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Evening star., 1941-09-27
Public Housing Said
To Aid Privute BUILDING

The construction Of public hous-
ing projects has . healthy effect on
private construction in the same
neighborhoods, Nathan Straus, sd-
ministrator OF the United States
Housing Authority, said today.
Reports made by field representa-
tives Of the Labor Statistics Bureau
of the Labor Department show that
marked stimulation of private con-
struction follows the building Of
public housing projects, Mr.. straus
said.
A series of Investigations is now
underway to determine the extent
of building activity in project
neighborhoods. Mr.. Straus declared,
and four such investigations have
been completed in Phoenix, Ariz.;
Milwaukee, Wis; Cleveland, Ohio,
and Mobile, Ala.
In every case the reports show
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Construction
Continued From Page B-1o

tiles necessary for the national de-
fense program.
During the first eight months of
this year, permits were issued in all
the cities for buildings valued at
s1,893, 100000 an increase OF % per
cent as compared to 1910. Permits
for residential construction during
this period amounted to 81 OBS ,349,-
900, a gain of 26 per cent as COM
pared to the first eight months Of
last year. Over the same period,
non-residential building was up 25
per cent. while additions, alterations
and repairs increased per cent.
Washington Gains.
Washington now ranks fifth
among the large cities of the coun-
try in building volume for the eight
months of the year. The total for
the District is s48 290.745. gain
over last year of about $4,000 900.
New York City leads the country,
with Los Angeles second, Detroit
third and Chicago fourth.
Between July and August, 1941
permit valuations dropped 16 per
cent. Although this loss was spread
among all three types of conStruc-
ton, by far the largest decrease was
in new non presidential construction
which fell AZ per cent. August per-
Evening star., 1941-09-27

joints and locate doWnSpOutS. They
require no cross-straps, which means
there are no obstacles for easy
cleaning, an important asset in gut
tiers.
Gas-COntrOl Wall Box.
Not long ago man in Texas
tripped over a gas-hose valve eX-
tending from his living room wall,
skinned his shins and this became
responsible for a new method OF
making gas connections. His inven-
tion is the gas-control box. 1t is to
gas equipment what convenience
outlets are to electrical equipment.
The box consists of a f1ush-to-
wall bakelite housing containing a
steel valve and valve box. A clever
safety shutoff locks the valve into
position when no appliance is con-
nected. When the connection is
made the valve is turned by raising
lever. The lever cannot be raised
accidentally by being struck with
q broom, mop or chair-always
worry to the conscientious house
wife.
It Is not intended for use with
stationary gas equipment. but should
be we'll worth its cost of $3.50, un-
installed, for gas-burning space
heaters, laundry equipment and
other movable appliances. And If
YOU live in the country and use
bottled gas for your movable equip
Evening star., 1941-09-27

ment the outlet is just as serviceable.
With this -the-wall box
type connection gas equipment can
be moved out of the way when not
in use, reclaiming valuable wall
space. And the box blends with fur
rishings, as the old type protruding
gas valve cannot.
Low-Cost Water Heaters.
Probably the most frequently
asked question concerning fuel
burning equipment is. How much
will 1t cost to operator" If you are
purchasing a water heater your at
tention is irresistibly drawn to the
consideration of how much you will
have to pay for coal, oil. gas or
electricity to keep the unit in op-
Grafton.
That is why one manufacturer of
automatic oil-burning water heaters
offers a clever little guide showing
how much 1000 gallons of hot water
would cost with oil selling at various
prices from to 9 cents a gallon.
BY moving a revolving disk that is
get in between two pieces of card
board you will discover that oil at
s cents gallon produces 1000 GAL
Ions of hot water-heated through
6-degree rise-for "a cents. Oil at
Q cents q gallon makes 1000 gallons
available for A cents.
The point the makers of the heat
er emphasize, through this interest
ing little guide, is that because of
the economy features of the heater
YOU can get lot of hot water at
very little cost. The boiler is made
OF enduring material, with a large
central boiler flue giving direct pas
sage for quick. uniform water heating
In all parts of the boiler. The tank
Is thoroughly insulated, has no coils
to clog or rust out, has no moving
parts. contains simple temperature
adjustment and is listed by the Un-
derwriters' Labora tories as standard
for Use with No. or No. 2 fuel oil.
The water heater requires no cleo
trio wiring, no gas piping or elec-
trtc service There is low-fire pilot
fame directly at the end of the oil
feed pipe. This makes hot water
available in those places where gas
end electric utilities are non-exist-
ent. They are excellent for Tempo
rsry or country homes as well as
Evening star., 1941-09-27

city dwellings, and they. can be
moved easily and inexpensively from
one house to another.
Made in three sizes and capacities,
they can be hooked to extra storage
tanks if desired, to increase their
total capacities.
Note-FOr further information
about any of the products de-
scribed above, write Misses Ducas
and Gordon. in care of The Eve
ming Star, and include a stamped,
self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Powder Carefully Kept

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. R).-A
powder horn that came from Vir-
ginia 1913 years ago and still holds
some of the original powder, bone
dry and ready to use. is in the gun
collection of Robert H. Nanz.
Evening star., 1941-09-27

both residential and non-residen.
tial construction In the neighbor-
hood of projects has increased. and
that additions. repairs and improve
ments to nearby residences have
also increased.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
FUNERAL IN WASHINGTON
FOR FOUNDER OF NAACP.

Washington-Funeral services
were held here Saturday April &c
for Charles Edward Russell, 80,
who was one of the three persons
most active in organizing the Ma
tional Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People. The
other two are William E. Walling
and Miss Mary White Ovington.
From 1909 to the time of his
death, Mr.. Russell was cncom-
promising in his stand that every
right to be granted to Negro cit
liens.
One of his chief interests was
the correction of false statements
appearing in text and other books
about the American Negro; his
contributions and his place in the
life of the country. 1t is chiefly
through his influence that the as
ISOLATION has worked out a techn-
ique or tracing and correcting
statements derogatory to the ace.
Mr.. R~ussell's last published art
icle "a Call for Real Unitey" APP
peared in the April Crisis. 1t
contained a fiery and stirring ap-
peal for zone tenth of the popu-
lation-of all residents o the coun-
try, the most distinguished for I'M
swerving and unselfish devotion
to it."
Walter White, NAACP. secret
airy represented the organization.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
COLLEGE GLAMOUR
GIRL SOUGHT

Washington, D.. c. (NNS) Some
thing similar to a Red Hunt is en-
the way-the glamour girl of ce'-
lege is being sought. 1t was an
nounced this week that Howard
University is now seeking the
most beautiful girl attending a Ne
gro college in the United States
to adorn her head with national
glory. Delta Phi Delta Journal
istic Society and Alpha Omega
and Alpha chapters of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity are jointly sponsor
ing a contest to crown miss Ne
gro College," a young lady to be
selected from among the college
beauties and queens of c%oiored
schools throughout the country
F. Simms Campbell, Esquire Mag
azine art editor, has been chosen
chairman of the judges board for
the contest.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
NEWLY APPOINTED
MILK MAN

Roscoe J. Vaughn, colored, IS,
of 2514 North 31st Street, Omaha,
Nebraska, is the newly appointed
milk salesman for the Atlantic
Dairy Omaha, it is reported today.
Vaughn's territory includes the
twenty-second at Cunning Street,
west to thirtieth at Cunning Street
and north to thirtieth at Writ ST.,
east to twenty-second street at
Writ. This is the main Omaha
colored district. 1t has been work
ed by Negro statesmen prior to
Roscoe Vaughn's taking the route.
They failed to make a record that
the Negro population of Omaha
was not ashamed of, it has been
said. =;
Raymond r. Brown, Executive
Secretary of the Omaha Urban
League has kept up a continuous
fight to convince the Alamito
Dairy officials that there are Ne
groes in Omaha who could do real
job in this district if one of this
group was appointed again, it is
said.
The Urban League executive
highly recommended Vaughn to
the president of the Atlantic Com
pany as the applicant for the pos
ition, and the Dairy chief, Mr..
Joe Mueller, reported he was
pleased with the drivers way of
taking the job in hand even be-
fore he had finished his fifteen
day sales training course
Roscoe Vaughn is married. He
has a wife and two children, Ros-
coe Jr., ID and Rose Marie IL.
Came to Omaha from Atkinson,
Kansas, where he finished high
school. While there he worked in
a shoe repair business. In Omaha,
he operated the New Deal Shoe
Repair Shop at 504 North Thirty
Third Street.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
HOUSTON MAY HAVE MORE
NEGRO POLICEMEN

Houston, May 2 (ANP) Chief of
Police Ray Ashworth, recent ap-
pointee here, told members of an
interracial committe of the cham
Der of commerce this week that
the force of Negro policemen in
the city will likely be increased in
the future. The committee had
indicated at other meetings that
more were needed.
Appointments to the force, whe-
Their white or black, will be made
from civil service lists, Chief Ash
worth stated. Il am confident
that no inquiry will show any item
of mistreatment of Negroes by ne
or my department, the chief stat
ed.
A recommendation was introd-
uced by a subcommittee urging the
relief of overcrowding housing
conditions in Negro wards.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
VETERANS DUCK NAMING
NEGRO AS ATTENDANT IN
MINNEAPOLIS HOSPITAL

J st. Paul, Minimum around Tao
ties have been used by Veterans
Administration in dealing with
racial discrimination in a civil SER
wee appointment involving Charl-
es H. Hale of this city.
Mr.. Hale, who took and passed
an examination for hospital at.
tendant in the Minneapolis veter-
ans hospital, was certified three
times by the Civil Service Comm
ission. But after being interview
ed by the chief nurse and the nos-
pital superintendent, he was told
by the superintendent that he
could not be certified by the hos
pital because he is a Negro and
the white employees would resent
his living on the premises and eat
ing with them.
Mr.. Hale referred his case to the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People for
possible action. According TO a
letter received by the NAACP.
from Brigadier General Frank T.
Hines, administrator of Veterans
Affairs, Mr.. Hale recently receiy-
ed an appointment in the hospital
at Tuskegee Institute, Ala, far
from his home. This appointment
makes it impossible for him to get
the Minneapolis job.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
BOY TURNS SLEUTH;
RECEIVERS HIS BICYCLE
STOLEN BICYCLE RECOVER.
ED 20 HOURS AFTER THEFT

When his bicycle was stoler
from oath and Lake Street, or
Wednesday night at 1920, Herman
Vernell, 1921 North oath Street
set out to recover it,-and did
within 20 hours after he had re-
ported the theft to police. The
bicycle, a green one, with a large
basket, front wheel brakes, two
speed transmission, back wheel
with gear, was found, piece by
piece in various places.
After reporting the theft, Sher-
lock Holmes Vernell, made an in
spection of all junk piles in the
city looking for the frame. He
knew that whoever had stolen it
would not have kept it as it was.
After searching all the junk piles
with no results he asked every
drugstore delivery boy to be on the
lookout for a bicycle or any parts
fitting the description. At 4:30
p. m. Thursday he got his first
clue, when Lee Burnell, who works
at the Northside Transfer, report
ed he had seen a green bike frame
of that description at 29th and
Yates Street on a junk pile. He
recovered it from there, but found
the following missing: front wheel
front wheel brakes, back wheel and
gear, so he began his search for a
bicycle with front wheel with a
new Goodyear tire and a bike
with front wheel brakes. After
stopping about 100 children on
bikes he spotted his front wheel on
a bicycle which a boy was riding.
He had rented the bicycle from
another boy. Herman asked him
to whom the wheel belonged and
also the names of some of the boys
he associated with. The boy gave
him the name and address of the
boy from whom he had rented the
bike and also the names of some
of the other boys.
Then Herman went to the boys
home and asked him about the
stolen bike. The boy denied it.
Herman then turned "Mr. District
Attorney and told him the nam
es of some of the boys he went a.
round with and accused him of
stealing the bicycle. Then the
boy started talking, admitted his
part in the theft. Still detecting,
Herman got the entire group of
boys together. He found pieces
of the bicycle at 29th and Burdette
Street under a street light and the
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
RACE PEOPLE APPOINTED
TO ASSESSING STAFF

County Assessor, Joe Stolinski,
announced the appointment of the
following named a C people as
members of his assessing staff for
1941: Carrie Jewell, 1916 North
Goth Street, Victoria Turner, 2917
Miami Street, Eugene Glue, 1904
North 25th Street, Cleota Reyn-
olds, 281O Grant Street, Eva Mae
Stewart, 2421 Decatur Street, An
ma Logan, Pip North 22nd Street
Maggie MCGOWAN, 2211 North 26
Street, Ida Willis, POPS Ohio ST.,
Adell Richards, 1910 North 22nd
Street, Mae Allen Rouhlac, 2705
Hamilton Street, Adverta Randall
2016 Willis Avenue.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

J skilled occupations.
The NAACP. emphasizes the
Importance of the groups being
prepared to take advantage of
work opportunities should the
predicted labor shortage become
acute. 1t states that the relucs-
ance of many men to spend time
training for jobs in defense indus
tries where fragrant discriminate
ion is practiced, is understandable.
But, it makes clear, the indust-l
rial speed-up, pressure on manu-
faeturers by the Association and
other organizations the ~increas-
ing seriousness of the European
situation and the absorption of
more and more men into the army
make it possible that industrial
lists may be forced to seek Negro
labor in the very near future.
Many local branches of the as
ISOLATION are already carrying on
campaigns to get men in their
communities into defense training
courses.
Even though there seems scant
hope at present that color bars
will be let down, NAACP. said,
Negroes in this country must be
ready to make good use of any
change in the course of events.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS

On January 10, 1941, there was
introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives a Bill known as H. Il.
1847, sponsored by the Hon. Jenn-
ings Randolph of West Virginia
for the purpose of pensioning wild
ows of retired Civil Service en-
ployees.
The enactment of this measure
will place the widows of our Civil
Service employees on a par with
the widows of soldiers and sailors
who have served in the army and
navy.
The enactment of this measure
into law is but another step in
the advancement of social justice,
characteristic of our times and our
country.
Write or telegraph your con-
gressmen at once urging him 20
support this measure with his vote
and voice to the end that the faith
full wives of our large army of Civ
il Service workers may be brought
within the ever widening circle of
those who can look forward to eco
nomic security in their declining
years.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

THE SUBJECT
Of
EMPLOYMENT
ARTICLE NUMBER TWO
II. ].


Last week employment figures
were given in relation to the Met
ropolitan Utilities District.
1t is important for all of Us to
know what this agency of govern
ment is. 1t is a corporation est
ablished by law for the manufact-
ure of Gas and Ice and the distrlb-
ution of water for the citizens of
Omaha and its environs. IT is
OWNED BY EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF US. The Colored Peo'
pie in their collective capacity own
one-seventeenth of it, and they
should not only put their earnings
into it through the purchase Of
water, Gas and Ice, but they
should in fact be a part of it pro-
rortionately, through employment.
Mr.. Dana Van Dusen is IN
charge of personal and Mr.. Walter
T. Byrne is the General Manager
The Directors, however have sole
power to put an end to "UNFAlR
PRACTICES" through denial of
employment to Colored men and
wo1len in all but mental capacities
You will not get employment un-
less you insist properly upon OBJ
tanning it.
Directors of the Utilities Dist
rict, please take notice.
Next week the other branches
OF government.)
H pinLoEt
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
NEGRO STAR AT CARNEGIE
SWING CONCERT

New York (NNS)-The first
time that a jam session appeared
at dignified Carnegie Hall, was
this week when the night club,
Cafe Society, presented its Negro
performers in a benefit for the
Musicians Union. The entertain
r ranged from the boogie-woog-
lie pianists, Pete Johnson and Al
bert Ammons to Kenneth Spencer
basso, John Kirby's orchestra,
Hazel Scott, swing pianist, Lena
Horne, vocalist and Count Basie's
seven piece band. It was big,
young and appreciative, and solid
on the mellow side. Hazel Sect
sent the audience with her rendit-
ion of Debussey's "Clair de Lune"
and Kirby's "Drdla's Souvenir"
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

Lovely Una Mae Carlisle, first
cOlored girl composer to write a
song selected for the Lucky Strike
Hit Parade, whose "Walkin' By
The River has captivated devot-
ees of popular music. She ap-
peared on a recent broadcast of
the CHS. program, we, the Peo-
ple", and tod the story of how she
happened to write the song.
Born in Ohio, Miss Carlisle's a.
bility as a pianist has taken her to
Europe and featured her in mary
famous spots as an entertainer.
-(ANP)
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
DIR. DUBOIS
IN MIDWEST

Atlanta, May 2 amp DR.. w. E.
B. Dubois, head of the department
of sociology in Atlanta university,
dectured in the Middlewest during
April. He spoke at Manchester
college, Saint Paul, Mimi, April
%; at the convocation at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, April ID;
and at the Saturday Lunch Club
of Minneapolis, April rs. He also
spoke before thesociology depart
ment at Northwestern university
and the Chicago City-Wide Forum
and at forums in Cleveland, Ohio
and Springfield, I'll.
During May DR.. Dubois and
Sterling Brown will review The
literature of the American Negro
at the 18th anniversary of Fisk
university.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
LOUIS TO DEFEND CROWN
AS DRAFqEE

Detroit, (NNS)-Joe Louis who
expects to be drafted by late Fall,
may ask for permission to defend
tls title evae. while serving in the
army, his co-manager, John Rox-
borough, this week disclosed that
Louis wants to defeat all possible
challengers before he is called for
service. But there is a poss.b;l-
ity that he will be called before he
can complete his present program.
In that event he would be more
than anxious to obtain permission
to fight while serving his year as
a draftee."
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
Meth0dists Change
81 Ministers

Philadelphia, May 2 (ANPl :
When the Delaware conference
of the Methodist church convened
here last week, it made 81 changes
in ministerial assignments as an
nounced last Sunday by Bishop Al
exander P. Shaw.
Most important of the changes
were the following.
Rev. John 7 Fletcher, super1n-
tendent of the Philadelphia dist
riot, was transferred to the staff
of the finance and debt-raising of
the church extension department
of the board of home missions, his
place being taken by the Rev. j.
w .Jewett, transferred from the
superintendency of the Dover DIS
trict.
Rev. L. H. Macarthur, pastor of
Zoar, "the mother church" of the
conference was elevated to the SUI
perintendency of the Dover Dis
trict, and the Rev. Noah w. Moore
Jr., transferred from Camphor to
Zoar.
Rev. d. H. Hargis, pastor OF
Ezion, Wilmington, Del, was made
superintendent of the Eastern dis,
trict and the Rev. w. C. Thompson
pastor of st. Johns, Newark N
J., was transferable the superin.
tendency of the Wilmington dis
trict.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
HAMPTON CO-EDS HOLD
SIXTH ANNUAL FETE

HAMPTON Institute, Va.,-The
co-eds of Hampton Institute will
hold their sixth annual Women's
Day Festival on Saturday, May 8,
Alyce Morris, president of the
Hampton Institute Women's Sen-
etc, has announced.
Climax Of the years activities
for Hampton Institute Women, the
annual Women's Day will include
outdoor and indoor activities in
which every Hampton Woman will
Participate.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

remainder of the missing parts
were found at three differeat
houses. By $50 that evening he
had located the entire bicycle. He
egreed not to turn the boys inn
plicated over to the police after
tkeir parents had agreed to have
The bicycle repaired.
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

COL. JOHN C. ROBINSON,
Chicago aviation training direct
or, who flew to Tuskegee Sunday
is shown in the top picture stand
ing beside Chief Pilot C. A. Ander-
son of Tuskegee, right. In the
background is Col. Robinson's
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03
Labor Shortage
May Race

New ~York-Acting ON reports that Negroes are not
taking full advantage of free training courses offer
ed by the government to prepare for national def
ense work, the National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People Is urging all men to regis
ter with their local National Youth Administrative
or State Employment Service offices or classes in
The Omaha guide., 1941-05-03

plane, the Brown Condor. The
noted Chicago flyer, who attract
ed international attention as head
of the Ethiopian air forces in the
Italian invasion, went to Tuskegee
to see the activities of the insti-
tute's aviation program and to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-06
COURT LEAVING FOR kETCKIkAN SESSION.; LAST TWO MONTHS
Most of Officials Will Sail for First City on Co.,
 Iumbid Thursday

Therell be a long interval of quiet in the section of the fifth floor of the Federal Building here occupied by the Federal District Court, starting the middle of this week.
 The exodus of the court officials will start tomorrow, when William A. Holzheimer, District attorney. goes south on the Alaska. He will be followed Thursday by Judge George r. Alexander, Court Re- porter John H. Newman, Court Clerk Robert Coughlin and Deputy Clerk Peggy D. Mcleod. all of whom are scheduled to sail on the Columbia.
 The reason for the departure of the Department of Justice officials is, of course, the semi-annual special court term in Ketchikan, due to get under way a week from to-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned was, on the Sd day, of October, 1941, duly ap- pointed administrator of the estate of BILL GOGOFF, deceased and that letters testamentary therefor on said day were duly issued to the undersigned.
 All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same, with proper vouchers, and duly verified, within six (6) months from the date of this Notice to M E. Monagls, ad- ministrator's attorney, at Room 200, Seward Building, Juneau Dated at Sitka, Alaska, this 9th Alaska.
 day of October, 1941.
 EVAN ZELOFF,
 Administrator Publication dates, Oct. 6-l3-2o-27, 1941. adv