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The Omaha guide., 1945-04-14

trained.
After receiving their recruit train
ing at Hunter College, New York
City, and the usual recruit leave.
these WAVES We're given further
training in the Navy's Hospital
Corpsman School at the National
Medical Center. Bethesda, Maryland.
Upon graduation they We're advanc-
ed in rating and sent to the U. S.
Naval Hospital here.
Waves Inez Patterson and Kath-
crime Horton are assigned to the re-
cord office Of the hospital. In this
york. they are able to combine their
civilian work experience and Navy
training. Before entering into the
service. Inez Patterson. Halo was a
file clerk for a New York realty
company. While Katherine Horton,
HA2c was employed in the office of
a contracting firm. Ruth @. Isaacs.
Halo is assigned to one of the
wards of the hospital. These duties
provide one step toward her ambit-
ion to be a nurse for she intends to
enroll in a nurses training school
after the war.
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Il Always Wondered What Hell
MIGHT Be Like......NOW [ Know"

GREAT LAKES. ILL, April g
u always wondered what Hell
might be like. Now, I know. I was
in the assault on Peleliu."
These are the words Of a former
Chicago mechanic. Rossie r. Purdie
Seaman. First Glass Of 4115 Indiana
Avenue. Chicago. Ill, who is now
recuperating in thu U. S. Naval
Hospital here.
Pur3ie was a member of the nth
Special u. S. Naval Construction
Battalion thai landed at Peleliu on
ID" day and fought with the Mar
ines to take hat tiny island from
the Japs in one of the bloodiest bat
ties OF the Pacific war. The Sea-
bees were to serve as litter bear
ers and ammunition carriers; but
when they hit the beach the Jap re-
~sistance was so fierce. they were
called into combat and in the words
Of sPurdie. Everybody turned to,
there wasn't a goldbrick on the is
land"
Purdie was in the sector designat
ed white beach" In spite of val
liant fighting there. our forces at
tie close of the first day were still
close to the waters edge. Here's
how Purdie describes the scene:
Jap fire had kept US pinned to
the beach. AT nightfall we were
pretty well dug in. Word was pass
ed not to shoot because we didn't
wait to give our position away.
Anyhow. we couldn't see the Japs
50 we just lay in our holes not
knowing where the laps were and
hoping they couldn't find us----pray
ing and waiting for morning. Then.
when dawn came. hell broke loose.
The sneaky Japs during the night
had crawled into our lines. They
were all amDng us before we knew
it. But when we did find out. we
went to work. We were too punch
ee up to shoot. So we had to use
our knives in hand-to-hand combat.
II wax awful. III I hadn't been
trained in how to use the knife. I'm
sure I wouldn't be here today. We
finally beat them back after thinn-
ing them out a little"
on the ninth day Of the battle,
Purdie got a bullet wound in his hip
but he applied first aid to himself
and kept fighting. As ne says,
when you see your shipmates drop
ping al laround, you just can't quit"
On the tenth day, however, this
plucky Seabee was knocked out by
an exploding mortar shell and had
to quit. His mates in the 18th Sea-
bee Battalion stayed in the fight
with the famous First Marine Div
ision until the coveted airstrip on
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WALTER WHITE RETURNS
FROM PACIFIC

San Francisco-Walter White,
NAACP secretary arrived here April
5 in a B-24 plane after a 3S1 hour
trip from Australia. MI. White
who has just returned from a four
months trip as New York Post War
correspondent, observing the treat
ment and role of Negro soldiers in
the Pacific. is expected to make a
first-hand report to the Board Of
Directors meeting in the national
office Monday afternoon, April 8.
Since his departure, from the
States last December 4. the NAACF
secretary has visited Hawaii, John
ston, KwagaIein, Guam, Saipan. the
Philippines and Dutch Guinea, and
has conferred with high army an6
navy officials.
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ALL WOMAN JURY
ACQUITS

The first all-woman jury to serve
ted Tyler G. Butler. %, of 1924
Maple street. accused Of manslaugh
ter in the death last November Of
Edward Mease.
The jury received the case at
noon, returned with the verdict at
1890 pm.
Butler commended that : Mease,
at oath and Lake streets called him
bad names and provoked the fight
An ex-serviceman with a medical
discharge. Butler testified that in
self defense he stabbed Mease with
a pocket knife. Mease died soor
afterwards.
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NEW YORK-The annual spring
membership campaign Of the NAA-
CP is ready for the kickoff April
Is in the greatest nationwide drive
in the history of the 36-year old
civil rights organization, according
to Ella J. Baker. director of branch
es.
The goal for 1945 is 900, 900 men,
bers. Some local units already have
held their drives, racking up gains
as high as 100 percent over 1914.
Some cities will campaign next fall.
but the vast majority await the go
signal April Is and will comb their
communities between then and
June 3Oth.
Those determined to step up mem
bership detectives far in excess of
1914 figures in the April IS group
include: st. Louis, Mo-; Washing
ton, DC; Dallas, Texas; New Or
leans, La; Atlanta. Ga; Birming-
ham, Ala; San Antonio, Texas; Ba-
ton Rouge La; Elizabeth, Nj;
Columbus. Ohio; Trenton, Nj; Cor
pus Christi. Texas; Portland, Ore
gon; Louisville, KY; and Cincinnati
Ohio.
other branches listing later cam
paigns include: Bessemer. Ala. f;
Montgomery, Ala; Little Rock. Ark.
Lon Beach, Calf; Tulare, Calf;
Jacksonville. Fla; Albany. Ga;
Brunswick. Ga; Decatur. Ill; Ev-
a~nsville. Ind; Muncie, Ind; Keokuk,
Ia; Lawrence. Kansas; Topeka. Kan
sas; Monroe. La; Butler County. Mo
Orange, Nj; Perth Amboy. Nj;
Montclair, NJ; Winston-Salem. NC;
Dover. Ohio; Trumbull County, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio; Willow Grove,
Pa; York, Pa; Aiken, Sc; Austin.
Texas; Beaumont, Teras; Longview
Texas; Tyler, Texas; Newport News
Va; Loudon County. Va; and Nor
gantown, w. Va
Field Secretary Daisy Lampkin is
now in the midst of the Cincinnati
campaign. while Donald Jones and
Mrs. Irvena Ming will conduct driv-
es in Memphis and Dover. Delaware
beginning April Is.
New York will open with a radio
broadcast featuring work of the N
AACP in a half-hour program yer
station WNYC, 4 to 4:30 pm. with
speakers Arthur B. Spingarn, presi-
dent National Board of Directors,
Roy wilkins. acting NAACP Secre-
tary. Edward r. Dudley, assistant
special counsel and Miss Fl. Maude
Turner. financial secretary of the
New York branch who will serve as
chairman.
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Mrs. Josephine Ward
Passes

Mrs. Richard Ward. popularity
known as Jack Bird, passed Satur-
day. She has been a resident of
Omaha better than As years. Mrs.
Ward was the wife of Mr.. Richard
Ward employed in the City Street
Department as Blvd. Policeman. Mrs.
Ward resided at 1922 North 26th St.
The body layed in state at the Myers
Funeral Home from Tuesday after
noon until theN funeral Wednesday.
Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery
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Three Of First Negro Waves
Assigned to us. Naval Hospital
GREAT LAKES I'LL. April 4

4GNN
Three of the first Negro girls to
join the WAVES have been assigned
to the y. S. Naval Hospital here.
The WAVES are Katherine Hor-
ton, Hospital Apprentice, Second
Glass, 1O1 Putnam Avenue. Brook
Ign, New York; Ruth G. I~saacs. Hos
pital Apprentice. First Glass, 474 w.
15Oth St, New York City; and Inez
Patterson. Hospital Apprentice,
First Glass Of 500 w. 149th St.. New
York City.
The arrival of these three young
women marks the beginning of Neg
70 enlisted WAVES service at the u.
S. Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois, where most of the
Negro personnel in the Seaman
Branch of the q. S. Navy has been
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Are race Relations Advisors" Helping Or Hindering The Adj
Negro Business Independent Enterprises Losing
Trained Personnel To Latest Negro Profession
by Thyra Edwards

development Of Negro banks, chain
stores and cooperatives and the
bringing of modern techniques of
news gathering and reporting into
the Negro publishing field; the field
Of professional politics is also suf-
fering as is, to some extent. the field
of education. The drain on the av-
ailable trained persons for such
tasks has been brought about main
~ because Washington's countless
bureaucrats need instruction" on
how to handle Negro problems. That
is why the so-called race specialist
the race consultants." the advisors
Continued on Tee page 81
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Primary Election Day Tues. April 18th; Be Sure To Vote!

} We know hat you are powerful
ly busy these days, working and
the like,-but remember your boys
and girls who are overthere battl-
ing for this very right we beseech
you to exercise-IT is YOUR DUTY
AND YOUR PRIVILEGE TO vOTEl
Keep the Home Front intact until
its over, over there.
Omahas city primary election viii
be held on Tuesday. April 18th. The
final election will be held May 18th.
That means that it is time. once a.
gain, for all omahans on the home
front. to carefully evaluate the var
ious candidates, and decide who
shall represent US on the City Coun-
ell for the next three years.
GET OUT AND VOTERS!
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Undersigned Endorse Butler
VOTE FOR DAN B. BUTLER

VOTE EOk DAN Is.
We the undersigned earnestly re-
commend hat you vote for Oar B.
Butler for City Commissioner.
Mr. Buffers record as Mayor of
Omaha is unequaled anywhere for
honest Public Service. He has kept
taxes down by efficient management
in City Government. He has also
given people in the community en-
ployment. For the past esevral years
Dan B. Butler has employed DR.. W.
w. Soloman as Assistant City Health
Physician. Willis w. Gray as Chief
Inspector in Charge of the weights
and Measures Dept. DR.. Wesley
Jones. North Side Clinic Physician.
DR.. Price Terrell, North Side Clinic
Physician. Mrs. w. W. PEBBLES Asst.
Supervisor Recreation North Side
Activities.
The following persons recomend
chat You vote for Dan b. Butler for
CITY Commissioner Tuesday April II
next.
Thomas p. M~ahammitt,
E. w. Killingsworth
DR.. Milton Johnson
Chas. F. Davis, Exalted Ruler of
Elks Lodge No. 90
Charles solomon.
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WILLkIE is LAUDED FOR
VISION AND FAITH

New York-The ate Wendell l.
Willkie was lauded Saturday by
Coy. Raymond r.. Baldwin Of Con-
necticut as a man who reached Be
yond the minds of people to their
aspirations"
Speaking at a program fostering
good will between the United Stat
es and Africa, the Governor paid
tribute to the 1910 Republican pres
idential nominee for his vision ana
faith in the concept Of one world far
all men, and added that unversaI
freedom is the only foundation for
a lasting peace.
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ANTI DISCRIMINATION BILL
GAINS IN NEW JERSEY

Trenton, NJ The New Jersey
House Of Representatives last Fri
day passed a fair employment prac-
tees bill designed to outlaw dis
elimination in employment because
Of race, creed, color, national orig
in or ancestry.
The measure, sponsored by Rem
resentative James o. Hill Negro
republican from Newark. was APP
proved by a vote Of 81 to 3 n
now goes to the Senate.
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NEW YORK - President Roose-
1eIt's New Deal will be important in
the history of the American Negro
mainly because it created a new pro-
fessionaI outlet for college-trained
colored men and women, providing
an avenue for lucrative careers in
the business of advising" white
People in high places what to do
swhen Negroes demand too much or
shove signs Of exploding from too
much economic and social pressure.
; Negro business, independent
terprise are suffering from a short
age Of trained personnel in the
pansion Of insurance companies,
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ed win a war.
l reckon that those boys inthe All
Infantry are finding out what all
the rest Of US white Southerners are
beginning to find out-that our
neighbor of a different color never
had anything that was real against
us. and that we got took il by Jim
Crows lies when we thought him
our enemy.
1 reckon that Dixie is finding out
who the real enemy is. 1 just reckon
he's a mean old bird that we've lei
roost in Dixie toe long.
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WOMAN FINED IN STABBING

Mamie Harvey, 212O North 27th
avenue, arrested last Friday night
after an alteration in which John
Wright, So, same address, was stab
bed in the shoulder with a pair of
scissors, Saturday was fined s25 by
Municipal Judge Wheeler.
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Man Found Dead
In Bathroom

Sunday night Mr.. Maupin heard a
noise downstairs at the La Casa
apartments on 22nd and Lake St.
When Mr.. Maupin went to %investig-
ate he saw a shaving m u g with
blood in and around it at Mr.. Floyd
Starks door. Mr.. Maupin followed
the blood and found Mr.. Starks on
the loo Of the bathroom dead. Mr..
Starks had died from a hemorrage.
DR.. Atwood pronounced his death
was caused from tuberculosis
Funeral services for Mr.. Starks
was held Thursday afternoon from
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Home Landscape
Service To Move to
New Location

viii Move on or Before May LIST
On or before May l, The Home
Landscape Service at 92O North
oath street. will move to their new
location, Corner Of 25th and Cum
ing street. The building. go North
gath street. where we have been
located for the past 20 years. hav-
ing been sold. We hope our old
customers will continue to call on
us, where they will receive the
same courteous attention as usual.
Home Landscape Service,
0. V. Sherry, Owner.
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Jess Hardin Sells Out
Interest in Fl & NJ

The & N has Changed PROPHET
ors. Mr.. Felix Metoyer has buoght
Jess Hardin's interest in the H & NJ
1t will now be operated by Cleo
Mortimer and Felix Metoyer.
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the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel
2O22 Lake Street, with burial at
Forest Lawn. Rev. F. G. Williams
officiated.
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BRANCHES READY
FOR KICK-OFF
IN CAMPAIGN
Omaha Branch
Campaign Not Ready
AS Yet
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Peleliu was taken.

Peleliu was taken.
Purdie won the Purple Heart at
Peleliu. He also wears the Amer
lean Area Campaign Ribbon and the
Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Rib
bon with three bronze stars for ac-
tor at Peleliu, Emirau, in the Bis
marck Archipelago, and at Banika
in the Russell Islands.
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GREAT LAKES, ILL, April4
Rossie r. Purdie, Seaman. First
Glass. Ais Indiana Avenue, Chicago
ILL.,. was a member Of the 18th Spec
iaI U. S. Naval Construction Battal-
ion hat landed at Peleliu on D. day
and fought with the Marines to take
the tiny island. He is now at the u.
S. Naval Hospital here. For eight
days. he weathered Jap fire as the
Americans advanced inch by inch
from the waters edge. On the ninth
day, he was wounded in the hip. He
applied first aid to himself and kept
on fighting. when you see your
shipmates dropping all around, you
can't quit said Purdie. An explod-
ing mortar shell put him out of act
ion on the tenth day. Purdie IA
the Purple Heart, the American
Area Campaign Ribbon, and the AS
iatic-Pacific Aera Campaign Ribbon
with three bronze stars for action
at Peleliu, Emirau, and Bankia,
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Arabs Will Start Boycott
Against Zionists Tuesdoy

! CAIRO, Dec. % (P,.-An Arab
boycott against products made by
Palestine Zionists is scheduled to
take effect Tuesday and a special
committee Of the Pan Arab League
will meet January to organize en-
forcement measures.
( The boycott was decided on by the
league council December 3 in a reso-
luton calling for united action by
Arab league members against "the
Zionist economic danger"
So far, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq
have taken official action to prevent
the importation of Zionist-made
goods. Egypt is expected to take
similar steps tomorrow. Representa-
ton on the council also includes
Yemen, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia,
and Palestine Arabs.
Cairo sources said the special COM
mittee was expected to advocate
prison sentences for persons caught
with Zionist-produced goods. Another
measure may prevent Zionist traders
from changing their names in order
to obtain import licenses.
The boycott resolution said the
Arab nations find they are obliged
to defend themselves by peaceful
means to maintain Arab sovereignty
over Palestine since Zionist
objectives could not materialize save
by invading the markets of Arab
countries"
League secretary Abdel Rahman
Azzam Bey said the boycott would
be lifted when Jewish immigration
into Palestine was halted.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Demand for PeniciIIin
Scars; Controls Restored
Fy the Associated Pres,

Ey the Associated Press.
The Civilian Production Admin
istration yesterday ordered restora
ton OF ALLEGATION controls over peni-
cillin, effective January /. because
OF sharp increase in demand for
the drug.
One factor in the upsurge of de-
mand is the seasonal increase in
illness throughout the country, CPA
said.
The agency said that by alloca-
ton of penicillin it expects to in
sure fulfillment of increased re-
quirements of the Army, Navy
Veterans Administration, the Pub
lie Health Service. as well as to
channel additional supplies to other
domestic consumers.
The new ALLEGATION regulation is
similar to an order revoked last
August 81.
Penicillin will be allocated by
producers. Consumers will not file
applications with CPA, but will
procure the drug from suppliers in
usual manner.
Evening star., 1945-12-30

pilot, 20 Duvan drive, Westmore-
land Hills, Md; S/Sergt. Jack VAIN
ger, aerial radio operator, 1921 Liv-
ingston street NV, and Pfc. Rob-
ert F. Kidd, aerial radio operator,
1928 Cathedral avenue NV, have
been awarded the Air Medal for fly
ing cargo and passengers in regu-
larly scheduled day and night tram
sit ''over routes once virtually un-
useable, primarily the famed
Hump" in the China Burma India
theater, the Air Transport Com
mand announced.
George w. Beatty, chief engineer
OF the War Departments rocket de-
velopment division, who lives at
1855 Twenty-fifth street NV, re-
Gently was awarded a commenda-
ton for meritorious civilian serv-
ice in his outstanding direction of
the unit since 1943.
An employe of the War Depart
ment for more than 30 years, Mr..
Beatty was cited specifically for his
rocket launchers and jet propulsion
devices"
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Returnees

Maj Gen. Robert w. Grow o.
Washington, who commanded the
9Th Armored Division. during thu
final months of the European cam.
paign, returned to his home here
last week.
| Commander Of the famed 26th In.
fantry Division in recent months
Gen. Grow was flown to this country
by the Air Transport Command ir
order to be on hand to greet hi.
returning men as they docked al
New York and Boston last week, il
was learned.
| Since his return, the 50-year-olc
general has spent much time in Bos.
ton and New York. attending the
festivities and celebrations which
honored the 28th in the two cities
He managed, however, to have
Christmas dinner with his wife anc
two sons. Bob and Tom. at theil
home at 2602 Connecticut avenue
NV, Mrs. Grow said, but he was
off again in the morning, to see his
boys"
The following Washington officers
and enlisted men were named aboard
the transport Lewiston Victory
which docked at Boston Friday:
1s,Ise5st Crank IT Tolssman, sergt Ven
aormoars Pfc. RG John " Kezer. Pic soSJos jose =
H. King, Pvt. Louis J. Caplanis. .T}4 Jane,
e. s PfS0s Pfs Morrs a Rugh okr s ssss
SSs5st as ~: olss, is n9ssss
Nest. 5r.. s. fserst. Edward o. IThurner sne nc
serst. Charles r. Bulaney.
Aboard the Louis McLane, which
arrived at Newport News Thursday
were:
Mlserst, James R Willis Pfc RAYMOND
Waters Pfc. Clarence M, Clark and Pvt
Leroy Drakeford, all of Washington.
The following Washington men
whose street addresses were not
given arrived yesterday at Camp
Patrick Henry, Va:
It; Col: Ralph p, Dunn, Capt. Ralph s
haras. hpsnqsxteT so19i James n Brinson TS
Parrish, eospl Emery e Adams. dam i49psS T25 step p
TI3 John A. Mould. Ti5 james E. Wines
Misergt, Wesley E; Bellwood. Mlsergt Ber.
nard j. Ellison. TIA Thomas !. Whitworth
SiSergt. George A. Aauilla, Corpl. Paul o
Bible Pfc. Arthur r. Bailey. Pfc. Reginal6
3. Barnes Pfc woodrow B. .Dayis, Pfc
Norman F. Longerbeam, Corpl. Theodore
2. Tippett, Pfe. Dayid s. Horn, Ti4 Hugh
lei D. Palma. Pfc. Horace W, Lineburg
Pfe Henry sahs1. Ba5nss Pfc sarold DoSy
PeaTTds; Tass TT a John T: Carlton; Gorpl. Alton
Riehard 2. Jones, Pvt. James e Neal,
Wagenheim.
These District veterans were re-
turned to Camp Patrick Henry from
overseas service Thursday:
TIserst. windsor W. stroup, corpl
Pfc. Stanley H, Boyer and lst Isergt Hoyte
Tea Sea Serpent. which docked at San
George Randall. Alexandria.
Due at Newport News today, aboard the
transport Felix Grundy, are Maj William
R. Young and Pfc. Charles B. Vetgrum
both of Washington.
Due in New York tomorrow, aboard the
William Pender, is SfSerst. Francis NJ
Rsdigan of WASHINGTON
The Julian Dubuque, due in Sar
| Francisco January l. carries these
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Prices Of Used Cars
Will Be SIashed 4Pcf.
Effective tuesday
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A per cent cut in used passeng
er car ceiling prices will go into
effect Jan. in accordance with
provisions of the used car regula-
ton. The regulation provides foi
4 per cent price slash every {
months to cover depreciation.
The reduction applies to used
automobiles sold by dealers or priv
ate owners.
Here are typical examples of new
and old base ceiling prices for useo
cars sold on an "as is" basis:
Ford. 1910 model, v-s deluxe Tu-
dor sedan-In Region A, present cell.
ing 1884, after Jan. l, 5000; in Region
B, $706 and $67s; in Reigon C, $76e
and s737.
Chevrolet, 1910 model, special de.
luxe two-door sedan-Region A
S643 and s6l7; Region B, $7l5 and
1856; Region c, $778 and STAT.
Plymouth, 1910 model, de luxe two.
door sedan-Region A, $62s and 1904;
Region B, $70l and S673; Region C.
$763 and $732.
Region A is made up of Alabama
Connecticut, Delaware, District OF
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois
Except Madison, st. Claire and Rock
Island Counties; Indiana, Ken
lucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
sets. Michigan, Mississippi, New
Hampshire. New jersey, New York
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island. South Carolina
Tennessee, Vermont. Virginia, West
Virginia and Wisconsin Except
Douglas County.
Region B includes Arkansas, Col
orado, Madison, st. Clair and Rock
Island Counties of Illinois; Iowa
Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Montana. Nebraska, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma
South Dakota. Texas. Douglas Coun-
ty in Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Region c is made up of Arizona
California, Idaho, Nevada. Oregon
Utah and Washington
Evening star., 1945-12-30
CackIing Hens Net Capto'
60-Day Jail Sentence

Two Rhode Island red hens, which
loudly protested confinement under
the overcoat of a 50-year-old COL
ored man Friday night, brought
their captor a 6o-day Jail sentence
on a larceny charge In Municipal
Court yesterday.
Joseph Black, also known as Jo-
seph Castor, 200 block of K street
NV, who told Judge Thomas d.
Quinn he used the name Black as
a boxer, was found guilty Of tax
ing the chickens from the Union
Market, Sixth street and Florida
avenue NE.
James Sweeney, market watch
man, told the court he heard the
chickens cackling and found Black
leaving the coops with bulges under
both arms. Black said he was hold
ing up a body brace which had
broken, but the hens emerged from
under Blacks overcoat, the watch
man said.