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1* A WttKLY WiUWSrArtJK | ✓ Published Every Thursday, Dated Friday --- Branch office for local news only, 2420 Grant St., Omaha, Nebr. Altered as Second Class Matter Masch 15, 1©27 at the Post Office «4 Omaha, Nebraska Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. G C. GALLOWAY-Publisher and Managing Editot (MEMBER) CALVIN NEWS SERVICE GLOBAL NEWS SERVICE ¥ ATLAS NEWS SERVICE STANDARD NEWS SERVICE This paper reserwes the right to publish all matter credited As these news services. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Qmm Month -----$ .50 Three Months _1.06 «tx Months -2.06 OUT OF TOWN SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year -4.0o Oae Month_ .50 "Shree Months __ iSfx Months _______________ __ 2.60 On* Year -4.5P _ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON REQUEST Editorials How Much For Postal Workers? When Congress passed the postal pay bill the President faced two choices: to accept a measure which both houses had passed over whelmingly or to risk a sharp defeat on his first veto since the Demo crats took over control of Congress. He has chosen to take the risk. Several things can be said for the bill Congress approved. It represents a compromise below the still higher figure the Senate had voted and but 1.2 above the percentage the President has said he would approve. It calls for a selective as well as a blanket raise. iAaui the postal workers have had a long enough history of under payment that balking at -a small difference could be attacked as nig gardly. In his veto message, on the other hand, Mr. Eisenhower places •emphasis on the fairness of the selective schedule provided by the ad ministration’s bill. And he must have in mind that other bills for in creasing the pay of an even larger number of federal employees are in the offing. His position on these will be conditioned by what he does on this. It is not as though the choice lay between the 8.8 boost set by this bill and no pay increase at all. The President has indicated plainly he would accept the 7.6 average increase embodied in the draft adopted by the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee. So the postal workers will be by no means forgotten, if, as Washington reports indicate, the veto is upheld. Not Quite Automatic Ask any thousand Americans who elects the President of the TJnited States and at least 999 of them will answer, “The people.” Usually, in a practical sense, that is true. But the machinery of the Electoral College does not always work quite that way. In the first nine elections there are no reliable tabulations of the popular vote for electors, since tneu, tne united states nas held 33 presidential elections. In 30, the nominee with the highest popu lar vote received also a majority of the electoral vote and was de clared elected. In three cases, however, another candidate became President. The first was in 1824, when Andrew Jackson received a popular plur ality but in the absence of an electoral majority the House of Repre sentatives chose John Quincy Adams. In 1876 Samuel T. Tilden received an undisputed majority of popular votes, yet Rutherford B. Hayes was seated by a special com mission which canvassed 22 contested electoral votes. Twelve years later the distribution of electoral votes elected Benjamin Harrison al though Grover Cleveland had received nearly 100,000 more ballots at the polls. The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported a resolution design fad to correct these aberrations of the electoral process. The spon sors are Senators Kefauver of Tennessee and Daniel of Texas. A similar measure was introduced in earlier Congresses by former Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, now chief United States delegate to the United Nations. It proposes a constitutional amendment under which the elec toral vote of each state would be divided in the mathematical ratio of the popular vote in that state. This would do away with the “unit rule” under which states now are voted as blocs. The amendment should be adopted. The existing machinery is supposed to be automatic; but it is not. How many merchants of today would buy a cash register that came up with the right total only ten times out of eleven? Make It Simpler! Now that the House and Senate have approximately agreed on details in the final enactment of the Trade Agreements Act, the next measure of President Eisenhower’s foreign trade program is the Customs Simplification Bill, which has been before Congress for a number of sessions. The purpose of this bill is to reduce red tape and clarify customs procedures. Some businessmen consider it even more important to world trade than the extension of power to make reciprocal tariffs. It undertakes to improve and simplify the methods of valuation for assessing customs duties and to make currency conversion easier. Disputes over valuation or over marking requirements can cause im porters great uncertainity, expensive delays, and sometimes heavy losses. United States customs law, essentially the Hawley-Smoot Act of 1330, provides some 8,000 rates of duty, applying to about 25,000 kinds *af normal imports. Still there are many newly developed products, smell as synthetic fibers, plastics, and electronic equipment, which are not defined or classified. As a result, nylon yarn, for example, takes the duty rate for wool if it is crimped or curled, the duty rate for silk if it is smooth. Customs simplification is long overdue. Congress should do something about it this session. IN CONSTANT USE BY SPORTS ANNOUNCERS, WRITERS, CLUB OFFICIALS AND FANS This book is authorized by Ford Frick, Commissioner of Baseball, and the presidents of the two major leagues. No baseball book offers such complete up-to-date infor mation on averages, highlights of previous season, pic tures of teams, etc. It covers everything, including out standing records, etc., etc. There are also schedules of the American and National Leagues, as well as playing dates of outstanding minor leagues. I-' | THE SPORTING NEWS, National Baseball Weekly I | 2018 Washington Avenue, St. Louis 3, Missouri "eludes complete Offidll i Please send Ocic!al Baseball Guide, postage paid, at | SasetaH Rales with inter- J low price of SI.00. Check or money order enclosed. . ■pretatiOK • ■ i reiiseP | [ gcoTini rales- ^ | NAME___ I j ADDRESSS | ! city-one sta^e J i-■ j V -’ News From Around Nebraska Rain which fell over most of the western half of the state last week was the big headline for the state’s newspapers. Taking second place was the graduation of seniors and eighth graders. Aside from that, there was little activity which got into headlines. The Atkinson Graphic headlined their front page: “Big Rain is Week’s Biggest News.” The Arapahoe Public Mirror used a big two column headline which read “At Long Last, Rain!” The Ord Quiz used a 3-Column headline which read “3.14 inch Rain Smashes Grip of Farm Area Drouth.” The Quiz pictured two Ord men standing jubilantly in the rain getting a good soaking. The Curtis Enterprise, ‘way out in the west end of Ihe state, carried a 3-column headline which read “Rain Breaks Long Dry Spell." 1.12 inches fell at Curtis. Some newspapers even ran advertisements which were called “Rain Specials” which offered merchandise at bargain prices. Everyone was in accord that the rain would halt the untimely sell ing of beef cattle because of lack of feed. Blair and Washington County were not so fortunate and did not even share in any light sprinkles. * * * Youthful marble experts will compete at Crete June 4th to determine the champion who is entitled to go to the state meet in Grand Island on June 4th. The VFW is sponsoring the event at Crete. The boys will compete under standard marble playing rules which have been set up to govern the state contest, accord ing to the Crete News. * • • The West Point utilities department is undergoing some stren uous times, the Republican revealed last week. That community’s largest electric unit is out of commission as the result of a plugged oil line which caused it to overheat and burn out some bearings. The engine grew so hot that it exploded, doing damage which will run nearly $25,000. The crankshaft and other parts of the engine have to be sent to the factory for repairs. Meanwhile, a temporary line built to a nearby REA line, is keeping the city supplied with needed current Repairs will not be completed before July, it is believed. * * * Fairbury has OK’d the establishment of a roller skating rink in the city park, the Fairbury Journal has reported. A portable type rink is being installed. • • • At Central City the golfers held a family picnic and sort of open house at their links and 150 persons attended. The golfers played a two-ball game and the ladies played bridge at the club house. A big family picnic closed the day, the Nonpareil reported. * * » The Minden Courier issued a special edition honoring the grad uates last week. They devoted three full pages to the accomplish ments of the Seniors. The pages were sponsored by the businesses of the community. * * * The American Legion at Franklin, Nebraska, will hold a street dance June 1st. Proceeds from the affair will go into a fund in tended to outfit the Legion’s drum and bugle corps which is to be organized soon. The dance is the first in a series of fund-rais ing events, the Franklin Sentinel stated. * * * The FFA boys at Lyons, Nebraska have completed the building of a number of tables and benches to be used in the Lyons park The business men have paid for the materials and the FFA boys have done the work. Last week’s Lyons Mirror-Sun showed some boys putting the finishing touches on some of their handiwork. * * * Illustrated Advertising. A Blair restaurant this week is dis playing a shelf full of toy dogs, horses, cattle etc. which tourists like to take home. Pinned to the shelf directly under one of the big fuzzy dogs, looking very much like a price tag for the dog is a sign which reads: “Veal Sandwich, 35c” At first glance, what would YOU think? * • • The Schuyler Sun and the Colfax County Call, both printed at Schuyler, have consolidated and that community will henceforth have but one newspaper. The consolidation is the tinrd in tiiiii area in the past eighteen months. Six weeks ago the two Seward papers consolidated and eighteen months ago the David City papers were joined. The first joint issue of the two Schuyer papers will appear this week, accord ing to an announcement in the Sun last week. * * * The Burt County Board has passed a resolution which prohibits the sale of beer at any place in the county on Sunday. The board has jurisdiction on all places outside the corporate limits of the , towns of the county, according to the Oakland Independent. Dr. Jernagin Ready For Atlantic City S.S. Session Atlantic City — The National Sunday School and Baptist Train ing Union Congress is scheduled to meet this year in Atlantic City, NT. J. Expected to again play an important part in the workings of the session is Dr. W. H. Jemagin, head of the organization. (ANP) Mrs. Nancy Martin Mrs. Nancy Martin, 67 years, 2720 Maple Stdeet, passed away May 16th at a local hospital. Mrs. Martin had been a resident of Omaha forty years and was a faithful member of the Church of God In Christ, 26th and Er skine Streets. She was a Mis sionary Evangelist and State Mother Supervisor. She is sur vived by a daughter, Mrs. Viola Lee, sister, Mrs. Martha L. McClelland, of Omaha, seven grand, two great grand children, niece, four nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday mcrning from the Church of God In Christ, 26th and E rksine Streets, with the Rev. A. A. Moore, officiating assisted by Rev. Malcomb Chambers, Rev. D.j L. Cork, Rev. M. J. Allen. Pall bears, Mr. Simon McGill, Leonard Phillips, Rev. D. L. Cork, Rev. E. H. Halcomb. Howard McKimsey, D. L. Bradford. Burial was in the family plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. Melva Staurt Buried Melva Stuart Mrs. Melva McCaw Staurt, 471 years, the widow of the late Joseph Staurt, High ranking of this area, expired unexpectedly Tuesday morning May 17th in New York City while enroute to a hospital. Mrs. Staurt was a graduate of Omaha Central High School and left Omaha in 1937 and moved to New York where she had taken an active part in iditics and civic affairs. In Beauty Palace Opens In N.Y»; New York — When New York’s newest show place, the $250,000 Rose Morgan House of Beauty, was opened recently, more than 18,000 sophisticated New Yorkers turned out for the occasion. Con sidered one of the most com pletely furnished salons in the country, it is operated by Mrs. Rose Morgan, internationally known cosmetologist. Its doors are open to women of all races and nationalities. Above is a view of the showplace. Health Director Is Honored ■firUri ' i -- ;• j»w.A.. i Dr. L. H. B. Foote, director of health at the Florida A and M University Hospital and Health Center, was awarded a bronze medallion by the Florida Tuber culosis Health Asosciation last Friday evening because of work in the crusade against tuberculo sis. The presentation was made during the final session of the annual two-day meeting of the association in Miami. He has been chairman of the state wide Negro committee for the past 20 years. —A and M staff photo by H. Jones, Jr. recent years she had been making her .home in the Virgin Islands and had come to New York for a medical check up. Mrs. Stuart is survived by four sisters, Miss Berniece McCaw, Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Edith Johnson, Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Lucille Gatewood, Los Angeles California, Mrs. Gert rude Williams, New York City, three brothers, Mr. Albert Perly McCaw, Los Angeles, California Mr. Herbert McCaw, N.Y. City, Mr. Arthur B. McCaw, Omaha, nieces nephews and other rel atives. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning May 24th from St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church with Father, S. N. Jac obs officiating assisted by Father S. G. Sanchez. Honorary bearers were members of the Kappa Psi Fraternity, active bear ers, Mr. Burns Scott, Thomas Chanleder, Dr. W. W. Soloman, Att’y. Ralph Adams, James Jewell, Charles Dickerson. In ternment was in the family plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery, with arrangements by Thomas Mor tuary. state Fair Adds Ha If Day This Year Nebraska’s ’55 State Fair at Lin coln will open a half day earlier than usual, starting on Saturday noon, September 3, and continu ing through Friday, September 9, it was announced today. “The Fait, like all Nebraska, is growing and expanding,” said Ed Baumann of West Point, presi dent of the Fain Board, and Ed Schultz of Lincoln, Secretaiy. “Therefore, in keeping with this growth, we have moved the Of ficial Fair opening from its usual Sunday morning schedule to Sat urday noon. This will enable more people to see Nebraska’s greatest exposition, and it will help us to give them a bigger and better show.” All exhibits and displays will be in place by Saturday noon, and a complete schedule of enter tainment events has been planned for that afternoon and evening. Meanwhile, Schultz announced that the top entertainment fea ture of the 1955 Fair will be “Holiday on Ice”, the first major ice show to appear as a grand stand attraction at a major fair. Featuring a cast of 125 perform ing on a 70 x 110 foot rink, the ice show will be staged each night of the Fair in front of the grandstand. Another new and unique en tertainment feature will be ost rich races and a wild animal show. Other features which have estab lished a record of popularity will be repeated. They include big car races; motorcycle races; a 200 lap stock car race; auto thrill shows; fireworks, specialty acts; Dancing Waters; and the William T. Collins Shows on the Midway. Most attention, of course, will be centered on the various ex hibits and displays reflecting Nebraska’s agricultural and in dustrial progress. More than 5,000 head of prize livestock will be on the grounds, with the dairy cattle housed in a new $75,000 bam to be completed this summer. Other exhibits of crops domestic arts, school work, and fine arts will round out the panorama of Nebraska at its best. The 4-H club show and the Future Farmer of America show, the only complete state-wide shows of their kind, will as usual draw a lot of attention. Industrial and commercial ex hibits will occupy acres of space, with most of the reservations al ready sold at this early date. “Developments in agriculture ] are coming so fast that only at the State Fair can one get an over-all picture of what is taking place,” said Schultz. “That’s one of the reasons why we expect the i 1955 Fair not only to attract a j record-breaking number of en-1 tries, but to draw a record atten-; dance.” _ Americans Are Saving Their Money Americans are putting away) more savings in U. S. Savings! Bonds this year than in any like period since 1946. Sandy MacDoe says, “Spring is the planting season the world around. 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Over $12 billion are in matured E bonds more than 10 years old, still growing in cash value. Something new has been added to U. S. Government checks. On the back of each appear the words, “Buy and hold U. S. Sav ing Bonds—Safe as America,” with a drawing of the Minute Man of 1775, symbol of the Sav ings Bond program. A 65-year old American today has a life expectancy of 14.1 more years, the Bureau of Census re ports. One out of four Ameri cans own U. S. Savings Bonds, which are particularly handy to have when working days are over. More than 40 per cent of to day’s 47 million American famil ies have savings in United States Savings Bonds. Today’s longer life expectancy calls for more social security in surance, pensions, annuities, and U. S. Savings Bonds. Individual holdings of nearly $50 billion in U. S. Savings Bonds represent 18% of the national debt. The more widely the debt is spread, the better for the whole economy. Trustees of personal trust estat es are now eligible to buy Series E and H bonds for these estates. For more than two years now, Americans have been investing more in Series E and H Savings Bonds than they have withdrawn. In 1953 sales exceeded redemp tions by $221 million; in 1954 by $445 million. During 1955, some $4,340,000 in Series E bonds bought ten years ago are maturing, bringing the total since May 1, 1951 to nearly $20 billion. So far nearly 75% of matured E bonds are be ing retained by their owners to keep growing in value under the 10-year extension option. When you keep a matured Ser ies E Savings Bond, it continues to grow in cash value each six months for up to 10 years after maturity. Aircraft Center Wichita, Kansas, has become a leading center of the aircraft in dustry. State Department The United States Department of State waa originally known as the Department at Foreign Affairs. Level State Illinois Is almost uniformly level, the result of a glacial moraine. 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