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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-02-12
CHURCHES

Grace Presbyterian Church
Rev. Wesley l. Halves, Pastor
Sunday School is held at 9:45
a. M; IL a. m, Morning worship:
6 p. m. Young People; 1880 p. m
Evening Worship.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-02-12
No. 100 I. b. p. o. E. W.
Puget Sound Lodge hilks
na.AIL

Meets at 662H
Jackson ST., Elks Club, First
and Third Monday each Month.
John K. Prim, Exalted Ruler,
Tel. EA. O106 OPP 21st North
w. E. Vrooinan, Secretary, Tel.
East 1864. 1474 2fst.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30

urer, as top federation officers, was
taken in order to permit the ALL
officers to sign non-Communist affi-
davits for ALL federal unions which
have no national officers of their
own. No union may have access to
the facilities of the national labor
relations board under the Taft Hart
ley law unless their officers sign
the affidavits.
Lewis announced that he would
not seek seat on the federation's
executive board. d. w. Tracy was
named in his place.
Lewis previously had adamantly
refused to sign the Communist
affidavit on the grounds that he
would be making a concession to
the Taft-Hartley law, much reviled
by labor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
TWO AND TWO:
Significance?

Maybe this is why mathematics
always was such rough going in
school: The Presidents scientific re-
search board has warned that in
struction in common arithmetic is
faulty in U. S. schools and must
be improved if the country is to de-
velop the large number of scientists
it will need for security and ad-
vancement. The battle for compe-
tence in science probably is won or
lost in the lower grades, the board
says.
The arithmetic book, the board
goes on to say, is the young stu
dents best introduction to science.
But his reception is likely to be luke
warm unless he is shown it's sig
nificance what can be done with
the formulas he memories.
AS to algebra, the board reports
that 1.-The typical first-year algebra
course does not nurture scientific
aptitudes and certainly is not real
istic as regards problems and the
emphasis on SCIENCE"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
MORE WIND:
Florida Hit

Southeast Florida sorrowfully sur
veyed it's greatest farm damage in
80 years and estimated the bill at
about 20 million dollars as it's Sec
ond violent hurricane within month
whirled away into the Atlantic after
laying waste thousands of acres.
Winds up to 60 miles an hour
dashed the exposed tip Of the state,
and tons of water poured in upon
the Everglades, turning lowland
areas into lakes.
AS after the first hurricane, many
thousands were left homeless by the
winds and waters. Transportation
facilities were knocked out tempo
rarily, and once again the slight
veneer of civilization went by the
boards under the buffeting Of the
stogua.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
BELABOR:
Lewis D0Uned

''On this issue / don't think
the federation has a head.
think its neck has just grown
up and haired over"
Thus spake John l.. Lewis, he of
the king-sized eyebrows, at the
American Federation of Labor con-
vention in San Francisco. The issue
to which he SO Justify referred was
that of whether the AFL should vote
to wipe out its 13 vice presidents.
of which Lewis is one.
And despite Lewis calling
and hammy, mane-tossing histrion-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30

nations on Germany 'early in 1948."
If Russia refuses to participate or
If she boycotts the conference, the
other nations should proceed with
out her.
Then comes the singer which
Byrnes advocates. If Russia refuses
to sign the treaty and likewise re-
fuses to withdraw Red troops from
western Germany, other nations
should ask the U. N. security coun-
Gil to order her out And If Russia
vetoes the security council order,
then the U. S. must drive her out of
Germany by force.
However, Byrnes is firm in his
belief that the U. S. probably will
not have to resort to warfare. He
thinks Russia will withdraw her
troops from western Germany upon
completion Of peace treaty.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
MEMOIRS:
No Patience

James F. Byrnes, who, when he
was secretary of state, was a veri-
table personification of patience on
a monument in his dealings with
Russia, stepped down from his ped
estal and announced that it was time
to start smuggling.
In his published memoirs,
speaking Frankly" Byrnes pro-
posed that the U. S. reply to Rus
sia's t'obstructionism'' on atomic
energy and German peace treaty
agreements with ''better and more
atomic bombs and a decision to
drive the Red army out of Germany,
by force if necessary.
Exponents of the "get tough with
Russia" policy now have a sturdy
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
PREPARATIONS:
Germany Paws

European aid took a different turn
with an announced plan by British
and American military govern
ments to dismantle 682 German in
dustrial and war plants in their two
zones for PREPARATIONS.
Purpose of the move, slated to be
carried out as swiftly as possible,
is to expedite European economic
recovery. Most of the factories are
metal, chemical and electrical engi-
neering, shipbuilding and power
plants.
The announcement points up the
problem, still not fully solved, of
whether completely to destroy Ger
many's war potential by cancelling
out her, industrial strength, or to re-
build the German industry for
peaceful production.
Obviously realizing the possible
adverse effects which the disman-
ting of the plants might have upon
the German people, the U. S. and
Britain issued joint statement en-
phasizing that they would consider
suggestions from the Germans for
substitution of equivalent individual
plants.
Meanwhile, German public Off
Gals and trade union leaders have
denounced the PREPARATIONS policy as
a blow to German economic revival
and source of unemployment.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
EYE TO EYE:
Practical Lenses

Optometrists now report that the
first flush of curiosity over the in
visible contact lens is subsiding and
the industry is settling down to fit
ting mainly those who can be bene-
flied functionally.
In about Is per cent of the cases,
contact lenses can help those who
could not be aided with conventional
glasses, they report, and the field is
narrowing down to this small group
which is being treated.
For the other IS per cent, regular
spectacles are recommended be-
cause they are much more practi-
cal for all normal purposes. How
ever, there are still many invisible
lenses sold to athletes, theatrical
people and professional lecturers,
according to Fred j. Banker of the
Invisible Lens service, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
PALESTINE:
Still Chaotic

In the United Nations, the jugger-
naut problem of the Holy Land
plunged on toward one kind Of cli-
max or another as Great Britain
reiterated her determination to
withdraw from the chaotic country
and leave the solution solely to the
u. N.
Britain, however, was not yet
ready to announce a definite date
for withdrawal, nor would she COM
NIT herself definitely on the now
dominant plan to partition Palestine
into Arab and Jewish states.
Informed British sources said,
however, that it could be assumed
Britain would not vote against par
tition.
Bitterly defiant, the Arab league
states continued to hold out against
the partition proposal. Lebanese
delegate Camille Glamour strongly
attacked the u. S., accusing it of
backing the partition plan to gain
political support of American Jews
and to carry out "capitalistic" de-
sires for what he said he foresaw
as political penetration of the Mid
die East.
Peculiarly enough, U. S. skeptics
have observed that Russia, in siding
with the U: S. for partition, is i'm
PEELED by precisely the same mo-
tives. Except of course, Soviet de-
sires are not "capitalistic" they
are Communistic.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
EMERGENCY:
On account

Realistic U. S. government off,
Gals admit that everything they can
do might turn out to be inadequate
to pull Europe through this dreaded
winter, but that dark outlook has
not stopped President Truman from
trying.
His latest move in the desperate
gamble was to make another so
million dollars available to hungry,
Communist-infested France to give
the nation new, temporary lease
on survival.
This time the payment was not a
loan, however. Mr.. Truman adj
vanced the money as an early pay
ment to France of funds still owing
for the procurement of supplies in
France by the U. S. army during
the war. France claims that total
of 80 million dollars is due it in
such repayments. The so million
was written off as a payment on
account.
At the same time. it was disclosed
that when congressional commit
tees open hearings on November 10,
the administrator will have ready
for them the entire long-range Mar
shall plan for aid to Europe as well
as urgent pleas for immediate stop
gap assistance.
However, it was in the wind that
congress was preparing to debate
violently and at great length on the
European relief program, and few
members were ready to commit
themselves.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
REFUGEES:
From, SOUiets

Streams of refugees are reported
to be coming through Russia's iron
curtain to the southeastern coast of
Sweden.
Reason for their flight, they say,
is that the Baltic lands where they
made their homes, now under con-
troll Of the Soviet Union, are being
combed by the Russians for men
and women to be deported to
Siberia.
A secret transportation route out
Of the Soviet zone manages to spirit
the refugees to Sweden. Cost for
such journey - $500 German
marks.
According to two Latvians who
reached Sweden by sea from Red.
held German Pomerania in a war
surplus American rubber dinghy.
the current epidemic" of escapes
is the result of Soviet order that
all Bats in the Red zone of the
Reich must be registered.
This is interpreted as the first
move toward their deportation as
slave labor to Siberia and the Arc
tic island of Novaya Zenla, where
huge contingents of Bats already
have been shipped. Most Of the ref
ugees are skilled workers and are
readily finding employment in
Sweden.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
2? Current Events ??

These fOe questions ere based on
recent nesDs events. FiDe correct an
stOers--yoD can get a job 1Vitb Eney-
cIobedia Britannica; four - you
quality as a demi-genius; three
you can still be babby ttVo-bov
uniformed can you get? one-see
your bsycbiatrist.
/. Former Secretary Of State
James F. Byrnes recently pub
lished his memoirs. What title
did he give the book?
2. What major issue did the
United States and Russia finally
find themselves in agreement
upon in the u. NJ?
3. The former army intelli-
gence chief of prO-axis Hungary
recently accused Constantin Tsal-
darts of paid espionage for the
axis during the war and of be-
traying his own country. What is
his country and what office does
he hold now?
4. In a recent sensational
speech, what recommendation
did Winston Churchill make re-
garding Russia?
S. Riding in jeep along road
near the northern border Of
Greece, two U. S. congressman
narrowly missed death when
mortar shells exploded near
them. Who were they?
ANSWERS
l. Speaking Frankly"
2. Partition of Palestine.
3. Greece; he is the foreign minis.
ter.
4. He suggested that the western
nations let Russia leave the u. NJ.
5. Rep. Donald L. Jackson (Rep..
Calif.) and Rep. Olin league
(Dem., Tex.)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30

les, the AFL did
vote to abolish it's
vice presidents in a
move to make the
entire federation
eligible to use the
national labor rela-
tons board under
the Taft Hartley
law.
The action, which
leaves only William
Green, president.
: and George Meany.
secretary treas
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
Il LIKE IKE

While it has not yet exactly
reached the taking the country by
storm stage, the campaign to put
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the
White House continued to progress
as the national headquarters of the
Draft Eisenhower for President
league announced its new slogan:
81 Like Ike
The league has ordered 10000
lapel buttons bearing the slogan
which it predicts will 90 over big.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
HALF A LOAF:
Not So Good

Food conservation stayed well up
in the news.
After effecting a 60-day shutdown
of distilleries to save grain for Eu-
rope, Charles Luckman, head of the
citizens food committee. turned his
genius to the problem of how to
bake smaller loaves Of bread.
But he found a cool reception.
Half loaf, said the baking indus
try, as well as his advisors, was not
much better than none. Technical
difficulties would be too hard to
overcome. One baking industry
spokesman said that by the time
bakers could switch to smaller pans
the European food crisis would be
a matter of record. Also, he said,
there would be the problem of pack
aging and wrapping the smaller
loaveS.
Nothing dauhted in his fight to
save 100 million bushels of grain by
next July, Luckman turned to the
nations brewers. The poor mans
champa gne. he said, must go; the
foaming tankard must be reduced.
In short, he sought Substantial
cutback in beer production.
AS final shot to demonstrate his
irrevocable stand on this food con-
servation business, Luckman, de-
spite waves of criticism about the
no-poultry, no-eggs phase of the
program, asserted stoutly that there
would be no retreat from poultry
less days.
Released by WNV Features.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30

Mary Mingis of st. Louis wrote
to the Judge advocate general Of
the Philippine army and offered
to act as hangman for Japanese
war criminals condemned to
death in the Philippines. She said
she wanted to avenge the death Of
her half-brother, who died i'm o
Jap prison camp.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
What Do They Want?

Abbrebensive of The constantly
expanding area of Communism in
the old World, many americans
sVant to kmoaV just aVbat it is the
Russians are after. James Byrnes
stated fatty, ri do not doubt that
their ultimate goal is 80 dominate,
in one svay or another, all of En-
robe."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30

champion in the
former secretary
of state, who re-
signed that post
only last January
because of i'll
health.
Byrnes p r e.
sented a 10-Step
course of action
f or restoring
peace, basis of
which must be
the conclusion Of
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
satisfactory

satisfactory German peace
treaty. At the same time, he con-
coded that the plan of action con-
ceivably could lead to World War
III if Russia refused to cooperate.
First of all, said Byrnes, the
U. S. should ask the Big Five to
call full-dress conference of all
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Use Force Il Necessary: Byrnes; Lewis Loses in
AL Controversy; German War Plants to Be Stripped

EDITORS NOTE - When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-10-30
UKRAINE CROP:

Bumper
The Russian Ukraine, big bread
basket of the Soviet Union, has
chalked up the most successful agri-
cultural year in Soviet history by
reporting 1908 per cent fulillment
Of it's grain quota.
That, according to communist
standards, is slightly better than
perfect; however, if the reports are
not too exaggerated, Russia has, in
deed, achieved bumper grain crop
this year. Thirteen of the Soviet
Unions Is republics have turned in
statistics which show that the 1947
harvest exceeds all previous esti-
mates.
That the Ukraine, hit disastrously
by drouth last year, came back in
a big way is indicated by figures
from Kharkov which show. that IL
million pools more Of grain We're
produced this year than in the dis
trict's best prewar year. "a pood
equals s6,1l3 pounds.)
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

was won and announced on
Sept. Z. Lynchings and their
significance have been analysed;
racism at the Airport homes
was exposed and fought; Negro
History week received due
prominence, and since Feb. Is
The Star has been hitting hard
against the plot to GUST Engle-
wood Negro citizens.
Flitcraft's role in provoking
anti Semitism was revealed
July IL along with undercover
fascist activities in Chicago; the
Nazi, Khan and anti-labor ties
of the COP were shown on
Oct. 10; a series of articles
starting Dec. % exposed the
importation of Puerto Rican
slave" labor. Only The Star
of Chicago papers gave the
other side of the Eisler case on
Feb. Is, and has consistently
fought the anti-Red hysteria
and exposed it as aimed against
labor and all liberal thought.
In addition to giving the real
facts on world events each
week, The Star has Interpreted
international happenings. On
March % The Star featured
Facts on the Greek Crisis"
and more recently a similar an
alysis was made of the Hun
garian situation.
* = i
FROM the series, "Who Owns
Chicago" which began in the
first issue and told of the fl
nanciers who controlled this
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05
lighIiehts Of the first year Of the St0r
By FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

elections of last fall; the May
Day issue of April 26 was built
around the historic Haymarket
Massacre, and the recent Mem
orial Day edition revived men,
cries of the South Chicago
Massacre of 1887.
= =
OTHER special editions have
been built around matters of
primary interest to labor. A
Registration Issue of Oct. S
spotlighted the need for a
heavy labor vote to defeat re-
action last November, and the
Election Issue of Nov. 2 was
used by unions to support pro-
gressive candidates. Two edi-
-tions, one last fall prior to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

his prediction Chicago Sta
dunn meeting and the second
just before his recent appear
ance, have been built around
Henry A. Wallace. In addition,
The Star has carried complete
texts of important Wallace
speeches, feature found in no
other Chicago newspaper.
The whole political picture
has received constant attention.
Last July 20, Rep. SABBATH ex-
posed the cloud voices of OPP
pression;;" how Col. Mccormick
took over the state COP was
revealed Aug. II; the campaigns
of Independent candidates last
Fall and this Spring were
pushed; each congressional dis
triet was analysed in special
series; the problems of progress
sives after November and the
subsequent formation of Pro-
gressive Citizens of America re-
ceived wide attention; a special
series beginning last Nov. 80
sharpened the issues in the city
elections; the strong showing
of Independent candidates and
voters was evaluated and an
alyzed.
WITH its birth, The Star be-
gan fighting for the rights of
minorities, exposing the Coyne
school discrimination against
Negro veterans on July 20 and
hammering away until victory
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

has been searchingly analysed
and the role of the Readers
Digest revealed.
In addition, The Star in its
first year found time to pro-
mote a Labor Day picnic, a
New Years Eve festival, a
newspaper class and a. circula-
ton contest which ended July
4 with the winner getting a
free trip to Europe.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

When. the first issue of The
Chicago Star appeared last July
4 with such headlines as de-
mand Congress Act! Nation
Fights to Halt Price Disaster;
Buyer Strike On" and "Chi-
cago Fights Race Covenants"
along with Packers Rae Home
as City's Vets Go Homeless"
and "Who Owns Chicago?" the
character of this new peoples
newspaper was established.
Conceived as a publication
devoted to the common inter
ests of labor, liberals, progress
sives and minority groups, The
Star leaped Immediately into
the midst of the fight against
initiation and the moneyed in
terests and began to expose the
people who find race and re-
ligious prejudice profitable.
The brief history of The Star
reflects the battle to control
prices. The OPA holiday of
a year ago with Chicagoans
organizing in city wards to
beat down prices" was head
lined Aug. 8, the packer-in-
duced meat famine was reported
Sept. IA, and the prevailing
high prices and tremendous
profits continue to receive The
Stars attention.
E0 UAL L Y important has
been the struggle for adequate
housing and rent control. Back
on Aug. II, the leading Star
story pointed to Building
Booms, But Not Housing" This
newspaper has supported neigh
borhood tenant organizations
and a series of articles detailed
the legal status of renters under
OPA. The wave of fatal fires
this year has received special
attention.
Union struggles and the at
tempts to weld unity between
all branches Of labor have been
been emphasized. Since Aug.
"a, special stories have exposed
the role of Capt. Barnes of the
police labor squad. The Cen
tralia mine tragedy received
thorough coverage in the edi-
tons of March 20 and April 5.
In addition to fighting the
anti-labor drive in Congress re-
sulting in the Taft-Hartley law,
special editions have paid trib-
ute to the long and militant
trade union history. The Labor
Day edition of Aug. 81 pointed
to the role of unions in the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05


FIRST successful crusade by
Star was waged against jim
crow at CoYne trade school.
resulting in end TO discrim-
ination there and disap-
pearance of such advertise
ments as that on the right
(upperl. On political issues.
Star conferred many stories
around the peoples move
ment developing b e h in d
Henry A. Wallace. pointed
up significance of his raj
lies.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

city, there have been many ex-
poses. Rep. SABBATH told of the
big trust lobbies Sept. Z; the
cab trust was exposed Aug. 10
and the dairy trust Nov. 80; the
100 year history Of the Tribune
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-05

PUERTO RICAN workers
brought to Chicago TO work
under conditions resembling
peonage were aided by Star
F. expose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-04-21
Alaska Here
 Going West

Alaska Steamship Companys ni- aska arrived in Juneau rom Se- attle last evening at II o'clock, and sailed for Sitka and the West ward at o'clock this morning.
 The, following passengers disem- parked in Juneau: from Seattle, Lenore Barrett, Harvey w. Bears, Helmer Berg, A. Bernsten, K. J. Foldoe, Alberta Foxhill, Mrs. J. Galhreath, Mrs. I. Hall, Mir and Mrs. J. A. Hathcock, Virginia Hen nessey, MT and Mrs. H. R. Hoop CT and daughter Susan.
 Howard Lyng, j. F. Mutter, Ed ward J. O'Brien, H, J. Ottke, MT and Mrs. N. c. Ottke, MT. and Mrs. Fred Parry Mrs. Nels Rak- kum, Frank Silva, Mrs. E. L. Storey, c. Barnesson, Peter Franze, John Kombal, Matt Lane, Richard Me Laughlin, Gene N. Randall. J. A. Rich, Vance Rich, Nick Schneider, Ray E. Stilwell, E. L, Storey and F. Trowbridge.
 From Ketchikan Marsh Brown, Peter and Leonard Gravroch, Ralph Anderson, Fred Fraser, Lar " Heatington, Albert H. Jones, Clarence and Elmer Jones and Lu- ther Shapley.
 From Wrangell: Mrs. F Church i'll, Katherine Churchill. Mrs. A. Lemieux, Rosalind McGilton, Mrs. D. Wing, Mrs w. P Johnson; from Petersburg: MT. and Mrs P R. Beirley, and Bobby and Jose phine Beirley R. B. Clifton, Mrs. Villa Swendson, c. S. Christy, Arne Especial and Ed Gersmehl
 Outbound passengers on the AL aska for Sitka were H. F. Carter, Steve Vukovich and Ira Thatcher