davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-10
IL Million Children
Quit Before Completing
high School

WASHINGTON, May 10. GAN
P)-Eeach year between n mil
lion and IA million of the ma
tons children, both white and
Negro, are dropping out Of school
before completing a high school
education, according to a study
just completed by the National
Education association.
The group of states ranking in
the lowest one-third in pupil hold
ing power and also in per child
expenditure, the report reveals,
are: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
pi, South Carolina, Arkansas,
Florida, West Virginia, Oklaho-
ma, New Mexico, Arizona, Ken
lucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Mary
land and Vermont.
While the Resreach division
made no attempt to make a popu-
lation breakdown in. the states re-
ported in the lowest one-third, it
is tobe noted that the Negro popu-
lation of the United States is
greatest in some o fthe states in
the list. This leads to the con-
clusion that large numbers of Ne
gro children are among the total
"rodp outs" per year.
Figures noted in the beginning
mean that 12,OOO,O 900 to 15,OOO,-
900 children discontinue their
formal training some time before
the final year of high school.
About SAT out of every 1000, the
report reveals, thus leave school
prematurely, failing to acquire the
secondary school training, which
should be considered a minimum
essential.
The level of school financial
support, it is pointed out, clearly
exerts a powerful influence on
| the rate of survival in school, and
support the need of federal aid
to education in order to assure a
minimum educational opportunity
for all American youth.
Thus the states lowest in sur
vival in pupil attendance are the
states urgently in need of federal
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-10

the new boom ultimately will
reach them and bring them some
of the old wal time prosperity
they enjoyed, if indications are to
be delived.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-10
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A
Woman's
World
BY Nellie c. Jones
Women in the Spotlight

This is not a temporary situa-
ton. The business world, far from
being exclusively a mans world
as it was once, is now also a wo-
mans sphere. Fifty years ago a
man did nearly all the buying for
the household. In the fal of the
year he ordered so many barres
lof flour, sugar, and potatoes, and
large quantities of oatmeal, corn
meal, and other staples from his
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02
lCST-ONE VINO

Reports of a high wind approaching the Val.
ley and due to arrive S omet ire before the
close Of school on Tuesday afternoon caus-
ed school authorities to send children hone
on buses that mornin The snowfall of
the previous evening OF around 10 to II in
ches vas more to blame than the vtnd for
had there been no nou SNOW. no. steps to
close schoo1 rould have been taken. How
ever, it vas Re AIRED that the combinat ion
Of the light fluffy SNOW plus high winds
would soon block all roads and might cause
constderab1e difficulty in getting the
children to their homes later in the cay.
BQt--someone uas wrong and it must have
been the. Weather man. ALL day Palmerites
waited FOR the Wind I'VE don't like to say
vim vain" for everyone was glad it did
not blov0 but no Wind arrived. During TIE
meant inc every hour made the possibility
Of a wind lift ing the snor more unlikely
because the sun glared at it re1entle ssly
and it settled and melted all day. ~ednes-
day morning broke - tn all the sno- in
place AID no lind. The crisis is over.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02
WHERE Ii WE FU7 EN-

Predict ions of an il f1ux Of tourists this
sumner keep mount ing. J. c. ,:orris Of
Anchorage just returned from the States a.
recently nth the statement that it is
safe to say that IS 900 to &c, 900 cars
will arrive here this year. AS is true Of
all Alashans, ". l.orris is greatly con-
cerned over the housing accomlodat ions for
"these invading hordes. ..-".
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02
&c lCt CREAM

WV U1t fCN Z LKtVW
The lat ional Dairy Counc il says that ice
cream is nor being used in novel non-op-
erative treatment.
In 3lgin, illinois, three children Who had
swallowed safety pins, onen ones at t. hat,
we're fed snail balls Of cotton covered
with &c cream every two hours. This ice
cream covered cotton. rent dom easily, ana
in the stomacho the cotton matted over the
pins, point and all, and the pins ~ere ell
minated ii thopt any in jury. J..
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02
AGNCN/5 RETURN

l,r. and Yrs. frank Gagnon and children re-
turned to the Valley last week after
extended visit in the States. Irs. Gagnon
and the chill dren vent out last fall and Mr..
Gagnon around the first Of the ye ar.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02
FLIES SON 10 MD

Rev! Franll in Smith, who is nor at Dill ing
ham, Alaska, flew his Own son from their
home in Dillingham; to Anchorage for ned
ical att ent ion.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1948-04-02

Sues 10 COLLfCT AYMENf
suit has been filed recently in Third
District Court. BY Arnold Air Service charg-
ing that the LIZ. Cashier Company, Cold
Storage firm ores the Air Service $1,000. 90.
According to the complaint, a promis sorry
note uas drawn on Sept. g, l947, calling
for prompt Payment" of tn is amount. The
Arnold Air Service asks for $4,000 plus
$500 Attorney fees.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03
Zionist Convention
In Charleston
Continued from Page Three)

Continued from Page Three)
Sidney C. Gluckman's report
on inter-regional youth work
showed that a larger number of
our young people are rapidly be-
ing drawn into the field of Zion
ism. This is a healthy sign for
Judaism.
We look forward to seeing in
Jacksonville Mr.. Abe Goodman,
who is expected soon on behalf of
the Israel Corporation of America.
Also expected is Mr.. Max Gross
of Jerusalem, who is campaign
director of Food for Israel.
We hope our readers through
out the South will cooperate fully
with those Zionists who enlist
their aid in the fight for a Jewish
State in Palestine. We are this
week entering the second year
since the U. N. decreed the estab-
lishment of Jewish State in Pal
estine.
We are fully confident that this
year will see a continuation of
the amazing progress made by
our people in Israel. If you are
not Zionist. please join up at
once. If you are. please get more
members. Stand up and be
counted"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03
Local Jewish War Vets
To Elect Officers,
December 9th

An election of officers will
feature the next meeting of the
1t. Meyer Leibovitz Post, 1919,
Jewish War Veterans of the
United States, which will meet
at the Youth Building on Third
Street on Thursday, December
9th.
A sound film, Birthday of
a Prophecy, an interesting 20
minute movie on latest devel-
opments in the Holy Land, will
be shown following the bust
ness sessions.
Delicious refreshments will
be served at the conclusion of
the program.
All veterans of Jewish faith
who participated in either
World War l or World War II
are cordially invited to attend
the meeting.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03
U. S. Protests Seizure
Of American Vessel

WASHINGTON. (JTA) The
United States Government has
made protest to the Egyptian
Government over the seizure of
the American ship The Flying
Trader" and removal CT her car
go and is now discussing the
matter with the Egyptian Gov
eminent, Secretary % State Geo
c. Marshall told a press confer
ence here last week.
The Egyptian Governments
action in Selling and unloading
the cargo violated the Suez Ca
nal Convention of 1886 which
provides that he Canal shall al
ways be open to any vessel both
in times of peace and in times
of war, he said. Secretary Mar
shall said this government had
protested also the Egyption Gov
ernment's announced intention TO
seize cargoes destined for Jewish
ports.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03

QUESTION: Who are the rye
menite" Jews? Submitted by
T. T. Cleveland.)
ANSWER: The Jews who live
in yemen" which is located in
the southwestern part of the Ar
abian peninsula.
QUESTION: When did Jews
first settle in Yemen?
ANSWER: The exact date is
not clear, but one thing is known:
Jews have been there from at
least the first century of the
Common Era. Some claim that
the Jews of Yemen settled there
at the time of Solomon. Under
the prophet jeremiah, $500
Jews are said to have gone there
to settle. It seems that a large
population was achieved there by
the Jews after the destruction of
the First Temple, when Yemen
must have been one of the chief
Ravens of that era.
QUESTION:: Is it true that no
Yemenite Jew gives the name
Ezra" to his child? Submitted
by J. S.. Toledo.)
ANSWER: Various records
seem to verify this strange pro-
hibition. Curiously enough there
is some sort of a historical tradi-
ton behind this. After the first
diaspora was ended, Ezra ordered
the Jews back to Palestine, in
Guiding the Yemenite settlers
who had many priests and Lee
vites among them who were
needed for the service of the
Temple in Jerusalem.
For some reason or other, pos
sibly because prosperous there,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03

the Yemenite Jews refused fl :.
turn to Jerusalem. At this point
tradition claims that Ezra NV
claimed an everlasting ban =.
gainst the Yemenite Jews. Their
are sources that claim that En-,
was denied burial in Palestine
because of this harsh edict. Tho
Yemenite Jews were not satisfied
with this punishment, however
and they made it a practice MI
to give the name of Ezra to thoi,
children, in an attempt to Danish
the name of Ezra from thei,
midst.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03
BY Teddy" Moscovitz

91OW41l9 111IO o004IAlOO0 W4AAO0e
benefit of leaership training. or
an organized youth program to
permit them to find expression in
everyday life for the Jewish edu-
cation they receive in their relig-
ious schools :. The prospects are
that they will grow up like their
fathers. and that the Jewish COM
munitY in another generation will
again be beating its head against
the wall. looking for leader
ship.
Frankly, 1 don't know what
to do about it but I wonder
if it wouldn't help a little if
those who are leaders in the
community would for a time
merely lead in their particlar
organization and try to build
that up. possibly uncovering new
blood, rather than accepting re-
sponsibility in every community
effort
It seems to me that while other
cities have the problem of erasing
organizational factions. Jackson
vile has a group of men who are
so Community" conscious that
organizational structure is failing
because of it Practically all
men who can be called leaders
have been president or hold a
high office in two or three organ
izations =.
Truly they do a magnificent
job in the work they put out,
and what they accomplish in
fund raising, but there is no time
left for training others and knead-
ing them into the organizational
setup and today's leaders
are the only ones who can mould
tomorrow workers
In the meantime-until that
day comes-for Hanuka I need
six strong and true men for
leadership in Young Judaean
Clubs and until that is given
me. have l problem. Mr..
Anthony!
The following is note from
River Gardens Home:
Miss Lilly of River Gardens
notices that many times when
she attends the Little Theatre
there are members who have an
extra ticket because someone in
their family was unable to at
tend If these people will
call River Gardens there is al
ways a resident or member of
the staff who would like very
much to use the extra ticket
This is true also of concerts and
other civic events
Not only will the tickets. which
in many cases go unused. be well
come. but if anyone going from
Riverside to the center of the
city will transport a resident they
will indeed be doing a good turn
. Transportation is a problem
that the community can help
solve
Residents will always be given
of tickets or rides
When there are outstanding tick
cts the staff will come in secon-
Diary consideration In many
cases if there are two tickets a
staff member can escort resi-
dent to the event
This is a wonderful reminder
to the many whose unused
tickets to theatre and concert
cause them much worry =. Call
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-03

4O1 <A1yo GTSSuOSKS VISIT mere
lines up something like this:
Thursday night. December 10
Supper for Masada at Jimmy Ed
elstein's home The group is
to be joined later in the evening
by Junior Hadassah following
their regular monthly board
meeting ArYa will address
only Masada that evening-Fri-
day afternoon dec. l7) at one
o'clock there will be a luncheon
with the Zionist Youth Commits
sion-FridaY evening will be de-
signated as Zionist Youth Sab
bath at the Jewish Center and
Greenberg will speak from the
pulpit Taking part will be
Ruth Spiwak. president of Junior
Hadassah: Sam Silver. president
of Masada: Dolores Edwards of
Plugat AliYah: and representa-
tive of Senior Judaea-SaturdaY
afternoon dec. 1877: following the
morning services. a luncheon and
Oneg Shabbat will be held in the
Jewish Center for the Senior
Judaeans Saturday evening
ArYa will be the guest speaker
at the Junior Hadassah Member
ship Dance which is being held in
the TESTERS Club-SundaY dec.
ls) Greenberg will meet in ses-
sion with Young Judaean Lead
erS
Mrs. Maurice Cherry. chair
man of the Jacksonville Zionist
Youth Commission is in charge
of arrangements She is be-
ing assisted by Mrs. Perry Kan
tor. Mrs. Isadore Moscovitz. Her
nina Doytch. 1. Edelstein and
Dolores Edwards Arya Green
berg is coming to Jacksonville
while on tour of the South for
Plugat Aliyah
:
AS anyone can judge from read
ing my column. my main interest
in Jewish life lies in the youth :.
and my outlet has been in Zionist
Youth Work i. -. Like all organi-
zation workers I have a problem
-. My problem is men men
from 10 years old to so Il
wish someone would tell me how
to get them organization minded
Jewish minded - and unwrap-
ped in themselves i. The prob
lem I understand is not exactly
my own -. It is shared by every
mems organization and youth
group which looks to guidance of
adult males But that doesn't
particularly help the situation
does it? -.
Outside of few men in the
community who are active in
every Jewish organization and
a very small body who serve as
followers there is tremendous
y large group which offers Moth
ing at all Neither do they
give money or assistance to Jew
ish causes nor do they take any
of the beauty or inspiration from
Jewish life
AS one who needs them to help
in a particular phase of Jewish
expression. the youth clubs. the
refusal to help this group Ia fine
and alive body of men) is most
depressing At this time it
means that large group of boys
who are in need of club leader
ship are being left without a
program And while their
Judaean sisters are reaping the
benefits of the inspiration pro-
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Stinkin' Ink Order
Goes On Rampage
BY CHARLES R. LEWIS
AP Newsfeatures


Redwood, w. Va. - A feud may
be in the making between West
Virginia and Texas. Texas onions
and West Virginia ramps are the
center Of the controversy.
EditOr-Publisher Jim Comstock
of the Nicholas County News
Leader printed one OF his issues
with 'stinkin' ink developed by a
chemical concern to glOrify the
ramp,
The ramp is a spring herb of the
garlic family which flourishes each
season in the moist ravines of nor
thern West Virginia mountains. It's
scent after use as a spring tonic
repeatedly has caused many a row
in Redwood families.
COmstock went to Clayton Myers,
a FanwOod, N. j., chemist, former
ly resident Of the Redwood area,
with his special ink request. Myers
came through In fine style. AS the
publisher explains it, 'the memory
still fingers on in our ship"
The biggest repercussion came
from the onion country of Texas.
Publicity Chairman Eugenia Henry
of the Annual Onion Fiesta at Ray
mOndville advised Myers mot to
worry any more about stinkin' ink
order from Redwood, w. Va"
She said that Willacy County,
Tex, could take care Of the order,
"even though we don't know much
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Bathtub Equals Pig

FRANKFURT, Germany -(P-
Which will you take: pig or a
bathtub? In Germany, city folk
take pigs and farmers take bath
tubs. For such deals, the farmer
has become the most hated man in
Germany. The city people say:
Better times will come when the
carpets on the pigsty floors are re-
turned to their Owners'-the hun
cry industrial workers who traded
them for food
American and German officials
say that not every farmer is a
black marketeer. Many do their
lest to help the needy town people.
But experts say if all the pigs
that vanished in 1947 had been le-
gally distributed, the average Ger
mans meat ration would have
been upped so percent. Now the av-
erage man gets only eight pounds
Of meat year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Decline Noted
In Crop Lands
Erosion and 0veE-Use Take
High Toll as Nations
Population Gains.

WASHINGTON. = United States
crop lands soon may not support us
in the manner TO which we have
been accustomed. Agricultural
economists and nutritionists say it
requires about three acres Of land
to provide each person with food
and clothing under an average
American standard Of living.
Statistics indicate that shortly aft
er 1850 the available good, produc-
tive crop land in the United States
win drop below that point.
Population Growing.
The reasons are these:
Population is rising rapidly. Since
1910 the increase has been about II
million.
At the same time, experts Of the
soil conservation service say that
American land Of all types is being
''lost" through erosion and overuse.
The rate Of loss is estimated at
100000 acres Of topsoil a year.
The census bureau estimated the
United States population in August,
1947. at 144, ,2S9, 600 persons. The SCS
says that there are about 400 mil
lion acres Of good crop land left in
the United States. (This is land that
win not be damaged by continuous
use if good farming methods are
practiced.J
WIN Ellt RecDFd Low.
A total Of 42g million acres Of good
crop lands Is needed to sustain ev-
eryOne on an adequate diet and pro.
vide clothing and other materials
made nom farm products. This
leaves a reserve Of 81 million acres.
Il Is estimated the 1850 population
win be at least 1875 million per-
sons and that the total still will rise.
The peak isn't expected to be
reached until about 1890, when the
total is expected to be 165 million.
II the forecasts are borne out, the
rising population line and the de-
clining crop land line in the United
States land situation graph will
cross shortly after 1850. This will
be the first time in history when the
available good crop land will fall be-
low an average Of three acres for
each person
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Crime Doesn't Paw

CHICAGO - (E9 - Robbery has
run up against a resistance move
ment. Two thugs set out on
crime wave that went like this:
They robbed two lone men, but
all they got was $12. They met
three. others, one at a time. and
each Of the vigorous victims gave
them q boxing lesson. A woman
put them to rout by screaming.
They took $50 from a truck driv-
er. But the driver smashed his
heavy truck against their automO-.
bile and they had to leave it in the
street. The robbers next tried to
take a car from a woman. She
fOiled them by hurting away the
keys in the darkness. One of the.
bandits was caught quickly. He had
black eye and a variety Of brui-
ses.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
CEDAR NECK
sympathy is a wonderful thing
don't waste it."
Methodist Church

sympathy is q wonderful thing
don't waste it"
Church
Rev. Il. N. Wright, Minister
Sunday, April 25th
Sunday School, p. m, daylight
saving time.
8 p. m.-SermOn by the Pastor.
"Be ye kind one TO another, for.
giving one another, even as
God for Christ sake hath for.
given XOu."
The sympathy of this entire COM
munity goes out to w. K. Brown,
and daughter, Alice, in the sad loss
of wife and mother. "None knew
her but to love her." is our tribute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clark and
son, Jackie, spent Saturday in
Philadelphia.
Recent dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brantley Donovan and daugh-
ter, Brenda, were Mr.. DOnoVan's
sisters, Mrs. Eugene Kitchens, of
Wilmington, and Mrs. Oliver Hill,
of Laurel.
Several of the members of the
International Sunshine Society at
tended the annual convention held
at Peninsula Methodist Church, in
Wilmington, on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Clark, and
family, of Candy Clark, were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Clarke and son, Jackie.
SIT Is from ourselves alone that
help must come"
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Services Keep Five Billion
IN War Surplus Material

WASHINGTON. - The military
services have decided to retain
some Eve billion dollars worth Of
goods they once planned to dump
on the war surplus market. This
decision to increase military stock
levels was disclosed by War Assets
Administrator Robert M. Little
john, who also reported that some
goods already declared surplus
have been withdrawn from public
offering.
The Withdrawals include clothing
and other supplies being used to re-
lieve distress abroad and at home
and to carry out this country's 400
million dollar Greek-Turl1ish aid
program.
At the army department it was
said the decision to keep more ma
terial does not represent "a new
strategic situation but q policy
change relating to stocks on hand.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Frozen Foods for Hospital Use
Urged by New York Mayor

NEW YORK. - Mayor William
O'Dwyer. hopes that when it builds
new hospitals the city may capital
ize on the progress that has been
made in frozen foods.
The new hospitals would be able
to eliminate construction Of elabo-
rate kitchens by serving CONNER.
cially produced pre-cooked, frozen
meals, the mayor explained. The
meals would be heated in small
serving pantries adjoining each
ward and served on paper plates,
eliminating both large kitchen stats
and dishwashers, the mayor said.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Historic House In Maryland
PEasaniad 20 Ra0nla OF D, S,

WASHINGTON Historic Hamp-
ton, near Towson, Nd, one Of the
finest Georgian mansions in Amer
lea, shortly win be acquired for the
people Of the U. S. through q private
gift to the nation, Secretary Of the
Interior Krug announced.
The mansion, built between 1888
and 1890 by Capt. Charles Ridgley,
an American officer in the Revolu-
tionary war, viii be held by the ma
tional park service and exhibited to
the public by the Society for the
Preservation Of Maryland Antiqui-
ties.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
No Snakes, Ne Goats
Not Even Any Opium

TSINGTAO, China - P) - U. S.
Marine officers, like American Off
GERS everywhere, hung UP some
catchy names over their bachelor
quarters.
Chinese officials puzzled over the
way of the Occident. There was a
sign saying "The Snake Pit" but
there was no snakes inside. Nor
were there goats in "The Goats
Nest"
But the Chinese balked when
they saw "The Opium Den," even
though there was no opium inside
either. They thought it a little too
suggestive Of vice.
So now it's just "The Den," nc
snakes, goats, opium-no nothing.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Classified Ads get results.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Injury, Then Insult

SHANGHAI ~ Y - The Foreign
Y.M. G. AS ieep was. stolen a year
ago. The theft was reported to the
police.
In fact, the theft was reported
twice, once TO the district station
and once to the central station.
The other day the YIN. c. A. got
a curt summons from the police.
It's stolen jeep had run a red light.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

about this spring herb Cthe ramp)
Of the garlic family. We do know" :"
the chairman continued, "that viii
lacy County onions can not only
take care of their reputation as the
breath Of the nation, but can meet
your deadline for 'stinkin' ink.
The chemist in an indignant re-
ply said that In comparison with
the Nicholas County, w. Va. ramp,
the Texas onion is merely fiat and
stupid."