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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
BrO0dlUGy Story Teller
 DaliaOn RunyOn Succumbs

New York. Dec. IL, CUpl- Damon Ralnyon, the Broadway story teller. died last night tn Memorial Hospital after asking the guys and dolls on the big stem Co see that there was nc fuss over his passing. ,.
 Friends said there would be no funeral services. that Runyon's s body. at his request, would be ere mated at an Undiscaosed time. He had asked that his ashes be strewn over Manhattan Island hy his friend. Capt, Eddie Rickenhacker,
 Rnnvon was 6a. His physicians announced that he died of cancer. He had been unable to talk since throat operation in le4A. but swappeo wisecracRS and opinions with his associates on a pad of paper. He entered the hospital Fri- day and had been in 6 coma for 24 hours when he died at T:Oe P. M.
 Salted Stories With Slang
 Rungon, oeSpectacled. given to snap -brimmed hats and fiaShy clothes. was famous as a short- story writer, was a Syndicated cole umniSt, but considered himself pri- marily a reporter.
 His literary style was Salted with Broadway slang. His success was in his characters, Harry the Horse, Louie the Lug. Joe and Ethel Twesp. Regret the Horse-Player, Apple Annie. and Little Miss Marker. 1t was the film portrayal of the latter that lifted Shirley Temple to staraom.
 He wrote a play. "A Slight Case of Murder in collaboration with Harry Lindsay. Friends said Runyon began writing short stories during the depression because he needed extra money. and never spent more than two days working on one.
 Came From Manhattan. Kan.
 Runyon psoplec his stories with characters he met in the night in Broadway spots in the 40'S and sos. He once said:
 "A piece I wrote about canary birds got more response than any, taing I could write about a real serious subject. You'd be surprised
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
Reducing Presents
 Problems
MIRlAM wEENRlR

NW4NGfN81F &NGN&&taM NHN3r4I9
 ~ yo0 WelfA as much as ls poondS more than average. now Is the t4Me to rea0ce. But do moi FN. 1oce except under e pAgxscsaNss gotdance, Sf yoa are oneer % years of age, or are a yoNag mother. or have orgeNlc combinations.
 East very aittae of the gran tooas bread, rolls, crackers, cereals, pes macaronl cakes and cookies, The best starting point would be the emission of xach desserts such aS cake and pastry, By Saossat0ting tteits end custar0s. you can txsm Of 100 to 800 caaogaes.
 For every tablespoon of fat somit~ eed, as sn fried food. salad sreSSsnzS, you can cut another 100 calosses.
 On the positive side. eat plenty of fruits and vegetables regularly. including potatoes. For VStanasn B safety choose often rom seeS~ type vegetables such as peas, lima beans and corn. Use plenty of pro- bein foods such as miR, eggs. and cheese. Of course, the overweight person shouldn't substitute an equal caaorie total for the grain foods he IS emitting if he wishes to lose pounds.
 The undeEweight person can get into the nations drive to conserve food and fight famine. However sf you are more than 10 pounds under weight. you must not lower the cal- orie total or try the low calorse meals. If you plan b eat less grain foods and fat, then yoa must eat more generously of other foods eS- pecially milk, eggs, cheese, fruits, potatoes, and other vegetables.
 You may have free of charge the booklet skinny" Down the Scale, 1" .Sreamline Your Figure" by writ Ing or calling the Waterbury Nutra- ton Council. s7 Central Avenue. 5-llS5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
JudgeTro roland Gives SAddress

The Proper Function of Courts sn America" was the subject of an ao- dress by Superior Court Judge Thomas E. Trolan6 at a joint meet ing of the economies, sociology. ana government classes at the Univer- sity of Connecticut Extension Gen. ter at Begnal School last night.
 Judge Troland. who is currently presiding in this city was intro- duced by Superior Court Probation Ofhcer Kathleen Crowley. a sociol- ogy instructor al the university ex- tension.
 Judge Troland discussed the early conception of rights" and traced the development of regulations and laws which offset the original be- lief that might makes right"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
Conitol Cleaned

Hartford, Dec. il--(UP)- Spittoons at the State Capitol were beginning to glean again today. And so were legislative desks and other apptirtenances. Workmen started house-clean- ing in preparation. for the l947 General Assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-11
OOAIPENsATFON AGREEMENT

NJIII T9tIloaIIl7I1 I7O771711ICSln71pT Harry Krascw today approved the following agreements for weekly payments during disability:
 Michael A. Killian of 8 Pleasant Street against Railway Express Agency. Inc, S27es beginning Oct. g, injuries to left elbow and left eye
 Antonio Altimari Of Torrineton against American Brass Company of Torrington. S23sl beginninr Nov. g. head injury.
 Joseph Bruno of Torrington against T0rrington Companv. S27.s2 beginning Nov. 22. fracture Of first left finger.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Rites For Reedy
Held Saturday
SuccumbS In Lee Memorial
Hospital After A Brief
Illness

Funeral services for Pvt. Car
son Dale Reedy, 30, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lenord C. Reedy, OF
Crumpler, and wife of the former
Miss Hazel Walton, was held Sat
urday at II o'clock at the New
River Baptist church. The Revs.
Herbert Caldwell, Carl Sturgill
and Paul Phipps were the officia-
ting ministers and burial followed
in the family cemetery.
Pvt. Reedy, who recently re-
turned from serving overseas in
the U. S. Army, died in the Lee
Memorial hospital at Marion, Va,
last Wednesday night, after a
sudden and brief illness.
Survivors are, in addition to
his wife and parents, two chill
dren, Lenord Bruce and Shirley
five brothers, Gilmer, Willard
Jack, Bobbie and Don Reedy
three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Trull
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
DEA p J liz! II! LADY 81

what, for instance?"
"About the er - prowler who
broke into her house and shot her
husband" said Tracy CURLY.
Ann caught her breath and
stared at him.
dan Barton has been shot?
And by a prowler?" she stammer-
ed and little chill wind seemed
to touch her suddenly.
$50 his hysterical wife assured
a couple of radio car policemen
at four o'clock this morning, .
Tracy told her dryly. Il
Ann stared at him, puzzled and
resentful. ''And you don't be-
lieve herr" She answered his tone
rather than his words.
do your"
AIMS chin went up a little and
her eyes matched his for chill. 81
have no reason to doubt her-Why
should your"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
MANYPROTEST SITE OF
UNO HOME IN CONN.

Greenwich, Gonna growing
storm of protest Whirled through
this highly residential commune
ty this week over the UNO site
committees recommendation that
the world capital of the United
Nations be erected in Connect
cut and Westchester County, N. Y.
The recommendation, announc-
ed Saturday before the seven
man site committee returned to
London to submit its report to the
UNO General Assembly, surpris-
ed residents of this area-a ia
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

vorite retreat for many wealthy
New York businessmen.
Throughout the afternoon.
aroused owners of estates that
would be swallowed up in the in
ternational zone, gathered in
small groups at private homes TO
discuss what, if anything, they
could do to forestall loss of their
land and eventual eviction.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
X. - saisss Ss&t.
Veterans Given
Special Benefits

Special benefits are being
granted veterans in qualifying for
a position" says Beach Keller,
representative Of the USES. Vet
Grams who are qualified for an
applied for position have five
points added to their examination
rating. Disability veterans, who
have ten points, are placed at the
top of the list of qualified appli-
cants, regardless Of earned rating,
and he stated, ''some positions are
restricted by law to persons with
veteran preference"
Positions formerly closed to the
general public can be opened to
veterans. However, Mr.. Keller
stated that the veterans are urged
to limit their applications to the
best opportunities on the USES
list.
Any additional information de-
sired by veterans may be obtained
from Beach Keller.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

The year 1916 is not a good
time to begin farming if the UNI
dertaking involves going into
debt, says Economist H. B.
James of the Extension Service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Mrs. Helen Grinstead and Miss
Edith Reedy.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

To the Norfolk and Western it is Of the results
of long, arduous years devoted to improvement
of service.
The Norfolk and Western and the other rail-
roads of America are awake, alert, progressive.
BY constant research, study and Improvement the
Norfolk and Western will continue to forge ahead
always offering its patrons the last word in
Precision Transportation.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Norfolk and Western representatives. are
located in many of the principal cities through
out the country. They are anxious to help you
with rotes and routes and to tell you about other
fast schedules not shown here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

The millions of man-hours and the millions Of
dollars expended by the Norfolk and Western
Railway in the Everlasting Quest for better
freight service for its patrons - shippers and
receivers of freight between the Midwest and
Virginia. Carolina i paying dividends in to-
morrows faster freight schedules - now.
These new schedules are the result of study.
experimentation, experience, planning and
research = all down the line = at headquarters
in the field - and in the laboratory.
To you this freight service means faster. safer,
more economical shipment of your merchandise.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13
Woods-Fletcher Rites
A Social Event
BY G. ID.

BY G. d.
Miss JacqueIyn Woodson. the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jane.
Woodson Of San Francisco. vas
married 10 Mr.. william /. Flet-
cher. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Artle
Lee Fletcher Of Danville. II. in
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13

which unfair newspapers IA
much ado. was that cp.o-=d -ss
papers. ministers and si1 0: j
lumoians sought to make :
phone calls 10 the city AID V
thwarted in their effo. Al !
Yestigatiou is TO BE- 1at= 10 i
out if anybody in COLUMBIA 20
ally had the right 70 -=:gss !
complete q regular long tis.E5
telephone call TO COLUMBIA ID
mers OF the Telephone system !
their eagerness to gel ne;ilss
through TO colored persons Il
city it was necessary 70 Il.
kilograms. one attempt=1 use:
his telephone is saying
Colored leaders in COLUMBIA !
lieye that had they no: go7
Mrs. Stephenson and aer 1
James out OF Jail promptly al. !
so taken the precautior 70 q
and then black out the sectiN !
which they lived. those d
boastfully stated that they u
going 10 carry out . lya,4
might have done so. They ii! !
believe that local agIhor4
would prevent a lynCh.-E i i
any more than their p-e1ece:z
did in other cases with whlct i
ored Coluubiaus have been All
Sd for the past Is years Or n
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13

claim 10 have found some liquor.
Undertaken Morton appears 10
have been selected as a ringlead-
81 when the unreasonable search
aad seizure OF his home was
made. He was put in jail and
kept all through Tuesday night
Nashville friends OF the under
taker and other leaders made bond
OF $4,000 each for the jailed men
However. Columbia citizens had
not released the men Wednesday
afternoon.
When news OF the Columbia
trouble spread throughout the IA
ton It was made much Of in met
ropolitan daiiles. all OF them tax
ing the angle that Negroes had
staged a riot The National As
sociation for the Advancement OF
Colored People took prompt action
IN petItioning Gov McCord for a
fair administration OF the law. L.
5. Attorney General Clark was
iuportuned TO have District AttoE.
ney Horace Frierson make an il
Eestigstion
After all OF the danger TO lives
and damage to property had taken
place the mayor and highway pa
troll chief took commendable &C
ton TO allay the trouble. They
went about the city, and especially
the colored section, with loud
speakers assuring the people that
Il vas well and that the military
men were in town TO protect all
citizens. regardless OF race. It is
believed that had this sort of
broadcast been done at the very
beginning OF threatened hostilities
there never would have been any
shooting. Colored citizens breathed
happily when IL was made plain
10 them that they. too. would be
protected by the large contingent
OF uniformed men sent to Column
bia- They did not have such as
surance when they observed that
only colored homes were invaded
in search OF firearms, and when.
out OF 10 persons arrested. So
were Negroes and only two were
white.
Attorneys Of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People OF both the Chatta-
nooga and Nashville branches are
understood to have been instruct
ed to make full investigation OF
the Columbia outbreak and TO
seek by every legal means to pro-
tect the colored citizens in their
civil rights.
One phase of the affair. out of
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13
MORE ABOUT
RIOTS

Nashville for cafe keeping. was
set free By grand jury action
Cordie. after being released from
the Nashville Jail. vent TO the
home Of q relative near Fisk Uni
versity, and very shortly there
after, members OF a mob came to
the home brandishing shotguns.
took the boy away in car and
lynched him near Columbia. It is
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13

reported that there were some
500 persons in the mob. Nobody
vas ever convicted or tried for
that brutal lynching.
II was with these thoughts in
mind that colored Columbians
prepared to prevent the lynching
Of mother and her son here this
past week. The mother was Mrs.
Gladys Stephenson. 81. and her
son, James Stephenson. 19. On
Monday the mother and son were
in the Cashier Knott store on Co
lumbia's Public Square. There the
mother had words with a white
radio repairman in which she
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13

disputed his claim that the radio
had been repaired. A fight ensued,
resulting in the mother being beat.
en- and knocked down. The boy
and mother fought back. which
resulted in the young white man
being knocked through a glass
window, and injured by the brok-
en- glass. Shortly thereafter, DO.
heemen came and arrested the
mother and her son but did not
arrest the white man, so the
mother states. Mother and son
were put in jail. Colored business
leaders fearing the mother and
son would be taken out and
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-03-13

lynched. got both out Of jail OF
bond Amounting 10 more than
SO 1000.
The fighting incident. and the
fact that the mother and son
had been released from jail. ap-
pear TO have aroused a number
OF whites. Rev. Calvin Lockridge.
eolored Baptist pastor, testitIes
that be heard that a man had gone
into a store to purchase a rope
and had said they intended TO
lynch the Negroes in Mink
Slide" the colored business sec
ton OF Columbia. When this
threat got 70 the colored people
OF the section they went to their
homes, got their guns and decid.
ed 10 defend themselves as best
they could against mob violence
As q first precaution they put
out all Of the lights in their sec.
ton OF the town.
With their section BACKED out
and all of them excited over the
expected visit OF the mob. the
nervousness OF the colored citi-
lens was intensified when some
white men came through the sec
ton and fired guns, presumably
10 frighter the people OF the con-
munity. Colored citizens say that
these were the first shots fired
the shots BY the white motorists.
Later. four white policemen drove
their car into the section and they
were fired upon. presumably by
some OF the colored citizens. The
report OF colored persons Is that
IL was not possible to tell the po-
lice from any other white persons.
1t was after the officers had
been shot that city and county Of.
ficials called for help. One hun
tred highway patrolnen and about
500 members OF the State Guard
were rushed to Columbia prompt
ly by Gov. Jim Nance MeCord.
These completely surrounded the
colored business section but did
not move 10 until after daybreak
Tuesday morning. When they did
go in they used their tommy guns
with devastating effect, but sue.
ceeded only in wrecking about all
OF the business places in the area.
No serious casualties resulted.
Much property was damaged. and
according to a relative OF julius
Blair. drugstore owner. his soda
fountain was wrecked and, when
the smoke OF the conflict had lift
ed. he was minus most of the
money he had in the drug store.
After the highway patrolneu
and militia had taken over the
area, the sheriff appointed about
rs OF them as his deputies and
they were sent on a house-to-house
search for firearms. 1t appears
that very little consideration was
given to that clause in the Con.
stituuon of the United States
which protects a citizen from un-
reasonable search and seizure
There was no report OF white
homes being searched and their
arms taken from them. Even
white citizens who were seen
roaming the streets with sawed
OFF shotguns, repeatedly were
merely asked by authorities TO 90
nome and put them away.
On their visit to the home ~
Undertaken Morton, about - cit,-
Tens were found. They were said
10 nave had guns and officers
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
FARMERS OF MATANU5kA
 SEEK GRAIN
Must Slaughter FIotks Un. less Relief Is 0b-
 fained Now

SEATTLE, May 22.--Alaska's Mat anuska Valley farmers have joined with Pacific Northwest stockmen in a plea to Washington for feed grain today.
 The far-north pioneers sent a telegram yesterday to Secretary of Agriculture Anderson in an attempt to borrow 1000 sacks of wheat from Seattle Commodity Credit Corpora tion stocks.
 John Oesseward, Seattle represen- tative of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperative, which asked the loan, said regional Agricul- tural Department officials in Port land had agreed to lend his or ganizatiori the wheat on condition that it be returned to the C.C.C. in SO days.
 He said this was an impossible condition because the farmers fear ed the feed situation would be even verse in 50 days. So they appeal ed directly to Anderson. He add cd the Alaskan poultrymen would te forced to slaughter their flocks if relief was not obtained.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
NAVY GIVEN BIG GUT BY
 BUDGETEER5
Appropriations Committee Trims IA Fighting Ships
 from Postkar Fleet

WASHINGTON, May 22.-House "big navy advocates scowled today at an appropriations committee de- cision to trim IA fighting ships from the proposed postwar budget.
 They pointed to Navy figures showing that the $4,639, ,659 10000 recommended by the committee would provide for the operation of 965 combatant vessels compared with the 1,079 the House voted unani- mously late last year at is sugges- ton.
 The Navy's original request for $6,325. 100000. which the budget bur- eau trimmed to s4,224, 100000, was designed to provide and back up the 1,079 figure.
 Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga) of the Naval committee and Rep. Sterling Cole (NY, top Republican member. told reporters they had not yet decided what to do about thc appropriations committee ac- ton.
 But there were indications that either Vinson-who wrote last years postwar fleet bill-or other Naval committee members would seek to restore at least part of the Navy's original request when the House starts debate tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
DESIGNATIONS OF RED CROSS BARED
 AT DA(HAU TRIAL

DACHAU, Germany, May 22.- An American ambulance driver who helped wounded Germans in Nor mandy told today how enemy troops ignored his Red Cross insig- mia and shot him four times after he surrendered at the Malmedy crossroads Dec. IT, 1944.
 Glaring at "A SS war crimes defen- dants, Samuel Dobyns of Sandusky O., described to U. s. military court the shooting of more than 100 soldiers as they stood with hands upraised in surrender in a field in Belgium during the battle of the bulge.
 Dobyns was trapped by crossfire that day and his ambulance was riddled by machinegun fire. He said he had just painted new Red Crosses on it.
 He and his helper hit the dirt and the ambulance was wrecked against tree. He surrendered to a group of German troops, he testi- fled, and one private wanted to kill him on the spot.
 An officer told him not to shoot me-" Dobyns said.
 He walked slowly before the de- fendants. but was unable to pick out the officer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
TOP OHIO COURT
 0vERRULES LAW
 OF LABOR UNION
Non-Union Job Refusal Is Bar 10 Unemployment
 Pay Says Decree

COLUMBUS. O., May z2.-Mem- bers of labor unions may not re- fuse a job in a non-union plant and still draw unemployment compen- sation, the Ohio Supreme Court rul- ed today.
 The 5-to-2 decision applied to Harvey Edward Chamber of Colum- bus, a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
 Unemployment compensation had been refused Chamber in the ground that he had been referred to non- union shop for employment, but refused to accept the preferred em- ployment. charging his acceptance woudl violate a union rule.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
GASOLINE CRISIS
 AIRED IN BEHALF
 ALASKA DRILLING

WASHINGTON, May p. - Had the war lasted three months longer, "A" book gasoline rations would have been trimmed, and even the Navy would have had to slow down."
 Thihs testimony of "a severe shock the nation was spared by Japan's collapse was given the House Appropriations Committee during hearings on the Navy's 1947 supply bill, made public today.
 It. Comdr. R. J. Bradley told the Committee that an order was ready for signing to order slash in gasoline used by civilians, and Commodore w. G. Greenman, Di- rector of Naval Petroleum oil Re- serves, declared the Navy would have had to slow down."
 The two testified in behalf of continued exploration of Naval Reserve No. in Alaska, which they said could provide great source of oil supply.