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Phone Co. asks for another sls million! ■ —l 1 See Page 5 —— the CHICAGO Vol. 2. No. 31 Butchers say meat sales drop Prices force buyer 'strike' ; ' See Page 5 _ : ~ "i. r »~j mm:wmm ms §&$&& RESIDENTS of Hampton. Mo., Si. Louis suburb, hope that future will bring them comforts envisioned here, as local woman arrives by helicopter (top) to do some shopping. After making purchases she heads home in air jalopy (bottom) with plenty of lime left, for fixing dinner. 'Clean Bench' campaign in full swing See back page Chicago. August 2, 1947 66 t '*S§!^“ Published Weekly 5¢ ji|Sf MRS. ALFRED INGALLS, 62, who held Negro maid in slavery, has been ordered to pay $6,000 to her plus $2,500 in fines. Star interviews James Hickman See Page 3 Taft-Hart ley protest: 100,000 to fill Soldier's Field See Fage 5 TWENTY-EIGHT miners were killed, six seriously burned, in a West Frankfort, IU.. mine, three days after this picture was taken of the reopening of the Centralia, 111. coal mine where 111 miners lost their lives last March.