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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

In open defiance of the In
terstate Commerce Commits
sion, the transit barons
/. Continued to charge the
illegal fare of IL cents.
2. Stated that they would
fight for a court reversal of
the ICC decision.
Meanwhile, it was reported
from many points throughout
the city, that 81" riders were
paying 10 cents and fatty refuS-
ing to pay more.
n
THE ICC ruling was based on
the disclosure that the transit
company is already making suf-
ficient profit at the ten cent
rate.
While Attorney General George
F. Barrett attempted to carry out
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

Tobin has issued an executive or
DER freezing rents at present fig
ures in his state, the stand of
Governor Green on taking emer-
gency action to hold the line on
rents has remained a mystery.
DEATH of OPA rent controls
found only New York state and
the District of Columbia with leg.
islation substituting local ceilings
for national regulation.
Buyers strikes were given add
ed impetus here as meat spokes
man Ralph Walter, president of
the Chicago Live Stock exchange,
said that it is "our duty to sell
at the highest price possible"
Immediate food price spiral
ings on sugar, meats, butter, ard
other essential commodities be-
gar here soon after the midnight
deadline ending NOPA.
Thomas c. Edge, secretary
treasurer of the Dining Car En-
ployees Union Local 351 (AFL,
stated that his organization was
wholly in support of the idea of
a buyers strike" and said the I'M
ion was doing everything posi-
BILE to support OPA.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
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of buyers strike but added that
no official action had been
taken. She stated that WI consid
cred a renters strike" more i'm
portant and said a meeting was
scheduled with Mayor Edward j..
Kelly and Governor Dwight
Green on the ISSUE of increased
rents.
MOVEMENT for the buyers
protest against price hikes had
got underway last week even be
fore Congress had finished knit
ing OPA
Spokesman for a mass delega-
ton which met in Washington . +,
Stave off defeat of the OPA bili,
Orson Welies read unanimously
adopted consumers pledge which
stated:
IL pledge myself not to buy
any product for myself or for
any member of my family, ex-
cept basic necessities, until
these groups have learned that
public welfare takes precedence
over personal greed -.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
STAGE SCHOOL

Young Chicagoans from all
walks of life will get the chance
this summer to learn the intri-
cacies of stage writing, produc-
ton, and acting techniques when
the cultural training school of
American Youth for Democracy
gets under way on July 10 at
the Roosevelt College School of
Music, 219 S. Wabash Ave.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
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Because of the shortage of
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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

gren, VIGIL labor commentator,
pointed the finger at the real
housing bottlenecks.
"The real advocates of re-
strictiOn," the article says, "are
real estate SPECTATORS, bank
ers, building materials mon
opOlistS, and builders"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

II don't think
it's justifiable
as crowded as
conditions are.
A ride in the
streetcar is not
worth it. We
certainly can't
S e e a n y i'm
provenentS on
the South Side
that w o u ! d
give them any
reason to raise
the fare"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

IF history teaches anything, teaches that any
change advancing strong
of history lead humanity
made the forms of
who aditonay financially fat by maintaining expoia
ton resisted by the fighting revoutonae So 1776;
it is today
Obviously the fence straddIer, middle
OF to the fight of the plain people All they
the and dead weights
struggling for democracy.
However, it's different if honestly satisfied
dions they If either price
wrecked Initiation whether
steady job at your highest skill guaranteeing living annual
whether there's endangerng your life
home then continue fence sraddng I'm talking you
But if Negro Jew Discrimination
salaried worker your
get ahead economically while
around million bucks feel like
War II who getting
harness to keep dividends flowing wealthy Engshmen
to safeguard Standard Oil investments
who justification wanting few atomic
bombs auded than
then hurt yourself by keeping quiet happening
today
You the people who remedy only
wholesale of the intelligent
the cOonists founded nation freedom by
backing the radicals of 1776 who broke Tory
chains.
the time Declaration
dependence to be mpeented at the polls
which will
big money boys and their mouhpieces I'm you?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
T. FARE Toe;
PAY NO MORE!

The 10-cent Il fare 'is in
full force and effect"
So states the Illinois Com
merce Commission, through
Commissioner Frank A. Pes
ka.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
taking
by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
THOSE RADICALS OF '76

BY the calendar, it's long way from July A. 1776 to
July 1916. Spiritually the trek is in backward direction.
Today there not enough determined people to take
strong revolutionary stand against injustice and force into effect
modern Declaration of independence did this nations oefahers
in the 18th Century.
Those who founded the United they
They banded together
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

MNS. CAk<k MITCHELL
WALTER MITCHELL, janitor,
1853 S. Wabash.
tits too much. Living condi-
tons don't justify any increase.
There's. certainly no excuse for
more fare increases"
X
MOLLIE CARR, maid, 7O8 Mar.
quette Rd.
Il hadn't given it a thought.
I don't know if the fare is right
or not, but it doesn't sound
good. I'll have to think some
more about it"
X
ELONER DALE, housewife, 62OI
Langley.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

Vandenbergs Of that period. They wanted no
more of the Tories, of the 1776 equivalent of the
National Association of Manufacturers They
stood ready to burst the economic bonds forged
around them by the rulers of England allied with
wealthy American colonists They fought for
freedom and they won.
Today we honor these men, the revolution
aries of 1776 for laying the foundation of great
nation Yet those who have benefited most by
this breaking of bonds by the development of
America, are the most determined to prevent a
change today in the status quo They are the
spiritual descendants of the Tories of 1776.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

h i.g h enough
n o w. T b e y
made plenty of
money during
the war while
a lot of us
were overseas.
They can carry
on at the same
r a e without
a n y trouble.
I'm pretty sore
about the way
all these COM
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

that the rich
get richer and
the poor get
poorer. A n d
t h i S receipt
business is era
zy; I never got
a penny b a c k
on all the old
receipts they
p a S S e d o u t
when the fare
went up from
We cen t S.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
QUIZ
BOX

Place: 63rd and Cottage Grove.
DAVID MEYER, painter, 6228
Greenwood.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
City buttIes to enforce
10 cent u fare order
By LEONARD LEVIN

While chcosoans victory the order restore
~ the This faced battle
The order stick.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

I'm against
raising the fare
Mayor KNe ] y
and his boys
a r e making
enough money
as it is. Things
are too high al
ready. How can
a mans income
meet t h e S e
higher expens-
es? P u t me
down 100 per-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

They make enough for their in
convenient service"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06
AL LASHES
HOUSING FRAUD

In a hard-hitting article in the
Federation News" the Chicago
AFL exploded one of the favorite
excuses of reactionary politicians
and newspapers for the housing
shortage the so-called restric-
tive practices of the building
trades unions.
In a thorough analysis of the
bottlenecks in housing, Rod Holm
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

CHARLES HORvATH, painter,
9744 Genoa.
'The fare is
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

SAM HARRIS, retired produce
merchant, 6353 Maryland.
stNTo Coo,,,c
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

panies are trying to jack up
their prices"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-06

The sfreefcor lines wont a 10
cent fare. Is This roise iusfi-
fled?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18
WA Helps Save Night Plane
Service For Charlotte And NC.

Charlotte, N. C.-Mutual coop
Grafton of city government, the
U. S. Army and the War Assets
Administration has resulted III
satisfactory action to assure the
maintenance of night operation
IF an airfield which was Threat
aned with loss of part of its plane
schedule. Yet, the service given
by WAA was just that which it
formally tries to give to all COM
RS whenever possible.
According to j. K. Wilson,
Charlotte Regional Director for
The War Assets Administration,
the hitherto undisclosed story,
which concerns Charlotte itself,
vent like this:
Since the City of Charlotte took
)ver Morris Field and renamed it
the Douglas Municipal Airport,
t has been used to advantage by
passenger air lines both day and
night. About a month ago the
Airport ran into lighting difficult
ties, with pilots complaining of in
sufficient illumination and the
airlines threatening to discontinue
night use of the field unless the
situation was remedied. This
would have meant heavy blow
to Charlotte, SO the city did what
[ could to improve the lighting
by the addition Of a few trans
formers.
But the Improvement was not
deemed sufficient and it was de-
velmined that if planes were to
'7aEe continuous NIGHT use Of the
field, some so additional trans
CORNERS were necessary. City
-a1aaGr r. ". F-3ck co1tactlc
an Army officer friend in CLIO,
who advised that TRANSFORMS rs
night be surplus in Cadsdon.
la. City Manager FIach .nan
'ppoiutcd Engineer Harry Sutton
20 take up the matter with Ci>ar-
otte WAA Regional Office. Bas-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

ed on the information furnished
Charlotte WAA contacted Bir-
mingham WAA Regional Office,
which advised that no transform
ers of the 40 watt series type
wanted were available there, that
is, they had not been declared
surplus at that time to WAA.
With this discouraging news,
lettergrams were sent by the
Charlotte Regional Office to all
of the previous uncontacted SIS
regional offices-and to Washing
ton headquarters, War Assets Ad-
ministration. The results wert
not good, so in the meantime con-
tact was maintained with BILL
mingham, which soon advised that
transformers of the desired type
had just been declared surplus to
it there from the Army Air Forces
829th Specialized Depot, Gads-
den, AL. Then the Accounting
Section of the Charlotte WAA had
the Birmingham Region transfer
the required transformers from
the Gadsden, Ala, depot account
to Charlotte.
The final details were worked
out between Harry Sutton of the
City Engineers office and w. H.
Ross, acting chief of the electrical
equipment section, Of the General
lEQuSlrlaI Equipment Sales Dl-
vision, Charlotte WAA Regional
Office. The sale was cOnsum-
mated and delivery made to tn
City Of Charlotte on July 8. Ask
ed on the 18th what progress Waa
being made on installation, DaV>
vi. Rea. Airport Engineer, report
ed that one of the transformers
had been tried out and found to
work satisfactorily He further
said that the required additional
number purchased through coop
Grafton Of the Army and Char
lotte and Birmingham WAA Re
gional Offices would be installed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18
THE sKYLAND posi-, WEST JEFFERSON, N. c.
Fourteen Tried
In Court, Mon.
Eight Charged With Public
Drunkenness; Others
Engaged In ARRAY

Fourteen men were tried and
ined in Mayors court last Mon
ay, by Mayor C. o. Parsons:
Those tried for public drunk
1ness were Ed Houck, fined $40
I'd costs; Cicero Farmer, White
p, $40 and costs; Berlus Roark,
20 and costs; Jimmy Blevins,
ansing, $40 and costs; Parker
.atham, $40 and costs and Vaughn
Tart, Ball, $40 and costs
Those tried for disorderly con-
uct were J. c. Bare, Jefferson,
med costs; Hardin Woodie, JEFF
erson, fined costs; w. w. Shoe
maker, Jefferson, fined costs.
Others tried were charged with
ngaging in a public affray. Those
we're Coolidge Goodman, West
efferson, also fined with public
drunkenness, $40 and costs; L. D.
Aunkst, $40 and costs; Bobbie E.
Ray, West Jefferson, also charged
With reckless driving, fined $40
md costs and $25 and costs re-
spectively.
Bob Ray, charged with public
drunkenness and possession of il
egal whiskey, was fined $40 and
costs for each offense. Edwin A.
Greer, charged with driving un-
Ter the influence of some intoxi-
can't, was fined $50 and costs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

as soon as the pot-heads had been
cleaned.
$50, it seems, that Charlotte
will not lose its night plane serv-
ice and that Douglas Municipal
Airport will continue to function
on full-time schedule because
once again War Assets Admins
tration has proved itself on the
job and ready and eager to ego
the second mile" to find a crit
ic15ly needed item for a potential
customer" Mr.. Wilson concluded.
But, please remember" he said,
that the service given the City
of Charlotte is what wa want and
try to give to all of those who
contact us for help in securing
surplus items"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

West Jefferson - William A.
Galloway and Walter H. Gallo
way.
Lansing-John Quincy Poe and
John Henry Carpenter.
Sturgills-Bryon Kirby, Jr.
Hemlock-Lee Junior Houck.
jefferson - Junior E dWar d
Blevins.
Todd-Lowell E. Houck.
Nathan's Creek-John Clifford
Little.
West Jefferson-Paul Thomas
Barker.
Jefferson-William Fred Null
lis, John Thomas Dixon.
Todd-Joe Hampton Cox, Low
ell Eugene Houck.
Crumpler Charles Spencer
Brown, Thomas Lee Garvey.
Glendale Springs-Fred Dennis
Bard, Bower James Woodie.
Smethport-Ray Caudill.
Clifton-Joe Gwyn Price.
Lansing-Warren C. Powers.
Fig-Walbert R. GRAPHICAL.
Laurel Springs - Montgomery
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

honorable discharge for conven
ance of the government. Am
entitled to the rights under tho
:. /. Bill?-K. L. F., Omaha
Ieb.
A. Yes, service in that branch
las been ruled as active service
md your discharge was for con-
yenience of the government.
@. My brother went into serv-
ice April 5, 1945, and overseas
September %, 1945. He is badly
needed on the farm. How much
longer does he have to stay un-
til eligible for discharge?-MrS
I. H., Omaha, Neb.
A. Since the army has made
regulations only to June 80, 1916
as this is written there is no def
mite answer can give. My guess
is, however, that he will have at
least another year of service. New
regulations are expected to be is
sued at any time. y
Q. If boy is discharged from
the army on a hardship case is
he disqualified for a pension?-
Mrs. C. w. S., Peru, Kans.
A. Unless the boy was dis
charged for disability he is not
entitled to a pension. If you re-
fer to mustering-out pay, he loses
that if the discharge was purely
for hardship dependency.
Q. My husband has been in the
army Is months and has been
across eight and a half months.
We have two children. His adj
dress is 986th air engineering
squadron, 556th air service group,
APO 956, San Francisco. Do you
know when this outfit will be
home?-M. X, Eoulton, Maine.
A. The army saws they have
.othing for publication with ref
,"ance to the outfit YOU name. At
he present time, men with q
~-0.2ths service are deemed eli
Ib1e to apply for discharge.
@. Can you tell me where Btry.
q, 337 AAA A. w. Bn., APO 20o
IS now locatcd?-Miss 0. A. C.
Anderson, Texas.
A. This battery is now locate3
It Seckenhoim Germany, the
var department says.
It is much harder to breed
chickens for high ceg production
han for high meat production
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18
Veterans
Question Box

Ed. Note: This newspaper
has arranged with the Wash
ingtOn Bureau of National
Weekly Newspaper Service,
1916 Eye st. N. W., Washing
ton 6, d. c., to answer ques-
tons pertaining to service
men and veterans. These
questions will be answered in
this column if addressed as
above. No replies can be made
by mail, but this paper will
print answers to all questions
received.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

Q. On May Z, 1919 our son, an
only child, a sergeant with the
9th Air Force in Europe, went on
what the war department called
a scheduled non-combat flight
along with the regular crew and
nine additional members of the
ground crew. We were notified
that there was crash over Ger
many, near Cologne, also very
near to or over the Rhine river.
The personal effects of three OF
the boys lost have been sent to
their families. A little later they
were informed that their sons
bodies had been found and that
they were buried near Cologne.
We have, as yet, received no per-
sonal effects of our son, except
those from barracks. The only in
formation we can get is that the
area is being thoroughly investi-
gated. In your opinion is there
any possible hope that our dear
boy will ever be found? AS yet
I have not given up hope that he
may still be alive in some far-off
place. If on the, other hand, this
is not the case, will we ever know
anything further as the three
families mentioned have, concern
ing their sons?-Mrs. T. B. c.,
Marion, S. c.
A. can assure you that every
effort is being made by the war
department to locate bodies of
men killed in action, although the
department estimates that of $685.
600 killed during the war, approx
miately $4,000 will never be To-
Gated. Although l believe the
department would notify next of
kin, you might write to Casualty
Branch, Office of Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington Is, D. c., for
any possible new information. or
the Personal Effects Bureau, U.
S. Army, Kansas City, Mo.
Q. I am writing on behalf of
my husband now stationed at Sc
attic, Wash, on the 223 Hospital
ship, Ernestine Koranda, and is
expecting to be sent back over
seas soon. l am confined to bed
with tuberculosis and my closest
relations are some aunts and
uncles. I need my husband very
badly and I wonder if there be
any chance for him to get a dis
charge.-Mrs. T. M, Knoxville,
Tenn.
A. Under the circumstances
there might be if he applies to
his commanding officer and asks
for DISCHARGE as a hardship case.
Q. I enlisted il the air forces
enlisted reserve, opt, later
changed to WIS. After recCiVin'
10 months training under this
status we were told we could ask
for our discharge. / received a
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

Rotten.
Hemlock - Clarence Layton
Roark.
Creston-Charles Edward Mum
day.
West Jefferson-Peter Thurman
Mcneil, Jr., Charles c. Edwards,
George r. Miller, Donald San
ford Wyatt.
Creston-Gather Vance East
ridge.
Laurel Springs-Eugene Viers.
1dleWild-Burl w. Hartzog.
Nathan's Creek-Robert Breeze
Pennington.
Ball-Miles Grant Hartsoe.
Deep Gap - James Conley
Greene, Jr.
Crumpler-William Lee Eller.
Helton-Elton Vaughn Ball.
ToliVer-William F. Vannoy.
The largest crop of small grain
ever grown in Alexander County
is almost harvested, reports Farm
Agent H. c. Coward.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18
RE-ENLISTS IN ARMY

Robert c. Liddle has re-enlisted
in the U. S. Army and is now
stationed with the Second Arm
bred Division at Camp Hood,
Tovas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

Gather V. Eastridge, SIC,
who expects his discharge a
IN early date. Eastridge, VIII
erved in the Pacific, is nov
tationed in San Pedro, Calf
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. ]. Eastridge, of CrestOn.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-07-18

It is much harder to breed
chickens for high cog production
han for high meat production.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-03-22
Rochester Upholsterers
Gain in New Contracts

Rochester, N. Y. 0LNS).-Sub-
stantial gains were registered by Up
holsterers, Furniture and Bedding
Workers Local 50, Upholsterers' In
ternational Union in negotiations for
new contracts with the Quality and
Super Rest mattress shops and the
Trimble Nurseryland Co.
Business Agent John M. Sacheli re-
ports the patience of Local 50 men,
bers over 5 months Of negotiations
was rewarded with increases running
from 5 to Is cents hourly, retroactive
to Oct. 1, 1915, at the bedding firms.
In addition, the new contracts pro-
vide for paid holidays and paid vaca-
tions up to 2 weeks. Improvement of
paid vacations to include a second
week also was won for the Trimble
employees as well as given paid holi-
days.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-03-22
Cruikshank Supports
More Social Security

Washington, D. C.-In two appear
ances before congressional commit
tees, Nelson Cruikshank, AFL Social
Security Director, advocated passage
of legislation broadening the cover
age and benefits Of social security
and of another bill calling for con-
struction of more hospital and health
facilities in the nation.
Cruikshank told the House Ways
and Means Committee that in addi-
ton to the changes already suggested
the Social Security Act should be SIM
plified and made more understandable
to the people.
Testifying before the subcommit-
tee on Health of the House Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Committee,
Cruikshank said that new hospitals
and health centers are step in the
right direction but that the country
needs an effective health insurance
program, as we'll
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-03-22
University WOmen's Assn.
Urges Loan to Great Britain

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).- Speedy
and favorable action by Congress on
the proposed United States loan to
Great Britain was urged by the AM
erican Association Of University Wo-
men in letter to majority and minor
ity leaders in both houses. The petit
tion was signed by chairmen of 3 of
the associations national committees.
Speaking for some $4,000 AAUW
members in $50 branches, the national
committee chairmen endorsed the loan
as in line with the associations legis-
lative program, adopted by its 1945
convention, which includes support of
legislation for "the promotion of in
ternational economic cooperation and
reconstruction, the expansion of world
trade, and the development of world
resources"
The American Federation of Labor
Executive Council, at its recent meet
ing in Miami, endorsed the proposed
loan.