NNPA MEETS IN ST. LOUIS
St Louis, Mo., Jan. 21, 1946—
The third annual meeting of the
Central Regional Conference of
the Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association, held in St. Louis Jan.
18 and 19, was characterized by
forward-looking and aggressive
planning for the post-war news
paper. The sessions were attended
by representatives from most all
regions, who listened to highly en
lightening addresses and diseus
M. Melchiorsen
! Democratic
Candidate for
Sheriff
^ orld W ar Veteran
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Mr. M. Melchiorsen, who has filed jor Sheriff on ]
the Democratic Ticket, is very deserving of your t
consideration. ff ell-trained and will make a good i
Sheriff. He wants to meet everyone in Douglas ^
County and express himself. A very nice man to t
meet. You will hear about him later oti from lime ,
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Attention Veterans
i And Everybody!
i The Opening of the
{Rose La Telia Apparel Shop
(will be January 24, 1946 at 2418 Grant Street,
|first door east in The Omaha Guide Publishing
Company Building. Come and look in the Rose
(La Telia Apparel Shop,—You may find just
| what you want in wearing apparel.
| For Men and Boys For Women and Children
t SUITS DRESSES
I OVERCOATS HATS
.SPORT COATS COATS
| LEATHER JACKETS SHOES
SHIRTS UNDIES
|HATS FASCINATORS
fPANTS BLOUSES
| SHORTS SWEATERS
" SCARFS SKIRTS
| SWEATERS WHAT-NOTS
' SHOES
i RUBBERS
I POCKET KNIVES
) Open Everyday from 10:00 a. m. to 7:0O p. m.
sions. The two day sessior.g were
compact with matters pertaining
to the profession and of the Ne
gro newspaper during the period
or reconversion. The issues of na
tional concern pertaining to fed
eral grants were also considered
by the tody, future action being
referred to the executive commit
tee, to be completed at its meet
ing Washington in February
Action for closer coordination
between the Lincoln University
School of Journalism and the pub
ishers was instituted. Represen
ative3 of the school distributed
luestionaires seeking advice on
la.is for expenditure of $325
;rant to conduct research in the
ournalistic field in 1946. All out
upport for a permanent FEPC
g.slatio i was manifested.
Among those who addressed
ie panels and luncheon sessions
re S. E. Carvel, St. Louis Post
spntch: Sam Shelton, represent,
ng Joseph Pulitzer, publisher, St.
I Louis Post Dispatch; E. Lansing
' Ray, St. Louis Globe Democrat;
layer A. P Kaufman; Foster1
Raton, St. Louis Star-Times; also
Frank L. Stanley, president of the
NNPA; George Gringerham, St.
Louis Globe Democrat; Ennos B.
Winius, president Anfenger Ad
vertising Agency; Edwin B. Meis
sner, president, St Louis Car
Foundry, and Chairman, St. Louis
Interracial Commission.
Musical presentations, winning
the acclaim of the publishers, were
rendered by the choirs of the
Sumner High Schools under the
direction of Wirt Walton and C.
Spencer Tocus, respectively. So
cial events were held at the West
End Waiters Club and Club Rivi
era. The meeting to which the St.
Louis Argus and St. Louis Ameri
can were joints hosts, was voted
one of the most hospitable and in
teresting regionals experienced by
members of the NNPA. The city
lent full cooperation, along with
he local papers, to make the ses
ons highly enjoyable.
The meetings were . presided
over by Dowdel Davice, vice-pre-1
lident, Kansas City Call. Mem
bers of the executive board pre
sent were Frank Stanley, Dowdel1
Davice, H H. Murphy, John Sen
gestack, Cecil Newman, William
Nunn, A. G. Shields.
utner delegates registering in
cluded: E. Von Anderson, Omaha
Star; W. O- Walker, Felix Walker,
Charles Loeb and Haarry Alex
ander, Cleveland Call Post; Cecil
Newman, Minneapolis Spokesman
James V. Morris, Iowa Bystander,
J. E. Mitchell, Mrs. Nannie Mit
chell, Frank Mitchell, Mrs. Zelma
Mitchell, J. Orvel Mitchell, Irv-1
ing Williamson, Richard Jackson, I
St. Louis Argus; Frank Stanley
and Frank Gray L. Blackwell, ,
Louisville Defender; C. A. Scott,1
Atlanta Daily World; N. A
Sweets, E. N. Davis, St. Louis
American; A. Marcelle Kennedy,
Myles Stevens, and James Mamlet
Kansas City Plaindealer; Robert
Barber, Miss Lucille Bluford, Mel.
ton Bledsoe, Elmer Baker and
Bernard Toomy, Kansas City Call
Louis O- Swingler, Memphis Wor
ld; A. G. Shields, Arkansas World
Emory O. Jackson, Birmingham
World; Vemba Inge, St. Louis
American; Robert L. Saunders, I
Cincinnati; Mrs. Brown, Arkansas
World and Mrs. Faith Benjamin, !
Cleveland Herald; Russ Cowan,,
Michigan Chronille; Ebory Jack
son, Birmingham World; H. H.
Murphy, Afro American; James
Morris, Iowa Bystander; John
Sengestack, Chicago Defender; j
Mr. Howard, Howard News Syn
licate. Visitors included Misses
Theo Nix and Consuelo Young
from the Lincoln University
School of Journa sm, Jefferr
*"' Mo-: R. B. Atwood, presi
“TT PAYS TO LOOK WELL"
MAYO’S BARBER SHOP
Ladies and Children’s Work
A Specialty
2422 LAKE ST,
bright spot
•
Bright as a shiny new token is the stable, low cost of trans
portation in Omaha. Your street car and bus fare is still at its
pre-war 3 for 25c price. Despite increased taxes, higher cost
of operations and maintenance, the Omaha and Council Bluffs
Street Railway continues to offer you safe, speedy, dependable
transportation at the very lowest possible cost.
dent Kentucky State College; and
William Clark, representative of
;he OPA.
Interracial Quintet In
Philipine Isl. Red Cross
Del Monte, Mindanao, P- I.
Unique among the American Red
Cross installations in the Far
East is the office of Field Direc
tor William V. Mason here, who
heads a staff of five made up of
almost as many races. A Negro
Swiss and Filipino are included in
the quintet, which boasts a team
work hard to beat.
As one of the workers put it,
"Our mixed group proves once
again that the American system
j, democracy does work success
fully among intelligent people.”
Headquarters with the famous
Negro 93rd Division that has
helped make Pacific history, Field
Director Mason, a former Nation
al Guard and Coast Artillery offi
cer whose home is at II Canon
chet Lane, Pawtucket, R. I., is in
charge of all Red Cross activities
on the mountainoug island of Min
lanao, home of the famous Mcro
tribe. It is still the hideout ler
hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
von ms sum are: oamuei 11.
Cooper, Negro assistant Field Di
rector, 1180 Fox Street, New York
City, former chemistry teacher at
Edward Waters College in Day
tona, Beach, Florida.
■ Emil Schroeder, Swiss Admini
strative Assistant. A graduate of
the Swiss College of Commerce in
Zurich, he was formerly an ac
countant, trapped in the Philip
pines by the Japanese invasion.
He had an arm broken when he
was thrown into the Pasig River
after he refused to bow to passing
Japanese soldiers on the street.,
of Manila during the Japanese oc
cupation He later escaped to Min
danao by sailboat with a Filipino
friend.
Regidor Redondo, Filipino head
clerk, who is also a former accoun
tant. He is a native of Mindanao.
Miss Marion D. Vollmer. of Col
umbus, Ohio, who is Assistant
neld Director. t>ne is a Heu vn
veteran of nearly 33 months Pa
euic service.
HOME BOUND Gl’s STOP AT
KED CROSS CLUB
Marseilles, France—Welcoming
from eight to ten thousand sol
diers a day as they stream thi u
the port of Marseilles on their
way home ia the job of Miss Gen
eva Mercomes, daughter of An
drew Smith Mercomes, 627 E. 10
St., Lawton, Kan., director of the
Negro-staffed American Red
Croce Club here
"The men in the redeployment
area remain from 10 days to 3
weeks and we try to provide them
with a continuous program of re
creation and entertainment,” Miss
Mercomes explains. Gamea and
facilities for exercise are enjoyed
on the third floor, converted into
a gymnasium. In the lounges on
the floors we present string en-,
sembles, shows with GI talent, |
jam sessions and swing bands
Once a week we hold open house,
to which soldiers bring their girls
for informal dancing and refresh
'■•>nt.s. Sunday morning devotion
al services are featured by the
singing of a well rehearsed chor
al group among the soldiers.
The Canebiere Club is also the
central point from which the Gl’s
take sightseeing trips to Avignon
Toulouse where the French scut
tled their fleet. Chateau d’lf and
the ancient Notre Dame de la
Garde.
Miss Mercomes. who is a grad
uate of Bethel College, Newton,
Kansas, took her graduate work
in sociology at Wayne University
of Michigan. Before joining the
Red Cross she was a case wor
ker for ti e city relief department
Detroit, and a home service wor
ker for the Detroit Red Cross
Chapter. Since coming overseas
' ••c'ar ago she has directed clubs
in Northern Ireland, England and
France.
Assisting Miss Mercomes as
nroeram director is 'Mrs. Betty J.
Smith, 2 West 120th St., New
n, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Peter Whitecloud, Hunter, Calif,
'■’nee coming overseas in June, ’45
M 's. Smith has devoted much of
her time at the Canebiere Club
assisting the soldiers in putting
on their own shows. She has been
instrumental, also, in arranging
for clever murals on the walls of
the coffee lounge. Such famous
cartoonists as Bill Mauldin, Lyle
Suter and C. Ford have left sam
ples of their work.
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Plain Talk
By Dan Gardner
Gardner Says We ISeed
Brand Xeic Leadership;
Young, Courageous . .
What we need is brand new lea
dership. Young, courageous, yet
capable, wise and adept in the
ways of this, the dawn of the
new era of atomic diplomacy. We
need men and women at the helm
of our racial ship who are attuned
to the times; men and women who
are not burdened with the weight
of old aged, and outlived useful
ness. We need fighting blood in
the viens of our leaders in the try
ing days ahead, and in their minds
we must have practical knowledge
of things, not gushing theories, a
lot of guesswork and half learned
principles.
There is a place for all things
and all people, and in our new
leadership we fuse all elements.
The social worker has his place;
So does the business man. The
preacher must be heard as must
the politician. The farmer should
have his voice and the carpenter
and mechanic must surely have
representation The educator, the
professional soldier, the editor and
the athlete, as well as the musi
cian should be given their say.
Some of our present confused dif
ficulties and groping can be traced
to the elevation of one particular
category to power with less or I
little emphasis on what the others *
are doing or can do. The preacher j
has shared the reins with the so-1
cial • worker and educator in the ]
past; today we find the politician i
also on the driver’s seat- But what
of the laborer, the domestic, the
so called small fry?
It was an oxiom for many yearj
that the only persons whom the
Nogro masses would give an ear
to was a Negro preacher and a
white man. This more or less, is
still true today, although social
workers made extravagant claims
as they go about selling the white
public with philanthropic leanings
an estimate of their influence and
strength with the great mass ox
us who are identified with com
mon labor and domestic tasks. In
the last 20 years, Negro politici- ,
ans have surged to the front and ,
wield much influence where the j
the minister once reigned supreme i
and Negro leaders, despite work'
of A. Philip Randolph, Frank
Crosswaith, and a few others, are
comparatively new, but are on the
national Negro horizon because of
today’s highlighting of the pro
blems of labor. Musicians, both
classic and popular, have enjoyed
a certain proimnence in our lead
ership affairs (whether they knew
what it was all about or not, their
names looked good on letterheads
and throw-aways)’ because their
work has so much bearing on the
opinion whites have of us. The
same goes for athletes, including
boxers with bashed-in noses and
cauliflower ears and who speak
out of the side of the mouth in
the gashouse accent commonly
associated with that line of endea
vor.
Through power politics, the ato
moc bomb development, plus the
ability to organize and lead, the
white man is going into a period
of history where the sky seems the
lmit to his ascendency. The chal
lenge of the darker races as pre
sented by Japan went up in the
tragic clouds of Hiroshimo. The
white man’s planes, his tanks and
flame throwers yank aside the
skits of immunity enjoyed by jun
gle living natives in Africa, the
Pacific, Asia and the comparative
safety the nomadic tribesmen of
the desert have had over the cen
turies. Today nothing is safe from
him. He is riding the pinnacle and
has warned that he brooks no
challenge to his supremacy. The
white man has had no magic for
mula to reach his present emin
ence There are no mumbo-jumbo
combinations that are sure-fire in
cantation to bring about radical
and immediate changes. He got
on top through hard work, by the
use of same brain God gave us
all. Today he belongs to the Haves
and we are the Have Nots. Our
aim is to belong to his class. We
cannot until we take steps as he
has taken his or in a similar way.
The shortcuts are dangerous and
many times a gambling choice.
Our capacity to organize and to
lead must be demonstrated today.
We must control or be able to in
fluence every Negro in the coun
try, from tenant farmer to insur
ance executive, from levee worker
to college president. This influence
must be in favor of a right pro
gram worked out by right meth
ods and dedicated to the help and
improvement of us all, in relation
to, in addition, the common needs
of all men, white and black. This
calls for a radical change in our
leadership front. Many who now
hold positions of power and influ
ence, must be shunted to one side
to make way for newer positions
and prospects- And we must know
in front what any leader in any
field really plans to do with us in
mapping out the common program
for us all. Our newspapers must
raise the cry and it must echo in
to every hill and vale where our
people may be, letting them know
what is a foot and to get in on
the bandwegon because we face
either the ignomy of being always
on the tail end or the chance to
move anwrard with honor and re
spect.
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MCDONALD REPORTING __i
By C. C. McDonald
Mr R. J. Turner, prop, of the
T F and R Radio Shop, is open
ing an all-Negro operated Cabin
et Manufacturing Plant at 24th
and Willis Ave., on or about Feb.
4, 1946.
All products in wood and plexi
glass, such as radio cabinets, kit
chen cabinets, and etc., will be
made.
Mr. Turner plans to have a
staff of about 12 men, ex-service
men with some experience in this
field are preferred. •
Look forward to the Elbony
Cabinet Co., for your custom
built cabinets.
Mr. Newman of 1322 Park Ave.
has been in one building 42 yrs.
and says he has made many many
friends in that space of time. He
now has a nice line of groceries
and all brands of liquors. His
store seems to be headquarters
for the community- Everyone,
--WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Settlement of Steel Strike
Basic to Industry; Plan to
Revive Essential German Output
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LABOR:
Basic Dispute
A settlement of the steel case por
tended early solution to a whole
string of major strikes affecting ba
sic industries and promised speedy
resumption of large-scale produc
tion since reconversion has been re
ported as already 90 per cent com
pleted.
In stepping into the steel dispute
to prevent a shutdown of the na
tion's mills supplying vital material
to American industry, President
Truman proposed a settlement on
the basis of a wage increase ap
proximating 16 per cent and a
price boost to operators in the
neighborhood of $4 a ton. Though
representing a compromise between
the two parties, the offer fell below
the CIO-United Steel Workers' mini
mum demands and also ignored
their position that price raises were
unnecessary.
Because solution of the steel con
troversy would enable industry to ac
curately estimate costs partly based
on steel prices, an early settlement
of the automobile and electrical ap
pliance walkouts was expected to
follow.
ivieanwnue, government concili
ators worked feverishly for a
settlement of the CIO and AFL
strike against the big packers as
the nation’s meat supply dimin
ished.
While the packers resisted pres
sure to increase their offer of a 7%
cent hourly boost under present
price ceilings, the CIO cut its de
mands from 25 cents per hour to
17% cents and the AFL to 15 cents.
A number of smaller operators
signed with both unions at the lat
ter figure, with the promise of
additional increases to cover high
er wages agreed to by Wilson, Ar
mour, Swift and Cudahy.
Though the government gave
in to the packers’ demands for
higher ceilings in an effort to avert
a walkout threatening the nation’s
meat supply, its original offer of
raising the price on semi-processed
meat sold to the U. S. was rejected
on the grounds that there was no
assurance of a large volume of
purchases.
DEMOBILIZATION:
Hear ‘Ike*
Calling himself “only a G.I.” al
though he officially was “of the
crass, oaia, ooy
ish - looking Gen.
Dwight D. Eisen
|l hower, army chief
1 of staff, appeared
J before a joint con
* gressional com
Imittee to personal
ly report on the de
mobilization slow
down, which has
aroused troop dem
Gen. "Ike" onstrations the
world over.
Declaring that the new program
was adopted to brake an excess of
discharges over the original sched
ule, “Ike” said that we would have
“run out of army” by April unless
the slowdown was put into effect.
As it is, he said, 1,665,000 more men
have been released than planned
and another 2,000,000 will be sepa
rated within the next five months.
Vigorously denying that the slow
down was prompted by the desire
of high officers to retain their rank,
or by efforts to push military con
scription through congress, Eisen
hower said that sufficient men were
required to occupy enemy territory
I
On picket line at General Electric
plant in Erie, Pa., with dad, this
youngster joined CIO for a $2 a day
wage increase.
in Europe and the Pacific, guard
seven billion dollars worth of sur
plus equipment overseas, adminis
ter the Philippines, and arrange for
withdrawal from Pacific bases.
Declaring that men would be kept
no longer than necessary, “Ike”
disclosed that all major command
ers have been informed that by
April 30 all enlisted men with 45
points or 30 months of service on
that date were to be released or
aboard ship, while requirements
were to be further cut by June 30
to 40 points or 24 months of serv
ice.
Following his exposition of the new
demobilization program, Eisenhow
er announced that he had banned fur
ther overseas demonstrations by
troops on the question, though pro
tests from G.I.s were to be passed
on to the top. Both enlisted men and
officers will be permitted to express
their views in the determination of
their essential status.
For continuing agitation, several
G.I.s were ordered confined to quar
ters in Hawaii.
GERMANY:
Map Production
Even as church leaders besought
President Truman’s approval for
providing Germany with private re
lief to avert privation this winter,
the war, state and agriculture de
partments conferred on plans for
furnishing material for the revival
of essential civilian industry within
the reich.
Uncter the program contemplated,
the army would be placed in direc
tion of production on the theory that
the provision of vital commodities
is necessary to maintain order and
health within the occupation zone.
The undertaking would represent
the second step in occupation pol
icy, the first dealing with prevention
of chaos in the immediate wake of
war and resurgence of organized op
position.
in supplying tiermany witn raw
materials for essential output, the
U. S. proposes to be careful not to
stock such heavy industries as iron
and steel which might be reconvert
ed to war purposes, or to re-estab
lish any plants that might be ear
marked for removal for reparations
Further, in permitting a resump
tion of essential production, the U. S.
plans to retain close control over
the distribution. Sufficient supplies
would be allocated for the civilian
population while exports of the re
mainder would be allowed for re
paying America and building up
overseas balances for purchase of
raw materials for industries re
established under Allied agreement.
Disclosure of the government plan
for reviving vital German industry
coincided with Bishop G. Bromley
Oxnam’s appeal to President Tru
man to permit Protestant churches
of this country to ship clothing to
the reich this winter. President of
the Federal Council of Churches,
Bishop Oxnam revealed that con
gregations throughout the country
had thousands of bales of wear
packed and only awaited permission
to send it.
Having just returned from a tour
of Europe with other church of
ficials, Bishop Oxnam joined in a
report commending the government
decision to supply the reich with 500,
000 tons of food to help relieve an
ill-balanced and inadequate diet. Be
cause of the lack of heat and the
wear of irreplaceable clothing, how
ever. a serious need exists for ap
parel, it was said.
Forecast Drop in World Sugar Harvest
A 400,000-ton decrease in world
sugar production in 1945-46 com
pared with the year before is fore
cast by the USDA office of foreign
agricultural relations, total output
being estimated at 27.8 million short
tons, 400,000 below the previous year.
Though North America's beet sug
ar production has been upward
since 1943, Europe’s has been down
J
! ward, and world output for 1945-46
at 7.3 million tons is expected to
be the smallest since 1923. Increased
harvests of sugar cane in the west
ern hemisphere also have been off
set by decreased production in the
Far East, Africa, Australia and the
Pacific, and an estimated crop of
20.5 million tons for 1945-46 would
be 500,000 tons less than the yea
before.
VETS: '
Buck Outsiders
Carrying banners proclaiming that
"We Can't Live on Promises,” “We
Fought for the U. S. A. and Now
We're Discarded." and "Welcome
Home for What?" World War II vets
picketed every mine about Lansford.
Pa., in a drive tor jobs held by out
siders who accepted employment in
the pits during the war years.
While thousands of United Mine
Workers in the area refused to cross
the ex-G.I.'s picket lines, officials of
the Edison Anthracite Coal com
pany refused to discharge outsiders
just because they were not born in
the district, claiming that it would
be liable to lawsuit. Many of the
demonstrators had never been pre
viously employed, Edison having re
hired all old employees discharged
from service.
Despite UMW admonitions against
acting against union members, vari
ous locals in the area passed resolu
tions that all outsiders who accept
ed employment in the mines since
January. 1940, or opened businesses
in the district were to leave. In
formulating their demands, miners
declared that since the pits were
the principal source of employment
about Lansford, hiring of outsiders
seriously crimped job opportunities
for town residents.
UNO:
Faces Test
No sooner had the United Nations
organization to preserve postwar
peace gotten underway than it ap
peared headed for its first substan
tial test over Iran's appeal for se
curity against alleged Russian de
signs on the middle-eastern state.
At the same time, Indonesian na
tives were to call on UNO for sup
port in their fight against the re
establishment of Dutch colonial rule
in the East Indies, but since no
member nation was expected to
sponsor their plea, they could not
hope for a hearing.
Iran’s determination to push for
a showdown, even against British
persuasion to defer discussion at
this time in the interests of unity,
posed a delicate problem, since
Iranian delegates could take the is
sue before the general assembly 11
the security council which includes
Russia vetoed action.
Oil-rich and occupying a strategic
gateway to southern Russia, Iran
has been under heavy Red pressure
U. S. Aid Needed Abroad
In the U. S. for a vacation,
blunt and rugged Winston Church
ill told newspaper reporters that
he hoped America would not pull
out of Europe and leopardize the
fruits of victory. Britain was not
strong enough to handle the job
alone, he said. Declaring that he
favored the partition of Germany
Churchill said that has never oc
curred except through rough and
ready military occupation.
ever since the development of the
movement of the northern province
of Azerbaijan for self-rule with
Moscow's support. Efforts to stem
the uprising were crippled by the
refusal of Russian troops occupying
that section of the country to per
mit Iranian forces to re-establiah
governmental authority.
Meanwhile, President Truman
supported the position of this coun
try’s military advisers to the UNO
meeting in demanding U. S. con
trol of strategic Pacific islands in
stead of submitting them to an
international trusteeship as favored
by America's civilian delegates.
Declaring that the islands should
be kept under U. S. control, Mr.
Truman disclosed that this country
would ask UNO for sole trusteeship.
Other islands captured by American
forces during the Pacific campaign,
but not needed for our security, will
be turned over to UNO, he said.
CHINA:
Plot Development
Work of China's national re
sources commission, charged with
developing the country’s key indus
tries and administering other enter
prises assigned to it, promises to be
greatly enhanced with political uni
fication ■ under discussion of party
leaders in Chungking.
With the commission presently
operating about 30 mines, 30 pow
er plants and 40 factories, Ameri
can consultants have been called
in to help with the improvement,
rehabilitation and expansion of the
country’s youthful oil industry in
one phase of postwar development.
Discovered in 1939 on the south
ern edge of the Gobi desert, the
Yumen field has been especially
marked for extensive exploitation.
Seepages were known in the area
for 2,000 years before drilling oper
ations were undertaken and oil
struck at 500 feet. Developed to pro
vide China with petroleum after the
Japanese had blockaded the sea
ports, the Yumen field currently is
producing 4,000 barrels a day from
25 wells to supply a small refinery.
AUTO INDUSTRY:
Huge Expansion
In preparing to capitalize on a
tremendous backlog of five years,
plus normal demand, the automo
bile industry has laid plans for plant
expansion and rehabilitation aggre
gating 800 million dollars.
Of the 800 million dollars. General
Motors will spend 500 million. Hav
ing originally planned a 150 mil
lion dollar program, Ford has added
another 50 million for a grand total
of 200 million. Chrysler will lay out
100 million dollars.
knows Mr. Newman.
A few doors up the street you
will find the Park Ave., owned
and operated by a very nice man
who carries a nice line of furni
ture, rugs, carpets and anything
for the house. You are always
welcome in his place.
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liEvery home should have a Col- ;>
i;ored Doll. We offer in this sale s
;|two flashy numbers. With hair,
^moving eyes, shoes, stockings,;,
linicely dressed. Price $4.98 and;;
;>$6.59. If C. O. D. postage ex-1;
;;tra. Dealers— Agents wanted.;,
! Write National Co., 254 West ;,
;135th St., New York, 30.
