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The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
THE NEGRO
AND NATL
DEFENSE

continued from page u
says that no man may come into
the Army who is not acceptable
to the Army-What good will il
do Us to take men to an induction
place if the Army will not take
them-I regret this state, but UNI
fortunately. the Army gets the
final say. What we are doing of
course, is simply transferring dis
elimination from everyday life in
to the Army. Men who make up
the Army staff have the same i
IDEAS as they had before they went
into the Army"
General Lewis b. Hershey,
Selective Service Adm.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25

denied jobs in the plant manage
ment.
Westinghouse has government
contracts for radio apparatus to-
falling over eight million dollars.
In its Baltimore plant, 800 persons
are employed but of this normally
three are Negroes. They are lab
orers and porters. No skilled Ne
groes are hired. But there is no
ban on the employment of Negro
es, according to the cmpany.
The Virginia Engineering Com
pany at Norfolk has contracts for
more than thirteen million dollars.
It employs 1900 persons, of which
perhaps 500 are Negroes. All of
them are unskilled laborers.
Glenn r. Martin & Company in
Baltimore, employs more than 10
900 workers, most of them on gov
eminent orders, but has never en-
ployed a Negro.
Negroes have been turned away
from the Colt Arms Company, of
Hartford, Conn.,. with the assert
ion, I'VE are not hiring any Neg
roes today"
In Cleveland, neither General
Motors nor the White Motor Com
pany, both of Which are working
on government contracts, employs
Negroes.
These facts can be multiplied
many, many times. The Associa-
ton merely lists here a few ex-
amples of the more fragrant in
stances of discrimination and Sc
gregation in the nations defense
program.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25

permits have been issued for the
Omaha Denver section and apple
atoms for the remainder Of the
work will be submitted to the Fed
eral Communications Commission
in the near future.
Buried underground, the new
cables are expected to prove an
important link in the nations com
munication system, further insur-
ing contact during emergencies be-
tween the vital centers of industry
railroads, seaports and troop con-
centration points on either coast.
The work already authorized has
been engineered by the A. 7. and
T. Long Lines Department in CO.
opration with the Northwestern
Bell Telephone Company and the
Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company, and Long
Lines gangs have started laying
the cables, moving westward from
Omaha and from Grand Island,
Nebraska. Those directing the
work expect to get as far as Lar
annie, Wyoming, by the end of this
year.
Later, construction gangs of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company will start eastward from
Sacramento and the two forces are
expected to meet and complete the
job near Wendover, Utah, scene of
the historic finishing splice in the
first telephone line to span the
united States, completed in 1914.
The route followed will be close TO
the central transcontinental route
of pony express riders, railroads
and airlines. touching Denver and
passing through Cheyenne and
Salt Lake City.
The cables now being installed
will employ equipment whereby
twelve talking channels can be set
up over a circuit composed of a
pair Of wires in each cable. Wir-
es for west-bound channels are in
one cable, for east-bound in the
other. Since carrier circuits re-
quire more frequent amplification
than ordinary telephone circuits, a
large number of repeater points
will be established along the route.
Work has begun on six such ampli
fier stations between Omaha and
Grand Island, and there will be
nearly 100 of them in all in the
1900 miles between Omaha and
Sacramento.
Throughout the entire route only
a few miles Of cable will be above
ground. For practically their en-
tire length the cables will be pillow
4 in, a method Of laying under
ground cabl which has recently
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| SUBMIT MY THOUGHTS
(by Bebe Nannette Walker,
2613 Grant St, Love Apis No. 81

Give Us this day, our daily bread,
Seldom spoken, but well said,
The more we work,
The less We shirk-
Another day, another dollar.
Read more of this and be a cool
scholar.
| went to school to learn the gold
ell rule;
That's why Pm no ones fool
I work hard because Pm indie
PENDENT.
AS hard as anyone's descendant.
Paid today-tomorrow broke!
Got no money, clothes all in soak.
Drunk today, tomorrow feel
sunk
Feel worn out,
Without a doubt.
Owe everyone in town.
But that doesn't keep me down.
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NOOnblI1Qtu lIOiH page II
Bend are served from our system.
Without Nebraska Power Company
service such towns probably would
have power plants of less than 500
horsepower.
Another more concrete example
is the new bomber assembly plant
soon to be constructed at Fort
Crook" Mr.. Davidson continued.
While this will be a very large
plant employing more than 10000
people, its power requirements ale
only about 3 percent of the cap
acity of one of our stations.
"The same conditions of avail
ability of electric power exist thru
out our territory and, in fact,
throughout the nation" MI. Dav-
idson said. To-day it would hard
ly be possible to find a location
where a national defense activity
could not have power available at
once or before the activity would
be ready to use it.
The private electric industry
stands ready to do the job of de-
livering and producing the neces-
sary power, and with little added
construction, and without handi-
Gaping their own efficiency, Dur
transmission systems could deliver
the power produced in the hydro
electric plants the government has
built. A tremendous saving would
result as compared with construc-
ton by the government of new and
duplicating transmission lines to
20 the same job.
"The nation is prepared electric
ally because of the electric utility
industry. created and developed
under the American Way of pei-
vate ownership and individual nit
i%ative, built a system of power
plants and high voltages electric
lines which make ample power
available anywhere in the United
States" Mr.. Davidson continued.
This is very important because
the success of national defense de-
ponds on the ability of American
industry to expand and speed up
production. and adequate electric
power is absolutely essential to
this program.
"The present capacity of the po-
wer plant of the Nebraska Power
Company is more than six times
what it was when our country en-
tered the first World War. The
total power capacity in the United
States is five times what it was in
1917 and far exceeds that of Ger
many, France and Great Britain
combined.
"Privately-owned utilities have
constructed almost 80 percent of
this great reservoir of electric po-
wer, and in 1910 they produced
and distributed more than 80 per
cent of the country's total electric
energy.
"Yet, last year." Mr.. Davidson
pointed out "the electric plants
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
THE MODERN ART CLUB

The Modern Art Club met on
Monday night, January 20, 1871 at
the home of the President, Mrs.
Dale Riddles, 5241 South 25th ST.,
Eight members were present at
the meeting. After the business
meeting. the members took up
their needle work. The club also
discussed the various spring activ
tiles which they are planning. A
vote of thanks was extended to the
hostess. The next meeting will be
on Monday, January 81, at the
home of Mrs. Lydia Rogers, 222S
Ohio Street.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25

the electric industry to furnish
power wherever it may be needed.
Nothing should be done in this crit
ical period" he urged, "to destroy,
disrupt or handicap the ability Of
the private electric industry, or
any other industry. to do its part
in national defense
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
Happy ayTo
Wake Lazy Insides

Thousands turn to this way for
happy relief when they're lazy in
testinally and it has them head
achy, bilious. Spicy, aromatic
BLACK-DRAUGHT, by the direc-
tons tonight; a drink of water;
an dthere you are! Taken as dill
ected, this purely vegetable medic
inc usually allows time for sleep;
acts gently thoroughly next morn
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25

of the United States produced only
DO percent of the total energy they
could have generated if operated
at full capacity all of the time.
And only about two-thirds of the
country's total capacity was in use
at any one time. This means that
the electric industry will be a5ie
not only to handle the defense re-
quirements, but to maintain its
regular peace-time services.
"The vast network of electric
lines which makes power available
throughout the country was built
under the holding company syst
en- of utility ownership, a devel-
opment of American individual in
itiative and private enterprises"
Mr.. Davidson said. st is because
of this great system that our ma
ton is today SO adequately prepar-
ed, electrically, for national def,
ense.
I'm 1908," he said. "about the
time the holding companies came
into being, there were only about
2,400 miles of Transmission lines of
10000 volts or more, not enough
to reach once cross the United
States. l refer only to lines of
$4,000 volts and above because
these can deliver almost any am
cunt of power an industry needs
for any purpose. By 1918, the end
of the first World War, some new
transmission lines had been added,
mainly in California, Washington.
and Montana to connect water po-
wer plants with their markets.
"In 1928, paralleling the growth
of holding companies in the coun-
try, there was a tremendous in
crease in the number of miles of
such transmission lines, and this
construction went far beyond the
tying-in of water power plants
with markets. 1t included inter
connection and Indignation of util-
ity systems for operating econora-
les and cheapening the cost Of ser.
vice to the customer.
To-day, a vast nationwide net
work of more than $4,000 miles of
lines of 10000 volts and over =
enough to reach from coast to
coast 200, 900 miles more of lower
voltag transmission lines reach
all the populated areas of the ma
ton. 1t is this great ~interconnec-
ted system that is now so import
ant to our national defense. o.
all this great system, better than go
percent has been built by privately
owned companies under holding
company ownership.
These facts indicate clearly"
Mr.. Davidson concluded, that the
basic principles of the electric hold
ing companies have been to extend
adequate electric power to the en-
tire areas they served and to pro
vide ample reserves for future
needs of any kind. 1t is these prin
ciples that have been directly res-
ponsible for the preparedness of
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25

ing, so relieving constipation's
headaches, bad breath, sour stom-
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BLA~CK-D chief in
gredient, an intestinal tonic-lax-
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bowel muscles. Millions of pack
ages used prove it's merit. Econom-
ical too! % to 40 doses: 25c.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
TO WACO, TEXAS

Mrs. Fansie May Ware, 2235
Grant Street, left Wednesday Jan.
p. for Waco, Texas to be at the
bedside of her father who IS very
i'll with pneumonia. Mrs. Ware
plans to visit her home in Dallas,
Texas before returning.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
RETURNS

Mrs. Laura Eddens of the Key
stone Beauty Shop, 1701 North
cath Street, has returned from her
wonderful trip to Los Angeles,
Oakland and San Francisco, Cell
fornia, where she visited relatives
and friends. She had a very en-
joyable time in those fair cities.
To her many friends and custom
ers she wishes to announce that
you will find her back down to
earth" in the Keystone Beauty
Shop at her usual line of duty
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
FONT FORGET

Lincoln's big night. Follow the
crowd to Lincoln for the Univers-
ity Collegians dance on Friday
night, January 81, 1871 at Lincoln
New Spot, the new Crystal Ball
room, 219 North 9th ST., Lincoln,
Nebraska.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
SLOWLY IMPROVING

Mrs. Maggie Bryant, 2s75 Writ
Street, who has been confined TO
her home for the past week. is now
slowly improving.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
BACK TO WORK

Mr.. j. C. Carey who has been i'll
for the past few weeks, is able to
be up and has returned to work.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
Asthma Mucus
Coughing, Gaspina

Thanks to a Doctors prescription called
Mendaco, thousands now palliate terrible re-
curing attacks of choking. gasping. cough
ing, wheeling Bronchial Asthma by helping
nature remove thick excess mucus. No dopes,
pleasant tablets. The rapid, delightful pal
iiative action commonly helps nature bring
welcome sleep-a "God-send." A printed
guarantee wrapped around each package Of
Mendac0 insures an immediate refund OF
the full cost unless you are completely sat-
isfled. You have everything to gain and
nothing to lose under this positive money
back guarantee SO get MendacO from your
druggist today for only soc.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
Lemon Juice Recipe Checks
Rheumatic Pain Quickly

IT you suHer from rheumatie, arthTE-
tbs or neuTitis pain, try this simple
inexpensive home recipe that thousands
are using. Get package OF Ru-Ex
Compound today. Mix it with a quart
Of water. add the juice of 4 lemons.
It's easy. No trouble at all and
pleasant. You need only 2 table
spooniuls two times a day. Often
within 48 hours sometimes over
night splendid results are
obtained. II the pains do not
quickly. leave and If you do not
feel better. Ru-Ex will cost you
nothing to try as it is sold by
your druggist under an absolute
money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex
Compound is for sale and recon-
mended by Good Drugstores Everywhere
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-25
THE ELECTRIC
INDUSTRY

CONTINUED from page u
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG MISSION

Miss Constance Erickson,
 Superintendent HOO a.m.-Church School 5:30 p.m.-Worship service. Miss Erickson will preach
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DECREASED BY HALF

One thousand, seven hundred fitty-siX persons were placed on jobs by the Employment Service division of the Alaska Unemploy ment Compensation Commission during the month of June, Ex- ecutive Director Walter P. Sharpe stated.
 Natoinal defense projects ac- counted for 63 percent of these placements. Sixty-nine percent of the total placements were credit ed to the Anchorage and Fair banks branches.
 The active file as of June 30, 1941, lists 1,149 individuals act ively seeking employment thru the service and 1,415 new applica tions were taken from job seek CTS during June.
 Receipt of initial claims for unemployment benefits discloses 50 percent decrease from June l940. The sum of $28,5OO was dis tributed in unemployment con- pensation benefits during the month, as compared with SAT, ,469 in June, 1940.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
COORDINATION CONFER ENCE IS CONCLUDED

FAIRBANKS, July - The two day conference of heads of the U. s. Weather Bureau, army and Civil Aercnautics Administration in Alaska. for purposes of coor- dinatirg the services of the three organizations in the Territory, cane to a conclusion recently after satisfactory progress was re ported by these participating. A number of those attending left the city to return to their res pectiYe headquarters.
 Sitting in on the conference were Howard J. Thompson, me teoro ogist in charge of the wea- ther bureau service of Alaska, with headquarters in Juneau; o. K. Anderson, associate meteor olc,g;st and official in charge of he Fairbanks weather station; A. D. Fulen, supervisor of the CAA communication for Alaska, with headquarters in Anchorage; Major ". H. Neil, regional wea- ther officer for the army corps at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage; and Capt. Norman C. Spencer, weather officer at Ladd Field, Fairbanks.
 Major Neil and MT. Hulen left for Anchorage. MT. Thomp- son went to Anchorage from where he will go to Kenai Pen insula before returning to Ju- neau.
 Dr. C. Rasmussen of Barrow, where he is assistant in the wea- ther bureau service, is visiting in Fairbanks, on a vacation, but was not an attendant at the con ference. He will return to Bar row soon ,and is expected to be advanced to officer in charge of the weather service at Barrow the first of the year. Sergeant Stanley Morgan is in charge of the U. s. Signal Corps service there.
 Merle Wittmeyer, transferred from Juneau, left for Barrow to be assistant there in the weather bureau service.
 Extensive Service
 Referring to the weather bu- reau service in Alaska, Meteor ologist Thompson stated that 142 airWays stations throughout the Territory now report daily to the bureau; and of that number 32 report hourly between 5:30 a. m. and 5:3O p. m.
 Seven main Alaska stations, in cluding Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, Nome and Barrow, are conducting radio-sonde experi- ments. The experiments were started in Fairbanks in 1882, when MT. Thompson and one as- sistant were the sole members of the local weather staff. The Fairbanks office now has 12 per sons on it's staff, while there are l5 at Juneau. The radio-sonde ex periments are financed from army funds as a part of the na- tional defense program.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
OIL COORDNATOR NAMED BY ICKES

WASHINGTON Defense Pe- troleum Coordinator Harold Ick- es, who is secretary of the Inter- for named Ralph Davies of the Standard Oil Company of Calif- ornia to be deputy coordinator.
 Davies will devote full time to the problems of conserving and distributing oil supplies for civ ilian and military use and will be paid a government salary.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
Odd Fellows To Install

Nome Lodge No. As IOOF' will install their officer this even ing at their hall.
 This inSta lation should have taken place a last Friday but oW- ing to the Columbia being in port and so much going on it was im- possible to get the members to- gether.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
N o T c E

Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk un- til 5 pm. Monday, July 2S, 1941, for surfacing street in Block GA between "B" and Division Streets.
 For detailed information call at City Clerks office.
 M. J. Walsh, City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
II. s. s. CHARLESTON ARRIVES, DEPARTS

The U. s. s. Charleston an- chored off shore at eight am. yesterday morning. It is believed to be the first Navy vessel to arrive at Nome. The ship de- parted for the westward in the afternoon and is expected to re- turn here soon. Bad weather and high seas prevented any contact with the vessel.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
MIROW ACTIVITIES
Old Man Weather Has Grounded All Ships

The Stinson tri-motor is all set to hop for Anchorage as soon as weather permits.
 The Travelair, piloted by Bill Lurd is held up at Moses Point, on his way to Koyukuk Station.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
Airways News

The PA flight scheduled for today was cancelled out due to bad weather.
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
ODDFELLOWS ATTENTION!

Special Meeting next Friday Evening, July 25, 8 pm. Installa- ton of officers.
 Visiting Members Are Invited
The Nome nugget., 1941-07-25
Federated Church

Wilbur P. Wood, Pastor 11:00 a.m.-Church School 7:45 pm. - Worship service. Miss Constance Erickson will preach.
Evening star., 1941-07-08
District Ready 10 Mail Out
$3.50, 900 in Relief Checks

District officials were hopeful to-
day of getting out within the next
few days relief checks to 7,40O relief
cases which were due July but were
delayed by the late passage of the
District appropriations bill
The checks, totaling about Sl80.-
600. are ready to go. according TO
Auditor A. P. Pilkerton, as soon as
the warrant covering the outlay for
general relief clears the Treasury
and the Social Security Board sends
over its check for the Federal aid
categories.
Acting Welfare Director Conrad
Van Hyning said some 1000 families
and $500 individuals were without
their funds. He said he had received
several calls from landlords asking
about the funds and that they
seemed willing to understand the
situation. Surplus commodities, he
said, are also being sent to those
calling in who have not had money
to buy food because of the delay in
their checks.
Categories of relief affected are
the general relief of the District
budget and aid to dependent chill
dren, and the Federal categories of
old age assistance and aid to needy
blind
Evening star., 1941-07-08
Farewell Luncheon
Honors Maj. Dodd
OF Salvation Army
Officer Will Assume
Command of New
Division at Baltimore

A farewell luncheon honoring MAJ
Charles H. Dodd, divisional COM
mander of the Salvation Army in
the National Capital Division, and
Mrs. Dodd, was to be held today at
the Evangeline Residence, 1880 L
street NV
Mai and Mrs Dodd are being
transferred to Baltimore where the
major will assume command of the
Maryland and Northern West Vir-
ginia Division.
1t Commissioner William c.
Arnold, territorial commander for
the Salvation Army in the Is South
ern States and the District, was to
be the principal speaker at the
luncheon. Resolutions commencing
Maj. and Mrs. Dodd for their years
of service here were to be read by
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, District
director of SeleCtive service. The
luncheon was sponsored by the
Citizens Advisory Board
A public farewell meeting for the
lJOuIS Will Dt COllullCltu UN SOlll-
missioner Arnold at the Temple
Auditorium, SOC E street NV, at
o'clock tonight.
Both children of Salvation Army
officers. the Dodds came TO WASH
ington in 1888 from Jacksonville,
Fla Maj. Dodd has been president
Of the Monday Evening Club, is
chairman of the subcommittee on
lodgings of the District Defense
Council. served as secretary of the
executive conference of the Com
munity Chest agencies, served as
chairman of the social welfare divi-
sion of the Red Cross Roll Call and
was a member Of the Rotary Club
and the Executive Committee of the
Washington Federation of Churches.
He reorganized the Citizens Ad-
risory Board, planned for the re-
habilitation of some of the corps
buildings and contributed to ad-
vances in the Salvation Army's
young peoples program and welfare
work
Noting the pressing need for facil-
tiles for service men on leave, he
established a service club at the
Salvation Army and arranged for
weekly programs for the men.
Evening star., 1941-07-08
Dr.. Benjomin Addresses
School Executives

by tne hESOCldlCu Press
DR.. Harold Benjamin. dean of the
College of Education of the Uni
versity of Maryland, said yesterday
great changes in the teaching meth
ods of Latin American countries
aptly demonstrate that education in
the future will have to deal much
more closely with the problems of
the community and the individual" "
DR.. Benjamin addressed 35 high
school principals, superintendents,
supervisors and other school execu-
tives from Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, Delaware. PENNSYLVANIA
and the District of Columbia who
registered yesterday for the first
school administrators conference at
the university.
Evening star., 1941-07-08
6. O. P. Backs Hastings
For Edelstein's Scot
prtho Ar,nr,ntod prnss

BY inc ASSOClaIeu FTtSS.
NEW YORK, July 8.-George
Aubrey Hastings, former adminis-
trative aide to President Hoover,
was chosen last night by a Republic
can Nominating Committee as their
candidate for Representative in
Manhattan's 14th congressional dis
trict.
He will run against a Democratic
nominee. to be selected today. in
special election July 90 to fill the
unexpired term of Representative
Edelstein, Democrat, who died in
Washington recently.
Evening star., 1941-07-08
Hospital Auxiliary to Meet

A meeting of the Hospital Aux
iliary of Prince Georges County,
Md. postponed from June %, will
be held at the Bladensburg Fire
house at 8 o'clock tonight. Auxil-
iary committees will be appointed
and plans will be discussed for a
hospital week program.
Evening star., 1941-07-08
Lions to Induct Officers

New officers of the Silver Spring
Lions Club will be installed tonight
at a banquet and dance at the In
dian Spring Country Club. Charles
M. Irelan, ir, will be inducted as
president. succeeding 1t. Comdr.
William F. Bulls. U. S. N.