Merchants vow to hold retail price level to combat inflation
Local merchants and chains pledge no price hikes despite OPA’s end, aiming to keep prices steady at fair trade levels. Businessmen including Sanger Haywood, Walter Kiep, Ralph Marsh, Lee Kofold, W. H. Anderson, Maurice Greenfield, A A Phipps, John Erickson, Robert Schultz, Joe Smith, Ralph Morris, and Al Baskin express intentions to maintain current prices, with minor possible adjustments in specific goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanger Haywood
Stillman
Walter Kiep
Kiep Jewelry
OPA
Lee Kofold
Community Liquor Store
W. H. Anderson
Goldblatt
Maurice Greenfield
Kline's
A. A. Phipps
A. J. Felman
Boston
John Erickson
B. D. Price Company
Robert Schultz
Midwest Supply Company
Joe Smith
Smith-Fitzgibbons Furniture Store
Ralph Morris
Peoples Outfitting Store
al Baskin
Baskin’s New’s Clothing Store
Baskin's
Poultry Prices Surge After OPA Death Across Area
Prices for chickens jumped as meat shortages linger and price controls vanish. Hens ranged around 45 to 50 cents per pound dressed, springers 39 to 59 cents, with some live weights and dressed rates stated by local dealers and stores including Joliet Butter Co and Marino's Poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Butter Company
Clementi's
Infield Road
Herzog's
Mills
Manhattan
Joiet
E. Cass
Marino's
Colburn Avenue
Quality Poultry Store
Morgan Street
Merchants Plan Clean Streets Effort in Loop
A special committee of the Retail Merchants Division of the Association of Commerce will develop a plan to keep loop streets clean. The group met at a luncheon near the Louis Joliet hotel with Chairman Frank Turk to organize the committee and discuss sidewalk containers and other measures to curb littering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Division
The
Association of Commerce
Louis Joliet Hotel
Frank Turk Will Nake
Executor ordered to file final report in Charlena Adam estate
Judge Fred R. Adams directed Arthur A. Walker executor of Charlena Adam's will to file a final report by September 15 after Harry J. Atkinson requested it. Atkinson will receive 25 percent of the trust fund. The estate value is listed at over 175000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Adams
Arthur A. Walker
Charlena Adam
Harry J. Atkinson
Atkinson
Public Service to Install Two Lamp Types for Street Loop Lighting
Officials of the Public Service company will install a block of two lamp types for loop street lighting. The action was taken yesterday by the Retail Merchants Division of the Association of Commerce. A committee recently inspected street lights in Dixon and Aurora and will seek citizen opinion on the lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company
Retail Merchants Division
The
Association of Commerce
Dixon
Aurora
Desertion and divorce suit filed in Houston court
Houston Binns of Park charges wife Sylvia with leaving after four years of marriage. The couple wed at Kankakee Acres in 1945 and have no reconciliation. His attorney is Charles Robson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Binns
Er Park
Sylvia
Kankacres
Charles Robson
Sole Heir Named for Late John Dames Estate
Sole heir to the $3,000 estate of John Dames a Broad Street tavern owner who died June 26 is Elmer L. Dames route 3 Lockport four sons none others listed Letters of administration were issued to him yesterday by Judge Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dames
Broadway
Elmer L. Dames
Lockport
Adams
Illegal Fireworks Found in Local Searches
A reporter purchased two inch salutes and dago bombs at a street stand in the 800 block of East Cass Street showing blackmarket style sales. The buys ranged ten to fifteen cents each as police noted most explosives were mailed from firms outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Cass Street
Frankfort Farmer Dies After Hay Bale Accident
August Misevich a 59 year old farmer from Frankfort died at Silver Cross hospital at 4 30 p m following severe head injuries when a bale of hay fell on him Tuesday at his farm He was unconscious on arrival and died without regaining consciousness Relatives in Chicago were notified and will claim the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Misevich
Frankfort
Silver Cross
Spital
Misevich
Chicago
Man Receives Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Sheriff deputies respond to 1120 Harrison avenue after John Fedor 32 suffers self inflicted gunshot wound. He is taken to Silver Cross hospital in serious condition with a bullet near the heart and lodged under the left shoulder blade. He remained conscious and received penicillin and oxygen treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel Nelson
Walter McKay
Harrison Avenue
John Fedor
Ralph Newkirk
Fedor
Silver Cross Hospital
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Clay Street
Five year old Richard Criscione, son of William Criscione of 420 Clay Street, was bitten on the arms and shoulder near 408 Clay Street last evening. Police investigated the case and the boy was treated by a physician for injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Criscione
William Criscione
Clay Street
Judge Adams Overrules Railroad Tax Objections in Joliet
County Judge Adams yesterday overruled railroad objections to Joliet township high school tax levies. Railroad attorneys plan to appeal to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Joliet ‘Township
Supreme Court
Inflation risk in GI Bill home loans debated
The essay argues that increases in loan guarantees under the GI Bill raise inflation risk by enabling veterans to borrow more for $10 000 houses and pay higher monthly sums. It warns of excessive loans, longer terms, and potential foreclosures shifting costs to the government and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brendon Shea
Atlantic Monthly
Veterans’ Administration
United States
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Sprmator
Adam Executor
Arges
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