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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15
SETS PROGRAM

pre-fabricated homes.
SETS PROGRAM
In dealing with the shortage
o. building materials, Wyatt
brings to bear upon the prob
lem the kinds of controls
which were effective in plan
ming the production of war
items-namely priorities to
builders of homes under the
program and postponement of
non-essential construction. Ac-
tually what Wyatt has done is
to set up a little war produc-
ton program to cope with the
housing problem on planned
basis.
Also proposed are premium
payments to building mate
rials producers to encourage
increased pro d uc tion. The
premium payments are in ef-
feet subsidies which have the
same virtues that subsidies
had in price control; to wit
they compensate producers for
increased costs and don't per-
NIT the cost increases to re-
fleet themselves in price in
creases all along the line of
distribution.
Under the subsidy scheme
much less will be expended
In subsidies by the govern
ment than would otherwise be
expended by the consumer in
increased p r i C e S. Moreover,
price increases have a way of
sticking around long after
they are needed to increase
production. Subsidies can be
withdrawn.
CONTRAST
OF considerable Importance
is the recommendation for al
locating the largest part of
building materials into hous-
ing of less than $4,000 sale
value or so rental value. This
Is in striking contrast to the
present priorities regulations
which provide for an upper
limit of $4,000 sale value
and $50 rental.
Much more can be done
along this line. Care should
be exercised TO see that a
large chunk of the materials
gets into the $4,000 sale group
and the $35-a-month rental
group In this way, workers
earning around $50 and $40
week will get a look-see in
to this new housing.
Even this reduction, with
out q u III y safeguards OF
materials and methods of con-
Struction will not have much
point. There is no special
virtue in building an apart
ment house with rooms to
rent for a $35 month if after
a year the plaster starts COM
off the walls and the plumb
ing cracks up.
This program should not be
used as a substitute for the
Wagner-Ellender-Taft general
housing bill. The real estate
and bankers lobby woud like
nothing better than to consign
this bill to a hidden legiSla-
tive pigeonhole.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

Believe it or not, this from Senator Robert
A. Taft:
''The free enterprise system has certain
definite faults. We have not learned TO elm
mate ups and downs booms and depressions
and so there is unemployment at times, and
poverty and hardship if Government does not
assist"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

have been reading the
JOURNAL for the past two
years and want to congratu-
late the editors of this fine
labor newspaper for the job
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

Quote of the Week: When
four midwest plants of the J.
l. Case Co., farm implement
manufacturer, were closed
down by a strike, Pres, Har-
vey Kitzman of UAW Local
100 declared: THE company
now has what it has fought
against so long-a closed shop
in all four towns"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-15

A New York department
store advertises real rubber
gas masks" for sale-to fit any
boy or girl" Now if we can
just equip each teen-ager with
an atom bomb, civilization
will have reached its zenith.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20

lny la,s father saw them In ac-
tor and defeated anoihs c,acs
colosd nine known as the '0d-
ors
when wal,s- Cook lo,sl busi-
nessman came along and sank
a ord,e q fuJhy lucre loose
Lettuce - you II the orsaaiza-
t.on he hanged the name to the
"Cahar Giants In ISIS base.
be-. 'd r-y VAS arranged tor
all rr,e teams the winner 20
re.u silver bali donated
1y e " Bieh; The sty-
stone pt-shurgh comp Use q
q home 'Nlen, only. won Tie
toulawen' il vas in ls>S
that FRANK GRANT Joined the
ISL 40 cah u the Irtefne uora,
league hat the first colored
PLAYER ~ note 70 play with a
sa.' eam was BUD FOWLER
1877
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20
No Negro Games
AtBdegsField
This Season

For Tire b4nefi, e 'ans - Ne
gro baseball Joan r Williams
well knowu athletic promoter is-
sued me following 's,atemsa' on
MONDAY
Many have heen Interested n
knowing Whether or not Negro
baseball will >. PLAYED in sr.sr-
stadium this season
II; will be rememoe ed THAI
for the ras; tour or five years
/ have been the promote o
suck games. However 4 IS mn
dertsood tat I an planning 20
ne in California this Sumner
and &, has been officially re-
ported that there will be ne Ne
rro baseball plsyed ia me locai
American leacie PARK during the
current season.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20

WISE fs'ls Batting slAl Nas
We .'A'H $50 h.'-'n q i'taA-
~ s' Oi ~- ~ ~ ''"- 'SAs'
IN P+e ~Atn iolr hea'y-
Ss4Ea, poNsss e'ia.Ia'sa me a.
- n@s never hap'- ga
'"'l--' ,-r eAEe-s o. nlo'esa
i.s'AhS AHe@a Is he his
f"-5 ''F Nef Sa'N Johnson.
San lag ~ w Jsahe'e ana
Hlt 'fs' "-a' .a"e- "9ltl 'As
p'~'-A s"E Ai..fF-l'..e.s nave
ssa.'s; any memoe- o. 'na; mol
ley sN ~ . ssA you u az
ST iioN gar No-.o 'Ae
MasEi' h.h as p.'as "a -
jersey %"e wa e q" -o',eh
Nita ;aAt q-a-iel
Wien yea ar.rg il tn name
3. ! LOIS however yca ecm-
p.eate 1et.ers constd bly,
cruz yol most tetini'e.y GO So
ra Rere TIE Paus!ars aoogt
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20

ard & { Taylor years rstors he
pu.sy ~ tQ-s, ugcr .ao ncrs
>Iouh iLnNt ~
Bt>kETBtLL PLNYLR
vtaln tW Ny~ks a. Ssli
a AMP hshlsh's q
Pes~ys care, a. BASEBALL
.s- ard colrfe-r Tfolsh his
.are RS ,e1om been usnucaed
.1 Leste Brcmbsrss uaLie.
1ar GraG.aet Rte, Demon
81 'ae sane s'a
As te ,r vh!,A bts-
a at1d mat
m s A.y8ax
w. er Dew II
y tt. ws n-" ,-v Fcse> ~
ass heroes q
srta, apo
Ei - faLey SEQ
tan 81; Holman.
as a Hsa Pesirson
. "D h.lE
laE h Js -ep a.ck
Ry Y 5s2y c Bar
Fe9 Gees AID
t -N,a avca
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20
Hi i, : it.; !:
by PAUL H. FIELDS
LOUIS DENIES RUMoRS

Z
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis denied rpmors that
10 anred 70 retire after his title bout with Billy Conn
New YORK June 10 If he wins from Billy Conn, he
Ia defend his title several more times before thinking
of retiring.
COUNTED OUT ,..,
Young Jack Thompson, former welterweght cham
MON died AZ the age of 49, unexpectedly IN cafe. He
Won me welterweght title from Jackie Fields in Detroit
INV 1880 but lost il in September, 1880 TO Tommy
Freeman at cleveland Thompson regained the title from
Freeman in l93l then lost il 10 Lou Broueard in Oco.
ber 1881.
SWELL GUY
las proved his sincerity by canceng scheduled Dixie
,,aacs when Jackie Robinson and Johnnie Wright could
na particnate because Of their color
To top that off Mr. Hickey went another step farther
by signing catcher Roy Campanella and pitcher Donald
Newcorr be 70 the Nashua New Hampshire, club OF he
New England League The Nashua club is farm club
81 the Dodgers as Montreal who signed Robinson and
Wright
Camponella is the 25-yearold philadelphia boy,
was rated 1.-THE best catcher in Negro baseball Former
y with the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro NaoaM
League last Roy had batting average of 365 ard
led the league in baed in with 30 home runs.
Newcombe is % years old and halls from Ezate,h
New Jersey He is feet inches tall and is riGhhar9
cd With plenty Of speed Last year with the Newark
Eagles he II games and lost four. Nashua is IN
Glass r loon.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20
Sport Shorts.....
By JOHN NJ. LEE
Big League Calls Ace Players
Brooklyn Dodgers Set The Pace
By JOHN Nj. LEE

NEW NORk y. N.-Nol can mark Gown IN yolr
memory book tha- The spring 81 1916 marked he end Of
the talking ard experimenting with Negro PLAYERS
in organized baseball ana aeraded the advent o. fll-
dernccracv In the leagues The very recent assignment
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20
.BEATIN'
THE GUN
nv ALVIN NOSES
PGSEN, LION OF ThL tOIRTS


NEW YORK lamp ~ THE
WORLD or SPORTS Is too
stunned u rea.y svaiuste IS true
Joss iu tae recvai passing %
CuwbesiAud Wits Posey ~ To
,aoasaads * Whi's ana ooloret
athletes AMI spectators SPORT
~ Nents ;, vas kaoNn ss
can leact- ct tae celebrated
Esn stead Gays team as
great ana oortul 30 tae di2-
none as were whose .orstd ~
peerless Aadfvs Rl5e Fessr
ard e Taylor years nst5rs he
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20

Eddie KEEP, White pitcher from Erie, Pennsylvania
recently signed with Cleveland Buckeyes patiently wa
ing the outcome Of the protest made by Ernest
Wright Of the Buckeyes against the Birmingham, Aaba.
ma police who banned Klep from working out with the
team
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-04-20

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III,
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
BY JOHN SKIES

There has been a good deal said
about trees in The Star lately and
I see no reason why I shouldn't
pass on to you what is to me a
little known story about trees and
Wilmington.
In a small tome turned over to
me for examination by Albert S.
Grady, Carolina Beach, there's an
item you may remember, but I
don't. The tome is L. A. Nc
Corkle's "Old Time Stories Of the
Old North State"
Instead Of telling you about it,
I'll let you read parts of 1t from
Mr.. McCorkle, himself:
There is in the city of Whining
TOM - the chapter is dated 1881
"a point of land which separates
the northeast from the nor Invest
branch of the Cape Fear river,
once known as Negro Head Point.
During the Revolution this little
tongue of land was a cypress
swamp. Here grew a very tall cy.
press tree, which looked sound
from the outside, but was in fact
only shell, and SO large at the
ground that small family could
have lodged comfortably in it.
The fact that the tree was hollow
was discovered by Col. Thomas
Bludworth, a good patriot then
living in Wilmington.
''Near the close of the war this
huge cypress tree became a fort,
and one whose garrison never sur
rendered to the enemy.
AFTER the battle of Guilford
Courthouse, the British, who did
not want another taste of North
Carolina fighting, made their way
in hurry to Wilmington, which
was then in their hands. Now. it
made Colonel Bludworth's patriot
blood boil to see the redcoats
marching about the streets of Viii.
mington. He made up his mind
that if he could not drive out the
whole British army, he would at
any rate rid the earth Of a few of
the enemy.
Colonel Bludworth decided, &C.
cording to McCorkle, to take his
trusted rifle, which he called Old
Bess, along with some of his pa
triot friends, over to the old cy-
press.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
Onion Derby

1t is strange how some suggestions
catch on. A few days ago the Star told
of onion contests previously conducted
in the schools. It all happened while
the Star was sponsoring garden clubs
among school children.
In view of the present shortage of
this particular vegetable it was propos-
ed that revival of the practice would
be timely. AS result seven public
schools have entered an "onion derby"
In all probability other schools in the
county will soon be competing.
Wilmington and New Hanover
county are not likely to go through an
onionless summer.
But why make onions the only or
even the principal product? The world
has never before needed food so much
as at present. This country is urged
to 60 on voluntary ration schedule
so that more of our soil products may
be sent to the countries the war. has
left PROSTATE and all but starving
President Truman has assembled a
group of experts in Washington to help
shape food program which will pre-
vent famine abroad. To do our full part
we, all of us, will have to go on reduced
rations.
Yet, if we plant vegetables gardens
in our back yard or neighboring vacant
lots, or even unite to cultivate larger
tracts, sharing the work and the crops,
the prospective shortages which other
wise would exist could be greatly re-
duced.
Let the children concentrate or
onions, if they wish, but there is nc
sound reason why the adult population
should not start gardens Of their owl
and benefit by the exercise Of tending
them and che pleasure Of eating the
fruits thereof.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02

that however March behaves, or misbe
hayes, spring is the nearer for its com
ing. Soon fires may go out and WIN
dows go up.
Soon, too, the Knockers will be max
ing love in the trees, to such music as
no orchestra can duplicate, and the olo
swimming hole warm up.
Soon the red buds and the dogwood
will be abloom in all their glory, with
azaleas begging to unfold their beauty.
Soon now the feathered population Will
do something about the housing short
age.
For all it's uncertain temper, its I'M
practicable tantrums, March is welcome
for it's promise of spring.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
Bvrnes Gives Warning

Saving the United States "openly,
o1adlv and Fundamentally welcomed"
Russia as a great power, and declaring
the two nations could get along as part
ners, despite the differences in our
way of life," Secretary of State Byrres
told the Overseas club in New York
there must be a stop" to this maneu-
vering for strategic advantages all over
the world and the use of one ADJUST
ment as an entering wedge for further
and undisclosed penetrations of power.
AS this has been the policy OF Rus
STA. even before the war in Europe
ended, the reference is unacceptable.
To the extent that a Secretary OF
State may promulgate nations policy
this address of the Secretary may be
accepted as representing this country's
attitude toward world affairs. Obvious
ly, the chief of the Department of State
would not undertake on his own au-
thority and without consultation with
the President to make such unequlvocal
declarations concerning the nations in
tentions as characterized Mr.. Byrnes'
speech. When he said that the United
States must be ready to use force if
necessary to prevent aggression, and
made guarded and complimentary ref
erence to the Soviet Union, there can
be no mistaking his meaning. II am
convinced there is no reason for war
between any of the great powers" was,
we must believe, addressed particularly
to Moscow.
For it is Russia that has used one ad-
justment as the entering wedge for
further penetrations of power, not only
in eastern Europe but the Orient as
WELL. The present situation in Mon
golia is an example of Moscow's meth
DDS, as are Russian activities in Poland,
Romania, Yugoslavia, Iran and other
troubled quarters of the globe.
The United States, said Mr.. Byrnes,
would have but one reason to go to
war with any nation. That reason is to
stop aggression. The full significance
of this is that it does not challenge but
merely warns Russia to mend it's ways.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
QUOTATIONS

Freedom has shrunk in the world as result
of our own policies born Of our own drift to
ward statism Here in America alone remains
the chance to preserve the concepts and prac-
tees of free men.-Herbert Hoover.
Rapid strides in the development OF long-di
tance TRANSPORTATION and the development of
new and far deadlier weapons nave brought
us much closer within range OF any nation
which might seek to attack us-MaJ. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director.
Hundreds of marriages with foreign girls
have broken up because they were based on
the loneliness of soldiers instead OF on true
love-Eleanor Roosevelt
There are some people who claim that the
atomic bomb now makes navles obsolete. That
has been claimed for every other new weapon.
from the smooth-bore gun to the arnor.
niercing shell.-Admiral Nimitz.
T. is clear that separations exceed the re-.
d,,o+inns in our requirements, hence steadv
Increment of new men after June 80 will be
aec.essary.-Secretary OF War Robert P. Pat
terson.
-rh;s is one place white House) where ,,o,,
reuer lack for action and where there is al
,,.vs crisis just around the corner an
msve to do something about it. But The 80 :
a., INST crisis is passed and it's lust Ill.
tsrday's SAwspapers-Pr Tr,,no an
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
ARMY WILL test
ROCKET DEFENSES
Plan To Pit Radar Against
Atomic Missiles Falling
AT 80 Miles Per Hour

WASHINGTON, March r-mu
The army is going to match - u.
"radar brains" against stra.d ~
phere-galloping w rockets " tSs
summer in a search for maar -!s
intercepting and destroying ,S0u ~
In mid-air. A'
Foreseeing the day when I'm.
range stratosphere rockets cars.
ing atomic bombs might show
down on the nations cite, s"s
industrial centers, Brig. Gen wN wv
liam L. Richardson, chief ~ ~.
guided missiles division, Armv .ir
staff, disclosed tonight that III.
proving grounds will be set IN =.
White Sands, N. M.
1.-THE Army air forces has bs.,
working on rocket defense eyaa
since the first German w aeeI
dentally landed in Sweden /,
1s43," he said. eve hope to Conn.,
to some definite conclusions tb;s
summer concerning radar's abrtv
to track these rockets effectively
"What ever these conclusion,
may be, the AAF will 60 on with
its research until a way Is found"
He also revealed that the AAr
is carrying on wide research IN
tactical use Of offensive guided
missiles.
Captured German v-2s which
streak along at 5000 miles per
hour, will be used in the White
Sands test. They will be shot N
miles into the stratosphere, where.
upon Army ordnance personn.
will bring radar into play.
All types of equipment will b.
used, including that which contact.
ed the moon. The objective will
be to plot the rockets course 50
finely that a mathematically Ger.
tain method Of interrogation can be
devised.
The radar setup will be manned
by experienced hands from the
Watson Laboratories, Wright
Field, O., and perhaps w experts
from the European occupational
air force.
1--WE hope to develop a means
whereby we can intercept enemy
rockets in nid-air," General Rich.
ardson said. 1--WE can not hope 10
do this, however, until we discover
a method Of tracing their course
and pre-determining their arc Of
flight.
"Once we accomplish this, II
will be possible to design count
er-attack rocket which will be con-
trolled by RAJ ar and will be
capable Of intercepting the enemy
rockets at a predetermined point
in its course"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
Old Bess And Hollow Cypress Tree
Gaze Red Coats A Merry Time Here

Reaching the Point" Mccorkle
goes on, "they bored a hole into
the trunk Of the tree, il which Old
Bess's muzzle could rest. Tomor-
row would be the 4th of July. They
must be ready to celebrate"
When morning came, the Colonel
said:
''Boys, you see that that group
Of Britishers with their red coats
standing before Nelson's liquor
store on Market Wharf,. >.
Crack! went the rifle, and a
Britisher went down. -
For more than week the
Colonel and the two boys he had
with him in the hollow cypress,
kept up this work Of striking ter.
ror into the hearts Of the British
soldiers. and many a redcoat bit
the dust, thanks to Old Bess. Then
a Tory neighbor reported that
Colonel Bludworth and the boys
were away from home, and they
thought he was hiding at Negro
Head Point.
1.-THE British sent a party to hunt
them. They cut down the under.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
The Lost Colony

Probably no project has done more
to perpetuate the memory of North
Cardinals earliest coastal colonization
efforts than Paul Green's drama, "The
Lost Colony
For several reasons but chiefly be-
cause there was a war on, the annual
presentation has not taken place in
some years. It is the more interesting,
therefore, to learn that a revival is to
take place on Roanoke island on June
80, and that Governor Cherry has pledg-
ed the states support to make the oc-
casion an outstanding event.
A Raleigh dispatch announcing the
plan, adds that accommodations will be
available for 1900 persons. Off hand
this appears inadequate, not only be-
cause many hundreds of North Caro-
linians of long standing will want to
witness the presentation but also be-
cause there has been a large influx of
new population in recent years that will
be anxious to see play which has
created such widespread interest in the
past.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02

growth and some Of the cypress
trees. All this time the brave gar
rison of three was keeping very
quiet in the cypress fort. So near
did they come to being caught that
Just at sunset one evening a SOL
dier struck his axe into the tree
into which they were hiding. Then
they thought their doom had come;
but with joy they heard the SOL
diers say
''Well, as it is shutdown, we will
let this big fellow stand until morn
ing. Then it must come down. 1t
is so large that one cannot see be-
yong it into the swamp
''When the soldiers cut into the
big cypress next morning, great
was their surprise to find it an
abandoned fort. Much to their sor-
row, the brave garrison had es-
capped during the night"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-02
TheLiterary
Guidepost
By BOB PRICE

BY BOB PRICE
MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY
G. Lynn Sumner privately
printed for the Abraham Lincoln
Book Shop, Chicago, limited edi
ton; S5.)
This book was written because
its author, G. Lynn Sumner, head
of a New York advertising agency
saw John Drinkwater's Abraham
Lincoln" "a years ago. The play
made Lincoln very real and yer!
human" aroused in Sumner
great desire to know more ao0u'
the man." and set him to coAet:
ing and reading everything /"
could find about Lincoln.
Out of his years Of study na'
emerged this book, obviously
labor of love, yet engaging aa1
fresh in tone, if not in reVela'!ol'
Summer makes no pretense OF ll.
folding Lincoln secrets. "ony u"
most advanced Lincoln student
he says, modestly, "has nope "
unearthing new and original NAV
rial" .,4..
But he is original in presenIs,
ton and he has achieved glua5
of sharp canoes, each conce .oin,e
wholly on one phase Of Llnc0 III;
story, that stand out in unl.y ..n n
cohension where a plosiap4hii
might bog down with mere "s'S'
of material. nsa
Sumner aims only to attract new
students of Lincoh's life, 80 o.. ma,
they may find therein the s' HI
measure of enjoyment" when .:a IN.
has found. The measure OIL li1 n.n
joyment is evident on every F
of this beautiful little WORK NJ
THE SHOCKING PINK hai ,.s.
Frances Crane Brandon h''
ST. N
There's a mysterious "ofnaf frs
the first paragraph and the n "a n
murder comes in on page ~ Oobit [
though it's just an aU.oN =. b. I
wreck until page 16) Ihe IRE y Dark
and rain and footsteps IN tAe ~ b
and unlocked doors that shom .1ir1
locked. There is well-fIlSr rnr
police inspector, sAgnNy. ;o+iors
patient than most OF ms I!C ,,4birl |
compatriots, and the Sl9u
team Of Pat and Jean ABBOTT, IN
That is an imposing mess .t y,
gradients and there are o ,rhic.
standard but essential sa
should make gooe reclPe, rrs
went wrong IN 'as ,sss.
ing and the result is NJ too .. rr
full. The characters a'e mY n:
and right out of the stockrooI, H. b.
a couple of the key polnlS. . ~
solution are weak and conl[E|t