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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Brodkin, attorneys for the Capone-
Guzik-Levin crime syndicate.
CROWLEY won a place on the
machine ticket for judge as a
result of pressure by Mayor Ken
nelly and States Attorney William
Tuohy.
1t was understood, however, that
Democratic leaders, under pressure
from their Republican friends who
share the machine ticket with
them, were attempting to force
Crowley to resign. He, was re-
luctant to give up his chance for
the SIT ,500-a-year post as judge,
however.
Another rumor had it that the
bar association was considering
the endorsement of one or more
Progressive Party candidates.
MEANWHILE h Progressive
Party sent out invitations to more
than 500 labor, civic, fraterna1,
religious, educational, and ma
tional groups, calling them to
city-wide meeting at Curtiss Hall
in the Fine Arts building, 410 S.
Michigan av., at p. m. Oct. 1.
At the meeting the Progressive
Party campaign will be outlined,
literature distributed, and prepa-
rations will be made for inten-
sive politicking on precinct
basis, according to Zalmon H. Car
field, campaign manager.
Garfield said that most of the
Fl Progressive Party candidates
had meetings and speeches in vari-
Gus parts of the city scheduled
almost nightly.
THE PROGRESSIVE Citizens of
America was to have held a ju-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Chicago to hear
report on UN'

Moses Miller, Jewish-American
leader, now covering the UN as
sembly session, will speak in
Chicago, Sunday evening, October
D, pm. at the Hamilton Hotel.
20 South Dearborn.
Miller, author Of "Crisis in
Palestine" and an editor of the
English magazine, Jewish Life"
covered the special session on
Palestine last Spring and comes
here direct from the present ses-
sion. He. will speak ON. "a Dem
ocratic Solution for Palestine"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Register now!

In order TO vote in the i'm
portant election for Superior
Court judges Nov. A. you must
register by Oct. 8.
You can register in room 800
at the City Hall. in the Board
of Election Commissioners Of
flee. The office is open for regis
tration from 9 a. m. TO S p. m.
on Mondays through Fridays,
and from 8 p. m. TO IL noon
on Saturdays. 81
Religious. labor. civic. and
fraternal groups have joined in
urging you TO register NOW.
so that you can vote for honest.
liberal judges.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Lawyer for 1he people
He went from Md. to R.Ph. to LIB

Folks in the 18th precinct
of the West Sides 10Th ward
remember the good-humored
Democratic captain who used
to help them when they need
ed him.
They'll be voting for him
on Nov. Lbut not as Demo-
Gratis.
The precinct captain is now
running for Superior Court
judge on the Progressive Party
slate. His name is Samuel
Rosenberg.
POLITICS was far from
from Rosenberg's mind when
he first entered college. He
wanted to be a doctor in those
days.
AS matter of fact, he was
already well into his pre-med-
ical studies when illness in his
family forced him to change
his plans and become a phar-
macist.
1t was profitable, being a
druggist-until the depression
ground down small business
men like crystals in a mortar
II guess that's why decided
to study law" Rosenberg
igrinS. "The lawyers were TAX
ing all my money!"
e.
AFTER studying law at night
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

school, he received his degree
in 1885, and hung out his
single in partnership with
Oscar e Abrams, who still
shares his practice.
For more than eight years
Rosenberg, now a handsome,
44-year old man, with white
hair and startlingly black eye
brows and mustache, served
as an assistant states attorney
in the West Side branches of
the Municipal Court.
What he saw in the courts
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

problems and chairman of the
44th ward Progressive Citizens of
America.
On the far South Side, more
than 500 civic leaders were ex-
pected to map plans for house-to-
house work on behalf of John P.
Krall, labor attorney who is run
ming for judge, at a rally to be
held at 9231 Houston av. Sunday,
Sept. %, at p. m.
Many of those expected to at
tend will be members and lead
ers of unions which Krall has
represented. At the rally also will
be community leaders from the
7th, 9th, 9th, 10th, and 10th wards
in Chicago, and from Hazelcrest,
Lansing, Calumet City, and Har-
vey.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

IL was a Time OF rumors, win
reports confirmed and unconfirm-
ed racing through the city.
One report held that the Chi
cago, Bar Association would re-
fuse to approve Wilbert F. Crow
ley, first assistant states attorney
and machine candidate for judge,
because of his close association
with George Bieber and Michael
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
These are the
Progressives

Foltozeing are the names of the
Fl Progressive Party candidates
for Superior Court Judge, zcho
haze Scon the support of many
labor, religious, civic, fratcrnaJ,
and community leaders:
Hart E. Baker
Lee M. BurkeY Jr. aa
Homer F. Carey ,ssss,.Y
George r. Cermak
Earl B. Dickerson
Charles p. Diyincenxo
Frank Friedman
James A. Geroulis
Robert J.. German
D. Preston Griffin
Pearl NJ. Hart
Edmund Hatfield
Joseph X. Hellmuth !
Sidney A. Jones Jr.
Wallace I. Kargman
Leonard Karlin
John p. Krau
Ben Meyers
Samuel Rosenberg
Donald II. Sweet
Richard E. Westbrooks
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Negro lawyers endorse
whole Progressive slate

pOh ak b td mach this A r membey dNrC kCmnyB
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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Life with Don Juan,
an intoIerabIe lot!

Life with Don Juan was "vex-
atious, dangerous and intoler-
able" Mrs. Nancy Trent, 3614
Lake Park, charged Monday in
suit for divorce filed in Circuit
Court.
Mrs. Trent complained that her
husband, Don Juan Trent, press
man, bruised her and Inundated
her and deserted her.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

AC 1AOSA CSSANS rarity ticket
includes three outstanding Negro
leaders-Sidney A. Jones Jr., Earl
B. Dickerson, and Richard E.
Westbrooks.
Although the Democratic and
Republican parties had planned
to nominate at least one Negro
candidate, the proposal was drop
ped in last-minute political ma
neuvering, leaving Chicago's $780,
600 Negroes without representa-
ton in the higher courts here.
POLITICAL dopesters had pre-
dicted that the bar association
would endorse only Jones, Dick
erson, Westbrooks, and possibly
one or two other Progressive
Party candidates.
But the members. in a tumuI-
tuous meeting last week. de-
manded complete reputation
of both major parties and COM
plete alignment with the labor,
fraternaL. civic. business. reli-
gious. and liberal forces be-
hind the newly formed Pro-
gressive Party. which won its
place on the ballot by filing
l2l.722 signatures on petitions.
Expressing their contempt for
the judicial jim crow system
maintained by the Democratic
and Republican parties, the mem
bers, to man, approved resolu-
ton throwing the associations
entire weight behind the Pro-
gressive Party.
EACH lawyer was made re-
Sponsible for at least one precinct,
and the association agreed to set
up publicity offices for the Pro-
gressive Party in its quarters at
AIT E. 47th st.
Thomas NJ. Clark. chairman
of the associations campaign
committee, sad that the pastor
of every church on the South
Side would be asked TO cooper
ate by discussing election issues
from the pulpit or by permit
ting a guest speaker TO address
his congregation.
The most important aspect of
the entire campaign, it was felt,
was the possibility of breaking
the all-white tradition" of the
Superior Court, whose jurisdic-
ton, it was pointed out, includes
the Interpretation and enforce
ment of restrictive covenants.
MEANWHILE Dickerson and
Westbrooks returned to Chicago
from a national conference on re-
Strictive covenants, called by the
National Association for the Ad-
of Colored People in
New York.
They arrived just in time to
take part in planning for a huge
rally TO be held at the Metro
politan Community Church.
400 South Parkway. Sept. 20.
More than 5000 Negro religi-
Gus, labor, business, civic, and
fraternal leaders, called together
by Thomas Clark and Miss Ed
monia Swanson, are expected to
map out a house-to- house politi-
cal campaign to sweep the three
Negro candidates into office.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

dicial convention at the Knicker-
booker Hotel Sept. 26, at which
Curtiss D. MacDougall, Northwest
ern University journalism pro-
fessor, was to speak.
William Miller, state Pea di-
retcor, said that the qualifications
of the AZ judicial candidates would
be discussed. Pea is now organ
lied in 80 wards.
At Northwestern University,
more than 81 faculty members
formed q citizens committee to
support the campaign of Homer
F. Carey, nationally known au-
thority on rent law and tenants
problems, who is a Progressive
Party candidate.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

ATTORNEY H. B. Ritman was
named head of similar commit
tee which is working for Pearl
M. Hart, expert on sociological
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Rumors fly Judicial campaign
grows as political slew boiIs


Court judicial election
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Brodkin, attorneys for the Capone-
Guzik-Levin crime syndicate.
Evening star., 1947-09-07
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Evening star., 1947-09-07

blunt-edged toothpicks lying near by, stepped to
the plate. The opposing catcher surly individual
swathed in wire netting, looked me up and down and
then laughed holowly.
Take your foot out of the water bucket. chum,
he said, throwing small handful of dust in nv ewes
land let's get this over with
Wedgng my feet firmly in the batter box, tight
ened my belt rubbed my hands brskly and indicated.
by waving my bat, where I'd like the first pitch.
The moundsman, a large young man who
puddled steel in the daytime. made a sudden
whirling motion followed Immediately bv a
sharp slapping noise directly behind the plate.
Turning casually noticed the catcher remove the
ball from his glove Obviously the ball had never been
thrown in the first place and was merely the victim
of practical joke. Proving that enjoyed the prank
joined in the general laughter that followed
Twice more this action took place before our cap-
tain quietly relieved of the bat and indicated he
was satisfied with my work. That's looking them
over old boy" he said
Out to the Garden
IHE catcher, who had moved in and was accident
ally standing my feet to test his spikes observed
coarsely, Looking them over my aunt's snood! He
never even saw EN-
After several of my teammates had tried their
luck captain indicated that we were to take our
positions and off in an easterly direction Several
small boys eating tay apples along the way directed
me to right field.
Looking around l observed that while the main
part of the diamond had been rolled fairly smooth.
right field had scarcely been touched. To my left
series of low rolling foothills ended abruptly in pic
turesque ravine decked with wild berry bushes and
thick shrubs. The background, evidently terminal
moraine, displayed interesting rock formations
Having little to do, was specuating on these geo.
logical oddities when sudden shout went up Turn
ing quickly, saw the ball archng high over the first
baseman and heading in my direction.
The Terrain IL Rough
With motion wheeled in the classic manner
of the great Speaker and raced away my back to the
ball. Carefully calculating the trajectory, nimby
eaped bouders forded streams and tunneled through
patches of scrub oak At the precise moment turned
and extended both hands. Evidently someone had
introduced a feldpiece into the game, for the
ball ripped through my hands like q 75-milIi-
meter shell and buried itself behind me.
Turning like fash tore at the soil with my bare
hands and eventually recovered the ball at bedrock
several feet below the surface.
The following inning. encouraged by my team
mates, changed positions. While my present capac-
ty with the team is not actually that of participant
in the game, it is nevertheless one of major import
ance. AS our captain pointed out no team can hope
water In addition there is definite need for someone
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Evening star., 1947-09-07

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Evening star., 1947-09-07

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No more eternal scrubbing. For
this pure, white soap does away
with excessive, ugly bathtub
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Evening star., 1947-09-07

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No more excessive, wasteful
soap dish goo" Only Swans
''super-creamed blend" gives
you this thrifty firmness for
bath, complexion, dishes!
Evening star., 1947-09-07
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Evening star., 1947-06-15

d
BILE at beauty parlor down the street an while later
they had fight at pool hall over near the depot
Tubby Gropper the cop, came by for some coffee an
told us the details.
''Mabel, Tubby says, "there hasn't been a
brawl here in Wally's since you started to work
for him, has there?''
NO. not even mild fracas," Mabel tells him.
you aren't trying to drum up business, are you,
Tubby?"
Not on your life he answers. "One of them
excited danes tonight at the har-doers kicked me in
the shins. An hooligan at the pool hall called me
four names, each naster than the other Peace is
what am huntin' "a double order of it'
II GUESS we're just lucky" Mabel says People
sometimes come in scowlin'. Sometimes they don't
like what we have to eat An I've seen few grouchin
at each other. But we haven't had no mayhem Hows
the best way to stop fght?'
Well III tell you," Tubby answers, there's diff
ferent ways, reckon. But if can get both parties
mad at me an afraid of my billy - just for minute
- they find they got good deal in common Then
all of us can come to terms, maybe. Lemme ask
you the best way to keep a fight from startin'.''
That's easy" Mabel laughs lust say out loud
one side is right and the others reasonable. Then
Just watch both sides try to be both right an reason
able"
Shucks, gal like that would be safe in gettin mar
ried. better have talk with Jake about how we
treat Mabel hope she waits reasonable time for the
right man to along like it peaceful here the
way it is now. -WALLY B0REN
Evening star., 1947-06-15
RIGHT AN REASONABLE
HOME

M ABEL KENT, our waitress,
Nl keeps this flapjack factory
from gettin' unre6ned, l guess.
If you have a place run entirely
by women, it gets to be a shoppe,
an all men makes it into a Joint
or a dive, somehow. So Mabel
sort of has us teeterin' between
elegance an roughhouse.
act r,iohf tboro ,,,,s =, ,ul
Evening star., 1947-06-15
What makes a. gal
a. good number =?

IT, HE GIRLS who get the calls :. the girls
~ who get the rings are the girls who
are in the know when it comes to caring for
their clothes. So we show you the inside story
of one who has .oay with all her clothes :.
both those that show and those that don't
Evening star., 1947-06-15
Daisy-rresh: /:

Daisy
Her undies are bright and right, of course
Ivory Flakes-gentle care-keep the colors radiant
longer -. guard against fraying straps help
keep undes 50 nice and dainty. There's your cue:
Shun strong soaps, rough handling Wash your
undies in Ivory Fakes-the fast flake form of baby
pure, mild Ivory.
Evening star., 1947-06-15
Smooth. Smooth Figure

And so simple Frequent washings in Ivory Flakes
help her grdle keep its fit longer, wear longer
So her lines stay trim and slim. If that's for you,
remember this: Pure, mild Ivory Flakes is one soap
fashion designers and fabric experts recommend
to pamper the style and fit of your clothes.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
WITH OCCUPATION
FORCES IN JAPAN

Private Kenneth Schroeder,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Schroeder, Oil Ezekiel Ave,
Zion, is a member of the goth
Field Artillery Battalion OF
the 18th Infantry CTroplc
Lighting) Division, command
ed by Major General Charles
L. Mullins, Jr., and located at
the major port of Kobe on the
Island of Honshu.
Since his arrival at the goth
Field Artillery Battalion Pvt.
Schroeder has been playing
first string guard on the Ser
vice Battery basketball team.
The team is now tied for first
place and stands good
chance of winning the cham
pionship of the Kobe Basket
ball League. Since his arrival
Pvt. Schroeder has been as
signed to the Battalion Supply
and is now in charge Of ration
distribution. He travels about
100 miles per day distribute
ing rations to the outlying Bat
teries of the Battalion and has
seen a lot of Japan since his
arrival three months ago.
He entered the Army on
Sept. II, 1916, and received
his basic training at Fort Bliss,
Texas, and departed for over
seas duty on Dec. 9Th, 1916.
Upon his arrival in Japan he
was assigned to the 25th Divi-
sion.
Before entering the service
he attended Zion-Benton High
School,.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
ZION JUNIOR BAND
PRESENTS SPRING
CONCERT

On Thursday evening, May
8, Zion Junior Band and Zion
Grade School Band under the
direction of Conductor Dave
McElroy, presented their an
nual spring concert in the Zion
Auditorium to an overflow
audience, assisted by num-
Der of guest artists including
the Girls Octet directed by
Mrs. Zoa Pearl Park, the Milf
film Trio, Dennis Hayes, tenor
soloist, John McElroy, saxoph-
onist and others.
The bands under Dawes di-
rection presented an evening
of excellent entertainment.
The large audience was highly
appreciative of the efforts and
many members were encored.
Lighting and stage effects
were under the direction of ia
bez Taylor.
The Junior Band is laying it's
summer plans for the annual
trip to Minneapolis this COM
ing summer where they will
take part in the great aquaten-
NAL celebration.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
INDUSTRY NOTES
By George T. Hallacy

This coming week will be
designated throughout the
country as ''NATIONAL COT
TON WEEK" the men and
women responsible for the pro-
motion of the national publici-
ty pertaining to it, have wise
ly chosen the slogan: "PICK
UP COTTON Yes, Pick
Cotton, the finished cotton
products of the cotton bios
som some one picked. way
down South.
The cotton blossom could
deservedly be called Ameri-
cas- national flower. Innumer-
able are the uses in science, in
dustry and commerce, of this
lovely, downy, fluffy white
blossom.
From the days when Ely
Whitney's great invention en-
abled the American cotton
growers to successfully COM
Continued on page 12)
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
DRAMATIC RECITAL
PRESENTED BY MADAM
YOUNG'S STUDENTS

Last evening, Tuesday, May
18th, Madam Young presented
her second dramatic recital in
a series of three, to be given by
students who have studied I'M
der her during the past year.
A very interesting program
was given by the students and
there was much evidence of
fine development in their
work. Madam Young is to be
commended for the progress
that has been made.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
TRIP NORTH

Overseer Mintern, Steve La
Belle and Paul Peters spent
the early part of the week up
in Door County, Wisconsin,
looking over possible camp 81
tes for the Junior Guard and
Guardette summer camps.
The camp periods this year
are early in August with
weeks stay scheduled for each
of the organizations.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
PASSION PLAY RESERVA-
TIONS SOLD OUT FOR MAY


Reservations for presenta-
tions Of Zion Passion Play May
18th and May 25th are COM
pletely sold out.
There are still seats avail
able for all presentations in
June.
People planning to attend
the Passion Play should get
their tickets Immediately for
the June performances. Local
people who have friends who
are planning to come, should
take note of the above and as
far as possible, reservations
should be made Immediately
for the concluding presenta-
tons of the Passion Play.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
EXPRESSIONS OF
APPRECIATION

Appearing on page 5 in this
weeks Theocrat are two let
tiers of appreciation written by
friends of Zion Passion Play.
There have been many such
letters this season and from
time to time they will appear
in the columns of the Theocrat.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
POPPY DAY TO BE
OBSERVED IN ZION

May 24th will be Poppy Day
in Zion and throughout the
United States, the American
Legion Auxiliary has ANNOUNCE
ed.
On that day everyone will
be asked to wear memorial
poppy in honor of the dead of
CONTINUED on Page IL
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
POST OFFICE
CURTAILING SERVICE

The post office is obliged to
curtail it's service for a short
time we hope, due to insuffi-
cient funds to hire auxiliary
clerks and carriers. Local cur
tailment is due chiefly, to ex-
cess auxiliary used in the
March quarter, which was
used for the mailing of wall
paper catalogues, and the de-
partment has deducted that
much from the June author
ization. Such deficiencies as
these from many post offices
has not been approved by the
present congress as yet and
our local office must cut it's
service to keep within the
amount allotted to spend for
help.
Until further notice the post
master announces that there
will be only one delivery of
Continued on Page 81
Edna Huston Paxton pre-
sents her dramatic pupils in
recital Tuesday evening at
Zion Home at 8 o'clock.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-05-14
CENTRAL SCHOOL PIT. A.

The last meeting of the Gen.
trail P. T. A. will be held on
Tuesday, May Goth, at 1880 P.
M.
It will be Open House and
there will be an exhibit of
peonies followed by a musical
program and an election and
installation of officers.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-06-13
Refugees Tell Of Red Terror in
the Baltic States

Gently made his way into Swede1
from Estonia, said the arrests have
been intensified since the spring.
Make Room for Russians
The present wave of deportations,
he said, affects both country folk,
now branded as "kulaks" by the
Estonian-Soviet press, and town in
habitants belonging to the educat-
ed classes, now described as "bour-
geois nationalists." He expressed
the conviction that the deportations
ale part of the process of intensive
classification, carried out at Mos
cows order, to make room Tor Rus
sian inhabitants.
This witness gave the names Of
the following persons recently de-
ported who have relatives and friends
in America:
Helmy Ottas, a schoolmistress at
Tartu; Herr Kuhl, 72, Tartu sta
tionmaster; Karl and Viktor Maa-
six, both secondary school teachers
in Tartu; Herr Reben, teacher at
Tartu college and prominent So
cialist; Herr Puksoo, former libra
rian at Tartu university, and DIR.
Annist, former professor at Tartu
university.