage to be enjoyed by the Russians.
1t is argued that we must build
up our missiles strength, and con-
ventional power, and that we can
not afford-whatever it costs-to
allow the advantage to go against
us, and we cannot allow the COM
munist world to become the prepon-
derant power, for our allies in
Western Europe and in Asia are
far more vulnerable than they
were ten years ago.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
DIFFERENT CASES


NOGALES, Ariz. (P)-Immigra-
tion officers in Nogales tell this
story:
A young government doctor re-
Gently assigned to the Nogales' port
of entry was returning from visit
to Mexico.
An immigration officer asked,
What did you bring back from
Mexico?"
"a case of typhus," quipped the
doctor.
20. K, go ahead, but that'll be
all for 80 days"
The federal government allows
one case of liquor to be returned
across the border without tax ev-
cry 80 days. SD 80
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Babson Forecasts Great Future For mo Rain" Lands

BABSON PARK, Mass. July 10
We all know that arid lands pro-
duce the finest crops when they
finally get water. Our most beauti-
full lettuce and similar table vege-
tables which come from California
are now grown from land which
was absolutely sterile a few years
ago. The reason is that these
lands, which have had no rains
during the past century, are very
rich in vitamins and minerals,
while our normally fertile lands
have had these washed away down
the rivers and into the oceans.
When 1 was in Africa last year l
was told that the Sahara Desert
will blossom like a rose" when it
has water.
PRESENT IRRIGATION VERY
WASTEFUL
The only way we are now able to
give these mo rain" lands suffi-
cient water is by irrigation. This
usually means building an expen-
sive dam. together with canals to
the area. These canals are, of
course, open and the water is SUBJ
iect to serious evaporation. AS a
result, all present forms of irri-
CATION are very wasteful, even if
the water is obtainable. l believe
that very few new irrigation sys-
TENS will be built.
The lands, however, must have
some equivalent of water, but this
will be synthetic" water. l am GER
tain of this after my few weeks
spent in New Mexico and Arizona,
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from which states l have just re-
turned. There you can buy mo
rain" land for $1,000 an acre; but
to have it irrigated-even of that
is possible = will cost you over
$4,000 per acre.
HOW WATER MAY BE
MANUFACTURED
Those of us who have studied
chemistry know that water con-
sists of two elements, hydrogen
and oxygen. In the chemical lab
oratory we were taught how to de-
compose water into these two gases
of hydrogen and oxygen; in fact,
this is now being done in COM
mercial way by means of beam
of light. l remember, however, that
it was dangerous to reverse the pro-
cess. 1t created much heat and
sometimes an explosion. This in
rough, is the process which will
take the place of present systems
of irrigation; but it will be great
ly simplified and costs cut. This
new process can be used for all
land, however far away from wa
ter it may be in this country or in
any part of the entire world.
Oxygen gas can now be secured
quite cheaply, but hydrogen gas is
expensive and tricky. We may need
trigger" to combine the two, but
this will not long be true. More
over, l am convinced that it will
soon be easy to buy diluted hydro
gen gas which will work with oxy-
gen. This will be shipped direct
ly to the farmer and he will make
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
THE POISON-IVY BLUES

A three-leafed weed called toxicodendron
by botanists, poison ivy by those Americans
not allergic to it, and variety of imprint
able names by those who are probably causes
more vacation-time misery than most other
allergic ills combined.
Poison ivy is found in every section of
the United States. 1t grows in the form of
clinging vines, trailing shrubs and upright
shrubs, and can usually be found just where
you've set down the picnic basket; in the
woods to the left of the fairway if you hook,
or to the right if you slice; and on the bank
of the stream where you've just caught a
three-pound trout.
The leaves of toxicodendron vary in
length from one to four inches. They are
green and glossy in summertime, red or rus
set in spring and fall. The fruit is white and
waxy looking and resembles mistletoe.
Although ivy poisoning has long been a
basis for humor, it is not really laughing
matter, points out the Health News Institute.
Approximately SO per cent of white adult
males are allergic to one or more of the MEM
bers of the poison ivy family !. !. ivy, poison
oak, or poison sumac. Each year more than
$4,000 cases of skin poisoning are reported,
ranging from mild itching to severe infan-
nation and large blisters.
Although most cases of ivy poisoning are
due to direct contact with the plant some
are caused Dy nanQllng clOCn1nS, Bdru0n Hi
elements, and even pets which have touched
poison ivy. Some individuals are so sensi-
tive to its allergy-causing oils that expos
ure to brush fire containing stalks or leaves
of the plant will cause infammations of the
skin.
Ivy poisoning is usually characterized by
a burning or itching sensation. In some
cases it is followed by blisters, pustules, ooz-
ing sores and scaling all attended by
constant itching. A severe attack can take
weeks to heal. Symptoms may occur any
time from few hours to week after con-
tact.
Luckily, the Health News Institute re-
minds us, pharmaceutical manufacturers
have developed wide variety of products
for prevention and treatment of poison ivy.
Before going on vacation, the Institute sug-
gests, ask your local pharmacist for infor-
nation about these products.
If you do accidentally contract ivy pois-
oning and break out with large blisters or
severe Inflammation, or develop a rash on
your face or other sensitive body area, you
should see a physician. He will be able to
relieve the discomfort and guard against
secondary infections.
But the best treatment of all, advises the
HNI, is to avoid poison ivy like poison. In
the words of the old jingle, leaflets three,
let it be-"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
"WORSE THAN WAR"

There are probably readers of this news
paper who are sick and tired of the talk of
war and politics, who yearn for an article in
an editorial column upon some peace sub
ject and who wish that editors could get
lieir minds conferred upon other matters.
Wanting, for once, to be agreeable, we set
about as vigorously as possible, amid the
clamor of radio and press dispatches from
Europe and the Far East, to think up a
peaceful subject-one far removed from war
fare and politics, and apt to bring solace to a
mind that wants to forget what may be
ahead of the human race.
Fishing, we recall, is sport that, we are
told, relaxes. We are not quite certain that
we know the full mysteries of the call of the
finny tribe, which lures weak men to bend
their backs pulling an oar in desolate reg
ions, but, assuming that it is a contempla-
tive sport and that it is not responsible for
, the liars it attracts, we will try to interest
our weary readers with something peaceful
From what we can gather, the fish that
; live in and around the mouths of the Pana-
ma Canal have their troubles. They have
been known to pass through the canal, where
. the water changes from salt to brackish, to
fresh and back to salt again. This worries
many fish, because they are unable to adapt
themselves to rapid changes in the salinity
and temperature of the water.
Some of them, we are advised, make the
trip, changing their homes from the Pacific
to the Atlantic, and vice versa. This, the
reader may imagine, is quite hardship upon
any fish that loves his home. Some, we i'm
agine, make the trip against their better
judgment, being drawn into the process by
the devices that man has devised to raise and
lower his ships.
We intended to go on with this line of
thought for while, longer, but business
associate, perforce acquainted with the de-
tails of the article, has just murmured.
There are some things worse than war;"
and, perhaps he is right!
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

ARBITRARY, DISCRIMINATORY,
UNREASONABLE AND UNFAIR

Some time ago the Internal Revenue Ser
vice ruled that the cost of institutional ad-
vertising placed by utility companies in OPP
position to specialization of this industry was
not deductible in computing federal income
taxes. 1t thus ruled in effect, that the adver-
Using was not a legitimate business ex-
pense.
This attitude, it is important to note, did
not meet with the favor of the National As
ISOLATION of Railroads and Utilities Commits
sioners-the organization which represents
the state regulatory bodies. In formal
resolution, it denounced the ruling as "arbi-
trary, discriminating, unreasonable and I'M
fair, adding that it represents serious
dsservice to the state and federal agencies
engaged in regulating the charges of such
companies :" 1t then resolved that the
ruling should Immediately be rescinded and
annulled
Various individual state commissions
have also protested. For instance, the Della
ware commission, in a letter to the Federal
Power Commission, defended, among other
things, the right of utilities to use advertis-
ing Ito seek support for the preservation and
maintenance of the private enterprise sys-
TEN
Internal Revenue seeks censorship of
opinion on pain of heavy tax penalties. 1t is
oheartening that defenders of the right to
speak ones mind are rallying to the cause.
<C%@%~~
NIXON'S STOCK UP
The general concensus of opinion, among
political observers in Washington at least,
is that Vice President Richard Nixon's
chances to receive the presidential nomina-
ton of the Republican party have improved
in recent weeks and months.
The most significant indication of this
was the recent selection of Senator Thurston
B. Morton, of Kentucky. as the new national
chairman of the party. Morton, Nixon sup
porter, has pledged neutrality in the compe-
tition for the 1860 Republican presidential
nomination. although his selection was inev-
itably victory for Nixon.
Chicago has been selected as the conven-
ton site, and Chicago was the city preferred
by Nixon's supporters.
AS Nixon's stock increases. the likelihood
that the Republican convention will offer
few of the fireworks certain to be seen at the
Democratic convention likewise increases
The Democratic convention is sure to be a
Slambang affair, with several strong candi-
dates and much drama. If the Nixon band
wagon continues to pick up adherents, the
Republican convention could be an anti
climax.
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the mixture in his furrow. Fur
thermore, he will want a limited
explosion so as to loosen the earth
before he plants his seeds.
HOW THESE GASES WILL
BE APPLIED
The mo rain farmer, after
blowing and leveling the land, will
disk or harrow it preparatory to
planting his seed. The disking ma
chine which he rides will carry two
tanks, one containing the hydro
gen and one containing oxygen,
both under pressure. These gases
will be led in very small tubes to
be applied to the ground directly
after the disk or the narrowing
machine passes. If all goes well,
after or accompanying small ex-
plosion, the hydrogen and oxygen
will form water or its equivalent
This will be automatically covered
with soil after the seed is dropped.
This planting should result in mar
velOuS crops.
Please do not write me for fur
Their particulars as am neither a
farmer nor chemist. Write the
company from which you buy the
insecticides you use for spraying
They will be the manufacturers
and distributors of these gases.
Otherwise, write the company from
which you buy your fertilizers. The
simplest thing would be to cut out
this column and send it to such
manufacturer of insecticides or fer
tilizers, asking him if my forecast
is crazy!
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WEAPONS OF WAR

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-12

Lacy Flippen and family.
Mrs. Worth Leap, Of Scottsville
and Waynesboro. spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie
Leap, and attended the christening
of her granddaughter, Mary Louise
Sunday morning at Smyrna Church
F. ward Lee Harris returned
\ NJ e from the Southside Com
munity Hospital, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haden Christian. OF
Richmond, spent the week end with
their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Dunkum
and Miss Wilson visited the Alfred
Harris family, Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy
Flippen and Mrs. w. C. Flippen,
Sunday Miss Wilson will spend some
time with Mrs w. c. Flippen w.
E. Toler was also a visitor in the
Flippen home.
Nh and Mrs. Proffitt and daugh-
ter were recent Farmville visitors.
Nh and Mrs c. q Harvey. c. G..
Jr., and Mason, Of Marion, re-
Gently visited his mother. Mrs. c.
c. Harvey and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Purvis. They also called on
Mi and Mrs. Emmett Dunkum.
Nh. and Mrs. Dallas Ralney at
tended the funeral Of a friend in