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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

that the real estate interests have
one of the most powerful Hobbies
in Washington today.
A congressional investigation of
the housing cartel was demanded
by r. j. Thomas, UAW-CIO vice
president, speaking before the
second days session of the hous-
ing conference.
The Conference supported con-
tinued rent control with adequate
funds for OPA. 1t recommended
the formation of tenants councils
IN all communities, as the ten
ants means of protection
HOUSING authorities at the
meeting advocated support of the
federal bill as a basic necessity
for meeting the housing crisis.
Some 400 housing authorities
and Representatives of veterans,
labor, education, church, and
housing organizations attended the
housing conference, which met
from Monday through Wednesday
at the Palmer House.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
} NEW HOUSING CRISIS VICTIMS

Two children and the mother of one
of them were the latest victims of the
series of firetrap fires sweeping Chi
cage's overcrowded Negro communi-
ties this week.
The most recent fatalities directly
attributed to the housing shortage,
intensified by restrictive covenants
directed against Negroes, were Mrs.
and Mandy Collins, who lived at IA
N. Mozart ST., in the heart of the most
crowded section of the West Side.
Quick to act to halt further fire
deaths in the neighborhood was the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

on a local level throughout the
state, according to the Illinois
Council for State FEPC, a body
composed of some 200 organiza-
tons in all parts of Illinois.
The Conference has three fold
purpose:
l.. To visit state legislators
TO urge favorable action on
pending FEPC legislation.
2. To get together a reser-
voir of persons representing
every district of the state to
testify at the FEPC hearings
by the Joint House-Senafe
Judiciary CO m mittee on
March lS.
3. To bring together on a
statewide basis the propo-
nents of an FEPC to allow an
interchange of ideas and CO.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Delegates will testify concern
ing a state FEPC at a Senate
House Judiciary committee hear
ing called for that purpose. A
luncheon meeting will be held in
the Rose Room of the ST. Nicholas
hotel at noon, though delegates
are asked to report at the hotel at
10 am. for instructions if possible.
Led by Alderman George D.
Kells (28th warO, the Chicago
City Council has memorialized
the State Legislature to enact fair
employment legislation. The state
central committee and the Cook
County Democratic organizations
have both called upon Republican
leaders to join in bipartisan
action to pass an FEPC law in
the current General Assembly.
THE COMING Springfield con-
ference follows conferences held
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
ordination of actions.

TO STIMULATE the state legis-
lature to action on pending fair
employment laws, the Illinois
Council has proclaimed two spe-
cial days.
On Telephone Chain Reaction
Day." March II, the Council urges
all FEPC supporters to flood mem
bers of the General Assembly
with phone calls. This is to be
followed-up on March 18 with
Telegram Day." concentrating
upon kilograms to the House and
Senate Judiciary committees hold
ing a joint hearing on that day.
The Illinois Council urges that
organizations as well as individu-
ais participate fully in this activity
as the only means of securing
action by the legislature.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

company cancelled the insurance policy
on our furniture, Woodland said. I'VE
just collapse, it was SO bad
There was a fire here several
months ago from the defective
wiring. but the landlord never .
fixed IT,
The building, which had only one
exit from the upstairs apartments, also
had all upstairs windows barred ex-
cept those facing the street, making it
impossible for anyone in the rear of
the house to get out.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

the STAR that by the time ne was
awakened by the fire and tried to get
into the building, the flames made
entry impossible.
Josephus Woodland, a % year-old
Navy vet who lived in the building,
said that he and his wife were out
visiting when the blaze started They
had been locking for another place to
live for months, he said, without sue
cess.
WHEN my wife moved in here while
l was in the service, the insurance
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Latimer reported that the FBI
had promised to rush it, in get
ting an opinion in the matter.
The question was referred to
the FBI when the Civil Liberties
Committee presented complaints
of Puerto Rican workers to the
U. S. District Attorney.
INDICATING that they had in
vestigated previously and discov-
cred no violation, the FBI renewed
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Murphy joined two other veter-
ans, Congressman John Carroll
'Dem., Colo0 and John F. Ken
nedy Dem., Mass) in stirring
plea for federal action to supply
housing within the means of the
nations 'home-hungry" people.
The war alone did not prevent
private enterprise from building
homes for the low and moderate
income families" declared Muir
ply. Private enterprise also
built them neither before, during
nor after the war;
REP. Carroll, who unseated the
incumbent Republican to win
election last November, declared
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

its activity when the Civil Liber-
ties attorney pointed out certain
possible violations of federal sta
tutes.
Meanwhile dislocation increases
among the hundreds of workers,
domestic and industrial, brought
here by Castle, Barton. Unques-
tionably underpaid, large num-
bers of the workers complain of
being also overworked and SUBJ
ject to other abuses.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Council, which called protest meet
ing in front of the burned-eut struc-
ture Monday night Over 200 persons
gathered to demand immediate action
by the city council to enforce fire
regulations and to provide emergency
housing.
ALSO condemned was the slowness
of the fire departments Warren Ave
station, only few blocks away, to
answer the alarm.
Robert Tucker, who lives across the
street from the doomed building, told
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
North Side trailer community is
warmed by glow Of brotherhood
BY 10 Hanson


Even the property owners came
out to welcome the Chicago vets
who finally found home in the
trailer colony at St Louis and
Bryn MaWr-though neWly-con-
structed trailer project is decid-
edly an eye-sore, set in the midst
OF good neighborhood.
That was in January.
Today the results of this action
show up in a neighbor1y commu-
nifty where the families of Negro
and white veterans live side by
side with little thought of color.
THEY SHOP and send their kids
to school in the neighborhood,
feeling themselves among friends.
I'VE can't let our community
be the scene of such shameful
action as occurred. at Airport
Homes" was the thinking of
many citizens in the North Park
area.
Led by John Lang, of the North
Park Property Owners Associa-
ton, reception committee pulled
Lang's own trailer up to the prof.
ect on a cold January day when
the vets started moving in.
THEY hung out a sign-''Wel-
come, neighbors," and inside the
trailer they served hot coffee,
sandwiches, and doughnuts to the
discouraged families moving into
the cold, cherries trailers.
Even the water was frozen
in our trailer" said Mrs. John
son. an ex-WAC whose husband.
Samuel. spent So months in the
European theater. That coffee
went down just right"
This welcoming committee sort
of brought everyone together the
first day, and we all started out
with friendly feeling toward
each other"
THE JohnSons are Negro. They
get along well with their white
neighbors, as do some 10 other
Negro families in the project.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Muellert
live next door to the Johnsons
They like their neighbors.
Mrs. James Shelton, Negro, lives
across the way. Her daughter,
Jacqueline, is GA pupil at the
neighborhood school. Jacky en-
joys school there, she told the
Star.
OVER in another section, Mrs.
Herman Billinger, declared the
project was a friendly place to
live. Once company called at her
home while she was away. Her
white neighbor took them into
her trailer to keep warm while
waiting Mrs. Billinger's return.
Even obviously prejudiced white
persons showed signs that the
mixed colony had caused them to
begin thinking over their preju-
dices.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
Awoit u. S. decision
on slave troffic

The Federal Bureau of Investigation awaiting opinion
Washington to whether federal
importation of Puerto Rican workers Associates
according David
of the Chicago Liberties Comm
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
Private enterprise cont
solve housing crisis

I'VE learning that enterprise
cannot produce lvabe
Audie Murphy, Americas
told the National Public Housing holding
meeting in Chicago this
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
State Porley on
FEPC March 10

Practice
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

most of his material comes from
research to answer fan mail. In
the theatre, like on the air, he linn
its his discourse to about Is min
utes. eff you give 'em the cold
facts-leaving off the fancy trim
mings and mix in good laugh
here and there, say what need be
said then shut up, people just nat
urally like it," Forbes explained.
The noted commentator. has
travelled from coast-to-coast and
from the gulf to the Great Lakes
all 48 states. Is he bashful? He's
made more talks to clubs, groups,
schools, lodges and theatre aud
fences in his home town than in
any other city. Every time he goes
home for a rest he ends up by
speaking two and three times a
day to hometown audiences.
Forbes feels hygiene is one of
the nations greatest problems.
When the war and peace is won
the war against delinquency, I'M
morality and V.D.'s must next be
won here at home, he feels. Mil
lions agree. The noted commenta-
tor thinks "Mom and Dad" the
greatest educational picture ever
produced. He's very proud to be
touring with it this season.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
Chamber to Seek
More Membership

Members of the Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce heard
their membership chairman, r.
B. Holden, explain today that 158
business and professional men are
listed in the city, and that a men,
bership drive must be started to
enlist them in the civic organiza-
ton.
A prime requisite, Holden said,
is the establishment of definite
goals for chamber of commerce
activity.
Roger Records, Kennewick post
master, told the group that efforts
to secure first class post office
appropriation for the city should
be pushed. The present appropria-
ton is for a second class office,
he said.
Records also requested cooper
alton from business men and res
identS in the matter of correctly
addressing mail. We have two new
carriers assigned to city routes -
he commented, land letters that
are not sent to some specific adj
dress must be returned to their
senders because the carriers can
not possibly know where to de-
liver them"
Records recommended that bus
mess firms apply to the post office
i for corrected mailing addresses
for those with whom they CORES
pond. The corrections will be sup
piled, he said, at the rate of one
cent each.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

Cold facts and plenty Of laughs
is the formula for an interesting
and Informative discourse on social
and moral hygiene in the opinion
of Elliott Forbes, famed commenta-
tor, who is to appear in person on
the stage at each performance dur
ing the local engagement of ''Mom
and Dad" which comes to the
Roxy theatre, for a three-day en-
gagement opening Wednesday.
Forbes requests theatre mana
gers to bill him as ''Mr.," not be-
cause he's 'high-hat' as actually
he's everyday as an old shoe, but
he doesn't wish anyone to get the
impression he's a professor or. a
doctor. In a recent interview he
remarked, 81 always looked up to
my professors in school and I
think everyone looks up to a doc
tor. Since I'm neither, but just a
frank, fearless commentator, I dis
like being called Doc or Prof.
and try to avoid it."
Discussing his lectures he stated
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
Grange Reports
Heard By Pomona

Renton County Pomona held
.ha;r regular meeting January IL
u nth Buena Vista Grange. AS our
Master J. r. Ayers is in Texas, the
nverseer, M. G.. Clark, presided.
pasf Master Ernest Sherry served
90 Master during initiation.
" THE Home Economics Chairman
.4ated the auction for Juvenile
oranges would be held at the
March Pomona in Kennewick VAL
Low Hall and asked each SubOrdin-
afe to let her know what they
would furnish.
Reports were given by all Sub
ordinate Oranges in the county ex-
cept Rattlesnake.
Count of Oranges showed ~
percent for the business meeting.
The Oranges approved the fol-
lowing resolutions:
: No. 1 from Saluskin Grange dis
approving the School District Re-
oreanization Bill with its "vote at
large" clause.
No. Q from Manor Grange ask
ing that the legislature appropriate
sufficient funds to employ the
necessary bee inspectors to cut
down the rate of disease in bees.
No. 8 from Chelan Co. Pomona
asking equal checks on Labor and
Capital. - ~ -
No. 4 from our own Pomona
asking that there be no "Day Light
Saving" .r =.
Nine candidates were initiated
by the officers.
After the close of Grange pro-
cram was given by Buena Vista
Grange.
Mrs. Ethel Clark, Reporter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
ACTIVE CLUB

Sheepherders: will replace Con-
solidated, hdcp: 81, total 2027: In.
ter City Bus: Kess 341, r. Stafford
All, McGary 442, Landwermeyer
408, E. Stafford 404, total 2006.
Holy Names: p. Schwartz 1913,
Walker 452, R. Schwartz 401, Ma
honey $50, dummy 429, hdcp. "a,
total 2063. Keolkers: Jordan 40,
Rodeman $50, Bingaman 483, Cliff
ford 371, Thomas $3.50, total 1000.
Wash. Hdwe: John Citron $40,
M. Libby 405, E. Dague 333, Bill
Gravenslund 337, Randall 3O6,
hdcp. I'll, total 1871. v. F. W.:
Lampson 402, Parker 486, c.
Dague 434, Shields 426, Johnson
378, total 1926.
KenneWick Auto: D. Bennett
484, D. Gum 372, w. D. Patty POI,
j. Gum 451, dummy 342, hdcp. Sc,
total zoos. Ray-D-Ant: McLaury
357, Wilson 384, Solms 482, After
bury 429, Freer 461, total 2133.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
BOWLING
BUSINESSMEN'S

Kings: Bowman 500, Johnson
435, Rodeman Ala, H. Parker 443,
G. Parker 446, total 2238. Twin
City: j. Coin 443, J. Reck $50, B.
Coin 400, Macdonald 500, dummy
321, hdcp. SO, total 2129.
Pollyanna: B. Jordan 416, O.
Jordan 468, H. Graft 434, dummy
4O5, dummy Alt, total 2140. Safe
way: Conrow 422, Rickaby 315,
Scherger All, Solms 484, Gilbert
4O2, total 2034.
Standard Oil: Keene 1896, j:
Doyle Alb, Harold LEM 376, FELTON,
385, dummy 357, hdcp. IS, total
POOP. Mobil: Beckes 430, Aman
437, Dague AL, Freer 433, Henne
497, total 1888.
Farmers: Fisher 422, Dague 473,
Campbell 425, Ford 488, Kilbury
4O7, hdcp. AZ, total 2257. Neumans:
Neuman 1913, Pohl 426, OFT 4O6,
Carlson 416, Lentz 375, total 2001.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
First Lutheran Church
Second and Auburn
d T T.1r1yaaS Minister

Res. GOA Kennewick Avenue
Sunday school 9:45 am.
Morning service IL am.
Sermon topic, Spiritual Con-
fusion and How to Cure It.
Joint Luther League meeting at
Richland at pm.
Annual meeting Of congregation
Tuesday evening, January Fl, at
z pm, opening with potluck din
ner.
L.D.R. meeting at the home Of
Mrs. Dick Wick, 432 N. Garfield
Ave. Monday evening, January 20.
Miss Jessica Luvaas assistant host
eSS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

Although his legs ore porolyzed from
war injuries. Mormon Zillner. former Army
lieutenant now studying at the Univer-
sify Of California. needs no assistance in
getting about. He lifts the lightweight
collopsible wheel chair from his specially
equipped automobile to enter his Berkeley
quarters. The 23-yeor-oId veferon is study
ns with financial did from the veferons
!ninisfrofion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

rehearsal. Membership classes on
Monday and Thursdays at 8 pm.
Tune in on "The Lutheran Hour"
every Sunday morning from $3.50
to 10 am. over KUJ, Walla Walla
or over KPKW from 1870 to 200
pm. We cordially invite you to
worship with us.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
Port Annual Report
Figures Released For

An annual financial report Of
the Kennewick Port District shows
$10.177.51 in the Construction
Fund, $10,689.83 in the mainten-
ance fund and $2,961.42 in the
bond redemption fund.
The district has bonds outstand-
ing in the amount of SIS, 100. The
revolving fund amounts to $749.86.
"The district is in a sound fl
nancial condition." said one of the
port commissioners. However be-
fore we can establish q compre-
hensive expansion program we
will need to find additional in
come"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
The Church of the Lutheran Hour
Divine services Sunday at IL
am. Sunday school at 10 am. The
January meeting of the Voters As
sembly will take place at 8 pm.
All voting members are urged to
attend. Walther League meets on
Wednesday for Bible study. The
choir meets Thursday evening for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
At the Churches
.HRISTIAN CHURCH.

CHRISTIAN CHUHCE-
Third and Washington Eugene
C. Hawkins, Minister. 9:45 a. M,
Bible School; 1900 a. m. morning
worship. Sermon by the pastor
aAt the Close of the Year.; $3.50
D. M, All Christian Endeavor
groups; 1870 p. M, Evening evan
gelistic service. Sermon by the
pastor. Is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

The typewriter was patented in
1874 by a man named G. Latham
SholeS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
Too Late to Classify

FOR SALE: Black and white por-
celain kitchen range, almost new
used six months. 908 Alder ST.,
ask for c. D. Chapman 42p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

The first telegraph line in the
United States was completed May
1874.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

The average length of the state
Of Tennessee is 325 miles, its gross
area is 42,050 miles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

FOR SALE-Maple flooring for
Commercial Buildings. Third
Avenue E. to city limits, left 1-8
mile. r. Metz. 42p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

FOR SALE: 2 seven-foot Internal
ional wheat land lpows. 26" disc.
Like new. Phone 1854 Prosser. 20
miles south of Prosser on Patter-
son road. Duncan Bros. APP
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

FOR SALE: Beautiful, black, coc-
ker puppies, 2 months old. 5th &
Elm on Mob Hill, cement block
house. Mc42c
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

FOR SALE: Rome Beauty and
Winesap apples. Bring contain
ers. Will deliver. Art Simpson,
w. Highlands, Phone 2737. 42-44p
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
WOOL SHIRTS
Plaid Shirts Were 8.45
Nnuv e QS

Checked Shirts Were 9.95
Now 7.95
TWIN CITY SURPLUS STORE
346 Avenue c, East, Phone 1891
42c
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Ss''I|'|k||'

MANY OF THE STORES Gin order that their employees
might spend Christmas Eve with their familes) WILL
CLOSE THEIR STORES AT 500 O'CLOCK PM
DECEMBER "a.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
BETHEL.

The Count-On-Me club was en-
tertained on Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Marian Cubbage.
Mrs. Herman Cubbage was given a
stork shower at this meeting.
Mrs. Laura Williams spent the
holidays with her daughters fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. William Snedaker
and Laura Ann in Audobon, N. ].
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips of
Baltimore, were weekend guests
of Mrs. LuZetta Phillips.
Mrs. Laura Wheatley, Mrs. Louis
Cain of Wilmington, spent a part of
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Phillips, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs Custis Burton of
Wilmington, were holiday guests
of Mrs. Burton's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Phillips.
Mr.. William Massey, Mr.. and Mrs
Judd Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Hastings attended the 50tE wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
West on Saturday night The affair
was held i'll the Mt. Zion Communi-
ty House.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams are
spending few days in Philadelphia
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Franl
Prendiville, Jr.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05


A House Warming" will be held
tonight (Friday) at the parsonage
of Grace Church at the open invita-
tion of Rev. and Mrs. Milton r. Ell
lott. Everybody is urged to be pre-
sent-from 1880 to 1000 p. m. The
interior Of the parsonage has been
remodeled, removing partitions, en-
closing front and side porches, MAX
ing more room and giving greater
convenience. Hardwood floors have
been laid on the first floor and the
whole interior repainted and pa
pered The kitchen has been mod
ernized and enlarged, and Rev. FL
lott declares it is the most hand
some parsonage in the conference.
New Brick steps have been erected
and cement sidewalks laid to thep
from the streets. You are invited
Come.
Earl Reed, who has been in a
Philadelphia hospital for few days
for treatment, returned home on
Sunday evening.
Miss Catherine Parsons, who was
in Milford Memorial Hospital last
week for treatment, is now at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James Parsons under the care. ol
her physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Robbins were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius
Webb, near Milford, on Sunday.
The Misses Wanda and Emily
Clendaniel, students at Teachers
College, West Chester, Pa, spen
the Thanksgiving holidays will
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leste,
E. Clendaniel. They returned to col
lege on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles l.. Jackson
visited relatives in Magnolia Oh
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ponder and MI
and Mrs. Raymond Spencer visite,
the caverns in Virginia, via tn
Skyline Drive on Wednesday an
Thursday of last week.
Many farmers are slaughterin
their porkers this week for curinl
for the summer months. Countr
sausage and scrapple will soon b
plentiful and cheaper-we hope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Walls spen
sthe weekend with friends and rels
tives in Chester, Pa.
Reynolds W. s. c. s. will meet o
Thursday evening, December 1Stl
instead of December 18th, as an
nounced, at the home of Mr.. an
Mrs. Lawrence Wiley. Everybod
invited to attend.
Mrs. Beatrice Savage and Mr.
Mildred Phillips were Wilmingto
shoppers on Saturday.
On Wednesday, Nov. 26, at noon
free turkey dinner was served I
. four hundred pupils, school boar,
members of the faculty of Milto
School. The treat was through tt
courtesy of the American Legiol
the v. F. w. and the school cafeteri
The students, faculty and scho,
; board take this opportunity to pul
lically thank the above named O.
: ganizations for their Thanksgivir
spirit so generously expressed.