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The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26
LOWER PRICES ON CLOTHING SAID IMMINENT

Lower prices for clothing in Alaska may be expected by spring and summer as result of a joint OPA-WPB program now under way in Washington, Mrs. M. J. Walsh, Community Service member of the Nome War Price and Rationing Board advised merchants and consumers today. Pointing out that clothing prices. which account for 13 per cent of the cost of living for low and middle income families, have in creased II per cent in the last 18 months, Mrs. Walsh declared that they represent the only important section of retail prices which the OPA has not yet successfully stabilized.
 "In order to arrange their buy ing properly merchants and con- sumers need to know not only that this rollback is under way but also that that the Alaska Of- flee of Price Administration is completing a specialized markup control for women's and chil- dren's apparel which will pass on the benefit of the rollback to Alaska's consumers" Mrs. Walsh said.
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26
UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE URGED TN BILL

JUNEAU, Feb. 26.-Unicameral ieginlation, to be known as the Senate e-proposed - House Joint Memorial, has been presented by Chris Hennings of Juneau. The one-House Legislature would nave 12 members from the First Division, eight from the Second Division, II from the Third Di- vision and nine from the Fourth Division.
 H. H. McCutcheon introduced 3 House proposal to the effect that all AIaskans who resided in
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26
POSTPONE
 ACTION ON INCOME BILL

JUNEAU, Feb. 26.-(AP)-When the hotly contested Income Tax Bill came up for the second reading this morning, Senator Norman Walker of Ketchikan, moved for an indefinite post ponement which carried II to 5.
 Those voting no were Frank Gordon and Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks, Howard Lyng of Nome; H. H. McCutcheon of An chorage, and Don Carlos Brown ell of Seward.
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26

the Territory a year before Sep- tember 16, 1940, and have since gone into the service, will be given on discharge $100.00, plus $2O for each month of service.
 A million and a half dollars was asked to finance the plan for Senator Norman Walkers li- quor excise measure. If it passes the Senate, it ups from $1.00 to $2.00 per gallon on whiskey, and abolishes the stamp tax.
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26

Occupancy will not be limited to war workers.
 Need for providing additional living units for general occu- pancy in congested areas has long been recognized but little could be done about it until materials needed to construct housing for war workers could be released.
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26
NOTICEl

l945 Motor Vehicle Licenses. l945-46 Territorial Drivers Li- censes are available ali the of- flee of inc U. s. Commission CT. St
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-26
THE NOME NUGGET

D R F. A M
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 NOME. ALASKA MONDAY AND TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26th and 27th ONE SHoW-7:30 pm. FOREVER AND A DAY"
 All Star Cast And TIMBER. Disney Cartoon WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28th and Mar. l ONE SHoW-7:30 P. M. "MY KINGDOM FOR
 A COOK With CHARLES COBURN and MARGUERITE CHAPMAN And "ScIENCE No. 6"
 FRIDAY. MARCH End TWO SHOwS-7:ls & spm YOUNG AMERICA" With JEAN WITHERS and
 WILLIAM TRACY Also Fifth Chapter. PERILS OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED" SATURDAY. MARCH 3rd ONE SfIOW-7:30 P. M. LADY BE GOOD" With ROBERT YOUNG and
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 SUNDAY. MARCH 4th TWO SHoWS-7:l5 & spm "THE LEOPARD MAN" With DENNIS OKEEFE. MARCO
 JEAN BROOKS Also OCCUPATION No. 3" and "SAPS IN CHAPS"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
By CHARLES ABRAMS
CONDENSED from The Nation)

Stuyvesant wn, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
company's $50,000,O00 plan
to rebuild one of New York
City's slum areas. has hit an
other snag, II is finding it difficult
10 move the thousands OF families
now living on the site. This strange
undertaking involves more than
housing. more than urban redevel-
opment, and Metropolitan's frus-
trationS will serve a useful purpose
il they awaken the public to the
real implications OF Stuyvesant
Towns.
The project has aroused nation
wide enthusiasm. il has the back
ing OF an influential group which
believes that all social undertake
ings should be accomplished by
private enterprise. al a protit-with
government subsidy II is becoming
a spearhead for the effort 10 shift
government powers from the pub
lie 10 the private domain. Ten states
have rushed through laws suthorIz-
ing Stuyvesant Towns
Robert Moses, New York Clty's
planning commissioner, tailored the
New York law specially 10 suit
Metropolitans demands Ii au-
thorizes tax exemption for private
enterprise, release Of public streets
10 private enterprise, condemnation
OF private properly for private en-
ierprise Even public property can
be condemned Public housing is
just public a use. but private urban
redevelopment is declared a "su-
perior public use"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
TOWARD ONE WORLD

4 y IMPORTANT decision has just been handed
"A down by Justice William II Murray of the
Supreme Court OF the State of New York II
holds that newspaper has a right 10 edit or
reject in good faith advertising copy submitted
for publication. The New York Times had been
sued by a summer camp for refusing to print
the words selected clientele" in the camps ad
vertising and the Judge held that tho use OF the
phrase was cloak" and AN indirect means 10
hide discrimination and tina, newspaper can.
not DC compelled 10 accep, advertising which il
considers discriminatory. The Judge is 10 be
commended for his wisdom; the New York Times
for IS intelligent stand II is no secret that Sc
lected" clientele. like discriminating or "exclu.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
The WALLS OF STUYVESANT TOWN

they can afford. must be made
available by public housing
agencies. The acquisition by cities
OF substandard areas and their
public resale at use value to any,
one willing to build i'm conform
lily with adequate planning stan
dards are preferable to the
severance of large areas of land
from public control and their
transfer to specially privileged
institutions. Above all, the con-
ferring Of public powers on pri-
vate corporations must be re-
sisted unless ii is coupled with
public controls adequate to guard
against the abuse Of fundamental
rights.
II seems plain that New York
City officials were 30 aWed by
Metyopolitans ofer that they for
get 10 calculate the costs. examine
the problems involved, or consider
the, long-run political implicit ons
Construction of StuyveSant Town
and Rlverton viii 90 on, for these
officials seem Sc. upon seeing il
throu The two projects may DC
worth Nher cos, in the end If they
demonstrate % the public how not
10 undertake urban redevelopment
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
SATIATION

Virginia shOrt-run buses bound
for Washington are chrOnically
Oyercrowded. Last week, a Ne
gro soldier boarded one. paid his
fare but was unable to go 10
the rear as Virginia law com
pels. because of the close -pac X ed
isle standees. A white passen-
ger promptly complained and re-
minded the driver of his legal
responsibility for seeing the
races obeyed regulations.
The over-worked driver mere
ly said. He can't move back. it's
too crowded"
Well. ] don't want him stand
ing by me" complained the pas
senger. stop the bus and make
him move back"
The driver ignored him and
when he continued to complain.
several white soldiers boOed him,
one of them saying: We south
ern boys are ashamed Of white
trash like you" The bus stopped
just then. and they laid hands on
him and gently but firmly put
him of the bus. Everybody, in
Guiding the colored soldier still
up front. felt much better.
Alfred Smith in
The Chicago Defender
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
SPINSTER COURTSHlp


Captain George Oppenheimer
tells about q rich but weli-seaSoned
old maid in Philadelphia who
finally landed an eligible man for
herself. She was dreadfully near
sighted but. knowing how much
stock he put In perfect physical
health. was resolved to conceal this
defect from him by hook or crook.
One day she surreptitiously at
tached a diamond stick pin TO
tree trunk. and later. seated with
her swain on a bench two hundred
Yards away. exclaimed. Look.
darling. Isn't that diamond
sparkling i'm yonder oak tree"
I'm sure I couldn't see q diamond
as far away as that" he marveled.
iii get IL for you" she said hap
PLY. and got up to retrieve it, Sud
denly her house Of cards collapsed.
She tripped over COW
in Saturday Review Of Literature
Bennett Cert
in Saturday Review
OF Literature
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

way these colored boys performed. l am proud
to belong to a colored duck company with the
caliher OF men that are present in this outfit"
The marines landed on D-Day Everyone
knows by now that il was murder on the Two
Jlma beach that day. The JapS had every part
OF the beach under direct artillery and mortar
and machine gun fire. The movies of the beach
and the still pictures that appeared in the news
papers show how landing boats and guns
and other equipment were strewn up and down
the Strp-mlxed in with our dead
In order TO make any Roadway against the
enemy, the marines had to have heavy guns.
These guns were to be brought in bv an army
outfit, a Negro duck company They were
brought in. despite the fact that the Japs shot
to pieces 20 of the so ducks the coored boys
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

sive' clientele. means that the guests are select
ed, not on the basis Of character or achievements
or even OF desirable social qualities, but the
basis OF race or creed II means that they will be.
in the words of Adolf Hitler, all Aryans' II is
as out of place in this country as the goose-s,ep
and the torture chamber.
From now on, thanks TO this decision no news
paper IN New York State as least, need publish
this sort Of thing if II docs not want to-. No
newspaper need accept advertising that is con-
sidered un-American un-democratic. This is
another step forward IN the slow march toward
the unity we hope to achieve here today, and
tomorrow in all the world.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
By ROY WILKINS

were using Only two of the precious guns were
lost.
The colored lads laughed at death. They stood
up in their little boat-trucks and embarrassed
the big l05-mm cannon. They got the cannon
on the beach and up from the water and ready
for firing. They did this with deadly Jap fire
raking the beach, killing marines, killing their
own men, blowing their little ducks out of the
water.
A marine corps commander is quoted as say
ing that the work of this Negro outfit spelled
the difference between taking Two lima and
handing it back to the Japanese. For If the
guns had not been brought ashore in that muir
derous fire, our marines, having nothing except
machine guns and other small arms would have
had to withdraw. At the most critical stage OF
the bloodiest battle of this war thus far, Negro
soldiers literally delivered the goods-in hail
of shells that took the heaviest toll of dead and
wounded recorded in any similar battle
Can Negroes fight? He'll, yes What a cheap
SANDER, what a mean and vicious lie il is for
anyone to raise question of their ability! Treat
the Negro right-as a MAN should be treated
train him properly and give him the weapons
and he will do as we'll as the next man. This
white boy, this 1t. Groves. must be the kind Of
man who knows more than all the brass hats
in the War Department He's for his men and
his men for him. II the War Department
will be for its Negro soldiers instead of subject
ing them TO every indignity, we will hear no
more of any special problems" with Negro
troops
Hats off TO the dark heroes of that duck COM
pany on Two. Hats off 10 young 1t Groves! And
hats off TO the daily Sacramento Bee for printing
the story its first page!
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
HI SBAND GIVES Up SINGING
FOR ADVERTISING CAREER

Boost No 2 was administered
by Neil Scott last summer when
Neil Jr., was six weeks old
Through friend in WeStpoft.
Conn, ne interested some Of those
olg WeStport names and their
friends Clifton Fadimsn. John
h eran. Fritz ReIner, etc. - in
Carols voice. She sang for them
As result came her concert with
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orches-
ira under Fritz Reiner, and her
Kansas City concert.
Neil gave up ms own singing
career after the Worlds Fair. Hes
IN The advertising business and is
also starting out for himself in the
public relations business On the
side ne does all he can TO help the
Liberal Party which he hopes Will
become the great political party
for everybody-i00 per cent all
rt2h,. with no chlcanery Wha,So-
ever"
Carols favoriie outside inter-
eStS' are taking care OF Nell Jr
and sewing Her special,les are
slip covers and draperies
She has sung for Mrs Roose-
welt at the White House. That
was In 1870. when she was solo
iSt AZ q convention Of Negro
women's clubs In Washington. Al
President Roosevelt's third in
auguration she sang in the au-
ditorium OF the Department Of
the Interior.
So tomorrow afternoon Carol
Bricc VIII face her audience With
the poiSe OF well-seasoned artist
Her ambition
l only want" she said. TO be
iop-notch SINGER
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
People In The Limehght: LISTER HILL

half dozen or so most effective progressives in
the upper house.
As representative in the House. Hill dis
tnguiShed himself chiefly for his leadership in
establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority,
coming the national scene as a supporter of
Senator Norris. In the Senate. ne has been a
strong right arm for the Farm Security admin
is,ration. Now he is leading the fight for a fed
cral aid to- education bill imperative for the
future development Of the South. He served sue
cessfully as floor leader for the confirmation Of
Henry Wallace Secretary of Commerce Lister
Hill has been steadily growing in understanding
and courage ever since he came 10 Congress.
He is now one OF the real moral leaders Of
the New South
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
PROJECT EXEMPT
FROM TAXATION

The city gave lavishly 20 Metro
poli,an. II exempted the improve
ment from taxation. surrendered
streets amounting 10 IS per cent of
the total site area. agreed 10 use
lis public powers 10 force unwilling
owners 10 sell-and slum jewellers
10 move elsewhere.
The tax-exemption subsidy con-
terred on Metropolitan amounts 20
about $4,000. 900 almost so per
cent Of the total investment With
the cost OF the assembled land not
more than Sl4. 900 900 the city could
have saved millions by buying up
the area and presenting II as a gift
10 Metropolitan With all this ex-
penditure not a single slum dHeller
IS actually 10 be rehoused. All The
city gets IN return is a Wa.led-in
town IN which even higher-income.
average-SIze families with children
viii be ineligible as tenants, in
which overcrowdlng the most OBJ
jectionable feature Of the slum pat
tern, is 20 be repeated
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
PLAYING RACE RIOT

Children have the gift of solving things directly, easily
and sometimes brilliantly They do not refer questions back
dubious standards, and they ignore precedens Some
thing happened recently in Germantown. Pa which per-
ecy illustrates this peculiar gwe heard OF il through
a friend In Germantown there two schools. pre-
dominantly colored predomnanty white The gangs
little boys the schools often play together One
day they invented a game called Race Riot hut when
they got assembled play it they discovered that there
were more white than coorcd boys Clearly the thing was
Of balance and unfair What To do? Like flash the
children had the The proper number OF white
promptly volunteered play coorcd and the race riot
proceeded with numbers in perfect equality Adults
We feel would have had the devils TIME with stua-
ton like that.
The New. Yorker
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Reprinted from The New Republie)

Imprinted from The New HePubhcI
CENATOR LISTER HILL, a member OF one Of
~ the FIRST Families OF Alabama. has recently
tdien the lead in the fight 10 abolish the poll
taI IN that state. THIS IS visible evidence OF
hDw Ear he has come from his origins as a rich
mans son IN Montgomery, the Cradle OF The
Ctnfederacy"
Lister Hill always wanted to be in politics
While he was still in prep school. he would
dCg the footsteps OF ShrcNd old Governor Blbb
Caves learning the ways OF practical politicians.
I'LL came TO Congress when ne was % and
has been there ever since. moving "a the Senate
&c fill out the uneXplred term Of Hugo Black
when Black was appointed 10 the Supreme
Court To-day, he must be claSScd among the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
PERSPECTIVE
BY IT. WADE n. McCREE JR.
with the 92nd Division in italy,

lou who have read OF Glory Nalor Thrill,
And all the romance OF the Bugles Call.
OF prancing chargers stormns up hill
The Foe 10 route. You know not war al all
Iou only know the tinsel and the braid
OF Cocky Dandes; or the lies OF those
Who never chung To Mother Earth afraid
OF every shriekng shell that Jerry throws.
Come, lie afraid, frost clad on some bleak slope.
And watch your friend dsintcgrate in gore
Aud learn tina, all relief is futile hope.
Then cold and Wet and sick crawl up for more
ThiSMar fight is not like History.
But then perhaps stand too close to see.
Ct. McCree is a former student at Harvard
univarsitpN
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
PLAN JIM-CROW
PROJECT

Metropolitan then achieved a
In taxpayers ac-
ton brought against The com pany
decision had been rendered hold
ing that Me;ropolitan's diScrimlna-
non policy might be challenged
when the proJcc, was completed
and tenants we're 10 be selected
To meet the issue. and To ap-
pesse its Negro policy-holderS,
Metropolitan announced new
project. "Riverton." to accom-
modate 1000 families in Harlem
itself There would now he one
project for whites and one for
Sesroes-on the southern pat
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07

young California lieuten-
ant, platoon leader of a Negro
army amphibious truck COM
pany wrote the story in a let
ter to his parents in Sacrament
TO, and his praise was echoed
by a U. S. marine combat
correspondent who declared:
THE marines on Two lima
will never forget this company
Of colored boys"
1t. Grover |. Groves wrote
his family: Il can't give
enough credit to my boys. |
hope there is some way every
one learns of the marvellous
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Excerpt from The Atlantic
Monthly

IL was in one of the surgical
ards al ST. Adams Naval Hospital
nat ! met Eddie. Eddie came
rom New Orleans. He was very
ark. with the blue blackness OF
he full olooded Negro. He was
all. and even in his wheelchair he
ave the impression Of standing
rect The night drew his pic
ture the first thing ! noticed was
The sweetness in mis- face-ihat and
the way he crinkled it up TO laugh.
They were hard qualities 10 cap
ture on paper and the drawing
didn't have MS spirit.
| was disappointed With il. but
ne seemed pleased When | signed
the drawing ne gave me MS name.
Il was French name. musical and
flowing l pronounced IL as ! wrote
Il and Eddie laughed
That's right he said delighted
~ That's just right You should
near what the Navy does 10 il.
Eddie had been gunner on a
mine sweeper. The mine sweeper
had been blown up in the Medit-
eranean and Eddie was just COM
pleting his fifth month with his leg
in a plaster cast.
One Of the Red Cross recreation
workers told me Eddie was a hero
that ne had saved the lives Of
several men aboard his ship. But
Eddie never mentioned it,
When the explosion came" said
Eddie. Il was blown up fifteen
fec, in the air ! landed on the
deck with an awful crash"
Didn't II knock you OUT"
No, said Eddie. II was funny
II didn't. ! kept wondering why
x didn't Just laid there wonder
ing why i; didn't Blood was guSh-
ing out OF my leg and out Of my
hand. was lying IN pool of
blood. | never saw anything like 1t
before. There was guy lying on
Top OF me and he was screaming.
There was another guy with half
his face shot off | recogu. I'D him
Swanson one OF the gunnerS
! don't rightly remember how they
got US off. but they did--all of us
! saw the ship so down You know
Il WAS funny Eddie said in his
sot; voice Il was glad 10 see the
ship 60 down-all Of that blood
and ALL was glad 10 see II 20
down.
They took US of al Bizerte and
laid US on the decks. There were
boatloadS ~ guys being brought IN
! was afraid thew would smpuia,c
my leg--it was broken IN several
placeS-apd they were dong a 10;
Of amputat!ng 10 save guys from
dying | figured maybe wasn't
gong 20 die after all just laid
there thinking. II was funny how
! kept thinking about God Il
seemed as II thinking about God
was the only thing could do Il
seemed as Il I'd gotten down %
cases for nc first tine IN NY lie
and the only real things were LIE
and death and God Everything
was kind NJ wrapped around with
Maybe they'd save my
leg Maybe | wouldn't die Maybe
ri 60 home
They put ne in 4 h'sp'sl .r
Bizer;e Then after While they
moved nc was . four other
hospitals before they. Scnt ne back
20 he States /, Was good 10 DC
back-lt was good 10 De alive BUi
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
n. Y. Assembly
Adopts Anti-bias
School Program

NEW YORK-Passage OF q reso-
luton calling for an anti-bias pre-.
gram in all schools in New York
State marked the last day OF the
historical 1915 session of New
York'S legislature.
The resolution, introduced by
AsSemblynan Hulan z. Jack 3D.
NY) was sponsored by the Inter-
national Labor Defense and the
New York Teachers union tCIO).
Il passed both Senate and Assem-
bly, on Saturday, March "a.
The resolution calls on the Board
OF Regents and the Comm issioner
81 Education 10 take steps to
guarantee the development in
every school 81 the state pro-
gram of education signed to pro-
mote national and world unity"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
THE GUY IN THE next BED

I want 10 get into service again"
he added after a pause: Il want TO
get back IN until its over"
Most Of them feel like that" !
said
Yes said Eddie. II think the
other guys feel like that. Most OF
US feel the same way about things"
I've noticed that - the way you
share things. the way you build
each other up"
Sure" said Eddie 1T happens
that way Shep says nobody can
build you up like the guy in the
next bed