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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-28
TIE TheOCraf

cars, freight cars and passen-
ger coaches at Alliance, Ne
braska.
After his apprenticeship
there, he was transferred to
the division repair shops of the
Burlington Railroad at Seneca,
Nebraska, where he was in
charge of repairs and inspec-
ton of through trains.
It was in this position that
he heard more about Zion. He
was at his brother-in-law's
place, (Mr. E. J. Powers), who
had listened to the marvellous
programs coming from Zion on
the radio, and it was during the
Albright Meeting, 1929,
when the air cleared up after
midnight and they were able
to get the Zion Station, that
Ross became so interested that
in March of 1923, the Ritten-
house family landed in Zion.
Having been a mechanic in
Seneca, he became affiliated
with the Zion Baking Industry
Transportation Department.
His work being so satisfactory
there, he was placed in charge
of the Zion Industry ware
house in Chicago, located at
1926 North Clark Street. This
position he held for seven
years.
When Zion Baking Industry's
Wholesale and Retail Divisions
were increasing and many of
the statesmen drove their own
trucks, which had to be SER
weed at the Industries gar
age, Ross was placed in charge
of this fleet of trucks.
When a position opened up
for a progressive man at Zion
Service Station, he was trans
ferred to this position of the
zion industries, which place
he held for three years. From
this position he was transfer
red to the management of the
Zion Ford Sales Agency, and
after a successful year there,
when the Nash Agency was re-
opened in it's present location,
at 2807 Sheridan Road, Mr..
Rittenhouse was transferred as
manager of this division of the
Zion Industries, which posi-
ton he now holds.
The Ross Rittenhouses' Sr.
family reside at 1912 Gideon.
Another FARMER BOY
HAS MADE GOOD!
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-28
AWARDED AIR MEDAL

1t. (jg) Adolf Mauser,
USNR, son of Mathew Mauser
of Route /, Zion, Illinois, has
been posthumously awarded
the Air Medal by Secretary of
the Navy John l.. Sullivan, for
the President.
1t. (jg) Mauser served as
pilot of a scout plane in Scout
ing Squadron ga during op-
erations against enemy Jap
anese forces in the Solomon
Islands Area from April 8 to
September 10, 1913. Complet-
ing numerous missions during
this period, 1t. (jg) Mauser
participated in scouting.
search, rescue, anti-submarine
and utility flights and,
throughout this period, contri-
buted materially to the sue
cess of his squadron.
During the war citations
were temporarily, or incom-
plete, for security reasons.
The text of the citation is
as follows:
"For meritorious achieve
ment in aerial flight as Pilot
of a Scout Plane in Scouting
Squadron SIXTY FOUR dur
ing operations against enemy
Japanese forces in the Solo
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-28
ROSS R. RITTENHOUSE. SR.

His grain-raiSing farm was
very successful. Ross Ritten-
house was born to this happy
family on February IL, 1894.
Schooling in those days was
as important to most of the
parents as it is today, only that
children from the first grade
to the eighth grade had to
really endure hardships in or
der to get to school. In this re-
spect Ross family when he be-
came to school age had to take
him ten miles to school and
then call for him in the even
ing, but Ross got a thorough
grade school education that
way.
The school house was a very
sumptuous edifice, being built
out of sod with a sod roof.
Nebraska being mainly
prairie state, very little wood
or coal was available for heat
ing purposes. Therefore in the
one-room school house in the
hayburner stove they burned
dried cow manure to keep
warm during the severe winter
weather.
Ross still thrills when he
thinks back on the wonderful
teacher he had during his
school years there.
Many of Ross brothers and
sisters are still living in the
west. His sister Minnie, (now
Mrs. Dunbar) is still living at
Sergeant, Nebraska; his broth
er, Tom, is farming at Taylor,
Nebraska; while his other
brother, Albert, is at Grand
Island, Nebraska. A brother,
Jess, and his sister, Bessie
(now Mrs. Norman Haas) are
both living here in Zion.
Ross was the last one of the
children of the William Ritten-
houses to get married, and he
married a school mate, Rena
Fales, on February %, 1916,
at Tedford, Nebraska. This
union has been blessed with
three children = Everett, Ross
Jr., and Marjorie.
Both boys were in World
War II - Everett being with
General Patton in Europe,
while Ross, Jr. served in the
Pacific, being stationed at the
Hawaiian Islands. Everett,
since returning from service,
is the expert dump" man at
the Ford Sales, while Ross, Jr.
is following the painting trade.
Both of them are married and
Ross, ST., has five grandchil-
dren.
Marjorie, Ross daughter
at present is living in Wauke-
gan and has her own beauty
salon in Libertyville.
Ross father being farmer,
the boys were all taught the
farm business and all worked
on their fathers farm.
Just before being married,
Ross leased a 24O acre
grain farm and had a very
successful crop, which when
an opportunity presented itself
in the fall of that year, he sold
and converted everything into
money. He then became a
salesman for the Ford Agency
at Brewster, Nebraska. He
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Warren Rule UphoIds
1amm Salary During
Recess Appointment

Associate Justice Edward A
Tamm of District Court is legally
entitled to his salary of $4,000 .
year during his recess appointment
according to Controller Genera
Lindsay c. Warren.
In formal ruling the controlle,
general decided that Justice Tamm
and two other judges could be paid
their salaries under their interim
appointment by the President, but
that third could not receive his
pay because he had already been
serving under previous recess ap-
pointment.
Salary was denied to Justice Roy
w. Harper Of the Federal Court In
Missouri. A former Democratic
State chairman In Missouri, Judge
Harper was appointed by President
Truman and was serving under q
previous interim appointment.
The two other jurists whose SAL
aries were approved are Judge Paul
P. Rao of the United States Gus
toms Court here and Justice Sam
uel H. Kaufman of New York. They
also were given recess appointments
by the President on June %.
Mr.. Warren's decision was made in
reply to questions on the four judges
submitted by Henry P. Chandler,
director of the Administrative Office
OF United States Courts, which pays
the jurists.
Decision of the Controller General
Evening star., 1948-07-17

in the four cases was based on the
constitutional provision for presi-
Dental appointments during . recess
Of Congress, and an old law govern
ing such cases, which had been
amended IN 1910.
Mr.. Tamm was nominated by
President Truman early in Febru-
ary. He had been the center Of q
dispute during long hearings before
Senate judiciary subcommittee,
but was not confirmed by the Senate.
Mr.. Truman then gave him a recess
appointment shortly after Congress
adjourned and questions arose in
several quarters as to whether he
could be paid.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Gunmen in Bohomos,
Not Bermuda

In two early editions Of The Star
last Thursday . headline on q
Nassau story incorrectly referred to
Bermuda.
The story-an account Of the ac-
tiyities of certain gentleman gun
men INSPIRED . friend Of Bermuda
to write to The Star and point out
that 875 airline miles separate
Bermuda and the Bahamas.
Evening star., 1948-07-17

Robert and johanna johnson, girl.
Bernard and Ethel johnson. boy.
william and Lenora Kimball. boy.
Matthew and Minnie Kozieradzki. boy.
Joseph and Rita Lawless. girl.
Francis and Mary Leach, boy.
William and Catherine Liekweg, girl.
Floyd and Pearl Lobs.n, e,ri.
Aa41y m1,oss sns sna a.29 p9rgtny iSr,ck s
John and Edna MacDonaid. boy.
kssTs aad .aa nds k.ss Msesss Msn.am aT boy
PAU and DO Dorothy Miiispsush boy.
Themas and Angela Moore, gill.
isiiE William and Rsn,ona ' Gets, boy.
aleT aka0na and rna a,as ssrpsen aebans Boy 00s
Joe e' ana Ann McKnisht, girl.
William and Lucille Parker, girl.
Leslie and Helen Perry, girl.
RSnald and Doris PeilttmuaIs;,s Pittmans; girl,
ssnjamin ' and aertruds Fruit boy .ne
wiiiiliaim and Sara pumphrey. girl.
Gilbert Glib A and FAYE By, sya boy; ~,
Arch and Regina Reid. sirl:
asRan ssionon ana and a'Ihss .as sasasd
Thomas and Elizabeth Salb, boy.
Mainly and Virginia Shegogue, boy.
John and Anna Small. boy,
Rayburn and Myrtle Smallwood. girl.
John and Viola Sniegoski, boy.
Anthony and Cora Sperduto, girl.
Aaron and Pauline Sternbers; girl.
Wallace and Lucy Tate. boy.
Joseph and Lily Terry, Girl.
Frank and Dorothy Thomas. girl.
Richard and Evelyn Truett, boy.
Edward and Jane Tyree, girl.
James and Mary WEIGH, girl.
Joseph and Mildred Wenzel, girl.
Robert and Jean Weston, boy.
Patrick and Marjorie Boggs, boy.
Wei and Hui Cheng, girl
Foster and Clarabelle Doleman, boy.
Evening star., 1948-07-17

Henry and Naomi Evans. girl.
willie and Asnes Graves. girl.
Kingming and ehewjee Lee. girl.
Nathaniel and Mary Meyers, girl
James and Annie McGrogery. boy.
Frank ana MsEsaIet McMinney; sirl
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Births Reported

tFrom D. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics
RAYMOND and Geraldine Amos, boy.
Rodney and June Ashby, girl.
Francis and Maxine Baranauskas. boy.
Richard and Charlotte Cantwell, boy.
Lester and Mary CLAIR. girl.
George and Maggie Coleman, girl,
Jack and Constance Courtner, boy.
Charles and Alice Cox, girl.
James and Marie Craig, boy.
Walter and Thelma Craver, girl.
Paul and Lois Cuddy. girl.
George and Ethel David, girl.
Stafford and Lucille Davis, girl.
Ralph and Maxine Davis, boy
Joseph and Norma Downs boy.
Ellis and Nancy Duley, girl.
Darden and Ruth Eure, girl.
Judson and Ann Evans, boy.
John and Grace Ford, girl
Frank and Arlene Galope, girl.
Eugene and Madeline Geran, boy.
Joseph and Jane Glenn, boy.
Alexander and Marylynn Gottesman, girl
David and Joann Grifhth, girl.
Edward and Anne Hsmpl, girl,
Robert and Mary Hampton, boy.
Lee and Wanda Hargus, boy. b.
Ralph and Wilhelmina Henderchot, boy,
Bernard and Dolores Herbert, boy.
Gustav and Solange Hertz, boy.
John and Raymond Hill, girl.
Amos snd Johoyce Holmes, girl.
William and Mary Holmes, girl.
John and Frances Holmes. boy.
Luverne and Ruth Hruska, girl.
Edward and Myrtle Jenkins, girl
Clyde and Catherine johnson, girl
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Iodae to Hold Picnic

Samuel Gompers Masonic Lodge
will hold its annual all-day picnic
tomorrow in Groves I, 2 and 3, of
Rock Greek Park.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
THIS STATION ENDORSES
ONLY SINGING COMMERCIALS

Cumberland, Md. (LPA) - This
city's radio station has been delug-
ed with phone Inquiries as to whet-
her or not it endorses the views ex-
pressed in the Bromo Seltzer and
chewing gum commercials which it
airs.
The phenomenon had station ex-
ecutives scratching their heads, un-
til they remembered that someone
had told announcers reading spot
announcements paid for by Local
1874 of the Textile Workers Union
to add the tag-line, This announce
ment was paid for by the Textile
Workers Union, and the opinions
expressed do not necessarily repre-
sent the views of the station"
The union-financed spot ann
ouncements told the time and place
of the union-authorization election
held here last week by the Natl
Labor Relations Board in which the
union received the votes of more
than 95e6 of the S044 eligible vot-
ers in the Celanese Corp. plant.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Board Rules
(Continued From Page One)

NMU President Joseph Curran,
in brief statement said that the
board ruling which labelled the
Great Lakes hiring hall a viola
ton of the Taft Hartley law "can
wreck the entire maritime industry
if upheld in court"
Herman E. Cooper, new general
counsel of the NMU, explained that
a long, involved legal procedure
will have to be gone thru before
the validity of the NLRB if final
ly decided. First the board must
find that it's order to the union to
cease demanding the hiring hall
has been violated. Then it must
apply to a federal district court
for an enforcement order. From
there the case will wind it's way
thru the appellate courts to the
US Supreme Court for final ac-
tion-a process which will take at
least a year.
The Board dismissed requests by
several of the tanker companies
that it assess the union for dam
ages that management may have
suffered as a result of the strike.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Miners Pension
Checks TO Sfurf
This September

Washington (LPA) - 1t took
more than two years of negotia-
tions and court battles, but with the
beginning of September, the $100-
a-month pension plan for bitumin-
Gus miners will finally go into op-
GRAFTON.
The program, won by the United
Mine Workers thru contract
agreement that operators would
pay zoe royalty for each ton of
coal mined, will benefit UNIV MEM
bers who have worked for 20 years
under the ground, are 62 years old,
and We're employed on May 20,
1916.
These qualifications for the $100-
a-month checks were laid down by
the three trustees of the fund,
President John l.. Lewis for the
UNIV, Ezra Van Horn for the op-
orators, and neutral" member Sen.
Styles Bridges (R., N. H..
Application forms are now being
mailed to UNIV district offices
and locals, and the program is ex-
pected to get into high gear rap
idly, now that legal obstacles
thrown into the funds path by the
Taft Hartley law and the operators
have finally been conquered.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
New InsfoIImenf
Continued From Page One)

They viii keep consumers from get
ting too far in debt.
The Federal Reserve Board rules,
known as regulation w" cover in
'stallment buying, and borrowing to
cover most purchases ranging be-
tween $50 and $500. A one third
down payment is required on autos.
A one-fifth down payment is re-
quired on radio, television and pho
'nograph sets, room unit air condi-
TONERS, furniture, rugs, vacuum
cleaners, washing machines, sewing
machines, ironers, dishwashers,
cooking stoves, and combinations
of this equipment.
lnstallment payments on all pur-
chases of $1,000 or under must be
completed within Is months. In
stallment payments on all pur-
chases over $1,000 must be complet-
ed in Is months, and must each be
not less than $40.
Not included in the rules are
some items that were covered by
wartime installment credit regula-
tions, including musical instru-
ments, jewelry, and silverware.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Shipping Tieup
(C0ntinued From Page One)

give them as much as the AFL
won, Curran says that they will
strike when the Sept. 2 deadline
rolls around.
On the Great Lakes the employ
ers do not bargain jointly. Some
settlements have already been
reached there.
Now that the fact-finding board
has reported, the next step under
the Taft Hartley law is for the
NLRB to hold an election to find
out whether the maritime work
ers will accept the employers last
offer (as listed in the fact-finders
report). In the maritime dispute,
this has turned out to be one Of
the silliest headaches that Taft
Hartley devised for the NLRB. The
vote must be taken and reported to
the attorney general in l5 days.
Many Of the seafarers are in the
middle of the ocean somewhere and
some are on slow freighters which
won't hit an American port for
months. This means that the board
can't possibly get in the election re-
turns before the strike deadline.
Associate General Counsel Char
les Nj. Brooks told reporters this
week that he's working on the me-
chanics of the election and consid-
ering sending out airmail ballots,
care of the ships.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Six Labor Executives Named To Posts
On Safety Conference Committees

Washington, D. c. QLNS) -
Six more labor leaders have been
named to important committee
posts for the Presidents Confer
ence on Industrial Safety to be
held in Washington on Sept. n, 2S
and 20. William l.. Connolly, director
of the Bureau of Labor Standards
and chairman of the overall Coor-
dinating Committee, announced the
appointment of the following:
Martin P. Durkin, president of
the United Association of Journey
men and Apprentices of the Plumb
ing and Pipe Fitting Industry,
Washington, is vice chairman of
the Committee on Programs and
Services.
William Gomberg, director of the
Management Engineering Depart
ment of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union of New
York, is vice-chairman of the Com
mittee on Accident Record, Analy-
sis and Use.
Harvey w. Brown, president of
the international Association of
Machinists of Washington, has been
appointed vice-chairman of the
Committee on Engineering.
Frank Burke, director of the De-
partment of Safety and Welfare of
the United Steel Workers, Pitts
burgh, is vice-chairman of the Com
mittee on Laws and Standards.
Victor Reuther, director of the
Education Department of the Unit
ed Automobile Workers, CIO, De-
troit, is vice-chairman of the Com
mittee on Education.
Emil Rieve, New York, president
of the United Textile Workers of
America, CIO, has been appointed
vice-chairman of the Committee on
research.
William Green, president of the
AFL, and Philip Murray president
of the CIO, were made members of
the Coordinatng Committee in
July. Connolly also announced
James Brownlow of the Metal
Trades Department as AFL alter
nate for William Green and Harry
Reed, CIO, as alternate for Philip
Murray.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Spanish Dictator
Murders Miners

New York (LPA)-Almost SIM
ultaneous with the publication of a
statement by Frances Minister of
Justice that "there are no longer
any genuine political prisoners in
SPAIN" news arrived last week that
the Franco regime has brutally
murdered 22 miners in the province
of Asturia.
The 22 miners were dragged out
out of their homes by Frances
Falangist militia men on suspicion
of keeping alive underground trade
union and Socialist Party activity.
They were hurled into a neutral
we'll called Pozu Fumeros.
The lucky ones died by the impact
of their bodies against the walls.
The unlucky ones survived for sew
eral days, perishing when the Fas-
cists returned, poured gasoline over
them and then tossed in sticks of
dynamite.
News of this latest Spanish ter
ror against democratic trade union
lists and socialists was received by
the Int'l Solidarity Committee,
whose executive committee includes
numerous AFL and CIO leaders,
from Indalecio Prieto, leader of
the Spanish labor groups exiled in
France and Mexico. Prieto was
Minister of War in the Spanish Re-
publican government.
ISC, and the Workers Defense
League, have protested to the US
State Dept and the United Ma
tions, demanding international ac-
tion to force the Spanish govern
ment to abandon its terrorist poll
cies. ISC has also set up special
relief fund for the families of the
murdered Spanish democrats.
Meanwhile, the Fascist Minister
of Justice, Raimundo Fernandez
Cuesta was attempting to destroy
even the names of the regimes
thousands of victims. He denied
that there are political prisoners
in Spain and said that some of the
inmates of Francois crowded iails
"tried to give their blood crimes
a political disguise"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

stances.
Under the Taft Hartley rules,
the fact finding board report is
supposed to be followed within
Is days by an NLRB election to
find out whether the maritime
workers are willing to accept the
employers last offer. A west coast
election can probably be held with
in this time limit, since most Of
the ILWU members are shoreside
workers. However, last week when
il looked as tho the NMU would
have to be polled too, the Taft
Hartley boys were really in spot.
Associate General Counsel Charles
Nj. Brooks, who's supposed TO be
minding things while Rob
eat Denham is out i'll, turned the
tables on a press conference by
asking the newsmen if they could
think of any scheme whereby he
could hold an election within 10
days polling men who'are on slow
fTeighters which won't reach an
American port for months. Asked
if he considered this one of the
awkward provisions of the law,
Brooks hastily replied, "no, no, no"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

the United States to investigate
this matter and take suitable ac-
tion to prevent a recurrence of
unwarranted interference in the du-
ties of the administrative branch
by the members of the legislative
branch" the resolution added. "We
also call upon Governor Dewey, the
Republican nominee for President,
to disavow the high-handed meth
DDS of Sen. Taft"
The convention, among other
things also:
Went on record for a united labor
movement.
Voted an increase in union pen
sion rates for retired members
from $14 to Is week.
Established job protection for
apprentices drafted in wartime.
Rejected a resolution which
would have narrowed ITU juris-
diction and excluded "varitype" op
orators from membership.
Denounced government witch
hunting committees, inspired by the
Natl Association of Manufactur-
ers."
Randolph pointed out that the
past year has demonstrated that
the union can support large num-
bers of its members who are on
strike for long periods of time.
Now, he said, the union "can sup
ply an unfair employer with enough
competition of various kinds to
make his unfair operation much
less profitable than he calculated
when he dispensed with our mem
bers."
"That does not necessarily mean
that we will start a newspaper in
every jurisdiction where we have a
strike or lockout, but it does mean
that we can supply the mechanical
equipment and the mechanical
know-how for the operation of an
other newspaper where other busi-
ness men would like to enter the
field"
He added that "the practice of
one newspaper arrogantly domin-
ating an entire city's news, and
too often its radio also, is a prac-
tice which can be somewhat cor
rected if other investors can be
shown the way"
An extensive educational publ
city campaign, using radio and
movies as well as the pages of the
daily papers to present the unions
case, is urgently needed" the
ITU president said.