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Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR
PATH YEAR OF PROGRESS
UNIVERSAL LIFE ms. co.

the weekend, was sold to Brook
lyn for a price reported "over
$4,000" Bankhead who has been
in the Negro league four years
has a l947 record of 10 victories
and s defeats A fast-baller, he
has famed 124. He also leads the
Negro American League in hit
ting with an average of 1856 In
crashing the Brooklyn lineup
Bankhead is the first Negro ever
to pitch in the major leagues His
1irst chance at bat, he knocked a
home run.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
Woman Holds Key Post
With Longshore Workers

NEW ORLEANS - Unusual for
a woman is the responsible post
Miss Mamie encore occupies as
secretary-manager Of the 7-month
old Longshoremen's Finance Com
pany, Inc, with a capital stock of
100000.
A graduate Of the YMCA School
Of Business, she interviews all ap-
plicants for loans, checks on their
credit ratings, issues the loans IL
approved and is chief collector
Not only longshoremen, but any
person with good credit rating
may apply for this Loan service.
The Longshoremen's Finance
Company, Inc, a member Of the
Credit Association, was organized
to meet the growing demand for
small loans, from $25 to $500 at
fair interest rates and with ease
and courtesy. Heretofore, long
shoremen were forced to pay high
interest rates and were often
turned down in many places.
The services Of the office at 5lB
S. Rampant have grown rapidly.
Already more than hundred
loans have been made, amounting
to nearly $4,000. In addition to
modrn standard office equipment,
1t has burglar-proof, tear-gas
pafa
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
FARLEY ON RESTRICTIVE
COVENANTS IS PLANNED

NEW YORK Girding for
the showdown battle against
restrictive covenants, National
Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People lawy-
ers from all points of the coun-
try are gathering in New York
this weekend at NAACP head
quarters in the Wendell Will
kie Building, to iron out the
lines of argument in cases be-
fore the Supreme Court this
fall.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
DissenSion Foreseen At
Natl Baptist Meet In &c.

the cabinet that DIR. E. w. Perry
of Aklahoma City is the most fav-
ored for presidential large
over DR.. Jackson who is DESTROYS
of being the presidential
large if he can't succeed as presi-
dent. Both DR.. E. w. Perry and
DR.. j. H. Jackson are former Mis-
See DISSENSION - Page 4
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
PERKINS TRACES GROWTH
OF LOCAL 1419, AL

In an interview, John Fl. Per-
kins, financial secretary of the
General Longshore Workers, lila,
Local l4l9, AFL, traced the phe-
nomenal growth of this organiza-
ton for the past sixteen years.
He joined the union in 1888 and
has been an officer since 194l.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

He pointed out that the Long.
shoremen's union has grown from
1900 members in 1888 to $3.50 to-
day. The wage scale has beea
hiked more than 100 percent.
PURCHASE BUILDING
The union purchased it, hors
office at 518 S. Rampant Street In
l940 from the Canal Bank and
Trust Company. This property d
now worth more than $4,000 and
houses the financial offices, the
presidents office. the Longshore-
mems Finance Company, a mod
ern dispensary, the relief offices,c
and n meeting hall accommodating
800.
CINOCORE-PERKIN
The net worth of the union &C.
cording to an auditors report
Rittler. Dienes and Moses Audit
Ing FIRM has grown from $4,000
In May 1871 to $4,000 in Deem
Der l946 including building and
See WOMAN HOLDs--page four
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

OF them fought alongside their
white comrades in the latee
phases of the battle Of Germany,
should be rewarded by the ~
moval of the stigmn and -humili-
alton of separate enrollment
training and service in the d.
Tense of our country and it, ldeal
of democracy"
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

RACINE, Wis - At least one
rather won't be able to begin ad-
monition for scholastic deficiency
with the phrase, Now, when I
was a boy. ...," A youth applying
for admission was called into the
University Of Wisconsin extension
center here and told the grades
on the transcript mailed in by his
school We're too low to warrant
entrance to the school. The de-
Jected boy picked up the slip of
paper, studied it, and his face
frightened. why" he said, that
isn't my transcript, that's my
dads, So he entered later, ON his
own transcript
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
CINOCORE-PERKINs
9TH ANNUAL YOUTH
MEETING IN HOUSTON

NEW YORK. = The 9th Annual
Conference of NAACP Youth
Councils and College Chapters
Will meet in Houston. Texas, NO
vember SD. 1947 It was announc-
cd today by the Associations
Youth Secretary. Mrs. Ruby Hur-i
ley.
Members Of the National Plan.
ming and Advisory Committee win
meet in executive session on No
vember 4th in Houston, to COM
plcte their recommendation to the
conference. Robert II. Wilson u
Columbia. South Carolina u con-
mitee chairman for THE year. !,
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

CHICAGO, Ill -- A three year
old tiny Negro girl, Margaret Ro-
zarian Harris, made her debut last
Sunday as a classical pianist and
drew prolonged applause from
her audience. The tiny girl with
her favorite doll perched in a
chair next to her baby grand
piano, played fourteen selections
from the work of Bach, Schubert,
Tchaikowsky, Mozart, Br h m S
and other composers. She appear
cd at Carey's Temple wearing a
white satin dress with pink rib
bon in her hair. She played Tchai-
kowsky's Long Of Russia" to In
troduce the second half of her
recital. In the midst Of Ave Ma
ria she yawned audibly but ne
yer missed a note.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

the internal affairs of other
states, this Government is not in
a position to take such action as
you urge"
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

MEMPHIS, Tenn -- Dan Bank
head, pitching star of the Negro
American League, left here last
week by plane for Brooklyn o
join the league-leading Dodgers
The Memphis Red Sox right
handler, secuted by President
Branch Hickey personally over
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05
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CHICAGO, III $500 Mrs. Ann Vie
gund, %, opened her mouth last
week to deny the theft of a dia-
mond ring, and the ring fell out
in front of a policeman. Mrs. Do
rothy Newman an employee of a
Michigan Avenue jewelry store
identified Mrs Wiegund and her
husband William, 80, Louisville,
Ky. as the couple who stole the
ring and a $3.50 jeweled horse
shoe pin.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05


husband William, 80, Louisville.
Ky. as the couple who stole the
ring and a $3.50 jeweled horse
shoe pin.
MOSELLE, Miss One white
man is dead, another white man
is wounded, and two other white
men are being held on charges of
murder, as the result of an argu-
ment here in which the term mig
ger lover was applied to a white
man who aided two Negroes to
vote in the Democratic primary
few weeks ago Dist. Atty. Homer
Pittman of Hattiesburg said the
men being held on murd
charges are Walter and Ellis Ger
aid, brothers, charged with shoot
ing to death r. w. Phillips and
wounding his brother, Otto Phil
lips. He said that when two Ne
groes were challenged at the
polls, Walter Gerald phoned Lau-
rel, Jones County Seat, ascertain
ed IL the Negroes were properly
registered, and gave that informa-
ton to poll officials. AS retult,
Pittman said the Negroes were
allowed to vote. Later in the
week Ellis and Gerald engaged
in an argument, one of whom
termed Walter "a niger loving
......." Ellis left and returned with
a pistol and accompanied by Wal
ter. In an argument the two men
were shot, one fatally.
Arkansas State press., 1947-09-05

See HOOVER LAUDS--page four
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19
THAT'S THAT

President Truman told the new
 Polish ambassador "it is a cause of deep concern to me and to the American people" that the provi- sional government of Poland has failed to carry out the Yalta and Potsdam agreements on free and unfettered elections. This rebuke should have been directed at Mos cow. That is where the responsi- bility lies for making farce of the elections in Poland. The Polish provisional government is a pup
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19
By BRUCE GUSTIN
pet of Russian Communists.

pet of Russian Communists.
 The United States is deeply con- cerned over the Polish situation. Our country was a party along with Russia and Great Britain to the Yalta and Potsdam agreements at which the Poles were solemnly promised tn ir independence would be restored and they would select their own government in free and unfettered elections. That pledge has not been kept.
 Last week, on the floor of the
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19

sever tha loose bond they should choose to do 
 Complete independence of Canada became an actual ty Jan 13 when the judicial committee Of the British prvy council ruled that the Canadian house of commons within it's rights when it abolished all appeals from Canadian courts to the British tribunals.
 Britain is moving out of India The British Labor gov ernment has agreed to make Burma free country King George and the royal family in South A rca to strengthen the remaining tie to Mother Eng land the recognition e the common monarch
 Whatever else the British system of imperialism ac- compshed it preserved the peace of widely scattered sections of the globe for many years The Pax Britannia was to our times what the Pax Romano during the early centuries of the Christian era
 Now Britain is lowing out partly in deference to the will for Self-deerminaon which the peoples of the former possessions have developed partly because Eng land, worn out by and desperately short of power no longer has the to police far-flung territories.
 At first it will be hard to get used to the idea of world in which Britain no longer the respons bility for maintaining status quo-regardess of whe her the rest of the world always approved that status or not
 A stabilizng force in international affairs will be gone to an extent at least What new responsibilities that fact may create for the United States-ust awa enng to the fact that it somehow has become Mo- 1 poWer-remainS to be
 The final dissolution of the British Empire is coming at time when England is going through grave politi cal and economic crisis. Food, clothing, coal and materials, which England must have if she is to bring about a trade recovery, scarce.
 There is talk of importing Polish workers to increase production Conservatives saying the latest Amer can loan cannot be repaid The outlook is not bright Ira ditional British determination is undergoing test The rest of the world had better hope it will be equal to the task
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19
British Determination Faces New Test
(The Denver Post)

(Ihe Denver POSt)
 THE LIQUIDATION of the British Empire is nearing completion. The of imperialism, which reached it's height of power under Victoria and immoralized by Kpling has passed The world beginning to real ize only slowly what the significance of that change will be- The empire has been replaced by commonwealth of independent dominions bound together only by their recognition of common king. The domnions are free
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19
Red Termites In Government


 FORMER SEN. ROBERT M LAFOLLETTE, JR. is of the respected progressives in American po litical life.
 Called many things in lis time, as was his father be- fore him. young Bob never has been labeled Red batter" or "witch-hunter."
 He has been identified with liberal and progressive movements for many years. He has studied Communism since first appeared in this country and shows thor Ough understanding when he writes about it, he does III the current of COerS Almost aggressive in public life has had the charge of "Communist" hurled at him, Mr. LaFollette remarks. And like any cry of Wolf! Wolff" repeated without basis it has had the effect of dsang people about the dangers in real Communist activities.
 says have made it possible for Communists and fellow travellers with fanatical loyalty to Russia so to worm their way into strategic positions in government and labor unions that we are in great danger.
 The partyline strategy for in this country based on the creation of chaos-class conflict discon tent depression anything else that will form frame conductive to revolution, Mr. LaFoette points
 Moreover, persons who embrace the Red faith do not fight fairly in the open They "the same under ground, interruptions methods employed by Hitler and Goebbels, because al totalitarians whether of right left believe that their ends justify the use of any means
 One familiar practice is to color information from of fcia that local Red organizations and party line newspapers can incte and inspire any desired action by high-pressure propaganda techniques."
 The State Department is notorious for the leaks of se cret information which have been distorted to such pur poses.
 And what doing to eradicate this spreading cancer? Next to nothing, Mr. LaFollee says Even dur ing the loyalty checks made of only about one out of every 25 employed in the civil service and fewer checks being made now. Congressional efforts to deal with the problem have been or less futile Nor does the former senator himself to have found wholly satisfactory solution /
 But surely ways and means can be found to cleanse the government itself of all such subversive elements m hp fcn1f ited and mmoblized Once it thoroughly understood that Communist is traitor to America not merely misguided zeaot, we.w begin moving in the right di- rection
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-19


 Michigan, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, expressed the view that "a world war which started in behalf of Polish liberty can scarcely be considered ade- quately won until Polish liberty is something more than rigged and terrorized election which, it is clarged, defies and defeats every elementary concept of autonomy, Se!f-determination, and democracy, and which nullifies the most sol emn pledges of which Britain and tne United States and Soviet Rus sia are capable" That indictment has been confirmed by the state department and by the President. At the end of l946, the federal government had 2,777,000 civilian workers on its pay roll. The enor- mity of that number is not the only thing to be criticized. In the last month of 1946 there was, a net Increase of 46, ,19l in the number of federal employees. That is in excusable. Before the war, the fed eral government had only 900,000 employees. By no stretch of imag- nation can it be argued reason ably that it needs three times that many now.
 Maybe some of the Presidents
 o-called war powers" should be extended. He has asked Congress 10 grant such an extension so the government will have power to deal with emergencies which pos sibly may arise during what he calls "the remainder of the recon version period" Any extraordinary authority which may be delegated by Congress to the President now should not be disguised as war power" The war is over. It would be worse than a legal fiction to pretend there can be any grant now, in peacetime, of war pow CTS"
 President Truman's announce ment of an agreement between the American Federation of Labor Building and Construction Trades council, representing nearly mil lion construction workers, and the Associated General Contractors of America to arbitrate all building controversies does not lessen the need for regulatory labor legisla- tion. There were some mo strike" agreements during the war. But they didn't prevent strikes. Big business doubtless would agree to 'refrain from practices in restraint of trade, but that wouldn't justify repeal of antitrust laws.
 Sugar looms big on the Con- gressional calendar. The govern ment's wartime authority to allO- cate sugar expires March 31. Its authority to control sugar prices ends June 30. And the sugar act, under which quotas are establish ed, expires Dec. 31. How to increase the supply of sugar for all Amer ican consumers and prevent rua- away prices are the immediate problems.
 From a long-range standpoint. the American sugar policy should be one which will promote expan- sion of the domestic industry, both beet and cane, so we will not be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
What, No Royal TrOusseau?
New York TimeSl

Depressing news continues to come from austerity- ridden England The latest-that Princess Elizabeth must forego her trousseau-wl stir pity in the heart of every bride-to-be in America who wouldn't dream Of being led to the altar without all the rament she or her parents buy. In England too a wave of sympathy has followed the announcement for even
 there it is whispered, trousseau sorts can still be managed through pooling of family clothing coupons But the Royal Princess seems to be out of luck just because she is royal.
 The Windsor family afford a trousseau. The Princess herself gets monthly allowance of S2 900 and her credit will be better when she marries h. deed, the Board of Trade had promised her all the coupons she needs. Her mother enjoyed trousseau I9z5 though very simple one. But her paren.s after due consideration of the proprietes have de- creed that any special privilege for royalty would be out of place in the present Spartan conditions of Eng fish life No wonder most of their loyal subjects who still like bit of pomp and circumstance with their royal weddings, disappointed and gripe a little Never before since the days of the original Elizabeth has British Princess been deprived of her trousseau and the great Queen herself lacked only because she chose her maiden state.
 Yet, lest too many tears be shed for past gories, there will be compensaions Princess Elizabeth can still keep high heart She will have new wedding gown fresh from the hands of of London's smart est designers. This will enable her to fulfill the old tradition of wearing something old" some thing new, something borrowed, something blue p Nor is there any hint that the Prince Consort will not be properly costumed Moreover for Elizabeth there may still be few garments left over from the South African trip to make up for the empty hope chest Only last winter the British press brmmed with descriptions of that gamorous weather outfit, evokng unpleasant, sullen from
 the labor ranks Now the royal decision suffer the same pryations of Arry and 'Arret should at least give tnker's cuss' what happens to anybody in England but the working man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
ZU YtAK1 AOU THE EMPIR
OCTOBER l, 1927

record expected at the last @ the Southeast concerts bathing beauties Royal Russian Eagle Horse the Indian oo o the
 of the Fair three big pes "eic Uo o awarded clipper automobile ana ton oi coal to the guessing accurately the weight o the largest the world'
 Judge Bones Bennett i've Pe feCe Schmtz fighting Pick Cunningham went the hno prize in the Bathing Beauty ., ,,..-
 Girls an interpretation oi the NsS'c Alice Merritt Jeanette stewart ariet Meade Iona Rosela Monag Margaret BUS
 singer Eileen Stan Jackson Iyra Baldwin ana Carlson
 U. S. Government Hospital planned leave day emergency case of meningitis reported a Yakltat
 Welman Forest Service arrived the previous evening aboard after summer Of classifying areas in the Chugach leadership Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition in 1926 many friends during their stay n Juneau
 Mrs the office of Gov George appointed to fill the position heo py several Alaska governors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
Louise In
 From South

Thirty-nine passengers arrived here from Vancouver last night aboard the Princess Louise.
 They were Marcella Anderson, Harold B. Foss. Helen H. Floss, Charla K. Field, Boyd Field, Freda G. Field, Thelma George, Joseph L, George.
 Monlus Meyers, Jimmie Meyers, Beverley Murphy, Richard Nelson, Georgia Nelson, Leo Peterson, Mary G. Sperling, Harry Sperlins Mary B. Sundborg, Rosemary Sundborg, Mary s. Sundborg, Pierre Sundborg, George Sundborg, Stephen Sundborg.
 Virginia Rice, Kenneth E. Vuille, Rosaline Wolff, Viola A. Wolff, Flora Wagner, Karl Blair, Stanley Chapman, Donald Campbell, John N. Jensen, Peter R. Matthew, William Matwychuk, Allan Mclean.
 Howard Pigeon, Mike Pintyluck, Stig Sums, William Kern, David Stein.
 Ire Louise left for SkagWay at l1:45 and will return cnroute south Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
LEWIS AND THE LAW

It is extremely unfortunate that the typically defiant position of John L Lewis has prevented the American Federation of Labor from complying with the Communist affidavit provision of the Taft Hartley Act In general the AFL has been inclined comply with the law because it is the law That is the position Americans normally take, even when they dislike statute and to campaign for it's repeal
 The net result is outright flouting of the law by both the main segments of the American labor move ment The situation is the regrettable because the provision requiring affidavits disavowng mem- bership the Communist party is purely and simply a protection for labor unions themselves.
 Communists have infitrated into some unions into relatively small number-and have established themselves in few key positions. While they hold those posts the whole labor movement is in some measure discredited The Taft-Hartley Act seeks to facilitate the removal of Communists from places of leadership in the labor movement. To the extent that succeeds, the labor unions of the country will gain public confidence, and will have better chance tC
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01

accomplish their long range aims on behalf of the nations wage e-earners.
 It is being said that the requirement of affidavits Is unconstitutional That seems unlikely. But even it is ultimately found to be unconstitutional the present sabotage of the law is not proper way to ascertain the constitutionality of that clause
 The real result of this refusal to file affidavits is to deprive all constituent unions of most of the benefits of the Wagner Act by closing the of the NLRB to such unions. Thus the entire body of the AFL is penalized because member of the executive council has chosen to Haunt his defiance of the law Unquestionably, this is way for Mir Lewis to advertise his dislike for the aft-Hartley Act But 1t may prove to be very costly way, from the stand point Of the millions of union members adversely affected
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
VAUGHAN GETS MITIGATION
 ITCH

The contagious spirit Of unifica- tion has caught the President $ military aide genial Maj Gen. Harry Vaughan. The man who got to know Truman only because he was a member of the Missouri Ma ticnal Guard would now like to merge the National Guard with the Army Reserve.
 II is against regulations for an Army officer to make such a pro- poSal out of channels, but big-for- his-boots Gen. Vaughan brazenly set forth his ideas in an article for the reserve officers magazine. At the last minute, however, he got cold feet and called it back.
 Later, friend in the reserves Col William Neblett, talked Waugh an into releasing it again, and the article will appear in the next is sue of the magazine.
 Vaughan will argue: The pre- sent plan for our security force eS- tablished a National Guard and a Reserve. units of which are found i'll every local community through cut our country. The functions ot these overlapping units are identi- cal. How much more efficient these citizens cCmponentS would be i combined into one force, subject only to Federal control!"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-01
U. s. FOOD COST DOUBLES

over at the mammoth Depart ment oi Agriculture building some studious- minded men employed by the Bureau of Agricultural econ omics have just come up with some interesting figures that have a lot to do with our grocery bill.
 The statisticians with the long charts and the slide rules now cal culate that the nations food bill for l947 will come to approximately 36 billion dollars. Back in the pre- war years when prices were down and food was abundant, food cost the American people only about 13 billion dollars year.
 All the increase is not due to price rises alone, the economists say, because increased earning pow CT has permitted us to eat better than ever before. However price increases do account for more than half the increase.
 To show just how much buster your grocers adding machine is you can dip back into the record books to the depths of the depres- sion, when the country only spent Il billion dollars a year on food. (coPYRICHT, l947, BELL SYNDICATE. INc)