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The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
Protests Urged On
Wage Differentials

Washington, ID. C. June 9-Tele
grams urging that no wage diff
ferentials be Incorporated in the
federal wees and hour bill should
be sent to Senator Ebert d. Tho
mas in the Senate office building
Senator Thomas is chairman of
the conference committee which
isconsidering the wages and hours
bill. The fastest information is that
the conference committee is favor
able considering a variation of
wages based upon Industries
rather than upon geography. The
NAACP ond other organizations
have expressed a fear that geogra-
phieal wage d~ifferentials in reality
would be racial d~ifferentials, de-
priving colored workers of equal
wages for equal wark with white
workers.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
SCHOOL BOARD REFUSES
TO HAVE MINUTES CHECKED

U~pper@Marlboro, Md, June
1.-The board of education of
Prince Georges county has
notified Thurgood Marshall.
NAACP attorney, that it has
no objection to his inspecting
the minute books of the boord
of education any time.
Early this spring, Mr.. Mar
shall, acting for a colored tea
cher in Prince Georges county
asked permission to inspect
the minutes of the boord in
order to prepare the proper
legal papers. The NAACP at
torney was informed at that
time that he could not inspect
the minutes and accordingly
he filed a petition for a writ
Of mandamus to compel the
school board to permit him to
inspect them.
On May %, Adrian P. Fish
er, attorney for the board,
notified Mr.. Marshall that he
had taken up the matter with
the board and there was %
objection to the NAACP at
torney inspecting the books.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

The letter to- Congressman Fish
was writtem May II by Roy Viii
kins, assistant secretary, and is
made public because the NAACP
endorsement of hearings ON these
bills introduced by Mr.. Fish was
widely interpreted as endorsement
of the bills themselves. The asso-
cations letterA expressed the hope
that hearings would be held so
that an opportunity would be given
10 place in the official records the
gross discrimination against Ne
groes in the army.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
BISHOP WALTER MADE HEAD
OF VIRGINIA CONFERENCE

Greensboro, N. c., May Is "a.
N. P.)-If peace is to reign "in
the hearts of men,, then "the far
riers between races will have to
b broken down. said Bishop Wal
ter Peele, who was recently made
head of the Baltimore, Virginia
and West Virginia conferences of
the ME- church, here Tuesday be-
fore he left Greensboro where he
had been stationed.
The bishop also said that Sin
looking for leadership we should
seek the Divine" and advised, I'VE
should rely upon legislatures and
congresses and parliaments for
guidance, but rather upon righteos-
ness in the hearts of men,"
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

The comic songs favor with the
public seemed to have disappeared
with the passing of old-line stage
comedians. When they were -four
ishing it was a common practice of
musical comedy producers to supply
them with a comic number. In some
instances, a good comic song spelled
the difference between success and
failure for q show.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

creation of a separate Negro di-
that Negroes should be admitted
to all branches of the army, intro
duced by Congressman Fish provid-
ing for a certain number of Negro
candidates in the military academy
at West Point.
The association endorses with
reservation II. r. 1864 which
seems to imply from its langu-
age that Negroes should be adj
mitted to all branches of the ar
my. The NAACP reserves the
right to withdraw this t%entotive
endorsement if the language of
the bill bs interpreted to mean Ne
gro units in the various sections of
the army.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
SEPARATE NEGRO DIVISION
IN THE ARMY RULE HEARD

New York. June In a letter
to Congressman Hamilton Fish,
Jr., the Nationcl Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie mas pointed out that while it
is in favor of hearings before a
House committee to place in the
record the discrimination against
Negroes in the army, it cannot en-
dorse Congressman Fisb's bill (H.
vision in the army.
The association also has failed
to endorse II. r. 1906 which
seem to imply from its language
R, 10166) which provides for the
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
Torch Numbers Popular

Next to the waltz song in endur-
ing popularity is the number with a
definite torch ingredient, telling the
story of unrequited love, hopeless
love. Love remains the leading
theme of most successful songs. And
when the heart is not on top, it's
the moon and the more euphonious
geographical locales-Carolina. Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee-that provide the
chief inspiration.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

ever. In the strictly popular held,
1.-THE End of a Perfect Day." Mis-
souri, Waltz" Beautiful Ohio" Till
We Meet Again" have endured.
In the last few years a group of
waltz tunes or ballads OF more or
less waltz character have come TO
the top-and stayed there; such
serenades as TELL Me That You
Love Me Tonight" Lucienne Boyer's
wistful plea, "Parlez-Moi glamour"
zone Night of Love-" the lifting
CONNECTION which Hollywood fur
nished Grace Moore. Kate Smiths
perennial when the Moon Comes
Over the Mountain" Noel towards
'Tll See You Again." Sigmund ROM
berg's "When l Grow Too Old to
Dream" elsie of Capri and
"Alone".
Yes, it's the todlty or the song
aohich. sehile not strictly in q time.
Is halliday in character. that brings
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

The catchy fox.trot may achieve
momentarily a more spectacular
as a teeming army OF dance
bands and warblers airs It to the
high heavens, but in six or eight
weeks 1t is as forgotten as last
years French Cabinet. 1t has been
hinned to death.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

Rudy Vallee reuiued and refur-
biShed the old comic ballad, "The
Nan on the Flying Trdpeze," aud
started It upon a briefly popular
career. England sent 0uer a fei0
gears back a bit Of lyrical tan-pok-
ing at her parade ceremonial SiUOnk,
called AN the Kings Horses" 1t
lasted q feio short aceekS and then
oblivion.
SonglUriting Immortality goes TO
those 1oho sing of lore and moon
shine in q time.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

~ the mdzUmd. becomes q permd-
nent part of Americas musical fab
ric. The cash registers still click
steadily for when l Grolo Too Old
to Dream" isle Of Capri" aud the
others. They'll be selling, they'll be
reaching Tin Pan Alleys promised
land of "a million copies qohen foe
trots piH be gathering dust on the
ShelpeS.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

Even rdulo )
deadly repetition
doesn't vitality
affect the popu-
larity of a first
class waltz song,
and by FIRST class
is meant a num-
Der which COM
bines a simple
sentiment with a
graceful easy-to-
e m e m b c I
melody.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
The WALTZ Some Endures

Not so the abdltS song.
The lpdlts song builds
ISIololy. 10 Is frequently
q tedious business to
bIdnt q 1Ualts song -
plag is q better cord
Il % the national con-
seriousness. But once its
Efrmly established II
rides the crest for
gears, for 1t invariably
has the Vdladble quality
lof sentimental timeleSS.
mess.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
FORK Is NEWCOMER
IN EATING TOOLS
Spoon, Knife Were First
Among Food Utensils.

Washington, D. c. - Spoons that
scooped up walrus strew from a
common pot, and knives tatt sliced
off mouthfuls of raw blubber for
hungry Eskimos 1000 years a g o
we're found in Alaska this summer
by a joint expedition Of the National
Geographic society and the Smith
sonian institution.
''These ancient utensils give a
vivid picture of the life of ten cen.
turies ago, but they alse are re-
minders that although table man.
ners have changed, eating nipple.
ments of today are essentially the
same as in prehistoric times" says
the National Geographic society.
'-The spoon is as old as man
himself, or at least, as a wit re.
marked, as old as soup, while the
knife dates back equally far. Even
the fork, though only a few hundred
years old in its present form, de-
veloped from skewers or broiling
sticks. which we're stuck in the
ashes with fish 'spitted' on them
for cooking. The first forks had
only a single prong.
First Spoons We're Shells.
SThe prehistoric Eskimo spoons
found in Alaska are OF wood, ivory
ar the horns or bones of caribou.
The knives have wooden, ivory OF
bone handles with slate blades
ground to a sharpness comparable
20 the table knife of today.
1.-The earliest spoons, however,
probably were clam or oyster shells,
or small gourds. Later someone
thought of inserting the shell or
gourd in the split enc of a stick,
thus making a handle.
The spoon, knife and many other
utensils also had a common origin
in the wooden throwing board used
by some primitive peoples for gain.
ing greater leverage ia throwing a
spear. Flat and slightly followed,
The throwing board was used also
for a ~hre-making tool, for catching
blood from a slain animal, and had
q sharpened edge for use as a
skinning knife or a weapon. Il
could be used as a combined knife,
spoon and platter.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

The novelty and
comic songs enjoy only
an occasional vogue.
The only novelty num-
bers to score in a big
way in the last year are
ct Me.ry-Go-Round
Broke Down." and
"Dipsy Doodle" The
former was a craze for
some two months before
it died. No songs death,
incidentally, was more
sudden or complete. The
latter number is still
popular, chiefly because
it is so adaptable to the
current dance crazes,
the "Shag' and the big
Apple"
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

Such old waltzes as
1.-THE Blue Danube"
"The Merry Widow"
"Vienna Woods" are as
imperishable today as
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
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Tear In and wear out is the chief moneynaker.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

One OF the outstanding spots visited
was the recreation center at Little
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

provide the principal means of eradi-
cation. A total of SIS miles of barrier
have been set up, and the insects are
driven toward a common center where
they are killed with poison. The barrier
relieved fear Of possible invasion of
the city of Billings by the horde, which
quickly would have ruined gardens,
lawns and shrubbery.
In Carbon county, busting operations,
metal barriers and oiled streams and
irrigation bitches all are employed TO
halt the forward march Of the pests.
The battle lines in Carbon county are
constantly changing, due primarily to
the larger area of operations. Guards,
or elookouks," are constantly on the
alert for a new movement of the pests,
and when a movement Is located work
is Immediately begun In that area
Pits Dug
In Big Horn county the barriers pro-
vide the primary means Of checking the
movements, with the pits into which
the insects fall being dug along the
sheet metal strips. When pit is filled
it is covered with dirt, and new pit
is dug TO replace it.
Now that the forward march of the
pests has been virtually halted, busting
operations and burying Of the crickets
is expected eventually to prevent their
invasion of the most verdant grain
fields and ranges in nearly decade IN
the southern Montana country, DR..
Mills believes. But whether such work
win definitely decimate the potential
hatch of crickets next year is prob
lematical, due to the fact many may
remain in higher mountain areas where
no agriculture, and consequently no
control operations, are being carried
OaIt
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25
Prairie County Grass Area
Visited by Federal Chiefs

Sheep mountain. A community hall 80
feet wide and 60 feet long lies by the
side of a pond retained behind a rock
faced earth filled dam used for SWIM
ming and boating. In the hall is a
stage. cloak room. full basement, hard
wood floors, electric lights, furnace,
hotel range, soft water and shower
bath equipped locker room Here meet
ings of the Stochmen'S grazing aSSocla-
ton viii be conducted, all social groups
within southeastern Montana are TO be
extended the camping, picnicing and
recreational privileges OF the center.
Within the confines OF the 15z acres
there are two tennis courts, DaSeDall
diamond, picnicing spots with tables,
benches and cooking places, a caretak-
pump being installed to furnish water
for the needs of the center, and for
the maintaining of the lake level.
The last unit visited was a spring
site where natural
spring had been concerted, an EARTH
fin rock-faced dam built TO impound
the waters. Mr.. Jones said one stock
man, an old-timer, had tratled $500
sheep TO the site and Watered them and
told him that in all his years in the
north country he could remember no
better watering place All units visited
were representative of others scattered
about the entire area.
Visit Kempton Ranch
The party dined at the Kemptcn
ranch near Terry where an executive
meeting was conducted and the entire
project explained in detail to the visit
ing officials by MIR. Jones and his
staff
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

The attorney general has issued
two opinions On questions regard
ing the establishments Of residence
by persons seeking relief assistance.
His opinions we're delivered for
che AEissoaIa comnfy beard Of pub
lie welfare.
FIRST to be presented 10 the board
was that OF a relief recipient who
was a resident Of Lake county, was
certified by that county TO the works
progress administration and assigned
to the writer's project in Missoula
county. being employed there more
At the projects close he applied TO
the Missoula board for relief, declaring
that his six months employment there
constituted establishing Of residence.
Attorney Gen. a. j. Freebourn ruled
that the applicant had established
county residence and If in need, is
MisSoula county"
The second question was when
woman student at the State University
OF Montana, whose home was in Rich
land county, applied TO Missoula
county's welfare board for certification
to the WPA, basing her right to relief
and certification to the WPA on her
residence while student at the in
stitItion.
The attorney general held that the
woman was an adult and capable OF
establishing her own residence apart
from that of her parents. She had
lived in Missoula for two years.
1T Is my opinion that she established
a county residence and Is entitled to
relief assistance If In need, and like
wise to certiflcation to the works
progress administration regardless Of
the fact she has been student at the
State university while so residing in
MisSoula county" the opinion stated
Pes a. Svxa-wsssaz ASxw~-@smmv~.s-.x.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

An army Of determination, combining
the strategy Of a modern war machine
and the tactics Indians used century
ago. is moving across the ranges and
grain fields of southern Montana, ap-
parently winning its battles against
hordes of invading Mormon crickets.
Its official staff comprises entomolo-
giSts and county agents, headed by DR..
Harlow B. Mills. state entomolog1st
from Montana State college. Its en-
listed forces include the farmers whose
fields are threatened and hired workers.
The munitions are traps and metal
barriers, hand-powered and machine
driven dust guns oil baths and flame
shooters.
Worst in Country
DR.. Mills said the infestation is the
worst in the United States at present.
The battle lines are drawn along the
fields and ranges in three Montana
cOunties-CarbOn, Yellowstone and Big
Horn-and along the several counties
Of northern Wyoming bordering this
area.
These defense forces have set up
miles Of sheet-metal barriers over
which the crickets cannot climb. They
have constructed traps along these
barriers into which the voracious in
sectS fall, to be suffocated or poisoned.
They have devised sprays that cover
small streams and irrigation bitches
with a film Of oil that means death for
the invaders.
Poison Spread
They have organized groups Of men
carrying hand-pOWered dust guns that
spread a poison over areas where the
insect pests are creeping. Motor-driven
dust sprayers have been devised by
farmers and officials to do the work Of
more men on level areas where the
crickets can be poisoned.
Literally hundreds Of tons Of the
crickets are killed daily by the various
methods employed. They are piled in
huge stacks or buried In the pits into
which they fall along the miles Of foot
high metal barriers.
An idea of their numbers can be
gathered from a report by DR. Mills
Of one two-mile metal barrier in Big
Horn county. Along that barrier 40
pits, three feet square and four feet
deep, were dug. These pits we're filled |
almost to capacity each day as the
horde Of crickets, advancing along the
barrier seeking to escape into the grain
fields beyond, tllmbled into them-ap- |
so cubic yards Of the in
Sects daily.
In Billings Zone
Near Billings, close to the side Of
the famous Sacrifice bluff" over +
which the Indians of 100 years ago rode I
their horses rather than face the rigors /
Of smallpox, the insect fighters have /
constructed a barrier that forces the /
crickets to plunge to death over So I
foot precipice.
Contrary to general belief, DR.. Mills
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

Montana's livestock industry has
been assured the best supply OF
early summer feed since 1882 BY
rainfall Of a substantial character,
q report issued at Helena by ]. q.
Diamond, stasistician Of the bureau
- oerforuffwr11 economies states
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

the cricketS as they approached the
crossing in a solid front. At another
bridge, oil-soaked burlap sacks were
spread, allowing free passage of high
way traffic but providing an oil barrier
that eventually causes death to the
insects.
Thus far, DR.. Mills said, the defense
forces apparently are winning the war.
But, he pointed out, any letup in the
anti-cricket activities at present would
be disastrous, for the hordes Of insects
would quickly spread over the fields
and ranges, causing enormous damage.
To date, the damage has been neg
hgible.
DR.. Mills pointed out that for every
fertile female cricket that escapes
through the barriers potential hatch
of 200 crickets next spring can be an
ticipated.
Barriers Best
In Yellowstone county metal barriers
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25
INSECTS ALONE
THREATEN CROPS
HOPPERs AND CRICKETS ARE IN
CREAsING IN MONTANA
AREAS, STATED

Surfng rains have ended the like
EsRn0d Of drOuth i'm Montana for
Che year 1888, according 10 q re-
moT4 issued by Jay G. Diamond,
gtaaas4kcaan of the bureau Of agrf-
euEkswma economies. However, crop
dzmsm@ge may result yet from insect
attacks, particularly from grass
hcnDers. which are Matching In
Substantial numbers In eastern
Montana.
Mormon crickets likewise continue to
threaten crops in some localities. In
sect damage TO date, however, has been
less this year than IN 1887.
Montana crops are now of 70 their
begt start In a decade, the bureau said.
T9aa winter wheat crop promises a pro-
ds1ckaon of IL, 900 600 bushels, the laxg-
est on record, and while no estimate
az the production Of spring wheat VIII
az made until July, the June condi-
ton at 90 percent OF normal was the
highest since 1922.
EirrIlar high June / condition figures
were reported for other grains and hay
crops
rainfall during May this year was
exnneded but six times In the same
month for the past A years, the report
gaid. Normal June and July precipita-
tf0n win insure an ample supply OF
moisture for crop and irrigation needs.
Work OF spring planting and seeding
was well advanced on Montana farms
~ .Jsrae 1, when such operations were
rYnskIv completed for grain crops Sugar
beeks were making rapid progress, as
rfaFn corn. Potatoes and beans.
Condition of winter grains, hay. crops
a4sd fsaskaarns improved during May as
q YaaaaSk OF favorable rainfall Fruit
Trvfssssects were reported generally favor
ekle. With ample irrigation water sup
salIns FOR orchards reported IN the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25
Cricket Horde Beaten Down
by Army of Exterminators

pointed out, the crickets can readily
cross streams and irrigation bitches. A
tWig. a log or a bridge Is quickly sought
out and a steady stream of the insects
finds its way across what should be a
natural barrier.
To combat this film Of oil is spread
on the water, and workers constantly
keen the streams and bitches clear Of
tWigs, weeds and other objects that
would provide a crossing.
Flames Used
On one highway bridge near Billings,
it was found necessary to use a gasoline
torch, or flame shooter, to exterminate
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25
RELIEF RULINGS
ARE CLARIFIED
ATTORNEY GENERAL RENDERS
OPINIONS FOE AKTssOUIA
WELFARE BOARD

They Refer to Questions Regarding Is
tabIishment Of Residence By Persons
Requesting Assistance and In One IN
stance Cover University Studenf.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

aAw at Juuster's equator ID nine
s4fsssf* and 80 minutes In length but
vince kne planet u MOI soaidly con-
iasy sssls9xsd ard do not make complete
s ss In the same time that other
parts 40.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25
SUMMER RANGE
REPORTED GOOD
CONDITION is BEST SINCE 1852 AS
RESULT OF MAY RAIN
AND SNOW

Because Of Excellent Prospects Cattle
men are Making Plans to Restock
Herds That Were Severely Depleted
During DrOuth Period
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-25

Read the Classified Advertisements
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19

Tuo Get Debutation
AS Young Dem Pilots

L. OF Parker OF
Michigan the Young
Democrats
OF the receive such
Hunter employed position OF responsibility In the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19
Ford Makes First
Visit To Tuskegee

other Carver creative contribu-
tons are on exhibition.
Mr.. Ford appeared pleased with
the peanut plastics. because be
uses soybean plastic for horr
buttons. coil boxes and gear-shift
knobs, and also with ten different
grades of peanut oils which DR..
Carver has developed for after
treatment OF infantile paralysis.
On leaving the library. the motor
magnate was driven through the
campus and then TO the Institute
chapel where he spent more than
a half hour listening TO a personal
concert which was given by the
Tuskegee choir OF one hundred
voices under the direction of Will
liam L. Dawson. Its marvellous,
the greatest choir ever heard, :"
Mr. Ford said
The distinguished visitor posed
with DR.. Carver for picture Just
outside the chapel, shook hands
with as many as possible who want
ed closeup with the Detroit in
dustrial leader. and stepped into
his car and was away. waving back
TO the group who had gathered 10
bid him farewell
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-03-19

Tuskegee Institute. Ala. AMP
Two distinguished world figures
strobe side by side across the Tus
kegee institute campus today. They
were Henry Ford. the Detroit auto
mobile manufactures and Dr. Geor-
&c W Carver. famous scientist Ct
Tuskegee Institute.
Mr. Ford, repaying visit which
Dr.. Carver made 10 him last May.
came 10 the Institute from Ways,
Ga. where he has a diversified
farm project in operation. On ar
rival. Mr.. Ford went directly 10
Dorothy Hall where he was receiv-
ed by Or. Carver and other school
officials Formalities over. the two
went TO the Carver Laboratory IN
the Millbank Agricultural building
and then TO the Carver Memorial
Museum In the Hollis Burke Fritz
sci library where over three hui
dred by-products Of the peanut and