Overtime Out While the War Lasts
Babson Park, Mass. August 26 1943 analysis argues overtime payments amount to 89.5 billion dollars of total wages, about 12 billion hours, with 1 percent in overtime. Without overtime, earnings drop to 77.5 billion. War costs shift to taxpayers as contracts end. Technological progress could shorten weeks, but workers may demand longer hours to keep machinery running. overtime may fade gradually.
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Roger Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Lawa
Damage Case Against City Heads for October Trial
Long standing suit over drainage work on South Center Street in Corry moves toward trial at October term. George MacDonald, represented by Dustin Spaeder of Brie, seeks damages for ditches cut across his property years ago to carry surface water westward. City solicitor Scott King awaiting word on settlement possibilities as plaintiffs prepare to testify.
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MacDonald
Moys Donalds
Russians reach near Bucharest as Romanians join drive
Soviet reports say Romanian troops turned on Germans and fought beside Red Army advancing through the Galati Gap toward Bucharest. The advance threatened Ploesti oil fields with Malinovsky’s forces crossing the Siret near Nanesti. Casualties and prisoner counts rise as the rapid drive continues, with ongoing combat and a looming continuation on Page Six.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red
Galati
Buchareal
Romania
Bucharest
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Teelici
Red Star
United Nations
Tirguniamill
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Redland
Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Sivnt
Nanesti
Sneak Thief At Center St Home
A stranger sold peaches and tomatoes to Mrs. Geddes on Center Street yesterday afternoon then stole five dollars from a table before fleeing. The householder left briefly to check the kitchen and returned to find the front door open and the thief gone. Local suspicion falls on a man of dark complexion seen near the house.
Paris Liberated as Allied Forces Claim Victory
Paris radio and Allied communiques report German forces surrendering and Paris declared liberated by General Charles de Gaulle after the French resistance and Second Armored Division entered the capital. Amid conflicting broadcasts, authorities urged calm as celebrations erupted in front of the prefecture.
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Paris
Prince
Prine the Great
de Gaulle
Kat Roel
French Forces of the Interior
FFI
Te de France
Aerial Offensive Rolls On as War Briefs Update
News flash from New York reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ordering the army toward the French front in Lorraine with Allied forces in the rear area of military operations. British radio via CBS confirms a large air assault of 1,000 bombers and fighters striking Germany for the third straight day. The bulletin notes pilots pressing raids over northern Prance and the German coast as German forces withdraw. Landon reports no robot alerts in 24 hours ending 7 a.m. as respite lasts for months.
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Associated Press
Pranve Ve
Landon
Fioe
New York
Dwight J. Gisenhower
Alwe-Lorraine
Germany
CBS
London
Europe
Nelson Under Sharp Attack Sparks War Production Board Tensions
Washington reports a fresh round of criticism as Nelson faces pressure amid rubber and tire program debates. Rubber Director Bradley Dewey accuses Nelson of Washington sniping while Charles Wilson's resignation lowers executive leadership, and A. Krug signals broader authority as he prepares to lead in Wilson’s absence.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Donald M. Nelsom
War Production Board
Ailsek
Charles H. Wilson
Bradley Dewey
Nelson
Dewey
WPE
Senate War Investigating Committee
Deway
Wid
A. Trng
Wilson
Nelses
Krug
Amy Sutpliy
Meeting to decide V Day closing plans for Erie
Dan Tagaat says next weeks meeting of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Golden Rue Club to decide how local shops will operate when Germany's defeat is announced. Erie and nearby towns have schedules aligned with V Day. plans include store closings based on capitulation timing and follow a pattern seen in Warren and Jamestown. A formal plan will be issued after the meeting. A separate item notes windows shattered by a thunderbolt in Derrick City.
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Dan Tagaat
Bareau
Golden Rue
Germany
Jamestown
Warren
Erie
Jeral
Tive
Japan
Corry
Silfiday
Gerry
Corry Schools Announce Broad Staff Assignments for Fall
Superintendent Ralph Dewey announced teacher placements across Corry Public Schools for the opening term September 6. The senior and junior high staffs see several position reallocations, with most building principals remaining in place as the district lists assignments for Senter High School, Junior High, and Elementary schools.
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Corry Public
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Shwbben Xystem
Mir Dewey
Fo Shange i
Fhator
Senter High School
Owurst Aide
Shans Tey & Anderson
Thay
John Pinson
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Altecles
Rui & Bennett
Ani
Lowe Bawards
Sacksl Seore
Dean Hormel
G. Wolff
Bihel J. McCmy
Joseph Seteavage
Emilie 5. Burr
Elimbeth E.i Cuthbert
Bonella M. Gordon
Russell Byler
Tibel M. Holt
May M. Jourdet
Sybil M. Oblinski
Leo Harkins
Lucille D. Rice
Mybsic
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Storer
Leora Stranahan
Bnelish
Roth Wright
Binora Wood
Hatoh Vocatinal Selwut
G. Carl Wengert
Artin Broge
Auto Mechanites
Eugenio S.grafi
Oli Young
Helen M. Spencer
Antoinette Ravessi
Grace
Concord
Mary Anderson
Rutty Dahlstrand
Marguerite Nichols
Anne Wolford
Matie
Brooks
Belen Lodge
Washington
Helen J. Johnson
Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Reading
Two escapees jailed in Berks County were recaptured after a search by police and about 200 armed farmers. The youths identified as Esther McCord, 25, of Philadelphia, and Jane Atarcall Wittman, 17, of Has Church Berks County, were taken safe after a daylong pursuit.
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Berks County
Hou
Esther McCord
Philadelpia
J Ane Atarcall Wittman
Has Church
Corry Mother Receives Purple Heart for Son O Day
Mrs Euence Ryuving of Corry has received the Purple Heart awarded to her son, Staff Sergeant Kenneth O Day, who served in France. O Day is a veteran who joined the Army before the war, served in North Africa and Sicily, then participated in the Normandy invasion.
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Euence Ryuving
Set
Kenneth
O'Day
France
Tong
North
Africa
Sicily
England
Rumor Antonescu Assassination Report Fluctuates
A Swiss dispatch quoted by the Allied press claimed Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu was assassinated during a coup, but no confirmation followed. The rumor said Antonescu fled to Germany after King Michael’s alleged Allied surrender terms were accepted.
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Switzerland
Bovder Nday
Marsal You Antonescu
Romania
Brepani
Antonencu
Germany
Michact
7th Army at Border of Italy advances in Southern France near Avignon
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch breach the Rhone Valley lines, freeing territory east of the Rhone and south of Avignon. American units push toward Nice from Antibes while Avignon falls, placing 60,000 in Avignon under Allied control and threatening Alpine routes into Italy.
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Nazis Use Last Planes In Desperate Defense Push
Allied air forces pound German western front with heavy bombing. RAF losses total 27 aircraft. 67 Allied planes lost, 124 German planes downed or captured. Nazi fighters surge from Cambria, Soissons, Reims, and Saint-Quentin bases as Germany defends with dwindling air strength. Great emphasis on Opel plant at Russelsheim and Darmstadt area raids.
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London
Western Front
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Opel
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Darmstadt
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Mannheim Ale
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RAP
British
Air Ministry
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Pas de Calais
Germany
Cambria
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Reims
San Quentin
Allied push toward Germany widens front as Brest siege looms
Allied forces drive north and east on a 200 mile front toward Germany and Belgium. Paris garrison besieged as Brest's fate grows crucial. Americans reach Corbeil near Paris, while German withdrawal and confusion hinder defense. Pivotal advance seen behind the Seine and toward the Saar, with Patton’s spearhead in action.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Belgium
Paris
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Patson
Brest
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