I
_ WOWJUOMO
Entered as second Class Matter March 15th, 1927, at the Post
Office of Omaha, Nebraska, under the Ast of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
C. C. Galloway — — — President
Mrs. Flurna Cooper — — — '' ice*l’resident
C. C. Galloway _ — — — Acting Editor
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GETTHE FACTS STRAIGHT : "
There 1- a g >d deal of misunderstanding concerning the
maet situation. ,
\- rver \ one knows, meat prices have risen, lint so nas
the price of' practically everything else. The price of some
■ther food- including such staples as cheese, rice, buttei.
and salmon—have advanced more than meat from the prewar
(1939-41) level. ....
W.l odv ‘ fixes” the price of meat. The price is largely
determined'hv w hat the consumers of the country are willing
to pay for the supplv which is available at any given time.
\hout 2 million more people are working now than had jobs
last winter Third-round wage increases have given consumer
purchasing power another boost. Thus, the demand for meat
• is stronger than ever.
On top of that, less meat has been available lately than
came on the market last winter. That is the result of a normal
seasonal factor, plus the fact that the corn crop was relatively
poor last year and great quantities of feed grains were sent
abroad in 194ri.
As for the future, no one knows. It is predicted that we
will have a bumper corn crop this year, which will be a spur
to meat production if it occurs. And more adequate production
i- the answer. The total number of livestock on farms per
100 people in this country is near the all-time low'. That is
why loo-e talk about rationing and price controls, which al
way - discourages producers, may actually force meat and other
prices to go higher than would otherwise be the case.
Maintenance of the free market, with its incentives to pro
ducers, is the only way to guarantee an adequate meat supply
at the low est price possible in today’s inflated economy.
NO LACK OF COAL
The idea that coal should be allocated by governmnt order
i> certainly not supported by any available facts.
La-4 July 1. our coal stocks totaled 58 million tons—the
highest figure -ince April 1. 1946, and some 8 million tons
greater than on the same date in 1947. This is the result of
high and sustained production. Accoring to one of the top
authorities in the field, "There is plenty of coal to take care
of all the requirements of this country, plus export demands.’*"
It i- recommended that consumers lay in as much coal as
possible between now and next winter when the heaviest strain
on delivery will be made. That is simply a sound business
practice, that, industrial and domestic consumers have been
following for years. Regardless of the size of our stocks, dif
ficulty- would occur if everyone demanded coal at once.
The record of the coal industry has been exceptional—and
it has been achieved in the face of strikes and other labor dis
turbance- which have madeheavy inroads into production.
The last shutdown, for instance, though of only five-weeks
duration, cost the country 40 million tons of coal—and cost
the miners $100 million in wages. Yet, the issue which caused
the shutdown could have been settled without stopping pro
duction if the union had so desired.
\Ve have the most efficient coal mines in the world—and
we have the higest paid miners by an enormous margin. They
can get out the coal to meet the demand without governmental
interference.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PROGRESS
The continuous furor over government electric power
development obscures the fact that most of the nation's needs
f >r electricitj are being met bv private enterprise—and that
private dollars, not our tax dollars, are doing the job.
California is an excellent example. There America’s big
ge-t power-building program is going ahead at a cost of more
than $10 million a month. The total expenditure of taxable
dollar' of private citizens will be over $400 million, and when
the job is done the largest private utility in the state will have
a generating capacity eight times greater than Shasta Dam—
and three times greater than Hoover Dam.
This is typical of what is going on throughout the nation
except in regions where the threat of socialized government
competition or confiscation makes it impossible for free en
terprise to shoulder the load. In the Pacific Northwest, for
instance, normal private power development has heen blocked,
for the simple reason that investors fear government compet
ition, with its phoney bookkeeping methods, its tax subsidies,
tax-exemptions, freedom from- laws regulating private enter
pri'e. and other artificial advantages which are paid for by
all the people.
Tho>e who live in the regions where the government has
gone in for big->cale power development now find themselves
dependent on the politicians in Washington for an essential
service. Those who live in other regions, by contrast, are
reaping benefits from electric expansion which isn’t paid for
out of public treasuries—and which isn’t run by bureaucrats.
That is real progress, not retrogression toward the socialized
state.
Almost any efficiency "expert can speed up another man’s
business.
Build Own Highways
Every citizen of Guatemala is re
quired to contribute the equivalent
of two weeks' work, either in money
or in labor, toward upkeep of the
country's road system. Guatemala,
which t grows a large part of the
world's supply of bananas and there
fore needs good roads, was among
the Srst of the Central American^ re
publics to have a highway from
border to* border.
Everglade Wild Game
Wild game in the Everglades were
forced to forsake their homes for
high grounds as virtually Incessant
downpours Inundated the whole vast
area, reports Florida Wildlife.
Coons, opossums, deer, wildcats
and other animals fled before the
rising flood-waters. In some sections
young quail and turkeys were
trapped by the water. Snakes also
moved out of the flood areas.
NEW YORK VIGNETTE
PA88INQ PARADE: The facts
that the receipts of New York City
hotels are esti
mated to be over
$1,500,000 dally
and that tbe city
malls 70,000,000
letters every 24
hours, would
suggest that It is
hardly an iso
lated commun
ity. Yet some
times to an out
of-towner who
has come to visit or to stay, it floes
seem rather lonesome—until he
finds that remarkable newsstand
at the north end of the old Times
Building on Times Square. We
stopped at this dispensary of papers
from other cities the other noon as
we have many times in the past
and watched a never-ending line of
people awaiting turns to ask for
the St. Petersburg Times or the
Harrisburg News or the South Bend
Tribune or the New Brunswick
Home News or any one of the
almost 350 dailies they keep on tap.
WHADD’YE READ? Maybe they
read a small item in a New York
paper which they know would re
ceive much more attention in their
home press, maybe they saw news
from back there in the lighted bul
letins constantly moving about the
girth of the Times Building, or per
haps heard one of those “Newsreel”
programs designed by Mutual's
A. A. Schechter to bring listeners
“news from where it happens as it
happens,” with a portion originat
ing at the scene of a news or fea
ture event near where they live.
. . if Jiti Stoner
There are many reasons why these
thousands of men and women come
weekly to the newsstand there. All
this necessitates trucks rolling to
railroad tsrminals at least once an
hour from 6:30 a.m. to midnight in
order to get the latest paper deliv
eries from points all over the U. 8.
The man In charge of this Invalu
able service tells us that out-of
town visitors are the biggest buyers,
the proportion being largCT the
nearer they live to N. Y. C. How
ever, he observes that there is a
sharp rise in papers purchased from
such vacation states as Florida,
California and Arizona during the
heights of the vacation seasons in
those areas.
FURTHER AFIELD: The same
company maintains in a neatly and
efficiently kept shop, within the
building itself, a constant supply of
newspapers from Mexico. Central
and South America, Asia, Australia,
New Zealand, Africa, England, Ire
land and those portions of conti
nental Europe in which they are at
present available. It was interest
ing to note that in this city which
has a large proportion of persons
of Irish descent, there were no less
than 16 different papers from the
ould country. And if you want read
ing material a bit more up to date
from over there, both the London
Times and London Telegraph give
two-day service by flying over edi
tions printed on almost tissue-like
airmail paper. Anyhow, whether
you come from Lima, Ohio, or Lima,
Peru, or Athens, Greece, or Athens,
Georgia, you’ll very likely feel a
glow of warmth at finding your
home town paper right in Times
Square_Many do."
TELEPHONE CO. NEWS
All telephone users on Om
aha’s South Side and in Ral
ston will have dial service by
the latter part of next year, ac
cording to announcement today
by C. D. Gietzen, distsrict
manager for the Northwestern
Bell Telephone Company. L'e
finite information has been re
ceived that the central office
equipment required will be
available late this year, he ex
plaind, and a schedule has been
set up for changing the MArk
et telephone office and Ralston
to dial service in the latter part
ot July, 1949.
New dial central office
equipment for customers ser
ved from the MArket and Ral
ston offices will be installed in
th enw telephone building at
23rd and O streets where the
South Side telephone business
office is now located. The
equipment will be of the cross
bar type, the same as is now
being installed in that building
for the ORchard office and that
which has been in service in
the PLeasant office on North
30th street since last Novmber.
The ORchard office will 'be
placed in service early in Sep
tember of this year. It will
serve about 2.800 telephone
customers in an area east of
the Union Pacific tracks and
south from Deer ark boulevard
te K street and Missouri Ave
nue, extending to Q street
east of the Burlington tracks.
“The change of the MArket
and Ralston offices to dial ser
vice next summer will reduce
requirements for local tele
phone operators but along with
the increase in number of tele
phones and telephone calls,
more operators will be needed
for long distance and at spec
ial switchboards,” Mr. Gietzen
said. “Over 78 per cent of all
Omaha telephones now' are
dial and the total number of
operators is greater than ever
before. Whu the MArket and
Ralston officers are cut over
to dial service, regular employ,
ed operators at the offices will
be given other assignments.
It's time he got
started for the
(wait and see)
SEPT. M-19
AK-SAR-BEN
COLISEl/ta
“In addition to the install
ation of the new dial central
office equipment, the MArket
Ralston dial conversion pro
gram involves placing dials on
more than 8,000 manual tele
phones and recentering the
cable plant for the new office
location along with telephone
conduit extensions and cable
replacements and additions.
“Outside plant work includ
es placing 9,075 feet of conduit
and 56,700 feet of cable run
ning up to the 2121-pair size.
The conduit and a large part
of the cable w ill be in the West
Q street area and when it is
placed in service facilities will
be available for more than 200
families in that part of the |
city who have been waiting for
service due to the fact that]
there is not enough cable to
serve them. Some of the cable !
will be placed in service be-1
for MArket cutover and the'
remainder shortly thereafter.” !
Cost of this dial conversion |
prograam including the new |
South Side telephone building |
and th new ORchard office |
will be more than $2,650,000, |
I Mr. Gietzen said.
Since September, 1945, the i
number of telephones in Om-'
aha has increased by more than I
21.000 and is now more than |
103,000. ,
Popping the Question
Most young men present their dia
mond engagement rings just before
escorting a girl to a social affair,
a recent survey shows.
TRAFFIC OFFENSES
The commonness of traffic
offenses, which have contri
buted to 106 traffic fatalities
and three thousand injuries for
the first six months of 1948, is
shown in the Nebraska Safety
Patrol semi-annual report of
Cept. C. J. Sanders.
Because their violations
were of such a nature to en
danger lives, 5,484 drivers were
arrested and issued fines total
ing $61,026.14, which was ac
crued to the common school
fund of Nebraska. Excessive
speed, one of the chief causes
of traffic accidents, led the
number of arrests with 1,479.
Going through “stop” signs
brought arrests to 564, reck
less driving to 357, driving
while drunk to 343, driving
without an operator's license
to 628.
Three thousand, nine hund
red ninety-three other motor
ists were given written warn
ings for minor infractions
which help contribute to acci
dents. fifteen thousand, five
hundred seventy-seven motor
ists were given violation or
“must repair” tags because
their cars were being operated
on the highways with faulty
equipment. Improper or inad
equate lights resulted in the
greatest number of cards be
ing issued.
Through the Patrolw’s ac
tivities, Nebraska and out-of
state drivers paid $42,607.44 in
fees for increasing hauling cap
acity license plates on their
trucks and trailers.
In addition to the $103,633.58
brought into state funds thru
fees and fines, the Patrol re
covered 59 stolen cars for an
estimated savings to Nebras
kans of $70,800.
The Patrol investigated and
reported 1,195 accidents. Mot
orists in distress received the
attention of the Patrolmen with
. 7,773 being given various form
' of aid. Three thousand, three
hundred six dangerous obstru
ctions were removed from the
highways.
To complete the semi-annual
report, 650 safety programs
were given by the Patrol.
I BROTHERLY BEHAVIOR
“There are two sides to ev
| ery story.” That phrase is
good to remember for it invites
[ understanding and apprecia
tion, justice and fairness.
One side: boys hiding be
hind trees, peering around
porches, crawling under led
ges and terraces. Then a sud
denly-pointed pistol (of wood,
cheap metal, plastic) and an
exultant cry of “I got cha”!
Play Pistols
Probably that is one of the
favorite pastimes in your
neighborhood, also. I’ve seen
tots of five years, and even of
three toting guns and play
pistols, often with a holster.
They wtave the weapons men
acingly at passers-by and
“shoot ’em up” as realistical
ly as is possible; reenacting
scenes from fovies and comic
m
'Down to £ar$’
Comfort
In a restful tip-back Coach seat ... a
comfortable Pullman berth ... or con
venient room accommodation . . . you’li
be happily relaxed as you roll swiftly to
your destination over Union Pacific’s
smooth steel highway.
And, to top it off, there are tasty
dining car meals that quicken the
appetite ... congenial moments in an
attractive Club Car. AH these advantages
— plus complete air conditioning — are
yours when you go via Union Pacific.
City Ticket Offices
Cor. 13th (*■ Dodge Sts., or /6/* Farnam St.
or see any local trarel agent
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
books.
Another side: graduation
comes, un-announced by the
boyss and unexpected by the
entire community. Sudden
transition to the real McCoy:
live firearms, deadly weapons,
potential and actual killers (ir
respective of whether murder
charges can be filed.)
Two boys (8 and 10 years
old) steal rifles and ten thous
ands rounds of ammunition
and terrorize Fosston, Minn.,
all one night. A sheriffs posse
believed they battled adult
gang. A 14-year old boy recent,
ly “got 20 years.” We wish
these were isolated cases.
Posing Problems
An 11-year old boy oiit in
Martinze, Cal., shot and killed
a lady 42 years, owner of a
grocery store, with a 22-calibre
rifle. The purose was to get
moneyp with which to go to
camp, along with other boys.
In real hold-up fashion, the ur
chin put on a red shirt, blue
jeans and a handkerchief over
his face.
When the boy said, “Stick
’em up! This is a hold up’’! the
lady replied “You can’t fool
me. I know who you are.” She
didn’t know who he was at
that moment, a very danger
ous child. And she was fooled,
for he killed her.
Policemen heard the boy tes
tify “She was a nice lady. She
used to give me comic books
and soda pop.”
Because of his age, the max
imum penalty under the law
is life imprisonment. For a
boy of 11 years! Thus a wast
ed life, society’s loss, heart
broken family, countiess thou
sands of dollars loss to the
taxpayers.
If you were the judge what
kind of a verdict would you
render? If a government offic
ial, would you vote against the
sale and use of such a play
thing? If a manufacturer,
would you stop making such
things? If a parent, would you
provide other toys?
“There are two sides to ev
ery story.” . M
Mid-Day Fishing Spots .
Mid-day fishing will produce ths
>e»t results if the angler will de
mote his attention where the water
is cooler and contains more oxygen,
attracting fish to strong currents
and riffles or deep, spring-fed pools.
Res AT 4360 Ray Byron
BYRON
Refrigeration Service
REFRIGERATORS
Bought and Repaired
Bus At 8632-2918 Burdet
kg METZ please /1
E. B. TURNER*
has changed to
METZ because
"METZ has
grand flavor"
•lt71 S Sc, Lmeoln. tUbr.
METZ BREWING CO., OMAHA
WAYNK FEATURES
Include all proven advantages plug
Rifted Wring Head. Adestable Dif
fuser aed special feel unit for
dependable, uninterrupted service.
RECORD FUEL ECONOMY
This compact ail ”ml»er" squeezes
every bit of available beat from
lower priced fuel oils to make year
enjoyment of Winter living seam
tart doubly attractive, ©et do
tailed literature at oar store.
A 275 Gallon Tank-3 Controls
$350.00 Completely Installed
LIBERTY
Gas & Oil Co.
313-17 North 13th Street
•Bus. Phone—AT-9900
Res. Phone—GL-0672
They say it wont go up? By mackenzib'|
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^6MAV/)S
WDL TO HELP SHARE
CROPPER CASH U. S.
CHECK
Little Rock, Ark.,—C. T. No
oner, Negro sharecropper, is
unable to cash a $204.29 U. S.
treasury check because his for
men landlord refuses to co-sign
it as required. The check is an
indemnity payment fd*r cotton
losses made by the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation of
the Department of Agricult
ure.
In addition to refusing to c -
sign the check, the landlord has
evicted Nooner, seizing all his
livestock and six bials of cot
ton which are worth more than
the $600 which the landlord
claims Nooner owes him. The
WDL plans to help Nooner col
lect this difference and also to
help him cash the U. S. check.
CROSSTOWN CLEANERS
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5 WHY NOT
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eats; such as Beef Stew, Chili,
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, etc.
HURRY BACK CAFE
“Are Foods Are Real Good”
2229 Lake Street JA. 9195
Mrs. Ella Mae Tucker, Supervisor
J. Mason and E. Washington, Props.
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formerly at—
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NEW LOCATION
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