NORTH OMAHA LENDS SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY PAGE We, the following undersigned read er* of the Omaha Guide, do hereby agree to spend $1.00 per week or more with the business firms that advertise on the Community Page of the Omaha Guide on Page Eight. We feel that we owe that much loyalty to our Com munity paper for the service it has rendered and is rendering to the wel fcre of our Community. Sol Porter, 2113 No. 25th St.,—2 in farnfly. Mrs. D. Stromile, 2504 Franklin St.—6 in family. J. R. Martin, 1918 No. 27th St.—6 in family. James Hayden, 2624 Franklin St.— Jack Whitman, 8416 Parker St.—5 in family. Geo. Conway, 2417 Burdette St.—3 in family. C. C. Williams, 1413 No. 25th St.—4 in family. H. Williams, 1918 No. 24th St.—1 in family. Sterling Jones, 2520 Hamilton—2 in family. E. A. Williams, 2508 Burdette St.—2 in family. Lee Bryant, 2534 Parker St—3 in family. Rose Johnson, 2512 Decatur St.—5 in family. Joseph Henry. 2508 Decatur St—3 in family. Mrs. Mary Smith, 2436 Decatur St.—4 in family. Helen Frampton, 2432 Decatur St.—5 in family. Lois Thomas, 2428 Decatur St.—1 in family. Hazel Brown, 2428 Decatur St.—1 in family. Mrs. W. H. McGuire, 2428 Decatur St.—2 in family. Mrs. Bessie Williams, 2428 Decatur St—2 in family. Mrs. J. S. Sloan, 2428 Decatur St.—2 in family. Robert Hawkins, 2410 Decatur St.—3 in family. Elzabeth Winn, 2408 Decatur St.—3 in family. Irene Jackson, 2410 Charles St.—4 in family. Elnora Hall, 2420 Charles St.—10 in family. Mrs. H. Jordan, 2522 Charles St.—7 in family. Mrs. Frank Wesley, 2113 No. 25th St—2 in family. Mrs. Roxcie Austin, 2518 Decatur St.—5 in family. Irane Booker, 2606 Decatur St.—1 in family. Mrs. Mae Perkins, 2524 Decatur St—7 in family. OHie Bostic,. 2530 Decatur St.—3 in family. Lizzie Carver, 2919 Seward St—2 in family. Mrs- F. E. Gibson, 2604 Decatur St.—3 in family. Mrs. Lucy Beil, 2604 Decatur St.—2 in family. W. R. Estell, 2606 De«fctur St.—2 in family. Jessee Allen, 2608 Decatur St.—4 in family. Ruth Burleson, 2616 Decatur St—4 in family. Ida Bryant, 2624 Decatur St.—2 in family. Mrs. Charles Curry, 2624 Deeatur St.—4 in family. Tollie Stearns, 2622 Deobtur St—6 in family. Mrs. Gray, 2618 Decatur St—3 in family. Mrs. Beatrice McRae, 2623 Decatur St.—3 in family. Mrs. O. C- Beck, 2628 Decatur St.—3 in family. Mrs. R. C. Gaskin, 2640 Decatur St.—2 in family. Mrs. Mildred Carter, 2640 Decatur St—2 in family. Pearlie Baldwin, 2714 Decatur St.—4 in family. Mrs. R- Littlejohn. 2710 Decatur St.—3 in family. Ella Bultian, 2718 Decatur St.—2 in family. Rev. P. J. Price, 2718 Decatur St—1 in family. Mrs. J. J. Long, 1861 No. 28th St.—7 in family. Mrs. Sally Dill, 1805 No. 28th St.—2 in family. Libby F. Harris, 1809 No. 28th St.—2 m family. Mrs. L. DeSote, 18»9 No. 28th St—2 in family. Edward Slaughter, 1816 No. 28th St—8 in family. Mrs. Walker, 1812 No. 28th St.—6 in family. Mrs. Francer Redd, 1/SD6 No. 28th St—We. 3256. Mrs- G. W. Kellogg, 1S02 No. 28th St—4 in family. Walter Johnson, 2811 Decatur St.—3 in famly. Mrs. John Moore, 2816 Decatur St.— Mrs. James Mayberry, 2816 Decatur 9t.— Mrs. C. Cam, 2913 Decatur St.—4 m family. Mrs. Findley, 2902 Decatur St—2 in family. J. Edward Grooman, 2906 Decatur St-t-3 in family. Bertha Moore, 2922 Decatur St—5 in family, flfcs. M. B. Anthony, 2929 Franklin St.—3 in farm y. Mrs. Esteila Butler, 2909 Franklin. St—2 m fanuly. Mm- Moore, 2908 Franklin St.—11 in family Walter Barrow, 2835 Franklin St—3 in family. 2822 Franklin St.—5 in family. Mrs. Viola Reis, 2811 Franklin St.—4 in family. Mrs. Laura Triplett, 2807 Franklin St.—11 in family Rufus Campbell, 2812 Franklin St.—4 in family. Mrs. Norine Anderson, 2720 Franklin St.—4 in family. Mrs. Anna Pannell, 2731 Franklin St.—3 in family. Mrs. H. L. Preston, 2735 Franklin St.—4 in family. Mrs- Pearl Mitchell, 2716 Franklin St.—5 in family. Hallie Chesney, 2712 Franklin St.—6 in family. Arthur Smith, 2637 Hamilton St.—1 in family. I Arthur Smith, 2637 Hamilton St—1 in family. Joe Henderson, 1605 N j. 27th St.—1 in family. Maggie Welch, 2511 Decatur St.—2 in family. Bessie Anderson, 2517 Decatur St.—6 in family. Mrs. Jackson Davis, 2523 Decatur St.—2 in family. Mrs. P. L. Love, 2523 Decatur St.—2 in family. Earl M. Roberts, 2509 Decatur St.—2 in family. Mrs. E. M. Ferrest, 2531 Decatur St.—7 in lymily. G- D. Benson, 2607 Decatur St.—No family (2) Mrs. Louise Whidby, 2615 Decatur St.—Ne family (7) Lisunia Brown, 2617 Decatur St.—7 in family. Mrs. Charlotte Robinson, 2619 Decatur St.—5 in family. Mrs. Mildred Glover, 2619 Decatur St.—3 in family. Minnie Franklin, 2625 Decatur St.—7 in family. Mrs. Roy Davis, 2 in family. E. G. Scoll, 2633 Decatur St.—1 in family. Ameda Hogan, 1 in family. F. H. Hunley, 2223 Clark St.—1 in family. Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney, 1728 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Mr. Edward Wallace, 1712 No. 27th St.—4 in family. Mrs. Hill, 1706 No. 27th St.—1 in family. Mrs. C. W. Blive, 2635 Franklin St.—1 in family. Ernest Prestor, 2712 Franklin St.—1 in family. Addie Watron, 1609 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Mrs. A. D. Gumer, 1605 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Eugene Harrison, 1516 No. 27th St.—1 in family. Mrs. W. C. Edson, 2708 Charles St.—4 in family. Helen Thomas, 2708 Charles St.—1 in family. Mrs. A. L. Road, 2317 No. 29th St.—6 in family. Mrs. A. Webster, 2317 No. 29th St.—3 in family. Charlie David, 1818 No. 26th St.—1 in family. Loma Taylor, 1402 No. 27th St.—4 in family. Wm. King, 2726 Charles St.—6 in family Lylse Lawson, 928 No. 25th St.—3 in family. Mrs. George Litmor, 2215 Clark St.—2 in family. Edith Scott, 2502 Decatur St.—5 in family. Mrs. Ella Powell, 1720 No. 25th St.—7 in family. .Mrs. Grace Speese, 2513 Decsftur St.—7 in family. Lulu Woods, 1716 No. 25th St.—8 in family Mrs. Anna 5. Tubbs, 1712 No. 25th St.—1 in family. Mrs. Roberts Hall, 1711 No. 25th St.—3 in family. Y. W. Logan, 1711 No. 25th St.—2 in family. O. A. Calhoun, 1713 No- 25th St.—2 in family. Mrs. Georgia Allen, 2436 Franklin St.—3 in family. Mrs. Ella Reid, 2835 Franklin St.—2 in family. Mary Hobbs,. Mrs. Riggs, 2436 Franklin St.—5 in family. Nelie Brown, 2433 Franklin St.—1 in family. Mary Williams, Apt. 2, 2433 Franklin—2 in family Edna Davis, 2433 Franklin St.—1 in family. Odessa White, 2433 Franklin St., apt. 3—3 in fain. Mrs. Smith, Apt. 4, 2438 Franklin—2 in fartiiy. Mps. Greenfield, 2115 No. 25th St.—1 in fam®y. Mrs. Vera Graham, 2509 Grant St.—1 in fawiily. Mrs. Lula Mae Ridge, 2509 Grant St.—2 in family. H. E. Walton, 2515 Grant St.—1 in family . Daisy Nared, 2517 Grant St.—2 in faniily. Beatrice Gray, 2620 Grant St.—1 in family. Ida Washington, 2514 Gfcant St—2 in family. G. XL Myrick, 2514 Grant St.—2 in family. Lillie Sheldon, 2520 Grant St.—£ In family. George Macklin, 2525 Grant St.—3 in family. George Preston, 2525 Grant St.—1 in family. Rev. M. K. Curry, 2526 Grant St.—7 in family. R. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake St.—4 in family. Mrs. L. S. Davis, 2530 Grant St.—4 in family. Mr*. Robert Adams, 2601 Grant St.—2 in family. Sama Dalneshe, 2514 Grant St—2 in family. Mr Olie Love, 2613 Grant St.—2 in family. Tom Vann, 2618 Grant St.—1 in family. Juanita Bassett and Miss E. McGawgh, 2621 Grant St.—8 in family. Bernice McGawgh, 2623 Grant St.—2 in family. Lorraine Parker, 2622 Grant St.—1 in family. Mae Childress, 2622 Grant St.—1 in family. Golither Halcomb, 2625 Grant St.—7 in family. K. Harvey, 2627 Grant St.—2 in family. Isaiah Bates, 2630 Burdette St.—1 in family. Beulah James, 2628 Burdette St.—2 in family. Mrs. Fields, 2623 Burdete St.—1 in family. Ader Hall, 2621 Burdette St.— 1 in family. Mrs. M. H. Thomas, 2617 Burdette St.—4 in family. Ezra Young, 2718 Charles St.—4 in family Emma Smith, 2618 Grant St_1 in family. Mrs. S. M. E. Baker, 2870 Miami St-—1 in family. Mrs. E. Matthews, 2870 Miami St.—£ in family, j Rai Gordon, 2217 Charles St.—5 in family. Mrs. Davis, 2211 Miami St.—2 in family. Miss Helen White, 2226 Ohio St.—1 in family. Dr. G. B. Lennox, 2527 Patrick Ave.—2 in family Mr. Frank Stewart, 3015 Manderson St.—3 in family. Mr. L. L. McVay, 2868 Corby St.—2 in family. Logan Patten, 2419 Binney St.—4 in family. Mr. Arthur B. McCaw, 1914 N. 28th St.—6 in family. Mrs. Julia Thompson, 2316 N. 27th St.—3 in family. William Cooper, 2608 Blondo St.—2 in family. Mrs. Nora Hann, 2713 N. 26th St.—4 in family. Maryann Wilson, 2516 Corby St.—2 in family. Mr. Larry W. Burnette, 2510 Corby St.—5 in family. Mrs. H. L. Lewis, 2427 Maple St.—3 in family. Mrs. J. C. Shaw, 2427 Mape St.—3 in family. Mrs. H. R. Clark, 2820 N. 25th St.—5 in family. Mrs. Billie Crawford, 2505 Maple St.—3 in family. Mrs. Jewell Miller, 2516 Maple St.—4 in family. Mrs. Martha Wilson, 2523 Miami St.—2 in family. Mrs. Murphy Lee Rilly, 2515 Ohio St.—3 in family. Mrs. Watson, 2307 N. 27th St.—7 in family. Mrs. S. W. Williams, 2111 N. 26tth St.—4 in family. Mrs. F. A. Powell, 1722 N. 25th St.—7 in family. Mrs. Jack Lane, 2881 Decatur St.—4 in family. Mrs. RusseM Taylor, 2630 Blondo St.—5 in family. Dei*i Bell, 2623 Blondo St.—3 in family. Eunice Butler, 2113 N. 26th St.—5 in family. Frances Sims, 2319 N. 26th St.—1 in family. J. L. Richardson, 2436 Patrick Ave.—6 in family. Matilda Barris, 2308 N. 26th St.—3 in family. i Mrs. Fedwilda Artison, 2002 Erskine St.—3 in family. M. L. Harris, 2219 Ohio.St.—8 in home. For Ads see Page 8 of this issue. — PROVERBS AND PARABLES By A. B. Mann (For the Literary Service Bureau) “We Live In Deeds, Not Years” The meaning of this axiom is that in considering and evaluating life, deeds, and not years, give us the pro sper standard. One person may live a hundred years and accomplish little, wUle anotheg m»y crowd much of usefulness into a few years. Another way of expressng the same truth is, “It matters not how long we live, but how!” The biography of the man who lived longest of all humanity is very short. It is found in Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixtjj and nine years: and he died- So a man may live to be “three score y«rs and ten,” and accompli#! very little that would be contributory to human good. The entire passage of which this axiom is a part, reads: “We live in deeds, not years— In thoughts and not in figures on a dial; He lives most who feels most, Arts noblest, does the best.” DOINGS AMONG THE SWING GAR AND HOTEL WAITERS By Hopie “Be ye also ready, for you know not the minute or the hour the Son of man cometh”. The saddest moment of a person’s life cannot be expressed with penc.l or pen. Only the inward sobbing of the heart, cutting like a knife, can express the sad passing of a friend. Some how, some way, yet we know it is true We cannot seem to understand That some day we will be compelled to do the same thing too Travel alone to that unknown land. But. oh, when the smile still clings to the face After earthly friends they see no more Shows how they are being welcomed to that peaceful place By mothers and loved ones on the other shore. Will cause us to stop weeping and sighing And think of the moments when we too must go Stop sinning, stop backsliding, and stop lying And prepare to meet them on the other shore. This little poem seems to come to me through the heart, as I sat home thinking of a close friend of mine, Mr. Wm. Ousley, who passed on last Monday. And I do hope that this is only a parting for a happy and ever lasting beginning over there. With prayer, with faith, and with a binding determination, we will be able to join him as he has joined those who trav elled on before him. May I say to his family and his loved ones, “Stand up in grace, hold that faith in the almighty. Be strong er than efer in your determination to serve God. And some day you will be again united with that father and husband who for many years shared grief and joy with you. This is my wish as a family friend”. _ Dear Friends and Waiters: We lost a good friend, and I am sure everyone of us extends all of our sympathy to the family. We can do no more for him, but trust in God that he may be given a seat in His king dom, where we feel that he will be at rest and in peace forevermore. He will be missed very much by his many, many friends. Let us begin to think of ourselves and prepare. As the farmer prepares the soil and plants, not knowing what the outcome may be, let us, also, plant God’s grace in our hearts and live up to it. Because He said, “You know not the minute or the hour the Son of man com^th”. May I call your attention to one thing that happened at Mr. Ousley’s funeral while we were listening to one of the heart touching and right to-the-point sermons delivered by the pastor of Zion. Remember, it was cloudy, but every now and then the sun would appear and beam through the window pane, just like a smile. Well, it really made a reprodhction of the Ousley’s smile, and it seemed to me that he was smiling from his casket. To those who knew him, it will always seem the same. And who knows if it wasn’t he smiling, as he received a flearUy welcome over there? Well, of all things. Listen to this. Wiy is it that the men who work down town and whom the government compels to have a day off each week to rest, just can’t stay away from the job? Get lonesome? Hungry or ner vous ? And, yet you get sore if I write abodt yoh being down there. Why should you care if all is O. K. Any way, you surely can’t expect it to be a secret, because everybody sees you, and some people just can’t keep nothing. They get a kick out of see-1 ing or hearing of you. dodging rolling i pins, street cars and police cars. Play, sale, and if you can’t stay at home, stay aw&y from the job. Anyway, first warning. •Say, did you ever stop to think when you call a man a “dumbell”, just w’hu't Jrou are saying? In fact, how dumb is a dumbell ? And wiien is a man dumb? Stop now and think! Comparison! God said, “He that knoweth rrfy commandments and keep them not . . . Well, God does not hold man responsible for that he doesn t know. So it is with mas. If he doesn’t know, why call him dumb? ^ et. when a man finds out, by some means or other, and then goes and gets into the same thing, well, you see he can t be dumb because he knows. And still he was dumb, and then he finds out he’s dumb, which erases his dumbness, and then gets right back into the same thing or maybe worse. And knowing how dumb he was be fore, and still he knows and you can’t call him dumb from God’s statement. Which can we call him? Shhhhh— drop it. Speaking of dummies: Every! dum rtie has his day. In fact, they come in very handy at times. For instance, out at the dub they have a dummie elevator. And boy it Ss good and saves many a step from the kitchen down stairs. And Lucas was the only man that got up the tree and couldn’t trust the dummie. He said he could beat any dummie. Then there are dummies in the show windows that they) dress up and you will go in and say, “I want a suit like the one on that third dummie. Handy thing to have around sometimes. In fact, there are lots of dummies we could name. What—drop it. THE NEW DEAL brings us new ideas, services and new waiters. And the Paxton really keeps up. Last Sunday they introduced into the main dining room a Maine course baby lobster service, called “Streamline”— Class—I say. But like Brandeis’s Restaurant and a few others, is too far ahead of the Omaha people. So it was sent back to be served at the table as the guest liked it. Yes, Pax ton service, slogan, “Serviny Omaha for Fifty years”. Sorry. Did you see “Imitation of Life”? Well, Delilah surely must have lost her Rabbit’s foot. Johnny tells me that a certain waiter has one, and since ‘stationed’, depends entirely up on it. Well, well! Miss Bea had luck everytime she received it and made millions off of pancakes. So you can never tell what this gent will do. 0. K. Johnny. Sometimes I wonder if the waiters don’t forget and saj4 things around home or around their sweethearts that don’t fit in just right? Of course some of the sweethearts may enjoy it. but it really couldn’t be acceptable in a home. Why they say some of the funniest things. Some of them carry a lot of weight. Listen to this: C. Me told a waiter, “Monkey man has mon key ways”. True! You could not ex pect him to have elephant ways. Ele phants do things in a big way. Wait —skip. Remember, I told you some time ago that Mr. Simon Harrold of the C. of C. lectured every morning to the waiters. Weil, it pays, and then they forget. A few days ago he held inspection, and behold, one of his reg ular men had on a leather bow tie and did Mr. Harrold tell him? They tell me he did, thusly: “Young man, don’t ever wear that tie here again. When they pay their last respects to yoa will be soon enough, but save it because they do hold their own while you cross over Jordon, and you will be able to stand the inspection at the gate, outwardly, anywaiy. But we are not dead up here yet”. My, oh, my! Remember, he has only two regular men. Don’t guess, Drop it. We learn in our Bible the happen ing of B. C., meaning ‘before Christ'. But some of the waiters are now asking the waiters of B. P. how to serve certain drinks. In this new day of S. P., meaning Since Prohibi tion, the waiters are deep in dumb ness, like they were in sin B. C. Sat urday night Watson who waits upon the table, ordered two drinks like this: One whiskey sour without bitters and one Scotch with ale, without lemon. The bartender stood dumb and asked for a B. P. waiter to instruct Mr. Wat son that bitters or’lemon didn’t go in either of them. Don’t blame the waiter. Blame prohibition. These waiters came along in corn days and cotton fields. Ask them of a corn or cotton ball amd he will explain either quickly. Be sure you are. right and then go ahead. Isn’t that it? Sometimes if we are to be right, it pays to back up or turn around, I think. Of course, the man that wrote the quotation must be smarter than I, so take his word for it. This is what J. H. did Saturday night. He got one order for four special steaks combination. So he carried four menus out, and told the cook, “Pour of these with coffee”. 0. K. Jay, safety first will get it, but should you get a party of twenty to order the same thing, you will have to have a black board, regard less. Use safety first, Jay. and all will be O. K. Good music, good food, good ser vice, and, last but not least, good tips will get the business and keep it, and boys that is what the managers are looking for. So work hard and sing this little song. I’ll smile all the while If you tip me freely And I will always bring Your steak so tenderer. What tune? Oh, “Smile a While”. Good Night. ALA. LEGISLATURE PASSES I NEW ANTI-LABOR MEASURE \ Birmingham, Ala. — (CNA) — The State House of Representa tives here passed the Street Bill designed to block the struggle of Negroes and white toilers for elementary civil rights. The bill bans “any publication, writing, cut, cartoon, utterance or conduct which is organized, en couraged, or aided by societies and groups advocating outbreaks against any branch of govern ment.” The anti-labor nature of the bill is so obvious that even the “lib eral” Birmingham Post wras forc ed to remark in an editorial that “under such an act there could be no freedom of press or free speech. A minister preaching in his pupit would not be beyond reach. The organization for trade and labor unions might easily be curbed. Certainly the right of peaceful picketing would be taken from them for all time.” Joint struggles of Negroes and white workers against lynching, peonage, discrimination or for equal rights for Negroes would be illegalized by this bill and of fenders subjected to fine and im prisonment. HALTS HANGING OF MISSISSIPPI TRIO i _ New York.—Ed Brown. Yank Ellington and Henry Shields, De Kalb, Miss., condemned to hang February 8 for the alleged mur der of Raymond Stewart, a white farmer, were granted a reprieve by Governor Conner until Febru ary 21, the National Advance ment of Colored People announ ced. This respite will give the trio’s lawyers time to file a writ of error and the si'ate supreme court to consider it. This failing, an appeal will be made to the supreme court of the United States. The three men were convicted on the basis of a confession forc ed from them by healing and tor turing, a procedure roundly con demned by Supreme Court Jus tice W. D. Anderson in a dissent ing opinion. There was no other j evidence against them. The N. A.j A. C. P. has agreed to furnish money for the expense of an ex pense of an appeal to the United States supreme eourt. The law yers in the ease are A turner John A. Clark of DeKalb. anil ex-Governor Earl Brewer of Jackson, Miss. News that the three condemned men, ?i£ht. escaPe the noos# reached Meridian, where they had been held in the county jail since the slaying a year ago, and mur murs of a possible lynching arose Actmg on an order from Judge S' S « *?™der of Starksville, Sheriff B. M. Stephens rushed the trio to Jackson last Sunday where they were lodged in the strong Hinds County jail. Judge Mag ruder expressed the view that the removal would be expedient to the public welfare. NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION NEWS LETTER TO SALESMEN Industrial Production in December rose to 85 per cent of the 1923-1925 average which is the highest level for that month since 1929 according to the Federal Reserve Board. Bank de posits made large gains and bank failures were recorded at 56, the low est since 1920. Steel Trade Activity continued ex I pansion according to Iron Age. The 1 current rate of operations is estimated at 56 Vi per cent of capacity against | 56 per cent la?t week. Mills produc I ing automobile steel are virtually op ! erating at capacity. The output of pig iron in January showed an in. , crease of 43-8 per cemt over the De I cember average. The automobile industry speeds to ward recovery at 60 m. p. h. without ! fear of getting a ticket. Retail sales for new passenger automobiles ac cording to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, were 33 per cent higher in the year 1934 than in 1938, and for the month of December 1934, 57 per cent over the corresponding period of the previous year. A large steel corporation is reported to have restored salary cuts which be came effective last September through the omission of Saturday work. The workers can thank the better business situation for this return to pay nor malcy. Banks suspended in 1934, accord ing to the Federal Reserve Board, were fewer than in any year since 1920. The number of unlicensed banks at the close *f last year was approximately 190—a great reduction from over 4,500 banks unlicensed 22 months ago. Restaurants, dairies, and food stores have attained the highewt de gree of immunity to failures. The National Industrial Conference Board in a recent study of failure rates in retail establishments records that ap proximately 6 out of 1,000 restaurants, 7 out of every 1,000 dairies and food stores, and a total of 14 out of every 1,000 retail establishments fail each j ear. Business failures were recorded at 268 for the week ended February 2, according to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The com parable period of last year showed 305 failures. An increase of 9,280 freight car load.ngs for the week ended January 19 over fhe preceding week has been reported by the Association of Amer ican Railroads. Sharp increase in miscellaneous freight, coal, forest pro ducts, and coke loadings did their part in bringing about the total rise for the week. New residential building permits were the leading factors in increased buying operations during the month of December. According to the Bu reau of Labor Statistics, figures based on reports from 764 cities with 10,000 or more population, show a total of, 37.6 per cent increase in building ac tivity in December 1934 over the cor responding month of 1933. Cham Store Age states that Decem ber trade among its subscribers reached 98 5 of the 1929-1931 average This was 6 points higher than in De cember 1933. Variety storey; had 6 per cent more sales in December 1934, than in December 1933, according to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The Alexander Hamilton Institute estimates that the value of department store sales in 1934 was 13 per cent higher than in 1933. Wholesale prices are now 9 per cent higher than they were a year ago. A ‘sharp” reversal in normal trends during December and the fif-st 3 weeks in January has given factory- employ ment and general industrial produc tion more that! normal seasonal in creases, according to the Federal Re serve Board. In December, its index of business activity advanced to 85 or 11 points higher than in November. It is often asked what per cent of the business firm’s dollar goes to the wage-earner. The American Iron and Steel Institute reports that 43 cents out of every dollar realized from gross sales between 1930 and 1933 was paid out as salaries ariB wages. In 1929, the peak year of the boom, the work ers’ share was 37 cents; in 1918, M cents. December tfroke payroll records for that month for fifteen years, accord ing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, y a rafee in factory employment of 17 per cent and in payroll* of 6.2 per cent. It is estimated that 340 000 workers were added with a weekly payroll increase of $10,800,000. Continued increase in business a« tivity was shown by the advance In electric power output in the week January 26. The Edison Electric In ?I’?!™?0*'*1 that this staled 1,781,666,000 kilowatt hours, an in cretse of 10.6 per cent over the same week of 1934. In the prior week end ed January 19. the increase was 9.4 of*"1934* °Ver thC corresP°ndin£ week Bank clearings continue to rise ac cording to the Dun & Bradstreet re port on 22 leading cities in the U. S. The week ended January 23, recorded tn increase of 15.8 per cent over the correspond.bg week of 1933 and th* week ended January 30, showed a 5 » Per cent increase over the compara ble period for the previous vmr Uass I railroads of the United Stttes installed 24,103 new freight cars in 1934, reports the Association of American Railroads. In 1933. the number placed in service was 1,879. In addition, last j-ear, the roads pl’teed in service 59 new steam locomotives and 31 new electric locomotives. In 1933, only 1 locomotive was added. A gam of 3.2 per cent in weekly earnings and an increase of 1.1 hours m the average work week in 25 indus tries was reported by the National In dustral Conference Board for the month of December over November. In addition the Board reports tn an nual increase of 3.1 in employment in 1934 over 1933. WORKER IN ATTEMPT TO FORCE “CONFESSION” } Birmingham, Ala. — (CNA) — Police here cruelly tortured Syl vester Holmes, laborer, in am. at tcmpt to secure a “confession.” Holmes is charged with “rob bery.” Even Roderick Beddow. (white), the attorney for the worker, stated that in all his 21 years of law practice, he had never witnessed anything s o viciously brutal. Upon his arrest, Holmes was taken t0 the basement of the po liee headquarters. Here, three of ficers stripped and beat him mer cilessly, covering his body w