Shirts That Shrink
National income climbs while defense spending rises and price controls grow. OPACS administrator Leon Henderson tightens rules on basic defense materials as Harriot Elliott leads a consumer division watching disguised price increases. Manufacturers cut quality to keep profits, lowering fabric grade and using substitutes in shirts and shoes, hurting low income buyers.
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Michael Straight
New Republic
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
OPACS
Miss Harriet Elliott
Washington
Aen
Miss Elliott
Urnal of Commerce
Stranger entertains Lockport meeting with pointed questions
A stranger woman enlivened the America First Committee gathering in Lockport Monday night. Attendance reached 32, including 21 adults and eleven youths, after Dr. Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago spoke against a policy leading to war. The woman challenged the speaker with sharp, embar rassing questions and criticized his remarks about Washington leaders. Mrs. Edward F. Worst chaired the event.
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America First Committee
Lockport
Anton J. Carlson
University of Chicago
America
Washington
Edward F. Worst
Joliet Punch Board Racket Shifting to Local Citizen
Gossip says a Lemont resident who has only a minor stake in the business will take over the punch board racket once run by a Will county deputy sheriff. Book makers continue taking bets on horses with several Joliet operators and near-city bookmakers thriving.
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Lemont
Will County
Joliet
Sabotage Rumors Stir Steel Mill Workers
Rumors spread among Scott Street wire mill workers of a plot to blow boiler rooms. four Special policemen guard the sites while a man seen sketching near Chicago and Columbia streets fuels chatter.
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Scott Street
Jme
Sig
Chicago
Columbia Streets
No Mystery About School Teachers Story
School officials attribute the matter to carelessness in task application and expect the school board to decide Monday evening on rehiring or discharging principals. Last meeting was postponed due to member absence. Teachers are praised for ability but criticized for not using it for pupils and the system.
Robbery Report At City Carnival
L B Heath of route 1 Elwood reported to the sheriff that a billfold was taken from his pocket last night at the carnival on Raynor and Theodore streets. He said the billfold contained no money.
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L. B. Heath
Elwood
Raynor
Theodore Streets
Heath
Capone Bums Shove Out Local Unionists
Capone gang influence expands into Joliet munitions era unions. Inter national Laborers and Hod-carriers union led by Joseph Moreschi of New Orleans suppresses elections during a twenty nine year tenure while Tony Augustino is pushed aside. Capone wing of the Teamsters backs Roy Herbert amid job pressure and mob linked drivers face speed limits and wage losses as officials probe altered specifications and local control.
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Tom Quin
Will County
Capone
Ulen
Joliet
Tony Augustino
Joseph V. Moreschi
New Orleans
Moreschi
Chicago Capones
Teamsters Union
Roy Herbert
Herbert
David Lentz
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Charles S. Winston
Roy Hogue
The
Winston Chevrolet Company
Soupson
Paul Schoene
Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Virgil Floyd
Floyd
Manhattan Road
Teamsters
Bernhard Klein
al Basia
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