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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21
Off on the Wrono Foot

~ ley organization of returning World War II veterans, called
AMVETS, is already off on the wrong foot-theyve taken out after the
CLOS Political Action Committee.
Whlet there may be much wrong with the PAC, and even the CLIO
is Wiling u ADMIT that any organization of veterans which hopes to
achleVe any place of distinction in America had better adopt major
principle for its organizadon-stick to your own knitting.
veterans, OF this war or any other war, have enough in common
to fight for their own ideas and ideals without driving knives into
something they know nothing about.
The way to bring about reform in this country is not To al against
what you suppose-but act in a common sense manner to correct that
which you believe to be wrong.
AMVETS-let that be a lesson in craftsmanship to yu - The
Progressive Miner.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21

Washington. - After satisfying
the formalities contained in the
mandate received from the regen-
cy council for the composition of
a government in the spirit of the
Tito-Subasic agreement, the Jugo-
slav regents on March 7 approved
a decree Oh the appointment of the
provisional government of demo-
cratic federal Jugoslavia, which is
to remain until a constituent as
sembly is convened, the Belgrade
radio said in a broadcast recorded
for Owl by the Federal Commun-
ications Commission.
According to the broadcast, the
new Jugoslav government, approx
ed by the regents, is composed of
the following:
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, pre-
mier and minister of national de-
Tense; DR.. Milan Grol, vice pre-
mier; Edward Kardelj, vice pre-
mier and minister for the constitu-
ent assembly; DR.. Ivan Subasic,
minister of foreign affairs; DR.. Jo-
sip Smodlaka, minister without
portfolio; Waldo Zecevic, minister
of interior; Frame Prul, minister
of justice; Vladislav Ribnikar, min
lister of enlightenment; Sreten Zu-
Jovlc, minister of finance; DR.. Jul
raj Sutej, minister without port
folio; Todor Vajasinovic, minister
of traffic; Andrija Kobral, minister
OF industry; Nikola Petrovic, min
lister of trade and supplies: DR..
Vasa Cubrilovic, minister of agri-
culture; Sulajman Filipovic, min
lister of forestry; Bane Andrejev,
minister of mining; Sreten Vuko-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21

SO why all the bellyaching now?
Lewis thinks he has a chance, and
1e's going to do the same thing"
( his plans work out.
The fact is that $4,000, 900 per
year, which sum has been men
toned as the amount of cash that
will flow into the treasury of the
miners union. is a rather small
sum compared to what has been
aiken, is still being taken and, If
he intentions of Roosevelt and
company work out, will continue
0 be taken forever, by the owning
class of America and with the
sanction of capitalist law. Not only
n coal, but in every useful activ-
ty there is a parasite crew that
ewes tribute upon the general
public. And one reason that this
tribute must be paid is because
the majority of the American peo-
pie voted to pay it. They voted for
The royalty system every time they
rejected Socialism and whenever
they made a choice between the
Tweedledee and Tweedledum par
ties of the profit system.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21
Have Thew Lost Faith in the Freeze?

The 'antiinfaton" fim-flam of the Administration is now entering
the stage of confession. Mariner Eccles, chairman of the federal reserve
board, says that unless special excessprofts taxes arr levied on spe-
culative profits, nothing can stop runaway initiation of real estate and
stock prices. Rural real estate is already up 60 percent, city real estate
80 to SO percent and corporation stocks 80 percent.
Why fool around with excess-profits taxes? We've got them now
on corporations but the profits are plowed into reserves. In the last
war, exceSsprofts taxes didn't stop the creation of thousands of new
niHionanes.
Why not have Byrnes, Vinson, McNutt, Davis and Bowles try their
anti-inflation stuff O the spectators?
They have frozen wages. Why can't they freeze speculation
United Mine Workers Journal.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21
BANK PROFITS SOAR

A. survey by the New York Fed.
eral Reserve Bank reveals that the
net profits last year of $40 banks
in the New York district averaged
9.5 per cent. This high rate of re-
turn, more than double the rate in
1912, is in contrast with the / per
cent or less which depositors re-
ceive.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21
MORE NAZI PRISONERS
TO BE BROUGHT OVER

To help ease the acute labor
shortage in the United States" as
well as the burden of guarding
them in Europe, 100, 900 additional
German war prisoners will soon
be brought to this country. This
will increase the total of Nazis
now here to more than 400, 900.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1945-03-21

pay tribute to royalty-takers who
collected, not because they pro-
duced, but merely because they
owned.
And, most people who are now
condemning Lewis and Company
thought that was all right and
asked us Socialists whether we
wouldn't do the same thing if we
had the chance.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
ICounferaffack Stalls
Fifth Army Offensive
NearBo|ogna Highway
By the Associated Press.

~ suC HoooSiAeCd 1ltob.
ROME, Feb. 8.-The limited Of
fensive OF American 5th Army troops
IN the mountains southeast of Bo-
logna was stalled today against
strongly fortified and heavily-de-
Tended enemy positions, the Allied
high command announced.
The doughboys were halted after
forcing their way forward up to GOO
yards in two days of bitter fighting
IN weather conditions made difficult
by a sudden thaw in the Apennines
Mountains.
Attacking troops gained the crest
OF one ridge, but were forced to dig
in and were engaged against coun-
terattacking Nazi troops yesterday.
German resistance to the attack,
which opened Monday, was prompt
and vigorous and included artillery
support.
Enemy resistance stiffened also in
the Serchio Valley, where the vii
lage OF Cole was taken. Fifth Army
units lost some ground a mile north
OF Castel Vecchio, but regained it In
q new thrust and beat of several en-
emy counterattacks.
A report from headquarters of It.
Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, jr., COM
mander of the 5th army, said the
American attack reached the base
OF Orbega Ridge, 9 miles southeast
OF Bologna and only 7 miles by road
to the south of the main Bologna
Faenza highway-via Emilia-on
Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Mexican Wafer Pact
Hearings Near End
BY the Associated Press

6y tne Associated Press.
CALIFORNIA; case before the Sen.
ate Foreign Relations Committee
against the proposed United States
Mexico water treaty neared it's close
today.
Still scheduled to testify in oppo-
sition to the pact, which would dis
tribute waters of the Colorado River
and Rio Grande between the two
countries, are three Los Angeles
men: w. P. Whitsett, president of
the metropolitan district of South
ern California; Julius Kinds, gen.
eral manager of the district, and
E. F. Scattergood, consulting engi-
neer for the Los Angeles Bureau OF
Light and Power.
James H. Howard, counsel for the
metropolitan district, told the COM
mittee yesterday that treaty pro-
vision which would guarantee Mex
leo 100000 acre-feet of water an
nually from the Colorado River
would be breach of solemn con-
tracts" between California agencies
and the United States for water
rights.
Under the Colorado River COM
pact. California is allocated AGO.
600 acre-feet of water yearly from
the Colorado, and one-half of the
surplus" water remaining after
other definite ALLEGATIONS have been
met. Water now contracted for by
California agencies totals 5,362 1000
acre-feet, Mr.. Howard said.
To guarantee Mexico 100000
acre-feet of water a year would
jeopardize the California contracts,
part of which must be met from
the available surplus in the river,
Mr.. Howard testified.
Evening star., 1945-02-08

cording machine and several other
devices for disc record reproduction.
With his father he was associated
in development of the first hell
copter which the son flew in 1919.
He later dropped the hehcopter
project to work on airplane design.
The citation said under his super
vision industrial plants in Germany
and occupied Europe were selected
whose destruction provided the
maximum contribution of the 9th
Air Force toward accomplishment
of the mission prescribed by the
combined chiefs of staff"
Col. Berliner, although a staff
officer, participated in the first all
American air raid over Germany
in January, 1943, and others, ac-
cording to press reports.
He was commissioned a major in
April, 1912, and spent year over
seas with the 9Th Air Force before
being invalided home and retired.
His home is at 2841 Tilden street
NV, where his wife, an American
Red Cross nurses aid; a daughter,
Cora Anne, a secretary in a Gov
ernment agency. and an 11-year-old
son, Henry A., jr, reside. Another
daughter, Josephine, is cadet nurse
at Bellevue Hospital in New York.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Cresfwood Backs
Bill 10 Make Park
OF Porefsky Area

The Crestwood Citizens Associas
ton last night indorsed and urged
Senate action on the Tydings- -Bilbo
Dill appropriating Federal funds to
purchase a two-acre tract at Six
teenth and Shepherd streets NV.
for park purposes.
The groups action followed a re-
port made by c. v. Maudlin, chair
man of the associations Zoning
Committee.
Pending action by Congress on the
Iydings-Bilbo measure, itigants in
the court battle, including Harry
Poretsky. who seeks to build an
apartment house on the site, and the
Crestwood citizens, who oppose it.,
have declared an armistice in their
legal fight. The court case, which
went up to the Supreme Court of the
United States and back, now is
pending before the United States
Court OF Appeals. To reduce the
prospective loss to Mr.. Poretsky, the
owner OF the property, the Machen
estate, agreed to accept a lesser price
than the $77,500 for which he had
contracted to sell the land to Mr..
Poretsky.
CreStwood residents have volun-
teered to contribute $4,000 of the
price for which the owner has con-
tracted to sell the land. Plans are
now under way, Mr.. Maudlin said,
for establishment of a Crestwood
Park fund to be administered by
three trustees. Individual contribu-
tlons already range from $40 to
$1,000, Mr.. Maudlin added.
The association also indorsed in
principle the Tydings bill, providing
for establishment of a modern hos
pital center in the District.
Members. however, recommended
that safeguards be introduced into
the bill to assure the benefits to all
local hospitals and other institu-
tions.
Leland S. Mccarthy gave a "be-
hind-the-scenes" description of the
management of department store,
explaining the problems a buyer
meets in selecting merchandise.
The meeting, held at Roosevelt
High School, Thirteenth and Upshur
streets NV, was presided over by
James R. Latimer, vice president, in
the absence of Paul D. Sleeper, as
sociation president.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Three Brothers Injured
When Hill by Streetcar

Three children, brothers, were in
jured yesterday when they ran in
front of a northbound streetcar in
the 1900 block of Seventh street
NV, police said.
Sterling Davis, 8. was admitted
to Casualty Hospital with a possible
cerebral conclusion, and Robert, 6,
was admitted with a possible skull
fracture. ....-.
Philip Davis, 7, was treated for
a lacerated ear and released The
children, all colored, live at 1902
Seventh street NV. Police said the
operator of the streetcar was Frank
Tibbitts, SO, of 5527 Illinois avenue
NV, who has had Is years ex-
perience.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Bakers, Health Officials
Discuss Sanitation Plans

Thirty bakers representatives
held their first meeting yesterday
afternoon with Health Department
officials to plan voluntary methods
of improving sanitary conditions OF
bakeries.
Lewis G. Graves, manager Of the
Schneider Baking Co. and head of
the Potomac Bakers Association,
was selected to be chairman of a
committee which will meet from
time to time with health officials.
DR.. R. r. sAshworth, head of the
food-inspeetion service of the de-
partment, called attention to the
high standards of cleanliness re-
quired in the preparation of cream
filings and custard because they
offer medium for transmitting
bacteria and causing food poisoning
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Hotel Greeters Plan
Annual Boil Iuesduy

The 18th annual ball of Wash
ington Auxiliary, No. 81, Hotel
Greeters of America, will be held
Tuesday at the Shoreham Hotel
There will be prizes and entertain
ment.
President Ann Neal Bennett has
named the following committee in
charge; Lottie Taylor. honorary
chairman; Mrs. Ruth Clark, general
chairman, with Miss Doris Ham
cock, Mrs. Frances jackson, Mrs.
Hazel Wood, Mrs. Alma Williamson,
Mrs. Mildred Hartman, Miss Mary
Bourke and Mrs. Elsie Kopel.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Walker Resigns Post
With Minimum Pay Board

Fred S. Walker, manager of the
Trade Unionist, has submitted his
resignation to the Commissioners
as the labor member of the Mini
mum Wage and Industrial Safety
Board.
No successor has been named yet
by the Commissioners, who have
accepted Mr. Walkers resignation.
Mr.. Walker has served on the board
for the past three years.
He informed the Commissioners
his business obligations have become
heavier snce the death of John B.
Colpoys, United~States marshal and
owner and editor of the Trade
Unionist.;
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Soldier Killed, WAC Shot
BY Guns on Parked PIone

BY the Associated Press
ABILENE, Tex, Feb. 8.-The guns
on parked single-engine fighter
plane were discharged accidentally
yesterday, killing a soldier and in
juring a WAC.
Sergt. Paul M. Stewart, 81, OF
San Francisco, was killed, and Pvt
Margaret L. Bateman, %, of Hous-
ton, Tex, was hit in the left arm
Her injuries were not critical.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Lost Man Club Plans
EIGHTH Annual Reunion

The eighth annual reunion and
banquet of the Last Man Club of the
World War will be held tonight al
the American Legion Club, 2437 Fiji
teenth street NV, with Samuel l.
Holston as master of ceremonies
Special tribute will be paid to the
IA members of the armed forces, one
of whom, Staff Sergt. William F.
Gallagher, U. S. M. c., died on Guam
last August.
The new president to be installed
Is Joseph B. Irvine.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Two Die as Bomber
Crashes in Cuba
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASS0clated PreSs.
HAVANA, Feb. 8.-Two airmen
were killed and a Cuban farmer
critically injured in the crash of an
American bomber in a field near the
United States Army Air Forces base
at San Antonio de Los Banos, Col.
Leigh Wade, base commander, an
nounced last night.
Three other airmen parachuted to
safety and fourth survived the
crash and subsequent fire, Col. Wade
said. The plane was on a routine
training flight.
The identity of the casualties will
be withheld until next of kin have
been notified.
Evening star., 1945-02-08

table protein for your dog.
To be sure your dog is pro-
vided these vital nutrients.
make FMsKIEs the basis Of
his daily diet.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
90-Doy Term Given
Man Who Slapped
His Wife With Steak
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-After
admitting he slapped his wife's
face with 3-pound steak,
Daniel Tierney, 81, was SEN
fenced to 80 days in Jail yester-
day by Magistrate John F. x.
Masterson on a disorderly con-
duct charge.
The wife, Madeline, mother of
seven, testified at Tierney's ar
raignment Sunday that she had
stood in line three hours in
order to buy the steak.
Evening star., 1945-02-08

tlngulSher Serv-
ice Medal fol
o u t S t a n d ing
services from
May Is, 1912, to
April 81, l943,
as chief of the
p ] a n S section,
9th Air Force, in
England.
Col. Berliner is
the son of the
late Emile Ber-
liner, noted in
ventor and en-
gineer, who de-
signed a phon-
~~~o~l, Lt~o VIZ
Evening star., 1945-02-08

Here's q dog food which con.
tains more than enough
vitamins. more than enough
minerals, more than enough
meat meal protein and yege-
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Runsom Is Reuppointed

President Roosevelt has redesig-
mated Ronald Ransom, former At
lanta banker, as vice chairman of
the Federal Reserve System Board
of Governors for another four-year
term, dating from August s, 1914.
Evening star., 1945-02-08
Col. BerIiner Wins
|DSM for Service as
9Th Air Force P|anner

Col. Henry A. Berliner, retired
former president of the Engineer
ing & Research Corp, Riverdale,
Md, has been awarded the Dis
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-06-09
Eureka High School Holds 23rd
Annual Commencement, May 81
Twent-Two Awarded Diplomas
Alcorn Dean Gives Address

The twenty-third annual COM
mencement exercises of Eureka
high school, Hattiesburg, were held
Thursday, May 81.
Following the professional ano
the congregational singing of lode
To Eureke" by the audience, the
commencement program was as fol-
lows:
Invocation, Chaplain Joseph H
Harrington, Captain u. S. Army
Camp Shelby. Choruse, God of our
Fathers, Salutatorian, Mack Hol-
land, Some Grow To Greatness BY
Their Dreams" Chorus, Hallelujah
Chorus, Valedictorian, James Boy
kins, Education for Victory and
Pealce, Glee Club, To Wild Rose
The principle address was de-
livered by Mr.. w. B. Nelson, Dean,
Alcorn A. & M College, Alcorn.
Following a solo by Dorothy Nay
Tor, class of '48 Remarks and
awarding of Diplomas by Superin-
tendent of City Schools, S. H. Blair.
From the minds of some of the
local Negro business men came the
idea of offering awards as tokens
of encouragement, in certain en-
deavor of school undertaking by
students. The following awards
were awarded:
Annual Adams Award, $500 for
the most business like" graduate
at Eureka high for 1945. This award
is made possible by Mr.. P. L. Alb
rams, manager of Universal Life
Insurance office of the Hattiesburg
district.
Jenkins Award, $500 to the male
student of the senior class who has
the most outstanding character
traits such as mild manners. kind
and courteous, and the ability to get
along with others. THE fellow Sc
lected by his fellows" Award made
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-06-09

possible by possible by Mr., Jen-
kins, director East 5th street USO.
McClain Award, $500 to the
graduate who maintained the high
est average in English for the four
years period. This award is made
possible by Mr.. H. L. McClain,
program director, East 9th st. USO.
Smith Award, $500 to the student
of the senior class who has attain
ed the highest honors in the nat
ural sciences. This award made
possible by Mr.. E. H. Smith, of the
Smith Drug Co., 6D6 Mobile Street.
Two scholarships were given
from the following schools: Alcorn,
Jackson. Tougaloo, Rust Colleges.
Members of the graduation class
were: Thelma Anderson, James
Boykins, Edna E. Braggs, J. D..
Campbell, Mildred Chandler, Will
liams English, Mezzie Flowers, Ber-
nice Griffith, Mack Holland, Mamie
Hines, Cleola Johnson, Diaries
Kelly, Curtis Minor, Dorothy Nc
McCullum, Williams McCullum.
Walter McCullum, Jaunita McMor-
ris, Maggie Perfect, Mary Rathff,
Josa Roberts, Annie Smith, James
Woodson.
Members of the faculty were:
Mrs. Elizabeth Holton, Mrs. Matte
L. Handy, Mrs. Florine C. Love,
Mrs. Jane L. Jenkins, Miss Mary
E. Love, Miss Cora A. Jones, Mrs.
Bertha Redfield, Miss Ruby E.
Henry, Miss Mildred Tatum, Mrs.
Leola Sips, Mrs. Martel Thornton,
Mrs. Rhoda NJ. Tademy. Mrs. Sara
E. Clark, Miss Ain J. Magee, Miss
Edna Y Moore. Mrs. Ruby w. Bell,
Miss Marie Washington, Mr.. T. A.
Harrison, Mr. M H. Brown, Mr.. c.
E. Roy, Mrs. Addie N. Burger, Mrs.
Vinetta Carroll, N. R. Burger,
principal.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-06-09
QUOTES
OF THE WEEK

ITS easy to take a day of -
impossible to put it back" - Re-
mindful sign IN a Westinghouse
War plant.
Sometimes I'm tempted, but
/ do not fall" American born
Lady Astor, teetotaler. refusing
drink on We Dog.
at is now 11:59 on the clock
Of starvation.w Former Pres.
Hoover, nfgiag food for Eber-
Gted peoples. :
sAmerica's postwar foreign
trade will mean more than 5,OOO,-
900 jobs. Charles E. Wilson,
pres, General Electric.
/ If our economic system is
allowed to function, the problem
will be where q job can find =
| nam r Ralph Rebey, economist.
i <NHkaf xvnvn. L. 1nwnn - -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-31
NO CRIME WAVE AHEAD?

There is little use to be worried about
the threatened "crime wave" according to
Lewis E. Lawes, former warden of Sing
Sing Prison, who declares that there will
be no postwar crime wave so long as ode
cent jobs" are available.
This is a far different tune from that
being sung by J. Edgar Hoover, head of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation who
constantly reminds us, by tables of per-
centages, that the criminal surge is about
to engulf the nation, with youngsters lead
ing the van
= Mr.. Eawest denies these spectacular
statistics, which are widely quoted in the
press give true picture of the situation.
He saysTa 100 percent increase for COM
munity, hailed as tidal wave of crime,
becomes less menacing when We find out
that there were four arrests for the par
ticular violation instead of the two of the
year before.
The former prison head puts his finger
upon one fact which deserves attention in
Key West when he says people "are inter-
ested in every place except their own home
town." They get excited about zoot suffers
in Los Angeles, or race riots in Detroit, but
forget their own poorly financed play
grounds, undernOurished youth organiza-
tons: underpaid teachers and uninspired
police officials
500 Kids who only need a little guild
anee' and understanding are thrown into
JAIL where they need help most and where
they get it least He admits that he be-
lieves in prevention and discipline but de-
cfiesthe tendency tojput young people into
unsegregated jaiIs,, where they come into
contact with hardened criminal types
We write this article to pass on to our
readers the views of Warden Lawes and
because we believe he has something in
what he says. We do not expect anybody
to do anything about the matter in Monroe
County, where everybody is too busy to pay
much attention to what happens to a few
people under arrest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-12-31
CONFORMING TO MILLAGE

A good deal of steaming, even sweat
ing, has manifested itself recurrently, since
the city commission took over the affairs
of the city, over the fact that the new char
ter limits the millage on realty in Key
West to 20 mills.
But it should be borne in mind that
millage is not the dominant factor in the
collection of taxes. The assessment is the
thing that counts. When a stranger comes
to town with the purpose of purchasing
real estate, he does not ask alone, What
is the millage?" for that would not mean
anything to him.
- s The millage may be four or five mills,
and taxes would be high, or it may be so
mills, and the taxes would be low. The
governing factor, in collecting realty taxes,
is the assessment.
Now, tell man what the assessment
is and then let him know what the millage
is, and he can figure out what he would
have 10 pay on any given amount.
Using round figures, the assessment
of realty by the city is $7,800,000, and the
millage is 37A, which gives an approx
mate return of S290,000.
In the county, the assessment of Key
West realty is s13,OOO,OOO, which, at 20
mills, gives return of $26O,OOO.
Much of the $4,000 decrease could
be taken care of, when the city govern
'nlent uses the 100 percent valuation, as is
done in the county, by increasing the taxa
ton on persoal property, which, also, is far
lower on the city books than it is on the
euntybooks. sk'';i
q The, Citizen has been told of many
cases of city personal property assess
ments, which, to man with half an eye
who viewed the stock or other personal
property: could see the estimates are ride
ulOusly low.
Assessments can be made to conform
with any millage, high or low, so what the
city has got to contend with is not the
fixing of the millage at 20, but the increases
that must be made in the assessments.