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The Skyland post., 1947-03-27

ident Truman's victory in his
fight to the finish" over John L.
Lewis, as a result of the decision
of the u. S. Supreme Court up
holding the contempt conviction
of the United Mine Workers boss,
and the subsequent influence of
the decision on future lobor leg
islation and labor disputes high
lighted the Washington front.
And coincident with the Sup
preme Court decision, the Presi-
dents stock with the people,
which started to comeback i'm
mediately following his deter
mined stand against Lewis last
November has again started on
the upswing, making him more
popular with the people, accord
ing to the polls, than ever before.
All Washington is agog over
the fight within the Republican
leadership and the attempt of
National Chairman Carroll Reece
to bring about harmony among
the membership of both house
and senate. Indications are that
Mr.. Reece's attempts at peace
making and pouring oil on the
waters backfired, for sixteen of
the COP freshmen Senators have
signed a round-robin letter di-
rected at Sen. Eugene Millikin,
Colo, chairman of the senate
finance committee, in which they
deplore the fact that they are not
consulted in the party policy
making and ask that they be TAX
en- into the confidence of the
leaders.
1t is, commonly known here
that the younger COP senators
and the group headed by Sen
ators Morse, of Oregon and Ak
en-, of Vermont are champing
against the leadership provided
by Senator Taft, Of Ohio. The
Ohio senator has. unfortunately,
hooo upahlo ~ win . e;nola f;oht
j., the senate to date and the Re-
nubljcans are now looking to
| Conato,, Vandpnb11ro of Mich
;oon for thei,, leadership O, tho
other hand. Speaker Joe Martin
o,,d DG,io,.;tv Ioodn,, Cba,lns uaI-
1ncl, ~ tbc house have main
tanned marty dic;Dlino on most
;ss,,o, and thn house Ron,Jblicans
havo ~rono down tho line" to-
oo+bor ~, all ,,ar.;.9,, ,,.a.r,,.o.
On tho othn, .,da of tho noliti-
cal foncn thcrn j. o ehako-u0
oo;,,o ~, u,;+l,;, tl,o boadoIa,+o,,s
% 4Is, Do,,,oc,o+io N,+io,al Co,,,-
n,ittoo With cao1 sullivan for
,,o,, +b;rd assistant noetr,astr,,
aooo,a1 n,,1li,,o the levers The
T,;sn onoe horn nrofpee to soc in
Sullivan tho enceeeor ~ Chair
! r,on Rohor+ Honneoop &C hose of
tl.a 1aa.aana+;a ooro,,,i++oa ,,,bor
IIouoaa roo5. .too o.;do
-ol.ole1- ,.,;+l; 49, a,,+ fou,
.+l,o Tha ,oc;onot;on of Con,
O,n1aoI G. 1o,,;c noucnonarr,an
&C hood of tho conon,ittee'c nuh-
1;c;+v cot-un ;e regarded as only
c+or+o,, IN . l;c+ of rac;onat;ons
1,h;oL - oo
~ tbo n,oant;me tho endless
aoLa+o o,ar .to L,Idoo+ NV 70
dnction the continuo1e rounds
| 80 ;,,,,oc4;oo+;or ;n;+;o+od b,, al
nooe+ ovo,y conoraee;onaI COM
.oi+4ao ,ro ,o+t,, &c oor,nared
v,;+b tho raoI events Of national
ond aforementioned significance
which bano over the congress-
tho cr,mhIino Of the Rritish en-
n;ro ond +ba rolo +hie nation will
p1a1 - ho1c+orirn o,,,. forn,ar
p111, +bo poloc+;no question
The entire Mloole-EaSt questloll
lncludlng the cohtlol OF Vne 0"l
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The Skyland post., 1947-03-27
HEALTH MEASURE
PASSED BY SOLONS
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Continued from Page y
measure would increase the
States spending during the next
biennium to about $3.50 900 900,
highest in North Carolina history.
It contains $6,OOO,000 to be match
ed by local and Federal subsidies
for construction of medical cen
ters and hospitals in needy State
areas. and $3,790.000 to be match
ed with $l,500,0O0 in Federal
funds to enable the expansion at
Chapel Hill.
Revenue Loss $4,000, 900
The anti-Wine and beer bills,
if passed, will cost the State about
$2,000,000 in revenue in l947-49.
The anti-Wine section would APP
ply to CASTOR. Davidson. DaVie,
Macon. Cherokee Yadkin, CleVc-
/. land, AnsOn, Harpett, Haywood,
Jackson. Lee, Randolph, Robson,
Sampson. Scotland and TranSyl-
Vania, with county commissioners
having authority to outlaw beer
except in municipalities desiring
it. and in Grade A and B cafes.
The same beer regulatory powers
would apply to Bladen, Madison,
Avery, Northampton, Hertford
and Moore counties under another
bill
Meanwhile, the House passed a
bill to allow a referendum IN
Hickory on the establishment Of
alcoholic beverage control stores.
Attempts of Legislators to in
crease their pay, even though the
people voted against it last No
vember, received a setback when
Attorney General Harry McMul
Ian advised that he believed $6
a day for subsistence and 6 cents
mile for travel for legislators
would be of doubtful constitution
ality.
To Study Education
The House passed and sent to
the Senate a measure authorizing
the Governor to appoint a COM
mission to make a study of pub
lie education in North Carolina
and to report to the Governor and
the General Assembly in 1949 on
its findings.
Also sent to the Senate was a
House-approved bill which would
provide for the establishment of
vocational school for veterans at
Camp Butner.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Credit Totals Higher
for Month of June

The volume of consumer credit
continued its month-by-month
record-breaking climb through
June, swinging up 2 per cent to
another peak of $10.834 ,0O0, OOO
the Federal Reserve Board re-
ported Thursday night.
This was a gain Of $2,979,0 900,
600 in the last IL months alone.
1nstallment buying, the only
consumer credit field still under
restriction, performed about the
same as other types of credit.
Installment credit on auto sales
increased another 6 per cent in
June to a total of 1862 million dol
larsLbut the rate of increase
was less rapid than for any OF
the last IL months.
Installment sale credit for
other items rose nearly 3 per
cent in June to a total of 81, ZAP,
000, 200.
1nstallment loans, totaling 81,
902, 900, 900 gained about 8 per
cent in June, which virtually du-
plicates the performance in other
recent months.
Charge accounts increased
slightly in June although usual
ly they are little changed for
that month.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
VIM. POwellKep
Under His Hat

William Powell is very parti-
cular about hats. This is true
about the hats he wears on the
street as well as on the screen
But the hats that Powell wore
on Sundays and other days off
during the filming Of Life With
Father" were a startling addi-
ton to his alraedy large supply
of headgear.
They were provided by Diana
Lewis, who is Mrs. Powell in pri-
vate life. They were large, col
orful, floppy straw hats from
Mexico and they all but hid the
actor from view when he wore
one. Yet they were a must" on
on his holiday schedule during
the making of the picture.
Life With Father was filmed
at Warner Bros. in Technicolor
which is peculiarly sensitive to
any chromatic changes in skin
and hair. Hence, Powell, who
likes sun baths, was forced to
keep his face and red-dyed hair
well shaded.
I felt sort Of silly" said Po-
well. "But it was better than
spending extra hours being made
up and re-tinted'
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
WDL Protects Rights in
Unemployed Welfare

NEW YORK-At the request of
the Unemployed & Project Work
ers Union, the Workers Defense
League supliped attorneys and
observers for a mass demon
stration by the union in front of
the department of welfare.
Ruth Murphy of the WDL
staff was among the observers.
Ted Diamond and Conrad Lynn,
WDL attorneys, stood by in case
Of trouble. However. police did
not interfere.
Carrying signs saying: 1--WE
can't live on IS cents a day." the
200 demonstrators urged removal
of Alphonse Henningburg, the
welfare departments director of
staff and community relations.
Destroying a grievance procedure
built NJ over Il years. Fenning-
burg is refusing to negotiate
orievnroe~ r-+r representatives
Of the union.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

only way to provide education for
Negroes Of Alabama and the
Deep South at a time when the
Civil War passions had not vet
died down. But many decades
have passed, and this (the pro
posed hospital for Negro veterans
is not aprivate educational insti-
tuition for Negroes alone" the
National Urban League executive
secretary continued. This is
true, but it was a desperate last
step maneuver, undertaken as
the only way to provide educa-
ton for Negroes of Alabama and
the Deep South at a time when
the Civil War passions had not
yet died down. But many decades
have passed, and this (thepro-
posed hospital for Negro vet
erans) is not a private educa-
tional enterprise which is invol-
we'd. It is a contract entered in
to by the Federal Government it.
self. Furthermore during the war
the Army and Navy hospitals in
This country and overseas ac-
cepted Negro and white veterans
together on the basis Of their
service and need, rather than
their race. If this could BE- done
during the war, there is no lust
lfication for its not being done
during peace.
Mr.. Granger concluded his
communication of proest by urg-
ing the Veterans Administration
To reconsider the policy inherit
ed by your Administration of
separating American veterans on
the basis of race" He warned
that twenty-five years of racial
malpractice in the Veterans Ad-
mlnistration may make such a
decision difficult to establish and
equally difficult to administer
we are certain" the National
Urban League official concluded
that a majority of the American
people regardless Of their race.
wn approve and sunnort such
confirmation Of democratic in
tHT'nn by our Federal Govern
ment."
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Business Growth Rate
Gradually Receding

WASHINGTON - A new high
in the number of business firms
was reported Saturday by the
Commerce Department, but it
said the rate of growth is slow
ing down.
The record number is 300, 600.
1t was established in March, and
is 100000 above the pre-war
high reached in September. 1941.
The showdown in business popu-
lation growth showed up like
this: in the first six months of
1916, the number of firms was
increasing at the rate of 10 per
cent a year. But in the follow
ing six months, the increase was
only half as great-9 per cent.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Pvt. Woods TO
Get New Trial
By the Army
Sentenced to Hang
for Shooting Tent
Mate 16 Mo. Ago

SAN FANCISCO - The retrial
OF Pvt. Lemas Woods, Jr., open
ed in a blaze of flashbulbs and
army brass this week. at the Pre-
sido.
AS the trial progressed, it be-
anne increasingly evident that
the army is bending over back
wards to guarantee the 24-year
old Negro CT a fair trial which
he had been. denied 16 months
ago when he was sentenced to
hang for shooting his terminate,
Robert Patterson.
The court consists of s officers
headed by Brigadier General
Robin B. Pape and includes a
Negro LIST It., Seth D. Finley.
The defense had challenged Col.
Charles G. Rau, a Southern, who
was Immediately excused by Pape
Most evident in the weeks pro-
ceedings is the glazing contrast
between the trial being conduct
ed now, with careful emphasis
placed on details, and the court
martial proceedings which took
place in the Philippines in 1916
when Woods was tried and con-
victed in only three and one
half hours.
Instead of a soft drink sales
man, who acted as defense coun-
sci in the first trial, Woods is be-
ing defended by an impressive
battery of competent lawyers
headed by Ernest Goodman, De-
troit attorney, who upon the re-
quest of the Civil Rights Con-
gres, UAW-CIO. and other or
CARNATIONS, conducted the orr
ginal investigation which won
the new trial by presidential de-
cree.
The noted labor attorney is as
sisted by army-appointed Major
Evans c. Bunker. former Seat
tie lawyer, Captain John A. Nc
Lloughlin, former kansas City
Continued On Page 8.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Anti-Picketing
Decision VOided

NEW YORK - A magistrates
court anti-picketing decision Of
March 1916, described by the
Workers Defense League as
"the first instance in recent
times of the denial of the right
to picket in New York City," has
been reversed by the appellate
division. Joseph Glass, WDL
attorney, handled the appeal.
The case arose from an at
tempt by the Committee for
Non-Violent Revolution to set up
an anti-imperialist picket line in
front of the swanky Hotel Savoy
Plaza, where the first United Ma
lions reception was in progress.
When police arbitrarily barred
~picketing in front of the hotel,
the pickets insisted on their
rights. Eight were arrested on
disorderly conduct charges, con-
victed and fined from SIS to $50.
AS a result of the appellate div
visions ruling, the fines will he
refunded.
Presiding Justice Geoge B. De-
Luca in delivering the opinion
of the court stated Appellants
were attempting to exercise their
lawful rights to freedom Of
speech and press by picketing
with placards and distributing
leaflets on a public street-That
a crowd may have collected was
due for the most part to the
actions Of the police"
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

of the Orpheum Theater begin
ming Friday August s, for one
week stand.
The Mills Brothers is one Of
the oldest and best loved and
known singing teams or the
theaterical stage today, will be
here to give out with some Of
those welLknown tunes that
have made them famous through
out the Americas and Europe.
They have long been at the top
list Of singing group, touring,
America and continent. The re-
cord breaking audience at their
performances have hailed their
unique style of presentation
wherever they appear.
Radio audience throughout the
land find the Mills Brothers
songs refreshing and breath-tak-
ing in presentation. Their re-
cords and sheet music sales
more than verify the popularity
of these four singers.
Europe went wild owe them
when they went abroad before
World War IL, and now since
the war is over promoters are in
the country trying to sign these
famous boys up for another
long European Theater tours.
The Mills Brothers, John Sr.
Herbert, Harry and Donald are
coming to the Orpheum Theater
in Omaha Friday August s, with
the noted Randy Brooks band to
bring to the musical public a
host of those smooth mellow
tunes and songs like none other
but the Mills Brother can.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Businessmen Forecast
Cautious Buying and
Sign of Buyers a

Most business men report IN
creased conservation and more
cautious buying both in their
won purchasing and among their
customers.
A National Industrial Confer
ence Board survey OF the pusl-
ness outlook for the next six
months shows heavy in some
lines and backlogs are still high
only one Of every 10 executives
replying expects new orders 10
exceed shipments in the SIX
months ahead.
Cancellations currently pre-
sent no particular problem
OF such items c5 rteel, coal,
petroleum and othe- materials or
parts which are short tie major
concern is to obtain a supply SUI
ficient to maintain production.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Protest Negro Veteran
Hospital at the Booker T.
Washington Birthplace Site

NEW YORK, N. "a sharply
worded protest was dispatched to
General Omar Bradley, Admins
traitor Of the Veteran Administra-
ton, by the National Urban Lea
que opposing a bill to establish a
$4,000 900 Hospital for Negro vet
Grams at the birthplace of Booker
T. Washington in Franklin Coun-
ty Virginia.
The action Of the National Ur-
ban League was made public to-
day as Lester B. Granger, ex-
ecutive secretary, pointed OUT
that the House of Representative
Veteran Affaires Committee ar
proved the bill on July Is.
THE measure would authorize
expenditure of $1,000. 900 for
Veterans Administration to ac-
quire the birthplace of Booker
T. Washington and for the con-
struction of the seereoated hos
pital.' MI. Granger added.
In his protest to General Bradley
the National Urban League Of
fetal asserted There Il ira pic
irony in such action. Booker r.
Washington if alive today, would
have been outspoken against a
policy of racial segregation esta
blished by the Federal Govern
ment and inflicted upon Negro
men and women who have risked
their lives and shattered their
health in a war to defend demo-
cracy.
More than irony is involved"
Mr.. Granger continued. 1T is an
insult to the memory of a great
educator and a noble American
to memorabilia him by erecting
a seeregated institution on the
site Of birthplace."
Service and Need" More I'm.
portant Than RACE
There are those who will
aror,c that Rnote- r. WASHINGTON
himself headed On educational in
stitrtion fn- NeeroAs alone, the
NATIONAL Tr~-o- ~rnor-,a executive
secretary continued "This 10 tr,,e
IT, i was q democratic last-s.en
maneuver, undertaken az ~
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
ELkS DRUM AND BUGLE
CORPS ENTERTAINED AT
JOHNSON'S DRUG STORE

Monday evening quite a plea
SAINT surprise party, given by the
American Legion FOR the Elks
Drum and Bugle Corps, was en-
joyed by this group of young
people at Johnson's drug store.
The American Legion was mag
namious in their praise Of the
Corps for their cooperating and
participation in the Legion parade
July 29th.
To the American Legion: The
Elks Drum and Bugle Corps sal
ute you and are at your services
at any time.
Sergeant Hamilton, director;
Major Underwood, assistant dir
ector and Daughter Marie Parker,
chaperon.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
School Texts
Not
Says Doctor
Lag Far behind a
Qhild's Actual VO-
cabulary, He Says

Grade school textbooks are
tagging far behind children's
actual vocabularies, a North
western University psychologist
said Sunday.
DR.. Robert H. Seashore, chair
man of the University's Depart
ment of Psychology, said the a
verage classroom reader used
in Americas grade schools intro
duced only five hundred words a
year, while the average child
builds his vocabulary at the rate
of some five thousand words an
nually.
"Children's vocabularies have
been developed in spite Of,
rather than through the aid Of,
textbooks with their extremely
limited vocabularieS,' DR.. Sea-
shore said. Editors don't take
cognizance of the fact that child
rem read newspapers and maya
zines as well as many other
books, which are not based on
restricted vocabularies."
Recent research at the Univer-
sity, he stateded, indicates that
estimated vocabularies of child
rem aged 4 to 10 are: $500 basic
words for age A, $500 for age 5,
IA, 700 for age 6, $1,000 for age
Z. 2630O for age 8, $4,000 for
age 9, and $4,000 for age 10.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Farmers Get
Warning Of
New Racket
Lightning Rod Re
pair Bill Stagger
Property Owners

A warning was released today
by the Omaha Better Business
Bureau to farmers, institutions
and home owners to be on the
alert for the lightning rod ser
vicing racket. Anyone who auth
orizes a serviceman to checkup
on his lightning rod equipment
and to make necessary repairs
without a definite understanding
of the total cost, according to
he Bureau, may receive an ex-
cessive bill covering dubious and
unnecessary repairs.
In calling attention to this
scheme, John j. Henry, General
Manager of the Bureau stated:
Home owners, farmers and in
stitutions which have protected
their buildings with lightning
rod equipment should exercise
caution in authorizing anyone to
Check or inspect" their in
stallations. Failure to ascertain
in advance what the totar cost of
a job would be has led in some
cases to some very extensive re
pairs and to bills which have
staggered owners. A recent COM
plainant to the Bureau, for ex-
ample stated that she was SOL
icited to have equipment check
ed because possibly a few points
needed regrounding. The solicit
tor advised that he would also
sharpen the points. to make sure
you are fully projected The com
plainant asked for an estimate
but the solicitor shrugged it off
as if to say Why discuss pen
nies?' Whereupon he asked the
complainant to sign what she de.
scribed as a little slip Of paper
with some tipping on it, which
he said would protect him in
case anybody on the place ques-
toned him while he was check
ing up on the equipment. The
little slip Of paper apparently
authorized the repairman to pro-
coed. A week later he presented
the complainant with a bill for
over $1,000.
Similar complaints have been
received by the Buearu from
others who have authorized what
they thought was a mere check
ing up job but which resulted
in the replacement of copper
cable, grounding clamps, and
lightning rods. In some instances
victims of this scheme were CIV
en- to understand that the solic-
tor represented the fire insur-
ance underwriters. After an in
spection, the solicitor reported
that the lightning rod equipment
would not pass inspection and
would have to be repaired. Bills
ranging from a few hundred to
over a thousand dollars subse-
quently were submitted for ser
vices rendered.
This scheme can be avoided
by the owners of lightning rod
equipment by following the
simple precaution of having a
written contract specifying the
work to be done, and its cost.
If a contract is entered into with
a firm of known reliability
there will be no gouging for un-
necessary servicing."
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
40 HR WEEK SURVEY MADE

WASHNGTONlThe postwar
4O-hour work week is yielding
better results in efficiency, alb
senteeism and safety than did
the longer hours of war time,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
concluded Saturday.
A survey of 20 industries
where incentive plans are in eff
feet to spur workers was analyz-
ed in an article released by the
bureaus monthly review.
Up to a certain point, the in
vestigation showed. the longer
hours yielded higher levels of to-
tai weekly output. But the in
crease did not measure up to the
increase in hours.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Pork Chops Are
FIrking, Man
Punches Wife

Years Of eating pork chops
would make any m a rebel, Or
vile Hoagland, 35, told Judge
John T. Zuris, Monday.
1T was always pork chops and
potatoes, pork chops and potat-
oes,' MI. Hoagland said. That's
why I did it."
What he did was throw his
pork chops on the floor of his
home, punch his wife, attempt to
choke her and then douse her
with coffee.
The husbands rebellion cost
him a one hundred fine.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Henry Har-
rison and their son motored to
Omaha to srn-d ? few DAYS with
their parents. ~. and Mrs. Albert
Harrison and Nh. and Mrs. l.. T.
Bogus.
Omaha j. tha former home OF
DR. and N~a T-rriaon who are
now living in T~n-e'ng, Mich.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09
Mills Brothers
to Appear at
0rpheum Fri.
Randy Brooks Band
to Accompany the
FamOus Quartet

Those famous four boys of
harmony and song the Mills
Brothers viii appear on the stage
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-09

Listen TO Gall STAR WESTERN THEATRE
STATION WOW, $50 p. NJ. EACH THURSDAY.
TIT, TUT, NOTHING BUT ~sUlTER-NUT BREAD
Arizona sun., 1947-05-09
END LAXATIVE HABIT
THIS EASY Way!
Millions Now Take Healthful
Fresh Fruit Drink-Find
Harsh Laxatives
Unnecessary

It's lemon and water. Yes-just the
juice of Sunkist Lemon in a glass of
water-first thing on arising.
Taken first thing in the morning,
this wholesome drink stimulates bowel
action in a natural way-assures most
people of prompt, normal elimination.
Why not change to this keGll9Ml
habit? Lemon and water is good for
you. Lemons are among the richest
sources of vitamin c, which combats
fatigue, helps you resist colds and
infections. They also supply Bl and P.
They alkalinize, aid appetite and
digestion. Lemon and water has
fresh tang, too-clears the mouth.
wakes you up!
Try this grand wake-up drink 10
mornings. See if it doesn't help you'll
Use California Sunkist Lemons.
Arizona sun., 1947-05-09
Eamo Out In Nladk

While out walking in San Fran
cisco one day, William ]. Burns,
the noted detective, encountered a
drunken man.
"Ain't you Mr.. Burns?" the
drunk asked.
eyes, am," answered Burns.
"That's what I thought. Know
who I am?"
''No, do not"
''I'm the husband of your wash
erwoman."
'Well, what of it?" inquired
Burns. His apparent scorn brought
a sneer to the mans lips, and he
said:
"Thou ught you detectives knew
everythin'. Tell you somethiM' else
you don't know. I'm wearin one
of your white shirts!"
Arizona sun., 1947-05-09
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International ONlAOOA
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OF The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
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