Evening star., 1944-08-02

4 Negro family in its hoqRe sand
later escorted to safety BY police
Mr.. Higgins shirt was torn from
his back. e@S y,s
Police said the whites Y1attaeked
were "passersby" In the ateA. except
for John Rappaport, 81 taxi
driver. who they said was Attacted
as he discharged fare. 81 ~ NJ 4. /.
Many stores In the section ate
owned by whites.
The Philadelphia Transportatfon
Co, operator Of the city's entire
network Of trolley car, bus and sub
way lines. said its 5000 operators
had walked out, without union aA-
thorization, in resentment ut the
hiring Of eight colored trolley car
operators.
Fist lights, the hurlings Of milk
bottles at passing automobiles and
the smashing of house and store
windows sent police cars hurrying
from one section of the city to an
other in attempts to restore order.
Man Draggsd Frsm Gar. I.
John Young. 80, was draaeed from
his automobile and beaten uncon-
scious with 4 brick in = heavily
populated colored district In the
Ridge avenue area. police said
Mr.. Young, the police report add
ed, had stopped his automobile after
Negroes showered it with coal.
The police said q white woman
was slugged by Negro in the same
district. ,s
Thousands Of eolored men, women
and children crowded the street.
Liquer Sales Halted. ~. :.
Liquor sales were halted rs 4 pre-
cautionary move pending settlement
OF the dispute. > -
The Navy estimated that ab-
senteei1n caused by hack of trans
portation reduced Its production in
this area by 70 par. cent, while the
Army reported that its productive
output had fallen 50 per cent.
Thousands of employees OF the
Philadelphia Navy Yard were un-
able to report for work.
The Army sent 50 trucks here
from Fort Dix, N. j.. to help provide
transportation for It's war workers
today, but there was no immediate
move by the Army to take over the
public vehicles. -.
Army and Navy officers. and ex-
ecutives of the CIO Transport
Workers Union. representing the
company's workers, appealed unsuc-
eessfullly to the men to return to
their jobs. =.
Speedy Sslation Seems Unlikely.
No immediate solution to the tie
up appeared in sight.
Mayor Samuel said shortly before
midnight last night that nothing
effective can be done locally"
He issued his statement after
conferring with representatives of
the CIO, the war Labor Board. the
Fair Employment Practices Com
mittee and the War Manpower
c Commission.
VAtu 'CVCly AOilGy CAI, uuS HAlu
subway wheel idle, the only means
of transportation in the Nations S
third largest city were taxicabs,
private automobiles and walking :;
Cabs did = tremendous business,
requiring passengers going in the
same direction to double up"
Owners Of private automobiles
filled their vehicles to capacity with
friends and strangers alike. Local
ration boards authorized emergency
gasoline rations for automobile
owners who helped carry defense
workers to their jobs. .-..'.
The management of the PhiiAdel-
phia Athletics baseball team post
poned the double-header with. the
Chicago White Sox, scheduled for
today. because Of the situation:
Most of the disturbances (which
began before midnight were re-
ported in the Ridge avenue and
southeast sections Of Philadelphia.
A colored lodge carnival was