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The Nome nugget., 1947-01-22
Wednesday, January 22. 1947
A Slrcwd Mancuvcr By China's Chiang
(Rockv Mountain NewS)


 ANOTHER SCENE in China's troubled political drama is unfolding before western eyes and is diff fcut to understand out of CahayS ancient clas SiCS
 Generalissmo Chiang Ka-Shek startled observers recently when he told the national assembly that since 1t taking control of the government, Il have more political ambitions" Chiang turned draft o national constitution to the assembly, then indicated that after wenty-one years of chief of he conSd cred his duty completed to Sun Yat-Sen his political mentor It looked like roundabout way of saying Chi ang ready to retire
 Yet it must be obvious to man realistic as Chiang that his nation is little better off today than the day he took from the dying Sun wentyone years ago China ruled by dozen warord, Today the warlords have been wiped out over, but the tion is split by much more serious SchSn-between the NationaliStS and the CommunSts-wth prospect of settlement, China in l947 is further advanced in dustrisy in fact the nation and the people largely destitute and exhausted from two decades of civil m addition to eight years ot battling rapacouS invader
 is hardly the time for the nation entrust its fate to the hands of an ineNperienced assembly under tested constitution.
 The tactics which Chiang has had to follow in main taing his regne-rutheSs suppression of the opposi- tionhaVe not been conducive to developing able lead There is in China outside of the Communist camp, that even nearly attinS his stature statesman administrator and popular figure Even his brothers in-aw, T. V. Soong, and H H. Kung who were en- trusted with key cabinet positions earlier days large ly have gone into eclipse
 In less troubled times Chiangs decision to renouish the reinS and step down in favor of national assembly might be hailed welcome and long-oveTdue step Today, despite deep desire to China embrace more of the mechanical tTappirgS of democracy, can only consider such move ill-timed.
 China IS flirting with utter chaos at time when it. or te western denocracieS cannot afford further disrup tio Ii would Chang despite his many failinc the hazard attached to his early retirement especially when there is no assurance that his would have any better luck in reaching reconca :lon with the Communists
 Thus his statement could well be sarewd move to invite demand that he remain at the helm popular 8Taft" would strengthen his hand to deal with the
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-22
The Nations Survival Is The Real Issue
(Tlne Denver Post }

WITHOUT KNOWN EXCEPTION the leaders of American labor have missed the whole point of the Lewis trial Their bitter recrninaors about applying She rule of the jungle, government by injunction Inviting the thug system and yellow dog contracts and other such VitIIl,eratiors are beside the point
 That point the very heart of the issue IS whether ts nation any nation survive if its authority successfully challenged by any group or individual
 Why do we have the Sherman antitrust act? We have
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-22

| to h0StllltleS Tn WOrlQ War II. Hi,
 proclamation ended a number O, wartime controls. It means an au. tomatic reduction in wartime taxes on July l (unless Congress , decides to retain the taxes) which is expected to save the American people around one billion dollars 2 year. That ain't hay.
 In the last few months, Presi- dent Truman has done a lot to re. store himself in the good graces of the American public. At the same time, he has taken away from the Republicans a number oi opportunities they otherwis would have had to capitalize or their control of the new Congress He read correctly the "handwrit- ing on the wall" after the Novem- Der election. Instead of waiting for a Republican Congress to abol- ish price controls, he promptly ended them himself. When the coal strike came, he stood pat and forced John L. Lewis To back down. He undoubtedly has re- gained much of the public favor he had lost.
 If the Albanian government has ben conducting a blind nate campaign" against the United States and Great Briatin, as some Americans who recently left AL bania charge, this is very signifi- cant. The government of Albania Is not merely under Russian dom- ination, ii is Russian. Any hate campaign" it may be carrying on must be deliberate. What the pur- pose is must be known in Moscow. But ii cannot be calculated to pro- mote international harmony.
 The standardization policy of the British labor government is being subjected to the acid test of actu- ality. Recently the government took possession of the nations coal industry. Ii is paying 58 million dollars for the mines. GOvernmeX ownership and operation, the Brit ish people are promised, will re- suit in modernization of the mines, higher pay and improved medical and social welfare services for the miners, and increased production for domestic use and expor;. This Socialistic experiment will be watched with interest al over the earth.
 The House subcommittee report on monopolies ignores the most dangerous phase of this situation. II aSSallS concentration of economic power in industrial corporations and overlookS a greater concentra- lon of economic power in labor unions. The committee, headed by Congressman Patman Dem0 of Texas condemns as intellectual the administrators an.i-trus; policy and enforcement and charges ;ha concentration of monopolsIc con, t-ol in industry was greatly accel erated by the war.
 Il IS high time recognition wa: gwen to the fact that the mos alarming concentration Of econo. mic power has been in labol unions, rather than in bushes! corporations. After all, there i! SN1-,N trNN-o,-,,,,,o,.sos .....-,s. ...... o
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-06-01
Athletic Contests on
independence Day
Outlined

The Sports Committee has out
lined the following athletic program
in conjunction with the first ami
versary celebration of Philip
pine independence.
June 29-Tennis.
June SO-Ping Pong.
July straight Billiard.
July 2-Bowling.
July 3-Dance Contest at the
Coronation Ball.
July Sat the Community Picnic)
Potato Race for boys.
Egg on spoon race for girls.
.Pie-eating Contest (for boys
and girls).
And many others.
Prizes will be awarded. Rules,
place and time for the games will
be announced later Watch for leaf
let's.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-06-01
COMMENTS
On CoevoI Life
BY ViCTORIo A. VELASCO

The greatest tragedy is to pre-
tend what we are not; the greatest
stupidity is to keep up with the
Joneses whether we can afford it or
not.
Conceit and ignorance are bed
fellows. In our ignorance we are led
TO believe that we are big and pow
erful. thus Initiating our ego and
making us hopelessly conceited.
A little learning fills US with ill.,
sion and delusion. We become
scientists after few hours strain
ing our eyes over the microscope;
We become dramatists after scrib-
bling pages of diaIog that resemble
the noro-moro of our native land;
we become Journalists after a few
misspent ye ars in journalism
classes from which we have not
realized any appreciate profit; we
become labor economists after a
summer or two in labor school con-
ferences or graduate school semi
mars; we become lawyers after
reading a few cases in International
law or domestic relations; we be-
come what we wanted to be, but
have not so far attained it; at least
we think we are. And that is a
colossal tragedy and an irrepairabie
blunder.
On the spur of our ambition we
forget the niceties of modesty and
the eloquence of silence. We shout
over the tree-tops. appearing ridicu-
lous and silly. We fill the papers
with selfllaudations that our own
hands have unwillingly penned.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-06-01


Well done it really was. And be-
cause that day of days-July 4th-
is just around the corner and will
soon be boldly staring us in the
face, guess all of us will have to
get busy again. Let's give all the
help and cooperation we possibly
can. For the show is not anyone's
but yours, and his. and mine too .
all of us.
And now that we're at It again,
we're going, as in the past, to have
another queen contest. For that
kinda adds plenty of excitement
and glamour to the otherwise drab
celebration. Besides, that rake in
do-re-me is something not to be
laughed at. Unless, of course, you're
a dreamer, wishfuIIy thinking of
how nice it is spending the pile of
dough of that guy next to you.
AS battle lines are quickly taking
shape, it's very apparent that the
four-cornered fight, as of now, is
going to be a 1ulu-more colorful
and thrilling than it has been before
With each candidate going all out
to win, the race could only end in
one thing-a neck to neck finish.
Dollar to doughnut, it surely will.
Any bet?
Now let US see, let US pause for
a moment, take stock of, and size
up the situation E. the scramble
for the Royal Throne. We've four
cutefuI and statuesque aspirants Of
ficialIy entered. Others, it's being
whispered, are still doing some
mighty good figuring about the
prospect before throwing in their
hats, and following SUIT.
Quite an array of beauties, isn't
it? And talent, too, isn't wanting,
All of them, believe you me, are
doing time in some good book
larnin-' Which you and l should
well be very proud Of For their
generation will be the Community
after us-when you and I amt here
no more. Nobody lives forever
am often told.
AS before, head man of the queen
contest is Vic. A. VeIasco. And
again giving him a lift, tho not a
steady one cause of the pursuit for
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-06-01
Whispers

BY The RAMBLING REPORTER

Oh dear me! How time flies! 1t if it only
yesterday earlier really when ubanty celebrated
1t show had two red-letter days that
all with nTide
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-06-01

his bread and butter, is Tel |. Bay
Ion, an old hand in the game. With
the wealth of experience they have
had in the past to draw from, sue
cess is sure a foregone conclusion.
What follows, and don't get hot
and bothered, is just Summation of
one mans opinion-my own. For all
know, and may be wrong at that,
but who cares, no one can play any
favorite. AS one can't tell the depth
of body of water until one sticks
a measure onto it, so does the
strength of the candidates. For that
something up their sleeves at the
last minute may spell victory.
Juanita Mendoza, up to sometime
ago an unknown in the social
merry-go-round of the Community,
has her vote-getting ability tucked
away under the strategy of a per-
suaslve and very popular civic lead
err. And, as honey draws ants, so
does feminine beauty magnetic
men. This last asset may help to
tip The scale in her favor at the
final.
Win, lose or draw, let it not be
said that adorable Anita Villar
didn't do her level best to run away
with the Royal Crown. Rain or
shine, whatever kind of weather it
is, she is always seen on her SLOW
moving pedal extremities, here,
there, and yonder, selling, and with
a smile for each vote sold, her bal
lots. Little votes added together
more often than not produce the
winning number.
Dolores Yumol is just taking it
real easy. AND enc mas a good rea-
son too. Advance info has 1t that
she has the backing of local Fra
ternaI Order. Which means that she
can just sit tight and let things drift
by. It's in the bag, so ! heard a
leader say. But take it from the
wise, sometimes there are plenty of
holes in the bag.
Corazon Gustilo, the up and COM
ing prima dona, was registered later
than the others, but let us remem-
Der those who started first may
not even reach the goal. Corazon
has everything in her favor;
beauty, charm, personality.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

drive. and response which char
acterized his race for alderman.
Our goal is 500 subs in the
drive" Frank said. but if I've
got TO have 1000 subs or more
credited TO me to beat Sam
Parks then our goal is what
ever il takes TO win, the con-
test"
Members of the Mierkiewicz
team range from Abe Feinglass,
and Lew Goldstein, Manager and
Asst. manager of the Joint Board
respectively to workers in the
shops like Ed Flessner, Lou
Rounds, Harry Wilson, Leonard
Gesinski, Walter Nixon and Sam
Snaps.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
ePrize winner

Mrs. Martha Engstrom of the
NMU Women's Auxiliary does a
lot of Star selling these days. When
she isn't getting subs, she sells
the paper at meetings and other
gatherings.
Mrs. Engstrom's son served in
the Merchant Marine during the
war and had a number of ships
blown out from under him. Build
ing the Star is for her a means
of working for peace. at is only
through constructive effort now
that my son and millions of other
Americans will be spared from
dying in World War Ill.," she said.
Shown here receiving horse head
book ends for Is points, Mrs. Eng
strom says that this is her second
prize in the Star subscription
contest.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
oShop story

No grass grows under Bernie
Persily's feet. Bernie believes in
translating ideas into action. He
talked to a number of workers in
his shop about the danger of the
Taft-Hartley bills and told them
about a paper which believes in
doing something about it = the.
Star.
Bernie took 35 copies of last
weeks issue of the Star into the
shop and sold all of them. Then
he got z yearly subs and promises
for more! 1.-THE workers were
boiling about the anti-labor bills
and they were pleasantly surprised
to find paper which sounded the
alarm and called for action" Ber-
ME said.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

Melvin Brown who led the field
last week is now in second place
with 1900 points to his credit.
Other candidates have begun
to move up fast and as a result
of the work of the organizations
behind them, they are now push
ing the campaign to the limit.
Farm Equipment Local 1O8 let
it be known that their brother
union, Local 1O1 will be outdis-
tanced by them next week. Their
candidate, Lou Gori, now has 1876
points to $50 points for "Pop"
Lind. They say, however, that
the results of their sub campaign
will show by the end of the week
and that then it will be matter
of overtaking Sam Parks.
The complete standings of all
candidates as of May 81 are:
Candidate Points
pam ParkS ................ 1923
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

South Chicagoans are invited to
a Star Readers Meeting to be held
on Thursday, June IL, 800 p. m,
at the South Chicago Branch of
the Chicago Public Library, 9O55
S. Houston Ave. Purpose of this
neighborhood gathering is to meet
the editors of the Star and to have
an exchange of opinion on the
content of the paper. Entertain
Inent will be provided and there
is no admission charge.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
RING .>,,yx
Side AiaE
cad man adds

"Ish" Flory works on the adj
vertising end of the Star but
he sure has his fingers in circu-
lation. Flory is on the South Side
team working for Melvin Browns
candidacy. He has gotten 81 subs
thus far!
Flory gets his subs from people
in all parts of the city. IF all
Star readers constantly had sub
getting in mind, we would have
thousands of additional new read
erS by this time," he said.
"Ish" has invited Star boosters
to join him in the 100" Club.
All those who get 100 subs for
the Star will become members of
this club and will receive beau
tiful sterling silver lapel star.
Incidentally, if you know of any
advertising prospects, call Ran.
0580 and ask for Ssh" Flory.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

the sub drive in
the Fur, Leather
and Luggage To-
Gals.
Mieakiewicz
was the indie
pendent candi-
date for alder
man in the 32nd
ward who forced
a run off be-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
oSmoII sample

It's union members like James
Campbell from local lila U. E.
that add points to Lou Torres
candidacy. Campbell, steward at
Onsrud, obtained So subs thus far
and has won a radio for himself.
Tore is credited with 334 points
thus far due to the work of only
a few members in the union. Won
der what would happen if TIA
really got going at all the shops
which make up the local?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
Sam Parks moves
into drive lead


in
in
tEiswee
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
A weeks to
60; Need
5565 subs
1t will be done!

IL Will NC OOI1Gt
That's what more and more
groups supporting the Star drive
are saying about achieving the
10000 subscription goal. And
they're doing something about it.
Last weeks subscriptions to-
tailed $50. The greatest number
of them were brought in by the
Wilson local of UPWA.
A spirited campaign is going
on in the Armour local with Off
GERS of that union working to
reach their goal of 1000 subs.
There's an al1-out campaign in
local 108 of FEE, in the Mine Mill
and in the Fur and Leather Work
ers Union. The South Side Com
munity is still bringing them in.
It's Star supporting organiza-
tons like 107 FEE, 101 FEE, Auto
453, 1119 U.E., the Shoe Workers
Union and number of Com
munity sections who are slowing
things up. Now's the time for in
tensified sub-getting on the part
of all organizations and indivi-
duals. Putting it off endangers
the whole drive.
Organization standings in the
drive as of May 81 are:
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

tween the incumbent Rostenkow-
ski and the. Republican backed
candidate. He is leading cam
paign for subscriptions in his
union which is now beginning to
take on the same thoroughness,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07
Mierkiewicz spurs fur
and leather campaign

Frank Meiecz International Fur
Leather Workers Union trip at the
the Chicago Star
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-06-07

Frank IS the candidate of his
union in the Stars subscription
contest and has been directing
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-04
Sunday School Lesson

concerning the great Teacher In
structing 4 s.master in Isreal."
There is the testimony Of the
Woman Of Samaria, with the as
sertion Of Jesus of His Messia-
ship. and the words concerning the
nature of God and the true worship
of God. There is the testimony OF
Jesus mighty works, and there is
the testimony Of the words of Je-
sus in His discourses to- the dis
ciples as the shadow of the Cross
was gathered over Him.
The Gospel of John has been
the subject of much controversy
in the church. It's origin, author
ship, and authenticity have bee.
disputed by scholars and saints,
and it seems to have come ou'
of a late apostolic time, lacking
something of the clearer historic
Authorization of the earlier Cos
pels.
But the internal evidence fol
its genuineness has been strong
and convincing, and it has nam
tanned its place in our New Tes,
lament. AS it was said of the
Master "never man so spake,'
So it might be said of this Cos
pei of John. 1t speaks with the
authority Of the divine Master
whom it portrays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-04
WACCAMAW LODGE
HEADS INSTALLED
W. R. Hadley And H. c.
Porter Install New Off
GERS At Bolton
Special to The Star

BOLTON, Jan. 3-Officers of
Waccamaw Lodge, No. 500, A. F..
A. M. were installed at a meeting
here recently.
The installation was open to the
public and the following officers
for 1947 we're installed: Master
H. M. Bordeaux, Sr., Warden E..
M. Herren; Junior Warden D. B.
Davis; treasures, l. A. Cain; Sec
rotary, H. w. Paxton; Senior Dea-
con R. T. Squires; Junior Deacon,
J. j. Barnhardt; Stewards, W. R.
Billiard, R. B. Ward, Tyler Earl
Ward; and Chaplain, J. F. Wilson.
W. R. Hadley, past Master OF
ilmington Lodge No. 329 and
Grand Marshall H. c. Porter. past
Master of St. Johns Lodge No. l
of Wilmington were the installing
officers.
The members of the Acme-Delco
chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star. No. ISL served a delicious
supper.
Visiting Masons included: E.. M.
Bordeaux, M. o. Huffman, O. B.
Ines, Horace King, W. R. Hadley,
H. C. Porter, N. w. Humphreys,
and James Land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-04
THE WORD MADE FLESH
Scripture: John 1:1-lS

The Fourth Gospel" or Cos
pei According to st. John,
differs greatly from the first three
Gospels, St. Matthew's, St. Marks,
and St. Luke's. These are called
the synoptic Gospels, because they
give a narrative, or synopsis, OF
the life of Jesus.
But St. Johns Gospel gives no
connected account. There is no
Bethlehem story, and no men
ton of many things recorded in
the Synoptics. John relates
events and conversations not re-
corded in the other three, how
ever, and our New Testament
would be lacking in some of its
most vital pages if we did not have
this "Fourth Gospel"
There is a definite significance
in the events and conversations
John has chosen to record. His
Gospel differs from the Synop-
tics not only in the nature OF
the narrative, but also in opening
with a statement of the writer's
belief concerning Jesus of Naza-
reth, and an Interpretation of the
nature and meaning of His earthly
life.
The scripture in u lesson today
presents the thesis, and the events
and conversations recorded in what
follows present the evidence to
the truth of that thesis.
This thesis, or belief, asserted
by John, was that the life of Jesus
was divine, that in Him God was
incarnate, revealing Himself to
man, and that the earthly life OF
Jesus was a manifestation in time
of an eternally divine nature. 1.-THE
Word was in the beginning with
God"
John takes us into a mystery
deep for human understanding.
But there is no mystery, nor is
there anything difficult to under
stand, in the record by which
John supports his belief.
There is, first of all, the call
ing of the early disciples who
looked upon Jesus as He walked,
Unable to conceal their wonder
ment as they met this heavenly
Messenger. There is the story of
Nicodemus, with its implications
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-04

Edwards, pastor. Sunday school,
9:45 am. Worship. II am. and
Youth Fellowship, 6 p. m. Wor'
ship 7:30.
WESLEY MEMORIAL Winter
Park, Kermit R. Wheeler, minis
ter. Worship. 10 am. Church
school, II am. Youth Fellowship,
$50 pm. Worship, 8 pm.
BETHANY - Worship first and
third Sunday, 2:3O pm. Rev. Ker-
NIT R. Wheeler, minister.
ST. PAUL'S - Carolina Beach,
j. Edwin Carter, pastor. Church
school. 10 am. Worship ii am.
every Sunday. Youth Fellowship,
$50 pm. Worship, 7:30 pm.
FEDERAL POINT j.. Edwin
Carter, pastor. Church school. II
am. Worship, IL o'clock each
first, third and fifth Sunday.
EPWORTH - Fifth and Bladen
streets. C. N. Phillips, pastor. Sum-
day school. 1890 am. Service.
11:15 am. and 8 pm. Young Peo-
pies Society, 7:15 pm.
SUNSET PARK Central boule.
ward and Washington streets. Rev
Charles H. Mercer, pastor. Church
school, 9:45 am. Worship, II am.
and 7:30 pm. Youth Fellowship,
Gas.