davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07
Women Turn In Record Fats
Providence, R. I. Special

The housewives of Providence responded to the appeal by indus try for used kitchen fats by turn ing into the markets 11,793 pounds of used kitchen fats. This is double the amount ever turned in before in the fat collection.
 Many housewives turned in three, four and five pounds of salvaged fats which they frankly admitted have been in their re- frigerators for weeks, proving that while most housewives con- tinue to salvage fats, they do not always get to the market. One reason for this is that house. wives in general do their weekly shopping on Fridays and Satur- days, on which days the market men cannot accept salvaged fat because they have no room for it in their refrigerators. Through out Rhode Island the Girl Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls, as part of their civic program, are pledged to carry salvaged fat to the market for any housewife who desires this service. House wives who have salvaged fat and cannot get it to market themselves should call a Girl Scout or Camp Fire Girl in their neighborhood to bring the fat into market.
 Salvaged fat in the refrigera- tor is not much help to industry. 1 It must not only be salvaged in the kitchen, it must be carried to market.
 Many Rhode Island industries depend upon their quota of sal vaged fat for the production of l many articles and at the moment l it appears that this shortage of | fats and oils will not be alleviat- i d for many months to come
 Everyone is urged to continue l lot only to salvage fat in the | but to get it to market ] IS rapidly as possible.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07

viewed one of Alston's paintings. Eastern Branch" which was part of an art show at the Rhode Island School of Design. This oil won first prize last winter in the annual show of the Distric5 of Columbia Professional Artists League at the National Museum. Not long ago Aston sold this painting to the Potomoc Electric and Power Go. The painting was stream flowing under bridge across which could be seen the impressive buildings and massive chimneys of the eastern branch of the Potomoc Electric and Power Go. from which the picture took it's name.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07
Steurday, September 2, 1946

Hartford Courant was a visitor at the Turf Club Jam Session one night, and was highly deligh- ted with the evenings entertain ment. Nice work. Nice work fellows - keep it going.
 *#***~*1
 I notice in Harriet J. Davis's News Notes; from New Haven the boys around the Musicians Club are doing all right for them selves. If the Bill Brown that went to Richmond, Va, for an engagement, is a Sax Player, for morally of New York City. We were good friends around the Ry- thum Club on 132nd. St., in the good old days. Were among the first to join the then: newly or ganized Local SOP when the join ing fee was $2.0O and examina- ton in reading music at sight, in order to be accepted.
 sa*&A%As4&~
 For your information; the fol- lowing Leaders and their Bands are playing at the following Nite- Spots; Dick Taylor-Otto's; Ar noid Canty-Cypress Arms; Jackie Jackson-Royal Diner; Bill John son-Boulevard Diner; George Pe- tersDeerfeld Grill; Percy Nel- son. Morgan Grill; and Roland C. Irving, at the Club Alden.
 Rye Now TR T Tl
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By R. Bruce Mussendent, Jr.

By R. Bruce Mussendent, Jr. Opening Bids
 Too much reluctancy is gen. orally exercised in anticipating an opening bid. If you have the required honor tricks and a bid dable suit, the hand should be bid. Even if the requirements are at a minimum. There are many immediate advantages.
 You made it difficult for the opponents. to bid, for one. They are at loss as to whether you have a minimum opening bid or a maximum hand ranging up to five honor tricks. They hesitate to over call for year of being dou- bled in set. Then you convey the strength of your hand to your partner and make it possible for him to bid.
 Your opponents cannot very easily double you at this point because they have not exchanged information and then if the op- ponents play the hand you have suggested to your partner the best line of defense and the prop CT opening lead.
 So long until next week.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07
Woman's Page
NAACP Finds
Continued from page 1

Joy the NAACP which had alerted
 each of it's 1901 branches through
 out the nation to offer protection
 to te fugitives wherever they ap-
 peared. Madison Jones, Admins
 trative Assistant, was rushed to
 an undisclosed Middle Western
 town to bring the youth and his
 father to New York where their
 testimony will be made available
 to the FBI. The Harris arrived in
 New York Wednesday, August 28.
 Young Harris was attended up-
 on arrival in New York by Dr.
 Robert s. Wilkinson, who stated,
 'The deep scar on the boys fore head where he was beaten with
 the butt end of .45 calibre pistol is still infected. There are healing
 scars on both wrists, arms and
 ankles caused by ropes. His thighs and buttocks are also badly
 scared after a terrible beating.
 He shows evidence of a severe
 shocking experience, but his youth and good physical condition will pull him through"
 Albert Harris, ST., the youths father, was also severely beaten when deputies and others attempt ed to force him to disclose the whereabouts of his son.
 Young Harris told reporters at press conference held at NAACP offices in New York's- Freedom House, the horrifying details of his ordeal in the Louisiana woods. His description of returning con- sciousness and hearing veteran John Jones groan for water left | seasoned reporters shocked and si- lent. Harris said he then crawled to "a creek, filled his shoe with water which he carried to the hor- ribly mutilated man who only short time ago fought for his country in the great battle of the Bulge in Belgium. Albert Harris 'h3u bdAdL all AO COuEu uO was UO | fit Jones' head to his lap and sit quietly as he died. "I thought that would make it a little easier,"l 'aid the quiet youth.
 Albert Harris is considered one , ,f the most important witnesses sver found by the >NAACP in it's ong years of fighting Southern ynch terror. It was pointed out hat in spite of the critical nature f the recent lynch wave,. the FBI las not apprehended one white Southerner on a lynch murder harge. One observer pointed out that it would be extremely odd if 10 arrests were made in this easel ince Harris can positively identi- y members of the mob."
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07

fict. He is at present connect ed with Paramount Studios in New York city and expects to be transferred to their Hollywood office in the near future.
 After the ceremony the couple left on an extended honeymoon.
 They will reside in Brooklyn, New York. <a~
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07
SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. G. Davidson of New Or leans, Louisiana, and recently from the School of Pharmacy in New York City, is spending her vacation in Hartford with her un- cle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. w. K. Hopes. From here she will go to Washington, D. C., to join her husband, Dr. H. J. Davidson and there she will continue her studies in the School of Pharmacy at Howard University.
 ********
 Mrs. Marie Staley of New Lon don was the weekend guest of her sister, Mrs. Cleo Williams of Main St. Densie Johnson of New Haven spent the weekend with Mrs. Williams daughter, Carol Joyce. Mrs. Staley, Mrs. Tezelle Taylor, Densie, Carol Joyce and Mrs. Williams motored to Provi- dence, R. l., recently.
 ********
 Mrs. Pearl Henry of Garden St. recently had as dinner guest MT. and Mrs. Q. W. Williams and daughter, Carol Joyce, and MT. Thomas Swaine of Philadelphia, Pa.
 MT. and Mrs. Cobie Knight and MT. and Mrs. William B. Knight of Bloomfield have re- turned from a vacation trip to Norfolk and Matthews Counties, Virginia. While there they spent some time lat Virginia and Sea view beaches as we'll as an in- spection trip through the plant and offices of the Norfolk Jour nal and Guide.
 A*A*#**# = MT. Oscar .McGregor. of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, is visiting his boyhood chum, MT. Norman Schuster of Sufield St. MT. Me Gregor is in this country taking an accelerated course. preparatory to entering college. He is vet eran of three years service in the Navy.
 ###**#*# l Mrs. Pearl Henry of Garden St. entertained as dinner guests last Sunday Mrs. Grace Bryant of Springfield, Mass; Mrs. Jane Hunter of New York City and Mrs. Alice Price of Hartford. T.
 ****#*## Mrs. and Mrs. Allan Hall, Mrs. Laura Jones, Mrs. Mary Tilley and MT. Ernest Worthy of were guests of MT. Phim Hall at the Turf Club Saturday night. Mrs. Hall is for merly of Cleveland, Ohio.
 *##*###* Mrs. Bessye Profitt has as her house guests MT. and Mrs. William Harris of Corona, l.. l., New { York; MT. and Mrs. Charles An drews of the Bronx, New York, and Mrs. Loretta Yancey of Troy, New York. cLTNTON-MORGAN NUPTIALS T Miss Rachel Clinton, daughter s of MT. and Mrs. George Clinton f of Walnut St. and MT. Cornell Morgan, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Cornell Morgan, ST., of Atlanta, were married Sunday afternoon C at the residence of MT. and Mrs. I Stuart Crawford of Wade Ave, Rev. William King C ,f the Hartford Seminary Found ation performed the ceremony. MT. Morgan was an aerial photo-l yrapher in the recent world con- ,
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-07

Whats the most common reason Or furnaces burning themselves put: 1 am told by the chief en- yineer of the country's largest in- stallers of home heating plants that probably ninety per cent of furnace failures are because of Inadequate siZe.<
 . When you try to wear a suit several sizes too small for your physique, you know what happens. Ihe suit bursts at its seams. It's ''et way with a furnace, too. If t is of too, small size for the heat :~g requirements of the home, it nterally, bursts at the seams, or -oints, thereby rendering it useless :0t obtain an efficient fire from a ',e risk of being asphy-,~cted by he leaking gases. (
 Naturally, the first thought that 'omes to mind when the seams t~st is to' sew them up again, or, the case of the furnace, to have "e joints reset in new cement. -.Lt takes care of the leaks, but ; resn't get at the root of the trou- ,!e. The seams will ,only burst ~-aia, so that the money you have aid out for the new parts and the --cementing is money thrown way. The only sol',tio;, is to re- ace the entire furnace with a new ':e Of larger, more adequate size. 10 save yourself the expense of y.f c~ tvlo furnaces -a a small enc , Y a.,3 l,:.~ oj2e later you need
 Ii --a a..IG tt tie very begin- -s L. .'1Ur TUrit2ce is of the
 -f-~ ,.:s ; .s can
 ,-.' = :--.. md [-3r you ,.-e~. '<,.~: .-.-'s~,~- .--,>7~ts who
 ... - -., .... ' :4 :lr..-.7~ rtan
 = --' '.---. <-.~e nom
 = I~.~..&oe re-
 - t- t1-.e
 c"
The union times., 1946-06-01
Legion Seeks To
 Dust Union Posts

NEW YORK CPD = A charge that the American Legion is seeking to squelch and if possible eliminate labor posts from its ranks was made here at press conference called by officers of the Natl. Conference of Union La Dor Legionnaires.
 Maurice Frank, judge advocate of the labor legionnaires, made public a heretofore suppressed re- port of secret star-chamber ses- sion of legion officials weighing ac- ton against the unionists.
 "The legion" said NCULL Vice Pres. Henry Geisz, lis trying to find ways and means of doing away with , Iboth labor posts themselves or the in diyidua1s in them. They fear democ- acy since the present top leadership remains in power only by suppressing rank-and-file sentiment"
The union times., 1946-06-01
Incumbent Officers Reflected By ITU

INDIANAPOLIS (FP)-Incum- bent officers of the Intl. Typo graphical Union (AFL) were as- sured reelection after unofficial tabuIation of returns from more than 900 locals.
 Pres. Woodruff Randolph and the slate of candidates he headed amassed the largest majorities in the unions history.
 Randolph led his opponent, Allen J Edwards of Miami, Fla, by 28,O67 'tc 11,726. For 1st vice president, Larry Taylor of Dallas, Tex, was running 26,067 to 11,726 for R. J. Highheld of Akron, o. Elmer Brown of New York had boiled 26,741 to 12,356 for William F. Glass of Albany, N. Y. for End vice president.
 In the secretary-treasurer race Don Hurd of Oakland, Calif., with g, ,25l, was assured reelection over Henry F. Clemens of Los An geles, who had 13,8l2. Total vote is expected to reach 6O,OOO. Off cial canvass of the vote will begin May 25.
The union times., 1946-06-01
AFL Sees Fascism
 In Truman's Plan

(Continued from Page One) main on the job against their will by drafting them into the armed forces and making them subject to courf martial if they refuse is slave labor under fascism.
 "To seize private industry anc operate it as long as no agreemen is reached. on a new labor contract constitutes naturalization of indus try, not under socialism, but under fascism.
 'sThe American Federation Of Labor founded upon the princi- pie Of UOluntarisnl and giUing its first and full allegiance to the principles Of American dentOc- racy sViH resist such punitiUe leg isIatiOn as the Case Bill and the GOuernment seizure bilI to its last breath."
The union times., 1946-06-01
CIs To Receive $ Benefits For Time In Service

WASHINGTON (FP)-Members of the armed forces will get credit in their social security accounts at the rate of $l6O a month if Con- gress passes S.22O4, now under dis cussion by the Senate finance com mittee.
 Veterans Administrator Omar Bradley and spokesmen for all the major veteran organizations testified in support of the measure may 22-23, along twith Chairman Arthur J. Alt meyer of the Social Security board.
 Govt. Would Pay
 Under the proposed amendment to the social security act, old age and survivors accounts would be continued during the service in the forces, with the U.S paying the premiums, and coverage would be continued between discharge and re-establishment of the account when the veteran returns to work.
 Under the present rules, surviv- ors of veteran dying during this period cannot collect survivor bene- fits. The re-establishment process sometimes takes l8 months.
The union times., 1946-06-01
''Save-OPA" Mail
 Shutters Record

Continued from Page One) OPA propaganda machine, which is the biggest of the kind ever seen in Washington"
 How About NAM?
 It's interesting how pressure that comes from the people becomes hor- rifying propaganda machine" while the newspapers observers of the Washington scene" never bat an eye at the lobbying of the Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers and other special inter est pressure groups.
 The people-labor and house. wives, consumers and independent citizens groups-should be proud of the fight they put up against crippling OPA. 'sSure, a lot of ii is organized,'' said Sen. Robert F. Wagner CD, N.Y.), chairman of the banking and currency committee and a friend of OPA, ''but you can't drive that many people to do something unless they are interest. ed in it in the first place."
The union times., 1946-06-01

about letting prices go up to ''mOd- erateIy" higher levels, but once they're out of control how do you know where they'll stop, he said.
The union times., 1946-06-01
U s. Steel Paid For Strike Out Of Tax>Exembt ReserVe

was that offered by Majority Lead CT Alben Barkley (Ky.) which di- rects OPA to remove by Dec. Sl, 1946 controls over all commodities ''nOt important to business costs or living cOsts," allows price rises to a moderately higher levep' pro- vided such increases would not ''jeOpardize the stabilizatiOn of the economy" and also declares it to be the policy of Congress to end OPA, most price controls and subsidies by June 30, 1947.
 While presumably offered as com promise to save OPA from complete destruction, Bark1ey's amendment may have the effect of obscuring the price control issue and putting friends of a strong OPA on the spot by offering them an alleged lesser-of-two-evils choice.
 No Amendments!
 Despite rumors that Barkley had the help of OPA in writing the amendment, a high government stabil- ization official told Federated Press that he felt the fight should still be on extending price control without any amendments
 Barkley's proposal raised the ques ton of whether administration policy setters in their zeal for compromise weren't again acting too ready tc abandon ship at the first signs that they might get their toes wet.
 Boris Shiskin of the AFL Re. search Dept. pointed out that Barkley was in effect asking fOl IegaIized imitation. You can talk
The union times., 1946-06-01
Wages Go Down
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) manufacturing industries from $26.37 to $34.23, or 29.89o, for a worker with three dependents. The figure was H.4qo for a single worker.
 During the 1O-month reconver- sion period, downgrading and over time losses have brought average weekly earnings down l3.8 percent in all manufacturing industries, with durable goods industries showing sharper drop of 17.2 percent. These declines take re- cent strike-won wage gains into ac- count.
 Increased prices in these few months have lowered real income about 2 percent more, the report shows. All figures are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The union times., 1946-06-01
Workers, However,
 Paid Through Nose

NEW YORK (FP) = The four weeks which U. s. Steel Corp. forced its workers out on strike last winter before grant ing their wage demands may have eaten up many a workers saw ings but quarterly report of the corporation reveals that fancy bookkeeping helped the firm come through with an uninter- rupted flow of dividends and profits at the taxpayers expense.
 For the first quarter of 1946, Big Steel paid the regular $1.75 dividend on preferred stock and the usual $l share on common stock. It is reported a net income of $1O,238,27l for the first three months of 1946 compared to $l5,. 379,l7l for the same period last year, when wartime sales were $49l ,O85,1 Sales in the three months this year amounted to only $265, ,856, ,787.
 The profits and dividends were de clared despite a cost of $27, ,887, ,O0O for the strike. It was not done by mirrors, just neat little bookkeep- ing trick. Cost of the strike was met not out of current profits but $16,- 737,000 of it out of a reserve piled up during the war for abnormal costs arising out of the war" and $1l, ,15O,- 900 out of savings on 1o46 income taxes, cost of the strike being deducti- ble for tax purposes.
 PIG Percent Higher
 The $100 million which U. s. Stee set aside as reserve during the war would otherwise have swelled its huge wartime profit of $368 million, N6% higher than prewar, to embarrassing proportions. Set aside as reserves and taken as profit in 1o46, they not only financed the strike but were complete 1y deductible from taxes which nor mally apply to such profits.
 To wind up the balance sheet, note that U. s. Steel used the strike to wangle a $5-a-ton increase in the price of steel which is expect. ed to net it PTS million year, $9O million more than the wage in. crease cost. No wonder the Wall Street Journal, commenting on the US. Steel report, said the corpora ton directors 'sare not pessimistie about the earnings outlook for the rest of the year,"
The union times., 1946-06-01
On The Scene Tn Washington
By MIRIAM KOLKIN
 Federated Press
OPA FACES SENATE STORM

The Hull before the renewed Con- gressional storm on OPA and labor came to an abrupt end this week when members of the Senate bank ing and currency committee heaped some 3O-odd proposed amendments onto the price control extension bill, most of which would main that agency beyond recognition.
 While the amendments themselves will probably be reworded and shuffled around in committee, they're an ominous portent of the life-and-death struggle awaiting OPA on the floor of the Senate. Of the g amendments introduced, only one would strengthen the peoples fight against imitation. Proposed by Senator F. William Full bright (p., Ark.), it would require the Bureau of Internal Revenue to use its forces in helping OPA beat down the black market
 Equally Vicious
 The other amendments are as men acing as those written into the bill by the House, which aroused the Ameri- can people to a pitch of indignant letter-writing to congressman unparal- 1e1ed in capitol hill history.
 Most controversial amendment
The union times., 1946-06-01
Conn. Senators Get LabOr's Telegrams
Continued from Page One)

(Contlnued from Fage One)
 Nathan Sherman, editor of The Union Times, wired:
 'State aroused as never before over Truman proposal and Case Bill. Hope final vote can be de- layed until national hysteria has subsided. Can we get hearing on Truman Bill?"
The union times., 1946-06-01
5 Housing Co-Ops
 For National Body

CHICAGO (LPA)-The idea that unionists, or other mutual-beneft groups, could ever get together to build model homes in model commit mites, all on non-pro6t basis, used to be laughed at as "a dream" Last week, that notion was finally exp1od- ed when 100 men and women, repre- senting s thriving cooperative and mutual housing projects in 12 states, with thousands of families back of them, launched the Natl. Cooperative Mutual Housing Association.
The union times., 1946-06-01
.AFL Janitors Win
 15% WageIncrease

CHICAGO (FP)-A new contact granting 15% wage increase was won by 5000 members of Local 1, Building Service Employees Intl. Un- ion (AFL). The agreement brings Chicago janitors' wages 3290 higher than they were Jan. 1, 1o41.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
FALL Is BEST
OF ALL

Fall brings the golden days Of the
year to North Carolina. Days Of
sparkling sunshine-crisp, invigorat-
ing days. Once again the ancient
mountains are clothed in 4 riot Of glo-
rious color = brilliant yellows, reds
and Colds. Hiking trails are At their
best. Fish bite better. All outdoor
sports have added zest. Mountain and
seashore resorts will be open through
October.
The old guides say: "Fall fishing is
best in North Carolina" On the coast
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Gettysburg BattlenedA map recently prepared by AAA
By Jacques FutrelIe. Jr.
The Ster's Trovsl Editor

which the Confederate army swirled
and thundered in vain, there to
reach its high-water mark, Is now
a scene of peaceful beauty, dotted
with more than 1000 markers and
monuments and cut by more than rs
miles of paved avenues, to bring
today's generation closer to a real
ization of the valor of the men who
fought there. And for this reason,
too, the park and its services are
available to visitors each day of the
year.
For those who might wish to make
a Labor Day holiday pilgrimage
over the historic ground next week
end, a map of the area, designating
outstanding points for the tourist S
attention, is presented. 1t is not
recommended that the map inspire
a self-guided tour. The average per-
son can gain fullsome appreciation
Of the story of Gettysburg only from
one stepped in its history, and the
American Automobile Association,
which prepared the tracing, urges
that the motoring party pick up a
guide to learn from his fund OF
knowledge the significance of what
they see. The map does, however,
prepare the visitor for points of in
terest he will inspect and will recall
names that may be half forgotten.
The layout Of the roads will also
Evening star., 1946-08-25

(See NOTEBOOK, Page B-5.)
Evening star., 1946-08-25

deep-sea fishing is good through No
yemberwith dolphin, amb erjack, king
hsh (cero) and bonito offshore i.
surf casting for channel bass and
excellent black bass fishing in the
sounds and bays. Boats, guides an d
accommodations are available.
Thefamed hotels and inns Of South
ern Pines, Pinehurst, Sedgefield and
Tryon, in the Sandhills country, open
in October for the Fall and Winter
seasons. Here winter golf Is at ito
best.
A motor trip along Tie Blue RIDE
Pdrkw0y through tie most magnificent
scenery in Eastern Ameytca IS out Of
this World
Come nowi Enjoy the glorious Fall
season in North Carolina. Mail the
coupon today.