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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

dominated Chicago Rent Advisory
Board is expected momentarily
to re-submit his once-rejected rec
ommendation for a blanket Is per
cent rent increase in Chicago.
ANSWERING criticisms 1eveled
at, his advisory group following
its sudden rent increase recon-
mendation, Ryan said:
This was no snap judgement.
The businessmen on the board
had hard facts to back their de-
ciSion."
Acting federal housing ex-
peditor Tighe E. Woods. reject
ing the rent increase proposal
on the basis that no substantial
ton for an increase was stated
in the boards ,one-paragraph
Recommendation. urged Govern
or Green to appoint IA addi-
fional members TO the Rent
Advisory Board.
rive OF the boards nine mem
bers are real estate brokers.
GOVERNOR Green also faced a
resolution, passed unanimously at
a mass meeting of small business
men last week, demanding spe-
cial session of the legislature to
enact commercial rent control
law for Illinois.
Testimony was offered at the
rally, sponsored by The Little
Business Mems League, 108 w.
Lake St, showing that business
rentals have been raised from
100 to $50 per cent.
William Castleman. principal
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Landlord begins Jail Term

First Chicago landlord TO be
fined and jailed for taking
BONUSES Harry Solos. So. of
63l4 Greenwood av. began
serving four months in prison
this week.
Sotos. found guilty of taking
a $1,000 bonus from a prospec-
tive tenant, was fined $1,000
by Judge John P. Barnes in
U. S. District Court last week.
Jack a Welfeld, assistant
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

U. 5. Attorney. said Sotos took
the bonus from Maurice Stein
berg. a physicist at the Argonne
National Laboratories at the
University of Chicago.
The prosecutor also said
Steinberg had had TO pay the
former tenant of the apartment.
DR.. David Kraus. an optometrisf
of Los Angeles. $500 for furni-
ture left in the apartment.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

Confirming story published
exclusively in The Chicago Star
Aug. 2. the ICC is considering
a request by Illinois Bell for an
additional rate increase of SI3
million.
On July 20 the ICC granted the
telephone monopoly rate increases
totaling some SIT million.
IT IS estimated that the over
all increase in revenue for Illinois
Bell from rate increases alone this
year will amount to some $3O,30O,-
900 if the ICC agrees to the latest
demand.
The ICC must rule on the latest
request by Dec. 4, by agreement
with Illinois Bell.
Under Illinois utility laws, the
petition should have been ruled
on by the ICC by Nov. 8, but the
commission decided to grant the
telephone trust more time to pre-
pare its case.
IF THE second increase is
granted, it was reported, Illinois
consumers will have to pay twice
as much in their monthly bills as
they did a year ago.
Illinois Bell is subsidiary of
the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., which is controlled by
the House of Morgan through in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

per cent rent increase.
Rent Advisory Board, the cards
are stacked against Chicago
tenants. This is how it works:
l. Ryan is an editor of the
Chicago Real Estate Board
sponsored Real Estate News.
2. The Chicago Real Estate
Board drives for a Is per cent
rent increase. which Ryan in
turn recommends.
3. Ryan. as a real estate
broker. will benefit by a is
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Tribute to Joe
Hill on Nov. II

A tribute in song to Joe Hill.
labor martyr and poet, will COM
memorate the 32nd anniversary OF
his execution at special Peoples
Songs hootenanny to be held Sat-
urday, Nov. %, $50 pm, at Ma
sonic Hall, 80 w. Randolph.
Stars Of the Bach to Blues
Hootenanny" will be Betty Sand
ers, Richard Pick, Memphis Slim,
and Win Stracke, who win sing
some of Hills own compositions.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
More foodIess days

INDIANAPOLIS Up Unless
Congress promptly renews price
controls well be worrying about
foodless Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays" the init. Bro. of Team
sters (AFD declared here in an
editorial in its monthly publics-
ton.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

terlocking directorships.
1t has consistently found a
favorable reception to its proposals
to rob the people from the ICC,
which includes bankers, repre-
sentatives of Big Business, and
William Parillo, former attorney
for Al Capone.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15


l. Chicago's City Councilmen
will vote on Nov. ls on proposed
amendment TO the present city
ordinance. introduced by Alex
Elson. chairman of the citY's Hotel
Rent Commission which would ex-
tend rent controls TO all dwellings.
z. John Joseph Ryan. Governor
Green's nd-piclxed chairman of
the Chicago Rent Advisory Board.
moved TO re-submit his recon-
mendation for a blanket Is per
cent rent increase affecting $780,
600 Chicago tenants.
3. Governor Green was 10 an
swer acting federal housing ex-
peditor. Tighe E. Woods request
to enlarge the Chicago Rent Ad-
visorY Board by Ia members.
giving Chicago representative
board"
4. Chicago's Little Business
Mems League awaited a reply
from Governor Green on their
demands for special session of
the legislature 10 enact a COM
mercial rent control law for ILL
nois this year.
ACTION ON. the propose d
amendment to the present city
rent control ordinance, now COW
ering only hotels, was taken at a
meeting of the City Councils
housing committee at the con-
clusion of public hearings
Chairman of the Hotel Rent
Commission, Alex Elson, ex-'
plained:
IF Congress extends rent
control. then I believe il will
exempt those states In which
such controls exist. If that hap
pens; and Chicago does not take
advantage of Illinois enabling
legislation. there will be no rent
control in non hotel dwellings.
ILLINOIS has a statute permit
ting municipalities to set up en-
forcement machinery.
Council action on the amend
ment will be taken Nov. 10.
William Miller, Illinois state
director, Progressive Citizens of
America, announced that each
ward chapter of Pea was setting
up broad committees Immediately
to visit each alderman. Miller said:
at is important to have de-
cisive majority of the City Coun-
Gil actively support the. passage
of the ordinance"
HOWEVER. Miller said the
committees would point out to
the aldermen that we are opposed
to any Commission that would be
set up to administer the ordinance,
unless such a commission is a
representative body.
''The standing committee in each |
ward will insist at all times that |
no action be taken by the Com
mission without full public hear
ings and adequate public notice
At the same time, John Joseph |
Ryan, real estate and insurance
broker who heads the Republican /
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

IF RYAN remains as chair
man of the Chicago Rent Ad-
visory Board, he can be ex-
pected to continue his demands
for a Is per cent rent increase.
He has already stated that he
will reSubmit his recommended
ton for the increase again to
Acting Housing ExpeditOr Tighe
E. Woods.
Is Ryan "a Good Policy" for
Chicago tenants?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

speaker. warned the Governor
that if he fails 10 enact COM
mercial rent control. small bust,
ness will elect candidates next
Spring who are pledged to give
small business the protection if
needs.
Castleman pointed out that
there is already 90 per cent in
crease in bankruptcies over last
year.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

During the convention, held
last weekend at Roosevelt Col
lege, Seymour Gale of the Rogers
Park chapter was elected area
chairman to take the place of Ken
Pettus. The new vice-chairman is
William R. Ming, with Michael
Tourney as treasurer.
AT the convention, during which
a memorial service for the war
dead was conducted by the Rev.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

SUPPOSEDLY repre- senting
Chicago tenants. John Joseph
Ryan is an editor of landlords
house organ.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Expect new SD million
boost in telephone bills

The Illinois Bell Telephone Co public
another nunberh the aid of Governor ympa-
etc Illinois Commission.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Seymour Gale elected
new AVG area chairman

More than Committees
convention returned to chapters
program progressive actionl 100 "aaat
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15

Chicago tenants preparing an about astdtch
picture shifted suddenly These were the deveopments.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-15
Good Policy

BY John Joseph Ryan

been pheasant weather We have been enjoying
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Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Spare Stamp No. II
Good On April l
Will Be Validated For Ten Pounds
Then According to OPt

Spare Stamp / in family ration
books will be validated on April
L. 1917. for ten pounds of sugar,
the Office Of Price Administration
today.
The new stamp, OPA said, is
provided to cover both regular
home use and current home can
ming needs. There will be no spe-
cial stamps for home canning SUI
gar validated during l9i7.
Spare Stamp II will remain val
id through September 50, .1947, the
agency said. Barring unpredict-
able disasters affecting sugar sup
plies. it will be possible to make
another ten pound stamp good on
July L. 1t is emphasized that such
sugar is to cover both home can
ming and other home uses.
Stamp No. 53. now valid and sooC
for five pounds will expire OF
March 81. 1947. Retailers ant
Wholesalers last depOSiting date
of Stamp No. So is April 25. l947.
amendment No. 81 to Supple
ment to Third Revised Ration
Order 3-Sugar-effective Marcl
10. 1947.)
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
W. s. C.. S. Will
Meet March Is
At Rehoboth
Spring Session OF Dover
District Group Will Be
Held In EpwOrth Meth
Odist Church.

The Dover District spring meet
ing at RehObOth on March 25 be-
ginning at ten o'clock will be one
of interest to all OF the officers
and members of the Woman's So
ciety OF Christian Service. 1t will
be held in Epworth Methodist
Church and Mrs. c. Marshall
Townsend of Milford. the presi-
dent will preside over the two
sessions of the day. Miss Rather
inc Bieri of New York City. a field
worker Of the Woman's Division OF
Christian Service will speak ON
women At Work" during the af-
ternoOn. Mrs. Earl Sylvester Of
Harrington. new prOmOtional sec
retary of the Dover District. will
talk to the whole group and will
then present Mrs. Ninton ID. Shu-
felt of HurlOck, Md, who will
speak on THE Message of the Let
ters. Also present will be Mrs
Harry b. Hygate of Wilmington
Peninsula Conference president
and DR.. Thomas {. MulliGan of Do
yer. District Superintendent. Mrs
Mary a. Sullivan of RehOboth viii
receive reservations for the lun
cheOn until March 22
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Veterans Here
West
Head, Ladies
Pick Officers
Heads OF Both Groups
Will Be Installed At
Public Ceremonies To
Be Held The Latter
Part OF April.

Dr.. James r. West. Milford vet
erinarian, will head the Blue Hen
Post No. 64S3. V. F. W.. for an
other year having been unani-
mously reelected commander at
the annual electionmeeting of the
local veterans organization held at
the Milford Armory on last Tues
day evening. Four other officers
were reelected to posts held i'll
1916 and another officer was ad-
vanced from trustee to Junior vice
commander.
Reelected along with Command
Ell West were senior vice com
mander. John Roosa; quartermas-
ter. j. William Wells; chaplain.
Martin Hastings and surgeon. Dr.
Oliver A. James. Leslie Macklin
who previously served as a trus-
tee, was elected to the post of jun
iOr vice commander.
Robert Baechler was an unani
nous selection for post advocate
and Louis A. Pack was elected to
a three-year term as trustee. Wal
! lace Wootten was elected to fill
out the uneXpired term of Leslie
Macklin. who resigned the trus-
tee post in order to accept that OF
junior vice commander. John II.
Hallett is the holdover trustee.
piiedo
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Dept.
Has Announced
Plans For Bids
Will Receive Bids On
Three Important Pro
jects On April 2, Mr..
McWilliams Announces

Within two weeks after funds
were made available for highway
purposes the State
Department announced
plans for receiving bids on three
projects for the coming season.
The present session of the Legis-
lature provided an appropriation
of two million dollars for con-
struction purposes and this APP
preparation came at time when
all of the funds on hand for con-
StructiOn work was earmarked for
contracts already in operation.
Bids on the three projects will
be received OIL April , and work
is expected to get underway dur
ing the coming construction sea
son.
These projects are the widening
and resurfacing of the existing
highway from Glendale to George
town. a distance of 9.137 miles
Widening and resurfacing of the
existing highway from Bridgevillt
to SeafOrd. distance of 6.349 miles
and the erection of timber bridge
along a secondary bridge in south
ern Sussex county.
In announcing these projects
William A. McWilliams. chief ell
gincer of the department. pointed
out that it was the beginning o
the largest construction program
undertaken by the department
since before the war.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Navy Yet To Serve
rs Boys State Head
Brown Vocational Stu
dent Will Discharge
Duties OF Chief Execu-
tive On March 21 And
%; Senators Selected.

James McCaffery, a Navy veter-
an of World War III who is stu
dent at Brown Vocational High
School, Wilmington, has been Sc
lected to serve as Governor" at
the tenth annual Boys State spon-
sored by the American Legion, De-
partment of Delaware.
Young McCaffery was chosen
from among his classmates for the
highest office among the legislative
and executive posts to be filled by
Delaware school boys when they
go through the motions of oper-
ating the state government on
March %.
The Boys State arrangements
this year call for two days in Do
yer. The young Legislators and
officials. elected by their classmates
will go to Dover on March u to
observe the General Assembly in
session and to visit officials there.
After this day of watching and
learning, the boys will run a mock
government. complete with a ses-
sion of the Legislature. Caucuses
will be held. bills will be introduc-
ed. debated and voted on
Governor Walter W. Bacon is eX-
pected to address the boys at d
joint session of their General AS.
sembly" on the second day.
continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Informal Affair In New
Milford ArmOry Is Be-
ing Sponsored BY Hos
pital Auxiliary.

Under the sponsorship of the
Ladies Auxiliary of Milford Memo
rial Hospital, a Charity Ball will be
held in the New Milford Armory on
North Walnut Street. Easter Mon
day evening, April 7th.
The various service clubs of the
city are cooperating with the Ladies
of the Auxiliary. and present plans
call for the most gala affair ever
to be held in this city.
Dancing will be from nine to one
O'Clock, and music will be furnished
by Frank Jackson's orchestra. The
dance will be informal and tickets
are now on sale at $500 a couple,
tax included.
The Kiwanis Club and American
Legion. have graciOusly promised to
assume the responsibility for the
decorations; the Lions are taking
care of the music, paper cups and
straws; the V. F. W.. will furnish
the soft drinks: The Chamber oil
Commerce will furnish the ice. and
the Rotary will make a cash dona
ton for general expenses; The V. +
W. Auxiliary will donate ten cakes
and will also donate doll with I
$500 bill tied to it. The doll is the
eift of Mrs. John w. Fry. The Busi
ness Girls will be attractivel!
dressed and will serve as cigarett,
| cirls. The Century Club and all 0
the aforementioned organization
will sell tickets.
The following merchants an,
manufacturers will make donations
Dave Pack for the Sussex Poultry
100 pounds of chickens. which vii
be used to make chicken sala
sandwiches; Laurence Sharp @
Silver Hill Dairy and Cap Kenned
Of Kennedy's Dairy will furnish tn
chocolate milk; Charles and Lione
Ingram will each donate a han
while bread for sandwiches an
Celery and mayonnaise will be dc
mated by the various baking con
panies and the merchants.
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Kent County Clubs
Forum On Tuesday
Important Meeting Was Held In
Milford; Mrs. John Fry Presided

The Federated WOmen's Clubs
met in session here on Tuesday
and. under the guidance of Mrs.
John W. Fry, vice president. had
a very profitable day. Topics of
Today was the theme for the pro-
gram of two sessions. Mrs. f. w.
Buchanan of Dover. state presi-
dent gave greetings from the state
and Mrs. Joseph J. Pearce. local
president. did the same for the
hostess club. Reverend John NJ
DeChant gave the invocation. Viii
mott r. Jones of Friends School
Wilmington. who has spent sew
eral months in Europe during the
late months of 1945. spoke with
authority on western Europe Re-
builds It's Education" Mr. Jones
visited several of the war coun-
tries and gave a clear picture .ot
the fOrtitude with which those
people are taking up life again and
providing for the future. Mrs. JOS
eph Ennis of Smyrna. in speaking
on The Family in the American
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Trappers Disguised
With Rat Season
Heavy Freeze Believed Responsible
For Decline In "Catch"

The season for trapping musk
rats has just closed and trappers
in and around Milford state it has
been the worst they have expert
cnced
The season was SO bad many
trapperS are advocating a closed
season for next year.
The catch has been slim from the
start. and grew worse as the sea-
son progressed with all of its freeZ-
ing and bad weather. Many trap
perS state there appeared to be
many rat houses on the marsh
lands but the fur bearing animals
do not appear to be in evidence.
One trapper stated there seemed
to be many signs of the animals
but whe nthe traps were set in the
spot where there were tracks the
muskratS would disappear.
Whether they had grown wise tC
traps. or whether they were really
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Interesting P. T. A.
Meeting Held Here
Messrs. Shaterian And McAdam
Of Faculty We're Guest Speakers

The March 9th p. T. ~ meeting
was one of the most unusual and
interesting of the year. The meet
ing was held in the high school
auditorium.
The program was preceded by a
short business meeting in which
various items Of interest were dis
cussed. The business part of the
meeting was featured by a report
from Mr.. Shaterian about his visit
at the Atlantic City meeting of SUI
perintendentS.
AT the conclusion of the busi-
ness meeting the program was
turned over to Mr.. McAdam. who
is the head of the music depart
CONTINUED page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14

TWenty-One rural hOmemakerS
and farmers in Sussex county are
proving to their families and neigh
bOrs that account keeping and good
management of the home go hand
in hand, say Alma S. Smith. county
home demonstration agent
These folk, part of Il group OF
10 account keepers throughout the
state, are practicing good manage
ment by recording farm and family
income and spending. and plann-
ing from these records. According
to Miss Louise Whitcomb. home
management specialist for the Del
aware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. many rural women in Della
ware are sparing the farm dollar
by good management and more pro-
ductiOn at home. When some OF the
amount thus saved is used for inn
proving the farm. the result is I,
higher income. With higher in
comes. more is spent for family
living. which means better health
for the family, more comfortable
living conditions and better oppor.
tunitieS for the children.
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Drive For Scout
Funds Successful
Although Slowed Down BY Wca-
ther Quota Nearly Reached

With subscriptions reaching $23.-
5S2 on the peninsula campaign for
$2S.S00 to complete the $77,400 bud
get of the Del-Mar-Na Council.
Boy Scouts of America. for 1947,
prospects of completing the cam
paign within the next week are
very good, according to Paul ID.
LOyett. council president. The
campaign was slowed down by the
successive heavy snOwfalls but has
now reached 80 per cent.
Mr.. Lovett reports that those
communities which completed re-
ports have all oversubscribed 1916
and that many towns will com
plete their solicitation in the pres
ent week. Districts more than 81
per cent completed are Tri-COunty
Salisbury. Pocomoke and Cecil
Dover District. $2.S59.75. j. Wal
lace Woodford. chairman: Dover
Robert Roe. Rev. G. f. Matthews
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
ArbOr Day At
Colony April D
Special Program Has Been
Arranged, Public
Invited

The annual Arbor Day. which
was discontinued during the war
years, will again be resumed at
the Delaware Colony. State Train
ing School, near Stockley, OH Sat
urday afternoon. April 49, at 200
o'clock. This date is annually set
aside by the commission for the
purpose of opening all depart
ments of the school to the public
for observation and inspection. The
board of lady visitors sponsors the
program for that day. A feature of
the day will be play presented in
the auditorium Of the administra-
ton building at 200 p IN. by chill
dren of the school department. In
addition to the program. visitors
may be interested in the COM
pleted projects of the girls and
boys shops and the activities OF
academic school room as perform
ed by individuals of limited pOten-
tialities.
(continucd on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Delaware REA Is
Discussed At Dover
Progress And Problems Are Taken
Up At L. :. ID. 4. Session

At the regular monthly meeting
of the Kent County U. S. ID. A.
Council held i'll Dover on March 5,
Robert A. Carton of the Delaware
Rural Electriiication Administra-
ton discussed this organization
progress and problems.
In 1925. Congress passed the Ru-
raj Eleetrification Act making
available money on loan basis
to build electric power lines in
towns and country.
In 1896 Sussex county made APP
plication for $405.000 and the first
service began in 1888 There are
now 10000 miles Of II. +. A. lines
with 3.494 members connected
Mr.. Carton stated that there are
951 unelectrified rural homes in
Kent county and Pill in SUSSEX
There are in the neighborhOOd OF
5000 prospects for electrification
Some 1900 rural homes have
continued on page A.
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Norval Pepper Dies
At Sussex Home
Former REA President Was Lead.
ing Turkey Raiser

Norval Pepper, 70 years old. one
of Sussex county"s largest turkey
growers and former president of
the Delaware Rural ElectrificatiOn
Association. died last Saturday
night at his home. 6 miles east of
Georgetown. after an illness of
several weeks.
A lifelong resident of the George
town section. Mr.. Pepper had farm
ed since boyhOOd. He was son of
the late Charles T. and Louise G.
Pepper and was born in the
Georgetown section.
For many years he had operated
d large turkey farm and was Il di-
rector and former vice president
of the Delaware Turkey Growers
Association.
Mr.. Pepper was ii past master
and member of the Executive
Committee of Midland Grange and
chairman of the Kiwanis Clubs
continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1947-03-14
Kent County Soldier
Is Killed In Korea
Corporal J. J. Roberts OF
Frederick Victim OF
GunShOt Wounds

Notice of the death of Corporal
John j. Roberts. son of Mrs. Char
lOtte NJ. Pardee of near Frederica.
has been received by the family
from the War Department.
Corporal Roberts. according to
the notice. was killed by gunshOt
wounds while stationed in Korea
Cn Monday of last week
Inducted in the Army April -.
1916, Roberts had been assigned to
duty in Korea September Z. 1916.
Son of Mrs. Pardee and the late
Joseph l.. Roberts. he was 19 years
old.
According to the notice. the SOL
died died of wounds of the abdO-
men. There was no indication Civ
EN- of how the injury was inflicted.
Born in HamOrtOn, Pa. Roberts
had lived near Dover and later
Frederica since the age of 10. He
is survived by his mother: two
sisters. Mrs. James ID. Jones and
Betty Roberts; two brothers, Louis
and Charles Roberts. and two half
brothers. Robert and Thomas Par
dee, all of near Frederick.