GE aims to spark rebound with Operation Upturn drive
General Electric unveils a six month plan named Operation Upturn to revive business. Ralph J. Cordiner, new chairman, says the effort relies on confidence and consumer spending rather than price cuts. The program will involve 250 000 employees, 45 000 suppliers, and many distributors to boost sales and service nationwide.
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Washington
Schenectady
General Electric Company
Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric
Body Of Area Man Found In River
The body of 63 year old Jamestown man Imar Axel Johnson was found floating beside the steamship Elba in the Buffalo River. A medical examiner said the body had been in the water about two months and death certificate details are withheld until positive identification.
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Jamestown
Buffalo River
Imar Axel Johnson
Johnson
Elba
Buffalo
James C. Creighton
Bear Lake Letters Of Interest And Social Notes
William Evans returns home to Bear Lake after time in Union City. Local residents visit Millie Burch. Betty Short Glendora Short Linda Haines provide music at EUB Church evangelistic meeting. Mrs. Rush Chapman Sr. hospitalized at WCA Hospital. Laverne Carpenter dies in Erie. burial at Bear Lake Cemetery. Bonnie Smith returns from Washington after Pan Ama graduation trip. Roscoe Bangle Earl from Collins NY visits Manwaring and Bangle families. California visitor Ethel Smith calls on Floyd Smith. Perkins family hosted in Youngstown Ohio. Mary Bury accompanies visitors home for an indefinite stay.
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Bear Lake
William Evans
Union City
George Abbot
Martha HelVick
Youngsville
Millie Burch
Betty
Glendora Short
Linda Haines
EUB
Rush Chapman Sr
WCA
Jamestown
Laverne Carpenter
Erie
Bonnie Smith
Washington
Roscoe Bangle
Earl
Collins
N.Y
Jr. Manwaring
Far! Bangle
Coulins
Ethel Smith
California
Floyd Smith
Alec Perkins Sr
Youngstown
Ohio
Mary Bury
Tugboat Captain Burned In Dunkirk Fire At Gull
Samuel Aikens, 29, suffered first degree burns and smoke inhalation in a flash fire aboard the fishing tug Gull at the Central avenue dock. Firefighters from Dunkirk Engine 2 and 3, plus an emergency truck and aerial ladder, fought the blaze with booster and fog lines. Fire Chief Richard Centner reported extensive damage to the engine and pilot rooms and noted cause undetermined.
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Dunkirk
Samuel Aikens
Central Avenue
Richard Centner
Alkens
Corry News Briefs From April 29 1938
Yesterday’s Memories recounts a 15 percent wage cut approved for railroads effective July 1. A car crash near Coledo injures Mr and Mrs Lee Whittlewey while their daughter Betty escapes. Plans announced to expand the Corry Titusville mail line replacing trains 902 and 903. Deputy weights official Harry Ordway to lead weekly city inspections amid weigh scale concerns. Palm Restaurant owner C B Thayer involved in a drive-by incident. Louis Sears joins Central Garage with W B Cady and Son.
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Detroit
Lee Whittlewey
Betty
Coledo
Harry Ordway
Merrick Property Sold and City Recruiting Chief Appointed
40 Years Ago April 29 1918 Walter H Merrick purchased his brother M B Merrick West Washington street mill and property from the W W Merrick estate. Frank T Babbitt named special enrolling agent for the U S Shipping Board recruiting service in the city. John Neyton Jr seven fatally injured when run over by an auto on East Main street. The car ...
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Walter H. Merrick
M. B. Merrick
Washington Street
W. W. Merrick
Frank T Babbitt
United States Shipping Board
John Neyton Jr
East Main Street
Two Morals Offenders Get Stiff Sentences
Judge Samuel Roberts imposed long terms on two men Edwin Deckert and Leonie Smith for morals offenses involving four young children. Deckert received 16 to 40 years and Smith 20 to 40 years, both to Western Penitentiary, with earlier time served noted for Smith. The crimes occurred between last November and January, with prosecutor and detective noting extreme seriousness.
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Samuel Roberts
Edwin Deckert
Leonie Smith
Western Penitentiary
Fach
Midge Rovers
Smith
Herbert Johnson Jr
Charles Tribble
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Gorry Journal
Westmooth
Carry
Journal
G. T. Bergman
Bottinelli-Kimball, Inc
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Corry
Marshall Sherwood
Gilson’s
Columbus
Cady and Collier
South St
American Association of Railroads
Titusville
C B. Thayer
Palm Restaurant
Louis Sears
Motor Texpert
W. B. Cady and Son
Flye Rexall Drugs
N. Center St
Florida
F.C. Chapin & Son
Studebaker
Mie
Studebaker Scotsman
San Francisco
Nascar
Norwaitl Ausncialion
John E. Ware Cleveland
Gordon C. Fuster Mupitas
Willa JaRtuss
Studebaker-Packard
South Bend
Studebaker-Paclard
R, G. Wiggers Motor Sales
Corry, Pa
Roberts
The
Big Bargain Bazaar
Red Fischer
SEALY
Blackstone
NORGE
Westinghouse
Philo
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