The Rhinelander Daily News from Rhinelander, Wisconsin • Page 2

PAGE! THE (WIS.) PAIM? NEWS FEBRUARV 20,1346 VFW Post to Seek Rent Control Here World War II A Veterans Tell of Exorbitant Rentals Tn stormy session last night. of the Ray Rousseau post the Veterans of Foreign Wars 'voted to adopt a resolution petition- jfng the Office of Price Adminisfra- Ition to establish rent control in after several World veterans complained of exorbi- 'tatit rentals, even after they suc- in obtaining housing. i The resolution, which will list Individual complaints by VFW 'members charging unfair practices landlords, will be forwarded to) -the Green Bay office of OPA, VFW stated last night. Some landlords, it was charged. in an effort to obtain higher-paying his office has been moved from the tenants, have attempted to oust vet-! Rhinelander Hotel to the Memorial erans by boosting rents to such a building.

Office hours in the new level that the veterans were un-i location will be from 10 a. m. to 5 able to pay. One example a p. m.

daily. shown in that one vet, who was first assessed $20 a month, soon found the rent more than doubled to $50 month. Many other such practices were brought forth at the meeting, held in the city hall. A furor arose when a World War II vet charged that War I members weren't supporting the Paper, Rag Pickup Here Saturday John Wells, chairman of of Foreign Wars salvage committee, reminds householders and business establishments of Rhinelander that the pickup of waste paper and rags will begin at noon Saturday. He urges everyone (o have donations bundled or boxed at Ihe curb or, if weather conditions do not permit that, to place ma- lerial on porches.

Members of -the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who will be manning the trucks, will be on hand to pick up donations. Army Recruiter Now (n Memorial Building Sgt. John Stanton, in charge of the Army recruiting station in Rhinelander, today announced that Public Offices To Close Friday; Stores to Be Open Markham Funeral Here Yesterday Funeral services for the late Mrs. Len Markham- were held Tuesday afternoon in the Hildebrand Funer- IllejllUCla WCICII oujjpul Ll.v- IT newer veterans in.their attempts to al Home with the Rev. Ralph V.

get housing in Rhinelander. came after one World War I' member announced his opposition the move to petition OPA for a Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mark- ceiling on rentals in the Rhinelander ham, of-Oconto; Mrs. Ed Markham The controversy subsided i and daughter, Claire, of Minneapolis; Mr.

and Mrs. F. F. Brush, Mr. and Mrs.

George Basil and Mr. and Mrs. C. Christensen, of Antigo. Out-bf-town people attending the funeral were: John Kimball, of area.

quickly after the motion to petition the OPA was carried. Add 24 New Members. Twenty-four new members' were admitted into VFW membership last night, boosting post strength to 510. The goal is 700, with the deadline for obtaining-, new members set at May 15. The new members are: Robert F.

Nehls, Lester Sine; Arthur G. Cook, Harry W. Schrump, John J. Skochil, Walter- T. Towne, Carl E.

Flossy. Ed- mupa-re. KurlinskV Verl M. Jolin, Harry A. Fredrich, Paul Munninghoff, Frank Staub, Henry J.

Bernier, Ralph Lundberg; Lester Robert C. Murphy, E. Farris, Richard D. Alexander, Vilas H. Lyle W.

Joliri; Thomas j. Fredrich, Roy C. Fjedrich and James A. Armf ield. Several 'members'are expected to attend the mid-winter conference of the VFW at Wausau March' 2 and 8, at which the guest 6f honor will be Joseph M.

Stack, of Pittsburgh, VFW commander-in-chief. Also in attendance-will, be Past Adjutant Foreign Briefs Built 325 Ships in 1945. LONDON, Feb. 20 British Sctaiiilti -who after' fixe service in -the South" in Freak Accident Improves Nolan" 33, 117 East Prospect Street, injured in an unusual type in the" Rhinelander, Papei- Company plant last Friday, today--was reported to. be in ''-fvery-good" condition in St.

pc'fiurre'd w.h.e a on a coal'ponvjeypr-in "the boiler 'house of jjrtaiftrHis 'oil can came -in an'electric power line volts he was by the electric employed noticed his Jljj'irecTJipament immediately and switch on the power releasing Nourse and causing him'to fall about 15'feet In the fall Nourse suffered, heel and other injuries, but apparently he suffered no permanent ill effects from the electric charge. shipyards launched 325 merchant vessels totalling 898,238 tons during 1945 and at the end. of the year had 1,612, 810 tons more under construction, it -was disclosed today in the first summary of shipbuilding since U. S. Consul in Indo-China.

Indo-China, Feb. 20 Charles Reid arrived here today to "give the United States its diplomatic representation in Indo China in four years. New Zealand Gives Food. WELLINGTON, Zealand, JEeb, 20 The New Zealand has 16,000 tons-'of food valued pounds- as a gift to. Acting Prime Minister Waller Nash announced today.

Cut U. S. Forces in India. NEW DELHI, Feb. 20 American Army strength in the India- Burma theater will be reduced to 19,000 officers and men by March 1, a headquarters spokesman said today.

During March, he said, approximately 5,500 men will leave ior home aboard troop ships. All federal, state, county and city offices will be closed Friday, Feb 22, in observance of Washington's birlhday, but mercantile establishments and private offices will remain open. Public and parochia' schools will have classes as usual but in most of the schools special Washington's Day programs will be held Friday afternoon. Rhinelander's banks Merchants State and First National and the 'Rhinelander Building and Loan Association will join the public offices in closing all day Friday. Also closed will be the Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce office.

Public offices and buildings to be closed are as follows: Oneida County court house. Rhinelander city hall. U. S. Forest Service office, 11-A North Brown Street.

U. S. Employment Service Office, 53 South Stevens Street. Seventh division office of the state highway commission, located in the county court house. State board of health office, in the city hall.

State Department of Public Welfare office, 8-A West Davenport Street. Federal income tax office, located in the basement of the postoffice. No Mail Delivery. Mail will be dispatched and received at the postoffice as usual, but there will be no carrier delivery service Friday in the city or on rural on the Star route which connects with the Milwaukee railroad at Harshaw. Postoffice box holders will receive the usual Sunday holiday service Friday.

Acting Postmaster Les Byrns reminded residents that all window service at the postoffice will be suspended for the Washington's birthday observance. Merchants have been asked to display the American Flag on Feb. 22 in observance of the birthday of this country's first president, the Chamber of Commerce stated today. All public grade schools will stage special programs Friday afternoon for the entertainment of parents and other visitors, Supt. of Schools W.

F. Kruschk'e announced. In the Senior High School no program is planned because this year's Lincoln birthday was observed with a special ceremony. Collision Causes Little Damage A minor traffic accident occurred yesterday about 4 p. m.

involving the automobiles of Mrs. Brad Freeborn, 703 Dorr Avenue and Melvin 90 South Brown Street. Mrs. Ffeeborh, traveling south on Stevens "into the car driven by Miv Levknech't, causing slight damage" the left front fender and door of Levknecht's vehicle. Damage to' Mrs.

Freeborn's car was negligible. Aworde'd Medal if FRESH SMELTS TONIGHT And Balance of Week WARREN'S RATHSKELLER AUG. G. WOLFF Architect has opened his office in the First National Bank Bldg. Room 8 Phone 1502 TONIGHT- CARNIVAL NIGHT at the WONDER BAR Also Don't Forget The ARMY-NAVY Basketball Game Memorial Bldg.

Just Received-- Pyrex FRYING PANS 90c White Enameled BREAD CAKE BOXES 2.25 Electric SOLDERING IRON For Use with Car Battery 4.50 Alemite GREASE GUN 3.50 Pyrex MIXING BOWLS Colored. Set of 4 2.50 Metal WASTE BASKETS Ivory Decorated 98c Electric IRON CORD Complete with Rubber Plug. 65c Radio BATTERIES 1.95 Lewis Hardware Sgt. Charles E. Mower of Chippewa Falls, Wis.i has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for heroic action against the Japanese Which cost him his life, the Wat'Depart- ment announced.

The medal will be presented tb Mower's Gil- Dert Mowerr Chippewa photo). Enrollment Continues For Aviation School Persons interested in attending a new Aviation Ground-'School may call the Vocational School office enroll during the hours a. to 5 p. m. this week.

This 'class will be conducted by Erling Skagen. The work has been planned as a six weeks' course" which will go into the fundamentals of civil air egulations, navigation and meteorology. On completion of this course, student may take an examina-' for a pilot's private license. Director C. W.

Rowe, of the Vocational School says this class will be organizedVon the registration Of 0 people. We all respect freedom of speech, jut we didn't win the last war to preserve freedom of speech for 'ascist or semi-Fascist propaganda. nder the protection of democracy, vhen it will only lead to" a new. Aynazasp Aruftunian, oviet UNO delegate. Mighty Nice From Any Viewpoint Crandon Youth, AWOL from Army, Fails in Jail Break Army life apparently agree with Private James Mickey of Crandon, according to a report received by Sheriff Gordon' Tag- garl of Oneida County.

19-year-old soldier has been listed as A.W.O.L. since last summer, wiien tie was to return to a station hospital at Camp Maxle, Texas. At that time Mickey had stolen-a car from Crandon and In his. haste to get away ran head-on into a tree, totally demolishing the vehicle and all but killing himself. After a recuperative period in St.

Mary's Hospital here, young Hickey was ordered to the Texas camp. Feeling that there was no particular hufry attached to the order that he return, the Crandon private wandered about the countryside for several nionths until yesterday is. A call from the provost marshal in Milwaukee to the county service officer aV Crandon asked that Hickey be apprehended. Sheriff Harry Fannon of Forest CoUnty found the youth in a tavern about 4 p.m. yesterday.

Shortly after being comfortably ensconced in the Forest county jail, he was visited by his mother, Mrs. Laura Ratliff, and his sister. When the couple left the cell block for home, Hickey stepped into the sheriff's office, brandishing a .38 revolver. He trained the gun on Un- dersheriff Kenneth Fannon and, noring the protests of his mother, departed. Both the sheriff and his brother took up the hunt and later in the evening discovered the soldier's tracks leading into a swamp.

Feeling that the youth hadn't -penetrated it very deeply Sheriff Fannon kept calling to the soldier to give himself up. After a few minutes of the convincing story, the AWQL private came out from his hiding place and turned himself over to the authorities. Military police from the provost marshal's office in Milwaukee are on their way to Crandon now, and it is quite certain that Hickey will be experiencing a form of army life, whether he approves or not, for another year or so, at least. Sheriff Fannon was unable to she'd any light on how the young infantryman obtained the pistol, but did state that members of the boy's family were not being held. Radio Hat Latest thing in radios and latest thing In quite unlikely to become fashionable in the little number styled by 16-year-old Olin Mumford, above of Atlanta, Ga.

He built a two-tube radio set into a tropical sun helmet at a cost of only $10. The radio-hat weighs three pounds, operates from flashlight batteries and can pick up local stations. With the Colon Activities of Oneida County Men la the Armed Phelps an Out: Among the Wisconsin soldiers discharged from the Army- Monday at the Camp McCoy, separation center was Cpl. Robert'W. Koski, Route.

1, Phelps. Sailors End Service: Northern Wisconsin sailors discharged at the Great Lakes, 111., separation center Monday included: Ralph C. Lundberg, Route 1, Rhinelander; and Francis B. Taylor and Duane M. AJ- berg, both of Tomahawk.

End Army Service: Discharges at Fort Sheridan, 111., separation center between noon Feb. 16 and noon Feb. 18 included the following northern Wisconsin soldiers: Donald F. Mattke, Route 1, Woodruff; Eugene Plummer, Route 1, Crandon; and Cpl. Alvin T.

JCoerner, Manitowish, Mighty appealing to the $yt Bur you'll gtf a thrill out of their other too selected 1 good fit and expert that ore yovr of longer, more tory tervice. Come in and let ut fhow'you why you Value! in Weyenberg BANNER'S Shoe Stoie X-Bay Stoe fitting Service 33 West Pavemwn St. ONEIDA VITAMIN MILK And it's so much better for them, its full quota of Vitamin enables their bodies to make the best use of milk minerals to build sturdy bodies and strong teeth, Homogenization spreads the cream through the milk making it easier to digest and far more cious. Give youngsters all of this better milk they their ktft This uniformly rich milk gives your favorite smooth a thrilling flaw- MM MuJ mm moie dilwwws than ever, March of Dimes Folders Overdue; Short of Quota "Get your March Dimes eolfi folderd In i Only 600 of the' 3,400 folders mailed to residents of the county have been returned, Harry Martin, chairman of polio drfve announced this morning, and he said this was "a very low average for the length of time the foldets have been in the hands of the contrlButofs." With btit a few days' left before the drive is officially'over, Mr. tin hopes that householders will cover the folder that' may have been set aside and return It with a small donation.

"Unless we receive a major of the folders sent out, Oneida- county will fall short of the quota set for the first time since the in-, auguration of the March Dimes drive, eight years ago," the chairman commented. "Your, contribution, no matter how small, will aid'dn the treatment of some child stricken with the disease, one of the most, dreadful of all childhood diseases. Infantile'paraly- sis leads in the percentage of mortality, it can strilte; any where or anyone, no one is immune. "Don't overlook the fact that half of the funds given' ta the Foundation fof Infantile Paralysis remain In Oneida county ttt bfe used for care and treatment of any eases that may develop," Mf. Martin urged, "certainly there is no ef insurance against such a disease." "Get youf Match of Dime folders in now!" GrandRelfef FROM SNIFFLY, STUFFY DISTRESS OF HeadColdsl Instantly relief from head cold distress starts to come when you put a little Va-tro-nol in each nostril.

Also -it helps prevent many colds from developing if used in time! Try itl Follow directions in package. VICKS VA-TRO-NOL Glass Slippei Ask to See StYLE NO. 1100 As Sketched Here is a "glass" slipper that Cinderella couldn't Made of clear or black Vinyl, it gives as you relieving any strain, yet holding your foot firmly. Madc with a real leather sole, it sells for $3.45 Schauder's Shoe Store VI I AMIH 4sk yew reufe wan for or Oneidi Milk A Ice Cieim Co. DOROTHY LAMOUR JON A MARY ASTOR C.

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