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GASTONIA NEW-WAY LAUNDRY
& CLEANERS, INC.
Launderers and C lea nan — Oldest, Largest andBest
"Gastonia's Only Soft Water Laundry"
218 N. Ronson St. Phone 7267
GASTONIA, N. C.
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GENERAL SALES & EQUIPMENT CO.
1403 Gaston Are. Tel. 9932
GASTONIA. N. C.
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C. O. THORNBURG
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Tel. 5-4733 State Licenee No. 1254
DALLAS, N. C.
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Mr. Dock La For
CATAWBA SALES fir PROCESSING CO.
Telephone 5-2391
GASTONIA. N. C.
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C. D. A. STORE
MEATS—VEGETABLES—GROCERIES
Track Delivery Anywhere In City
<09 South Oakland Telephone 5-4987
GASTONIA, N. C.
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W ilson-Ledford
Construction Co.
202 S. Columbia
Tal. 5-1596
GASTONIA, N. C.
Judge Holds Federal Rent Law Invalid;
Housing Officials Wil Appeal Decision
By DAN SMYTH.
Chicago Correspondent for
AFL Newa Service
Chicago.—The 1M9 act of Con
gress extending federal rent con
trol was ruled unconstitutional
by Judge Elwyn R. Shaw in, U. S.1
District Court in a test case. If
upheld by the U. S. Supreme
Court, the ruling will mean the
finish of federal rent control.
Otto Kerner, Jr., U. S. at
torney at Chicago, and Tighe
Woods, U. S. housing expediter,
said an appeal would be taken
immediately to the Supreme
Court. Meanwhile, the adminis
tration of rent control will con
tinue.
Judge Shaw acted in the case
of a co-operative apartment house
building in Chicago, Shoreline
Apartments, in which owners
tried to evict tenants who re
fused to join the co-operative.
The housing expediter sued for
an injunction to stop the eviction.
The housing expediter argued
the co-operative owners could not
evict the non-co-operative tenants
because the owners’ group did not
own 66 per cent of the property.
Regulations of the expediter’s of
fice provide a building must be at
least 65 per cent owned by a co
operative if the co-operative is to
obtain eviction notices against the
remainder.
Judge Shaw didn’t go into the
merits of the arguments. He
, said the act of Congress was an
unlawful delegation to the states
| of the powers of Congress, and
therefore, unconstitutional. His
court, therefore, had no jurisdic
tion to stop the evictions, he said.
What made the new rent con
trol act unconstitutional, he held,
was the local option clause, under
which it was provided that states
could withdraw individually from
rent control.
*'I can see no difference be
tween this situation,” he ruled,
“and one in which Congress
should pass a selective service
law with the provision that any
state which doesn't care to send
soldiers may pass a law and say
they did not choose to be in
volved; or an intrastate commerce
act with the provision that any
state that chose not to be govern
ed hereby could declare itself out.
“1 can see no reasonable rear
son to believe that an act of
Congress under its war powers
can contain any such provisions
as might make it inoperative at
the option of any and all of the
various states, by their arbitrary
action and without gudies, stand
ards or specifications of facts.”
Judge Shaw pointed out that
some states already have declared
themselves out of rent control.
Federal control over rent is legal
under the war powers of the fed
eral government, he said, so the
decontrolled states have “repealed
the war efforts” as far as they
are concerned.
“If the other states should see
fit to do likewise,” he said, “the
act of Congress would be utterly
repealed or completely emascu
lated without any further act of
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Summey Drug Co.,
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PRESCRIPTIONS
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3 107 So. Moin St.
Tol. No. 9
MT. HOLLY. N. C.
its own, and without regard to
any power to make or maintain
war.”
Judge Shaw’* ruling was not
the first to find rent control un
constitutional. A Cleveland fed
eral judge held the old rent law
invalid in 1948, on ground Con
gress no longer had authority to
exercise war powers.
TALENT UNIONS CONFER
ON TV JURISDICTION
Hollywood, Calif. — Delegates
representing the constituent unions
of the Associated Actors and Art
ists of America, the AFL enter
tainers’ international, devoted the
opening session of their conven
tion here to the presentation of
arguments by the eastern talent
anions designed to persuade the
Screen Acton Guild to take part
in a proposed television authority.
This would administer the field of
television acting.
The Screen Actors, however, have
stipulated that they cannot ac
cept any agreement which does not
affirm their jurisdiction over all
acting on film, no matter for what
outlet the film may be designed.
AFL ELECTRICAL WORKERS
WIN 20-CENT WAGE BOOST
Albany, N. Y.—The wage scale
for union electricians in the Al
bany area has been increased 20
cents an hour. Under a 1-year
contract signed by Local 724, In
ternational Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers. AFL, and the
Electrical Contractors Associa
tion of Albany, the new rate, ret
roactive to July 1, is $2.50 an
hour, About 225 electricians are
affected.
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NEAL HAWKINS TRANSFER CO.
E. Mala mmd Se. Area Sto. Tat 5-1281
GASTONIA, N. C.
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MATTHEWS-BELK COMPANY
GASTONIA'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE
Watt Mala Are. Tel. 7241
GASTONIA, N. C.
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McCLUNEY'S, INC.
QUALITY APPAREL FOR MEN
Home of Lea Halt
269 W. Mala Are. Phoae 5-3931
GASTONIA, N. C.
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PANTHER'S GARAGE
GENERAL AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING
Oa All Makes of Cara
GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP
1001 W. Airline Are. Telephone 5-0322
GASTONIA. N. C.
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RANKIN & ARMSTRONG
QUALITY FURNITURE
124 So. Marietta Street
GASTONIA, N. C.
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RED FRONT CLEANERS
CLEANING fr PRESSING
S. Chester St. Ext. Tel. 5-4531
GASTONIA, N. C.
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M. A. RHYNE & SONS DAIRY
New Hope Rood Tel. 5-2702
GASTONIA, N. C.
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ROOSEVELT TIRE SERVICE
U. S. ROYAL TIRES
TIRES — RECAPS — REPAIRS
149 East Franklin Are. Telephone 5-1229
GASTONIA, N. C
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SAHMS TEXTILE SHOP
ROBING STOCK
Only (riant in the Sooth that does this type of work.
Roping Sticks don't get too far away—-in shop-4
hours service — 6 days per week.
New Hope Rood Tol. 5-1608
GASTONIA, N. C.
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SMITH BROS. TEXTILE MACHINERY
718 E. Airline Are. Tol. 5-4292
GASTONIA, N. C.
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ROY HAMILTON
PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY
LET US FURNISH YOU WITH
ESTIMATES ON YOUR NEXT JOB
713 South St. Tol. 5-1621
GASTONIA, N. C.
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PHARR WORSTED MILLS, INC.
Tolophono 5-1204
McADENVILLE, N. C.
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J. R. KAYLOR
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
ROUTE NO. 1
GASTONIA, N. C.
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Gastonia Transit
Company
GASTONIA. N. C.