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Anderson Sees Change In Southern Agriculture
Declaring that a revolution in
under, Secetary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson told farmers
in an address at North Carolina
State College last week that a
well-balanced, diversified agricul
tural program is the pattern for
the future in the South.
The Secretary praised the white
and colored farmers of North Ca
rolina for the leadership which
they have taken in the farm re
volution of the South. Colored
farmers of that state number
57,000, making up 20 per cent of
all farmers in the state. They
farm 2,728,000 acres, or 15 per
cent of the State’s farm land.
Reviewing the prd’gresg which
the North Carolina farmers have
made in diversification. Secretary
Anderson said “Just think back
to North Carolina of 20 years ago
then your dominant crop was cot
ton. For 60 years cotton acreage
had gone up-up and up until in
1926 North Carolina harvested
close to two million acres of it.
Cotton was the king of North
Carolina, just as ji. was king in
almost all of the Southland.
“And cotton was a tyrant in
the South, making demands that
were hard on both the people and'
the land Cotton, in a world that
was coming to be run by mech
anical power, resuired hand labor,
and from it an economy based on
the unit of a man with a chopping
hoe, or a man with a mule. Cotton
decreed clean-tilling, and erosion
followed the cotton rows, as the
night follows day, stripping the
mantle of topsoil from millions of
acres.”
uonunuing aetretary saiu, aiiu
furthermore, too much cotton and
the system of farming that cotton
encourages, usurped acres needed
for the development of the highly
diversified agriculture of which
the South is capable; it held back
the production of milk, eggs, veg-1
etables, meat needed to provide
a full nourishing diet for your |
farm and city people.”
Pointing to the diversified far-1
ming program of North Carolina,
the Secretary said, 'But in the
past 20 years the farmers of your
State, among others, have made
a declaration of independence
They still produce cotton—but
they have been shifting the crop
to the acre3 best suited for cotton
and cotton is no longer king in
the State.
“Today slightly more than half
a million acres of cotton are be
ing grown and it is more effici
ently produced, resulting in higher
yields. The land thus released has
been used, along with other lands,
to build a much more diversified
agriculture. The pattern of the
future—the kind of a pattern
needed throughout the. South, ha3
been developed—rapidly in the
Tar Heel State."
Secretary Anderson pointed out
that North Carolina has set an
example for some other sections
by increasing its production of
peanuts, corn, milk, and poultry.
This means, he said, that your
families are living better and are
more secure. Both farmers and
townspeople hav£ benefited in the
better diet produced from North
Carolina’s acres? And there has
been a most satisfactory differ
ence in the jingle of coins in the
farmer's purse. Cash receipts
from your diversified marketings
mounted from about 250 million
dollars of 20 years ago, to well
over 600 million dollars in 1945.
The Waiter’s
Column
By H. W. Smith
Bill Davis of the US Army ex
tened a hearty welcome by his
: many friends.
Ed Lee talking to a friend on
24th Street and Lake.
O George Lipton making good at
the Fontenelle Hotel.
Gip Gordon going good at the
Cave of the Hill Hotel.
Blacksone Hotel streamlined
room service waiter toping the
service at all times.
Musicians head waiter and Capt
Earl Jones of the Omaha Club
entertain some friends in a
Northside business house.
Capt. Mitchell of the OAC off
duty with a crippled hand.
John Evens top man at the
Rome Hotel.
Dave Stevens dropped in the
Guide office and reports that the
Omaha Club waiters are topping
the service with a smile.
Paxton Hotel headwaiter and
and crew very much on the job
on service.
Waiters at the Regis Hotel and
White Horse Inn on the front line
on service
RR boys improving on very fine
service
All waiters should give special
attention to their life insurance'
policies and pay before they are
due.
Have you started the New Year
by attending church on Sunday.
COAL TO COST 10 CENTS
MORE PER TON
Washington—Consumers of coal
coke and other solid fuels will
have to pay 10 cents a ton extra
on delivered sales, the Office of
Price Administration announced
last week.
This general increase, effective
January 2, lSI* to April 30, 1946,
is to compensate dealers for the
higher costs of operation, mainly
for labor and for the replacement
and repair of equipment, and is to
assure essential supplies during
the current heating season, OPA
said.
This is the first general increase
granted to the retail coal industry
since price control went into ef
fect. The only increases allowed
previously have been individual
adjustment or area adjustments
given because of hardship or to
avoid a threatened local shortage
New York Show Fronts... By Don De Leighbur
Is the Big Name Band Era Coming to An End?
New York—Is the Big Name
Band Era coming to an end?
Some booking agents and ballroom
managers and promoters think it
is. The most pessimistic among
them freely predict the big crash
in the next five or seven years
or less. Others are more cautious
and think it will taper out in the
next ten. Most, however, were
agreed that unless something hap
pened to regulate prices, the Big
Name bands would be hard hit in
the big dancehalls and nightclubs.
Bands Have Big Organizations
Big Name policy for orchestras
and musical attractions has be
come a giant business, enterprise
with farflung, high-priced organi
zations built around each band or
personality. Agents, managers,
advertising men, clerical help,
dockers, statistians, poll samp
lers, research personnel, contact
men and women, pluggers, door
men, ticket sellers, promoters,
transportation workers, bus dri
vers, chauffeurs, etc-, are inclu
ded in the people who make such
bands as Lionel Hampton, Duke
Ellington, Count Basie and others
such high-priced attractions.
Put in the musicians, themselves
witn arranger^, rehearsal direc. |
tors, valets, flunkies, secretaries,
i tnen add the musicians’ un
ions and you’ll realize the magni
tude of the picture.
Salaries run all the way from
$25 a week for valets, flunkies,
etc., to the $1,000 per night and
more earned by the orchestra lea
ders. All of which means that few
dancehalls, ballrooms, hotels or
nightclubs can afford to hire such
outfits for long engagements
without charging ^corresponding
high prices to the customers and
guests.
One Nighters Draw More Profits
This points out why so many
of our big name bands and attrac
tions have to be on the road so
much, playing one.nighters in
barns, country dancehalls and at
county and state fairs.
The average middle-sized town
theatre can afford a big name
band for a couple of weeks be
cause it can put on four to six
shows daily at high prices that
will insure a profit- But even at
that, the margin is too small to
take many chances.
That is why Frank Schiffman at
the Apollo Theatre probably
makes it a house policy for his
nationally known Harlem fun em
porium to keep a given band or
atraction for only one week.
This policy has been violated
but three times. The late Chick
Webb's band with Ella Fitzger
ald was /given two Weeks; the
King Cole Trio played two succes
sive weeks and so Louis Jordan’s
band.
Bands find it more profitable
to play one-nighters and theatre
*ates than long stands at ball
rooms. Charlie Buchanan, gener
al mahager of the Savoy Ballroom
in Harlem, and vice-president of
Gale, Inc., the agency that hand
les such attractions as Lucky Mil'
linder, Cootie Williams, Erskine
Hawkins, Luis Russell, Ella Fitz
gerald, the Ink Spots, and Sav
annah Churchill, told me it was
definitely unprofitable to both the
Savoy and to the attractions un
der the Gale banner to keep name
bands at the Savoy for more than
a week. In fact, Bushanan indica
ted that a week was too long
Where in the past Millinder,
Hawkins and others played tour
for six week stands at the world
famous Home of Happy Feet, for,
say, $2,500, these orchestras can
earn as much as $1,250 for a sin
gle night at the average ballroom
while on the road, and sometimes
double that amount by playing
two engagements a night. Thus
by calling in a band to play the
Savoy for two or three weeks
would injure the earning power of
the orchestra and undermine the
profit possibilities of the ballroom
itself.
Think Band Business Gets out of
Hand
Agents, managers and promo
ters thus think that the band bus
iness has gotten completely out of
hand with bands demanding and
getting more each time. With con
ditions in the postwar era appar
ently showing a trend toward the
pre-war days of 1935 and even
1932, it is felt that the end must
be in sight. Radio, it is felt, isn’t
supplying the answer as expected
because in the case of Negro
bands who form the majority of
big name orchestra attractions,
the color line is still in evidence.
Television hasn't provided the an
swer as yet because that industry j
is still experimenting The movie'
industry so far, hasn 't given the
employment to Negrc name at
tract.ons that would n dp out, so
the bands have to depend mostly
on "Cornfield Junction’ and To
bacco Town’ for the tremendous
profits that must be earned to
keep them going
of fuel An increase was allowed
on one ton deliveries for a short
period last winter
TIRE RATIONING ENDS
Washington—Automobile - tires
were released from rationing at
midnight. December 31, the Of
fice of Price Administration an
nounced.
Rationing is being ended be
cause production of tires, partic
ularly passenger tires, the short
age of which has been most acute
has increased steadily during the
past two months, reaching an out
put for this quarter of about
11.000,000, Chester Bowles, OPA
Administrator, said.
Termination of rationing, how’
evei. does not mean that mere is
ample supply to meet all requests
for tires. For many months it
will remain important that mo
torists and truck drivers continue
to do everything possible to avoid
excessive wear and tear on tires
There Will be many who will have
to wait to get their tires. How
ever, the increase in production
rate will make it possible for most
motorists to get tires within r
reasonable period of time.
ROMANCE IN WARTIME — Rosamund John, well-known British J
stage and screen beauty, is shown here in a romantic interlude with
Michael Redgrave, who plays the part of her R.A.F. pilot husband
in the forthcoming United Artists release, “Johnny in the Clouds.”
The story has to do with the days when American and British air
fighters were defending "the tight little isle" from attacks by the
now defunct Nazi Luftwaffe.
CONCILIATORS IN WESTERN
ELECTRIC STRIKE
New York, N. Y., Soundphoto—
US Conciliator J. R. Mandelbuam,
center, meets with Earnest Wea
ver, left, national president of
Communication Equipment Work
ers and J. P. Lafferty, Maanager
1
of Western Electric Installation
Department in an effort to settle
matters of dispute in Western El
ectric Co.,« strike. Telephene in
stallation workers throughout the
country called a strike against
Western Electric which may lead
to a nationwide tieup of telephone
communications.
UNO OPENS IN LONDON
[ London, Eng Radiophoto, and
' Saundphoto—Jr’rime Minister At
tlee of England is shown addres
sing delegates as he opened his
toric first meeting of United Na
tions General Assembly in Lon
don. Prime Minister performed
ceremony with a solemn warning
to delegates that they must make
choice between life or death for’
peoples of world. He said that
“coming of atomic bomb was only
last of a series of warnings to
mankind that unless the powers
of destruction could be controlled
immense ruin and almost annihi
lation would be lot of most of
highly civilized portions of man
kind.”
SALUTE MRS. ROOSEVELT
... '■ictims of infantile paralysis saluted Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at a
Victory Bond rally-dinner given recently by South Central Associa
tion at Hotel Stevens in Chicago. These youngsters are aided by Cook
County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
rim ,0ns Foundation’s March of Dimes,
fanuary 14-31, remains with the local chapter to be used for special
equipment, hospitalization, transportation treatment andrare nfnnlin
patients. The other half goes to the NatSff F.2t“n
The ?ate PrlsTdeit
Paralysis0' K ose'elt founded the National Foundation for Infantile
“HAT.TENSION!” Tom Brene
man, whose quips have been direct
ed at ladies’ hats via radio for over
five years is now judge of a national
“Goofiest-Hat” Contest, in connec
tion with the release of the picture
Breakfast In Hollywood in which
he is starred. Contest is sponsored {
by 2,000 Breakfast In Hollywood
Clubs throughout the nation.
foundry workers get
PAY BOOST
Washington, Office of Price
Administration—Foundry work
ers, many of them Negroes, em-1
ployed in the manufacture of soil
pipe, will get general wage incre
ases as a result of a unanimous i
agreement by the National War'
Labor Board’s Stabilization Divi
sion, the Office and the WLB an
nounced jointly last week.
The wage boost, OPA said, will
break one of the worst bottlenecks
in small home construction.
On December 11, Stabilization
Administrator John C Collet
found that the cast iron soil pipe
and fitting industry appears un
able to recruit the manpower nec
essary to achieve adequate pro
duction.
The pay boost is designed to
attract needed manpower in an
industry of critical importance to
the reconversion program, he add
ed. The new agreement affects
3,000 employees in 9 companies
represented by the Southern Soil
Pipe Manufacturers Negotiating
Committee, and 800 employees of
8 f \undries, represented by the
Northern Soil Pipe Manufactur
ers Negotiating Committee.
The union involved is the Inter
national Molders and Foundry
Workers, AFL.
The Southern agreement pro
vides for a general increase of 10
cents an hour, effective Decem
ber 31, 1945, making the common
labor rate 65 cents and the mol
der’s day rate $1.20 an hour. The
nine companies involved operate
13 plants in Alabama and one at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Northern agreement pro
vided a 10 per cent increase in
hourly and piece rates. It was put
into effect on November 5, 1945.
The common labor rate is 75 cents
an hour and the molder’s day rate
is $1.05. The foundries involved
are located in Pennsylvania and
Southern New Jersey.
Cast iron pipe distributors have
JUNE RICHMOND IS BIG GIRL
i __WITH GREAT BIG VOICE
New York City, (Calvin’s News
Service)—June Richmond only
weighs 220 pounds. And she puts
220 pounds worth of weight be
hind each song. She’s got that
hefty, throaty voice that types
her as a lady of the blues and
Broadway right now is excited
over her. Little Miss Richmond
(she is short) is nightly singing
'Poor Little Me’ and ’Just Beyond
The Rainbow’ at the Century
Theatre in the new musical ‘‘Are
You With It?”
June is a Chicago girl. She sang
opera at 12; jazz at 15. In "Har
lem To Broadway”, June was a
feature singing “St. Louis Blues”
in a new way. Soon she had her
share of trouble. Married just 3
years to a dancer Jeff Thompson,
that career was ended when Jeff
was accidently shot and killed.
The two had had their own lounge
bar in Milwaukee
Stunned and saddened, June
worked harder to forget At the
Cotton Club Bing Crosby and Jim.
my Dorsey listened to her, saw
top material and hired her for a
radio show. Andy Kirk, Jimmy
Dorsey and Cab Calloway have
used her as their singing star. Its
the punch she puts into each num
ber that they liked.
A Comedienne as well as an i
impressive singer, June is voted
most likely to be among the all
time-greats of 1946. Meanwhile,
her recent recording "Are You
With It”, (the musical's title
song) for Mercury Records, that
new company in Chicago which
has recorded some fine blues ma
terial recently, will be reaching
swing fans soon. And we predict
that when it makes the rounds,
it will make everybody ‘wim it’!
been granted a raise of eight per
cent over and above the increase
of 4 per cent authorized by OP A
last September and 6 per cent
granted in June
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ONLY TWO IN THE ARMY—Chaplain (Captain) John W.
Bowman, Surrey Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana (left), and Chaplain
(Captain) William C. Grau, 10509 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio,
are the only two Negro Catholic chaplains in the Army. Chaplain
Bowman, formerly a parish priest in Lafayette, has been with the
93rd Infantry Division since he finished the Chaplain’s School at
Harvard University in September 1942. Chaplain Grau served at
Lackawanna, New York, parish before being commissioned. After
attending the Chaplain’s School he was assigned to the 92nd Division
where he remained until the Division was inactivated. Both went
overseas with their respective divisions. Chaplain Grau was awarded
the Bronze Star. (U. S. Signal Corps phqto from Bureau of Public
Relations.)
Gl DEMONSTRATION
Manila, P. I., US Signal Corps
Ridiophoto—Photo shows a por
tion of more than 20,000 soldiers
who gathered near Manila's city
hall, January 7th, in mass protest
of the War Department’s announ
cement of a slowdown in the
army’s demobilization program.
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Nebraska Points
Way, Says Sandall
'Beer industry self-regulation
together with well-administered
legal control, has in Nebraska
pointed the way to alcoholic bev
erage control that is effective and
permanent," declared Charles E.
Sandall Tuesday in an address be
fore the annual convention of the
Nebraska Beer Wholesalers Ass
ociation, held in Omaha. As state
director of the Nebraska Commit
tee, United States brewers Found
ation, Mr. Sandall heads beer in
dustry self-regulation in the state
Beer wholsalers, and brewers, I
comprise the Nebraska Committee I
membership.
"In Nebraska we have demon
strated that there are two main
essentials of good control,” Mr.
Sandall’ said. "One essential is a
good liquor control law, with offi
cers and the general public insist
ing upon its strict enforcement..
The other is the beer industry's
own self-regulation program, car
ried through with intelligence and
persistence, and in cooperation
with public authority. These two
forces, working together, attain
the kind of beer retailing condi
tions the public approves. That is
why in Nebraska we have one of
the best situations in the nation'.
Mr. Sandall warned against re
laxation of effort. "Constant vi- *
gilance against those conditions
which arouse public displeasure
will continue to be the price of
success in the future as iii the
past.’ He observed, "It is a very
reasonable price to pay when
measured against the very great
benefits for both the industry and
the public”.
MAJOR LEGION CHAIRMEN
FOR 1946 ARE ANNOUNCED
Indianapolis, Ind.—Chairmen for
major American Legion national
committees for 1946 as appointed
by Commander John Stelle in
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Americanism: Robert J. Webb,
of Omaha, Nebraska.
Aeronautics: John Dwight Sul
livan, of New York City
Child Welfare: Harry C. Kehm,
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
National Defense: S. Perry
Brown, of Beaumont, Texas.
Rehabilieation: Robert McCur
dy, of Pasadena, California.
Employment: Lawrence J. Fen
Ion, of Chicago.
Legislation: William H. Doyle,
of Boston, Mass
Finance: Sam W. Relnolds, of
Omaha, Nebraska.
Foreign Relations: Harry A.
Sullivan, of Denver, Colo.
Public Relations: Glenn H.
Campbell, Cleveland, Ohio.
Boy’s State: Edward R. Stirling
of Greensburg, Pa.
Veterans’ Preference: Clarence
W. Lambert, West Warwick, RI.
Expansion and Stabilization:
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Law and Order: Richaid Harts
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