Merchants Barred From Profiteering In Certain Necessaries
Hartford July 8 W F Whitmore federal fair price commissioner for Connecticut obtains opinion from United States District Attorney Edward J Smith on Lever act scope. Sale of wearing apparel and other items listed as necessaries may be prosecuted for profiteering if profits exceed reasonableness. Smith says necessaries are technical under the act and cover items named in Section 1 including wearing apparel. Invoice price may be used to determine cost without requiring strict cash discount deduction. discount up to 8 percent may be allowed as reasonable.
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Hartford
W. F.whitmore
Connecticut
United States
Edward J. Smith
Whittmore
Smith
Whitmore
Alterations Charge Raises Clothing Cost Average
A report notes charges for alterations added to clothing costs, increasing the overall price for customers. It examines how alteration fees contribute to the average expense per item and underlying pricing practices in merchants.
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Gal
Children Injured In City Auto Accidents
Two eight year old children were slightly injured in separate accidents yesterday afternoon. Chester Zunyerinski was struck by a Bridgeport Brass Co truck at Pembroke and Hamilton, suffering knee bruises. Lena Cnegenoe was knocked down by a jitney at Barnum avenue and Hallett street, with a sprained ankle. Both were treated at Emergency Hospital and returned home. Also noted: Colonel James E. Maney, U.S.A. retired, died at his Monrovia home. he led American forces at Tianjin during the Boxer uprising in 1900.
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Chester Zunyerinski
Walter Court
Bridgeport Brass Co
Pembroke and
Hamilton Streets
Lena Cnegenoe
Hallett Street
Barnum Avenue
Owen J. Groark
Los Angeles
Jas. E. Maney
U. SA
Monrovia
Here
Tien Tsin
Swallowed Exploding Firecracker Incident Report
Denver reports a 17 month old named Da Thais Ward was treated today for effects of swallowing an unex ploded firecracker. Police and medical staff investigated the incident as a potential accidental child hazard.
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Denver
Colo
da Thais Ward
Egg Breakage Causes $25,000 Weekly Loss in New York
Officials from state and federal markets bureaus met in New York to tackle egg breakage losses estimated at 25,000 dollars weekly in the New York market. Roy C. Potts cited similar losses in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago as a six week egg breaking epidemic prompts calls for stricter handling to avert an egg famine.
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New York
Federal Bureaus of Markets
Railway and Express
Roy C. Potts
Washington
Federal Bureau of Markets
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Edith May Spoiled by Echoing Mouth Says Judge
A remark about Edith as a vocalist circulates in a humorous exchange noting she has a good voice but a large mouth causes an echo that spoils her singing. The dialogue centers on performance critique in a social setting.
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Edith
Graduates Stream From Great Lakes Aviation Mechanics School
Chicago reports that nearly 100 men graduate every three weeks from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station aviation mechanics school. With 3,225 students, courses run 16 to 36 weeks, and about 1,000 graduates have completed since the year began. Commandant BE Wilson expects 6,000 air force mechanics to graduate within a year.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
BE. E. Wilson
Paral Air Force
Bayer Aspirin Package Claims and Uses in Medical Adverts
The advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets as genuine and safe, with doctors prescribing them for over twenty years. It insists on an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It notes 12 tablet tins cost only a few cents and mentions larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Navy runs postwar mechanics school for boys
Lieutenant Commander Wilson established a new mechanics program from scratch. The school, valued between 20 to 80 million dollars, salvages war gear and unfinished airplane motors bought as junk at 27 cents a pound. Students study, build machines, and may qualify for an enlisted pilot school. Graduates receive certificates and medals.
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Han
Wilson
Navy
Mechanics School
Honor men award to 8,225 students including 440 marines
The report notes that 8,225 students are present and 440 are marines among them as part of the honors allocation.
French War Casualties Over Half of Young Men Killed
A wartime report states fifty four percent of France's men under thirty two were killed. The figure underscores the devastating losses among French youth and the social impact of the conflict on the nation.
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France
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