Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 20

'IV 20 i Gfr 1 Oakland Tribune, Friday, Dec. 6, 1946 Legp Advocates Drastic Action Fannie Wall Ball Set for Monday To Solve U.S. Housing Crisis The second annual charity balTfor the Fannie Wall Children's Home, and Day. Nursery will be held on Monday at 8 pm. at the Oakland Municipal Auditorium.

A variety of entertainment will be offered on fhe evening program, which will include dancing, accord Drastic action toi solve the national housing problem, the.ex-tent of eliminating! supposed advantages veterans in' order to benrlit all the people, is advocated by the national executive commit i v. I r4 tee of the American Legion, ac-1 erans, to be allocated in 20 per cent grants to all states providing a matching 80 per cent Vail said the program was' preparedly a special committee named at the national convention in San Francisco. It being presented to President Truman and copies of-a 21-page report are being filed with every Legion Post in the Nation. Commercial production of glycerin, under a process Revised by chemists at the Development ng 10 cnaries w. Johnson, chairman.

-Proceeds will be iiven in th 1 Fannie -Waif the only i in- stitution of. its kind "operated for Negro children in the Bay area. 'The home offers resident care to orpuans and half -ferehans- wii C.ompany..at Emeryville. will-start as day care for children whose parents work. A "Led Feather" agency and'reember of the Oakland Com early in 1948 in a $7,000,000 plant at Houston.

J. Obstermeyer, munity cnest, it is administered by a.bosjd of lot-al clubwomen, who are members of the California State president of Shell Chemical -Cor poration, announced today. 'V -W Company laboratories, here de veloped a synthetic glycerin from Association of Colored Women, Inc. Mrs. Chlora Hayes Sledge, president of the board of the home's a fays that plans hav chlorine, vand caustic Deen.

made to. the institution, which jiow is forced to refuse many young applicants because of crowded conditions. Among those who. serve in the administration of the Fannie. Wall Uome.813 Linden Street are Gene a 4 i vieve McCalla, diiTector; Emily Shee- cording to announcement today shy Richard Fresno, Northern California representative on.

the Legion's housing committee; I Vail said the Legion, advocates of housing priorities. He outlined abolition1- of some government agencies and complete elimination features of the veterans' program as follows: i Abolition of the National Hous- Agency and the Office of Hous ing ExpediUr. 'ft COMMITTEE Creation seven-man committee of World War II; veterans to act In liason capacity jwitb gdvern-ment agencies. Authorize a 10 perl cent increase in rents, and place rent control under; direction of' sthe veterans' committee instead of the. OP Outlaw, the WagnerrEllender-Taft bill for public housing." i Discontinue priorities, so every- one will be able to build; eliminate veterans' priorities and price ceil- -ings, but restrict housing construction-to not more than 2300 square Uti.

i ARMY FUNCTION 1the Federal Public Hous-( ing Authority to the federal Works Agency; mke reconversion of military structures into emergency i housing a function of the Corps Army Engineers, i i Retain the Civilian Production Administration and Its controls oh on-residential Discontinue allocation of mate-trials beyond the Instruct the War Assets vAdminis-- tration to offer all surplus building materials sale imjnediately to -the highest LOW COST UNITS i Appropriate $50,000,000 to pro-' ow cost rental for vet- recreauon leader. i Fred Bolmer. Mrs. Elmer Patrick, Mrs. vermieiie To-wnsend, Estelle Vick; Bertha -Alien.

Oakland Munidpal Au4itorium will' be given ito thi- 815 linden soda. Its source previously from animal and vegetable fats. The product will be used In auto and refrigerator, coatings tobacco, nitroglycerin and cellophane, films, dentifrices, toilet drugs, textile dyes, cosmetics and Offices for Shamrock Industries, new paper products firm, were opened at Warm Springs today, preliminary to start of manufacturing operations early next year. E. B.

Li who was formerly connected with large paper companies in the East, has been named as plant manager. The first unit of machinery has been- installed in the 20,000 square foot quonset building. J. Lawton of Oakland, president of the company said the plant will employ 30 persons per shift in initial operations: It will produce paper i toilet, tissue, paper towels' and waxed paper. i Shipping Man Dies i Dec.

6. (JP) Sir Archibald M. P. Lyle, 62, member of a prominent family of ship owners and sugar refiners, died last night. Finger painting interest left to right), Melba, Huben, Marleen, Serita.

Terry, Jimmy, and.MUce at th Fannie Wall Children's Homeland Day Nursery. Proceeds from ihe charity ball to be held on Monday1 at 8 p.nu at Streit, which jstthe only one of its kind operated ioj Negro children of 4 1 to .14 years in the Bay areaTribune photo. I 1 Steaks, Po'k Chops- Arid Plenty of 'em! CHICAGO, Dec. 6. V-TL C.

Pollock, superintendent of the International Live Stock Exposition's meat division, ewe d. with a butchers eye the-more than 10.000 cattle sheep and swine on display. He saw 558,000 143.040 pork chops and 152,000 lamb -chops. In addition. Pollock said, there are thousands of 'pounds more future stews and hamburgers.

Recalling. the recent meat shortage he' estimated there was a total' of 3,500,000 pounds of meat on the hoof. -Mr- OAKLAND CHURCH COUNCIL JO PRESENT DR. KIRBY PAGE IN THREE SEMINARS Methodist' Church, 24th and Broad- the table's in the dining room on fchurchr with" 1 the Rev' Alfred Kirby Page, author, traveler 1 and, lecturer, will be presented in the theme, "Will God Be Able. to Scroedef presiding.

4 Doctor; Page's theme this hour 1 will1 be- "Must three seminars by he Prevent a Third World War? Cot Retired Financier 1 Taken by Death GENEVA, 111, DecJ T. MacNcille, 63, retired vice-president 'and partner in Halsey Stuart it Co Chicago investment house, died last nigh't On" the- themes Saving Civilization' the" first seminar will continue "until 5:15, with. Dr. Eobert Inglis as to be followed at 5:30 p.m.i by a session, around The pablic is. united to the.

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