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New England bulletin., 1949-04-16
All About
 ANSONIA
By JULIUS DOUGLAS

Every day more and more men are to be seen in the streets, due to the heavy layoffs in most of the factories and mills in the val ley. Although layoffs in shops which are unionized are supposed to be strictly according to seniority many of the men claim this is not being done Could it be that the old adage about Negroes being the last hired and first fired still holds true?
 Inquiring around Ansonia about the case of the Trenton Six, l find that most people know little about it. The facts of the case are as follows.
 Six innocent men, all Negroes, are sentenced to die in the electric chair in Trenton, New Jersey, for a murder they could not have com mitted.
 They are guilty of but one thing and that is being black. If that's a crime, lots of us are guilty. The evidence against them consisting of five alleged confessions to the mur- der of William Homer, Trenton secondhand furniture dealer, was torn from the innocent men by force. These confessions were re- pudiated by the defendants in open court and are undeniably in- validated by the testimony of their employers and friends. Three of the men were working and have the testimony of their employers and fellow-employees that they were on the job at the time the crime was committed.
 The other three have ironclad alibis also.
 Collis English was cashing a check at the very time the crime was taking place in another part of the city.
 Ralph Cooper was at his girl friends home. A mailman verified this because Cooper accepted a spe- cial delivery package from him at the time of the murder.
 James Thorpe was seen by dozens of neighbors, repairing a car in front of his home.
 All Negroes were excluded from the trial jury by the States At torney.
 This is the case of the Trenton Six.
 If nothing is done the men will die.
 Write or wire Governor Alfred Driscoll, Trenton, N. J., asking freedom for the innocent Trenton Six and the arrest and punishment of the would-be Illegal lynchers. ''
 Vinny ITO Columbia?
 It's being rumored about that Vinny Drake, Ansonia's most pop ular athlete, is headed for Colum- bia University next fall. Drake. who is sought after by most col leges in the east and many others throughout the country, would do we'll to matriculate at Columbia. Beside having fine educational fa- cilities, Columbia features the type of football which would allow Vim ny to show his best. Lou Little, Columbia's football mentor, would welcome with open arms a quar- terback with Drake's qua1ifica- tions.
 Darts O. K. The Ansonia Darts, local bas- ketball team, which piled up an en- 4. .1S
New England bulletin., 1949-04-16

AC Ae@ASC AAo 4AO@0 S0 PNAAJ ~A AS0
 The BULLETINS witty, dimu- nitive advertising manager once dreamed fondly of music career. His father, Noah D. Thompson, was a member of the staff of the Los Angeles Daily Express for thirteen years. Son Noah wrote his first column, Sparks From The Pen of Noah Thompson" in the Cali fornia Eagle Negro weekly.
 Sensing his sons flair for writ ing. dad Thompson decided to steer him journalism-ward.
 At Jefferson High in the Angel City, Noah worked on the school paper and in 1926 was sent by his family to Baltimore and his grand father, John H. Murphy, ST., who was then laying the groundwork for what has now become the Journalistic empire known as THE AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPA- FRS.
 To the AFRO Thompson owns his thorough training in every phase of newspaper work. Over period of twenty-five years, he has gone from printers devil m the embryonic Afro plant to execu- tive positions as high as adver- Using manager.
 At the Afro Noah worked in all departments, circulation, advert1s-- ing, linotypist, repertorlal ana business.
 Tn 1929, affected by wanderlust, Thompson left Baltimore, went to New York, where he became con nected with the advertising depart. nent-displav and classified-of The Amsterdam News.
 Went To Atlanta
 Three years in New York were enough and when one of the Scott brothers. of the Atlanta Daliy World, invited him to come, to Georgia as office manager and ad- vertising executive he readily ac- cepted. These were the days when such famed personalities as Frank Marshall Davis, Carl Beckwlth and Claude Mckay were on the paper;
 Someone, not Thompson, planted a story in the AFRO about an al leged romance of one of the Scotts and suspicion fell on him, so, once again, by request this time, Thomp- son hit the road.
 It was the AFRO again to do linotyping and advertising. work and then to Chicago with the De- fender advertising setup.
 Seemingly, all roads led back to Baltimore, for it was back there Thompson went for long haul this time, from 1888 to 1914.
 Next it was New York where he hooked up with Peoples Voice as an advertising salesman. Finding several favorites had monopoly on the opportunity to sell ad copy, he quit and went to work for Uncle Sam as a clerk in Internal Revenue in the Bronx, N. Y.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-16

into the gigantic one and one-half million dollar corporation it is with several hundred employees.
 He thinks he's going to be es- pecially at home in Hartford where he finds the merchants much more courteous than in New York, more willing to F1isten to your story"
 He likes the BULLETIN be- cause his kind of paper is a paper which fights, serves and cam paigns. He appreciates as a plea sant experience, "helping new paper to grow"
 In his spare time Thompson dreams up merchandising and ad- vertising ideas and slogans, invents novelties which he hopes to market some day, writes lyrics for popular songs Zone was published by famed comedian Joe Howard. It's named "Go Get Elm Soldier Boys''). He has had four songs copyrighted.
 A sweet-potato pie and coffee enthusiast, Thompson is no slouch when it comes to putting away a1- most every other kind of food. He's no slouch as an advertising man. ager either.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-16

Whats happening everywhere these days is the business of the people. The Bulletin covers what happens many places. Mind your own business by reading the Bull letin.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-16
NOAH M. THOMPSON
 BULLETIN Photo By James LEE)
By GLENN DOUGLASS
BULLETIN Feature Writer

Son of born Thompson sat home he hangs his in
Evening star., 1949-12-25
US. Companies Plan 10 CuI
Prices for Export Steel
BY the Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24.-Amer-
lean steel mills will have to tack
lower price tags on products they
sell abroad next year-despite
higher prices announced for steel
sold in the United States.
The United States Steel Corp,
producer of one-third Of the Ma
tons steel, already has cut prices
for export steel. Other companies
are sure to fall in line.
One steel leader said: There's
no doubt about it. Export prices
will have to come down. Every
body has to be competitive and
that's the way to do it,
On December Is, big Steel"
raised prices of most steel prod
ucts sold in this country an aver
age of 81 a ton. Higher operating
costs were blamed.
Steel men say that lower export
prices are inevitable If the Ameri-
can mills are to compete with
steel producers in foreign lands
where currencies were devalued
last fall.
United States Steel's new prices
will make American steel more at
tractive overseas, If the buyers
have American dollars. Exports
declined after October as a result
of the currency devaluation.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER

authorized a 5000, 10000 deben-
ture issue and voted to make an
other stock offering to employees
of subsidiary companies.
In the first three days the
stock market lost about third
of the gain made the previous
week, and then on Thursday the
big rebound started. Sustained
demand pushed prices up for the
best gain in more than a month
and to a new high mark for II
months. The volume expanded
to $4,000 shares, the weeks best,
although considerably under the
100000 marks made the pre-
vious week.
On the final day, Friday, the
upward trend continued. A small
gain was registered and another
new high was established. The
volume was boosted by larger than
usual individual transactions, and
the total volume was the highest
of the week.
The Associated Press average of
60 stocks stood at 71.2 Friday, a
net gain of 2 Of a point on the
week.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
|An-Time Sales Record
Indicated by Final
YuIe Rush Here
By Edword c. Stone

Christmas trade in Washington
department stores is believed to
have exceeded last year, which
means an all-time record in the
Capital, store executives said last
night.
While they do not have the to-
tai figures for the final weeks
sales, they reported a tremendous
holiday rush in all the stores and
there was one more trading day
than a year ago. In other recent
weeks, the sales volume has been
slightly ahead Of 194s despite
lower prices.
The Richmond Reserve Bank
reported yesterday that depart
ment store sales in Washington
for the week ending December II
were 7 per cent above the cor
responding week year ago and
per cent ahead of the previous
week this year. In the four weeks
ending on the same date, sales
were up 3 per cent.
The city's 7 per cent gain was
ahead of 3 per cent gain in the
Fifth District and a / per cent
pickup in the Nation, the report
showed.
ID. C. Phones Increase Sharply.
Telephones in service in the
District at the end of November
numbered 463,1 IA in comparison
with AS, All in November q year
ago, an increase of 17,727, it was
announced yesterday.
Telephone lines had a very busy
month, average calls per day
amounting to 2,240910 as COM
pared with 2,109,315 calls in No
'vember a year ago.
The substantial increase in
calls clearly reflects the exception
al business activity reported here
last month.
Miller Has Varied Career.
Andrew Miller, new president Of
the State Association Section Of
Evening star., 1949-12-25

tUnit Of trading 10 shareA
|cetversbtp. or being reorga aniSed
Act, o. securities assumed By {
|of dividends in the toregoing
|bursements based on the last a
declaration. Unless otherwise
dividends are not included. CID
|xr n rights. . Also extra OF
ldiyidend. d Cash or stock. .
able 81 stock. estimated cash
ldate. Z Declared or pstd 50 fal
lor paid after stock dividend Or
jpsid this year, an accumulattl
"a ARREARS. p paid this year.
lferred or no action taken ct
II Declared 1946, paid In 1949.
4 Payable In stock. exact cash
declaration 6AfA
Evening star., 1949-12-25

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1919
Quotations furnished by the Associated Press
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Stock Market Rises
To New Years Peak
Al Week 'sCIose
BY Roder Wineet
Assoeioted Press Market Writer

ASSOCtCIeo rTcSS NnSfket "tuef
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-With q
marked show of strength. the
stock market rebounded this week
to another new high point fol
1949.
Buying swept through the mar
ket in the final two days and
wiped out all of the loss suffered
in the previous three sessions.
There were a number of news
developments that helped to ac-
count for the bullishness.
But the outstanding thing
from the standpoint of brokers
was the manner in which the
market absorbed profit t-taking AND
tax-selling while retaining plenty
Of reserve power.
There have been repeated re-
actions in the market ever since
it started its climb in mid-June
None of these has been of severe
duration.
Last week prices climbed up
to a 17-month high point with
the volume of trading expanding
to the $4,000, ,000-share level sew
eral times. Then, on Saturday
there was a pause in the rise.
Doubts Scattered.
When the sell-of started Mon
day and continued for the next
two days there was some doubt
whether there would be a re-
sumption of the rise Immediately
The turn around in the final two
trading sessions this week scat
tered those doubts. The market
was closed Saturday and will
remain closed Monday for the
Christmas holidays.
Those on the bullish side were
heartened by the behavior of
volume. On the decline, trading
faded away. When the rise start
ed, volume expanded. That has
been a characteristic for some
months.
More and more traders are be-
ing enlisted to the view that year.
end investment demand has not
yet spent itself. They look for it
to continue into the first part of
January, in the absence of any
major development providing a
stumbling block.
Department store sales last
week. as reported by the Federal
Reserve Board, indicated con-
sumer buying power has not di-
minished. The dollar volume of
sales was l per cent ahead of
q year ago since last May.
Another bit of good news came
from the Federal Reserve Board
forecast that the supply of money
and credit will not tighten early
next year as it did in the begin
ming of this year. There should
be plentiful supply of money
and credit for all. the board said.
Declined on Monday.
The stock market on Monday
made a good attempt to get ahead
and add to the 1949 high mark
established the previous week.
It didn't. A last-minute furry of
selling pushed it back a trifle.
The rate of decline accelerated
Tuesday. Selling was persistent.
A still greater decline set in
Wednesday. American Telephone
was under pressure. Directors
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Miller Has Varied Career.

Andrew Miller, new president Of
the State Association Section of
Evening star., 1949-12-25

the American
Bankers ASso-
citation, h a q
been secretary
Of the Wash
ington State
Bankers Asso-
citation since
1910. For nine
years he held a
like position in
California and
for six in the
Oregon Asso-
citation.
B o r n l n
Evening star., 1949-12-25

f1rSt job was with the Fourth
National in New York. Later he
was with National City, j. c. Pen
ney Co.. and the National War
Work Council of the YMCA, going
West in 1923.
Transit Bonds Remain Firm.
Trading in Capital Transit First
Refunding IS on the Washington
Stock Exchange during the last
few days overshadowed all other
transfers in volume and market
interest.
Transactions In the bonds had
been quiet all the year. the price
Of the issue ranging from 80 to 90.
Most of the recent transfers,
which amounted to $4,000 turn
over, were made at 9812, only a
fraction under the years peak.
The strength in the bonds i'm
pressed investment dealers. The
final bid was 81. with 80 asked.
Economist Sees Good Year.
The year 1850 should be a good
year, but not quite as good as
1949, and almost certainly not
equal to the levels set in 1948, says
Emerson P. Schmidt, economic
research director of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce.
The construction industry is ex-
|pected to equal approximately 95
per cent of the current year.
Farm income will shrink moder-
ately and jobs will be a little
harder to get in 1850 than in
1949, he believes.
Installment credit Is expanding,
as are bank loans. The money
supply Is increasing. The first
half year looks especially favor
able. It is possible that the more
bearish factors may become more
dominant in the last six months,
he concluded.
Firm Pays 148th Dividend.
Directors Of the Terminal Re-
frigerating & Warehousing Corp.
have declared the 148th consecu-
tive semi-annual dividend Of $3.50
per share, payable December 81
to stockholders of record Deem
Der %, President James j. Hughes
announced yesterday. Listed on
the Washington Exchange, the
stock carries bid of So, with IS
asked.
Lloyd J. Ankeny, who has been
with the Trew Motor Co. for 81
years, has been elected vice presi-
dent and general sales manager,
j. r. Trew, jr., president, an
nounced at a Christmas party.
At the same time Mr.. Trew pre-
sented 1876 employees with bonuses
amounting to five weeks addi-
tional compensation. The en-
ployes participate in Is per cent
of the company's net operating
profit, a plan which was started
several years ago.
District League to Meet.
The District Building and Loan
League will hold its December
meeting Tuesday noon at the May
flower Hotel. Fred A. Smith will
ask for a report from r. Edward
Early, chairman Of the Entertain
ment Committee, on the annual
banquet to be held on January %.
About TOO members and guests
are expected. Other reports also
are on the program.
The second campaign in .
series Of public service advertise
ments for retailers, this one en-
phasizing safety in the home. has
been sent to newspapers and de-
partment stores throughout the
Nation. James Rotto, Of the Hecht
Co., Washington, chairman Of the
Retail Advertising Committee Of
The Advertising Council, Inc,
announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Commodity Prices

NEW. YORK. Dec. "a R.--The As.
wholesale commodity prices this week
declined to 1904, from 16l.95 . week
ago. The index base year Of 1925 equals
Declines in the industrial. food, grains
and cotton and non-ferrous metals COM
ponents Of the index outweighed price
advances registered BY livestock and tex
tiles.
for q week ago and year ago, follows:
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Tobacco Markets

grades Of Old Belt fue-eured tobacco
sold during the auction season Just closed
brought lower average prices than in
194s, it was reported yesterday.
The general average and volume for
the 1949 marketing season also were
down from last year, reported the Fed
[eral-Stete. departments of agriculture.
n1as In addition bst the .. sua1atys Of offerings was
Gross sales this season totaled 24s,;;
s45.so a hundred. This volume was
about five per cent less than last years.
while the average dropped S3.51.
Most of the grades averaged 81 to 81
per hundred less than during 194S. Low
quality lugs and most primings. however.
fell S5 to $40 and several wrapper grades
Demand was stronsest during the
earliest part OF the season and again IN
prices began with the ninth week Of sales
remaining six weeks Of auctions.
Gross sales were the smallest SINCE
1943, dropping around 100000 pounds
The general average of S46. go was
under last year but still was the third
highest on record, being topped only by
the 1919 and 194s averages.
Life Savers Corp elected Robert
P. Noble president to succeed
Oscar T. Kappes. who has re-
signed. Mr.. Noble has been exec
utive vice president.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

sIn bankruptcy or re-
d under the Bankruptcy
such companies. Rates
table are annual dis.
quarterly or semi-annual
noted. special or extrs
d Called. TEX dividend
r extras. b Plus stoct
, Paid last year. I Pay.
D value on ex-dfvtoenc
n this year. b Declared
T split-up. / Declared oi
I've issue with dtv1dend'
. dividend omitted, de-
last dividend meeting
J Liquidating dividend
value undetermined OF
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-17

would involve a settlement of
46,80o people, whereas the seven
year program would see $4,000
new people in the basin and a
l2-year program would have a.
500 new people for 1855.
School enrolment would
amount to more than 10000 at
the end of the four-year program,
and would necessitate construc-
ton of school facilities at a cost
of $17,76o,ooo.
The cost of road construction
to serve a half million acres is
estimated at $12,800,000. The cos'
of domestic water systems is
estimated at more than $7,000,OOO
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-17
Irrigation Area
Is Scaled Down

Three schedules for the HIi-
cation of half million acres IN
the Columbia Basin are inciuoeo
in q COLUMBIA Basin proyect ,
MORT received at Olympia by tne
state department of conservatism
and development. -.
The schedules are illustrative
rates of development" unoes
which work would be compieieo
in four. seven or II years.
p,,rpose of the report is 10
noint out to the state, countleS'
cities and towns and INDUSTRIES
their mutual responsibilities IN
tbe settlement of the project.
The report reveales for the
f;rst time that the Columbia Basin
nroiect has been scaled down
from 100000 to 5os,ol6 acres.
The reduction was caused by
withdrawal of some land In the
Wahluke slope. area near Rich
land by the atomic energy COM
mission and failure of some basin
area farmers with good wheat
land to come into the irrigation
districts.
This latter figure will be fur
ther reduced to 472,835 acres, the
difference being required for
building sites and road righta-
ways.
The report shows the govern
ment is spending about $73, 0Oo,ooo
on the entire Columbia Basin pro-
iect, including Grand Coulee dam.
The cost of irrigation alone is es-
timated at 460,000,000.
ROOM FOR 4s.s0o
The four-year program which
would be completed in 1855
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-17

surprise visit to Mrs. Orville o.
son in her new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Anon spent
Sunday Visiting in Walla Walla
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Wroe.
Mrs. Milton Libby entertained
Wednesday with bridge lunch
con for the pleasure of Mrs. Ace
Purdy who is visiting here from
Portland. Other guests were Mrs.
w. Gravenslund, Mrs. Harold
higgins, Mrs. Herbert Misner,
Mrs. Paul Shirley, Mrs. Ellis Dor
othy, Mrs. Clare Shaw, Mrs. O.
p. Miller, Mrs. Harry Linn, Mrs
Paul Spreen and Mrs. Alvin
Cheney. ..-..-.. .-.
Dinner guests entertained Sun.
day by MIR. and Mrs. Robert
Tweedt were Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vim GLASGOW and daughters, MIR.
and Mrs. Lauren Tweedt and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Magnuson and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Petersen
and daughters Christine and Su-
san arrived Tuesday evening
from Oakland to visit Mrs. Pc
tersen's parents the A. c. Amons
Mr.. Petersen plans to return to
California in two weeks but Mrs
Petersen and the children will
setay for a longer time.
A rehearsal for the Grand
Council Fire will be held for all
Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups
on Saturday, March 10 at Co
lumbia high school in Richland
The bus will leave at 8:45 am.
from the Kennewick elementary
school. ...a
The Blue Birds met Wednes-
day with Mrs. Bill Foraker. Of
ficers recently elected are Presi-
dent, Judith Smith; vice presi-
dent, Carol Simmelink; secretary,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-17
RATS BARGE IN

SPOKANE, WASH. U. PJ-
The rats are getting to be quite
a problem in the little community
OF Dishman east of here, Stephen
II. Excel, county sanitarian re-
ported. Excel said Dishman res
idents reported the rats wait out
side the house until the door is
opened and then scurry inside
to get warm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-17

M. Schuster returned to his
home Sunday from st. Mary's
hospital in Walla Walla where he
had been a patient for two weeks
Evening star., 1949-10-30

IF ARLINGTON can be said
l. to have had any forerun-
ner as the national cemetery
for the Capital the role clear
ly belonged to Congressional
Cemetery about a century
ago
That burial ground, strewn
with graves of men once i'm
portant in public life, is still
functioning. but its charac-
ter has changed. 1t is now
essentially a family cemetery,
utilized mostly by the parish
of Christ Episcopal Church,
$40 G street Sc, which has
controlled it since 1912. No
Congressman has been in
tered there since 1864.
1t comes as something Of a
surprise to a visitor who en-
ters by an iron gate at 1901
E street Sc, on which is
written large the name Con-
gressional Cemetery, to find
the ledgers of Supt. William
Heinline titled. washington
Cemetery" Why this incon-
sistency?
The name is carried on the
books of the church vestry as
the Washington Parish Burial
Ground, but the name Con-
gressional Cemetery has per-
sisted since the church set
aside 100 burial sites spe-
cif1cally for members of Con-
gress in 1917. Three years
later burial privileges were
extended to Government off,
cialS and their families. Still
later gravesites we're made
available to foreign diplomats
and their wives and to sew
eral famous Indian chieftains
who died while representing
their tribes in Washington.
Buried there are Elbridge
Gerry, fifth Vice President of
the United States; Tobias