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BEWARE
TIME RIPE FOR SWINDLERS AND SCHEMERS
TO FILCH WAR-TIME SAVINGS OF PUBLIC
With some $27 5,000,000,000 currently being held by
the American public in liquid assets, thef time is ripe for
swindlers and schemers to devise new rackets and to use
the old ones in or-ler to filch these wartime savings from
unsuspecting victims.
In order to protect the American public from schemes
and frauds leveled against their savings, prominent busi
ness leaders and members of BETTER BUSINESS BUR
EAUS from all over the nation met in New York recently
to devise a protective p'an.
Acrording to Mr. Kush Barns. Manager of THE BET
TER BUSINESS BUREAU OF OMAHA, the three-fo d ob
jectives of the confer nee was to: (1) Encourage the Am
erican people to be on guard against crooks; (2) Make
dear to them the necessity for examining all facts sur
rounding the purchase of any unfamiliar item; and (3)
Encourage the public to practice sound and thrifty hus- .
bandry ot their savings.
The 90 Bettor Business Bureaus throuhout the nation
were chared with the responsibility of spearheading a cam
paign to achieve these objectives.
After World War I, Barns pointed out, government esti
mates show that the American public was defrauded out of
approximately $44)0,000,000 in Liberty Bonds alone. To
day* with the stakes much higher, schemers and racketeers
are redoubling their efforts to concoct plausible sounding
deals aimed at separating the unsuspecting from their sav
ings.
A rood v ''’'mb'r of the same ’-nrked afhr ihc
first World War undoubtedly will be attempted aeain.
since the eurrnet liquid assets of the people are higher
than ever. Some of the schemes the public should beware
of, Barns warned, include the free lot real estate promot
ion which offers a piece of real estate free. Then, when
tlie lot is discovered to be worthless, the recipient is “al
lowed” to buy another good lot at a “discount”. Fur farm
promotions, which offer fabulous returns on original in
vestments. as we7l as the “1 can get it for you wholesale”
racket are expected io flourish.
The Spanish or Mexican prisoner rackets, the peddling
of fake Oriental rugs and other high-priced foreign goods
(actually machine made in the USA.) are among other
schemes against which the pub'ie should he alerted. Oil
royalties swindles, stock tipster sheets, and fraudulent
trade schools, are also cautioned against bf Better Business
Bureaus.
In order to keep the public free of these an.I comparable
rackets, local Better Bus!ness Bureaus are redoubling their
efforts in their ™ar against swindlers. To assist in stamp
ing out the rackets, Barns concluded, the public must and
is reporting all dubious business ventures to the Better
Business Bureau. There is no charge for its services.
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN NEBRASKA
KILL TWENTY-THREE PERSONS
ncuuv; auuiuenig Killed Zd pier
sons on Nebraska’s streets and
highways in January. This is the
highest total for the month of Jan.
since 1938.
Contain C. J. Sanders, Nebraska
Safety Patrol, reports that the 23
fatalities is a 64 per cent increase
over the 14 fatalities for January
of 1945.
Greater care really is needed
this year than ever before, Capt.
Sanders emphasized, because Na
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tional traffic experts predict that
this year may set an all time high
in traffic accidents. This is due
to the greater number of cars on
the road, the greater number of'
miles traveled per car since end- i
ing of gas rationing, and the add I
ed hazards of snow, ice and poor
visibility. j
Weary of war time restraints, i
many drivers are inclined to take;
greater chances. This is particu.!
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stimate of the distance in whicn
e can stop safely when driving
ast.
hroe ca"d;nal rules for winter
rivers, Captain Sanders said, arc
(1) don’t get too close to the ca.
i.i front, (2) drive according tc
weather and road conditions, anci
(3) keep your windshield cleai
and put on chains when needed
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (MO.)
PROFESSOR TO DO RESEARCH
ON GRANT FROM GEB
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Jefferson City, Mo, January,
26, 1946—Dr. Lorenzo J. Green,
professor in the Department of
H s,■o,’■,^ Lincon University, wili
leave the campug on or about Fe'r
10 to begin work on a research
project made possible through f
°rant from the General Education
Board.
The work will be done on the
second of three volumes on “The
Abolition of Slavery in New Eng
land, 1638—1784,” and will be a
sequel to “The Negro in Colonial
New England, 1620—1776”, first
published in 1942. Because of fav
orable public response, the second
printing was brought out in Au
1945. The third volume will be the
“New England Slave Trade, 1638
1788” and, like the others, is to
be published by Columbia Univer
sity Press.
The materials for the study will
be collected in the libraries of the
East, notably New York City.
Washington, D. C, and in New
Engia*.— Ti-e chief l'b aries to te j
visited will be the Library of Con
gress. Washington, D. C.; the New
York Public Library, the Schom.
burg Collection, the Columbia U.
Library and the New York His
torical Societv all of New Yor
City and the New York State Li
' rary at Albany. For the bulk c:
his information, however, the ir
vestigator will depend upon the
11 raries of New En^’and. Pronn
nent among them will be the Bcs
ton Public Library, the Widenei
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THOSE HARD-TO-GET
CREPE PAJAMAS
THE FIRST TIME IN SO LONG!
SIZES
6 to 16
Once again boys can wear those
sturdy, comfortable crepe pajamas
in the favorite 2-piece middie style.
These pajamas can be worn all
spring and summer. They are cut
and made for long fit and wear.
Colorfully striped.
TWO TO A CUSTOMER
SORRY, NO PHONE OR MAIL ORDERS
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BRANDEIS
V- .
GUNS USED IN STRIKE
VIOLENCE
Gridley, 111—Lloyd Staley, left.
Sheriff Earl Richards, center, Co.
roner Roy L. McClellan, are here
examining guns said to have been
used by railroad guards in the
slaying of two union picked
wounding of three others at Grid
ley, 111 where workers of the Tol
edo and Western Peoria railroad
are on strike.
Library at Harvard University,
the Yale University Library at
New Haven, Conn , the state lib
raries at Augusta, Maine; Concord
New Hampshire; Boston, Hartford
and Providence; libraries of hist
orical societies such as the Mass
achusetts Historical Society, the
Connecticut Historical Society,
and so forth.
Specialized repositories such as
the John Carter Brown Library at
Providence Rhode, Island, and the
American Antequarium Society at
Worcester, Mass, will also be at
tented. In addition to these libra
ries, others like the Boston Athe
naem and those in such towns as
Newport, and South Kingstown,
Rhode Island; Salem Northhamp
ton and Framingham Mass, and
Portsmouth New Hampshire will
be consulted.
FIGHT FOR FEPC ON COASTS
New York City, (WD)-While
southern senators carried on thier
filibuster, the struggle for FEPC
proceeded on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts
In New York. Mayor William
O'Dwyer proclaimed as FEPC
Day February 28th, date of the
Madison Square Garden rally of
the New York Council for a per
manent FEPC. In issuing his pro
clamation, the Mayor said: “I
am heartily in favor of the im
mediate enactment of tup FEPC
measure now in Congress.”
In California the FEPC fight,
which is front pa ere news, centered
on the state legislature, where a
“IT PAYS TO 1.0* ih WhU,
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bill modeled after New York’s FE
PC law has been introduced b\
the state’s only Negro assembly
man. Several other similiar bills
are in the hopper.
From all parts of the country
came letters to Washington pro
testing the fiibuster.
US MILITARY HEALTH
PROGRAM IN GERMANY
Frankfurt, .o-»ian/, Signal
Corps Radiophoto, Soundphcto_
German children are shown at a
public health station at F rankfurt
where they a.e to receive diph
theria and scarlet fever inocula
I on. as rart of the US Military
lealth program for occupied Ger
many.
WHERE HASTI~ RULES
When William Hastie takes over
the government of the Virgin Is
lands as its first Governor of color
his domain will be small but very
lovely. A favorite vacation spot,
the Virgin Islands lie in the Car
ibbean southeast of Miami from
where they arc an 11 hour flight
bv clipper plane- The population
of the islands (approximately 25,
000) under US rule is concentra
ted chiefly in the 3 cities. A pic
ture story of the Virgins, their
history, and future prospects in
the February issue of Headlines
and Pictures.
When the United States pursha
sed a group of the Virgin Islands
from Denmark in 1917 for 25 mil
lion dollars, many persons thought
the price excessive because cf the
low productivity of the islands.
Backers of the purchase, however,
justified it in the light of the stra
tegic position of the islands that
serve as proteciicn for the Pan
ama Canal.
As Governor of the US Islands,
Mr. Hastie will live at the Govern
ment House in Picsuresque Char
lotte Amalie, largest of the three
cities in the island group. Char
lottee Amalie is on St. Thomas
Is'and and also has the largest
percentage cf whites in its popu
lation. A tourist'g dream, the city
is hilly wnth narrow streets and
houses built on different levels
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|-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_
Farm Equipment Output to Hit
Peak Late in Year; Push Fight
Against Postwar Price Control
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FARM MACHINERY:
Output Off
Hampered by material shortages,
inexperienced help, Inability of sup
nliers to deliver parts and strikes,
farm machinery manufacturers do
not look for attainment of peak pro
duction until later this year or early
1947.
When full-scale operations are re
sumed. it was said, companies will
first concentrate on the output of
parts for worn equipment since
many farmers will be compelled to
make their machinery do until new
jnits begin to appear in satisfactory
volume.
As it is, manufacturers' efforts to
meet a part of the tremendous de
mand for plows, planters and culti
vators for spring use have been
crimped by production difficulties,
with no substantial deliveries of
these items forthcoming.
With 30.000 workers of the Inter
national Harvester company out on
strike over demands for a 30 per
cent wage increase, the total of idle
cmnlovees in the industry approxi
mated 36.000 of 90.000.
UNO:
ivoid Strife
Invoking article 33 of the L^iited
'lotions charter calling upon quar
! eling governments to attempt con
oiliatirn of their difficulties first be
fore appealing to UNO, Russia
moved to settle her differences with
little Iran privately and take the
matter out of the hands of the se
curity council.
By so acting, the Reds succeeded
!n avoiding a ticklish situation with
I in UNO itself, with possibilities that
the U. S., Britain, France and China
might have placed Moscow in a
compromising position in investigat
, ing the row. In permitting the Reds
ind Iranians to thrash out their own
problems, however, the security
council called upon the disputants
to report on the progress of their
negotiations.
In originally appealing to UNO to
look into the controversy, Iran had
charged the Russians with interfer
ing with government efforts to sob
due a leftist rebellion in the north
west province of Azerbaijan. Sent
| into the oil-rich country in 1942 to
I guard supply lines leading into
southern Russia, Red and British
troops were scheduled to pull out
early this spring.
Give and Take
Continuing to give and take in
their relations, the Big Three
agreed to the election of stocky, 50
year-old Trygve Lie (pronounced
Tryg’-va Lee) of Norway as secre
tary-general of UNO. Russ-backed,
the selection of the bulky Norwe
gian foreign minister offset the ear
lier elevation of British-backed Paul
Henry Spaak of Belgium as presi
dent.
The U. S. played a key role in
balancing the powers through the
elections. After the Russians had
chargtd Secretary of State Byrnes
and company of having double
I crossed them in not pushing Lie’s
candidacy for president as against
Spaak’s, Chief Delegate Edward R.
Stettinius later arranged for the
Norwegian’s selection as secretarv
general in a five-power pow-wow in
his Claridge hotel suite.
The son of a carpenter who be
came active in the Norwegian labor
movement immediately after his
graduation from Oslo university in
1919, reddish-faced, bustling Lie
will occupy a key position in UNO
as secretary-general, having within
his power the authority to submit
any problem he chooses to the se
curity council.
CONGRESS:
Labor Curb
Despite the brightening industrial
picture, a strong coalition of Re
publicans and conservative Demo
crats in congress moved for adop
tion of restrictive labor legislation
against the vehement protests of
liberal members.
Amid charges by Representative
Sabath (Dem., 111.) that the con
servative bloc was being used by
Wall street, 153 Republicans and
105 Democrats joined forces to pile
up a 258 to 114 vote for immediate
[ consideration of a bill which would
set up a labor-management media
tion board; provide for a 30-day cool
ing off period before a strike or lock
out; make both parties liable for
v!olations of a labor contract; pro
hibit unionization of supervisory
employees, and ban sympathy walk
outs.
While liberal members vigorously
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SEED:
Over 50,000 tons of seeds being
dispatched now for the spring plant
ing season to nine European coun
tries and China by the United Na
tions relief and rehabilitation ad
ministration include cereal and
vegetable seeds, seed potatoes to
step up food production for human
consumption, forage crops, grass
and root crop seed to increase the
supply of animal feed and industrial
seeds for oil and fiber.
denounced the restrictive measure
as one of the “most vicious anti
labor bills ever brought before the
house." conservative,proj>onents de
clared that representative action
could be taken in amending or revis
ing the bill during floor discussion
PRICE CONTROL:
Under Fire
First to break the wage deadlock
In industry with a 15.1 per cent,
or 18 cents an hour, increase to his
employees. Henry Ford II came out
for abolition of government price
control except on food and rent as
a means of breaking the bottleneck
in civilian production and permit
ting a rapid flow of goods to con
sumers.
Declaring that existing price ceil
ings had the effect of squeezing
smaller parts makers between ris
ing operating costs and fixed re
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Henry Ford II
turns. Ford said that the productiv
ity of the big manufacturers de
pended upon suppliers’ activities.
If price control were abolished, he
declared, the heat of competition
for markets would bring down the
cost level.
In keeping with his announced
position for firm price control. Pres
ident Truman rejected Ford's sug
gestion in a news conference, as
serting that the removal of OPA
regulation would result in wild in
flation with its disastrous effect
upon purchasing power.
Henry II’s attack against price
control came even as clothing and
shirt manufacturers blamed OPA
for the insufficiency of stocks on
dealers' shelves in the face of tre
mendous demand from consumers.
Charged with withholding at least
400,000 suits from the markets,
clothing makers were particularly
resentful of OPA regulations, claim
ing that with their recent grant of
a 22Vi per cent increase in wages
to workers price readjustments
were necessary to permit them an
adequate profit.
Shirt manufacturers rapped the
OPA’s so-called ‘’maximum aver
age” price regulation for failure to
produce adequate stocks, claiming
that they were unable to turn out
more of the better grade items in
the face of a shortage of cheaper
fabrics because OPA required .bal
anced output of all types.
FARM STRIKE:
Cool Reception
While farmers in southeastern
Nebraska, incensed by the machin
ery shortage, talked up an agri
cultural strike in protest of indus
trial walkouts, farm organization
leaders discouraged the idea be
cause stoppage of shipments of
fresh products would result in cost
ly waste.
In calling for the withholding
of agricultural products to force
resumption of industrial output.
Strike Leader Hubert Johnson. 48, of
Edgar, Neb., listed farmer griev
ances: ‘‘Four years now we've been
getting along without new machin
ery,” he said, ‘‘and we've been
told we would probably get nothing
this spring. . . . We need farm tools
and bathtubs and refrigerators. . .
We need automobiles. . . . We can't
even buy a pair of overalls. . .”
Taking issue with the farmers "no
machinery for us, no food for you"
battle-cry. President Edward A.
O’Neal of the Farm Bureau, reflect
ing leading agricultural organiza
tion opinion, pointed out that it
would be impossible to halt produc
tion of milk, eggs, etc. Withholding
of these items from market would
only result in loss to farmers as well
as consumers, he said.
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Poultrymen generally can expect
an income in 1946 somewhat lower
than 1945 earnings, in the opinion
of Economist John W. Carncross of
Rutgers.
Pointing to last year’s all-time
high egg consumption record of
390 per person, he said it is not
likely to be duplicated this year.
Some reduction in consumer In
come during !946. a greater quan
tity of red meat available to civil
ians. and reduced military require
ments. add up to less egg demand.
INDUSTRY:
Profit Mnrg'n*
First patt of a study by the Secu
rities and Exchange commission on
pr'-fits and operations of American
industries in 1943- 44, a SEC sur
| vey snowed that while 13 meat pack
| * rs grossed $4,732,038,000 in 1944
they netted $45,348,000 or 1 per cent
of sales
Next to the meat packing, the cig
arette industry ranked highest in
gross income for 1944. with $1,601,
732.000. With a nt t income of 3.9
per cent of sales, however, the cig
arette manufacturers outstripped
meat packers in profit margins.
With total sales of $1,452,351,000,
the dairy products industry ranked
third, but like meat packing, enjoyed
a relatively smaller profit position,
earning 2.1 per cent on its gross.
With $1,226,298,000 of sales, distil
leries showed net returns of 3.8 per
cent.
Of all Industries surveyed, gro
cery specialties had the highest
profit margins, with 4.1 per cent on
sales of $954,984,000.
VET FAMILIES:
May Go Overseas
In what were interpreted as
moves to forestall further com
plaints of G.I.s overseas against oc
cupation doldrums, the war depart
ment authorized the families of
commissioned and non - commis
sioned officers above buck sergeants
to join them abroad, and lowered
the training peri' d for replacements
from 13 to 8 weeks.
With the number of reunions de
pending upon the theater command
ers’ decisions as to the amount of
housing, subsistence and medical
care available, travel to Europe will
commence after April 1, with move
ments to the Philippines, Japan, Ko
rea and the Ryukyus scheduled aft
er May 1.
In setting up priorities under the
system, preference will be given to
families of officers with the longest
service overseas if they indicate a
willingness to remain abroad for
two years or from one to two years.
In cutting down the training peri
od from 13 to 8 weeks for replace
ments, the army announced that re
cruits’ conditioning would be fin
ished abroad after inculcation of
fundamentals here. Prior to em
barkation, recruits will be given a
seven-day leave.
Chinese End Strife
Reflecting efforts of the U. S.
to unify strife-ridden China,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
brought his 18 years of authori
tarian rule in the country to an i
end with the announcement that j
henceforth political parties can ]
openly organize and conduct
their campaigns in accordance !
with legal rights and proced
ures.
Chiang made his historic pro
nouncement at the closing of po- '
Litical consultative conference in
Chungking, where nationalists,
communists and other parties i
had gathered for the adjustment j
of differences and creation of a >
unified state to open the way for
broad economic development in
hitherto backward China.
Be&ore adjourning, the consul- '
tative conference had arranged
for a meeting of a national as- i
sembly in May to draw up a ;
new constitution. Over 2,500
delegates are to attend, with ;
Chiang's Kuomintang party pos- t
sessing over 50 per cent of the |
representation and the commu
nists the second largest. Re- 1
fleeting the views of the dele
gation as a whole, a 35-man all- 1
party committee will draw up
the document.
UNRRA:
New Exodus
Even while British Gen. Freder
ick Morgan was in New York con
ferring with Director Herbert Leh
man over his reinstatement as
United Nations Relief and Rehabili
tation chief in Germany, a U S. 3rd
army report cornfirmed his charge
that Zionist-aided Jews were leav
ing Poland for Germany in the hope
of eventually reaching Palestine.
In helping the migrants, it was
said. Zionist groups prepared them
for communal life abroad ancr sup
plied directions for infiltrating into
Germany, Where necessary, money
and clothing are furnished Though
the Jews hope for eventual admis
sion to Palestine, they look for the
establishment of a Jewish state in
Bavaria if denied access
Target of bitter Jewish criticism
after his charge that Zionist groups
were supporting a Jewish exodus
from Poland for Palestine, Morgan
vigorously denir d anti-Semitic sen
timents in being restored to the
UNRRA fold. Declaring his sym
pathies were with all displaced per
sons, he said he did not question
the motives of any individuals or
groups on resettlement problems.
CARIBBEAN:
Quietly studying the problems of
the dependent areas for almost four
years, the Anglo-American Carib
bean commission will meet at St.
Thomas, Virgin islands, this month
in furtherance of plans to develop
in the West Indies a colonial-admin
istration laboratory for economic
and social improvements.
Cuba. Haiti and the Dominican Re
public have not been included in its
activities, but independent nations
as will as colonies were vitally af
fected by its war work.
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