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The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

Romantic Singing Maestro Billy
Eckstine and his sensational New
Orchestra have been resigned to
record exclusively for National
Records. The rapid rise of the
Eckstine Band has been the talk
of the band business. Little over
a year old, the 18 piece has
already risen to become one of the
top money making big bands
Billy's recent recordings of "A
Cottage for Sale, Lonesome Low
err Blues" and Last Night and To
Night Again" have been tremend-
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
PEARL
Star Witness

One of the star witnesses at the
early congressional hearings in the
Pearl Harbor catastrophe, big,
bluff Adm. James o. Richardson,
who commanded the U. S. navy up
to February, 1871, revealed that the
late President Roosevelt favored the
anchorage of the Pacific feet at Ha-
wall over his objections in the hope
of restraining further Jap agrees
sion.
Il stated that in my opinion the
presence of the fleet in Hawaii
might influence a civilian political
government" Richardson said, but
that Japan had a military govern
ment which knew that the fleet was
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production. They work on what
amounts to assembly lines. And
the result brings to a war-weary
world a breath of relief from
starvation and suffering and
sorrow.
Precious THIS high average"
Possession greatness" found in
America is the rare
quality which must never be sac
rificed. If we keep it, this coun-
try need never come under the
heel of 4 foreign enemy or a
homegrown despot. But If we
keep it our people must know
what it is and how It Il obtained.
Without further ada average
greatness is a product OF the kind
OF liberty America enjoys.
The average American soldier
is not a great general but he pos
sesses generalship. q human trait
apart from rank. From youth he
has known his right to own any
thing he could get honestly, his
right to hold any office to which
ne could be elected, his right to
compete. Where competition is
not open, learning is lavished on
the few and mediocrity PARALLELS
progress.
| have said this before, but it
will bear repeating: The much
maligned American system has
made this nation great, prosper
Gus, enlightened and r~esourceful.
able to do big jobs in a hurry.
get there first with the most and
turn defeat into victory. Eco
nomic independence and personal
self reliance are pillars Of educa-
ton. Americas most valuable
resource is resourcefulness.
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Gus sellers, with almost every juke
box in town featuring all three
members.
Eckstine's latest National re
cording of I'm In The Mood for
Love- and Long Long Journey
is expected to top anything pee
viously done by him and his fans
are going for it like the Hampton
addicts went for Flying Home
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Warn Against Postwar Credit Boom

Dangers of a postwar boom and
bust" will be much increased if IN
stallment credit is opened up to ex-
cessive expansion. warns a report
from the family economics bureau
Of Northwestern National Life In
uranc company.
With an enormous ~backed-up de-
mand for goods and services, and
over 100 billion dollars in consumer
cash savings overhanging the mar
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

attorneys protest against the valid
ity of the proceedings. Asking that
an impartial opinion concerning the
legality of the court be solicited
from authorities on international
law, the Nazi counsel asserted that
the U. S. had always insisted that
in cases Of International arbitration
or jurisdiction, the bench be filed
by neutrals or representatives Of the
interested countries.
Most aggressive Of the defend
ants, Goering was gavelled down as
the trial opened and he attempted to
deny the authority of the court, as
sorting that he was responsible only
to the German people.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
viii Prices Hold Up?

The question which remains I'M
answered is-will removal of subsi-
dies bring about a drop in prices
to farmers? Or will supply and de-
mand help keep up the parity prices
which the farmers are guaranteed?
The best opinion here is that
there will be a compromise base
adopted or consumer subsidies, and
that they will be finally eliminated,
but on a piecemeal or gradual pro-
gram, with the sugar and flour SUBJ
sides probably the last to be elimi-
mated.
Besides these, commodities subsi-
dies are in effect on wheat, milk,
peanuts, cooking oils, beans, meats
and a few other items. There is also
a subsidy paid by the RFC to a GER
tain class of oil operators. This
alone has cost almost a hundred mil
lion dollars.
The RFC also has handled the
subsidy on meats, butter and wheat,
and at the end of 1914 these pay
ments had been approximately $50
million dollars on meat, 1T million
dollars on butter and 86.1 million
dollars on wheat and flour.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
NeU Base Wanted

While the program for elimination
Of subsidies goes forward slowly,
farm organizations are busy organ-
izing themselves for a fight to set
up a new base for arriving at parity
prices for farm products. On the
theory that the present parity price.
which means farm purchasing pow
er equivalent to the 1909-1914 period,
no longer fits the picture under pres
ent increased costs Of production
and living, action may go along two
courses:
1. Setting up an entirely new set
of figures for determining parity, or
demanding 100 per cent of parity
instead of the 80 per cen now guar
anteed under the law, or
2. Attempting to add farm labor
costs into the parity price as pro-
vided in the bill introduced by Con-
gresham Pace d., Ga.).
A measure attempting to do this
trick was defeated in the senate dur
ing the 18th congress, although from
this writing it appears the Pace bill
may have a good chance of passing
the lower house.
And in the meantime, there is
considerable pickering and differ
ence Of opinion on just how long
present prices are guaranteed I'M
der present laws. 1t is pretty gen.
orally agreed that on wheat, cotton,
rice, corn, tobacco and peanuts, the
parity figure is guaranteed for three
years. (Two years after January l
following official end of the war;
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ocHdbOE bdIhley tleIL) SreeLS Aum1ral
Richardson at Pearl Harbor probe.
undermined, unprepared for war,
and had no supply force
without which it could not under
take active operations.
Listing his objections to stationing
the fleet at Pearl Harbor, Richard
son said there would be difficulty
transporting supplies to the base;
the site lacked security; operations
were handicapped by problems Of
entry, berthing and departure of
large ships; surface and air space
was congested and restricted, and
full rehabilitation could only be ac-
complished on the west coast.
Relating a conversation with Mr..
Roosevelt, Richardson said that the
President told him that though he
doubted that the U. S. would enter
the war if the Japanese attacked
Thailand, the Dutch East Indies.
Malaga or even the Philippines, he
expected that sooner or later they
would make a fatal mistake open
ing hostilities.
In October. 194l, Richardson said,
Secretary of the Navy Knox sum-
moned him to an important confer
ence at which he outlined President
RooSevelt's plan for a shipping
blockade of the japanese in case
they reacted to the reopening Of the
Burma road supply line to China.
According to Richardson. the opera
ton called for posting a Gordon Of
y. S. warships from Hawaii to the
Philippines and thence from Samoa
to the Dutch East Indies. Since the
JapS took no belligerent action,
however. the plan was dropped.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Science 7odaH

New fabrics from chemistry. even
to a cloth from grass and possibly
a rayon from seaweed. strongly sug-
gest that we r witnessing a large
scale revolution in textiles, the
American Chemical society journal
declared.
The host of new synthetic materi-
ais includes new satins and silk-like
fabrics for evening gowns and lin
gerie, soft nylon threads for WOOL
like socks and sweaters, and Vim
yon with 100 per cent recovery after
stretching. Z WY
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

ket, the additional stimulus of over
liberal instaument credits can be
very dangerous. the report says.
adding that excuses of consumer
credit have pulled up previous
booms.
Total consumer credit reached a
record height of 9R billion dollars
in the fail of l941, of which approx
imately 6 billions vas installment
credit. l-if tiA 1
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Mcdonald


1 am still calling your attention:
to Omaha and the many changes
that are now taking place in the
world.
First the shooting has been dis
continued but the fighting goes
on much confusion goes on it seem
that everyone has a crave for more
money therefore strikes or caus-
ing much trouble grief disappoint
ment one wonders what the future
will be. Let us hope for a bright
future. Everyone seems to be or
a honey moon.
The Tropical Fish Co, 172l
Howard St, reports that he his
the incest set of customers in the
town. They are prompt and hon
est. He has many varieties of
fish and anything you want in his
line of fixtures to take care of
your fish. His ad appears in the
Omaha Guide.
Mr.. Paul Dickson of 1910 North
Both can fix any radio or bicycle
or clock when you are in
trouble with any of these things
you can see him or you can call.
KEnwood 6646.
The Fires Drapery, 2O65 Farnam
street can always take care Of
your draperies at anytime. Bring
me your Xmas work, I'll apprec-
late your patronage.
You also find at 1923 Park ave.
a nice furniture store, the propri-
etor is a nice young man who wish
es to meet you. Service with a
smile.
His Store, 2915 Leavenworth st.
The Meyers Hardware Store, has
been in the same location for
many years. He carries a full line
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Increase Production
Agriculture, manufacturing an,

Agriculture, manufacturing n
public utilities reduced manpow-
er by so per cent per unit of
product during the 40-year period
ending in 1889, the National Bu-
reau of Economic Research re-
vealed after a comprehensive
study. During the same time,
total output of all industry was
increased by 200 per cent, with
only IS per cent more workers
employed. In declaring that the
figures did not indicate the real
decline, the bureau said that they
failed to reflect the improvement
in the quality of the product.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

of everything usually found in a
first class hardware store. You
can always find what you are look
ing for in his store.
Mr.. Newman who operates a
Gro. Store at 1912 Park Ave. has
remained in the same building for
81 years. Mr. Newman has made
many friends and a very fine man
to meet. He carries a fine assert
ment of groceries and all kinds Cf
meats.
ALSO WHISTLES, beer and gins.
He's admired by when you
wish anything in his line stop by.
The Schroeder Realty Co., 1911
Harvey Street want the public to
know that he has lived in Omaha
for many years and had made
many friends and his ambition is
to make many more.--..he is the
j~olliest man you ever met. always
full of life and joy and looking for
a bright future.
Mr.. Carlson the proprietor of
the One Horse Store at 18th and
Grant, has been true to his many
friends in the way of serving them
in the hours of need and distress.
There never was a time in his Is
years in this community when ne
would lend every effort to aid and
assist those who called upon him.
His efforts have been untiring--.-
we like him because he is kind,
and full of sympathy.
When you enter the store you
are met by Mrs. Carlson and her
daughter, also Miss Dorothy Law
son and they have a slogan "Ser-
vice with a Smile" and you are al
ways welcome to serve yourself to
a nice line of groceries,, meats,
vegetables of the highest type
So come and let us be friends tn
gether.
We like him because he has prov
Ell himself to be a friend Of the
people as a whole in the commun-
ity, which he has served and is
now serving. We believe his place
will be hard to fill-the right man
in the right place. He wishes all
Of his many friends a Merry Xmas
and a very Happy New Year. I
shall continue in the future as I
have done in the past.
Mr.. Ole Olsen of 416 North 10th
ST., calls your attention to his
place where you will find Old San
"a nlmSeH. Mr. olsen a all the
dolls you r looking for, electric
al fixtures, and can snap your pic !.
ture; fix your watch or clock .
Meet Santa at OlsensLMr. Olsen
is a fine man to meet.
G. c. Mcdonald, the reporter and
representative of the Omaha Guide
wishes to extend his thanks to al
of those who have so graciously
contributed their support to a wof-
thy cause in promoting The Oma-
ha Guide. We wish all of you A
Merry Xmas and A Very Prosper
N,,- NJ VII go
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
HEAVY DEMAND FOR NAAcP
CHRISTMAS SEALS HaT

New York-Heavy demand for
Christmas seals of the NAACP,
especially from southern states,
indicates that the total sales may
reach n million, it was an1ounc-
ed here. More than 10000 seals
had been distributed as of Dec. l.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
H.. w. Smiths Weekly
qx.a Waiter'S ! /
S w. Columns

pertaining to them or their routine Of living, call
H. w. Smith-HA-O8OO and give him the news.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Auto Industry Faces Tieup In
ICIO Demand for Pay Increase:
Trace Nozi Moves for Conquest

- Released by western Newspaper Union. --|i
western Newspaper Unions news analysts and not nee.ssry Of t usy n ere s snopeJ
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Costs 2 Billions a Year

The whole subsidy program has
cost the government, and that
means the taxpayers, approximately
two billion dollars a year. 1t is
agreed that the roll-back subsidies
during wartime have helped to ab-
sorb abnormally high wartime pro-
duction costs and keep prices on a
reasonable" plane. Whether the
subsidies, however, have saved the
general public any money in the
long run is a moot question upon
which not all are agreed, although
testimony before one of the congress
sional committees was to the effect
that for every dollar spent in
government subsidies from three to
five dollars would be saved in the
price of food at the retail level. If
this is true, then based on an annual
two billion dollar outlay, this would
mean a yearly saving of at least
six billion dollars to consumers in
the retail stores of the country.
Government subsidies are Of tive
classes and work both ways-one,
the consumer subsidy, paid to hold
down prices, and the other the price
support or incentive subsidy, paid
to hold up prices and to increase
production in certain products.
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His Store, 2915 Leavenworth st.
The Meyers Hardware Store, has
been in the same location for
many years. He carries a full line
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

Do functional periodic disturbances
cause you to feel nervous as a WITCH
SO restless, jittery, highstrung, perhaps
tired, dragged out"-at such times?
Then don't delayl Try this great med
icine-Lydia <. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to relieve such symptoms.
It's n Of the best kno1Dn and most
effective medicines for this purpose.
Pinkham's Compound HELPS NATUREI
Taken regularly - it helps build up
resistance against such distress. A Uery
sensible thing to dol Positively no
harmful opiates or habit forming in
gradients in Pinkham's Compound.
Also a grand stomachic tonicl Follow
label directions. Buy todayI
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The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
What Is Future of Price
Support System?
i'm WASHINGTON
BY WoIfer Sheod
WkU Correspondent
" Washington Bureau.
1916 Eye ST.. N. W.

y ECENT removal Of the fve-cent-
a-pound subsidy on butter
brings into focus the whole question
OF government subsidies insofar as
they apply to farm products. viii
these subsidies be rapidly removed?
Will the change-over be a gradual
one? And whose policy will prevail
that Of Secretary Of Agriculture An
derson for a complete elimination OF
food subsidies as rapidly as condi-
tons warrant, or the more cautious
policy Of OPAdministrator Ches-
ter Bowles, who wants to keep
prices down with the help Of subsi-
dies.
Farm-minded congressman and
government officials concerned
with the operation of the subsidy
program, mostly agree that subsl-
dies were all right as a wartime
practice. but that they have no place
in a peacetime economy. Farm or
CARNATIONS, particularly the dairy
interests. have been outspoken
against the subsidy practice, espe-
cially against those subsidies known
as consumer subsidies" and have
declared that the consumers are
well able to pay fair and fixed prices
without the benefit Of a subsidy paid
out of the federal treasury.
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of everything usually found in a
first class hardware store. You
can always find what you are look
ing for in his store.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
.A&PDefends
Profit P| Ian

DANVILLE, Ill, Sept, n (UPl
Counsel for the Atlantic a Pa
cific Tea Co. sought today TO
prove through witnesses testi-
mony that the big chain store
organization practiced good busi-
ness rules and made it's profits
through a big volume of sales
rather than by monopolistic
methods
Defense witnesses denied that
A. e. p tried TO monopolize food
sales in order 10 put competitors
out of business.
John NJ. Toolin, Crosse Pointe,
Mich, testified in yesterdays
session OF the antitrust trial
against the grocery chain that II
was against the companys
policy" 10 dominate the field In
which it operated.
TooLIN IN EXPLANATION
Toolin, central western division
president of the A. a. p. was
called 20 explain everehargeS 20
Bloomington. Ind, customers as
brought out in government docu-
mentary evidence.
He testified that the manager
Of the Bloomington store had in
structed clerks TO overcharge in
order 10 increase stock gains and
that ne had been dismissed when
the order became known 10 his
,HpefiorS,
In cross-eXamination, govern
ment attorneys sought 10 prove
that the Bloomington store was an
example Of the way in which the
A. e. p. allegedly made up losses
IN certain stores by excessive
stock gains in others.
Toolin told the court that the
company policy was TO keep
stock gains and losses within
three-tenths of per cent, and
that excessive gains and losses
were frowned upon by the New
York headquarters.
EXPLAINS DETROIT DEFICIT
When asked 70 explain why. IN
the 1886 division budget, the De-
troit unit had been pictured in
the red while other units were
in the black" Toolin termed the
budget merely an anticipation. y
Toolin said a store might go
on indefinitely" in the red without
resulting in a total loss of opera
ton. This. he explained by saying
that the overhead was spread out
among the stores and that the
closing Of one might result only in
the others having 10 carry its
on such items as rent.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Pet Lovers Praise
Hearst Newspapers
special 10 rHI DETROIT TINS

BALTIMORE. Sept. n - All
who love "our speechlesS friends
household pets-owe big debt
to William Randolph Hearst and
his newspapers for helping develop
finer qualities in youth through
competitive pet shows, Miss Mary
Butler Shearer. president Of the
Maryland Society for the Protec-
tion OF Cruelty TO Animals, said
here TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Reds Face Questioning
.0n Macarthur Smear
p.tren rlm.s w.sAlnr.en ssr,.s

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-Wil-
liam z. Foster and other Red
leaders will be qulzzed on the cur
rent smear" campaign being
waged by the Communists against
Gen. Macarthur when they are
called as witnesses Wednesday be-
fore the House committee on un-
American activities.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

10 return from the Pseihc since
the end OF the war, was in the
Puget Sound navy yard today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
BattIeship Is Home

BREMERToN, Wash. Sept. 21
tINS)-The Massachusetts,. first
OF Americas fast new battleships
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

"Zucher TirggeI," kind of
Christmas cookie that have been
made in Switzerland many centuries,
are an essential feature of the hOli-
days, particularly in the neighbOr-
hood of Zurich. Wooden mOIds dat
ing back to the 18th and 18th GEN.
turtles are still used. The sO-caIled
"Tirggel sentences" are very pOpu-
lar, which depict an entire series of
some story. The one in the picture
reads, $50 lists gut Reisen" or
Sleigh riding is fine"
If you are courageous enough to
consult the oracle as to the length
Of time which is still allotted to you
on earth, take your Bible on Christ
mas Eve and the first psalm which
strikes your eye contains in stanzas
the number of years which you are
yet given to live.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Mistletoe May Mean
Messenger of God

Some say that the word mistletoe
comes from the missel thrush,
messenger of the gods who brought
the plant to the earth. Actually, the
bird is very fond of the berries and
is responsible for the wide distribu-
tion. Growing as it does, on trees
as a parasite, it is snowy because
of its huge mass of dense light green
foliage.
It's Latin name, Phoradendron,
means tree-thief.
In Virgil, mistletoe was the golden
bough, by the plucking of which
Aeneas was enabled to descend into
the underworld and return safely.
In ancient Britain it was the sa-
cred plant of the Druids. The chief
nature festival of these forest Wor-
shippers was around the oak tree
with the most mistletoe on it. The
Arch-Druid ascended the tree to the
lowest bough on which the sacred
mistletoe was growing. With a gold
en- sickle he cropped the branch and
allowed it to fall in a fold of his
ample robes. The plant was so sa.
cred that it must never touch the
earth. The priest then broke the
bough into many pieces and gave a
tWig to each of his followers with
a prayer.
In the language of the flowers, mis-.
tletoe means give me a kiss" This
has its basis from a Scandinavian
myth.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Each Swiss Canton
Has Own Traditions

Winter beauty and winter sports
reach the acme Of perfection in
Switzerland by Christmas time For
many of the natives, however, this
glad season signifies in addition a
period fun of sacred mystery and
the anniversary of days particularly
specified in ancient legends.
However, the ruddy checked St
Nicholas has in some parts of the
country been supplanted by the
Christkindli, or Christ child. This
lovely angel is said to have come
from the Far North and it always
brings to each home it visits a
Christmas tree decorated with
all the glittering things associated
with fairyland ard heavily laden
with gifts.
FOrecasting with Onions.
If you want, for instance, to find
out how the weather viii be during
the next year, cut, on Christmas
Eve, an onion into half; peel off Il
layers, one for each month, and
fill the same with salt. Those peel.
ings which contain damp salt the
next morning predict rainy weather
for the respective month.
Young people who are anxious &c
learn something about their matri
monial prospects are advised tC
drink three times from nine differ
ent fountains, when the church bells
are ringing on Christmas Eve anC
they will then behold their future
mate standing at the church door
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Date Of Nativity Fixed
Rv ROmnu EmDerO

December 25 was decreed as
the date of Christ's Nativity by
the Roman Emperor Julian who
began his reign as a Christian but
reverted to paganism before his
death in 1868 A. ID.
Julian based his decree on the
opinions advanced by the fathers
of the Western churches.
December 25 was, moreover,
acceptable to most churches and
peoples because the season of the
winter sOlstice had always been
celebrated as a festival period
Roman SaturnaIia, Scandinavian
Yule, the Mithrasian Feast of sol
invictus, etc.
Some Eastern churches, how
ever, consistently claimed Janu-
airy 6 as Christmas and have con-
tinued celebrating Christmas
upon that date throughout the
centuries.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
Carols Replace Heathen Songs

Carols, it is said, were early in
troduced by the clergy into England
from Italy, probably soon after the
Norman conquest, as a substitute
for the Yule and Wassail songs o
the heather origin, which, until then
had been in use among the vulgar
Christmas carols were in dane,
measure at first. The word caro-
comes from "corolla," a ring, be
cause the song was for a ring dance