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Evening star., 1946-09-19

only magicians' tricks, that their
master soon found himself q leading
professional prestidigitator, an anna
ter no longer,
1t was friend of this schoolmate
who introduced Roner to the pocket
picking phase of his entertainment
career. This man, a professional
pickpocket, would teach Roner only
the essentials needed for one trick
the magician. had conceived, how
ever. 1t would be unethical to do
more. he said, for a man who wasn't
member of the brotherhood. He
did provide the name of a man in
Warsaw who might be of some as
sistance, though, so Roner had him
self booked in Warsaw. unworried
by the fact that he knew little
Polish.
The Warsaw man was not very
enthusiastic about teaching his art
to non-member of the brotherhood,
but RoQer talked him down by
promising never to compete profess
sionally with any pickpocket in good
standing with his union. Took a
month of schooling after the profess
sor accepted him. before Roner was
adjudged a qualified pickpocket, not
calculated to bring disgrace on the
profession by undue clumsiness.
That day at the Italian border, he
probably considered the Warsaw
month the one out Of his whole life
put to best use.
\
The Midnight Merry CO. Round:
On the third night of its engagement
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want him to make it. Being q pro.
fessional pickpocket (for entertain
ment purposes only, of course), Mr.
Roner was not too dismayed by the
prospect. however. Certain that he
would think of something when the
time arrived, he talked a friend
into crossing the Italian frontier to
bring back report on the
procedure.
Mr.. Roner and his wife tried 1t
the next day and found all as the
friend had reported. There was the
customs guard at the desk, check
ing names on passports against q
voluminous list of those the Ger
mans did not want to slip through
their fingers. There was the second
guard, a rubber stamp hanging
from a cord pinned to his coat.
There was a long line, but Mr..
Roner approached the second guard
and engaged him in voluble argu-
ment. 1t was all the opportunity
a deft-fingered man needed. Soon
the Roners were on their way. pass
ports stamped by Roner, while the
guard merely thought he was hav-
ing an argument with a dim -witted
foreigner.
Once you see Mr.. Roner in action
at the Treasure Island, where he
currently is making his pocket pick
ing pay entertainment dividends,
you will readily understand how he
could play tricks like that on a bor-
der guard or any one else. He had
no thought that such nimbleness of
finger ever would save his life when
he took 1t up, but he did go to ex-
perts for his training 1t all started
some years before the war, when
Roner was storekeeper in Vienna,
whose hobby was amateur magic.
A favor he did for an old schoolmate
"a man on the lam who had to bor-
row passport for a few months)
was repaid when the schoolmate
taught Mr.. Roner a number of the
card manipulations of professional
gamblers. These gamblers tricks so
mystified all magicians, who knew
Evening star., 1946-09-19

Mr.. Roner made the quick decision
that Vienna was not his hometown
any longer, put in a phone call for
the coffee house where he knew
his wife was at the moment.
do you have your passport and
some money with you?" he asked,
scarcely waiting for the Affirmative
reply before going on. Don't go
home, but meet me at the railroad
station. When you see me, don't
say anything. Just follow me and
do as I do. Don't ask questions now.
When you get out on the street,
you'll understand. Hurry"
Mrs. Roner hurried. Shortly the
two arrived in zahgreb to discover
they had been aboard the last train
to cross the Yugoslsvian frontier
after the Nazis took over Austria.
This, of course, was only. a tenn
porary haven. so Mr.. Roner ar
ranged with his agent for booking
in Belgium as soon as possible, even
though fully aware that the trip
to Belgium, by way of Italy, Swift
zerland and France might not be
easy for a well-known European
entertainer If the Nazis did not
Evening star., 1946-09-19

at the Casino Royal, the only night
We can report on so far, Jack Wyatt S
new orchestra was sounding very
much like the best thing of its kind
in town There's a name" band
sound to the Wyatt music: it's solid
rhythmically and clean and bouncy.
Right now there's a need for a few
acoustic drapes to cut the decibels
on some numbers, for wheni band
like this one gets riding, the boys
have to blow those horns. They
don't sound right If they try to
hold back. But on the whole, Mr..
Wyatt is offering something that
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ought to have the dancers fiocking
around him :. Another spot where
things are right again is the Cafe
Caprice of the Roger Smith Hotel,
which has Sammy Seymours quartet
back. It's one of the best small
groups around these parts.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs
Trade Resistered 0. g Patent once
By Harry Macarthur

Fred Roner walked out of a
Vienna movie house one afternoon
In 1888 and saw a policeman wear
ing a swastika armband. Across
the street another policeman,
trifle slower, was Importantly pin
ming similar emblem on his arm.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
Goering Boasts Of His NaZi Power

NUREMBERG, March 13, P)- Lecturing his Allied judges as if they were schoolboys, Goering testified that Hitler seized power in 1883, "to make Germany free" The leader among the g Nazis on trial for war crimes, boastfully emphasized his own importance in snatching control for the Nazi party. He asserted the army plot against Hitler was barely averted a few hours before the first Hitler cabinet took oath thirteen years ago.
 Goering charged the military plot was instigated by Gen. Kurt von Schleicher, who was slain the following year in the Ernst Roehm blood purge, by Gen. Curt von Hammerstein, former com mander of the German army, with the help of the Potsdam garrison.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
Senate Would Give Atomic Control To Military

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, (P)- Secretary of Commerce Wallace said the atomic energy control bill drafted by the special Senate com mittee "has potentially delivered U. s. into the hands of military fascism." Wallace comment d , with anger in his voice after the committee voted to set up a mili- tary liaison committee to work with the control commission of five civilians.
 Wallace asserted the committee voted to "place the control of atomic energy in the hands of the military. This exceedingly unfor- tunate development, I hope, when American people realize the sig nificance of it, will rise in their wrath and let the Senators know what their action means"
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

noon hearing witnesses on the veterans act, and then took the afternoon off for committee work.
 When the House Tuesday mov- ed to suspend rules to pass the income tax, co-author Gill pro- tested that the legislature should not act hastily on an extremely important bill" He declared the legislature has three ways of rais- ing funds: by a sales tax, bonding the Territory as suggested by the Governor, or income tax. "No matter which we choose, we will be damned from here to Nome, but still let's not be hasty." The measure goes to the top of the cal endar for Wednesday.
 House Bill Nineteen, relative to impeachments, which was in- definitely postponed Monday, but which Hope asked to be permitted to reconsider. A pivotal vote brought it back Tuesday for fur ther discussion. Shattuck charged the bill will be used to smear of- ficials, Bukovitch added "just be- fore election" but Peterson point ed out that the measure does not apply to legislators. The bill was left for further consideration as the House went into whole com mittee hearing on the tuberculo- sis measure.
 The Senate killed both Bills
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 13, R- Ray Midland has been named the best actor of 1945, for his DOT trayal of man in his cups in The Lost Weekend. That picture was chosen as the best motion picture of the year. The annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts awarded the "oscar" for the top feminine award to Joan Craw- ford, who is home in bed with in fluenza, for her role as Mildred Pierce.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
PARIS, March. 13, (P - The

PARIS, March. 13, (P - The foreign office said Russia had re- piled favorably to the French pro- posal to take the Spanish ques- ton before the United Nations se- curity council. Diplomatic officials in Washington said it was virtual ly certain that United States will oppose the French plan, contend ing that the Franco regime, what ever else it might be, is not a threat to international peace, hence not the proper subject for the security council.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
Alaska Steamship Gets New Ships

SEATTLE, Mar. 13, (E) - The first of Alaska Steamship Com pany's newly assigned cargo ships for the Alaska run, "Clove Hitch" was in Seattle Tuesday, arriving from San Francisco. The 5,000-ton coastal type carrier is being groomed for the new service.
 Company officials expect it to be ready for loading March 20. Ten additional vessels will be op- erated by the company for the War Shipping Administration, and are expected to be here shortly.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
STRIKES At A Glance

The nations labor disputes keep approximately 750,OO0 idle. Major developments are:
 Automotive An anonymous General Motors official says the company and the union have reached an agreement on the wage issue, and only a flew other non- economic issues" are remaining to be solved. Negotiations continue after an all-night session.
 A union spokesman says that settlement appears imminent.
 Coal - Actual negotiations be- tween United Mine Workers and bituminous coal producers are not expected to start until next week. The union will present arguments today in support of nine general demands, including higher pay and shorter work week, and a health and welfare fund for 400,- 900 soft coal workers.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

NUREMBERG, Mar. 13, (P)- Field Marshal Werner von Bonn berg, minister of war in the first Hitler cabinet, died of heart fail ure at the 1l6th general hospital, where we was waiting to be sum moned as a witness in the Nuern- berg trials.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
NEWS IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON, Mar. l3, R)- The Army reported it had raised in five months a volunteer force of 600,000, the largest of it's kind in the nations history. The force is the nucleus of the projected peacetime army of a half million goal set for July 1.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

VANCOUVER, B. C., Mar. 13, (P)-Nine Vancouver stores are involved in an alleged hundred thousand dollar black market in textiles. Investigations are spread ing to other British Columbia points, it is revealed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. It is believed linked with the mil lion dollar waterfront dockyard textile theft ring disclosed in Hal flax last week.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

WASHINGTON, Mar 13, PD- Krug will take over all the duties formerly performed by Ickes, when Krug becomes Interior Sec retary on March Is. Truman made it clear, at news conference, that Krug will serve as petroleum ad- ministrator, and other capacities which Ickes performed through out the war.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

WASHINGTON, Mar. l3, P- A recent count of Alaska reindeer showed about 65,oO0, in addition to the thousands of reindeer which the Interior Department said were running wild in the Territory and were difficult to roundup.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, F- President Truman made no ex- pression of his views, at a news conference, on the Churchill pro posal for a virtual Anglo-Ameri- can military alliance, but he indi- cated he will have something to say at some future time.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13
EXTRA SESSION HICHLIGHTS

War II Veterans Act, the measure . known as Senate Bill Nine intro duced by the committee on educa- tion and public health and morals, proposed a sales tax as the means of raising revenue, not to ter n ate until $3,000,000 have been built up, permits personal or ed ucational loans on promissory notes up to S5,000 home or farm loans, and up to $10,000, secured by 809o mortgage, business loans, up to $20,000, secured in the same manner, home loans. The alterna- tive to a loan, the veteran may elect to receive $15 for each month served in the armed forces. The measure appropriates $250,000 to open revolving fund, also for ad- ministration purposes by a five member board. The sales tax would be one half of one percent. .SSenate Bill Ten would make it unlawful for checks or other nego- tiable instruments to be cashed in liquor establishments.
 House bill by Warren Hen nings would provide judiciary proceedings for removal of public officers by impeachment, not to apply to members of the legisla- ture
 By Pollard and Anderson, to in- crease the wolf and coyote bounty to $40 and S25 respectively, and to appropriate $60,00O.
 By Johnson, to provide direct &election of national committeeman and committeewomen, delegates and alternates to national conven- tions.
 By Peterson, to regulate the control, through licensing, the practice of non-allopathetic heal ing.
 Just when Shattuck's blanket ballot bil Twas getting favorable attention in the House, McCutch- con secured an amendment of put ting the choice of ballot forms up to the electorate as a referendum. The same measure was killed in the last legislature.
 \ New bills introduced were: By Anderson, to amend Chapter 57 to increase the payment of election judges and clerks.
 By Peterson, to create an Alas ka library commission.
 By Krause, Hope and Warren, to create an office to improve and protect salmon spawning areas.
 By Walsh, Pollard and Huntley, to secure an expression of the vot- CTS on the desirability of Terri torial control of intoxicating li- quors at the next general election.
 The House passed Bill Five ex- tending the 1945 selective service act to cover Alaska and grant re- employment benefits to Territorial veterans.
 Bill Eighteen to increase wolf and coyote bounties to $60. Bill Thirteen creating the office of commissioner for assistance to prospectors.
 Indefinitely postpones Bill Eight to reorganize executive depart ments.
 Bill Nine to reapportion the 9Third Division into election dis
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

The lens of the eye continues to grow in size throughout life.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13, (P) CIO longshoremen who voted to strike if their demands for 35 cent on hour wage increase was not met by April first, had before them an offer of an Is cent an hour increase by the Waterfront Employers Assn. The raise would make the pay $1.33 per hour. The union demands S150. Harry Brid- ges ILWU president declined to comment.
The Nome nugget., 1946-03-13

SEATTLE, Mar. 13, .R - The dispute which tied up the SS Aleutian at Ketchikan Monday was settled Tuesday, agent Ed Coester of the Sailors Union of the Pacific said. He said the dis pute concerned working the cargo by ships crews in Alaska ports. He described the settlement as a truce to remain in effect about fifteen days.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
CHARGES VA NEGLE(TS
VETERANS IN SOUTH

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 9
(ANP)-Dr. William H. Gray Jr.,
president of Florida A. and M. col
lege, returned here after confer
ring at length with Sen. Claude
Pepper and other government Of
ficials in Washington, protesting
the failure of the Veterans ad-
ministration of Florida to establish
appropriate educational counseling
services for Negro veterans in the
state.
President Gray pointed out that
Florida was one Of the few south
ern states that has not established
advisement centers for veterans,
and called Sen. Peppers attention
to the fact that on May Is, the
Veterans administration finally
employed eight Negro training Of
ficers, and on July Is, notified the
entire eight that their services
were being terminated. Sen. Pep
per pledged an active interest to
see that these training officers
would be restored to duty and that
Negro advisement centers would
be established in Florida.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
Colonial Fighters To Be Cut
From Victory Parade Films

side of the show was the
degradation of our womenfolk.
They were shown naked, even in
some parts entirely naked -.
'This is the stuff that imperial
ism revel in-the African must be
presented to the world at his worst,
not best. Worse pictures than the
Colonial Film Unit made of the Gold
Coast are being taken daily in Lon
don, but obviously these are not for
sale. Unfortunately for imperialists
the world is getting narrower every
day and the window-dressing seems
to impress no one."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
LOS ANGELES DRUGGIST TO
CONTINUE EVICTION FIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 (ANP)
Backed morally by every fair
minded citizen in the community,
DR.. H. Claude Hudson, well known
druggist, for many years presi-
dent of the local branch of the
NAACP, is determined to- carry
the fight to keep his home of long
residence to the state supreme
court if necessary. In action on a
demurrer filed last week to nullify
suit to eject him from his home
at 1880 S. Van Ness Ave-, Superior
Court Judge Alfred S. Bartlett re-
;ected the motion. The Hudson
family moved into the home early
this year. A suit entsred by Q white
neighbor brought on the court
action.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
Tuaf6fE VETERINARY
MEDICINE SCHOOL
RE0RCANIzED

TUSKEGEE, Sept. 9 (ANP) =
Following the resignation of DR..
E. B. Evans as dean of the school
of veterinary medicine to assume
the presidency of Prairie View
college, President F. D. Patterson
has announced that, pending the
selection of a successor to DR..
Evans, he will serve as acting dean.
C. l.. Washington, former general
manager of Motion field, has been
appointed administrative assistant
to the dean of the school.
Grants by the state Of Alabama
and from other sources totalling
more than $600,000 are available
for construction of the Veterinary
Medicine building. Every effort,
said DR.. Patterson, is being made
to have materials for construction
released so that work on the build
ing may begin this fall.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09

LONDON, Sept. 9 (ANP)-Co-
lonial military units will be deleted
before the films of the recent Vic
tory parade will be shown to the
world, it was learned here.
In commenting on the move to
blot out colonial fighters, the Afri-
can Daily Comet said:
"The cutting Of colonial units
from the film version of the London
Victory parade being screened in
England and which, no doubt, will
be screened in other parts of the
world for purposes of imperial prop
aganda, arouses not so much resent
ment in us as contempt. The invita-
ton of these gallant men who had
fought to preserve Imperialism to
London proves to be after all an act
dictated by mere expediency.
Doubtless, the screening of CO.
lonial troops in their smart kits and
bearing to white audiences would
not help the imperial cause in any
way. Such a film may have 'unfavor-
able repercussions abroad. People
may have other notions about the
so-called British paternalism being
presented as something genuine and
selfless.
Elsewhere in this issue, a CORE
spondent condemns recent edition
of the Colonial Film unit entitled
Fight for Life According to our
contributor Graceful Africans both
men and women were presented in
diverse disgraceful attires. The men
were shown with old rags on their
bodies and little strips of cloths
around their waists ;. The most
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
ATLANTIC city VI(E-BAR0N
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept. 9
(ANP)-Austin Clark, alias Dick
Austin, So, was held in $1,000 bail
for the grand jury after hearing
before Recorder Shahadi, on
charges Of maintaining and oper-
ating a disorderly house.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
SUCCESS OF CARVER HEALTH
CENTER ATTE5T5 COMMUNITY
COOPERATION

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 8
(ANP)-George Washington Car
yer Health center, now in it's eighth
month of service to the community,
can truly be called a successful CO.
operative venture. Begun under the
joint sponsorship of the Fort Worth
Urban league and the City Health
department, the center offers well
organized health program for citi
zens of all ages.
Organizations which made initial
moves for the health center, besides
the Urban league and the health de-
partment, included the Local Negro
Nurses association, and the Ruth
Charity club. Local churches, other
organizations and civic-minded citi-
zens soon responded also, and work
ing together built the health center,
dedicating it to an eminent man.
The center, which has five physi-
clans and three dentists on the all
Negro staff, was furnished and
equipped through the generous do
nations from citizens and organiza-
tions; the lounge was furnished by
the Service Mems center committee,
white, and dental equipment was
donated by local Negro dentist.
The services include well-child
conferences, well-child clinics, i'm
munization, nutrition and dental
clinics, X-ray clinics and health edu-
cation public meetings. A full-time
registered nurse supervises the pro-
gram. Since the opening on Jan. 30,
there has been a steady increase in
the number of adults and children
served, and the entire community is
benefited by the tremendous heath
gains.
Individual citizens, who have con-
tributed much to the success of the
project, include.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-09-09
PEACE OFFICER AIDS FuGITIvES ESCAPE

A Z K 5 . N, Miss, Sept. y
(ANP) = An unidentified peace
officer is credited with blocking
possible lynching here recently
by misleading an all-white posse
in search of Johnny Craft, marine
veteran, who is being held in the
Kinds county Jail on charges of
being the leader in the battle of
Sullivan's Hollow in Smith county
where four peace officers were
wounded.
Crafts escape, according to Of
ficers here Saturday, was affected
by the help of white law en-
forcement officer who knew where
he and other fugitives were hiding
in the woods that were surrounded
by Gordon of the 2OO-man posse.
The officer is said to have steered
the posse in another direction and
later picked up Craft, gave him
ride toward Jackson, and advised
him to surrender to the Kinds
county jailer in order to be placed
in the "mob-proof" Kinds county
Jail.
Johnny told the jailer he had
slipped through the posse by walk
ing to Mendenhall and down the
G. & S. |. railroad to Florence
where he caught a ride here, Off
GERS said Crafts surrender on
Aug. 13 climaxed a 24-hour man
hunt for members of the Craft and
Cooper families allegedly involved
in the Sullivan's Hollow shooting
in which one Negro was also
wounded in the battle.
Reports, following the capture
OF Is members of the two Negro
families, charged two white fami-
lies with the shooting during feud-
ing over hiring Negro farm work
ers. Police nabbed last week CO.
year-old H. j. Sullivan and his 49,
year-old nephew, Herbert H. Sulli-
van, both whites, after receiving
information that the four peace
officers were wounded during "a
smoldering feud between white
families"
Johnny is said to have admitted
shooting into a car in which two
white men were riding but denied
firing on the peace officers. He is
being held in Kinds county jail
along with Garfield, w. O., T. j.,
and Bill Craft. No reports were
made on what authorities plan to
do with the two Sullivans nor
what action will be taken against
the four Craft brothers.
Speculation is also rife as to
what will be the white law enforce
ment officers fate that helped
save Johnny from possible lynch
ing.