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Evening star., 1962-08-22
d. C.WeIfore Workers
Increase Case CIosinos

considered during the final
quarter of fiscal 1862.
Last month there were 4,849
Ado cases representing 22,654
persons on the District relief
rolls. In July. 1861. there were
$3.50 such cases representing
25,363 persons.
The ADO program spent So
878,726 in Federal and local
funds in fiscal 1862 for an
average of 5,444 cases while in
fiscal 1861, an average of
5000 cases cost $9.189,222. The
decrease in the 1862 Ado case
load began in December after
being at an all-time high
earlier in the fiscal year.
Jump in CIOsings
The increase in case closings
has been reflected also in the
general public assistance rolls.
The cloSings in this category
jumped from 329 during the
last quarter of fiscal 1861 to
TIA during the corresponding
period of fiscal 1862. Last
month there were 1922 cases
representing 1915 different
people on the general assistance
rolls as compared with 1865
cases 1892 persons) who re-
ceived assistance from the We'll
fare Department in July, 1861.
Another reason for the de-
cline in ADO cases. Mr.. Shea
said, is the fact that the period
allowed temporarily i'll mothers
to get off relief rolls has been
reduced from three months to
one month. More mothers are
being found employable and
fewer mothers are proving they
have been deserted, he said.
Mr. Shea said welfare Off
cials continue to carry out their
individual assignments" as
they prepare fiscal 1868 budget
estimates for submission to
Senator Byrd by September l.
There will be meeting with
the District Commissioners to-
morrow or Friday for further
consideration of the budget, he
said.
Evening star., 1962-08-22
Output Doubles

ROME.-Agricultural output
per farm worker in Italy has
doubled in the past so years.
Evening star., 1962-08-22
Fiji Lund in Trust

SUVA, Fiji.-Britain holds SO
per cent of the land in its Fiji
Island colony in trust for the
islanders.
Evening star., 1962-08-22
Little Lucite Rocket
Called Most Reliable
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

In day of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rockets elaborate launch
pads endless delays farout safety and
reliability, it is pleasure to watch Allen Hoizmans rocket
engine
Mr. Holman research engineer at the United Technology
Corp plant about miles south San Francisco claims
Evening star., 1962-08-22

District welfare workers have
doubled the number of Aid tc
Dependent Children cases they
are removing from the clty's
welfare rolls.
They also are approving one
half as many ADO applications
as they were a year ago.
Welfare Director Gerard NJ.
Shea said today that there has
been a sharp increase in ADO
cases closed and a decrease IN
the number of applications ap-
proved because welfare work
ers are getting to know relief
clients better"
He said welfare workers are
spending more time on field
viSitS-three or four DAYS a
month now as compared with
less than two days previously.
More Cases Closed
Welfare workers closed 894
more ADO cases in fiscal 1862
than they did in fiscal 1861.
Mr.. Shea said. In the last quar-
ter of fiscal 1862, there were
764 cases closed as compared
with 1863 cases during the same
period in fiscal 1861.
Only about 10 per cent of
the 784 cases closed in the last
quarter were directly accounted
for by special welfare inveSti-
gators who checked relief rolls
at the inStigation Of Senator
Byrd, Democrat of West Vir-
ginia, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee
for the District.
In the last quarter of fiscal
1861, ADO case approvals to-
tailed 602 or 42.1 per cent of
the applications considered and
continued at this level during
the corresponding period in tis-
cal 1862.
ApprOyaIs Dropped
But. when Senator Byrd be-
gan his scrutiny CT the Dis
trict welfare budget, the ADO
O onprOvo1c 6rOYonod m 2dA oococ
Evening star., 1962-08-22
ApprOyaIs Dropped

But. when Senator Byrd be-
gan his scrutiny CT the Dis
trict welfare budget, the ADO
spprovals dropped to 344 cases
or 331 per cent c. applications
Evening star., 1962-08-22
QUAKE

Continued From Page Al
Some casualties were attributed
indirectly to the earth shocks.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
MillsborO School News
Janice Workman. Millsb0rO Home
maker on Tomorrow

Janice Workman. Millsb0rO Home
maker OF Tomorrow
Janice Workman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Workman, is the
winner in Millsboro High School in
the 1862 Betty CrOcker Search for
the American Homemaker of To-
morrow. She achieved the highest
score in the examination on home
making knowledge and attitudes
taken by senior girls Dec. 5. She
becomes eligible now along with
winners in other state high schools,
for the title Of State Homemaker
of Tomorrow.
The girl named State Home
maker of Tomorrow is provided a
$500 scholarship by G Gener a l
Mills, sponsor of the program. The
state runner-up will receive a $500
scholarship.
AT its last meeting, new mem
bers were inducted into the Eta
Culture Teachers of America). To
terminate the evening, a movie,
What Greater Life" was shown.
On Friday January 26, 1862, ap-
proximately % members of the
biology classes from the Millsboro
High School attended a lecture at
the Lewes High School Dr. Ed
ward J. Hart, State Supervisor of
Science, lectured on the following
topics: Who Shall Inherit T h e
Earth, Onr Greatest Enemy, and
After Space, What, Where?.
Band
Members of the Millsboro Band
Mothers Club met on Wednesday
evening and discussed their pro-
iect for purchase of instruments
for the school to add to its present
collection. The Band Mothers have
a project going in cooperation with
Sperry and Hutchinson to pur-
chase instruments through a local
dealer in return for S. and H.
STAMP BOOKS. We urge people to
donate book or two, to help US
obtain a Bass Clarinet and an Alto
Clarinet Total value of the instru-
mentS would be near the six hun
dred dollar figure
The Mid Winter cert is
scheduled to take place at the
Millsboro School on Sunday. Feb.
II, at 200 pm. The parents and
the public are invited to hear the
Neophyte, Junior and Senior Bands
and the Millsboro School Chorus.
Admission to the concert is free.
A free will offering will be accept
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Delaware's Needy Get
Much Surplus Foods
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miami, from a concerted effort on
the part of state, county and pri-
vate organizations.
While there was little variance
in the number of New Castle Coun-
ty residents assisted during the
quarter-12 .35S in October. 12,056
in November and 12,317 in Decem-
ber- gradual increases were not
ed in Kent and Sussex Counties
according to Mr.. Tarumianz re-
port. In December, 3,510 Kent
County residents and 5,725 Sussex
County residents participated in
the program as compared to 1852
for Kent and 1929 for Sussex in
October and 1920 for Kent and
4,148 for Sussex during Novem-
ber.
Eleven surplus commodities =
butter, rice, powdered milk, flour,
corn meal, dried eggs, lard, beans.
oats, peanut butter and canned
meats-were distributed in Della
ware during the three-month per-
iod.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02

arm had been sealed in a cast only
16 days ago. By eight o'clock that
evening | was back at Fort Bel
voir Army Hospital. 1t was sug-
gested by a neighbor Of ours that
a doctor might want to drill hole
into my toe nail and relieve the
pressure that the bruised blood
was making. | had said i would
do anything to relieve the throb-
bing, but to think of anything
coming near that foot threw me
into a fit. Never did | dream that
they would drill and without an
anesthetic An X-ray showed the
firelOgs had done a pretty thor
ough job and the doctor said my
two toes were fractured.
Tonight we're still going to the
Ice Capades. When Dawn and L
take our seats with the Fred Shir-
leys and the rest of the DickersOn
family I'm sure those around us
will think we obtained our tickets
from the ambulatOry ward at Wal
ter Reed.
We were in Milford for about
fifteen hours this weekend. We
arrived in time to have Saturday
dinner with Hayes mother on
South Washington Street We had
a real nice evening with the Will
liam Wells on Hall Place The J.
B. Heyes We're there and the Craig
Robertsons and the John Glenns
doctor, not colonel guess that's
not true either because Jack Glenn
is an Lie in the reserves.
We stayed overnight with my
parents and left for Alexandria
early the following morning.
A new month begins Thursday
and do hope to goodness it will
mean the summation Of all these
trips to the emergency room at the
Post Hospital
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
BABSON DISCUSSES TREES
Recess Activities

BABSON PARK, Mass, Febru-
ary 2-I have always loved trees,
and have invested in forests. Ma
tural reserves such as oil, iron,
copper, etc, do not reproduce
themselves; forests are the only
natural resource which does.
Moreover, most forest land is now
protected against fire by watch
towers and other means. Of
course, you must pay taxes on in
dlVldually owned forest land;
hence you may prefer to hold
stock in companies which own
large forests. Among such COM
panies | would mention Crown
Zellerbach, Rayomer, Georgia-Pa-
cific, and Weyerhaeuser.
PERSONAL HOLDINGS
| once had a large interest in
the APW Paper Company of AL
bany, New York. This company
had considerable forest acreage
and pulp mill in Sheet Harbour,
Nova Scotia Against the advice
of the managers, Mr.. Francis
Dougherty and his brother of Old
Town, Maine, | sold this Canadian
acreage to William Randolph
Hearst. | shall always regret this
sale, especially as it resulted in
my selling the paper mill at AL
bany
| later invested the money in
seven thousand acres of wood
land in New Hampshire. This con-
sists of various kinds: Not much
spruce, but some very valuable
pine and much second-crop hard
wood. | am obliged to pay taxes
on this acreage and do not expect
to get much profit, but it should
be a good imitation hedge and |
love to see the trees grow sum-
mer and winter, holidays and Sun
days, whatever the weather, and
without any Tabor unions to su-
pervise.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
MILFORD JAICEES WILL
CONDTCT POLL

The Jaycees Of Milford are
sponsoring a drive to pro-
mote the welfare of the City
OF Milford. They can only
do this with the cooperation
of its citizens.
Many of you will receive
brochure type questionnair-
es from local Jaycees. Chill
dren in Grades Z through II
will be given missionaries
for their parents. Return as
soon as possible so we can
evaluate them and publish
the results.
Thank you for your as
sistance and help in making
our community a finer place
in which to live. This pro-
ject has been undertaken as
a part of the Milford Junior
Chamber of Commerce Com
munity Improvement Pro-
gram
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
STUDYING THE STATE OF MAINE

Two years ago | was invited by
Mr.. w. G. Robertson, president of
the Bangor and Aroostock Rail-
road and his Board of Directors,
to see the states natural re-
sources. (Let me insert that |
consider this railroad the best op-
Grated east of the Ohio River, due
to Mr. RobertsonD Names ma
tural resources contain the wood
lands of the Great Northern Pa
per Company ard the profitable
potato fields which supply much
of the railroads freight These
woodlands and potato fields have
the same kind of soil, same rain
fall, same sunshine, same temper
ature,-yet yield distinct products
(newsprint and pOtatOes).
For my column this week let
me ask why humans cannot eat
wood as well as potatoes? Ter
mites and other animals are able
to do this. | believe the time will
come when we humans will eat
wood, though not in the form OF
sawduSt. We cannot dissolve the
cellulose in our stOmachs, as GER
tain animals are able to do. We
humans must dissolve the cellu-
lose before we put it into our
5tomachS.
WHAT DUPONT HAS DONE
The DUPONT Company of Will
mington, Delaware, is making ny
lon from air, water, and coal. Du-
Pont is making rayOn and other
products from cellulose by pass
ing a solution of it through spin
nerets to form threads ready for
weaving Its latest development
is the making of synthetic leather
for the uppers of shoes. Artificial
leather for soles is still made by
the rubber interests and is very
satisfactorily.
| understand that the American
Viscose Corporation is now using
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Crop Production In
State Fluctuates
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crease in acreage, as the average
yield per acre-62.0 bushels-was
the same in 1860 and 1861 Other
crops with lower production in
1861 were: wheat-off II per cent;
barley-off 2 per cent; oats-off
"A per cent; alfalfa hay Z per
cent; lespedeza hay-off y per
cent, and peaches down 80 per
cent.
Soybean production was up
nearly "A per cent above 1860 to
3,l6O, 600 bushelS-a new record
high. With the average yield per
acre-24 bushels-the same in both
years, the increased production is
attributed TO IA per cent in
crease in harvested acreage Pro-
ductiOn of Irish potatoes was an
estimated 2,250,000 cwt or 4 per
cent above the 1860 yield A slight
~ larger acreage combined with
4 higher yield per acre made pos
5ibIe this increase.
Hay production totaled 10000
cons in 1861 compared with $4,000
tons for the previous year. Small
er crops Of alfalfa, lespedeza and
5oybean hay We're offset by a 81
per cent increase in tonnage of
clover and clover mixtures for
hay
While 1861 apple production
amounted TO 100000 bushels, an
increase Of $4,000 bushels over the
1860 crop, production of the once
famed Delaware Peach dropped an
estimated $4,000 bushels last year
Production of commercial vege-
tables and melons showed an in
crease from 100000 tons in 1860
to 100000 tons in 1861 While pro-
duction of green lima beans was
5 per cent under the 1860 crop,
the decline was more than offset
by larger crops Of sweet corn,
green peas, an dtomatoes
Despite declines in production
Of some crops, the total value of
Delaware's principal crops reach
ed 1882 900 in 1861, which COM
pares favorably with a $35, 407 600
total for the previous year, con
eludes the Development Depart
mpnt
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Virginia
January 29, 1862
BY eioine townsend Dickerson

1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Virginia
January 20, 1862
Dear Friends:
| went into orbit the day prior
to John Glenn's proposed trip on
Saturday. We didn't have much of
a ceremony, nor much of an aud
ience-just Lynne and Leslie were
here to watch the gyrations. You
should have been here, too. 1t was
pretty spectacular and something
never before witnessed by man.
When we do something in the
Hayes Dickerson family we do it
whole hog"
Most of our excitement develops
around the wood pile any more
ard this adventure of mine had
it's embryonic stage outside the
back door as l grabbed a fat, gi-
gantic log and three pieces of
smaller logs. Why | gathered the
lazy mans load" | shall never
know. | only had to take two steps
over the threshold of the back
door. l could have easily taken it
in a couple of trips. 1t wasn't so
cold outside that | dreaded to re-
turn. l can't tell you why l was
so stupid.
| entered the family room and
almost Immediately the large log
slipped from my hands and landed
right smack on my two biggest
toes on my right foot. | have new
er, never felt such excruciating
pain. With Lynne ard Leslie as my
only witnesses, | kicked off my
high heels and fell on the sofa,
not knowing if l was going to
faint or regurgitate. / lowered
and raised my foot, l hid my face
and Immediately made faces at the
children | was just mess.
Two hours later Hayes came
home and he told his harem, Il
never know what you all will do
during the day" Dawn's broken
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02

the cellulOse of trees and dissolv-
ing same into a chemical and sell
ing the product to manufacturers
of mountaineering" foods Later,
newspapers may be used; but l
believe this will be sometime in
the future as newspapers are now
used for making corrugated paper
cartons and need not be de-inked
before being made into these
pastebOard cartons. l. however,
do believe that sometime we will
cook our Sunday newspaper after
it has been de-inked and disSolvedi
This seems ridiculous at the pres
ent time, but it is less wonderful
than what the DuPonts have al
ready done; and others have ac-
complished in radio and televis-
ion.
DE-INKING AND OTHER DETAILS
Instead of burning old newspa-
ners, Boy Scouts and others col
lect them for purposes above de-
scribed. After the papers are
chopped up and treated with
chemicals. they are used for at
tractive packaging of all kinds of
foods. This is becoming so i'm
portant that the best commercial
artists are being employed to de-
sign these packages.
This will increase the demand
for paper even before we use Sun
day newspapers for our dinners.
1t is even possible that newspa-
pers will use a new quality of ink
that will not require de-inking
when the newspaper is used for
food. Let me close by forecasting
that the oil companies may per-
form a function in solving this
problem.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
NN0NE
GREAT AMERICANS

The month of January brought us the
birthday anniversaries of a group of Am
ericans whose lives have counted greatly in
the past history of this country.
On the 18th, we celebrated the anniver
sary Of the birthday of Benjamin Franklin,
one of our early philosophers and scientists,
altogether man of great learning in his
day. The many-sided Franklin is known
best, perhaps, from his experiment with
lightning, but he was man of diverse tai
ents and probably enjoyed life in the midst
of its problems and difficulties.
On the 18th occurred the anniversary of
Daniel Webster, noted orator, attorney and
statesmen. Webster exercised great influ-
ence in his day, although he opposed the
War of 1912 and the War with Mexico.
The birthday of Robert E. Lee occurred
on the 10TH Described by many military
experts as one of the greatest generals of
all time, the gentlemanly figure of Lee, the
modest leader of "lost cause" has long
appealed to Americans regardless of how
their forebears fought in the days of divi-
sion.
Among the great poets and critics, Ed
gar Allen Poe whose fame has grown stead
lily through the years was born on January
10Th. OF Poe it has been said by some ad-
mirers that he represented the elimination
of American literary talent. His prose,
poetry and critical works continue to evoke
admiration among students at the present
time.
Not all readers of the Chronicle will
agree with the philosophy or actions OF all
the great Americans listed here. 1t is not
necessary to do this to appreciate the fun
damental fact that they represent group
Of brilliant Americans.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
SI2 Million State
School Bill Now
Signed Into Law
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IcOnunueu lTOm page OneJ
Other school construction pro-
jects involved, with the state and
local @shares, are: FELTON,, $4,000
and $4,000; Greenwood No. 81,
100000 and $4,000; Laurel Spe-
cial, $240,000 and 100000; Lord
Baltimore No. 2S, 100000 and S4O,-
600; Milford Special, 100000 and
100000: New Castle Special, S27.-
600 and $4,000; Rose Hill-Min-
quadale, $3.50, $50 and s393,12O and
Bridgeville No. 80, 1920 and s4,-
500.
The Governor also signed HB
226, bill making technical
changes to modernize the states
insurance laws
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
ROENTGEN. THE SCIENTIST

Alter Ifle dIOH UOlIlU Vas uSeu III CllS
second World War; no other subject has
been more widely discussed and less under
stood than radioactivity. One of the units
used to measure radioactivity is called ro-
entgen, after the discoverer of the X-ray,
William Conrad Roentgen 0845-1923), a
German scientist.
This scientist was working with cleo
tricity when he realized that certain light
could pass through a substance and make
an impression. After some experimental
ton, he (Roentgen) x-rayed his own hand
and saw its impressions on a Photographic
plate. He had never seen any outline like
it before.
He was not satisfied with merely accept
ing the new phenomenon but wanted to dis
cover what type rays made the impressions.
He called them X-rayS- being the sclen-
tific mathematical term for the unknown.
Today they are still called x-rays. How
ever, when their nature is understood, the
science of x-rays is called roentgenology
after their discOverer.
Roentgen won much fame during his
life and his discovery not only revolution
lied medicine and surgery, it also made pos
sibe great advances in metallurgy, paleo-
ntology, archaeology, and dozens of other sci
enceS
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02

Brasilia, Brazil, is in the state or
Mato Crosse. The states name
means "bug woods but less than
half of it is jungle. Much OF 1t is
grassland.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
u. S. RAILROADS

A recent newspaper story revealed that
u. S. railroad profits are at a 23-year low
One should not be surprised by this turn of
events.
u S. railroads have turned to freight
and have depended upon freight for their
profits for long time. They are also ham,
strung to some degree by government con-
troll.
In short, there is no simple answer to
the plight of U. S. railroads but one of the
reasons they have encountered such miser
able days-and one which could have been
avoided-is that they made an easy profit
for too many years and did not modernize
or improve passenger service in line with
the changing times.
Anyone who has ever ridden on the Ger
man railroads, or other European railroads,
knows what service and rail comfort can
and should be- The trains run on time they
run smoothly and they are we'll patronized.
1t is true that there are more cars in
the United States, that distances are great
er and that there is, in many cases, unfair
competition. But that is not the total ans
Wer.
Part of the trouble with the railroads is
their own terrible service, their archaic tic
ket procedures and the general unclean con-
dition of passenger cars, which is the sit
uation on most of the u. S. railroads, un-
fortunately.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
LIVING LONGER

The people of the United States are liv-
ing longer than in earlier periods of u. S.
history, as most people know, but the birth
rate, per thousand persons, is down from
3O1 in 1910 to 23.7 in 1860, recent Pub
lie Health Survey shows
In other words, the latest survey shows
that we have lower birth rate, per 1000
inhabitants, than we did fifty years ago, by
a considerable degree. The number of births
is up, Of course, because Of the increase in
the population.
In 1910 there were 2,777, 900 births In
1860 there were 4,257, $50. Interestingly,
however, there were less total births in 1860
than there were in 1859.
So the population explosion that we hear
so much about is coming about not as the
result of an increase in the birth rate, which
is actually declining, but by an increase in
the child bearing population and by greater
longevity.
Longevity and the increase in the num-
ber of collaborating women are certain to
continue to increase The population explo-
sion is thus inevitable and the population
projection for the United States within the
next fifty years is an amazing one, which
shows tremendous leaps forward in our
total population.
But our birth rate continues to decrease,
which has often been the story as the stand
ard of living increases, strangely enough.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
FINANCIAL TREND

Recently, commercial national banks
have been permitted to raise their maximum
interest rate to four per cent on money de-
posted for year or longer.
Now, federally chartered savings and
loan associations have been given liberal
lied rules in order that they will be able to
meet the sitter competition from the banks.
Savings and loan associations may now pay
dividends four times year. They may pay
dividends from the time of deposit until the
time of withdrawal, and may pay from the
first of the month on savings made by the
twentieth
Liberaizing the rules for federal banks
and savings and loan associations will un-
doubtedlv result in switching some funds
from investments in stocks and bonds into
savings accounts 1t may also cause inter
est rates on loans to rise slightly.
Evening star., 1962-10-16
HELP MEN

ACCOUNTANT - Chain Of retail
stores with main office located
near District Heights needs COM
petent young man. Salary TO
$4,000 with liberal benefits. Call
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