Substitutes reshape industry as postwar boom beckons
Article by Roger Gannon outlines how plastics from soy, wood fibers, casein and other substitutes could replace metals and other materials in automobiles, packaging, bearings and more. It highlights new opportunities for inventors, workers and investors while noting shifts in labor, merchants stock and postwar demand. The piece predicts a lasting wood and plastic driven crafts and industrial sector, with merchants urged to prepare for renewed consumer spending.
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Roger Gannon
Washington
D.C
Alvendhy
Asis
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Tavestae
Night attack on Solomon base repulsed by marines
Admiral Nimitz, Pacific Commander, gives details of a battle in which a Japanese force was annihilated by U S Marines at Solomon base. Casualties are described as light. The report emphasizes swift U S action and effective defense.
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Nimitz
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Might Botte
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Gilbert Isle Attack Was Successful
United States Marines repelled a night Japanese landing on a Solomons island and destroyed a seaplane base on Makin in the Gilbert group. Major James Roosevelt led Marine forces in the operation as Nimitz reported 910 Japanese dead or captured, 28 Marines killed and 77 wounded, with further mopping up and raids continuing.
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United States
Solomon Islands
James Roosevelt
Makin Island
Gilbert Group
Solomons
Chester W. Nimitz
Urst
Solomon Island
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Alexander A. Vandegrift
U.S.M.C
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Hollywood
Marine Corps
Col. Evans
Carlson
John W. Haines
USN
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Tokyo
Otter
Corry Hospital Project Faces New Delays and Revisions
Corry Hospital faces further delays as a one story expansion and remodeling plan are considered after meetings in New York with the Federal Works Administration and the U S Health Service. Directors will review a status report at Tuesday night’s hospital association meeting and may approve limited additions amid wartime material restrictions.
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Howard H. Hawkins
Hendricks
New York City
Federal Works Administration
United States Health Service
Tor
Retia Dinicultiae
Hershey urges married men with wives to prepare for army
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national selective service director tells physically fit married men with wives to begin arranging entry into the Army. He foresees reclassification beginning likely October and certainly by Christmas, with those having secondary dependents prioritized after single men. Local boards will control dependency questions.
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Chicago
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Gen. Hershey
Hershey
U S Air Pilots In Channel Action Over Dover
United States air force pilots flying British Spitfires joined patrols over the Straits of Dover and northern France. American crews crossed the straits with RAP units, returning from Calais sightings, while German reports claim British bombers were shot down off Belgium and on England’s southwest coast.
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United States ix Force
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France
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England
Russians Counter Attacking on Stalingrad Front Again
The Associated Press reports Marshal Semeon Titoshenko’s Red Army launching eight hours of violent counter attacks near Stalingrad, driving German forces back as reserves pour in north and south of the city. In the Caucasus, Soviet reports claim minor retreats but victories against German van guards near Syaligursk and near Krak adit area, with heavy fighting near Novorossisk and Mussed weather described as extremely difficult.
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Red
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Stalingrad
Volgnaterl
Caucasus
Pyatigorsk
Krasnodar
Red Army
Syaligursk
Krakadit
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Rryimkaya
Novorossisk
Germany
Stashierad
Special Session Called By School Board Monday
The Board of Education schedules a special meeting for Monday evening to address teacher vacancies and school opening issues. A committee will meet at 8 pm, with the full board to convene at 8. Encounters with multiple vacancies and transportation bids for pupils from Pair Haven and Worth Corry to south side grade schools are noted.
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Board of Education
Pairhaven
Worth Corry
Jake the Barber Held for Fraud in $1 Million Scheme
Associated Press reports Chicago Aug 28 that Jake the Barber Factor and 11 others face a $1,000,000 mail fraud indictment. A 24 count indictment from Cedar Rapids alleges 12 defendants swindled about 300 Midwesterners in whisky warehouse receipt schemes since 1939. Thomas B. Hart of the SEC described the alleged scheme to surrender receipts in exchange for promised profits from three defunct Chicago companies.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jenn Iake
Thomas B. Hart
Securities and Exchange Commission
Factor
Ghieugo
White Hill fugitive recaptured promptly
Harrisburg reports an 18 year old inmate from Whitehill Industrial School for Boys named Ray Fagans of Pine Plain was captured four hours after escaping yesterday. Capt Harris said the teen fled from a detail by the fence and was not missed during roll call at day’s end.
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Imate
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Tess Tin
W. C. Harris
Ray Fagans
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Praniklin
Harris
War and grain aid update across Allied fronts
Bulletin dispatches report wartime vows from IMG premier Es-Said, grain shipments from Canada to Greece underway via Gibraltar, Soviet air raid notice with minimal German anti aircraft response, and sharpened coffee rationing limits ordered by the War Production Board affecting dealer deliveries starting September 1 due to Latin American shortages.
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Washington
Latin America
War Production Board
Questions on Local Industries Inquiry Triggers Suspicion
Local police probed a stranger who asked about two major city war industries. A bartender overheard vague questions about Aero plant and timber workers, and similar queries about the Ajex plant. The man, in gray coat and trousers, left no clear motive, prompting a police report.
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George Pellesech
Phoenic Hotel
Jmnen
Ajex
Corry
Klinger Services Sunday Puniral Review Planned
The text indicates a Sunday event related to Charles Klinger with planned activities at Emelen parlor settings. Details are garbled but imply a service or observance and a scheduled afternoon time. Further specifics are unclear due to OCR errors.
Three Nazis Sentenced Guilty at Hartford Trial
In Hartford on August 22 a federal jury found pastor Burt Mollin guilty of conspiracy to violate espionage laws by seeking to transmit military secrets to Axis powers. Co-defendants, including Gerhard Kunze and Wolfgang Hellwig, received prison terms up to 16 years. The lone clergyman faced the conspiracy charge. others pled guilty. The verdict follows a four-week trial led by Prescott for Thomas J. Dodd Jr. The maximum penalty under the Espionage Act is 20 years.
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Joseph Smith
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el Pasa
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A. Vouslatsky
Thapson
Merchants in Corry Push Plan for Friday Evening Open
A Corry business movement seeks to replace the old Saturday night open hours with Friday evenings. Ira W. Knisely and local merchants report encouraging response as canvassing continues. If approved, Gerry stores will stay open Friday nights while closing earlier on Saturdays, following Meadville and Jamestown patterns.
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Corry
Lander
Ira W. Knisely
Montgomery Ward
Cty Hve
Gerry Stores
Meadville
Jamestown
P. Me
Romsok
Jameston Wid Meadville
Liv Curry Murchaniy
Legion Moves to Harrisburg in Historic Quarters Vote
In Pittsburgh on August 22 1947 Pennsylvania World War I Legionnaires closed their three day state conclave with a lengthy business session and a Plettinesque parade. A 819 to 455 vote approved moving the start headquarters from Philadelphia to Harrisburg by August 1 1948 ending a decade long quarrel over the new quarters.
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Er Cmen
Pittsburgh
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Atte
Four American Rangers First U S Troops To Fight On French Soil
London reports four U S Rangers who may be the first American soldiers to see combat on French soil in World War II. Corporal William Brady, Corporal Franklin Evans, Sergeant Kenneth Stemson, and Sergeant Alex J Saita joined British commandos at Dieppe and fought a German patrol near a pillbox under heavy fire. They credited Spitfires for helping neutralize the threat and described picking off Germans with Garand rifles during the daylong action.
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London
United States
Dieppe
Willian Brady
Grand Forks
Kenneth Stemson
Russell, Minn
Franklin Mr. Evans
Swea City
Alex J. Saita
Dayton, O
Corporal Brady
Brady
Strassenads
Bray
Fireman Dies as Locomotive Is Overturned
Fireman Charles T. Dedden of Gil City, age 48, was killed when Pennsylvania train 914 struck a washout near Brocton after leaving Corry soon after 5 AM. The wreck damaged tracks, flooded basements, and cut rail service for 48 hours while rescue and repair crews responded. Damages were extensive across Brocton and nearby areas, with evacuations and widespread property losses.
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Charles T. Dedden
Gil City
Pennsy
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Corry
Koemlle
Serry
Brocton
Brecton
Bredonta
Dames
Tradonia
Brodoni
Fay
Mayville
Severa
Prospect Station
Dettden
Shah Nbey
Cook
Ray Morgat Wat
Frederick T. Davis
Pireman Dedden
Huffalo
Oil City
New York Central
Lake Shore
Tno
Wenger
Victim’s Father Slain Near Same Spot Forty Years Ago
Berlin Pa August 22 The state police disclosed today an investigation into the slaying of 21 year old Jacob G Gussner. The probe links the crime to a 1899 murder near the same area where the victim’s father August Glaser was killed decades earlier within a few yards of his former home.
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Jacob G. Gussner
Hite
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Tina
Augustay Glaser
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