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The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
ShIpyards Increase Output
OF Small Seagoine Vessels

During the past year shipyards in
the United States built 216 sef-pro-
PEELED vessels Of more than 100 gross
tons each. aggregating 313.360 gross
tons. according to Marine Engineer
ing and Shipping Review. marine
industry publication. This compares
with an output of 1913 vessels in 1946.
aggregating 683.867 gross tons. It
indicates the increasing demand for
smaller vessels, as the average size
OF the ships built In 1947 was only
l,450 gross tons as compared with
3,454 gross tons In 1946.
OF the total tonnage produced last
year 81 per cent consisted of sea-
going vessels. each over 1000 gross
tons. Forty vessels of this class
were built, including four large sea-
going dredges. These large seago-
ing vessels totaled 257. 584 gross tons
and required a total Of 321, $50 horse
power for propulsion. OF this ton
mage, So per cent consisted of cargo
vessels and 29 per cent of combina-
uon passenger and cargo ships.
Only one tanker was built but she
was the largest vessel of this type
ever built, having deadweight Of
27,928 tons.
Atlantic coast yards led In pro-
duction Of seagoing vessels Of over
2.OOO gross tons each, producing 43
per cent of this tonnage. The Gulf
coast was a close second. however,
yards in this region producing 40 per
cent, while Pacific coast yards
turned out only II per cent.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Writes Civil Disobedience Not New

democratic system of govern
ment we boast as. The Law Of
our land. Lots Of little things
may quite truthfully be classi-
fled as civil disobedience. Vio-
lating the laws of our Constitu-
ton, and the laws of democrat
ic government, as we'll as the
principles of Christian civiliz-
alton, are: lynching and other
persecution without due and
just process Of law; color, rae
ial, and religious segregation or
discrimination; inequality be-
fore tire law.
If these little" acts of un-
Christian, un-democratic, un-
Constitutional "non-violence"
be tolerated, indeed, sanctioned
and encouraged, under a gov
ernment whose greatest laws
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25

We are all set for the final big drive the next
President of the United States
The country will be safe the hands of Mr. Truman for
he has demonstrated his ability lead in times of crisis.
Let us the record of the Republican party back for
more years than remember 1t has been and is
the artv of interests who have consistently
sned with the white supreacist groups the South per-
petuate deradon political and slavery of the Negro
poor White in the South and to extend that slavery to these
same two groups wherever they 60
Mr. will go down in history OF the great
presidents United States because of the things tor
hh he stands in the matter of human rights not be
efeated The enlightened people Of America and the whole
World for that matter believe in those things And they Will
~ # that they are vouched safe to those to whom they
re denied as of now the latter demonstrates by
dct and otherwise readiness to accept the responsibilities
I m with the endowment of the earned fruits flowing from
which builds maintains freedom and equality People
o are concerned Americas human resources should
ve careful study the record OF the two parues
uoting.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Home Building Facts

The retail cost Of building mate
rials is about double the cost OF
their production, says Twentieth
Century fund report Used houses
account roughly fof three fourths Of
annual residential sales and 10 per
cent Of the total new dwellings be-
fore the war were produced under
public auspices. About 40 per cent
of the communities In the United
States do not have building codes.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25

Carnival Settling Prevails
In Modern Industrial Plant

The late Ernie Pyle once de-
scribed tin can as one Of the SIM
plest things in the world to make
If you make it slowly. But when
cans come off line many times
faster than you could possibly count,
he said, the whole thing becomes
intricate and fantastic.
The speeds attained in modern
can manufacture as high as 400
cans minute - have been made
possible by some Of the most in
genious machinery in use in Aneri-
can industry. A coincidental rehec-
ton of this ingenuity is the resem-
blance of some equipment in a can
plant to the frolic and thrill appara-
tus of a typical carnival or amuse-
ment park.
A visitor to an American Can
company plant will see ferris
wheels" in operation, dark tunnels
Of love-" electric scooters," +"
shooting gallery" targets. ROLLER
coasters" and "shoot-the-chutes."
All of these things have been de-
signed, of course, for the serious
purpose of achieving maximum eff
cheney, so that the country's can
ners, packers and manufacturers OF
industrial goods can obtain at low
prices the billions of cans they re-
quire annually. But the visitor who
wants to squint his eyes and dream
a bit will be reminded Of happy,
carefree hours spent on merry-go-
rounds and throwing balls at peep
hole targets.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25

You may say what you will
in regards to the wrong or the
right" Of people squaking a.
bout what's wrong with Amer
lea; but if the American Negro
decides to go all out for a pol
icy of non-violent civil disobed-
ience in answer to a draft call
into a jim-crow army, he GER
tainly won't be setting any
kind Of a precedent. (Before
continuing, let me go on record
in saying that this letter is
NOT in support of any such
action and this writer, is NOT
a communist
Americans have long used
the persuasive power of this
thing called civil disobedience.
The war for independence, the
slave instructions and rebelli-
ons, the succession of the con-
federate states, and lately, the
strikes against the people, were
all, actually, acts Of civil DISC
bedience irregularities Of their
intentions an ultimate attain
ments.
These actions could never
fall into the category of mon
violence" by any stretct Of the
Imagination.
Under the Constitution and
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25

somehow, someone's failed.
The democratic way of life
IS truly on trial today. 1t has
been gaining support for SEN
turies, with endless attempts to
incorporate it into the body poll
itic. Now it is facing. some
will say as never before, the
very antithesis of democracy
in relationships notably now
that Of goddess Soviet Russia.
Religion Is Needed
If a nation is to be success
fully ruled by its representa-
ives, the principles and practic.
es of religion must make the
pattern for daily living. Other
wise, the many opportunities
for unselfish control Of the gov
erred and for promoting the
greatest good for the greatest
number will be neglected.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25

This weeks cartoon depicts the PRESIDENT attempt.
ing to steer the GOOD BOAT CIVIL RIGHTS Legislation
through the turbulent Dixie Waters of JOB DISCRIMINT-
TION, JIM CROW. POLL TAX, and LYNCHING.
AS one can plainly he is having very easy job
doing But President TRUMAN will despite troubled
waters, his BOAT safely through His hand will
steady the for long he shall draw breath he
ident Trumans Faith in Right which is the real basis
anger thus vented against him. by the South will be vindi
through these raging waters of HATE, FEAR DISCERNING
ALTON and other ISMS foreign any democratic people
Any failure live by the Constitution abolish the
things that depicted here strike the of
The southern mine fields mperis the North much the
South. indeed it imperils the very life of nation.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
TO THE PEOPLE OF OMAHA AND DOUGLAS CO.

THE GUIDE cannot urge upon you too strongly or too
times the necessity Of registering for the coming Novem
Der Election This important that do 50 Immediately
feel every citizen of voting age should readily
that his duty go the polls and by his vote help to
select the and who will represent him her in
public office.
If you have moved you must and have your regis
traon corrected that vote will not be challenged Also
there may be who reluctant to register for fear that
will require the payment of other obi
CATION this is the ALL This is POLL TAX State,
all you have to do is go down and register.
Housewives, Veterans Students, and just plain every
body, REGISTER NOW!
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
ROAST DUcK-YoU BRING THE DUCK

Things aren't quite bad they may when the
National Association of Retail Grocers lot of
dollar. Even shrimp and roast beef included We could
afford dinner gusts at that rate
Housewives who plan to follow these menus had better
tax than dollar along when they go shopping how
The include only the main dhpotatoes, salad
bread butter, and drink being extra" if you pleased
Of course still afford invite guests for dinner
they'll BRING the potatoes salad bread butter and drink!
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
THE PEOPLES OPEN FORUM

Letters from readers printed this page may differ in
opinion widely with the opinions Of The Omaha Guide Letters
must be addressed otae editor third persons and the
right to shorten them reserved Complete signatures and
posotce addresses and they will be printed
with the letters. Contributors limited than
one letter in any 80 day period Letters and their
RETURNED. Address letters to- .73 'eA E f
The Open Forum Editor Omaha Guide 242O Grant St.
Omaha 10. Nebraska --
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
War and Population

Although nations involved in
World War II count their total war
dead at Is million, the worlds popu-
lation now is 10 per cent larger than
it was in 1899. That increase is one
of the reasons for continued hunger
In countries which have not been
able to restore food production to its
prewar level.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Alcohol From Bananas

Alcoholic beverages have been
made from bananas. Some years
ago banana whisky experiments
we're conducted In Guatemala. Ba-
mana wine from fully ripe fruit al
lowed to ferment In water was
known In the West Indian island Of
Barbados as early as 1857. Dena.
tured alcohol from bananas is ar
>ge-old possibility.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Chesterfield OF Birds

The great blue heron is consid-
cred the Chesterfield Of birds. To
his middle claw Is attached a small
comb, with which to preen his
feathers. All herons fly with their
necks drawn In, and their feet ex-
tended. About Is species are found
in the Western hemisphere, "a in
North America. Young herons are
awkward, staddly birds, comical In
their expressions and attitudes.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Daniel West Says:
In Ny Opinion

Truman a debt for his courag-
eous stand on civil rights. Al
though Negroes would be ben
Gifted more by his program, if
it is ever enacted, than any O.
ther group, it is aimed at cur
ing basic evils of our demo-
cracy: discrimination and segre-
cation, from which white peo-
pie as well as Negroes suffer.
The Wallaceites are volun-
tarily helping the conservative
Republicans win re election so
that, they hope, the country
can go to the dogs in a hurry
and they the Communists
can take it over. This, in my
estimation is the sole reason
or uppermost anyway-why are
opposing President Truman.
1t was President Truman's
duty to sponsor civil rights leg
islation the same as it was the
duty of every one of his prede-
cessors since the Civil War.
Do You Remember?
Like the Fourth Of July, Dog
Days, Friday the 18th, and
few other peculiarly Ameri-
can dates, BLACK Thursday"
October oath 1929, will be long
remembered.
1t was the day Of the big
crash, when the ficticous
values of the Republican boom
and bust prosperity cycle lay
broken and strewn the length
of a narrow canyon called Wall
Street. I
1t marked the decline of a
fantastic era herald almost g
years before by the Republic
ian regime of Harding. 1t was
the beginning of the end of a
purely synthetic condition
known as Coolidge Prosper
ity" a bubble which Hoover
promised would never burst.
Indeed, it was the twelve
long locust years; even as the
Republican administration
was proclaimed a pot of gold
at the end of the corner, the
end of the rainbow was too
great a distance, SO they told
the people it was just at the
end of the corner.
100000 people were jobless
on March 4, 1888, the day FDR
was sworn in as our president.
How we'll ! recall that event
full day, as I sat in the great
throng that chilly day in front
Of the capitol and heard FRDl
proclaim to the American peo-
pie that all we had to fear was
fear itself, and that they could
now breath a bit easier for ev-
cry one could go to bed that |
night assured of a new deal.
1t came too. on my way to
Washington, and even before
| got there, / had seen all ar
ound me bread lines, which got |
longer by the day, l saw job
less forming lines to protest,
/ saw courthouses surrounded
not because they sought to
overthrow the government, but
to demand jobs and bread, /
saw sheriffs hold auctions be-
cause land owners could not |
pay off his mortgage. Things
got worse and fast.
Do You Remember?
Because you were a part Of
that 100000 jobless and hum
cry caravan, it is pertinent to |
remember now, in the year
1948, History has a perverse
way of repeating itself.
The locust years. must not
repeat. They will not return of
you remember, and remember
ing, register and vote! G
"Do you rennember?' will |
help voters, by word and by |
picture, to resolve that 1o48
will not mark the return of
those days when grass grew
on the streets and every curb
stone had its apple vendor.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Earh Ice Enterprise

An early American enterprise was
the shipping Of ice from New Eng
land to the tropics. The ice was
packed In white pine sawdust and
Americans promoted its sale by
showing the natives how to make
ice cream and iced drinks.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
BROTHERLY
BEHAVIOR
By Earle COnover

why, | know more about
Abraham Lincoln than I do a.
bout Jesus Christ"
The speaker was a young
man who had attended a Sum
day school, later young peo-
pies society, and divine SER
vices with their wonderful SER
mons, all Of his life. He had
never had class instruction in
the life of the Great Emancip-
ator, yet he had sat for years
with teachers in religious in
struction Yes, somewhere, atd
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
This Machine Age

With new coin machines designed
for air terminals, travellers may
shave themselves, press their ties
and dine on hot sandwiches and cot
fee while a robot bootblack shines
their shoes.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Chatting Eruif

Fruit may float in tars because
the pack is too loose or the syrup
too heavy. or perhaps air in the tis-
sues Of the fruit has not all been
forced out during heating and proc
essing.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
WRITERS CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE

GALLEY EIGHT EIGHT
they violate, one might well
wonder just where does treas
on start in America? With a
non Caucasian's fight for free
dom?
Sincerely,
Marjorie J. Bryant
Indianapolis Indiana
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Labor Agreements

Forty-five per cent Of all wage
earners covered by collective bar
gaining agreements were employed
under closed shop and union shop
conditions, according to Twentieth
Century fund report.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Warm Water for Plants

Tepid water instead of cold water
should be used for watering house
plants. Cold water may shock the
plants, damage the roots and retard
growth.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Synthetic Rubber ALLOW

Alloyed with certain plastics, syn
thetic rubber will be used In great
quantities In the future. They form
a tough, resilient floor tile which Is
unaffected by oils and grease.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
New Milk Carton

A carton Tor delivery Of milk,
Lrided with a cream chamber and
aalve for controlling an opening
keen the milk and cream cham
f; is the subject Of recent pat
ret
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Still Forbidden

Begging was forbidden in Eng
land as early as 1349. Colonial
America provided punishment
against beggars.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Found New Mexicn Instead

Searching for the tabled seven
golden cities Of Cibola, the Spanish
conquistadores were the first white
men to set foot upon what Is now
New Mexico.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Mushrooms for Dentists

Mushrooms were used to stupefy
patients by dentists of the Zapotec
Indians of Mexico.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Type for Printing

Lead hardened with antimony
usually is used to make type
metal
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Thrifty women would just az
soon throw out pennies as a
scrap Of fat. Your meat dealer
MI. pay for every pound Of used
cooking fat you turn In.
NUNS the Word,

MuIu tue WOTu
NUNS the word" commemo-
rates Christian Mummer, an Eng
lish brewer Of the 18th century, who
swore his employees to secrecy on
the formula Of his ale. N1 't.a
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Bulbs Need Shades

Bare light bulbs cause glare, and
should not be used without shades
unless In ittle-used parts Of the
house.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Our Timber State

About one-sixth Of the total stand.
ing timber in the United States Is ia
Washington state.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
49, reznnerature Test

l94- Temperature Test
ceived Z incubator eggs IN the
lent Egyptians and Asi-
Nned the proper degree
The ave,e eggs
spends ne .eeds In Lemons
acme % old snap. lemon trees
ons with more seeds.
The Omaha guide., 1948-09-25
Prevented ScurYY

Prevented Ecurvy
Potatoes. which contain vitamin
G. prevented sailors from dying Of
scurvy in the days Of long voyages
on sailing ships. y
Evening star., 1948-02-15

satin, fashioned with a full skirt,
ending in a train. Her full length
veil of imported illusion fell from a
mantilla of rose point lace and she
carried a colonial bouquet of gar
denias and white orchids.
Miss Jean Darlington Norman,
sister of the bride, was maid of
honor, wearing a yellow chiffon
gown with matching mantilla and
carrying a bouquet of yellow JON
ouils and periwinkle. Carrying SIM
liar bouquets, but wearing gray
chiffon instead of yellow, were the
bridesmaids, Mrs. c. Brooks Farber
of Baltimore, Mrs. Edward j..
Walsh of Teaneck, N. j.; Miss Helen
Thomas, Mrs. Polk M. Neal and
Miss Alice Gillian of Richmond.
Mr.. Smith Blair, jr., of Baltimore
was his brothers best man and the
groomsmen were Mr.. Hans Faber Of
Washington, and Mr.. Robert C.
Rose, Mr.. Thomas Ammons, Mr..
Ralph E. Kinsey and Mr.. Armi-
stead Blackley of Richmond.
A small reception followed the
ceremony at the home of the bride,
the couple leaving later for a
Southern wedding trip. Upon their
return they will make their home in
Richmond
Evening star., 1948-02-15

PAYMENT PLAN w & i SU n "A NTWN
is attractive - ~
PM =
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Miss Br01Vn Bride
IOf Cabt. Reuter-

Miss Nancy ,Rogerson Brown
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Free
man Brown of Lakeport, N. H., be-
came the bride yesterday Of Capt
Frederick Turner Reuter-, Medical
Corps, A. u. S., son of DR.. and Mrs
Frederick A. Reuter- of this city.
The wedding took place in st
James Episcopal Church in Laconia
N. H., and was followed by recep-
ton at the Laconia Country Club
The Rev. Harold G. G. Martin
officiated at the ceremony.
Given in marriage by her father
the bride wore an off-shoulder white
satin gown embroidered in seed
pearls and a full-length veil, an
heirloom of point de gaze. She
carried a shower bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Carlton B. Preble of Ports
mouth. N. H., the matron of honor,
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Marriage Told

Mrs. William v. Gross of Queens
town, Md, announces the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Martha Lynn
Cross, to Mr.. James E. Fields of
Los Angeles. The ceremony took
place yesterday at the First Episco-
pal Church in Pensacola, Fla.
Miss Virginia E. Giles of Wash
ington, sorority sister of the bride,
was maid of honor and the best man
Evening star., 1948-02-15
[In the Mems

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gewirz left
yesterday for Boca Ration, Fla, to
spend three weeks.
Mrs. Arthur D. Marks is at Holly
wood Beach, Fla, for a winter vaca-
ton and has been joined there by
her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Rauch
of Grand Island, Nebr.
Mrs. Sylvan Bensinger has re-
turned after a visit of several weeks
in Manchester, N. H., with her sons
and daughters-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Bensinger and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Bensinger.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

wore American beauty velvet and
carried shower bouquet Of roses.
Miss Dorothy p. Pascoe of West
Ossipee, N. H.; Miss Carolyn Clough
of Newton Center, Mass; Mrs. Frank
D. Sullivan, jr., Of Boston and Mrs.
Norman M. Dexter of Laconia were
the other attendants. They also
wore American beauty velvet and
carried heart-shaped bouquets of
violets.
DR.. Reuter- served as best man for
his son and the wedding guests were
seated by the Messrs. Frederick L.
Hutchinson of Washington, Thomas
L. Brown, brother of the bride, and
Richard L. Pascoe.
Following a honeymoon in Florida
and Cuba, the newly married couple
will reside at 5170 Tilden street.
The bride was graduated from
Evening star., 1948-02-15

was Mr.. Paul McPeek Of Milwaukee.
MIS-. Fields is a graduate of the
University OF Maryland and mem.
ber OF Kappa Delta Sorority. Mr..
Fields attended the University Of
Southern California before entering
the Navy. The couple will reside
in Pensacola, where the bridegroom
is stationed at the Naval Air Base.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
William Blair We'd
ITO Ann Norman
lin Richmond

Mr.. William Powell Blair, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Blair of this
city, was married yesterday to Miss
Ann Na1le Norman of Richmond,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ardennes Norman. Their wedding
took place at the st. James Episco-
pal Church in Richmond at 4:30
o'clok, the Rev. Churchill J. Gibson
officiating.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a gown OF ivory
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Heintzle-
man of Fordwich. Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Ellen Heintzleman to Mr.. Edgar w.
Settle, jr. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Settle
of Takoma Park.
The wedding viii take place In
March
Evening star., 1948-02-15

Skidmore College and during the
war was member of the Marine
Corps Women's Reserve. The BRIDE
groom was graduated from Landon
School, the University of Virginia
and George Washington University
School of Medicine.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

An Oriental rug is nothing to gamble
on. 1t substantial investment it's longtime
purchase You must be absolutely of quality price
value Soanes stocks consistently wide and varied
And Sloane quality is never questioned. Why? We've
been the floor covering business for we'll century;
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
TRAFFIC NEWS

Speed was the principle fac
tor in all fatal accidents IN Ne
braska during 1947, according
to the Nebraska Safety Coun-
Gil, which bears out thier war
ming that Speed Kills.
The survey based on reports
to the Accident record Bureau
of the Department Of Roads
and Irrigation, reveals that
driving too fast for conditions
accounted for 80 Of the 280 fat
al accidents. Second high for
the year was the failure OF the
driver to grant the right-of-way
to the oncoming vehicle or ped
estrian, with 42 fatal accidents
Others in the order of unm-
Der Of fatal accidents were: I'm
proper passing, 81; driving on
the wong side Of road, p; dri-
yer under the influence Of alco
hol, II; and improper turns
and signals, 7.
The apparent reason for the
increased number of fatalities
in accidents due to speed re-
fleets the fact that speed in its
self can change accident into
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31

a fatal one" E. P. Tinker, Jr.,
executive director Of the Sta
te Council stated.
Its with this in mind that
we of the State Safety Coun-
Gil call upon Nebraska motor
lists and our guests from other
states to drive at a speed that
is safe for conditions. It NAV
mean that you are little lat
er in arriving at your destin-
alton, but your chances Of get
ting there in one piece are so
much greater.
Remember that speed kills.
Tinker concluded.
Released by: E. P. Tinker, Jr.,
Executive Director
Nebr. State Safety Council
State House, Lincoln, Nebr.