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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
DAUGHTER FOR LUCAS

Announcements have been re- ceived from MT. and Mrs. Harry Lucas Jr., of Anchorage, of the birth of a daughter. The baby weighed eight pounds at birth. The new baby joins one sister, Donna Louise
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
Juneau Chamber profesfs Hydaburg Reservation in
 TeIegrams 10 Washington

The Juneau Chamber of Com merce by unanimous vote today swung into action against the lat est threat to the possible develop ment of a pulp and paper industry in Southeast Alaska. authorizing telegraphic protests to key officials from President Truman on down and requesting Attorney H. l.. Faulkner, now in the States, to take up personally with Secretary of the Inteficr Julius A. Krug a re- cent order proclaiming a large re- servation for Hydaburg natives.
 Faulkner will attempt to see Sec retary Krug at the American Min ing Congress session in Fl Paso.
 Meanwhile, it has been learned , that Secretary Krug may not have signed the October Is proclama- ticn which purports to award 10l,- 900 acres of rich timberland and beach to the Indians under the findings of former Secretary of the Interior Harold l.. Ickes. Word re- ceived from Washington indicates that the publicity cn the proclama- tien was premature, that Krug had pot signed it, that an investigation has been ordered to determine who made the premature announce ment
 It was also learned that the De- partment of the Interior did not talk the proposed reservation over with the Forest Service of the De- partment of Agriculture, Last week. George Sundborg. executive assist ant to the Governor, stated he was "ccnfident' the action taken by the Interior Department lis the result of discussions between the Interior Department and the Agriculture Department in Washington and of agreement between them on a course of action
 Text of RadiOgram
 Following is the text of the radio gram which the Chamber of Com merce is sending to President Tru- man, Secretary Krug and key members of Congress:
 An Associated Press release of October 16 carried news Of Secre- rary Krug's proclamation of expan- sion of existing land reserves of the native village of Hydaburs, All aska. by 10l ,000 acres, to become final upon ratification by the na- tives by secret ballot, with so days allowed for filing written objections to this action.
 'The Interior Department req sons this expansion would clear up the question of land titles and would benefit both the native econ- (Contiaued oH Page Etghtj
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
FROM KETCHIKAN

Miriam J. Daly of Ketchikan is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
Policeman, Wife Aid Woman, Thief's vitiim

OGDENSBURG, N. Y, Oct. B. R-'Twas Police Sergeant and Mrs. Timothy O'Leary who came to the rescue when someone stole a 50- year-old shamrock plant from Mrs. George Valley.
 The OLearys, reading news paper account of Mrs. Valleys plight, sent her some slips from their own shamrock plant, brought here from Ireland 92 years ago.
 HERE FROM HAYNES
 Steve Homer of Haines is stay ing at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
SPECIAL SESSION
 CALLED
Rising Price Situation and European Plight Calls for
 Action Says Truman

WASHINGTON, Oc;. 23.--lY-' President Truman today called Congress back into session Nov. IT to consider the rising price situa- ton and the European economic plight.
 Announcing his action. he told a news conference the crisis in Eur ope is so grave that he would not wait until January to seek legisla- ton.
 Congress is regularly scheduled to meet in January.
 MT. Truman said he had made the same announcement, giving the same reasons, to Congressional leaders at conference immediately preceding his meeting with news reporters.
 Prior to the session with the Con- eressional group, he had called his Cabinet to the White House for an extraordinary session.
 Tt is urgently necessary for the Congress to take legislative action designed to put an end to the con tinued rise in prices, which is cans- ing hardship to millions of Ameri- can families and endangering the prosperity and welfare of the en- tire nation" the President said in a statement.
 Legislation Planned
 He added he would recommend legislation dealing with imitation, high prices and the high cost of living"
 The European crisis, he said, is enother compelling reason for calling Congress back
 The President said that in west ern Europe certain countries have exhausted their financial resources and are unable to purchase the food and fuel which are essential if their people are to survive the com ing winter"
 MT. Truman announced he will make a nationwide radio broadcast at l8.00 (EST) tomorrow night to give the people an explanation why his action is necessary. It will be carried by all major networks.
 The President said France can meet it's minimum reeds with pre- sent funds only until about the end of December while Italy will require substantial assistance before the end of this year.
 Call For Session Mir. Truman said he gave the Congressional leaders detailed in formation concerning what he de- scribed as the alarming and con tinuing increases in prices in this country" as well as the situation regarding the need for emergency foreign aid"
 The call for the special session says that public interest requires that the Congress be convened at noon Monday. Nov. IT ito receive such communication as may be made by the executive" The pro- clamation adds that 'an extraor- dinary occasion" requires the ses- sion
 While the President listed legis, lation on high prices first in his formal statement, Senator Barkley cl Kentucky, the Senate Demo- cratic leader, indicated the foreign emergency aid might be ready for consideration first.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
IN TOWN

w. R. McDaniel is registered at the Baranot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
HERE FROM FAIRBANKS

Marie Quirk of Fairbanks i stopping at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23

SAM ASP HERE Sam Asp of Tenakee is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
SITKA MAN HERE

Walter Petri of Sitka is staying at the Hotel Juneau.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-23
FROM CHICHAGOF

O. B. Twedt of ChichagoI is stop ping at the Gastineau.
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The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
URBAN LEAGUE FELLOWS
ESTABLISH FELLOWSHIP

One of the unique events of the
conference was a meeting of Ur-
ban League Fellows, men and
women who have received edu-
cational assistance through fell
townships from the National Ur-
ban League, which resulted in a
decision to establish a $1,000 fel.
iowship. The grant is to be fourn-
ished by the group and is to be
administered through the Nation
al Urban League.
The entire conference was de
voted entirely to the improve
ment of Urban League program,
with sites set upon expanding its
services in the field of vocational
guidance, employment, housing.
education, and race relations. and
increasing its budget.
Lester B. Granger, National
Urban League Executive, making
the keynote speech of the con-
ference, stated "One responsibility
of the Urban League in cities
with swollen populations is to re
cruit, train and support addition.
al leadership units in the Negro
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
UNIONS Sak TO PROTECT
WELFARE W. FARMERS
AND WORKERS

Declaring hat Congress and big
business are out to do a wreck.
ing job on farmers cooperatives
using the House Small Business
Committee as a convenient mask,
President Donald Henderson of
the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural
and Allied Workers Union. Go.
todya urged a meeting of repre-
sentatives of the National Far
mers Union to meet tn attack
on cooperatiEes.
The invitation. addressed to
National Farmers Union Presi-
dent James G. Patton. said:
Members of our union. FTAICTO.
with their close relations to far
mers, realize perhaps more clear
ly than others the dangers to the
national welfare involved in any
attack on the family-size farmer
The attack on farmers coopera-
tives by the Small Business Com
mittee. Henderson added, lis a
threat to the welfare Of both far
mers and workers alike
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13

neighborhood, who because they
know the problems first hand and
are intimately acquainted with
their neighbors can help restore
the group discipline which has
broken under social pressures of
want, ignorance and greed.
1--WE must bring this realistic
Negro leadership" he continued
into contract with open-minded,
public-spirited and equally real
istic white people who are not
necessarily interested in Negroes
sentimentally, but are deeply
eager to correct undemocratic
practice. pnd to ttiifd secure
community living for all. In ad-
dition, we must persuade these
leaders, both Negro and white,
to accept SOCIAL responsibilities
which r specific, sometimes diff
ficult and unusually unpopular"
The Conference recognized,
however, the excellent work of
groups of Negro and Whit citi-
zens working together in Ameri-
ca, by a resolution praising these
groups. The resolution also urged
that Negro groups in all Ameri-
can communitiesLworker and
employer, layman and leader
accept greater responsibility for.
and fuller activity in, improve
ment programs affecting the total
as well as the Negro community
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
Joe Louis A Good Example
to PrOtestdnts, Catholics

It very often happens that a
Catholic couple just cannot get
along SO they separate and get
a divorce, both saying that they
will never marry again. we know
what happens in the majority OF
these cases; they meet other
partners and marry and cut them
selves from the Sacramento Of
the church and from all practice
Of the church. And LAS a man
lives so shall he die" they die
separated from the church and
without the assistance Of Sacra-
ments.
Divorce and re-marriage are just
the same for cns Protestant cou-
pie as for the Catholic. 1t is
against the law of nature which
is the law Of God, it is living in
an %adulterous state and is never
justified no matter what has
been the cause or the separation.
If the Catholic couple or The Pro
testant couple must separate on
account of some kind of incom-
patibility, if they wish to preserve
a chance of saving their immortal
souls they must live the single
life. And if they would strongly
wish to return to the life Of the
married state, there is only one
way Go back to the right part
ner.'
Joe Louis and Marva separated
over two years and neither of
them seemed to be happy over
the divorce. No one knows Just
what the cause of the separation
was and no one is interested in
trying ii find out. And now Joe
Louis has done something that
is a million times more edifying
and inspiring to the youths Of
America and Of the world1than
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13

if he knocked out a thousand op-
ponents in the ring, he has gone
back to this right partner.
Whether Joe Louis was very fami
liar with the words from Scrip
turo What God hath joined let
no man put asunder,' or whether
he thought seriously on the words
of Our Blessed Lord when speak
ing divorce 1T was not SO from
the beginning" is beside the ques-
ton. Though not a Catholic he
has left the road wide open in
the Providence of God he should
get the grace of conversion to
the Catholic Church. He has fol
lowed the best instincts of the
human being.
So,we hail the champion Joe
Louis, greater than John L. Sui
Ivan. greater than Jack Dempsey
Greater than Gene Tunney, great
er than Jack Johnson, Louis
cleanest fighter in the manly art
who ever pulled on a glove and
who never belittled a fallen chal-
lenger. But it is twilight time for
Joe Louis and If he continues in
his profession he must kiss the
rosin canvass soon, v6ry soon, As
the bells will toll the count of
ten. Time will count him out. But
if and when this happens Joe
Louis will rise from the canvass
a Champion of another kind; for
men and women youths of the
world over shall and will say
He is a Champion of the inexor-
able law that God has made for
the male and female-one wife.
one husband"
(Sent by Father Thomas J. Martin
S. J. this aEticle being. repub.
lishedJ.
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13

There should be q lighting branch
circuit for every 500 square feet
of floor area Of the house.
Wherever studying is to be
done in the living room or bed
room, a convenience outlet should
be readily available for plugging
in q good study lamp. To avoid
the Use OF unsightly extension
cords, at the same time insuring
fexibility Of furniture arrang e-
ment, duplex convenience outlets
should be placed so that no point
along the wall at the floor line
in these rooms is more than six
feet from an outlet. Outlets also
should be provided in wall spaces
three feet or more in length.
Supplementary Light Vital
The specialists point out that
adequate illumination for read
ing, writing and other close
visual tasks requires not only
local lighting on the object to be
seen but supplementary general
Illumination throughout the room
This supplementary illumina-
ton, they say, can be achieved
in a variety of ways-by using a
well-designed central ceiling FIX
ture. by providing valance or
cove lighting, or from well-de-
signed portable lamps. It is good
planning to install some fixed
lighting, comfortable by a wall
switch at each main entrance. in
every room.
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
New Units Being
Constructed At
Uni.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo,-Con-
struction of a hospital unit and a
recreation study center has been
begun on the campus of Lincoln
University of Missouri, designated
as Veterans Educational Facili-
ties Project No. 23-v-9A and ap-
pvroed by the Bureau of Com
munity Facilities of the Federal
Works Administration.
hTe new infirmary, provided for
veterans and students of the Uni
versity, will have two 6-bed wards,
a diet kitchen and a utility room,
a clinic area including a waiting
room, storage room, a general Of
flee and infirmary, a consulta-
ton room and two examination
and treatment rooms.
Two units will comprise the re-
creation study building and will b
connected by a connecting en-
trance. One unit will be used as
a study room with office and lib
rary. A social unit and toilet fac
ilities for men and women, to-
gether with four storage rooms
and a small kitchen will comprise
the social hall in the other unit.
The infirmary will be located
on the campus at the East of
Bennett hall (Senior girls dormi.
tory and the recreation-tudy
building is being erected on the
West campus.
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Sunday afternoon will be furnish
ed by the Philharmonic Glee Club
under the direction of Mrs. FL
freda S. Wright.
A lively discussion of the labor
issue is expected among members
of the fraternity during consider
alton of a six-point national legis-
lation program which was pre-
pared last April by a committo
on public policy headed by How
ard II. Long. At that time the
committee took a stand, approved
by the fraternity, proposing Con-
gressional action enacting a Fed.
eral antilynching bill; new Fair
Employment Practice legislation.
possibly under a new name; a.
bolishment of the electoral col.
lege; limitations Of the filibuster;
and Federal aid to education,
At the same time the committee
recognized the divergent opinions
among Alpha men concerning
the labor issue and called for
every person ito make himself
vocal on his side of the question"
The report continued, so far as
we are informed, the fraternity
as a whole has not taken a posi-.
ton on labor legislation. Each
member should feel it is his duty
to express himself for or against
it as his conscience Dictates
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13

have established that q 10 per
cent voltage loss, resulting from
too-smaD wire taxed beyond its
capacity, will cause as much as q
80 per cent reduction in the bril-
lance Of . lamp.
Poor lighting causes eye strain
which In turn affects vision. And
defective vision, the specialists
point out, frequently has a dis
astrous effect on scholastic apti-
tude-at least 1000, 900 boys and
girls in public schools fail each
year because of poor vision; the
educational age of students in
well-lighted rooms exceeds that
Of students in poorly-lighted
rooms by fully 10 per cent
Thus, the specialists emphasize,
it behooves parents to have both
their wiring and their lighting
checked-by a technician from
the office of the local power sup
plier, or by a qualified electrical
contractor.
Where to Put the Outlets
It is not enough to equip the
students room with proper
lamps, the house wiring must be
right if the lamps are to provide
adequate illumination, the wiring
experts declare. pointing out
that when the branch circuits in
the home are too few, the re-
sultant overlooking of circuits
chokes off a measure of the
electricity needed at each outlet.
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
" oman Runs
Only Negro
Finishing School

CHICAGO-Dr. Charlotte Haw-
kins Brown. 68-year-old Negro
educator is featured in October
Ebony as the woman who built
Americas only finishing school
for Negroes, Palmer Memorial In
stitute at Sedalia, North Carolina
with money raised by her tears,
shoe leather, and undying faith.
"Dr. Brown virtually built the
100000 educational plant brick
by brick" according to the Ebo.
ny story which say lack Of space
makes the school reject an aver.
age of 600 students yearly from
Merge Americas richest families
"Over 300 900 of the bricks Wed
in the present buildings Were
made by the students themselves
on the school grounds
Though the routine and regime
is strait-laced, Palmer Memorial
embodies all of the dynamic
scholastic ability and good taste
of its founder. Rated equal to any
of the high class white New
England prep schools, PMS list
of required subjects includes
classes in charm, sewing, music,
and choral work. Religion is
stressed, church attendance obi
gatory, and bad manners punish
ed severely. Recently Is seniors
were suspended because Of the
use one profane word.
Despite the rigidity of her iron.
clad regulations, however, DR..
Brown is well-liked by PM stu.
dents and is very popular on the
campus. This quiet lady who has
been feted by presidents, prime
ministers and princes is known to
her students by such fond nick.
names as 1.-THE Big Wheel"
Madam" and Doc"
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
GfS ON TINlAN ISLE
SEND NAACP FUNDS

NEW YORK-"The above-men-
toned donation is an initial one
and is a very small one due to
the understrength of u organi.
cation here on the island of Tin
ian. but it is to advise you that
whatever is being done for the
benefit of all mankind as well as
our race, will be backed by every
effort we can put forth" Thus
wrote a unit Of Negro GI's sta
toned on a far-off atoll in the
Pacific, to Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary.
News is not plentiful here but
we at one time or another enjoy
privileges that have been sought
and fought for by the NAACP in
behalf of the Negro soldier. May
God bless you and the members
Of the NAACP and may He grant
us power to suhdue every obstacle
hindering the peace and happi-
ness of mankind the world over
continued the letter. Enclosed.
from the lonely unit, was a money
order to the NAACP for $59.25.
The collection had been taken and
the letter comparatively compos.
ed by every man in the unit after
they'd sat around their radio in
the ~sweltering recreation tent on
Sunday, June 20, the hear Presi-
dent Truman and Walter White
assail racial bigotry and hate at
the 38 Annual NAACP Conference
in Washington, D. c.
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
Aloha Fiji Aloha Frat
to Convene IN NeW York

NE WYORK, N. Y.-Congress-
men William Dawson of Illinois
and Adam c.. Powell of New
York are scheduled to address the
public meeting of the Eastern Re
gional Convention of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity which meets
here October As. Paul Robson,
world renown singer and dram
attic artist, will also grace the
program on the closing day at
3 p. m. in Abyssinia Baptist
Church.
Headquarters for the two-day
meeting will be the Harlem
Branch YMCA. $50 West 135th st.
New York City, where a pre-con-
vention smoker has been arranged
for Friday night, October 8. Re-
gistration will take place between
nine and 10 a. m. Saturday. Bust
ness sessions are set for 10 a. m.
and 2 p. m. the same day. How
ard Long will address the morn
ing meeting. Mrs. Edna o. Gray,
Supreme Basileus, AKA Sorority
will be the afternoon speaker.
An Alpha formal will complete
the days activities.
Sunday mornings session at
Abyssinia will feature a lecture
by DR.. William Gray, president
of Florida A. and M. College.
Music for the public meeting
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
LEGION POST NO. 80 TO
HOLD FIRST MEETING
SEPT .1s THURSDAY AT $50

Roosevelt Post No. 80 Ameri.
can Legion will hold it's first Fun
Night Thursday Sept. 49,. At $3.50
p. m. at it's club room.
All members ex-service men and
their guest are cordially Invited
To Attend Free Lunch will be
served. Also a very special enter.
tainment viii be held.
Milton Stromile Comdr.
Willard Carr Service Offocer
The Omaha guide., 1947-09-13
Says Complete Equality OF
Citizens Impossible Without
Equal Educational Chances

0AANA0O4v. AOn'2 00OA
Marshall, chief of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored Peoples legal division
addressing delegates assembled
in this city for the Texas State
Conference of NAACP branches,
today reemphasized the position
of the Association on the question
of segregation in the United
States. THE NAACP. completely
opposes all forms Of segregation
declared Mr.. Marshall. Directing
the attention of the delegates
and anyone else in the State Of
Texas who wants to listen,' the
NAACP chief counsel read from
the resolution on education adopt
ed at the 38th Annual Conference
in Washington, d. G. in June, in
which it was stated, Complete
equality of American citizens is
impossible without equality of edu-
cational opportunities cannot be
obtained in a dual system of edu-
cation. There has been some ques-
ton raised as to the position of
the NAACP on this question.
Therefore we re-emphasize our
position as being opposed to all
types Of segregation including
public education as being uncon-
sti~tutional, unlawful and immoral
and call upon all semblances of
segregation in public education in
Southern states while at the same
time opposing al suble attempts
to establish segregation in public
facilities in the North
This resolution was unanimous
ly adopted by all of the delegates,
including the Texas delegates,
who have been in the forefront
of the campaign for the abolition
of segregation in public schools.
ObsreVers here at the confer
ence attached deep significance
J to Mr.. Marshall's speech and part
icularly to his whitening blast
against Negroes who would be
willing to sell the race down the
river" The NAACP legal head
indicated a growing struggle
when he stated, 1T no longer
takes courage to fight for mere
equality in a separate school
system. Even Bilbo mouthed
phrases calling for equality for
Negroes as long as there was
complete segregation. I think that
everyone knew that when the
State Legislature in Texas agreed
to advance more than three mill.
ion dollars for a Jim Crow Uni
versity, Their would be Negroes
who would be willing to sell the
ace down the river in order to
either get jobs in the school. or
to determine who should build the
school, pr to determine where
the school should be built, Or any
other method whereby the indivi-
dual could get personal gain It
was also apparent that there
would be Negroes who would at
tack the N. A. A. c. P. for. they
would resort to the Rankin Com
mittee's attack Of yelling. There
$ a Communist in every closet
Later in his speech. Mr.. Mar
shall declared, THE Houston In
former in an editorial obviously
written by Editor Carter Wesley
continuing IT'S fight to have the
Negroes of Texas return to the
days Of Booker T. Washington
and fight for separate but equal
schools, asks several questions:
Is it the NAACP's position that
it will take no action to better
the educational lot Of Texas Ne
ogroes, except fight for admiss-
ion Of Negroes intn current