Vacation rights for veterans clash with auto firms
A report from Detroit this week notes that General Motors and Ford face charges for denying vacations to recently returned ex servicemen. The United Automobile Workers CIO will file complaints with the U.S. attorney and federal district court. The case could set precedent for many employers and trigger demands for vacation pay for thousands of workers.
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General Motors
Ford
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
United States
Federal District Court
Fordawses
Indus
Selective Services Act
Supreme Court
Corry Echoes Twenty Years Ago in 1926 Journal Clippings
A collection recounts Corry events from August 16 1926 including the death of James Byron Perkins at 31 Spring Street aged 17, a Meadsville rail accident injuring Erie Railroad worker Webster, a jewel burglary on North Center Street, and early football plans for Cory High School led by coach Glen S. Owen. Also notes parking disputes near downtown shops, local governance antics during Swarthmore Chautauqua, and veteran rights under Section 8 of the Selective Service Act.
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James Byron Perkins
Corry
Spring Street
Mr. Perkins
Perkins
Daily Dozen From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania
Doctors are described as detectives tracing diagnostic clues to unconscious patients. The piece outlines using smell, sight, touch, and hearing to detect causes such as carbon monoxide, pneumonia, anemia, or hemorrhage. It notes signs in skin color and room contents, plus possible treatments and emergencies.
Quizzical Classified Page Queries From a War-Era Paper
Readers faced a seven question quiz on a classified page, touching figures from Arab Nights to wartime rationing. Questions include the magic lamp tale, who said War is hell, the Bikini test date, Valley of 10 000 Smokes, Franklin D Roosevelt’s religious activity, leg and foot joint name, Territory governed by Tyrm M Stainback, mechanical derby hat, the President’s yacht, and the tri dent on Britannia coins along with whisky rationing rules set by the State Liquor Control Board for two three-week periods beginning Aug 9.
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I. O
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thyram M. Stainback
U. S. Senate
Btale Liquor Control Board
Capitol Undergoes Major Interior Renovation
Washington construction crews will repaint and refurbish the Capitol on its first postwar upgrade. A $300,000 program covers cloisters, walls, galleries, and corridors on both sides, with elevators overhauled and new bronze doors installed. Remodeling of the chambers is deferred to summer 1947 due to material and labor shortages.
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Washington
Fnn
Capitol
Senate
House
David Lynn
Congress
Lafayette
Tusin
Mio
Latin American incomes lag U S wealth overall
A brief note contrasts the combined population of Latin American countries with the United States, noting those nations together are roughly the same size in people as the U S but their total income before a certain year was less than a quarter of U S earnings.
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United States
WESCHLER OF ERIE DIED ON CANADIAN TRIP
Erie native and former Weschler Department Store owner Joseph Weschler, 65, died during a Canada lake cruise near Ontario after a heat-related collapse. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Port Arthur, Ontario, after a Bond trip to Canada and had retired last year. He was survived by his wife and was previously involved in small-scale candy making at home.
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Weschler
Erie
Joseph
Ontario
Canada
St. Joseph's Hospital
Port Arthur
Inter
Leo B. Weschler
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Corry Evening Journal
Weet South Street
P. A.D
Colugrove
Gouthetor Webster
Erie Railroad
Meads Ville
West End
Webster
Elas
Melvin J. Parlhurst
North Genler Street
Cory High School
Titusville
Glen S. Owen
van Cise
Butlers
Zaleneck
Morrow
Taylor
Westley
Shaver
Allen
Fay
Citielnts
Junor Town
Swarthmore Chautauqua
City of
Law and Order Commissioners
Fishwold
Douglas Cit
Douglas
CTO
Wy Tae
ABL
Tailrong
Delicide Drinks
Marisa
Thomas Motor Co
the Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Medico Yello Bole
Kaywoodie Shamburg's
News & Sport Store
National Bank OF Corry Federal
Wilcox Grocery
East Main Street
Apple
Bey
Nation
West Main Street
Peter Giros
Gaby
Griffin
Lyon’s Tooth
Peach
Ciiealescennes
Dilieunile
Mas Lepid Store
Alka Seltzer
Large Mead’s Pablum Baby Food 39
Colgate Tooth
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