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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

The sensation Of color can be
produced by stimuli other than
light: for instance, pressure on
the eyeball while in complete
darkness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

The automotive industry is the
chief market for gasoline, rubber,
steel, upholstery leather, mohair.
lead and nickel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

If there is such a thing as
Southeastern North Carolina
consciousness then, without any
urging or prodding, Southeast
ern North Carolina will present
a solid, Unbroken front on this
one, particular matter. That
means that every civic club,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Taken From Life
BY III. A.

In our travels and conversa-
tons in this section VIC encoun:
ter frequently the question: rs
there a Southeastern NORTH
Carolina and a pride in South
eastern North Carolina?"
The answer to that is whether
or not Southeastern North Caro-
lima presents a solid, unbroker
front.
Let us use for illustration the
latest happening. Last Friday
morning, more than $50 farm
ers and business men from
Pender, Onslow and Duplir
counties went to Raleigh to re.
quest of the Governor and the
chairman of the State Highway
Commissions the immediate
letting of a contract for the paw
ing of 23.4 miles of highway be-
tween Burgaw and Jackson
vile. They did not get assur-
ance of an immediate letting.
All they obtained was a promise
that bids will be sought ir, Jan
uary and construction will be
started in April.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

Logically the question arises
of how a solid, unbrokea front
can be developed for the region
if such a front is not already
in existence.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
PARENTS MAGAZINE CONDEMNED

New York = Sharp issue was taken today with Parents Maga- zine by Walter White, Execu- tive Secretary, NAACP, for its award of a medal to "Song of the South" Walt Disney's film of the Uncle Remus stories. MT. White, in his telegram, stated:
 'The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is shocked by the award of the January Parents Maga- zine medal to 'Song of the South," which glorifes racial stereotypes and virtually justi- 1es slavery by picturing 1t as an idyllic system One of the chief causes of racial friction in this country is the half-truths and untruths which are planted Tn the unsuspecting minds of young peoples which in later years causes the perpetuation of dangerous and divisive pre- judices.
 Award of the medal by publication so highly respected and circulated as Parents Maga- zine, which many of us have read for years, is not in keep ing, in our opinion, with the high standards which it has always maintained"
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
OBJECT TO FIRING OF VET

Washington, D. C.-Protest- ing to General Omar Bradley the dismissal of war veteran, wounded in action, from his job at the Veterans Admin stration facility at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, Jesse O. Ded- mon, NAACP Secretary of Vet erans' Affairs, today sent tele- gram to the Veterans Admin stration. MT. James Miles, dishwasher, and holder of the Purple Heart, was dismissed for malfeasance of the St. Louis Civil Service Commission which decided, after hearing the case, in MT. Miles favor, and recon mend his reinstatement, the Veterans Administration de- clined to reinstate him, and appealed to the Civil Service Commission in Washington, D. c.
 This action was taken issue with by MT. Dedmon in his wire to General Bradley, in which he stated:
 'The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lodges it's protest against the action of the Veterans Ad- ministration in the case of MT. James B. Miles, a Negro war veteran, who was discharged from the Veterans Administra- tion facility at Jefferson Bar racks, Missouri.
 We request that the recom- mendations of the regional Civil Service Commission be com piled with and that any further dismissals or discharges based on race or color be stopped by the Veterans Administration" :"
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18

gro business man. The Scott office recently secured a five year recording contract for Miss Brice with the Columbia Recording Company.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
CAROL BRYCE TO BE LIST ED IN WHO'S WHO


 American contralto had another outstanding honor bestowed up on her this week when she was informed by Wheeler Sammons, Jr., Editor-in-C Charge of Who's Who In America, that public in quiry has made it necessary that they list her immediately in Who's Who In America.
 MT. Sammons said to Miss Brice: I've have to ask your cooperation rather urgently to the extent of supplying the in- formation indicated by the en- closed biographical data card because reference users of our publication are seeking infor- nation about you-as result we are both carding your name permanently in our biographi- cal file and scheduling 1t for listing in ''The Monthly Supple ment to Who's Who. Large library reference centers report to us the name being inquired about most frequently and from these reports, from newspapers and other current news sources, our editors make their selec- tions. Will you therefore be good enough to fill in the en- closure and return it as prompt ly as possible. Your coopera- tion will assist in providing ac- curate information in response to the exceptionally keen, cur rent interest-of Americans, young and old, in all walks of life-in detailed information about who's who in the news.
 Miss Brice is the winner of the coveted Naumberg Award for vocal excellence, the only Negro to have won the award in it's 22-year history. She won it in competition with singers white and colored from thru out America. Dr. Serge Kous- sevitsky, the eminent conductor and musical sage said: Her voice is like Cello''. Dr. Fritz Reiner, great musical theoriti- elan and conductor of the Pitts burgh Philharmonic Orchestra said that she is destined to be the most distinguished singer of our generation. Olin Downes, the profound vocal critic of the N. Y. Times, said: "The voice has nearly instrumental main tenance of line-like a gorgeous colored band against the or chestral and choral sonorities ; and recently Edward Tatnall Canby stated in a review of Miss Brice's debut on records in Gustav Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer" with the Pitts burgh Philharmonic Orchestra said: Carol Brice is equal to Marian Anderson in vocal qual- ity and more at home in "classi- cal music; her younger voice is more flexible. May well be the greatest Negro voice."
 These are a few of the many honors that have been bestowed on Miss Brice and which have gone far in arousing the keen
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
NAACP OUTLINES
 15-POINT PROGRAM FOR 8OTH CONGRESS
New York

ment of Colored People, at it's annual meeting, January 9th, looked to the new Congress with hope tempered with skep- ticism. Members of the Asso- citation, meeting for the thirty eighth time, in the Wendell Willkie Memorial Auditorium, called for Congressional action on a fifteen point legislative program recommended by Wal ter White, executive secretary, and designed "to strengthen the democratic system" and spread it's benefits to all citizens.
 Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel, outlined a legal pro- gram for 1947 which will in clude intensified court action against discriminatory regi- stration practices.
 The legislative program re- commended by MT. White fol lows:
 l. A Federal anti-lynching bill.
 2. Adequate Federal Civil Rights legislation.
 3. A strong FEPC bill.
 4. A bill to abolish the poll tax.
 5. A bill for Federal aid to low-cost housing program, with proper safeguards for the rights of minorities.
 6. A bill amending immigra- tion laws to reestablish lapsed quotas and otherwise permit displaced persons in Europe to enter the United States.
 '. A bill to include domestics and agricultural workers under the Social Security Act.
 8. A bill to provide Federal aid to the states for education, with proper safeguards for the rights of minority groups in states having separate school systems.
 9. A minimum wage bill for workers producing goods for interstate commerce.
 10. A national health bill.
 II. A bill to prohibit the seg- regation of passengers in inter- state travel.
 12. A civil rights bill for the District of Columbia.
 13. Abolition of the Wood Rankin Committee on Un- American Activities. 14. Amendment of the Senate rules to invoke cloture against filibustering by a majority, in stead of two-thirds vote.
 15. Maintenance of rent con- trols.
 Four new members elected to the NAACP board of directors for three year terms ending December 31, 1949, were: Eric Johnston and Philip Murray, both of Washington, D. C.; Dr. George D. Flemmings of Fort Worth, Texas, and Dr. Nathan K. Christopher, of Cleveland, Ohio. Directors reelected were: Dr. Louis T. Wright, New York
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
SERVICES TO NEGRO
 VETERANS DISGRACE

recommendations from numer- ous organizations and indiv1d- uals following release of the National Urban League s spe- cial veterans survey earlier in the year, little actually has been done to improve services to Negro veterans, the year-end report revealed. In city after city, veterans comprise the ma jority of unemployed Negroes in the Employment Service ac- tive files. In some cities, Ne gro veterans already have ex- hausted their adjustment allow ances and are being forced to accept ill-paid jobs as janitors, porters and laborers.
 A few feeble attempts are being made in several cities to expand vocational training, ap- prenticeship and on-the-job training for Negro veterans, ac- cording to the League. How ever, the high enrolment of Negro veterans i'll colleges and universities is encouraging. Al most 10000 Negro veterans are taking advantage of opportun- ities for advanced education, and the percentage of enroll ment in non-segregated institu- tions of higher learning has jumped considerably. But an estimated 15,000 Negro veterans have been unable to enter any college due to crowded condi- tions, the report revealed.
 Continued discrimination by the Veterans Administration it. self is responsible for much of the general lethargy in regard to the problems of Negro vet erans, the League pointed out. Although some 100000 Negro veterans are natives of South ern and border states, less than 200 Negro veterans are em- ployed by the Veterans Ad- ministration in this area. In Georgia, for instance, only ' of the 1,700 of the Veterans Ad- ministration employees are Ne groes, and in the rest of the South, the average VA Negro employment is about six per state. Further, the Negroes who are employed are restricted largely to segregated counsel ling centers in Negro colleges. Stronger Efforts Needed
 ''These facts demonstrate all too clearly that the challenge to the Urban League movement is by no means diminished, and that we must continue our fight for jobs, more jobs and better jobs for Negroes with increased energy in 1947," the Urban League Industrial Relations Di- rector concluded. ''In the Ma tional Urban League program, this calls for inter-racial and inter-group cooperation all down the line. But coopera- tion does not mean appeasement with us, and we must use all our resources our long experience
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18

Dickerson, Chicago, H.; Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, New York City; and the Hon. Arthur Capper, Topeka, Kansas.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
1946 WAS CRUCIAL YEAR FOR NEGRO EMPLOYMENT
Urban League Report Shows Gains In Campaign Against Job-Discrimination

New York-While 100000 Ne gro workers were unemployed during 1946 and racial discrimi- nation remains widespread in America, advances have been made by Negroes in a number of job fields, according to a year-end statement released this week by the National Ur- ban League, America s only na- tional social welfare agency.
 "This was the year when we feared Negro unemployment would reach 1,OOO.OOO,' Julius A. Thomas, the Leagues Indus trial Relations Director, stated. "We anticipated finding many thousands of displaced Negro war workers without jobs, but the employment level has held remarkably we'll during the first year of peace. ,
 Not only the comparatively high level of general postwar employment, but the successful experience of many large com panies which employed Negroes for the first time during the war, the determined efforts of progressive trade unions to out law discrimination, and the en- actment and implementation of fair employment practices legis- lation in several states have contributing factors, MT. Thom- as pointed out.
 New Jobs
 In its efforts to open new and better jobs for Negro workers, the National Urban League met with more success in 1946 than in any previous year, MT. Thomas reported. The League succeeded in placing "the first Negro" in a wide range of new jobs in 50 cities scattered throughout the coun- try. Switchboard operators, clerks, stenographers, installers, coin collectors and technicians were placed in jobs with local telephone companies in Detroit, Minneapolis, Boston, Provi- dence, Milwaukee, San Fran cisco, and Newark. In New York and New Jersey, 800 Ne gro switchboard operators and workers in other classifcations were added to the telephone work force. The companies had employed 152,000 persons since VI Day, of whom less than 1,5OO were Negroes.
 Despite the initial success in breaking down unfair practices by the telephone companies in these areas, most telephone com pany operating units still are guilty of fragrant discrimina- tion against Negroes, Thomas emphasized, and the National Urban League is attacking the problem in this field with re- newed vigor.
 In other white collar fields, considerable gains were brought about during the year in the employment of Negro sales peo- ole, clerks. and cashiers in de-
The frontiersman., 1947-09-10

QUICK RAISIfI CAKE
 l/3 cup shortening, l l/3 cups prom sugar, 2 eggs, l/l cup milk, l 3/L cups flou~> } teaspoons bak- ing towdcr,, l/2 teaspoon nutmeg; l/2 teaspoon cin- namoa, l cup raising.
 rash raisins in hot water drain and dry on | towel Cream butter and sugar; add beaten eggs an0 milk. Ado flour which has been sifted with baking ponder nutmeg and cinnamon, and beat Tor 3 nirutc6o l.ix
The frontiersman., 1947-09-10

UTILITY BOARD STORY
 (cont. pagel) for the corming spring. It ,ras decided to do the work in the spring duo to the generosity of Sanguar Estus who has volunteered to transport the necess- ary cement needed from Seattle aboard his tender on her Morthbound trip next sumner. This will save the city the expense of freight charges -Thich add to 2 considerable
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14

succeeded themselves as they had been elected for the short term at the annual meeting in l945.
 Mrs. Carol Rivers will act as vice chairman of the camp committee Other camp committee members who are already actively working are MT. and Mrs. Burr Johnson, Mrs. Mark Jensen, the Rev. Treat, Charles Smith and Mrs. Jack Fletcher
 Additional lieutenants for troops include Mesdames George Watson and Sechrist and Miss Katherine File. Mrs. Arthur Walker is sue ceeding Mrs. Homer c. Murphy as registrar and a member of the troop organization committee.
 Considerable discussion was had relative to the advisability of in surance protecting the children during the entire Scouting year should any accidents take place. A decision will be made at the next board meeting after it is deternin- ed what the national policy is re- garding such matters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
pROp0SES LARGE AEASkk SECTIONS FOR VETERANS NOW

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Legis- lation to permit veterans to estab- fish homesteads in Southeast AL aska is proposed in the House by Rep. Lemke (R-ND) who said it was time we develop Alaska"
 Lemke's measure would require that veterans be permitted to file On enough land to support a family of seven
 Alaska can be settled and can become a source of great wealth to the other part Of our nation, 2 Lemke said. Bureaucracy has bungled with Alaska about the same as it has with everything else"
 The bill sets up a settlement com mission composed of 50 Alaskan residents which will be empowered to determine how much land each veteran will be given
 The land, Lemke says, lies along the Pacific coast west of British Columbia and is composed in part Of islands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
AlASKA CASES TO BE HEARD COMING
 WEEK IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Jan. 14-The Mari time Commission will look into AL aslla lighterage rates and recently advanced Puget Sound terminal rates here next week.
 Hearings on lighterage rates be- tween Alaska ports will begin Mon clay at 10 am. and the terminal rate hearings will start Wednesday The lighterage hearings are expect cd to wind up an investigation in- to the Alaska rate situation begun some time ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
BOARD OF GIRL
 SCOUTS MEETING
 HELD lAST NIGHT
Registration of Brownies Reported Summer
 Camp Discussed

A total of 226 Brownies, inter- mediates and seniors are now re- gistered with the Juneau-Douglas Girl Scout council it was announc- cd at the monthly board meeting last night at the Lutheran church by Mrs. Ernest Gruening, troop or ganization chairman
 This is the largest registration ever enjoyed by the local council. Workers feel elated that so many girls in the Gastineau Channel are taking advantage of the oppor- tunities offered through the Girl Scout program.
 Camp plans were the subject of a majority of the evening with Mrs. C. c. Carter, camp chairman reporting on work done to date After a lengthy discussion of the pros and cons on increasing camp fees and evidence showing that fees in the States have even before the war been much larger than these locally it was decided to in- crease the amount for the two week period to S20. Fees for the first week will be $l250 should a girl attend for only one week.
 A number oI new board members were welcomed into the group in cluding the Rev. Robert Treat, the Rev. Herbert Eillerman, Mrs. Ro- bert Boochever and Miss Sue Ken nedy. Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Leigh Grant and Mrs. E. L. Keithahn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
SHORTAGE IN HOUSE OFFICE
 IS REPORTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Spea ker Martin told newsmen today a preliminary audit of the House Ser goant- t-at-Arms office, the general accounting office, indicates a shor- tage of Sl21, ,000 in the accounts.
 Martin said progress report on the audit, still being made, was given to him by Lindsay Warren, Comptroller General, who was re- quested by Martin last week to make the study.
 The Speaker said he conveyed the information to Republican House members at Party conference late yesterday. All House members had been asked previously for state ments Of their accounts for use in the audit.
 The Sergeant-at-Arms acts as a banking and financial clearing house for members of the House.
 Kenneth Romney of Montana, who had been Sergeant-at- Arms since 1881 and who was succeeded on Jan. by William Russell Of Pennsylvania, told reporters he had no comment to make on Martins statement.
 The cashiers office in the House Sergeant-at- Arms office has been closed since the audit was started last week
 Asked what would be done about the indicated shortage, Martin said presumably it was a matter for the Justice Department to handle. He disclosed no details of what the audit showed other than the indi- cated shortage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
STEAMER M0vEMENTS

Freighters 1word Knot and Sail CT Splice in port.
 North Sea, from Seattle. due here Friday morning
 Tongass scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January 2l.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle January 24
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle January 28
 Alaska, from west, scheduled scuthbound about January IS or l9. Palisana scheduled southbound on January 28.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14

WASHINGTON-Secretary of the Treasury John w. Snyder told Congress in report that the na- ten cannot afford a general reduc- ten in taxes. Snyder's views were contained in the Treasury's annual reIcrt to Congress on the state of the nations finances.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
PRESIDENT MAY REPORT ON WORK,
 UNIFIED NAW0NS

NEW YORK, Jan. l4.-Authori- tative sources said today President Truman would submit to Congress within two weeks a complete report on American operations in the United Nations, probably placing sharp emphasis on atomic energy control.
 The President, these sources said, may take the opportunity of spot lighting the atomic control question in letter accompanying the re- port.
 The report is now being draft ed by the American delegation and is expected to be completed this week. It will cover all fields of work in the United Nations.
 The basic argument between Rus sia and the United States over priority for atomic energy control or general disarmament may be re- solved
 Authoritative sources said Great Britain would support the U. s. in insisting that atomic energy con- trol be given priority if there is 6 showdown with Russia.
 Russia is insisting that all phas- es" of world disarmament be talk en up immediately Atomic energy would te included, but without any special priority, which the Ameri- cans deem necessary.
 Most security council delegates believed it unlikely that any action would be taken in tomorrows ses- sion. The most they expected was "a lot of discussion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports from Marine stations at 30 F M. today
WIND

MARINE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD ENDING WEDNESDAY
  Outside waters o winds 15 2 miles shifting nohwey Is 25 Outside
  northwestery Wednesday  along Clearing Spencer Wednesday, soWly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14

an International one-half ton Metro delivery truck, for Sullys Bakery, and in International K-Five one and one-half ton chassis and cab.
 Juneau Motor Company has a new 1947 Studekaker Champion club coupe in it's shew window which is attracting considerable attention. Also delivered there were a Packard Clipper sedan and a Studebaksr one ton pickup.
 Connors Motor Company received three GMC trucks, including one panel delivery and a pair of one and a half ton trucks. Also de- livered there was l946 Buick Sedanette.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
HOT STUFF

BOSTON-Perhaps mlady's hat isn't so important after all.
 Among unclaimed lost items, the Bcston and Maine Railroad has listed IT women's hats All but 10 CT the mems lost hats have been claimed
 Also unclaimed were snakes pre- served in alcohol and a bass drum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14

WASHINGTON-Donald Russell resigned today as Assistant Secre- tary of State. The resignation, eff fective Jan. 20, was announced by President Truman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14
veEe e7ans Complain
 OiColIege TeaeIring

BOSTON, Jan. 14.-Veterans Ad- ministrator Omar Bradley today asserted that some veterans are dis appointed at the teaching they have received in colleges. General Bradley said that the veterans want high quality of instruction. He added that he did not know whe- ther the veterans criticism was justified. However he added, they are mature students, and their opinions are worthy of considera- tion."
 Speaking to the Association of American Colleges in Boston, Brad ley said that educators have told him that they are not fully satis- fled with present programs. On the ether hand, said Bradley it must he remembered that thousands of additional students are receiving educational opportunities because Of emergency measures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-14

"-(430 "a. yesterday to 430 a
 WEATHER SYNOPSIS: 
 Valley the Dakoas Slightly and considerably moist Southeast Alaska with widespread and rain slowly rising colder Gulf Alaska from the Berng Sea should reach Southeast Alaska sometime Wednesday again lcWer the below
 Cloudy skies with light mander of Alaska with IS below 30 to 40 degrees north o Ykcn River Temperatures Pacific Northwest considerably below with readings b in the Sound Washington except locally degrees the Oregon
 There this Inlet and Idaho North with high the just u o Alaska