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The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18

The Great CiviIizer

The magnitude of the electric in
dustry's service to the American
people is wildly demonstrated by
one fact: Power rates have been
revised uniformly and continuously
downward, even in periods when
the general cost of living and do
ing business was rapidly rising, to
the end that today the American
people receive more for their cleo
trio dollar than for the dollars
spent for any other commodity.
In the 3e-year period from 1902
to 1892, according to the Federal
Power Commission, the value of
the electric central station indus
try's plant and equipments increas-
ed 25 times, while its income in
creased % times. It's generating ca
Pacity increased 90 times and it's
out put 80 times. And, in 1902,
household power cost an average of
16 cents per kilowatt hour, it to-
day cost less thon 5 cents. Similar
reductions have been made in the
cost of power to large industrial
users.
Cheaper power has found its re-
Election in tremendous increases in
volume used by all classes of con-
sumera. Where there were but 3
million wired homes in America in
1912, there were more than 81 mil
lion in 1885. Where the average
home used but 264 kilowatt hours
in 1913, it used 673 in 1895. Where
the per capita use of electricity was
30 kilowatt hours in 1902, it was
734 in 1885. Equally Remarkable
,as been the progress made in dis
tributing power to farms. Just a
Jew years ago, in 1923, only IT,
300 farms had central station pow
ar service. In 1888 almost 800 900
arms were ON the lines.
More power and cheaper power
aas bettered our living standards,
increased the average workers
productivity and earnings, made
less ardous and more profitable the
asks of agriculture. The politicians
who constantly damn the industry
and say it has failed in it's respon-
sbility, are COMPOUNDED by the re-
cord. No industry has ever shown
q more progressive spirit-none
has done more to advance the cour-
Sc of our civilization.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18
Guide Classified Ads :.
Are M~Oney-getters

What have you to rent or sell,
your very closest neighbor may
want it, in fact, may need it and
maybe getting ready to go out
scouting trying to find that which
is in your way. THE OMAHA
GUIDE classified advertisement
moves things. Try it! If you have
anything to rent or sell. Let be a
room rug, ice box, just call WE
1917, give the office girl a two line
classified advertisement and watch
it. We get hundreds of calls daily
for apartments and rooms you are
not using. Remember the phone
number. Just call WEBSTER 1877
Tell the office girl what you have
to sell or rent and she will write
your ad for you or if you prefer,
you write your own copy. We say
again GIVE US A RING. CALL
WEBSTER 1917 and our lightning
street getaway bicycle boys will
pick your copy up in time for the
current issue. Don't forget the
phone number, WEBSTER 1917.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18

spin, and af-
ter that just keep
on ridin'. Hot dog
Lotsa people
still believe in
perpetual motion
too, cause lots of
'em still buy
stock in compan-
les, and also lotsa
people keep on
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18
.AnEcho
From My Den
By s. E. Gilbert


As I sit here in my den. with
pen in hand, m~editating as it were,
there comes to mind that age old
word, gossip" and the effect Il
has on mankind.
Gossip is as old as sight, and
speech probably older than gossip.
Judging by the great passion fer
gossip that exists in modern men
and women, they must have gossip
ed IN sign language before they
learned to talk with spoken words.
Strangely enough, this miserable
habit OF gossip blooms Justify m
ong the AfroLAmericans, in this
golden age of civilization. Volitare
puts it we'll, Islander, the immortal
daughter of se6-love and idleness"
both of which are the products of
an age of civilized leisure.
In such an age, and we an IN
n now-men and women whose
heads are stuffed, not with brains,
but with lace, practice the preach
ing of an Oscar Wilde, "There is
only n thing in the world worse
than being talked about, and that
is not being talked about"
One of the best essays written by
Plutarch, dealt with BUSY Bodies.n
THE vice of the busy body is a
love of prying into other peoples
troubles, a disease tainted with
both envy and malice. To the busy
body we might say, "Why so sharp
eyed my most malignant sir, for
others faults, yet overlook your
own?"
Apply your curiosity to the &C.
onomic problem Of the Negro of
Omaha, inquire into the changing
of normally consistent Negro jobs
now being held by others. Instead
of gossiping about the downfall of
your neighbors daughter, the no.
goodness of your neighbours son.
The overcharging of your race
business men to your friends deve-
lor the knack of conversing with
your friends ways and means of
helping those whom others would
have you believe are down and may
be wrong. Remember Afro Amer
leans, that the reasonable deduc-
tionof a busy body is that unclean
living breeds unclean thinking and
subsequently unclean gossip about
your neighbor. If one lives a clean
life he or she invariably will think
clean and thus cannot and will not
find time to speak unclean of an
other. Gosips and rumor formed by
men and women of mean minds,
will choke an honest man-because
We are all too ready to believe
what is whispered, and to doubt
what is denied.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18

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The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18
THE LOW DOW N
-from--
HICKORY ROY

Perpetual motion, she is great
stuff-she would be if she worked.
just think, all we'd need to do
would be to give the old wheel one
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18

NOTE:-Eaeh week your CORES
pendent takes his pen in hand and
writes on local issues as he sees it.
Written comments on these Echos
win be welcomed. Just address
your letters to "An Echo From
My Den" Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant
Street, Omaha, Nebr.
The Omaha guide., 1937-09-18

LITERAL, millions of workers will
be used at the 1889 Golden Gate
International Exposition. They will
work a 24-hour shift without pay.
They r microbes which when
placed in the proper medium will
transform waste into useful arti-
cles, such as medicine, fabrics. ex-
plosives and perfumes.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Appeal to Parents.

When one child kills another with a
gun supposedly mot loaded" the con-
science of the community ought to be
stirred to prevent further accidents of
the same character. Obviously, ithe
responsibility for such tragedies traces
ents who permit youngsters to have
access to lethal weapons. Fathers and
mothers who fail to protect their OF
spring from the danger involved in ham
ding firearms are definitely at fault.
The culpability is self-evident.
But so is the necessary correction
plainly manifest. Any gun is perilous
in unframed hands. 1t, therefore, is
clear beyond argument that children
should not be trusted unsupervised with
instruments competent to cause death.
Adults possessed of normal instinct for
caution will see to it that weapons are
stored, empty of cartridges, where they
cannot be used as playthings. Rifles
and revolvers should be locked beyond
the reach Of immature boys and girls.
The alternative is an interminable
series Of unintentional homicides A
recent example was that of Warner Cum
ningham, six-year- son of = resident
OF Norbeck, Maryland. unwittingly slain
by girl playmate, who pointed a sup
posedly "emt3" shotgun 1T him Tin
Evening star., 1937-08-21

bearing the doll ashore without assist
ance And in the end she had her way
to her sorrowful regret. The precious
doll went overheard. In one cataclysmic
moment it fell from the childs hands to
the oily surface of the gray-green water
far below. Bystanders helplessly saw 1t
sink beyond retrieving-still lovely to the
last in its gown of white and with its yell
low curls outspread.
Time halted for the youngster while
fate hammered on her heart. Then came
the bitter tears which on such occasion
are a medicine for the soul If they did
not provide cure, they served at least
to quiet the hurt. OF course, the child
never will forget. So long as she lives
it will be instructive with her to clasp
tight the things she loves. Finally, she
will learn that nothing is safe; nothing
exempt from accident. But her expert
ence should teach her charity. Every
child, every parent, she may realize,
must suffer. Such is the lot of the race
to which she belongs. 1t is condition,
a destiny which can be softened only by
the philosophy Of hope and the practice
of mercy.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Urges Immediate Action
On the Ellenbogen Bill

To the Editor Of The Star:
After spending about six months in
idleness, our members of Congress now
propose to rush away on a vacation, while
the bill of Hon. Henry Ellenbogen is left
untouched.
This bill has been buried for months,
yet 1t is very urgently needed bit of
legislation. BY 1t the many hundreds of
folks will be evicted from their homes
bought under the H. o. l.. c., and the
Government itself will lose money. This
Is shown by the fact that at least half of
the homes from which the owners have
been evicted remain unrented, while the
H. o. L. c. has to stand for the taxes
and repairs. No one is benefited by the
present situation, but every one loses.
The Ellenbogen bill cuts the interest
on the mortgage in half and increases by
10 or Is years the time limit for paw
ments.
This would give the Government more
income-as the empty houses are dead
loss to the H. O. L. C.-and also prove a
godsend to those poor fellows who are
trying to save their home to have a roof
over the heads of their families.
Let the SNUG member, plenty money
coming in each month, the member who
has lived pretty easy life on the taxes
paid by the people, remember those who
are struggling to save their homes under
the H. o. L. G. and pass atEonce the
Glenbogen bill EDWARD WHITE.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Will the Court Pass on
New Jud ge's Eli gibility?

To the Editor OF The Star:
There can be no differences of opinion
among people with enough education to
read the Constitution, and who know the
facts underlying the appointment of
Senator Black to the Supreme Court,
that he was ineligible for appointment.
Yet he has been confirmed by the Senate.
This presents the question as to whether
or not the people have any remedy or
redress
The Constitution gives the President
authority to nominate and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate to
appoint to Office public officials. The
President and the Senate in making and
confirming an appointment are neceS-
sar1ly the judges of the fitness of the
appointee in point of character and abil-
1ty, but neither is authorized to deter
mine finally the question of the consti-
tutlonal eligibility of the appointee for
the office to which he is named and con-
flrmed. The Supreme Court itself is the
final arbiter of the constitutionality of
acts of Congress and of the constitu-
tlonal eligibility of an appointee to office.
AS this is question that affects the court
itself and the validity of it's decisions
participated in by an ineligible appointee
there would seem to be little doubt that
the Supreme Court would have original
and exclusive jurisdiction to entertain a
petition to it from any citizens who is
taxpayer or otherwise suf1iciently inter-
ested contesting the recognition by the
court of the eligibility of Senator Black
and the validity of his appointment to
the court.
While it is true that this is what is
called case of first impression because
the question has never before arisen in
the history of the country, it is the belief
of the undersigned that the remedy herein
suggested is available, and it is hoped
that some one will make a test of 1t if
and when Senator Black is confirmed
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star., 1937-08-21

Some men seem just too tough to be
killed.
Every now and then some World War
veteran comes to a Veterans Administra-
ton clirjc with a story of wound re-
ceived in action which should have proved
fatal but of which, in some cases, there
is not even a mention on the service
record.
Four cases of men still living, working
regularly and apparently in normal
health after lungs were pierced by ma
chine gun bullets in 1918 are reported in
the current issue of the Medical Bulletin
of the Veterans Administration. Two
of these cases. says DR.. w. w. Frank or
the Veterans Administration medical
staff, would naturally be expected to
have resulted fatally
DR.. Frank cites the cases as evidence
that bullets in the lungs may not be SO
serious as is generally supposed. ADMIT
tedly, the report stresses, there is good
deal of individual variation and wound
which will kill one man will only slightly
inconvenience" another.
In at least three of these cases OF
normally fatal wounds the victims appear
to have been only slightly lnconvenl-
enced." One of the most severe went prac-
tically untreated and the man remained
in a combat regiment throughout the
war. 1t is noteworthy, the report stresses,
that after the war three of the men made
practically no complaints but continued
with marked success on quite strenuous
jobs. 1t is also noted that after they
were wounded they did not become panic
stricken which may have been factor
OF considerable significance.
Medically, it is stressed, the cases ipdi-
cate the very light permanent damage to
tissues which may result from wounds OF
such a serious nature.
Perhaps the toughest of all was
former infantry private who walked into
the Veterans Administration hospital at
Portland, Greg, one day and laid
machine gun bullet on the examining
physicians desk.
six year, 10 day I have him here"
he said, humping his chest. Then
choke and cough and he am here"
He had been shot, his record showed,
in the right lung in July, 1918. The i'm
pact knocked him down, but he did not
lose consciousness. He only coughed up
a little blood For five hours he remained
lying in the trench. Then he was as
sisted to first aid station, about half
mile away.
The wound was dressed and the man
told that he would be evacuated the next
day to a field hospital. This prospect
scared him worse than German machine
guns. During the night he ran away and
got back to his company. He was in bad
shape but some of his friends kept him
hidden from the commanding officer for
three days. Then he again took his place
in the ranks, apparently all right. He
remained on active duty through the
rest of the war, returned to the United
States with his command, and was dis
charged without disability"
Some months later he applied for COM
pensation. An X-ray examination re-
vealed the bullet in his lung. There was
nothing to be done about it. The man
rented farm and carried on success
fully for six years, never complaining.
Then he began to have attacks OF weak
ness and coughing, in one of which the
bullet was coughed up. For few days
thereafter he coughed up blood He re-
manned in the hospit1 only nine days.
Then he went back 70 his farm work.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Doll Overheard.

little Washington girl, not long ago,
Journeyed to Germany with her parents
to see her grandmother. The child was
too young to appreciate the trip in its
every aspect. But she was old enough
= value a beautiful doll with which she
was presented by her adult relatives in
"the old country" 1t was, she thought
almost like sister. Nearly as large as
herself it seemed nearly human as she
held it in her arms Homeward bound,
the youngster and her puppet toy were
inseparable companions.
But tragedy awaited them. When the
boat arrived at its pier in New York the
infant Washingtonian elected to carry
her treasure down the gangplank per-
sonally. Her nurse Hndeavored to dis
susde her in vain. Tbhe insisted upon
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Stupid Politics.

BY a somewhat embarrassing coinci-
dence two eminent Democrats took the
air yesterday to speak on the subject of
party harmony, one of them by address
before a meeting and the other by radio.
Their statements were sadly at variance
and the consequence is confusion in
the public mind.
First came Chairman James A. Farley
head of the Democratic National Com
mittee, speaking at indianapolis before
gathering of Young Democrats. He
said that charges of rift in the Demo-
cratic ranks are pure politics. nothing
but politics and, to my mind, stupid
politics." and he added: There is no
more substance to the scarecrows and to
the phantoms that are being invoked by
our political foes in 1887 than there was
in 1885,
Next came Senator Joseph F. Guffey of
Pennsylvania, in Nationwide hook-up
over the air, and brought charges of dis
loyalty and ingratitude against three of
his fellow members of the upper house,
Senators Wheeler Of Montana, OMa-
honey of Wyoming and Burke of Ne
braska, for their opposition to the Presi-
dents court bill, predicting the defeat
of OMahoney and Burke and extreme
difficulty for Wheeler. He labeled them
as "ingrates." Two of them had solicited
the support Of the President in their
senatorial campaigns and, said Senator
Guffey, without his support they could
never have been elected. Yet in the face
of that record these two Senators had
signed a committee report, on the court
bill, which slurred the patriotism and the
motives of the President.
If there is to be harmony in the Demo-
cratic ranks there must be better team
work on the part of the spokesmen for
the party. especially those in the first
ranks Of organization and control. De-
nunciation Of three Senators by name
for their part in the opposition to the
court bill by fellow Senator, head Of
the organization in his State, does not
make for that harmony. And by the
same token such denunciation, espe-
cially when delivered simultaneously
does not render plausible or convincing
the declaration by the national chairman
of the party that charges of rift in
the Democratic ranks are pure politics,
nothing but politics and, to my mind,
stupid politics"
stupidity of which Mr.. Farley spoke is
not that of the Republican opposition.
Such lack of team work as these two
not particularly good politics.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.

BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Examination year later showed his lung
nearly normal
The next toughest case OF this sort
recorded is that of an infantry ma jor,
newspaper reporter before the war He
was lying on his face, telephoning. when
a bullet entered his left lung. He con-
tinued talking. He did not lose con-
sciousness, but realized that he was very
severely wounded. There were no litters.
An hour later, supported by two soldiers,
he made his way through an artillery
barrage for three miles to the nearest
first aid station. There he was placed
in an army truck. Because of the fright
full condition of the roads it took "a hours
OF extremely rough riding to get him to
the nearest mobile hospital unit about
IS miles away.
There the bullet was removed. A year
later the man was sufficiently recovered
to go back to his own job and since 1922
he has been assistant to the manager
OF government activity, position re-
quiring attention to voluminous detail
and close application to work"
Another case was that of an infantry
lung in October, 1918 Unlike the others,
he lost consciousness and remained I'M
conscious for five hours without anything
being done for him. Then he was taken
to first aid station. The bullet still is
in his lung. He works regularly as an
engineer.
The fourth man with bullet in one of
his lungs did not have so serious wound
as the others. But after his discharge
from the Army he made more complaints
OF ill-health than all the others combined,
and this continued until he was taken
of vocation training. When he had to
shift for himself he pulled himself to-
gether and has made an excellent record
as chief of police in small city. He
has not seen a doctor for seven years.
Evening star., 1937-08-21
Present Site Is Best
For the Naval Hospital

To the Editor Of The Star:
1t seems to me that the present loca-
ton of the Naval Hospital is ideal, 50
why change it? OF course, there are
some folks who have real estate to dis
pose of and it is natural for them to
offer it to the Government and get =
fat price for it. Others who have friends
with large estates would gladly soak
Uncle Sam with property unit for the
hospital, besides remove so much more
taxable capital from the District, as If
the Government did not have enough tax
free now. Several large buildings beyond
the present hospital should have been
removed long ago. With these buildings
remoV1f the present site could not Re
surpas56A anywhere PAUL SWEEN
Evening star., 1937-08-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
Don't forget to water the lawn.

Don't forget to water the lawn.
Plenty OF moisture from now on Is
particularly important, lest undue dry
ness undo the good work OF the plentiful
rains Of the past.
A miniature drought through which
grass might have passed earlier without
any harm from now on causes real hurt.
1t Is easy to feel that the season is now
over, what difference will 1t make?
Lack of water at this time makes 4
which has been getting along nicely.
The cycle of growth is coming to a
halt, but there is no need to permit 1t
to cease entirely.
Water at this time, and all during Sep
tember, is the best insurance Of q good
lawn next year.
Strenuous work-and it is all of that
to unroot crabgrass at this time of year
is mostly labor lost.
1t is good exercise, but some OF the
root stock is always left, and this soon
grows anew.
What difference does 1t make if a
bushel of the grass is torn out before
1t has set seed?
1t propagateS two ways and the other
way Is the most effective.
The worker makes himself think he is
doing a great deal, however, and, of
course, that is something; but he had far
better stick to the one true method, that
OF sowing so much grass seed that the
undeSired and wilder sorts are crowded
out.
Now is the time to do the sowing.
The earlier the better, now, but only
If one necessity is kept in mind
The need for constant watering.
1t is not always understood that a dry
Autumn can be about the dryest time of
the year
The old grass needs moisture, too, but
the new blades, fresh sprouted, need it
most. To them it is an absolute neces-
sity.
Ihere are few greater wastes of time,
energy and money than contained in re-
seeding a shabby lawn and then per-
mitting the newly terminated grass
plants to wither away.
This is common, however, mostly be-
cause the urge to do gardening work dis
appears from now on. Few persons want
w use VIC Iooc dlly ulOIe LIldu Lley
must now.
Yet food is secondary consideration
to water at this time. Many shrubs and
evergreens seen in average small grounds
suffer severely in a dry Autumn.
While it is natural for many plants to
begin to become dormant in September
and October, most of them do not really
become so until cold weather sets in.
Too little moisture at this time of
year is to blame for poor showings of
favorite shrubs and evergreens next
Spring, in all too many cases, without the
owners suspecting the real cause of the
difficulty.
Lawn making is not as easy as some
of the articles and books would have us
believe.
There are many factors which have to
be taken into consideration, without any
precise methods of checking being avail
able.
Getting a good or even fair lawn be-
meath trees is notoriously difficult. If
seeded in the Spring, good stand may