Tex Boddie, New Fighter Here, Wins, First Bout with KO in 1Min. 50 Sec. ■ _ — - i Tex Boddie, ex-veteran and a new fighter here in Omaha, Monday, February 25, scored a KO in his first bout here, over joe Gates of Bismarck, North Dakota. The timers clocked the KO J in the first round at 1:50. Since corning to Omaha from Knid, Okla., Boddie has purchased a home here, and he and family say that! they w:ll be around here for some time. Watch for bis future heavyweight fights. Max'Clayton, fight promoter says that Tex looks like a coming champ. Broddie is under the management and training of our own Buddy McCrea. PHONE IN YOUR LOCAL NEWS CALL JA-3215 “IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL” — MAYO’S BARBER SHOP — Ladies and Children’s Work A Specialty 2422 LAKE STREET Need a LAXATIVE? \ Black-Draught is 1- Usually prompt 2- Usually thorough I 3- Always economical / » i to 40 doses only 25jJ It R OO K S REJECTS P RE - P Rl M A R Y C()WE\TI(» PLA\ Colonel W illiam Brooks Col. William R. Brooks of Oma ha, Republican candidate for gov ernor, has rejected the pre primary convention plan which will first be put into effect at the Republi can meetirg in Omaha March 19 xnd 20. In a letter to .A T. “Eert” Ho ward of Scottsbluff, Republican Sra.e Central (_oi.ir i"n, Mr. Brooks officially reque sted that his name not be entered in the preferential baloting, and released all of hi3 pledged dele gats and alternates. Col. Brooks, however, will be at the convention to further indicate his thoughts in me matter FEARS ‘ B03SISM” “It seem3 to me that listing the first and second choice on the pri mary s too dictatorial and con trary to the intent and purpose of the election laws of the State”, sa d Brooks. As a voter, I would resent being told by any one group for whom I must vote, and I pre dict that a majority of thethinking voters of the state would fell the same”. “Furthermore, newspaper re" ports indicate that some cf my opponents are insinuating that af ter this March convention the gu bernatorial race will be between only the two candidates who ha, - >cn to be the first to draw first xnd second choice of this convent Avoid blues Do you look older than your age? Are you embar* rassed and self-conscious because of what people may be saying about your gray, drab looking hair? 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When you build or modernize provide ADEQUATE WIRING. NEBRASKA-IOWA ELECTRICAL COUNCIL ion, and other candidates may as well withdraw”. Mr. Brooks expressed the opin ion that the convention endorse ment idea being tried out in Ne braska for the first time is a men", ace rather than improvement. With respect to talk that thej race will be run only between the first and second convention picks Col. Brooks says, “Does'this mean that there has been some pre-coe vention understandings, and that machine politics, bossism, etc., which were relegated to the ash heap with the adoption of the Primary Law, hav« returned to Nebraska along with the pre primary convention” ? Col. Brooks says that under the free primary system, it is entirely up to the voters of the state to select the candidates for the var ious offices without the suggestion of dictatorial preference. Open Letter Mr. A. T. (Bert) Howard, Chairman Republican State Central Com. Scottsbluff, Nebraska Dear Mr. Howard: f. ii.s is in rerere Ce to your re cent letter concerning the f rst State Pre-Prirnary Convention to t>3 held in Omaha March 19th and 23th. As a candidate for governor I feel the responsibility of airirg my vie.vs and that of thousands of others. Of course, tberei is no reason why the political leaders of the itate should not meet a d pick :heir preference of candidates for he various state offices But like wise, why shooldn't the Farmers .5en3 oners, Chambers of Com merce, and the many civic andi patriotic organizations do the same things? It seems to me that listing the first and second choice on the pri nary ballot it too dictatorial and contrary to the intent and pur nose of the election laws of the State. As a voter, I would resent ceing told by any one group for whom I must vote, and I predict that a majority of the thinking voters of the state would feel the same Furthermore, newspaper reports indicate that some of my oppon ents are insinuating that after th s March convention the guber natorial race will be between only the two candidates who happen to be the first and second choice of this convention, and the other candidates may as well withdraw. Isn’t that interesting ? Does this mean that there has been some pre-convention under standings, and that machine pol tics, bossism, etc., which were elegated to the ash-heap with the apoption of the Primary Daw, returned to Nebraska along with the pre-primary convention? Whom are you hold ng hands with ? I fhil to see where the pre-pri mary convention is any improve ment in the existing election laws. Rather, I am inclined to bel eve it is a menace. I shall have noth ing to do with it. Therefore, since you are chair man of this convention, I request j that you see that my name is not placed in nomination before the convention, for either first or 2nd choice. I hereby release all dele gates and alternates who have promised me their support. Under the free Primary System it is entirely up to the voters to relect the candidates for the state offices without suggestion of aic iatorial preference, and I have de cided to abide by their decision re' gardless of what mis convention may do. Respectively, William R. Brooks Republican Candidate for Governor TRI MAX ASKED TO CRAXT AMXESTY TO PUERTO RICAXS New York City (WDL)_Am nesty for Rafael Lopez Rosas and some 40 other advocates of Puerto Rican independent has been ask ed of President Truman in a let ter released by Rev. Donald Har ri % ;ton, chairman of the Workers Defense League’s national action committee and signed by 35 lead ing figures i r.lator, civil and re GALEISOL CO., MAKERS OF1 COSMETICS FOR yEGROES CELEBRATES ITS FORTY SEVEyTH AyyiVERSARY Dr FRED Palmer Atlanta, Ga. March 2, 1946— The Galenol Co., Inc. of this city is celebrating its 47 anniversary this year. The com pany was starte0 47 years ago here in Atlanta by Dr. FRED Palmer, well kown Atlanta scientist whose skin whitener is known all over the world, and has continued its progress uninterrup ted all through the years. The Galenol Company, Inc. spe cialize in the manufacture of cos meetics for negroes. It’s best known products being Dr. FRED Palmer’s Skin Whitener and Dr FRED Palmer’s Skin Delight Soap. The skin whitener lightens tanned, too dark, coarse, weather beaten skin contains a special in greient that is quick acting. It starts to work the minute you ap ply it and secures almost unbelie vable results- Th'e Skin Delight Soap is made to be used in connec tion with the skin whitener, and is excellant soap for the skin. Dr. FRED Palmer’s produtcs are known the forld over and are | U3cd by such famous people a.:, glamorous Harriet Calloway, the girl band leader, Pauline Webster, Lena Horne, Dean Gordon, Vivian Brown, Lovely Lane and others well known singers, movie actres ses and entetainers. In celebration of their 47th an niversary, The Galenol Company, Inc. are making an unusual offer to their friendg and customers. To every person who wants a lovlier ;afte, smoother, lighter complex on, they say, "Try Dr. IKED Palmer’s Skin Whitener. Get the 25 cent box or better yet, get the new 50 cent economy size in the opal jar, which is suitable for your ooudoir table. Use it 7 days accor ding to instructions, then if you don’t say it’s the finest product of its kind you have ever used, re turn it and your money will be refunded. The general manager of the company says this is the most outstanding offer the company has ever made and feels that it will enable thousands who desire a lighter, finer sk.n to try this ama zing product without ‘,-iskink a single cent. ligious movements. The Puerto Ricans are in feder al prisons as a result of their stand in refusing to fight for democra cy abroad when they do not have the right of self determination at home. The case of Lopez wsa sin gled out by the WDL, because he has been subjected to particularly -evere treatment. After spending two years^ in nrison on declining to register tor the draft, he was released on pro bation and then rearres'ed and re turned to prison for three more years for efusing to report for in duction while on probation. Upon release he faces another term of possibly five years for violation of probation, which would make ten years for the same offense. Recalling the President’s Oct. 116 Speech in which he declared i Puerto Rico "should be allowed to I choose statehood, independence, ! dominion or the present status,” the Leaugue’s letter said: “But only if you release them can these Puerto Rican political prisoners campaign for one cf the alterna tives you suggested”. Pointing out out that Latin Am erican newspapers have called for freeing of the Puerto Ricans, the letter warns: “Failure of our gov ernment to act in the matter can not fail tor aise dou—o in nations to the south with regard to the sincerity of our Good Neighbor policy.” The letter also states that “no countries have already granted amnesties on a large scale to such political prisoners,” and recalls that “previous presidetnts have availed themselves of their am nesty under the constitution”. Signers of the letter include leading AFL, CIO, religious and liberal leaders, among them Rev Allan Knight Chambers, Rev. H. H- Crane, John Finert, VValter Frank, Carl Holderman, John Haynes Holme3, Rev. James My Thrifty Service... ^==^3^ 0 6 LB3. OF LAUNDRY EEAUTIFULLY LAUNDERED FOR ONLY Eg* AND ONLY 7c For Each Additional lb... • This Includes the Ironing of all FLAT-WORK with Wearing Apparel Returned Just Damp Enough for Ironing. Emerson - Saratoga 2324 North 24th St. WE. 1029 ers, A. Philip Randolph, George S. Schuyler, Clarence Senior, Os wald Garrison Villard and Pearl Willen. -- ( llutcMome R&pjosiieSL tin WASHINGTON "By Walter Shead I WNU Correspondent ! WNU Washington Bureau, 1616 Eye St., N. W. Control of Natural *t Fertilizer Resources IS COMMERCIAL fertilizer a nat 1 ural resource which should be controlled and conserved by the gov ernment from the raw materials to the finished product? Your Home Town Reporter can go along part way on the answer to that question, which is now a source of hot controversy in Wash ington. As a matter of fact, the government already went part way as a matter of policy, when congress authorized the Muscle Shoals plant in northern Alabama. Commercial fertilizer is taken from the soil in the form of raw phosphate, petash, nitrate, lime and other ingredients and, as1 a finished product, put back into worn-out soil which has been divested of these minerals by decades of farming and natural spil erosion. Hence, in sofar as conservation of soil is con cerned, it is as much a natural re source as water or the top soil upon which we are spending millions of dollars in conservation practices. wiinout sufficient fertilizer we can’t grow good crops and there is widespread opinion here that the government as a national policy should do something about reserves of phosphate and potassic minerals to insure maintenance of the na tion's soil resources. But whether or not the government should go into the fertilizer business on a large scale is another and a very much debated question, although there are three bills now before congress which provide that it shall. Foundation Is Neutral This writer has told you about the formation and some of the opera tions and objectives of the Founda tion for American Agriculture. An other objective covers this question of commercial fertilizer. The foun dation already has a committee of experts at work going into this question of mineral fertilizer re serves and is considering on a non partisan and non-prejudicial basis, all phases of need, manufacture and distribution of commercial fertili zer. As to the three bills, the founda tion is neutral, and is acting merely as a fact-finding and research or ganization. Not so the American Plant Food council which, by a strange coinci dence, occupies offices adjacent to the same suite as the foundation in the National Grange building here. The APFC is headed by Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, who resigned his 23-year-old seat as a congress man to take the job. The APFC represents private manufacturers of fertilizer, although it does have some farmer co-operatives in its membership. Mr. Woodrum says the whole fertilizer industry is dead against the three bills in "question. The farm bureau and the farmers union are backing the bills un reservedly. The grange is more or less on the fence and the National Council of Farmer Co-operatives has taken no action, adopting a sort of tongue-in-cheek attitude, although some of its eastern and gulf terri tory members are opposed. Many Provisions in Bill One of these fertilizer bills was introduced in the senate by Sena tors Lister Hill and John Bank head of Alabama. An identical bill was put into the house hopper by Rep. John Flannagan Jr. of Vir ginia. Briefly, they provide: con struction of a fertilizer plant at or near Mobile, Ala., and purchase of enough phosphate lands in Florida to provide raw material for at least 50 years by the Tennessee Valley authority; construction of two plants in the west and purchase of enough potash and phosphate re serves for 50 years of operation by the secretary of t,he interior; five member state advisory committees in each state named by presidents of land-grant colleges; a 15-member national fertilizer policy committee to advise the secretary of agricul ture; free fertilizer test program on at least 75 farms in every county of the nation to use at least half the output of the three plants; lease or sale of the plants to farm co-opera tives after five years; providing farm security administration loan money to co-operatives to buy them Dr form new co-operatives which will buy if there are no takers. A bill with similar objectives is in the house sponsored by Rep. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, but places the whole program in the lap of TV A. In the meantime the government would control thousands of acres of phosphate and potash lands, which would make it tough on private manufacturers. At any rate, farm organizations and the government are fertilizer minded and fertilizer as a natural resource is more than a possibility It is a fact that soil fertility has been depleted at an alarming rate particularly during the past foui war years, and if this depiction con dnues. it may well become a threat to tie nation's welfare, and as suet, i matter for government attend. I rwvfKM&MwrvxntegmB ns vnur SOCIAL NOTES .T A-3215 --WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS_ Stabilization Policy Designed To Spur Production; Argentine Military Junta Under U. S. Fire _Released by Western Newspaper Union _ (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are Ihnse ot Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) WAGE-PRICES: Go Sign Formulation of the administra tion’s new stabilization policy set ting a pattern for wage increases of from 15 to 17 per cent and permit ting price boosts wherever neces sary to assure prewar profit mar gins, represented a victory for the conservative advisers of President Truman. Spearheaded by John Snyder, St. Louis banker and director of war mobilization and reconversion, the conservatives held that price as well as wage readjustment was nec essary to spur postwar production. With goods Rowing to market in vol ume, they held, prices would auto matically find their right level in a competitive economy. In announcing the new wage price policy, which was designed to settle the major steel, auto and elec trical strikes, Mr. Truman hoped that it would result in an early > resumption of mass production that ! alone could head off an inflation ary spiral. In the meantime, he | asked for extension of price control, subsidies and allocations and priori ties to temporarily hold living costs I in line and break industrial bottle necks. In winning his point of view, Sny der was permitted to retain his over-all control over the stabiliza | tion policy, with former OPA chief tain Chester Bowles put in charge of administering the new formula. Bowles had stood firmly for a more rigid wage-price program, believing lower costs would lead to greater purchasing power and volume, but agreed to co-operate in making the new policy work. GOOD NEIGHBOR: Not So Good In issuing its historic "blue book" condemning the Argentine military regime and its strong-man leader ship of Juan Peron, the U. S. state department raised the whole ques tion of continued U. S. end Allied relationship with the South Ameri can country. At the same time, the state de partment’s indictment against the army junta, charging collaboration during the war and in establishing a fascist economy in peace, came “Strong Man” Juan Peron, whose military junta was under state depart ment fire. 1 on the eve of the Argentine presi dential election, lending possibilities to a nationwide swing against Perbn’s candidacy. Taking cog 1 nizance of the U. S. action, Peron laid blame for the strained rela tions between the two countries on Assistant Secretary of State Spruilfe Braden, whom he accused of under mining previous accords. In charging Argentina with col laboration with the axis in war, the state department's “blue book” de clared that the military regime en gaged in espionage against the al lies, sought to undermine govern ments in neighboring countries friendly to the united nations, and protected German economic inter ests. Asserting that the military junta had permitted the establishment of a fascist economy in Argentina to serve as a base for reviving Ger many’s imperial ambitions, the “blue book” stated that Germans now controlled such key industries as chemicals and pharmaceuticals, construction, electrical equipment, metallurgy and agriculture. FOOD SUPPLIES: World Outlook While per capita food (Consump tion in the U. S. in 1946 is expected to reach a new peak, a survey of 65 foreign countries conducted by the department of agriculture --— Boundary Problems I Indicative of the complex probl , drafting the postwar European peac and Austria to the southern Tyrol, World War. Italy has opposed the transfer several hydro-electric plants along about 225 miles long. Italian oppositi has agreed to waive control of tt hydro-electric develcpments. Meanwhile, one of Austria’s chi output of vegetables and fruits, incl pears. showed that the average person will have about 12 per cent less to eat than in prewar years. In reporting its findings, however, the department pointed out that striking of an ‘‘average” balance did not truly reflect conditions abroad, what with near starvation levels persisting in Italy, Germany, French North Africa, France, Spain, India and China. Itemizing individual supplies, the department said that the world sup ply of bread will remain tight, with reduced rations in some countries. Demand for wheat will exceed sup plies by 200 million bushels and stocks of other grains will be lim ited. From 15 to 20 per cent less rice will be available than in pre war years. A shortage of meat will persist in Europe and Russia, the depart ment said, with increased produc tion retarded by use of feed grains for human consumption. While 1946 supplies of fish will be higher than last year, cheese and egg stocks will not meet demands. The total of fats and oils will ap proximate only two-thirds of import needs while sugar consumption will fall to the lowest level in a decade. Only half as much butter will be available for world trade as in pre war years. In contrast to the tight world food situation, the American larder will stay well stocked, barring poor crops. Only butter and sugar sup plies are expected to show no ap preciable improvement, and while fewer eggs are predicted, availabil ity of more meat should cut de mand for the product. >..—in.. i .ii i .1. ... Butcher Old Dobbin From the steadily declining horse population of the U. S-, 77,887 equities went to the slaughter houses in 1945 to provide meat for American tables Low est on record, the number of horses in this country stands at less than half that of a quarter century ago. Reflecting the steady increase in horse slaughter during the war, when overall meat supplies failed to meet popular demand, the butchering of equines in 1945 showed a 49 per cent rise over the 1944 figure of 52,063. Along with the horse, the old goat has been sent to the stockyards with in creasing frequency, the slaughter of 13,150 by federally inspected puckers in 1945 representing a 98 per cent boost over the figure for the previous year. TIRES: Good Prospects With the manpower situation im proving with the return of many veterans and new facilities sched uled to get into production soon, the tire outlook for 1946 has grown increasingly promising, though stocks adequate to meet record de mand will not be forthcoming be fore late in the year. With 24 million cars in operation, with many running on tires five or more years old. the government set a goal of 66 million passenger cords for 1946. Under present favorable conditions, manufacturers hope to even exceed the mark. Because of the continued scarcity of natural rubber, substantial proportions of both tires and tubes will be made of synthetics. Since 90 per cent of all tires pro duced go to the market and only 10 per cent are retained for new auto mobiles, not many more additional cords have been made available dur ing the closedown of auto plants by the General Motors strike, trade circles pointed out. NATIONAL GUARD: Postivar Increase In accordance with plans to keep America strong in the postwar world, the national guard will be increased to 622,500 officers and men, more than double the total of 300.034 in the prewar period. Of the 622,500 men and officers. 571,000 will be included in the ground forces, 47,600 in the air wings and 4,000 in miscellaneous services. This compares with the prewar establishment of 295,000 on the ground and 5,000 in the air. Twenty-two infantry divisions will constitute the bulk of the ground forces, with two armored divisions and 18 regimental combat teams making up the remainder. The 12 air wings will be composed of 27 groups, 84 squadrons and 12 con trol and warning units. With 47,777 men and officers, New York’s national guard will be the largest in the country, followed by Pennsylvania with 39,580; Califor nia, 39,568, and Illinois, 32,908. ’lague Peace Makers ems facing the Big Five committee ! treaty are the rival claims of Italy ceded to the former after the first partly because of her investment in the Adige river, a turbulent stream on has persisted even though Austria e plants and co-opcrate in further ef interests in the region lies in its uding potatoes, cabbage, apples and CAPITOL ffllL: - ' Dems Row With Harold L. Ickes having quit the department of the interior after Harold lekes President Truman had questioned the accuracy of his tes timony before a senatorial commit tee probing Edwin W. Pauley’s nomi nation as undersec retary of navy, po litical sages pon dered what effect the self-styled “Old curmudgeon s action would have on Democratic chances in the 1946 congressional and 1948 presidential elections. In resigning from the cabinet aft er 13 years of service as one of the liberal New Deal stalwarts, ‘‘Hon est Harold,” as Ickes is sometimes known, warned Mr. Truman that po litical pressure for retention of state control over underwater oil re serves could result in a scandal similar to Teapot Dome. He also said that pressure to assess admin istrative personnel for campaign purposes might create a major scandal. Although it was long "rumored that Ickes might leave the President’s cabinet, his dramatic departure grew out of his charges that Pauley had suggested to him that $300,000 could be raised for the 1944 presi dential race if the government dropped a suit the interior secre tary instituted to place underwater oil reserves under federal rather than state control. When Pauley denied the allegation and Mr. Truman dclared that Ickes’ testi mony might be inaccurate, the ‘‘Old Curmudgeon" stated that the Pres ident’s lack of confidence in him left him no alternative but to submit his resignation. Ill feelings between Ickes and Mr. Truman were further pointed up by the President's order making the resignation immediately effective rather than on March 31 as the in terior secretary had requested so that he might push through the Anglo-American oil treaty “which (he) had nurtured and raised by bottle from the beginning." While the liberal Ickes. long a prominent figure in reform poli tics, said he would not oppose the President’s re-election in 1948, he qualified his statement by pointing out that he had cast his ballot as a delegate to the 1944 convention for Henry A. Wallace for vice presi dent. GRAIN MOVEMENTS: Co-Op Proposals Holding an emergency meeting in Chicago, 111., the National Federa tion of Grain Co-operatives urged President Truman to speed up movement of box cars and clarify the price and tax situation to spur lagging shipment of grain to mar ket. Representing member groups, which handle approximately 400 mil lion bushels of grain annually, the federation said that the acute short age of box cars has been further aggravated by delays in movement. Runs that normally required four or five days from the northwest to Minneapolis-St. Paul, now take 30 days or more, officials said. As long as uncertainty exists over extension of federal price controls, the federation declared, farmers will keep substantial quantities of grain off the market in the hope of higher returns. Further, farmers may be adverse to selling both their car ryover and the ripened 1946 crop in the same year unless tax laws are revised or loans of actual grain to the government are arranged and operators are permitted to elect the time for collection. AIR PACT: U. SBritain Agree Resolving differences over the question of regulating international air travel, the U. S. and Britain reached agreement after month long discussions in Hamilton, Ber muda, on a postwar pattern inclin ing toward the American concept of freest possible flight. At the same time, the U. S. agreed to open American military bases on leased British islands in the Atlantic to commercial planes. Ob tained by the U. S. for 99 years in the famous over-age destroyer deal of 1940, the islands stretch from Newfoundland to British Guiana in the Caribbean. Under the U. S. - British pact, planes will be permitted to pick up passengers in either country; equi table rates will be determined; routes will be marked out for travel by American and British craft over the two countries; consultations will be held for resolving civil air problems; the provisional interna tional aviation organization will be asked to settle disputes upon which the U. S. and Britain cannot reach agreement, and no limitation will be placed upon the number of flights air lines may make. REA: . Complete rural electrification is nearer a reality in the northeastern states than any other section of the country, the Rural Electrification administration has reported. Sev enty-seven per cent of the farms in the area already are receiving cen tral station electric service. 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