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How Profiteers Worked People
A study of profiteering in fuel shows coal dealers and middlemen flouting price rules, with the fuel administration driving prosecutions and refunds. Notable cases include Orr Coal, Jackson-Harrigan, and Logan Coal, plus penalties to Red Cross totaling over $41,000 in fines and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel Administration
Fuel Department
United States Fuel Administration
United States
The
Federal Fuel Administration
Red Cross
Orr Coal Mining Company
Philadelphia
Jackson-Harrigan Coal Company
St. Mary’s
Penn
Wilmerding Supply Company
Wilmerding
Fox Coal Company
Pittsburg
T. M. Hall
Lexington
W. Va
BE. J. Leonard
Syracuse
N. Y
Charlies H Enig
York
Butte
Mont
Harry Hamilton
Grove City
Department of Justice For Investigation
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Legal Department of the Fuel Administration
Logan Coal Company
License Board of the Fuel Administration
Pennsylvania
American Red Cross
Aso
State Hospital For the Insane
Norristown
Consolidated Coke Company
Minnesota
South Dakota
Octopus
Seibold