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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-02-08

DeCorsey Emroy Boldcn, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Emroy Bolden, of
Second street, Oakland, was gladu-
ated recently from the Naval Air
Training Bases, Corpus Christi, and
was commissioned an ensign in the
u. S. Naval Reserve.
He is former student of the Uni
versity of Maryland, College Park.
Each Naval Aviator is an expert
flyer, navigator, aerologist, gunner.
and radio operator.
Naval Aviators fly callier-based or
land-bascd planes in combat zones,
or at Naval Air Stations at home and
abroad.
Types of planes in Naval Aviation
include fighters. dive bombers, scout
and observation, mut-engined bomb
erS, patrol planes, and air transports
Whether in the Marine Corps or in
the Navy, Naval Aviators wear the
famous wings of Gold"
Ensign Bolden has gone to New
Orleans, La, for further training.
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Staff Sergeant Paul Fredlock Rid
der, member Of the Army Signal
Corps, serving an air service COM
mand in Italy, and the husband Of
Mrs. Paul Ridder, of Kitzmiller. re-
Gently was authorized to wear the
Mcritorious Service insignia. Sergeant
Riddcr was formerly employed with
the Pritts Bros, Kitzmiller
The Mcrtorious Service insignia is
a gold wreath worn on the lower right
sleeve. 1t is similar in design to the
plaque which was awarded to the Sig
nal Company as a whole for its 'su
perior performance Of duty in the ac
compliShment of exceptionally diff
cult tasks in the Mediterranean The
atrc Of Operations"
Mrs Ruth Montgomery, Jr., re
ccived word that her husband, Pvt.
George Montgomery, il, serving with
the 3l0th infantry, somewhere in Ger
many, had been in the hospital as the
result of severe cold and throat
trouble which has reduced his ability
to talk to whisper, but is slowly i'm
proving. Mrs. Montgomery resides at
Gormana.
Mrs. Erman Savage, of FricndSvilc,
has received word that her husband
has been promoted to the rank Of pri-
vatc first class. He is serving over
seas with signal service unit.
Radio tcchnician Ward L. Ashby, Of
Monaco. Pa. formerly of Crcllin, has
completed his training at the Navy
pier in Chicago, Ill.,, and has been
transferred to Shoemaker, California.
after having spent a weeks leave
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Ashby.
Mrs. Vernon c. Friend, Of Swanton.
has received word that her son, Cor
poral Orval c. Butler, is a patient in
a hospital in England. Cpl. Butler has
been serving with Patton'S third an
my.
s. s. s.
Mrs. Minnie Friend, of Frcndsville,
has received word that her son. Pfc.
Amos Friend, is now serving with a
tank battalion in the Philippines. Pfc.
Friend has been overseas since April
and has also been in New Guinea.
Staff Sergeant Robert Flescn, with
a group of combat en- ginecrs, located
at Camp Swift, Texas, is spending a
furlough here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. G.. HeSen. Another son,
Staff Sergeant James T.. Ilcsen, with
the army air force at Spence Field.
Moultric. Ga, was also here for few
days. He is expecting an overseas as
signmcnt upon his return to duty.
Hal Draper, who is opening a por-
trait studio in the WilliamJamcs
hotel, will have ON display this week
end in the hotel lobby a photograph
of Serge Asmcnia, president of the
Philippines, and also photographs OF
some of the cabinet officials and othc,
national figures in today's news, he
,1,nupr,I
Mrs. Lloyd Cook, Mt. Lake Park
has received word that her husband
Pvt. Lloyd Cook, has been advanced
to the rank Of corporal at Fort Nc
Clelland, Alabama, where he is sta
toned for training new recruits. Cor.
poral Cook was a former game war.
den in this county, prior to entering
Al
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Reform Imminent

Her military machine smashed,
Japan's highly developed economic
monopolies, designed for foreign as
well as domestic exploitation, also
faced imminent dissolution as part of
the Allied program to strip Nippon
of her war-making potential and
democratize the country.
The losers figured to be the five
great financial-industrial families Of
Japan. which, as the dominant ci-
william powers. had exercised strong
pressure on the nations foreign poll
cies. Backed both politically and
financially by the government. the
big FIVE, known as the "zaibatsu."
we're heavy investors in overseas
development.
By smashing the 'zaibatsu," the
Allies planned to loosen their grip
over Japanese politics and permit
more liberal and democratic ele-
ments to exert influence owe gov
eminent direction. At the same
time, destruction of the great COM
bines promised freer opportunity for
economic development in the coun-
try.
AS steps we're taken for the dis
solution of the '~'zaibatsu," the politi-
cal transformation of Japan slowly
gained ground with new parties in
the development stage and more lib
eral political institutions impending
in the rewriting of the national con-
stitution.
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FIRE RAIDS:
u. S. Vulnerable

Back from a tour of W~ar-Wracked
Europe, Anthony J Mullaney. chief
fire marshal of Chicago. H.. and a
noted authority on fires, declared
that investigations showed that no
great city could withstand concen-
trated explosive and incendiary
raids and domination of the skies
overhead was the only assurance of
safety.
In making his disclosure, Null
laney cited the obliteration of Harc-
burg, Germany, where all walls
were of brick, e irebreaks
existed. no skyscrapers reared up
and an efficient fire department OPP
Grated. In a contrast indicative of
the vulnerability of American cities.
Mullaney cited localities dotted with
frame buildings, wood lathe and
plaster construction, tall buildings.
and few empty spaces for allowing a
sweeping fire to peter out.
In burning out Hamburg, Null
laney said. great squads of Allied
bombers first dropped explosives to
rip up structures, with incendiaries
then being loosed upon the open
wreckage. Towering flames licked
up the oxygen to create a u
into which air from surrounding
areas then rushed in, creating fierce
fire storms" With instruments re-
cording temperatures Of 1,400 de-
grees F., over $1,000 persons were
said to have died from the flames,
heat inhalation n asphyxiation.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
FRANCE:
Left Surfing

With their fundamental platforms
at variance. Frances three great
political parties = the Commu-
nists. Socialists and Popular Repub-
lican movement = prepared for the
establishment of a new constitu-
ton as demanded in the recent cleo
ton.
AS the three major parties and a
smattering of smaller organizations
moved to write a new political char
ter for the country. the Popular Re-
publican movement, backed by
General De Gaulle, doomed as a
counterweight between the Comrnu-
nists and Socialists. Known as a
Catholic Liberal party, and led by
Foreign Minister Bidault, the
PRM's surprising demonstration Of
strength in the elections was in
dicative of the quick defense thrown
up by moderate elements against
the threat of extreme radicalism.
The new alignment found
Frances political picture charac-
teristically mixed. with the Social
lists joined with the PRM for a west
ern bloc of European nations
against Communist opposition; the
Communists committed to a swift
program of naturalization of indus
tries; the Socialists favoring more
study of such an undertaking and
the PRM for a moderate course.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
NAVY:
Speed Releases

With nearly 300. 900 enlisted men
and officers already released since
VI Day, the navy planned for the
rehabilitation of an additional $780,
900 by the first of next year through
a reduction in discharge scores.
Following establishment of lower
scores November !, the navy con-
templated an wen further cut De
cember 1, with male officers point
requirements pared to "A; enlisted
male personnel to SO; WAVE off
GERS to 80. and enlisted WAVE per
sonnet "a.
In cutting its discharge scores
the navy left its point computation
u%naltered. with one-half point for
each year of age; one-half point for
each full month of service: 10 points
for dependents regardless of num-
Der. and one-fourth point for each
month of service outside OF the us.
since September l. 1889.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
RICULTUR
CIObal Part

First permanent body OF the
United Nations. the Food and Agri-
culture organization GAO came
into existence in the grand ball
room of the Chateau Frontenac in
Quebec, Canada. with 30 nations for
mally signing its constitution.
Though possessing no executive
powers ove member nations. FAC
seeks. through voluntary inter-
change of information and effort. to
improve agricultural production.
raise nutritional standards and bet
ter the living conditions of rural pop
ulations. Indicative of the big job
FAC has on its hands. two-thirds Of
the worlds population is estimated
to be ill-fed. with many facing peri
odic starvation
Signatories to the FAC constitu-
ton include Australia. Belgium,
Canada. China. Denmark. Domini-
can Republic. Egypt. France.
Greece Guatemala, Haiti, Hon
duras. Iceland. India. Iraq, Liberia.
Luxembourg. Czechoslovakia. Mex
leo. Netherlands, New Zealand.
Nicaragua, Norway, Panama. Peru,
Union of South Africa. Philippines,
England. United States and Vene-
zuela.
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TAXES:
Good Nercs

Though the senate and house had
yet to compromise their differ
ences. John @. Public could look
forward to substantial reductions in
income taxes in 1916, and Ameri-
can business was assured generous
relics for the immediate postwar
period.
No less than 2k billion dollars
was expected to be Topped off OF in
dividual income taxes as a result Of
provisions for permitting $500 ex-
emptions for dependents before pay
ment of the normal 3 per cent levy
and the scaling down of surtax
rates.
Close to another 3 billion dol
lars was scheduled to be pared from
corporation income taxes through
substantial reduction or total elimi-
nation of the xcess profits assess
ment; repeal of the declared value
excess profits and capital stock
levies, and graduated decrease in
surtax rates on companies with less
than $50, 900 net return.
In addition to income tax reduc-
tons, the use tax on automobile and
boats was expected to be dropped.
Solons were divided on the question
of wartime luxury %levies. however,
with the house for cutting present
rates to prewar levels July | and
the senate against the action.
With reserves well over 6 billion
dollars, both houses were unani-
NOUS in freezing present social Sc
curity payroll taxes at l per cent on
employee and employer alike and
fo~restalling an automatic increase
to 21z per cent apiece January l.
Under the tax relief bill drawn up
by the senate. G.I.s would not be
required to pay taxes on service
compensation during the war years,
and officers would be permitted to
spread tax liabilities over a three
year period interest free.
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Tou4n
lin WASHINGTON
! BY Wolfer Shecd
I WNU c~orrsspondsss
WNU Washington Bureau,
1916 Eye ST., N. ".
Governments Job

Way back in the second admins
tration of President Cleveland there
was a severe drouth in the Middle
West. Farmers did not even have
seed corn. So the congress passed
a bill providing for the distribution
of seed corr to the farmers. Presi-
dent Cleveland vetoed the bill and
sent it back to congress with a
strong veto message wherein he
stated that the government Of the
United States was set up to be sus-
tanned by the people Of the United
States and not to sustain the people
of the United States.
That fallacy in the concept of our
federal government was enunciated
a half century ago, and yet in this
conservative congress in the year
1945 there are some who still adhere
to that archaic belief that il
is not the business of government to
help the people of this country -.
that it is not even the business of
government to adopt a policy of gov
eminent guaranteeing the people
anything.
This attitude on the part of some
senators was definitely apparent in
the debate on the so-called full en-
ployment bill when the opponents,
led by Senator Taft tR., Ohio were
able to emasculate the language of
the bill to such an extent that it is
more or less meaningless as it went
over to the house.
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MILITARY TRAINING:
AUdit Response

Having received President Tru-
mans recommendation for one year
of postwar military training for
American youth II to 20. congress
adopted a cautious attitude on the
question, with one ear perked for
popular reaction and the other for
military argument.
Personal congressional response to
the Presidents request varied, with
Senator Revercomb CRep., W. Va.)
declaring =" l am open minded
i want to hear both sides of this.
while Representative Celler
Dem., N. W exclaimed We
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
TURKEYS:

G.I.s and civilians alike are as.
sured Of ample supplies of turkeys
for the Thanksgiving and Christmas
holidays even though the size ct
birds may be smaller than usual due
to growers speeding up production
upon government demand.
Purchasing turkeys as early as
last August, the army quartermas-
ter corps assured plentiful stocks for
service personnel Most Of the birds
already have been dressed and
stored in warehouses or are in proc
ess of shipment overseas.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
LABOR:
Setting Pattern

With both Henry Ford II and
United Automobile Workers leaders
expressing confidence in settlement
of a wage adjustment at the COM
pany. government officials held high
hopes that an agreement might re-
suit in the establishment of a post
war pay pattern and clear the way
for speedy reconversion.
Government optimism was a well
come note in the dreary labor pic
ture. pointed up by the deadlock in
negotiations between the JAW and
General Motors over the CLIO
unions demands for a 80 per cent
wage increase to maintain wartime
"take-home" pay and the corpora
tons resistance to the demands
because of possible effects on prices.
Setting the pattern for other CLIO
unions, the JAW declared that Gen.
eral Motors was well able to dip
into alleged huge wartime profits to
carry over any losses ~accruing
from higher wages until future pro-
duction reached big volume levels.
Rejecting industrial sentiment for
its own part, General Motors denied
exorbitant wartime earnings and de-
clared any withdrawal from reserves
would crimp expansion plans.
AS the companies and unions
clashed, the administration worked
on q reconversion wage policy de-
signed to guide negotiations through
the troublesome days ahead. Strong
ly influenced by labor. the govern
ment repeatedly favored substantial
wage boosts to maintain wartime
'ttake-home" pay while freezing
prices at prewar levels, except in
hardship cases.
Giving both capital and labor its
say in the formulation of a reconver-
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reconverting manufacturers OF
metal toys. New manufacturers
will apply to the price agency
for a ceiling price.
However, consumer prices for
metal toys, ever with the increase
allowed, probably viii amount to
less than a third of current pric-
es for the same type of toys
made of wood, OPA said.
The metal toy manufacturers
expect to supply about one quar-
ter of their normal Christmas vol
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
Huge Postwar Market for Autos Looms

Potential demand for automobiles by domestic consumers next year
should amount to 9843O 900 ears, afer allowing for 80, 600 cars to meet
the increase in population, says the Alexander Hamilton institute.
At the beginning of 1912, the number of passenger automobiles in
operation in the United States vas at a record peak of 81 364 900, results
of an extensive survey showed. As the result of the stoppage Of production
during the war. the prospect is that there will be only 81 921 600 cars in
operation at the beginning of 1916. Taking into account the increase in
population since 1912, the number of passenger automobiles in operation
at the beginning of 1916 viii thus be 1853 900 cars below the normal level
and in addition 2744O 900 cars may be scrapped in 1916.
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sion pay program, the government
moved slowly in the establishment
of policy. Hopes ran high that the
forthcoming management-labor par
ley would result in the voluntary
creation of machinery for settlement
of important disputes.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
METAL TOYS TO
COST MORE

Washington Consumers will
nav I'D to Is cents more than
thew paid in 1941 for a metal toy
costing UP to 81, and proportion
atelv more for more expensive
tovs made of metal, the Office of
pr,ee administration announced
Iast week. In an action effective
November 2, 1915, OPA estab-
lshed the IA percent industry
w;de price increase factor o al
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Mr.. Reed of the F~ontenelle Hot
ell a very active member of Clair
Chapel Church.
The OAC top force with Mr..
Ward in the front line and Capt.
Mitchell Mcfarland and Hodges in
a quick step at all times instruct
ing the new walters.
Omaha Club walters with Capt
ain Earl Jones are always headlin-
ers.
Blackstone walters serving with
a smile.
Walters at the Regis hotel and
the White Horse Inn always on the
job.
Paxton hotel head waiter and his
crew always on the front line on
service.
Walters at the Hill hotel on the
improve at all times,
helped make it possible and now
doing the honorS at the F~ontenel1e
hotel is a headliner on good serv-
ice at all times!
THE NAACP
The NAACP held a well attended
meeting on Sunday afternoon Nov.
18th nj many vital items were
discussed and all committees made
good reports and the membership
is increasing and all members are
helping to get the 1000 in Omaha
as all other cities are on the wide
awake and up and go, Are you a
member of the NAACP? If not.
why not?
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lso should have an increase.

also Should have an Increase.
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A man was struck by an auto
and fatally injured at 23rd and @
streets Wednesday Nov. 14th.
The First Lady of the White
House Mrs. Truman entertained the
lady newspaper-women at a turkey
dinner and a movie show on Thurs
day evening November 18th.
John L. Lewis, President of the
United Mine workers walked out of
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
Backed by so Nations

Senator Thomas was an American
delegate to that international con-
vention. Labor and governmental
delegates from so nations were pres
ent. The resolution was adopted
unanimously. The full employment
bill, then, is this governments at
tempt to give expression to that con-
cept of government as committed at
the Philadelphia convention. In his
testimony before the Banking and
Currency committee Of the Senate,
Senator Thomas said:
THE declaration of Philadelphia
vas in reality the first serious study
to try to bring about that condition
which is promised in the -four free
doms"-a condition which would
make freedom from want a real
freedom. In the declaration at Phil
adelphia there were many theories
and many different ideas sponsored
but among those ideas was the idea
of sponsoring the concept of full en-
ptoyment as an objective of govern
ment."
As a matter of fact guaran-
teeing a person the right to a job
is not new in our government.
That guarantee is given to re-
turning veterans in the Selective
Service act that they get
their old job back. The whole
civil service system is builded
upon that same guarantee of gov
eminent; the unemployment
compensation set is also attuned
to the right of a man to work;
many of the new laws, including
the act governing disposal of
Surplus Property, which start off
with the words, in order to pro-
mote full employment etc." are
tied in with the right to work.
Aid to Private Enterprise
The point is that whether the con-
gress says a man has the right to
work or not. the fact is, that in this
country he does have that right. and
the important sections of the full
employment bill are those sections
which set up the machinery for pro-
viding full employment the an
nual national survey by the Presi-
dent the incentives offered pri-
vate industry to expand, to provide
jobs, placing the responsibility, if
you please, on private enterprise
to bring about full employment.
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unne Of trains, trucks
and similar items.
DIR. w. f. DUBOIS
STUCK IN LONDON

New York. NY. (C) DR.. w. E.
B. Dubois who went to London.
England. to attend the Pan-African
Conference is reported not able to
get back into the states. All ship
ping q is being taken up by re
turning CTS. 1t is SO indefinite as
to when he is returning that he
gave up his AND Street Office.
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President truman asks congress
for military training for youth.
want no truck with compulsory mil
itary CONSUMPTION. -"
Meanwhile, it was estimated that
about 975. 900 youth would be called
up for training each year under the
Presidents program, with $50. 900
rejected for physical or mental de-
ficiencies. Because of weather con
siderations. the largest number of
camps undoubtedly would be To-
Gated in the south, with regular
army officers and non-commissioned
officers in charge. Fewer routine
tasks, such as kitchen police, would
be in store for ~reservists. military
sources said.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-24
The Right to Work

The original bill, as it was intro
duced by Senators Murray 3D.,
Mont.) and Thomas 3D., Utah con
tanned this language: "All Ameri-
cans able to work and seeking work
have the right to useful, remunera-
tive, regular and full-time employ
ment. 49," Senator Taft questioned
this fright" Of these Americans and
declared, in effect, that it was not
the business of this government TO
guarantee that right by any law. And
of course the answer is that under
the Constitution and the Declaration
of independence, the Bill of Rights
. if Americans do not have the
right to work they have no rights. It
finally came down to a point in the
debate that the Ohioan conceded we
possibly did have the right, but it
was no business of government to
set that right up as a governmental
policy, and so the splitting of hairs
began.
ColumnlSts, radio commentators,
senators, congressman, lobbyists
have taken up the cry, where did
this bill come FROM" what does it
propose to do?" whats behind the
m%easure?" and, what does it actu-
ally mean?" and other questions.
Insofar as this reporter can learn,
the full employment bill is backed
not only by this government, but by
so governments throughout the
world and vas drawn up pursuant 10
a resolution adopted by the Interna-
tional Labor Organizations onven
ton at Philadelphia in May of 1914,
which sponsored full employment as
an objective of government.
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arrests Of book thieves who are
very active---they report nearly
s12,0 600 a year loss.
Read the greater Omaha Guide
for all the news.
Major General Eisenhower and
wife were in Boone, Iowa on Sat
urday. November 18th.
Mrs. Mary Washington of 2S73
Charles street was taken to Doct-
ors' Hospital after a cutting affray
Sunday night Nov. 18th.
S.703 telephone operators in Sou
thern Illinois went on strike Nov
ember 10th.
The Robert S. Bartlett home at
3S03 Martha streets was entered by
burglars on Sunday, Nov. is ------
jewelry. cash and liquor was taken.
A man was injured in a fight
Sunday Nov. is at 9th and Maple
Streets young boys are being
held by the police.
Read the Omaha Guide.
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- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYsls-
Congress Fashions 5h Billion
Dollar Tax Reduction for 1916:
Ponder Postwar Army Training

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