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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
2
Second class matter for Jone BO at Cincinnati Ohio dated 1944. Office contact Rollin H. Everett 306 Bell Brock 606 Vine St Cincinnati 2 Ohio Main 4813. Annual subscription price two dollars.
The Times Star argues federal taxes should fund wartime needs, while Cincinnati debates municipal ownership. The piece warns against giving rivals a low electric rate edge, emphasizes jobs for veterans, and counters socialism/communism fears by highlighting efficient water service and private competition absence.
In Los Angeles Staff Sgt. Darrell Van Ness of Local 550 CIO union refused Eisenhower's boots offer. The GI later reached a deal, ending the episode that drew public interest.
A world premier of The Festive Overture by William Grant Still, renowned Negro composer, will be staged amid honors and public celebrations, highlighting Still's significant contribution to American music.
The textile union wage talks push for 72 cents per hour as a target while a 55 cent figure is floated by Dr. George W. Taylor and denied by the WLB. The board struggles with enforcement in the south and New England, facing 20 non compliance cases below 50 cents, including laundry, bakeries, and foundries.
Hollywood production of a Eddie Rickenbacker biopic at 20th Century Fox faces protests from AFL CIO and railroad brotherhoods over perceived glorification of a war worker antagonist. Fred MacMurray stars with Lynn Bari. budget reportedly rises toward two million dollars amid industry tension and labor complaints.
In a brief front line exchange Iago Ti er offered to trade his sheepskin lined flight boots for another soldier's battered artics. Van Ness refused, saying the boots would be more useful to him as the deal was off. Ike then proposed a separate cultural note mentioning a symphony orchestra and a wartime bond contest. The piece also mentions wage talks and ongoing labor friction with a proposed 60 cent minimum.
A planned 20th Fox production to offset Rickenbacker with a special labor glorification is shelved. P. S. Promise put off, per the film industry note.
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