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Economic Hi-Lights Happenings that affect the Dir-? tier pails, Dividend checks and Tax Trills of every Individual. Na tional and International problems Inseparable from Local Welfare. Business is on the up-grade in this country. And, going by some figures quoted recently by publi cist Paul Mallon, the rise is tak ing place at a considerably more rapid rate than was anticipated. During September, industrial j production 110 (110 equals the 1923-26 theoretical normal.) As September neared its close, the rate of improvement tended to accelerate. Upshot is that the economists confidently expect that a production level of 115 will be reaches this month. And fur ther improvement, they predict, will follow during winter and apring. Of great importance is a de cline • in unemployment and a substantial increase in the nation al income. The latter advanced Z points between July and late September. That means more money i nthe average man’s ooc ket and a marked potential in crease in the consumption of goods and services of all kinds. There has also been an encourag ing rise in total industrial pay rolls. War is very largely responsi ble for the betterment. That doesn't mean this country has as yet received any considerable amount of war ousiness from be Itagured Europe, but industry is getting ready for those orders, and is operating at a high pitch in order to make its purchase and prepare its finished materials. As proof of this, can be cited the fact that a large amount of tile improvements is accounted for 'by the steel and machine tool in dustries. Steel output recently came close to 85 per cent of ca pacity-—an extremely high level. The machine tool makers have been working day and night. Coal has likewise found an eager market, as buyers rush to lay in heavy stocks. Fear of higher, prices causes this feverish buy- ] ing. The heavy industries have so far been the principal ones to benefit by the ahnoral conditions. According to Mr. Mr. Mallon de partment store sales increased by a meager one n~r cent while in dustries production was climbing fast In other words, consumption has as yet not rivaled production That say the experts will come, late?. Repeal of the arms embargo (and, at this writing, it looks a if the repeal ariiocates will wm unless something new occurs be tween now and the end of Novem ber, when a vcote is expected' would naturaly create a practi cally new industry in this couun try—the fabrication of the ma terials of war. Mr. Roosevelt in his speech to the special session •f Congress stressed this, saying that we might as well have the business ourselves, instead of simply sending raw materials a broad to be fabricated there. Such 1 an industry is obviously danger ous—it would give many people a stake in war, as their jobs and incomes would depend upon it. perpetuation. 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Cystex costs only 3e a dose at druggist* and the guarantee protect* yeu I bullish factor in our economy, even though artificial and found ed on a destructive, rather than a eonstdcutive foundation. This is a curious war. There is more action on the diplomatic than on the military fronts. And more interest is toay centered in the capitals than in events on the Maginot and Limes walls. All-important is what Russia will finally do. The Bear That Walks Like A Man is again tne unpredictable power. Some argue that Stalin has efinitely thrown in with Hitler, and will, if neces sary, send Red troops to fight with the Nazis. Others, including the American Communists and fellow-travelers, still hold that Russia moved into Poland only because she saw that the Poles were doomed, and that in the fi nal analysis she will apply the brakes to the Germans. To the unbiased, it does seem that both Stalin and Hitler would have a tough time selling Prussian-Rus sian friendship to their respect iv^ peoples, after many years during which Russian spokesman have dammed the Nazis practically 24 hours a day and the Nazis hav.* given the Russians the same treatment. Irrespective of {.hat, the Ger man-Russian trade pact has been a terrific blow to England and France. The British naval block ade which finally determined th last war, has lost much of i‘s ef fectiveness. Russia can supply Germany with nearly ever.,tiing she needs, and undo- the term.' of the part she vvi'i dr- it. T v, lit tie central Eurr^iean nations, which have long lived in tear or Soviet or Nazi domination, are rushing to make friends with the powers-th^it-ibe in Berlin and Moscow. -0O0 EVERY CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS COMES FROM ANOTHER CASE A nation-wide survey by Dr. George Gallup, director of the American Institute of Public Opinion, has just been made for the tuberculosis associations to determine ho wmuch the public knows about the cause and cure of tuberculosis, a scourge which kills mors than 60,000 people in the United States every ytar. Results show that the modern educational campaign against tu berculosis has removed much of the old ignorance and fear of the White Plague. While many per sons still apparently do not know that it is caused by a bacil lus or that it is a contagious dis ease, nevertheless the great ma jority think it curable and name the type of treatment which most doctors consider correct, plenty of rest and nourishing food. The first question asked was, ‘ What is the cause of tube-cu losis?” Answers reveal that the fact that tuberculosis is caused specifically by a bacillus is not widely understood. Many more persons named the so-called al lies” of tuberculosis bacillus, un dernourishment, run-down condi tion, poor living conditions, han named the bacillus itself as jhe cause. Although the tuberculosis cam paign stresses the slogan, “E^ery Case of Tuberculosis Comes f.-om Another Case,” 24 percent of the general public still does not think tuberculosis is catching. The public is apparently '"on fused on the subject of whether or not the disease is inherited, al though the medical Drofession claims the diseast is not inherit ed but is communicable. Fifty two per cent of the voters in the survey say they think it is in herited, while 48 per cent think it is not. Fear of tuberculosis as a fatal or uncurable disease has appar ently been removed to a large ex tent from the public mind, for 86 per cent of the per-ons ques tioned in the survey said they think tuberculosis is curable. Various campaigns to educate the public in the proper treat ment of tuberculosis nave ap parently made great progress, judging by the answers to the final question in the survey, “What do you think is the best way to cure tuberculosis?” The public names the methods of treatment in the same order that they have been stressed in posters and lampaign literature. ’Hollywood Grill BREAKFAST SPECIALS Soups & Sandwichea 2418 N. 24th St. e>---i » — ---- —-— ” Addresses Group of Negro Agricultural Leaders F. F. Hill, governor of the farm Credit administration, ad dressing group of Negro agri cultural leaders from 11 southern states on their recent visit to the irs itution. The \isitors were th‘ gu:st of Cornelius J. King, specal assistant to the governor. Those present included the following farm credit representatives; A. S. Goss, land bank commissioner; C. R. Arnold, production Credit commissioner; S. I). Sanders, co operative bank commissioner; A. ( Sullivan, deputy intermedia e credit commissioner; E. B. Reid, director of information and ex tension; Milton Rygh, assistant | director of the «.redit union sec 1 tion; and Cornelius King, special | assistant to th govemoi. Others in the group are: W. N. Elam, agent for special group,s voca tional education division of the Office of Education; Ah’a Tabor of Georgia, S. B, Simmons of North Carolina, George McDonal • of Oklahoma, J. R. Thomas ol Virginia, W. A. Flowers of Mis sissippi, Dallas B. Matthews of Louisiana, L, A. Marshall of Florida, A. Floyd otf Alabama, W. M. Buchanan of South Caro lina. J. L. Seets of Tennessee antJ J J. Marks of Kentucky. (ANP) WORD SQUARES .— The numbers, 1 to 0, on the board refer to the arithmetical and alphabetical notations on the dial. The test of skill consists in forming a magic scjuarc reading five words across and five words down, as defined. Pick the right letter for euch and every space to obtain a complete solution. HCF.IZONTAL First Row—Two-wheeled vehicles. Second ltow—Of oil. Third Row—Speed contender. Fourth Row—Muse of lyric poetry. Fifth How—Typified. VERTICAL First Row—Pond snail. Second How—Wing-like. Third Row—To restore the tip of. Fourth Row—River in Brasil. Fifth How—Young codlislu 3 19 2 8 6 7 5 4 3 9 13 5 9 5 9 12 6 2 j 5 9 5 4 ANSWER ON PAGE 4 Some voters mentioned more than one method of treatment and tho aggregate vote for each of the leading cures mentioned is :est, 43 per cent; proper diet. 36 per cent; fresh air, 26, climate, 25 per cent, and sanatorium treatment, 13 per cent. And so the public knowledge of tuberculosis is measured. There are at present 500,000 vic tims of tuberculosis living in the United States, (if that number there are 100 active cases in Omaha. Seventy died from tl/a disease in Omaha last year. It is possible to reduce the number of deaths from tube'cu losis anj the number of active cases to almost nothing in Oma ha. But the Nebraska Tuberculo sis Associaiton must have the financial aid of members of 1his community to do so. You must help to keep your home safe Irom tuberculosis for no home is safe until every home is safe. Buy Christmas Seals, as many as possible for the activities of the association are financed by the annual seal sale campaign conducted from Thanksgiving through Christmas. The fight for the eradication of tuberculosis from this community can be continued only through your as sistance, for the association does not belong to tho Community Chest or is it affiliated with the Amorican Red Cross. WILL YOU HELP YOURSELF AND YOUR NEIGHBORS? -0O0— QUALIFIERS FOR MONTHLY OLD AGE INSURANCE MUST ESTABLISH PROOF OF AGE “Delays in qualifying for monthly old-age insurance bene fit payments under the amended Social Security Act will be avoid ed by entitled persons 65 years of ago or over if they obtain such data as they can to establish I roof of age before January 1, 1940,” stated Emmett H. Duna way, manager of the Social Se curity Board field office in Oma ha. ‘ A certified copy as to date of birth shown by public record or v certified copy of a church rec ord of baptism is a recognized authority,” said Mr. Dunaway. “Other records which tend to establish proof of age but which may delay benefit payments be cause of the time element involv es in verification are; statement of doctor or midwife who attend ed at the time of such birth; a Bible or other family record cer tified to; business, fraternal, governmental, school or similar documents.” “Inasmuch as these records go back 05 years or more, time ma> be consumed in gathering the necessary data; but if they are looked up now, delay in payment of monthly benefits will be avoid ed,” said Dunaway. “This office must submit with claims proof that all conditions established by Congress in passing the Social Security Act have been met.” /.A., BURGESS WHITEHEAD GIANTS’ STAR SECOND BASEMAN, HELD FOR ASSAU LTING WOMAN Rocky Mount, N. C. Nov, 9 (ANP)—Burgess Whitehoad, star second baseman for Bill Terry’s New York Giants baseball team and a Phi Beta Kappa student while attending the University of North Carolina, faced a prelimin ary hearing Tuesday on charges of assault anfi battery preferred by Ilazel Grimes Alston, local housewife. I The entire community, remm I bering how in 1938 Outfield Jake Powell of the New York Yankees said over the radio that his chief sport in the winter was “beating niggers’ h ads,” is aroused over 1 the alleged attack by the big athlete on the local woman wnich resulted in a blackened eye Powell talked, they say, while Wliitehfad acted. According to Mrs. Alston, she was walking along the street in fiont.of a local drug store two weeks ago when she parsed Whitehead, who was ouising, ano went into a dime store. The ath lete followed her and asked if she passed his car. Mrs. Alston told him she passed many cars. Im mediately, according to the house wife, Whitehead struck her in tho eye and she fell to the floor. When she rose, he sit ruck her again and knocked her down. Go ing out the door, he told her. “call a cop and see if I care.” J. E. Minter, Jr., operator of tho Carolina theatre next door to where the alleged assault took piace, was a witness vo the at tack. He said the athlete passed tho theatre immediately behind tho woman cursing violently, anJ followed her into the store. Min ber also went in ana declared hr> saw Whitehead hit Mrs. Alston rnce, but due to the excitement j he did not know whether she was 1 struck a second time. Howe.er, he did notice her eye was badly swollen when sho went into the theatre to have police called. Min ter took the license number of I 1 DO YOU WANT I awTwwTrtir”nTriTitaiTiiiiriurtri Writs Ms T1j4sr lufsnsstlos frit. ' M. WILLIAMS. DEPT. O JOURNAL SQUARE STA. ■ ^.^JERSEYdiTYjhLJ^I the car in which the ballplayer lift the scene. He added that Whitehead did not appear intoxi cated. When a warrant was obtained, it was learned Whitehead had hft the city immediately after tha alleged attack. He was ac res, ed in Durham where he post ed bond of $150 for a court ap pearanee. Mrs. Alston’s attorney, T. T. Thorne, is planning on fil ing a civil suit for $5,000 against the second baseman. It was understood Whitehead was on a shopping trip in Rocky Mount from his home in Lewiston where ho spends the off season. When he was convalescing at a local hospital two years following an operation which kept him out of the Giants’ lineup that season, he received the sympathies of i colored as well as white. He is well known in this community'. What effect this case will have on Whitehead’s future as a Giant is not known. However, the team | dees have a large following in Harlem and draws many colored patrons in other National league cities. The Yankee management was forced to go to great lengths to conter act the ill tffects of Powell’s talk, with Powell him self appearing at many cob;red patrons in other National league cities. Poweil, himself appeared ; ut many colored newspaper of fices to offer a personal apology. -"Du HOPK'iNS PROFESSOR GIVES LIE TO NEED OF COMPUL SORY SYPHILIS EXAM INATION FOR DOMESTICS New York, Nov. 9—The com pulsory examination of domestic? cook?, waiters, barbers and beau ticians to determine whether they have syphilis, is wholly unjusti fied, because "ninety-nine and nine-tenths per cent of all infec tions with syphilis are acquired by means of one or another form of sexual contact and by this means only. This was the revealing state ment made by Dr. Joseph E. Moore, of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, in a speeds made before the New England Post Graduate Assembly of Har var*j in Cambridge, Massa. Tues day, October 31. Acclaiming the statement of the Hopkins Medical profes-^or as a scientific ttruth which cracks another link in the chain of pre judice built up against Negro citizens in this oouutry, the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People trged the United States Health Department to include this type of sane investigation in its pro gram on the . tieatment of the disease. “Many employers and house wives have taken advantage of the educational campaign to re lieve Americans of this disease, to exercise ;heir prejudice against Negroes,” the statement said. 7 hey have thereby thrown thou sands of Negroes out of work. Fal«e claims an plain ignoranee on ths part of otherwise intelli gent citizens plus the prejudice of many 'research scholars in the field of medici/hei, has forced n any Negroes, who comprise the largest percentage of workers in the domestic field, to submit tu compulsory syphilis treatments. "A great deal of this distorted handling of the program of ' syphilis eradication in this coun try has been aimed at these citi zens purely on the false assump tion that Negroes are more sus ceptible to syphilis ;ihan whites. "Dr. Moore’s clarifying state ment before the New England Post Graduate Assembly of Har vard, should do a gr.at deal to stimulate an honest and intelli gen; campaign against the spread of this disease, which certainly ir not a respecter of any race, color or creed.” TOMENONLY GEORGE: What the heck happened to your Uncle John's hair t For years it was gray; he looked old. Sow it is jet black ami he looks 15 years younger. 1 can't understand it! i HENRY: It's supposed to be a secret, George, but I'll tell you. He colored his hulr with Godefroy’s Larieuse• Yep! ... and "fudged” a tittle on his age — got himself a good job. Better watch out, George: Undo John might steal your girl friend. Is your hair peppered with gray? 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