Jesse James Was Killed on Day
Schroeder Arrived at St. Joseph
George Schroeder, Sr., 81,
came to the United States from
Germany in 1882. He arrived at
St. Joseph, Mo., on the day Jesse
James was killed. He saw the
outlaw’s body exhibited in the
market square.
At 18 he came to Omaha, went
to work for a real estate firm of
which his uncle, Louis Schroe
der, was a member. Young
Schroeder helped to lay out
Brown Park Addition in South
Omaha and two other additions
near Vinton Street.
Those were the days of the
boom, when a lot in a cornfield
sold for five thousand dollars.
The biggest deal Mr. Schroeder
ever made then or afterward
was the sale of his uncle’s cor
ner at Sixteenth and Leaven
worth Streets for 30 thousand
dollars.
He made a five hundred dollar
commission, wnich would have
been three times that much at !
the present 5 per cent commis
sion rates.
Present prices can’t compare
with boom prices, Mr. Schroeder
Will tell you. Promoters took
prospects out to their additions
behind four - m i 1 e - a - minute
horses. No thriving addition
was more than 10 minutes from
the real estate office.
Then came the panic. There
were no real estate sales. No
money. Little to eat. The rich
people who wore high hats and
went about in coaches, would be
glad to borrow a dollar. And a
dollar went a long way, said Mr.
Schroeder.
The real estate business didn’t
really begin to come back until
1900. Building and loan associa
tions helped make this a city of
I ome owners, said Mr. Schroe
• They have helped build as
' 1 as sell hundreds of homes.
George Schroeder, Sr. ... at
81 he buys lots for post-war
home sites.
Now he is buying lots for his
son, Jesse L. Schroeder, head of
the firm, to build houses on. >'
Mr. Schroeder works every
day, has always been well. Once
40 years ago, he got sick and
went to a doctor. For five years
the patient carried around the
medicine the doctor prescribed
for him for $4. Then the box
broke and he discovered the con
tents to be aspirin.
"So^ I got me a whisky doctor
and I’ve been taking his medi
cine. I’ve been well ever since,”
Mr. Schroeder said.
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Chicago, 111.,_.The Army started
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and Co.; last week and turned over
the company's plant to private own
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When things settle down
When helicopters do roost on our roofs, as they
say they will, the telephone will be there, too.
It will also have been present in each step of
the planning, the building, the bringing to reality
every fantastic dream of today.
The dreams in other men's minds inevitably
create tremendous tasks for us, because their
dreams take for granted speedy communication
by telephone.
The big job they give us will take a lot of
planning, a lot of equipment, a lot of skilled
workmanship . . . and a huge investment of
money—money that must come from investors
with faith in the credit and earning ability of the
business. It will tax our capacities but we look
ahead confidently.
Every present telephone customer has a certain
stake in svhat's to come. As new telephones are
joined to today’s system, telephone service in
general becomes more useful and valuable.
As telephone service steps al ong with the march
of progress, we will be ruled by our time-tested
policy ... to provide the best possible telephone
service at the least cost to the public consistent
with fair treatment of employees and the financial
safety of the business.
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If you are on a party line . . . you can get the most
out of your service by keeping calls short. . . spacing
your calls . . . hanging up promptly and securely . . .
being considerate.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper,
through special arrangement with the
Washington Bureau of Western News
paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W„
Washington, D. C., is able to bring
readers this weekly column on prob
lems of the veteran and serviceman
and his family. Questions may be ad
dressed to the above Bureau and they
will be answered in a subsequent col
umn. No replies can be made direct by
mail, but only in the column which will
appear in this newspaper regularly.
Veterans’ Administration
Gen. Omar Bradley, new boss ol
the Veterans’ administration suc
ceeding General Hines, has moved
with military dispatch in reorganiz
ing the administration to provide
better and more efficient service in
behalf of the stream of veterans
now being discharged from the serv
ices.
One of the most important
changes made by General Bradley
is a complete decentralization of all
veterans facilities under the super
vision of 13 branch offices. Obvious
ly routine decisions can be made
more promptly and more intelligent
ly in a vast organization such as the
Veterans’ administration if they are
not forced through a bottleneck in
Washington.
Another change, one which had
long been a subject for discussion,
and ofttimes of criticism, was the
medical service. The general now
has separated and elevated the
medical division to a higher status
under command of Maj. Gen. Paul
R. Hawley. Under this new arrange
ment, the new “surgeon general’’ will
report direct to General Bradley.
The Veterans’ administration is
combing the government agencies
and other channels for help and
likely will emerge in the postwar
era as one of the largest if not the
largest governmental agency, han
dling as it will the 'affairs of some
12 million discharged veterans at one
time or another. The administration
has recently been the object of both
congressional and private investiga
tion as to conditions within the or
ganization, conditions at Veterans’
hospitals, treatment of patients, the
tremendous shortage of physicians
and nurses and other help and
no doubt, it will be General Brad
ley’s policy to eliminate immediate
ly all situations which led to these
investigations.
Questions and Answers
Q. I was discharged on February
24, 1943 by reason of “Sec. II, A.R.
615-360 and CDD.” Will you explain
the meaning of this. I will soon be
42 years of age. Is there any way
I can volunteer for service in the
occupational forces? — S., Rogers
ville, Tenn.
A. “This means that you were dis
charged under section 2 of the code
governing discharge of veterans and
“CDD” means a certificate of medi
cal disability. In other words, you
were discharged for a medical dis
ability of some sort. The nature of
your disability should be stated on
your discharge. Yes, if you can pass
the physical, the army is accept
ing volunteers for the occupational
forces.
Q. How many points does a father
of four children have who has been
in service since last October 24 and
across since July?—Mrs. R. 8., Uh
richsville, Ohio.
A. The army point rationing sys
tem as of September 2 gives 1 point
per month for time in service, 1
point per month for time overseas,
12 points for each child under 18
years with a maximum of three,
and 5 points for each decoration or
battle star. If your husband has no
decorations or battle stars, he would
have about 51 points. At this time
80 points are necessary for dis
charge, although the army has an
nounced discharge for 70 points by
October 1, 60 points by November
1 and elimination of the point sys-1
tern later in the winter.
Q. I am writing m regard to a '
soldier killed in Germany who made
his insurance to a lady who raised
him. After his death, his own
mother came and claims she should
get his insurance. Which one is en
titled to the insurance?—Mrs. T. G.,
Water Valley, Miss.
A. If the soldier named the lady
who raised him as beneficiary in his
insurance, she is entitled to it and
will get it notwithstanding the moth
er’s claims.
Q.—My brother left high
school recently to join the navy.
Is my mother entitled to an al
lotment or allowance from the
government If he allots the re
quired S5? E. W., Rogersville.
Tenn.
A.—Yes, providing your brother
listed his mother as a dependent
when he enlisted or was inducted
into the service.
Q. If a member of the regular
marine corps extends his enlistment
while overseas and the extension has
one more year before expiration, will
he have to remain overseas until the
expiration, if he has been over
seas 20 months?—Mrs. W. D., West
Memphis, Ark.
A Not necessarily. The marine
corps has set up a rotation for re
turn to this country after 18 months
service overseas Extension of his
enlistment would have no bearing
upon the time he spent overseas.
The chances are this marine will
return soon for duty in the states.
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‘Gosh, What a Mess!’
Seeks Quarter-Billion Dollars
For USO and Needy Abroad
Rallying to the slogan—“Be Generous in Victory”—
community war funds affiliated with the National War Fund
in some 10,000 cities and towns throughout the United States
will inaugurate- this week the third and final appeal on be
half of war-related causes and established home-front
health and welfare services with a combined objective of
$250,000,000.
Co-operating in this final victory
appeal, it is expected that more
than 43.000 individual committees
numbering many thousands of vol
unteer workers will solicit contri
butions from more than 40 million
Americans.
Despite termination of the shoot
ing war, all of the organizations
participating in the appeal are still
called upon to provide vital and
essential services for men and
women in our armed forces, mer
chant seamen, prisoners of war not
yet repatriated, and homeless and
hungry war victims among our al
lies.
Foremost among the war-bom or
ganizations whose essential func
tions carry over into the post-shoot
ing era is the USO «United Service
organization) whose myriad serv
ices military authorities have char
acterized as an indispensable ad
junct for sustaining the morale of
army and navy personnel. Famil
iar as the “home away from
home" for servicemen and women
since their entry into the armed
forces, USO clubs. canteens,
lounges and mobile services are
still regarded as essential in sus
taining the spirit and promoting
the happiness of G.I. Joes and
Janes who must continue on duty
in posts throughout the Western
hemisphere. USO clubs at debark
ation ports, separation centers and
in proximity to army and navy
hospitals are still charged with the
responsibility for letting this per
sonnel know that they are not “for
gotten men”—or women.
Revising its program to conform
to changing needs. USO new pro
vides at some 500 clubs adjacent to
military hospitals, special activi
ties to interest ambulatory con
valescents and to aid them in re
newing contacts with civilian life.
Especiaily trained hostesses render
voluntary services in conducting
programs designed to efface self
consciousness of casualties and
make easier their resumption of
normal activities.
Most distant, but regarded by
military commanders as most im
portant. USO camp shows, by or
der of the war department, con
tinue to provide entertainment for
the forces of occupation through
out the world. With actual combat
at an end and with only routine
duties to be performed, entertain
ment as an antidote for boredom
that accompanies inactivity has
been prescribed in increased dosage
for occupation forces everywhere.
USO camp shows units, varying
from two or four members to full
size companies which present du
plicates of current Broadway
smash hits — musicals, comedies
and dramas—are trovping the sea
lanes from Hollywood to Honolulu,
from Broadway to Berlin, and from
Texas to Tokyo, and are keeping
high the spirits of occupation
troops. At debarkation ports, stars
of stage, screen ar.d radio partici
pate in round-the-clock entertain
ment programs when returning
troops are awaiting departure for
home or separation centers.
A highly specialized and impor
tant function of USO camp shows
is the entertainment provided for
convalescents in army and navy
hospitals and at USO clubs nearby.
Programs designed to keep up
the spirits of casualties and to per
mit audience participation are
especially planned to bring happi
ness and diversion to these men
For men of the merchant marine
who for many months will be en
gaged in transporting supplies to
occupation forces and in manning
the ships returning thousands of
our combat troops. United Sea
men’s service continues to main
tain residence and recreation clubs
and other facilities to provide com
fort, care and diversion in ports
throughout the world:
Many thousands of liberated pris
oners of war awaiting transporta
tion from enemy concentration cen
ters are provided by War Prisoners
Aid of the YMCA with materials
for diversion, recreation and edu
cation. Until the last prisoner is
repatriated, this organization will
stay on the job to help make less
irksome the continuing period of
idleness these men must endure un
til they are returned to their
homes.
In the Allied nations millions of
people who face continued hunger
and suffering are being aided by
the 15 American agencies for for
eign relief whose appeals are in
cluded in this campaign.
Concerning the plight of
civilian war victims, President
Truman has said: “If we let
Europe go cold and hungry, we |
may lose some of the founda
tions of order on which the
hope for world peace must
rest.” On his visit to the Unit
ed States after V-E Day, Gen
eral Eisenhower told Ameri
cans: “Prosperous nations are
not war hungry. But a hungry
nation will always seek war if
it has to in desperation.”
As an indication of the far-reach
ing assistance afforded by National
War Fund agencies, lives of thou
sands of Netherlanders were saved
by the prompt shipment to Holland
of the first supplies of hydrolysates
ever used in treatment of Euro
peans. This wonder drug was pro
vided and employed by American
Relief for Holland in a desperate
effort to check death by starvation
of Hollanders so emaciated by long
deprivation they were unable tc
normally assimilate food.
United China Relief, another Wai
Fund agency, organized in this
country China’s first blood bank
which was staffed with American
taught personnel, equipped with
American-donated blood plasma,
and was flown into China to be
used as a "university” for teaching
Chinese medics the technique ct
this life-giving medium.
First supplies of penicillin avail
able for export from this countr\
were obtained and shipped bi
American Relief for Norway fo'i
use in treatment of suffering Nor
wegians in thal long enemy-ocei
pied nation.
All of the National War Fun<
agencies for foreign relief are en
gaged in providing emergency aid 1
to supplement the inadequate help
which millions of nationals in the
Allied nations are able to receive
from existing sources. Food, cloth
ing and medical supplies are being
shipped as rapidly as transport fa
cilities are available in an effort
to allay the suffering that may re
sult from another winter of want.
Cancer In
Negro Women
(by DR. JOHN E. MOSEDEY)
Assistant Radiologist at Mt. Sinai
and Sydebam Hospitals_Chairman
Harlem Committee, American
Cancer Society
Cancer of the utterus (womb oc
cu)rs about twice as frequently in
colored women as in white women.
This isj in factf the critical point in
our attack against cancer in Ne
groes- Not only do twice as many
colored as white
women have can
cer ot the utter
us. but this dis
ease attacks Ne
groes at an earl
ier age. It is com
mon occurrence In
cancer clinics to
see young Negro
women in their
twenties with
advanced cancer
of the servix (op
ening of the
womb)
This difference Dr. Moseley
between the two races in the prev
alence rate for cancer of the utter,
us. is not believed to be the result
of any inhernt or biological dissim
ilaritis. It is believed rather that
those conditions which are predis
posing to cancer are more frequent
among Negro women. Most clinic
ians believe that cancer of the ser
vix is more likely to develop when
tears and infections resulting from
childdbirth are not properly cared
for.
The ureau of the Oensue reported
in 1939. from a cancer survey con
ducted in the smith, that midwives
delivered about 20 percent of the
births to colore<j motherg in south
ern cities of 10,000 or more popu- '
lation. These 20 percent of deliv.
erieh by midwives to Negro moth,
crs may be compared with about 3
percent of deliveries by midwives
to white mothers in the same area.
In northern cities, less than 1 per
I
cent of white and colored babies
are delivered by midwives. It is
apparent, therefore, that colored
mothers in the south receive less
adequate care at childbirth than do
white mothers. Lacerations of the
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| womb, hence, are more common anj
I the basis for the development of
| uterine cancer is thus laid down.
Negro women suffer less from
I cancer of the breast than do white
women. The prevalence rate for
this type of cancer is 50 per cent
higher in white women than in Ne
groes. Cancer of the breast oc
curs most often, although not ex
clusively in women who have not
had children. This is quite con
trary to cancer of the womb which
occurs far often in women who
have had children than in those
who have not. Since the birth rate
is higher in Negroes tan in whites,
it is not difficult to understand the
greater frequency of cancer of the
breast in whites.
Cancer of the stomach colon and
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other organs is less frequent in
women than is cancer of the breast
and womb. Thes0 two latter forms,
are among the most curable types
of cancer. Approximately 75% of
cases of cancer of the breast could
be cured if women would consult a
physician as soon as any lump in
the breast is noted, and about 75%
of cases of cancer of the womb
could be cured if an immediate in
vestigation of any abnormal bleed
ing were made. Kach year, in tile
United States, approximately 30000
persons are cured of cancer. Be
cause approximately one out of ev
ery nine colored women above the
age of 30 will eventually develop
some form of cancer, it is of great
concern to them to familiarize them
selves w-ith the early signs of this
disease. Free information ceuteis
have been stablished by the Amef.'
ican Oapcer Socity throughout the
country. Those interested should
wrltt to the American Cancer Soc
iety, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York,
1, Now York, for a list of such cen
ters.
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