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Evening star., 1947-10-09
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA. Oct Q Up. - The
Securities and Exchange Commission re-
ported today these transactions by. GUS
toners with odd lot dealers or specialists
On the New York stock exchange for Oc-
tober 81: 1859 purchases Involving
I3T 500 shares; 4,037 sales involvine
I16.252 shares: including 3S short sales
involving $3.50 shares.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 LP,.-Butter. 49,
O19: firm. Wholesale prices on bulk car.
tons: Creamery. higher than % score and
premium marks tAA). 73K7 cents: 90 score
tAl, 7:2:- 80 score OBJ. 81; so score tCl.
i4!. tNew tubs usually command half
Cheese, 26l,13"; steady, prices un-
chlnssd' Enss' eoa5s firm Spot quotations
follow: tbased on wholesale sales by re-
ceivers to jobbers and large retailers)
Mixed colors: Extra fancy. heavy
Ss-6I: extra large, 5a-55: extras j and
. medium. 5O-54; standard ! and .
large, 50-52; standard 3 large, 41-49:
dirties, 43-45; checks, 40-42.
WHITES MidWeStern Nearby
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Chicuqo Grain

CHICAGO Oct. 9 tPl.-Small gains were
registered by wheat an doats en- the Board
of Trade today, but corn tended to lag.
Higher margins continued to restrict trad
houses.
The December wheat contract showed the
most strength. Part of the buying was
attributed to mills and Southwestern cash
the upturn was largely blamed on eood
shut down in the distiiling industry.
Weather was mostly clear in the South
western winter wheat belt today after yes
terday,s rains: Grain ANALYSTS said there .s
ground in this area. and that If no more
the dust.
to / y lower; December. 50 80 So .26la
| and oats were "a. lower to q higher
December. 81 .l57sA
WHEAT Open. High. Low. Close;
RsSsmoer- Ray ga "a. ssaa g ss sSs s7sas, * ~
CORN ' - ,' 90
December 2.e5h 2.27ss 2.24a4 2..e6-26M
Nay 2:1ss S2ls4 sdsH dS, Sl9a+-It !, 81 Z
oArs- - -
Rseemoer Ray a4 ns 5s os9. 1aDa os o7.os3.
July 925. .94 .9ls4 .925s
November 1872 3.36 3.32 3.36
LAIRD ~
November 24I0 2450 24.00 2440
December $3.50 2640 $3.50 $3.50
January 26.35 2655 26.05 2H.45
March March 2s:SS ss:Ss $ss $ess :S59 :s5s f5 ss:f5
CHICAGO Cash Market
Evening star., 1947-10-09

Wheat. No. 2 hard. 2.9tIa; corn, No. !
241h: No. 4, 2.34-2 :,5A; No. 5, 2.33 "a;
sample grade. 2.O5 h-2'l5: oats. No, l
white, .19A-l 90; No. extra heavy white.
.24h4: No. white. 1.15: sample grade
heavy white, l14h Field seed. per hun
dredweight, timothy. 4.40-4.65; red top,
IA soils. so: barley, mailing. .S5-2 40;
feed. 79-l .s5; rye, No. , grade, 2.10-2.15,
nominal.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Transit 1st ref 4s-S2, 900 at 1929
S2.o00 at 1924. 81, 900 at 1929, $4,000
at 1924.
Capital transit Co.'S at 201s.
Capital Transit 1st ref 4s-S1 900 at 103.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 R.-Dividends de-
clared:
Evening star., 1947-10-09

Baltimore Quotations.
! BALTIMORE. Oct. = tF.-Wheat. No.
- garlcky spot. dome site. 2.9O; No. 2
red garlicky, October. go.
Evening star., 1947-10-09

TREASURY 2:30lL Leh Val 4s 2OO3 3lk
.as ~ 1865 1o3 Fl May Strs 25ss72 e9h
21as 1857 Dec 1o2 "a NJ IS 90 A coy.
NEW YORK CITY MKT adj bs67 SIN
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
SEVERAL LEAVE FOR T. B. SANITARIUM

Wednesday evening Mrs. Tor Morris, Fred Ruben, Raymond Da- vid, John Luke, and Margaret Moses were taken to Juneau foj disqualification in the T. B. san. tarium. Miss Clara Gaddie, ANS nurse states that this now makes a total of 26 sent out to receive care and treatment for tuberculc- sis.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES

There is a new pupil in the fifth grade. Her name is Ellen EOen and she comes from White Mountain Her entrance makes 39 pupils in the room.
 The fourth grade is busy study ing about Switzerland in geogra- phy, while the fifth grade is study ing about the Southern states which are Kentucky, Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

spring, so in art class we made iris border to decorate our room.
 In language class the third grade is studying the mo" and not words and when and where they should be used. The Fourth grade is studying contractions and pos seSSiVes.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
SEVENTH. EIGHTH GRADES

The seventh and eighth grades have made a list of all the books read this year and then graded them according to interest to the reader. This it is hoped may serve
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND DIVISION, TERRI TORY OF ALASKA. IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF NORMA CATHERINE BOWLES, Deceased.
 No. 766
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by Order of the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Pre- cinct, Second Division, Alaska, the undersigned has been appointed EXecutriX of the estate of Norma Catherine BoWleS, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate should present them with proper vouchers at tached within six months from the date of this notice to Helen M. Bockman, EXecutrix, at Nome, Alaska.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, March 27, 1947.
 HELEN M. BOCKMAN,
 EXeCutriX Publish 38. Al, A, AT.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
MISS EDITH ROBERTSON ARRIVES IN NOME

Miss Edith Robetson, niece of MT. and Mrs. Jim Frye, arrived Wednesday from Denver, Colo, to be employed by Polet's Store.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
Forecast And eWeather Report
 Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. s. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, March 28, l947

Friday, March 28, l941
 Forecast Nome: Cloudy tonight followed by snow Saturday and warmer. Increasing easterly wind tonight, becoming strong Saturday morning. Lowest temperature to- night IS, highest temperature Sat gurday 32.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. today: Precipitation last 24 hours, trace Total precipitation this month O.09 inch.
 Temperatures last 24 hours: highest IA, lowest -2.
 Maximum wind last 24 hours Is miles per hour from the east.
 Sunrise at 5:32 a.m., sunset at 6:4l pm. } Comparative data: Tempera- lures one year ago today: highes. 12 lowest -25.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: Lowest -33 in 1920, highest 39 in 1926.
 Data for other selected stations as of 7.3O a m today.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
Friday. March 28. ls47

as a guide to people looking for interesting books to read in the future.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
HIGH SCHOOL

Once again the high school stu dents are doing their part for a worthy cause. This week they are down at the post office selling Easter seals for a fund which wIl benefit the crippled children )f Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
School News
FIRST GRADE

The first grade practiced mak- ing kites in preparation for the windy days of spring.
 They have learned a new poem about Pussy"
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
SECOND GRADE

Our colorful tulip border gives the room a springful design, in spite of the outdoor temperature.
 Chuckie Fagerstrom has been absent from school for three weeks because of illness.
 For pleasure reading, the chil- dren have heard Nursery Tales and Farm Stories"
 THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES
 March 2lSt was the first day of
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
HERE ON FIRST TRIP TO NOME

Lola Hartley, manufacturer representative is here on her frs. trip to Nome.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-14
Democratic Elections-In Poland

There IL bitter humor for Negro Americans the rchuke which
President Truman delivered Polish
the matter Of the election which held Poland January
Speaking of the Polish pledge that free democa election would
he held Mr. Truman Is quoted at Of deep
and the American that the Polish
has failed % fulhll that pledge"
Mr. Truman the people peer beyond
wiring their hands and choke with election Poland
hut they strangely dumb similar election South Carolina
Mississippi Their blood does pefcrphy the
uf the Boswell amendment Alabama the hill
Georgia both frankly
American citizens from voting because they white
James Francis nyrne former
indignant that the United
America insisted free and democratic elections balkans
Al the time hundreds II thousands Of Negro who
live
from voting solely because Of their color
holy and uterng righteous words seeking
Soviet Russia from dominating European This
Of the echnques nRvey adopted
munsm" system will
ordinations and threats and propaganda and nhltavc
distributes the rights privileges
and rewards Of democracy all II It's
Moreover u other
will greatly enhanced Until
this earnestly and dlbcratelyas policy Of the whole
only vulnerable the Of other eoEes hut
Presidents 81 State draw smokers and
their proestatons and rrbukes-From Crisis Magazine
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A lob for Veterans 10 Do

few days the War Department
oppose the individual
units whore states propose H.
The statement said The rsenlsment enlisted
ponment Of officers and the policies with thereto
lions delegated National Guard of
the District Of Columbia.
government trains
National snstments personnel makeup
the hands Of the state guard oTicialS
Unless the of guard
materially Harold Home
shortly before the Negro civilians
cation Of units which should have place
Almost thousand Minnesota Negroes served the
officers and enlisted World War H. Some Of
would doubt like enlist the National Guard Few
the War Department and the Armys Giem report
Jimcro pattern handicap the effective training Of
military forces.
Legion posts Foreign Wars
and the ave. could well what
Elard Walsh Of National Guard
this
tona Guard for which they support
join along with members Of other nationality without
segregation Of special provision There
accrung National open
To all citizens who qualify.
The problem challenge groups
IDENTIFY want some work to do Her: |" job cut out for them
EDITORIAL NOTES
Reading the social and columns Of this could
logically wish that the social activity could he matched
civic activity.
While President Truman prasinR press
with the Negroes proms
derdng and bcling the long Of hard
In the interests the which the
press has given.
Mr. Milton Webster Negro press do
HbnS the Ranns the ku kuN Khan the Cumbns
labor who isn't fair the Webster
distinguished fellow haters Of tho Negro preas
Brother Webster ought To back down to Illinois and spend
time the Illinois A. r. Of support the FEPC
That would be profitable than bowling the which
carried the FEPC fight all along.
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Down Georgia Way

Herman ramSdEc Gcorgas peene pows ahead his efforts
back dmcracy clock the face Of rising popular
His the White Primary hill the Democratic
f the club The cunsitutionRty Of such
and all umman other his " will
he when drcisons three
before this month Some
members u the House members Of tho Senate making their
estimate of the blowing left the
and jumped the rmAdgc handwagon The important
single DETECTION that Of Ben fortson Secretary Of State who in
happier Ellis Arnas Hut though the fair
weather boys have jumped quickly the majority Of Georgs aroused
citizens have hardened their determination back their rights
and the Of their The Reverend Joseph RRbun
marine and Of rmadge church. continues his
outspoksn condemnation d ramadR letters the
editorials journals and small that the
moral uaneUdug its Importance the eventual decision
Of Court The GcoTgas
fprment In recent poll t 200 students from % Georgia counties
University Of Georgia 81 themselves
in favor NJ T. Thompson per
madgs; said they would party
purpose OF defeating Tamadgr party
significant particularly since eighteen os
So the Lillian Smith Nation
wsvr whispered it's wonderful
aloud for democracy"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-14

they demand II little bungalow and
the Army has To give them one of
the priority list which has been
reserved for men who have been
overseas two or three years and
are still waiting for their wives TO
join them.
SO the Army says to hell with
all that fOOlishness---it isn't fair
for the new wives to get pregnant
and demand an old house until the
Army can find new houses for the
old wives to live in, and II any Of
the new wives get that way without
Army authorization" they will
just have to go home for violating
orders. And that's how the order
stands.
Representative Donald O'Toole,
Of New York. called the order
birth CONTROL" immoral" and a
damn shame" and accused the
War Department Of "disreRarding
the process 0f natural law" but
you know the Army. Joe. The order
still stands.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-14

9NRiEfs AsAtNlNA
states resorted to various devices
TO disfranchise colOred people.
The latest such device is the
South Carolina plan" which calls
for the eTAsure from the statute
books Of all laws relating to party
primaries in order that Democratic
state organizations may adopt reg
ulations governing primaries, in
GLIDING n rule to bar culored voters
from participation in them.
The State Of Georgia has fol
lowed South Carolina In the adop.
tlon Of this scheme. OF course, the
validity Of the Georgia statute re-
pealing all laws relating to party
primaries is in question because
there are two claimants To the gov.
eTnorship Of that state. II the Geor-
gia Supreme Court should hold that
Lieutenant Governor Melvin f..
Thompson is the legal governor,
and not Herman Talmadge, it may
he prcsupposed that the white pri-
mary law will be allowed to die
and some other device resurted TO
To accomplish the same end
New. the Mississippi legislature.
~ II -.
Wright, is undertaking To follow
the example Of South Carolina and
Georgia.
No clause of the Constitution is
more clearly expressed than the
one giving the Federal Government
the right to regulate federal cleo
tons. The United States Supreme
Court has construed that section rs
giving the Congress the power to
regulate such elections.
Since the Congress has the
power. il also has the responsibility
10 net IL federal elections anywhere
are tainted with fraud or c0rrup-
ton or are perverted by violence.
The record u the hearings held
in Jackson, Miss. from Dec to
s. by the Senate Campaign lnvesti-
eating committee which inquired
into the election " Theodore G.
Bilho tn the United States Senate,
shows that on June Ii. l9iG, he
wrote letter to the other four
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Publishers
Corner
*:

Indignant We naturally appreciate seh-
of do make newspapers Most
publishers provide public with places where they
subscriptions their ads and
editor However offices cost money and can
be opened OIL maintained indignant letters.
We of Offices II Is true that we DO
the They main
offices apparently better
Of the larger Negro but not always
steadily public which brought the
present accommodations o pass
Most Of old readers remember the tiny office in which we
We actually shared half Of soeroom
Particular BARRIERS 1t four
finally secured larger Believe though the
but days when the struggle
offered challenges each staff member
Indignant Reader offices don't make newspapers Some
public which overturned
saw o. staff.
in days only paper without
public accommodation the form Of office
repeat effective Some
papers America of fine structures
splendid appointments II papers personnel ownership
undefnabe something called
keep worthy rolling off the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-14

primary candidates for the Sena-
tOrial nomination in Mississippi re-
questing that they join him and
other white people Of the State in
preventing coIored people from vot-
ing in the July primary and de-
strOyinH white control and white
supremacy" in the State.
A minority report, signed by
Senators Styles Bridges, of New
Hampshire. and Bourke B. Hicken-
looper, Of Iowa. Republicans,
stated;
We feel that this letter consti-
tutes one Of the many Instances Of
violation on the part Of Senator
Bllbo Of section ~ Of the United
States Criminal Code entitled Con
splracy to lniure Persons in Exer-
else Of Civil Rights and that when
this letter is considered in connec-
ton with the open. notorious. and
admitted efforts on the part Of Sen
ator Bllhn TO procure, abet, and
effect the prevention Of partlcipa
tiOn by Negroes as class and for
reason Of color, in the primary
that such action on the part Of a
United States Senator is Inexcus-
able, reprehensible. culpahle. and
unavoldahly taints with deliberate
and calculated fraud the election
as IA result Of which Senator Bilbo
became the party nominee"
The pattern which BIlbo followed
in the Mississippi primary cam
palgn is the pattern prevalent in
the States in the Deep South, Such
fraud and violence ought TO be
rooted out. Congress has the power,
and. with the power. the duty Ia
act 10 insure fair and honest fed
eral electlons--to provide for the
security of life and limb to a voter
while in the exercise Of his right
and to protect the election itself
from corruption and fraud.
Any legislation to guard federal
elections would be national in
scope. Suutherners would argue
that it was SccttaAal, Suspicion
always haunts the guilty mind"
Southerners have ranted against
corruption IN northern elections.
The proposed legislation should he
made applicable to corruption as
we'll as 10 fraud. violence and in
tlmidatlon.
The extent to which the vote in
the South Is suppressed in federal
cleo lions in southern states may he
seen from the following 1916 re
turns
Georgia, with i.76s, 1863 citizens
u voting age. elected ten Congress
men with l6l,57S votes.
On the other hand. Wisconsin.
with l.94l,6O3 citizens Of voting
age, elected the same number Of
congressman with 9S3.9ls votes
and Senator with l.Ol4.594 votes.
Of which Joseph Mccarthy, the
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LETTERS
Thinks Nell Russell
IN One Of Leading
COIumnists In Nation

Editor: Enclosed Is a check for
81 for renewal Of my subscription
to the paper for period Of one
year. Kindly accept my apologies
for not sending the check sooner.
should like 10 say that words
cannot express the enjoyment Mil
bred and ! get from reading the
news in our home town" paper.
Frankly, | am quite proud Of
the excellent weekly you and your
staff produce. am especially
proud Of Nellie, who in my est
nation. Is one Of the leading col
umnists in the country, Her column
has plenty u the old punch,
You should also be eomplimsnted
on the job the paper has done to
improve race relations within the
past few years. Keep up the good
work.
However. do have a bone 10
pick with you Why would you
visit our Nations Capital on so
many occasions and not even give
Us n ring7 HUH
Don VI. Vernon
March 3. i0i7.
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Dear Joe
INSIDE GERMANY
BY JAMES l.. HICKS

Joe. II you are normal. healthy,
married individual who is still In
the Army and have hopes Of doing
stretch of foreign service IN Ger
many with your madam To lot her
see the sights, you had better
change your way IT living right
now because II your wife becomes
pregnant in Germany without
Army authorizations" the Army
will bundle up both her and the
baby and ship them back to the
United States.
Take It easy. Joe' Nobody's in
Sulting you. This Is official. The
Army says your wife just can't
get pregnant In Germany these
days because II doesn't have any
bungalows built for three for you
and her to live in with your ham.
hinn
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Robert Durr Describes Wendell
Willkie Awards Press Dinner
ny ROBERT DURR

WASHINGTON. u. e. - Mrs,
Eugene Meyer, wife of tho pub.
Usher " the great Washington
Post; Dir. Douglas Freeman uf the
Richmond News Leader and prcst-
dent of the Wendell l., Wlllkie
Awards for Journalism. Mrs. Wen
dell l.. Willkie. widow IT the man
IN whose honor the foundation was
established. and the other officials
Of the Wendell l., Willkic Journal
tam Foundation including members
of the Negro Newspaper Publish
ers Association, by their efforts,
which eliminated In the brilliant
awards dinner at the National
Press club In Washington. have
provided one VI the hest examples
~ making democracy work by MAX
INK It work that have ever known.
The National Press Club hereto
fore has been hard on Negroes, |
recall that on one occasion. II
mistake not. Governor William
HASTE Of the Virgin Islands was
not allowed Ia eat In the dining
room there, Only last year Hazel
Scott refused to perform at an
affair sponsored by white newspa
per correspondents at the National
Press Club because ~ It's discrimi-
nation against colorrd nswsmen,
regardless 81 merit solely on the
basis IT race hut the officials ~
the Wendell l., W,llkie Journalism
Foundation. typifying the true
spirit of the very great Mr. willkic.
got the National Press club Tor the
awards dinner which Mr.. Freeman
termed "a glorious occasion"
And II vas indeed! There in
the room With cameras firing
away sat the President Of the
United States breaking bread
With the 2oo.edd top journalists
Of both races and many top gov.
cTRment officials, Including Jus.
tics Felix fTankfurter Of the
United States supreme Co1rt and
men hkr Erie Johnston, movie
csar and foTmer president Of the
CRitsd States Chamber Of Com.
msrCs.
At my table sat Mrs. Marquis
Childs, wife of a great American
syndicate columntst, Thomasina
johnson. chief 81 the minority
groups section ~ the United States
Employment Service and the FIRST
colored woman to receive a ST,TTS
yearly salary from the untted
States government. the managing
editor u the Afro American News.
paper, a famous MIC commentator
and his charming Wife--all great
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-14

Morgan u. Callahan, loan guar
anty officer for the Washington
regional office 81 the Veterans Ad-
ministration. passes on some timely
advice 10 veterans who are in the
market for buying IA home. He lists
seven point guide 10 the door
steps Of your new home. Here they
are:
/. Don't permit yourself 10 be
come obligated beyond your means.
2. Don't sign any papers or forms
that have not been completely filed
out, and make sure you understand
clearly the details presented.
g. BE sure the real estate firm
with which you deal Is trustworthy
and reliable,
4, II your purchase involves new
construction, check carefully on the
integrity and ability Of the con
tractor, Get specific plans and
specifications outlining the house
to be built for you.
3, When you visit "a lending in
stltutl0n to apply for your CT loan.
ask for advice on the soundness Of
your plans.
Il, When M appraisal Of the prop
erty is made, insist upon seeing a
copy u the report aud study the
contents carefully.
Z When you use your guarantee
benefit for CT loan, remember
that the government is only lend.
ing you its credit and that, at u
future date, IL trouble crops up and
claims are paid under terms u the
guaranty. you are still liable To the
government for any loss sustained.
Callahan. being government
employee and not able to say all
the things he would like to say,
pointed out that today Is not the
best time to buy real estate. What
he would have liked to say is that
II you buy u house 1T today's mar
ket prices you are crazy. He could
NJ say that. however, because out
fits like the National Association
Of Home builders wouldn't like il
so we'll Hut fools rush in, and you
can quote this column IA saying II
you 20 out and buy house now
at present market prices after
sleeping ON a park bench all during
the lush war years we'll you
should he taken for a ride.