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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Blonde Murderess
Tries 10 Shift
Crime to Negro

Hackensack, IN. J.-(CNS)--
The fiery possessive, plump
blonde Mrs. Martha Beers who
has just confessed to the brutal
murder of the wife Of her SO year
old lover, told a different version
at first. Mrs, Beers, 33, wife of
Jersey City baker, told police
she paid $40 to an unnamed Negro
to beat up Mrs. Stickel. She later
confessed that she herself slash
ed Mrs. Stickel seven times with
carving knife.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
FATHER DIVINE CLAIMS
ORIGIN OF ATOMIC ENERGY

Philadelphia, Pa.-(CNS)- 81
am the author and the finisher of
the atomic energy" claimed Fa-
ther Divine in a sermon here this
week. Il have harnessed it,
say harnessed it! l am bringing
all of the atomic energy into sub
lection and by it l am bringing
out many inventionsl That is
what I am doing on earth in
heaven today" he ended enthus-
iastically.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Hubby's
Inspiration

MRS, B. G.. MAYS, popular
young business matron who is
associated with her husband in
the operation of one of Greater
Little Rocks most unique Drive
In-Service", the Nou Vean Cafe,
ll0l East Sixth Street, North Lit
tie Rock, pauses to wish their
many customers and friends hap
piness during the Yuletide, and
wish for them success during the
years to come.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
LITTLE ROCK NEGRO BUS RIDE
WHITERUFFIA
Reports Of Brutality Reaching
Office Of State Press Weekly

During the past sixty days ter
ror has spread over certain areas
of Little Rock, hurled directly at
Negro bus passengers while
waiting on corners at night to
board buses by a gang of white
hoodlums who have made a
sport of brutalizing Negroes.
The operation is carried out by
group who are riding in cars or
trucks, anything that will get
them away quickly from the scene
of attack. This is not confined to
non-lighted corners alone, but
any section that is inhabited by
Negroes. Even on the Negro
thorofare, known as Ninth Street,
with its well-lighted business es-
Establishments, recently one of the
business men was standing on the
sidewalk directly in front of his
business when a car loaded with
ruffians came along. Noting the
absence OF police they threw =
glass jug at him which only his
alertness enabled him to dodge
causing the jug to crash against
the building spreading glass half
across the streets one of the
reports reaching this office.
A resident of the West-end re-
ports that he and his wife were
walking home from church on q
non-too-lighted street when q
car approached, and an occupant
summoned him to the car on the
pretense of seeking information.
As he neared the car he was
knocked out with what he terms
was homemade blackjack, and
the car swiftly drove off. In the
southern part Of the city, a Negro
received fractured jaw, and sew
eral of his teeth were knocked
out while waiting to board q
Ninth Street bus. Last week, an
ex-service man and a representa-
tive Of this paper was waiting to
board a bus at Wright Avenue
and High Street; he will be mark
ed for life by ruffians who passed
in truck and struck him, sending
him to the doctor where it was
necessary to take several stitches
on his face.
These are just some of the re-
ports that we encounter from
Negroes who have suffered from
the brutality of these bands Of
hoodlums.
This is renewal with more
dangerous weapons of the sum-
mer attacks made on pedestrians
when the police department was
aroused to action. During brief
period of the summer, fruits,
eggs and vegetables were used,
and the slip was made when a
white pedestrian was mistaken
Tor Negro and made the target
of abuse. The police were afous-
ed to action, and never relented
until the attackers were appre-
hended according to reports COM
ing from the department, But
due to the prestige Of white SUI
premacy" the young hoodlums
were never exposed to the public
and the incident was dropped
with promises of reprimand from
parents. The situation now has
grown to the point where Negroes
walk the street alone with fear
when they leave the illuminated
section of Main Street.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Restaurant Owners Organize To
Improve Sanitary Conditions

Pine Bluff-The formation of
the Negro Restaurant Owners
Association for the purpose of i'm
proving sanitary conditions was
announced Tuesday by Harold
Flowers, executive secretary of
the Pine Bluff Negro Business
League and well known lawyer.
TROTTER ELECTED
CHAIRMAN
M. j. Trotter, owner of Trot-
ter's Cafe, Bird and Alabama
Streets, was named temporary
chairman, and Albert Smith Jr.,
Of Smiths Confectionery, 1925
West Barraque Street, was named
secretary.
KLINER SPEAKS
w. j. Kliner, sanitarian of the
Jefferson County Health Depart
ment, who addressed the League
at previous meeting explained
tie rules and regulations with
regard to sanitation, and urged
some constructive action on the
part Of the owners to improve
their places of business. Mr..
Kliner commended the group up
on their aggressive move and
stated that he would recommend
to the Health Department close
cooperation with the organiza-
ton in the accomplishment of
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Calf. Covenant
Victory Hailed

New York.-The sweeping vic
tory won last week against re-
strietive covenants in Los Angeles
was hailed as zone more step to-
ward freedom by Negro Ameri-
cans"
Superior Court Judge Thur
mond Clarke dismissed eight
suits filed against thirty Negro
home owners in the well-to- do
Burberry Hill district. Some
white residents in the area,
where Negroes already have
bought so of the 102 lots, wanted
to enforce a covenant drawn in
1887 which limited sales to eau
casians only.
Attorney Loren Miller who
represented some of the home
owners, is recognized as an au-
thority on restrictive covenants,
particularly in California. He is
member of the national legal
committee of the NAACP and at
tended the nationwide confer
ence of lawyers called by the
NAACP legal department last
July in Chicago to perfect meth
DDS of fighting racial restrictive
covenants. He was recently elect
ed vice president of the Nation
al Bar Association.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-21
Postwar Radar

Civilian Hiers after the war prob
ably will make use Of radar In cleo
tronic collision.warning equipment
for use In all.weather flying.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-01-17
Mrs. Kate Watkins Has
Woman IueSduyC Club

These have made the world more
festive was the topic for the meet
ing OF the Woman'S Tuesday Club
Tuesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Kate Watkins on Chestnut
street The house was beautiful in
unusual decorations of japanese
holly and nandina berries.
Mrs. J. T. Alderman, president,
presided at the meeting, which was
begun by repeating the following
quotation: con with the dance. let
JOY be uncontined" Mrs. S. T.
Peace then gave a talk on The
Dancing World" A paper on Thea
tire Street" which was prepared by
Mrs. f. f. Parham, was read by Mrs.
b. G.. Allen.
Continuing the discussion Of the
amusement world, Mrs. NJ. F. Legg
discussed the Academy awards which
VIII be presented to moving picture
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-01-17
CARD OF THANKS.

The family Of Mrs. Hettie W.
Hancock wishes to express their APP
probation TO their many friends, es-
Deciallv Dr.. Noel and Dr.. Cpehurch
and the nurses Of Maria Parham
hospital for their services. sym
nathv. Also we thank each and
every one for each deed OF KIND
ness and also for the beautiful floral
designs during the illness and death
of our beloved mother and sister:
Her Children, Her Sisters, and
Brother.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-01-17
BPW Club Holds
january Meeting

The Business and Professional
Women's club held It's monthly
meeting last night at II. Leslie Perry
Memorial library. Mrs. Faith
O'Lary presided.
Miss Nellie KjttrclI was in charge
Of the program and presented Miss
Louise Nelson, who gave a taIk on
JOB Opportunities for Women"
and Miss Annie Marshall LeNay,
who spoke on jobs for Nearly
Everybody
Mrs. Katherine Balston solicited
funds for the "March OF Dimes
campaign against polio.
Il was announced that the Feb
ruary meeting Will be a dinner af-
fair at the Vance hotel. Two WAC
officers from Camp Butncr VIII be
speakers, it was stated.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
FcA GOVERNOR
WARNS ABOUT
wheat SURPLUS

Wheat growers and their co-opera
tive marketing organizations are like
ly to again face the problem of un
wieldly SURPRISES unless they begin
now making plans to meet the situa
ton in the national and world whea
markets a very few years hence wher
the extraordinarily big demand fol
wheat due to early postwar condition,
is past, l. w. Duggan, governor o
the Farm Credit administration, thi.
afternoon told the National Co-opera
tive Elevator association, made up O
state cooperative grain dealer associ
ations of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas anC
lips
Some means must be worked out
for definitely disposing of the wheat
crop each year before many more har
vests roll up an unmanageable sur
plus. Part of that which is not used
for food purposes here in this coun.
try can be diverted to other uses, but
unless some especially attractive
method is worked out, there will be
SURPRISES which will have to be dis
posed of in some unusual manner if
domestic prices are to continue to be
higher than world prices" he empha-
sized.
ut may be possible for more of the
surplus to go into feed for livestock, -
he said. But this depends largely
upon the price at which wheat is avail
able in relation to that of other grains,
especially corn, and the livestock pop
ulation.
With the possibility of more than
300 million bushels of wheat going
into export trade from this years pro-
duction, the 1915 billion bushel crop
has been largely taken care of, but
with good crops in other countries
next year, our exports will probably
decline to around hundred million
bushels which would leave only a
moderate carryover. But the 1947
crop, unless domestic demand is large,
is likely to present difficulties should
acreage and yields remain near pres
ent levels" Mr.. Duggan said
Some of the ways we might handle
a surplus situation of this kind which
have been widely discussed include
two-price system with higher price
for that portion of the crop used as
food, and support prices with or with
out acreage reduction" Mr.. Duggan
said. "Of course, if nothing is done
and prices decline to lower levels,
reductions would come about
by forcing higher cost producers out
of production. But any necessary adj
justments in acreage should come
gradually, giving the growers an OPP
portunity to shift over to other crops
with less difficulty.
while the postwar problems in
wheat are not as serious as those of
cotton" Mr.. Duggan concluded,
wheat is one of the products which
is likely to build up SURPRISES in the
postwar period"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
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"a real peace conference" We have
had one already, one which did not
make the senator very happy. Now
we must have another, with or with
out Russia" If it is without Russia,
then the peace will depend on the
atomic bomb: with the bomb we can
intimidate Russia. But not for long:
ten years at the most says Harvard
President Conant The people who
said that we must stop appeasing Ger
many wanted us to act before Ger
many was too strong to stop. Does
the senator want us to act against
Russia, via the atom bomb, before
Russia is too strong?
81 will not believe that Russia wants
war" the senator is quoted as saying
Can Russia say the same thing about
the senator? The press reports of
Wheeler's senate speech stated that
he was making an admittedly
gloomy" review of recent events Has
the senator done anything else for the
last few years?
On his record one is inclined to
nominate the senator as Montana's
most likely contribution to the third
world war.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
|F.U. G. ia. may
HAVE 5000
AT CONVENTION

ST. PAUL - Grain farmers from
four Northwest spring wheat states
will meet for their first peacetime
gathering in five years when members
of Farmers Union Grain Terminal AS.
ISOLATION hold their eighth annual CO.
operative stockholders meeting in St
Paul, December IL to 10, to discuss
national and world marketing prob
lens and chart postwar course of
fair farm prices.
Emphasis on the international as
pect of grain marketing will be
stressed on December 10 by w J.
Parker, president of the Manitoba
Wheat Pool Elevators cooperative of
Winnipeg, according to M. w. Thatch-
err, general manager. of the Farmers
Union Grain Terminal Association.
Among the other speakers at the
three-day session are M. D. Guild,
manager of the Indiana Grain Cooper
alive, Inc, of Indianapolis, and James
G. Patton, president of the National
Farmers Union.
WIFI duNdHC6 IeSlSlIdtlOnS On NO-
vember 26 already in excess of last
years registration, this years meet
ing is expected to be the largest in
the associations history. Attendance
is expected to near the 3,O00-mark,
with most delegates and visitors com
ing from Montana, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota.
The savings made through market
ing grain and other cooperative opera
lions for the 1944-45 fiscal year com
pare favorably with the savings of
the year before, topping the $4,000, 900
mark, Thatcher said. The associa-
TONS cooperative operations include
grain for more than 500 CO.
operative elevators, the operation of
over 80 cooperative lumber yards,
feed plant, durum flour mill, and
s terminal and sub-terminal elevators.
Thatcher will submit a report on
the years operations and submit a
postwar program that the association
has under constellation to stockhold-
ers. Present plans call for a consider
able expansion of cooperative grain
operations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
LUMBER WORKERS
STRIKE may BE
SETTLED SOON
BY ROBERT c. WELLER

The Montana District Council, Lum
Der and Sawmill Workers have been
officially informed by the strike pol
icy committee at Portland, Oregon
of the proposed settlement of the wage
dispute now under consideration in
the Tacoma area. According to reports
received by the Montana district coun
Gil, the proposed settlement still re
quires ratification by the rank and
file membership of the Tacoma dis
trict council.
1t is impossible to forecast at the
present time what effect the Tacoma
proposal will have on wage negotia-
tions now going on in the Montana
district, if it is accepted by the mem
bership at Tacoma. Reports from the
Montana local unions indicate that no
offers have been made by major Mon
tana employers approaching the wage
increases proposed at Tacoma Wage
demands in the Montana district are
for a IL cent per hour greater wage
increase than is required at Tacoma
to meet the demands for a minimum
wage of $1.10 per hour, and it is CON
sidered likely that an immediate in
crease greater than the Is cents per
hour proposed at Tacoma would have
to be offered by the Montana employ
ers before ca settlement would be Sc
riously considered by the Montana To-
cal unions.
1t is understood that under the Ia
coma proposal a further scent per
hour wage increase will be subject to
negotiations on April l, 1916. Repre-
sentatives of the Kalispell headquar-
ters of the Montana district council
stated that such an arrangement would
likely be satisfactory to the Montana
local unions, if the amount of the i'm
mediate wage increase were to include
an elimination of the differential now
existing between the Montana area
and the Tacoma area.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
minnesota FED.
OFLABOR OPPOSES
COOP TAXATION

! DULUTH, MINI. - (CLNS) - The
Minnesota Federation of Labor, meet
ing here October 1924 branded the
attack on the co-operatives by the
National Tax Equality Association as
an attempt ito turn the economic
clock back" and went on record unani-
mously opposing the proposed tax of
cooperative patronage refunds.
The resolution of taxation of patron
age refunds is as follows:
Whereas, A hot nationwide cam
paign is now being waged by competi-
tors of consumer co-operatives to force
legislation through congress which
should tax away the patronage refunds
of co-operatives, and
Whereas, Such tax would tend to
cripple or destroy co-operatives by
eliminating one of their basic princi-
pies of operation-return of net saw
ings to members and patrons in pro-
portion to patronage, and
Whereas, Such a tax is obviously I'M
fair and discriminatory in that a CO.
operatives net savings belong to the
members and patrons, legally and ac-
tually, and NOT to the cooperative it.
self, and
Whereas, The forces urging such
taxation are the same forces as those
which succeeded in getting federal
legislation enacted compelling labor
unions and other non-profit organiza-
tions to file information returns on
their income, thus setting the stage
for eventual punitive taxation of la
Dor unions as well as of co-operatives
and
Whereas, Consumer co-operatives
are potentially powerful weapons
which the laboring man can use to
make wage increases stick by prevent
ing rises in the cost of living.
Now There Be 1t Resolved That this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
Ia Tuberculosis Association.

Montana tuberculosis Association.
State Capitol,
Helena, Montana,
Mrs. Henrietta Crockett
Executive Secretary.
Dear Mrs. Crockett:
While war on the battlefields of the
world has come to a victorious close
we must not forget that we have a
continuing war for better health on
our home front The dread plague of
tuberculosis knows no armistice and
will never surrender voluntarily. 1t
must be completely overcome. Until
that time every American has an OBJ
legation to do everything in his power
to see that funds are made available
for necessary preventive and cura-
tive work in Kidding the world of this
devastating disease which attacks
young and old-rich and poor.
The people of America enlisted as
unit to fight for the preservation
of American ideals of life and liberty.
Let us remain as a unit and battle
against tuberculosis by purchasing and
using the official National Tubercu-
losis Association Christmas Seals, thus
sustaining an organization dedicated
to the attainment of better health
through victory over the dread disease
of tuberculosis.
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM GREEN,
President A. f. of L.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07

annual convention of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor does here
by express vigorous opposition to such
proposed taxation of cooperative pat
ronage refunds as merely another de-
vice to turn the economic clock back
and prevent the workers and rest of
the common people from becoming
masters of their own destiny" from
becoming economically, as well as po-
litically, free,
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be forwarded
to each member of the United States
congress from the state of Minnesota
and that each Minnesota member of
the congress be and hereby is re-
quested to vote against any such anti
cooperative legislation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07

Montana tuberculosis Association.
State Capitol,
Helena, Montana,
Mrs. Henrietta Crockett,
Executive Secretary.
Dear Mrs. Crockett
The admirable work being done by
the Montana tuberculosis Associa.
ton to wipe out a scourge that has
taken the lives of so many of our
people whose health has been under
mined by poverty and poor working
and living conditions, deserves the
hearty support of the members of the
Congress of Industrial Organizations.
The associations work in conduct
industrial X-ray surveys and rehabil-
itation is especially to be commended
and should prove of great value to
Americas working men and women.
l therefore take pleasure again this
year in endorsing the annual Christ
mas Seal Sales, and in urging our
members to support it wholehearted-
ly. Sincerely yours,
PHILIP MURRAY,
President
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
WILLIAM GREEN,
President A. F. of L

Before dinner, men meet with great
inequality of understanding, and those
who are conscious of their inferiority
have the modesty not to talk: when
they have drunk wine, every man
feels himself happy and loses that
modesty and grows impudent and vo-
ciferous; but he is not improved; he
is only not sensible of his defects
Johnson.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07

The expectations of life depend
upon diligence; the mechanic that
would perfect his work must first
sharpen his tools-Confucius
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-07
State TB Assn

Continued from Page One)
letters from the heads of the two
major labor organizations of the coun
try, printed below:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

toll accidents lighting best and be by avoided have lights all, than to risk costly fires from candles enchant therefore cdren that they play with The bestmeanng could a splntery handle
 
 suitable his brother given 2 hand with hammer and While litter Christmas packages still particularly
  could Christmas decorations guaranteed Areproof they
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

says, If a girl wants to stick her neck out, she has to have a pretty neck and lovely shoulders
 The first thing to do, suggests Maureen. is to watch the chin line. If you are double-pillow sleeper, better give it up. One pillow is bad enough. If your chin is starting to sag you've got to keep that chin line from dropping.
 A good exercise for shoulder and chest development that will help fill out those little hollows starts by spreading arms out at the sides Hold the arms stiff, and make little circles with the arm
 To keep your skin looking soft and white instead of discolored freckled or tanned, use a bleach of lemon juice. Massage frequently with cold cream to keep it soft and supple.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

brought their Christmas customs; Christmas trees and Christmas candles burned in honor of the Christ Child, whom the German children called Kris Kringle."
 At about the time that these festivities were making Christmas Day important, families beginning to spread across the country chose this celebration as day of re- union Thus the Dutch figure or Santa Claus, the German traditions season~of celebration became con bined in one single holiday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

he has grown taller and rounder, has developed full white beard and mustache and above all has acquired the traditional red suit bordered in ermine.
 The story of how our American version of Santa Claus evolved is interesting. According to legend, children of Lapland and Siberia raised on tales of the good and generous St. Nicholas, thought of their benefactor as dressed in furs and travelling in reindeer drawn sleigh, just as they did themselves
 Stories Of St Nicholas
 Wondrous stories of this great fourth century saint, who gave handsome presents to good little children. were repeated at the fire sides of all Europe from the time of his death in 342. The Dutch children observed the anniversary of his death on Dec. 6 and received presents in their wooden shoes.
 These Dutch youngsters thought of St Nicholas as stern old man with a long white beard, garbed in bishops robes and carrying a stick to chastise naughty children.
 ', The little Hollanders coming with their parents to found New Amster- dam brought Santa Claus or San Claas" as they said, with them. In no time the English colonial chil- dren whose fathers had taken over the Dutch settlement and renamed it New York caught on to this wonderful man. The English moved his yearly visit from Dec. 6 to New Years Day.
 Germans coming to America