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The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
TIMES CHANGE

A prominent speaker ut the recent World Power Conference
credited this 25-ytar-old observation to the late Charles Stein
metz. Electricity is expensive because it is not widely used
and it is not widely used because it is expensive The speaker
then said. That is still true
Charles W. Kellogg, President of the Edison Electric In
sttute. diagrees with the ancient observation. In a recent state
meut he said "The facts are as follows Steinmetzs observation
was made in 1911. In that year the average annual energy con
sumption per resident in the United States was less than 260
kllowatt hours, and the average price paid by residential CON
sumers was DAB cents per XVIII.
HFor the twelve months ending July 81, 1896, the average
annual residential energy consumption had risen to 70l kyh, IN
increase of 10 per cent over the time when Steinmetz made his
comment, and the average residential rate had dropped to 4S4
cents
The average American family consumes more power than
the average family in any other country, receives better ser
vice, and pays an extremely low rate. Proof of the fact that the
domestic electric bill is regarded as a minor item by the house
holder is found in the sales of electric appliances. In the last
four yeors 100000 electric refrigeraors have been purchased
in this country. As each refrigerator had to be sold in direct
competition with the ice box no monopoly was involved. Six
million homeowners simply felt that electricity offered better
and cheaper domestic refrigeration.
Industry has taken a similar attitude toward electric pow
er. The average worker in an American factory has 486 horse
power at his command (almost twice as much as the Workman
IN the second ranking country, Great Britain and the bulk of
all power today is electrical.
That is largely responsible for the high standard of living
enjoyed in this country. Industry has found that abundant use
of electricity is true economy
Many things that were true 25 years ago are untrue today
and steinmetzs statement is one of them. In all fairness it must
be admitted that private enterprise and capital brought this
unequaed electric development to the United States. While do
ing SO it created taxable assets which have paid billions of dol
lars into public treasures
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IF FIRE STRIKES

When fire strikes, be calm, if You value your life That sage
advice is given by Safeguarding America Against Fire
Should your clothing become ignted, drop to the floor and
roll into a rug or blanket. That will cut off the supply Of oxy.
gen andsmother the flames. Thousands of people, insane with
panic, have run, thus tanning the blaze-at the cost of their
lives.
If you are in a public building when the fire alarm sounds, re
member the old adage: "Walk, don't run to the nearest exit
A legion of lives have been unnecessarily sacrificed to panic
stricken mobs in theares, hotels and similar buildings.
II you awaken at night and smell smoke, DON'T OPEN A
DOOR That is yital-to open a door may permit super-heated
air and fumes to enter and smother you. First place your hand
on the door to see if it feels hot. If it is cool, open it very slight
", with your face averted. If you feel 'fire pressure against
it, close it at once and seek another means of exit.
Even as ninety per cent Of fires can be prevented through
the exercise of simple precautions, so can ninety per cent of the
lives now lost in fires be sayed-if we don't get excited. Know
ledge of a few rudimentary facts, such as those given above,
plus presence of mind, makes the best life saver of all.
Fire may break out in your home, your place ofbusiness, IN
a building or theatre you are in, at any time. When it does, keep
calm, think, and then act.
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ubIic interest is violated.
Under reasonable state regulation as in the past, the utility
Industry has proved itself remarkably alert to the needs of the
communities it served. Those needs vary from state to state,
city to city and county TO county. The utilities have acted accord
mgly. As result the American utilities give the public the best
nd most flexible service in the woodland at am extremely low
nd declining rate.
If we continue to bind legislative straight jackets tighter
d tighter about this essential industry, the public will event
ualy the Loser. Arrangements will find it impossible to better
erVice, or to expand. And, if government ownership comes, the
public will lose most of all Once politics gets its grip on a great
industry, wen all pay-in higher taxes, in poorer service. in
h creation Of a gigantic political machine.
No one opposes fair regulation of utilities by
state in the light of its needs. Straight jacket regulation,
n the other hand, menaces the people no less than utility work
crs and security holders.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
BY L. T. WHITE
Highway Safety Expert

n MILLIONS of Americans recently
IVA read an article entitled And
Sudden Death" which painted Wv
idly the horrors of accidents. the
inevitable mangling OF bodies, the
incredible pain OF steel crushing
fiimsy bones.
Doubtless many drivers. as a re
suit Of reading that article. check
ed their brakes and tires carefully,
even cut their normal speed 10 TO
20 miles an hour. But the most po-
tent friend OF death-on.the-road sell
roams at large in many ears Oh
many highways-carbon moaoyi1
The nan behind the wheel be-
comes drowsy-accident! DE esfs
a headache-he applies bis 0rak
too slowly-aeeidentl lie becomes
a sick-swerYes too suaa
he's of the road Mau-a
even fatalities. all aae b
monoxide.
For an Improperly
tor, plus lack oi non ar
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MAKE MILLER
| WRITES |

Make Miller: | am in doubt about
some things ard I want you to help
me decide I am a mother and my
eldest daughter has just turned Is.
She thinks she can lake are of her
self and sees no Improperly and
no danger IN going On hay-rides
with gay crowds and in going out
in q car with a boy with nobody
else around. I belong to the old
school. | suppose, for l believe in
%ehaperones. What do you think?
This child is so confident that | am
almost convinced that she is right
Puzzled Mother.
Puzzled Mother: The hay-riding
is not SO serious, but you ought not
to be puzzled in regard to this go
ing out in a car with a boy with
nobody else around. No girl "just
turned Is" has any business doing
q thing of this kind. She may be
sincere in the belief that she can
take care of herself, but she is
just a "green young thing" and her
very confidence may prove her In
doing. In this case l quote, "An
ounce of prevention is better than
a pound of cure."-Maxie Miller.
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MRS. SCHUYLER SAYS
By Mrs. JosephH Schulye.
o THE CALVIN SERVICE
)R THE CALVIN SERVICE
Parents and Daughters

Eighteen year old Elizabeth
Smith of the Bronx n Y, is on
rial for her life. On trial fer killing.
her Legitimate child at birth, or SO
they claim. Her parents. and rot
poor, frail; ignorant Elizabeth
should be on trial.
Why did disgrace and shame and
tradgedy overwhelm this young
girl2 Not alone because of the rape
by a brutal man, a friend of the
family for whom she minded child
rem, though that was bad enough
But she is in her present desperate
situation just because her parents
failed in their duty to her. She was
afraid, she says; to tell her father
what happened to her. So she went
or month after month, alone and
Mortified until that final fatal night
when the baby came while she
writhed unassisted ON the bathroom
floor of her parents Bronx fiat.
What Fathers Owe Their Daughters
Her father was "a good man, un-
doubtly, Elizabeth says she loved
him but feared him more. You
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sTRAIGHT-JACKET REGULATION

Writing in Public Utilities Fortnightly, II. o. Weaver, of
the Consolidated Edison Company, recently said: "The danger
which is by no means fanciful, is that the utilities may be so
straight-iacketedb by legislative restrictions, .%inhibitons and pro
hibitions that they viii fail through sheer inability to move, and
then will have to be taken over by government as the only prac-
teal means Of shaking off the regulatiye incubus which the
government itself has imposed
This is especially interesting in the light of the announced
opinion of other observers that some proponents of excessively
stringent regulation feel that it is "subte manner of bringing
about the goal Of complete socialism of the utility industry.
Today utilities are coming more and more under the control Of
bureaucrats. They are, as a consequence losing flxbHity OF a-
ton. When a bureau in Washington lays down a rule and says
that it must be followed by every utility in the countryregard
ess of local conditions, the very spirit Of fair regulation in the
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Farm Cooperatives And National Affairs

Agricultural eooperatiyes can render valuable service in the
development of national affairs, said DR.. I. W. Gaumnitz, re
emily. National policies are not just pulled out Of the air. They
re formulated in large part by those groups, largely producer
roups, that are interested in the welfare of agriculture. Coop
eratives~mm~ean also render salutary service in proper methods
Of administration ofagricultural programs
In the pest years, the leaders of the great agricultural sell
ing eooperatiyes have taken a steadily increasing interest in ma
tional issues and Legislation. They have conferred with high gov
eminent officials, from presidents down, and their advice has
sought and often accepted. This has been responsible for
a large measure of the progress the co-ops have made in better
ing farm management in badtimes as well as pood.
Cooperative heads may be called upon to aid to a still great
er extent in formulating policies of the future. And they can be
benefit not only to their members but to the nations consum-
ers, if they are wise and clearSighted
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
ALTA VESTA
A GIRLS PROBLEMS
By Videtta Ish

Dear Father: | have read your
letter several times and it makes
me wonder about all of those things.
When I read what you say about
what the different people believe
| wonder how all can be right, and
if not, then which ones are right.
If there are SO many different
churches and preachers preaching
what these churches believe | won
der what God thinks about them and
how can He be satisfied with the
different ones and the things they
believe about him.
And another thing, father, l am
wondering if God likes all of these
people and churches just alike or
if He likes some better than He
likes some others. and if He likes
much different in what they be-
lieve about Him. l have been Won
dering till my poor head aches so
bad and I am almost sick. So tell
more about it, father. because
l am anxious to know.
The big choir for the meeting is
practicing nearly every night and
l like to hear them sing. If | was
a Christian | would want to join the
choir and learn the songs they sing.
Maybe | will be one some of these
days. What would you think about
that Daddy? I'll write about the
meeting and let you know what
goes on. Alta Vesta.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
Test

while driving. allows poisonous gas
es-odorless. coloriess. tasteless-
10 seep in and attack the driver
with frightening speed. Probably a
milHon automobiles on the road to-
day are exposing their drivers to
the deadly dangers of sufficient car
bon monoxide to make them phys
ically uhAt to exercise prompt and
proper judgement, particularly in
cases of emergency.
Science. fighting this dread enc
my of even the most cautious mo-
torists, has devised the Power
Proven as an infallible tester of a
motors exhaust gases and consump-
uon efficiency. The elimination OF
carbon monoxide is readily accom-
plssbea when the sources OF seep.
4ee are exposed.
BE lay Is not far distant when
-lQa tests, at periodical intervals
ssh oe cart of a compulsory exam.
l5u ot the safety devices of au.
las Already several eastern
n considering including
ness phase Of motoring into
-4elI laws.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
Pennsylvania Civil
Rights Law Is Upheld

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 29-The
Pennsylvania civil rights law.
passed in 1885 and signed by
Governor Earle, was declared
constitutional here last week
by the Quarter Sessions Court
OF Allegheny county, Judges
Braham and Mccain presid-
ing.
The test Of the constitutions
atty came when John Psaras
who operates a restaurant here
sought a new trial after being
convicted Of refusing a cup of
coffee to a Negro. In his motion
for a new trial, Psaras charged
that the state civil rights law
was unconstitutional, first be-
cause it deprived him of his
property without due process.
OF law contrary to the 14th a.
mendment of the Constitution.
The court held that the Penn
sylYania law and all similar
laws had been held to be con
stitational and cited numerous
cases u%pholding this view. It.
declared that laws under the po-
lice power always interfere to
a degree with property rights,
but are not condemned on. that
account unless this interference
amounts to practical confisea-
ton" Psaras also alleged that
the law was unconstitutional be-
cause its title was not inclusive
enough. The court threw out
this contention, stating that a
title of an act need not be a
general index to the contents
but is sufficient if it relates to
one general subject.
Following a denial of the mo-
ton for a new trial, Psaras was
brought up for a sentence and
was brought up for sentence,
an dwas given a suspended sen
tence and placed ON probation
for one year. Judge Braham
stated that he would have fined
Psaras $50 if he could have
done so under the law, but he
could not conscientiously I'M
pose a minimum fine of 800 as
specified by the lave, but he
suspended the sentence. Psaras
must pay the costs of the court
action which are estimated to
be between $75 and 800.
The case originated January
% 1895, when Walter Wilson,
a colored man, and Torrance
McManus, a white man, were
cleaning snow off the streets of
Pittsburgh, they went into the
Psaras restaurant and ordered
a cup of coffee each. Psaras,
who was behind the counter,
went back into the kitchen with
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out serving the two men and
called the white man back and
told him the restaurant did not
serve eolored people. The two
men then left In court McManus
testified to this, but Psaras de
Tended himself by saying that
he had merely told McManus
that the two men would have to
oecupy a booth near the kitchen
If they wanted to be served The
jury heard both sides and de
cided against Psaras
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(fof the Literary Service Bureau)
Coming out of slavery with it's
inevitable and inescapable ignor-
ance it was but natural that the
Negroes religious opinions and ex-
pressions should be "shot thru"
with errances. Chief among these
was his conviction that shouting
was the most conclusive evidence
of religious character So, he shout
ed excessively; shouting Incorporate
ly; shouted boastfully; and, in his
opinion. those who did not join him
didn't shout because he didn't have
nothin' to make him shout"
But. with the increase of light it
was observed that these excessive
shouters had many glaring weak
nesses and Inconsistencies. They
were known to be not tempered. i'm
ratint, %intolerant. representative
eembatatiye. often dishonest in
dealing with the finances of the
church. ard in sex matters exceed
ingly susceptible.
Observance and study of these
inconsistencies bring the conviction
that these people n sincere and
ignorant or manifestly hypocriti-
cal; and doubtless. the consensus of
opinions is that they are ignorant.
This view accepted. it is the logical
thing to conclude that the excess
sivo shouting is the result of ex-
cessive emotionalism in temperant
It might be added that the older
preachers and some of these of
latter days shared the opinions of
the people. weighed Christian life
in the balances of emotion. and us
ed every suble means to incite en-
otion and provoke emotional exu-
berance.
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'Tis glorious to contemplate.
That needless of u%nfriendly fate,
With the advent of ev'ry morn.
Hope in mans heart anew is born.
And. ever, as the poet sings,
Resurgents "hope eternal springs
Up-welling "in the human breast"
Insisting that man shall ''be bless
ed"
Fen tho it may be long delayed;
So, courageous, and undismayed,
Let us strive on, and hope, and pray
For dawning of a brighter day.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
Organize French Club

Dayton Beach, Fla, Oct. 81 (C)
Miss Cousins, M A. from the
University of Michigan and head of
the department of French, is spon-
5oring lie Cercle Francois at Be
hune-C Goldman college.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
PROVERBS
AND
PARALLELS
By A. B. Mann
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
KEEP A KICKING"

This axiom is said to come from
the story of two frogs who were
unfortunate in that they fell into
a jar of milk. According to the
story, n gave up, after a brief
struggle, sank and drowned. The
other frog said, "I'm not going to
give up; I'm going to just keep on
kicking" He did and the milk was
churned, and in the morning the
wise frog was found sitting or the
lump of butter he had kicked to-
gether.
So, this maxim has come to mean
persistence, perseverance, no sur
render to circumstances. but con-
tinuance of effort until success
comes. This is a good motto for
young people who are inclined to
encouragement.
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
Students Visit Retreat

Richmond, Va. Oct. 81 (C)-The
cabines of the YIN and YWCA of
Va Union university visited Ere
treat" at Camp Harrison, Vernon
Va. on Oct. 10 and II.
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THE VITALITY OF HOPE
BY r. A. Adams

Cor the Literary Service Bureau)
The Omaha guide., 1936-10-31
SHOUTING INDICATES WHAT?
By X. A. Adams

Cor the Literary Service Bureau)
The Washington times., 1936-09-04
CHAT TO ASK
BUSINESS FOR
MORE JOBS
Presidents Radio Talk
Will Urge Private
Firms to Assist
BY GEORGE DURNO
International News Service

Armed with reports showing q
marked degree of industrial recov.
cry in almost every line Of 40.
tivity, President Roosevelt plans
to go on the air Sunday night
with a demand that American
business start providing employ
ment in a ratio more closely APP
proximating the state of returning
prosperity than at present exists.
This, sources close to the White
House predicted today, will be the
burden of "the important an
nouncement concerning reemploy.
ment of people on relief rolls'
which has been promised in the
Sunday evening "fireside chat"
Output Increasing
Reports not only of the various
Government agencies but Of the
United States Chamber of Com
MERGE and other private institu.
lions have been showing an up
turn in production activities which
in many industries is approach
ing the high levels of 1929 boom
days.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it is understood,
will take these reports as good
portion of his text and point out
that payrolls are tagging far be-
hind production-even taking into
consideration the seemingly nor.
NAL differential in favor of pro-
duction.
The President is expected to call
for greater private employment
and state in so many words that
additional recovery will depend in
large measure upon the extent to
which business responds.
A hint of this was given in the
Presidents revised budget state
ment, made public earlier in the
week.
Check WPA Jobs
Inc PRESIDENT is having the
National Unemployment Service
make a complete re-check of WPA
rolls, having made $500, 900
available for the job. The purpose
of this re-check is two-fold: First,
to classify those needing jobs
more accurately according to occu-
pational ability so prospective en-
ployers will have a better line on
men they want to hire, and Sec
ond, to purge the rolls of those
who are chiseling and have no
real need of Federal relief.
This survey will be completed
in several months and will afford
Congress a more accurate guide
then it has heretofore had on the
extent of concrete relief require
mentS.
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GOV. LANDON TALKS TO PRESIDENT
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Roosevelt. The Kansan replied
without hesitation:
"a very fine, charming gen.
tleman."
Mr.. Roosevelt observed:
"LandOn? Oh, fine fellow"
An interesting chapter in
American political history was
thus written and closed in Des
Moines. Probably it will be
many yearS-if ever-before two
rivals for the presidency meet
again under such circumstances,
or have such good time.
They lunched together as the
guests Of Governor Clyde L. Her
ring. They dined together with
the President acting as host to
his Republican rival, and to six
other governors as well. Between
meals, they had a business ses-
sion, each surrounded by his ex.
pertS on drought and agricultural
relief matters. and they found
they did not differ greatly in their
ideas of remedial treatment.
Agree on Relief
Candidate Roosevelt was fresh
from 10 days swing through
the dusty plains and prairie coun-
try of which Kansas is a part.
He was fortified with voluminous
data concerning the needs of
Kansas in this emergency.
Candidate Landon came to Des
Moines similarly fortified and
equipped from having lived init
mately with the problems day
after day. In general there was
agreement between them as to
the broad general policy to be
purSUed-of water conservation,
OF better utilization of land, and
Federal help over the hump of the
difficulty. They may differ as to
details, but in the main there was
agreement.
At one point in the Kansas
conference, after Mr.. Roosevelt
had talked at some length about
the Kansas situation as he under
stood it, one of Governor Ian
don'S advisers preferred a sugges-
ton. Governor Landon said:
II think the President has
already covered that"
PLEASANT LUNCHEON
Luncheon was pleasant enough
with Governor Herring. Mr.. RooSe-
welt kidded the avid photographers,
and jocularly remarked to Gov
ernar Landon that they were one
of the problems he would have to
face when he became President.
Then came the business session,
with the discussion wholly about
drought relief and agricultural
problems.
But it was not until dinner last
night aboard the presidential
special that everyone seemed to
feel relaxed and perfectly at ease.
No one was present but the seven
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governors and the President, who
was once a governor himself, as
he reminded his guests. Thus, a
fellowship was established.
The seven governors and the
President had a difficult time
squeezing into the tiny dining
room of the Roosevelt private car,
but they made it. Governor Ian
don sat on the Presidents left;
Governor Herring, as the host gov
ernor, on the Presidents right.
Evade Campaign Talk
During dinner they talked Of
everything" as one of them later
described it. Of college football,
of past campaigns, the outlook for
peace or war in Europe, the ugly
Spanish situation, of humorous
experiences that came to them in
the course of their governorshipS
everything, in fact, except the
current Presidential campaign.
One of the guests said:
Barring current politics, the
conversation was the same as
would be heard about any table
where seven or eight men
gather for social dinner"
They baked at only one thing,
these two rival candidates for
the Presidency. They declined to
pose shaking hands for the pho
tographerS.
Nov will you shake hands?"
implored one of the picture men
after the photographers had been
going on unfortunately.
They looked at each other and
each smiled as he shook his head.
Without pre-arrangements they ap-
peared to have decided against
making a Roman holiday for the
photographers.
It was then that Mr.. Roosevelt
remarked aside to Governor Ian
don that the picturemen would
constitute one of his problems
when" he became President. Gov
ernor Landan's smiling rejoiner
was lost in the hubbub.
The dinner lasted an hour and
a half. It was cut shorter than
had been intended because Mr..
Roosevelt had not been able to
reach Wisconsin and Minnesota in