House considers postwar discharge pay for veterans
Congress debated a bill to grant terminal pay to Army and Navy veterans for days of furlough and service since 1939. The plan, opposed by no one, would pay up to 120 days per year, with rates based on discharge pay. The vote in the House ended 380 to 1 in favor, with the bill moving forward despite some record-keeping concerns on furlough usage.
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Army
Truman
Whill
Himen
Pres- Wadsworth
Merchants Meet To Discuss Labor Day Celebration Plans
The Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce will convene this evening at the Municipal building to discuss a proposed Labor Day celebration. The meeting follows a Journal suggestion and will consider events, logistics, and civic participation for the city observance.
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Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Journal
Heart Outside Infant Birth A Curious Medical Article
A Pennsylvania note describes an infant born with the heart on the outside of the body and dying within a day. It surveys rare congenital anomalies including twins Siamese Imag and Chang, autopsy by Philadelphia surgeons, and reports on hearts misplaced or absent in extreme cases, concluding with the value of a healthy heart.
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Pennsylvania
Imag
Chang
College , of Physicians of
Philadelphia
How's Your I Q Seven Ymit Questions
The item lists ten trivia prompts from a classified page asking if statements are true or false and to name a hero, with questions about the U S Constitution tenure, a Marine hero, cardinal term, unit meaning, Italy’s republic vote, World War II losses, South American country count, first night baseball in NYC, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother age, and bread price cut in June 1948.
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U.S
Toro Cardinal
Italy
Marine Corps
Pacific
South America
New York City
Britain
Men Return At Viscose Plant After Walkout
Meadville July 1 Workers at American Viscose Corp plant voted to return to the Tam shift as union negotiators claim a seven cent per hour shift premium was unjustly removed last May. Company officials say the premium will not be reinstated and the two day strike has left spinning-room equipment idle until inspected.
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Meadville
J. Howard Hinines
GIO
Textile Workers of America
Fred A. Kraak
American Viscose Industrial Labor Relations
Paul @. Hill
Meadville Foreman F. Marshall Hood Jr Drowns in French Creek
Rescue squads recovered the body of F Marshall Hood Jr foreman at 3 p m after a 20 hour drag of French Creek following his drowning Friday afternoon. H A Pord and Richard Anderwald aided in the operation. The article also notes land values and the Scottish Farmers Union structure with member subscriptions.
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Scotland
Une Son
Grange
United States
State Police Urge Speed Control by Conditions
The State Police urge drivers to slow for conditions and intersections. Speed must be controlled in congested areas, wet or slippery roads, fog or rain so vehicles can be stopped before collisions with others or pedestrians. Drive safely by adjusting speed to conditions.
Jamestown Bail Set For Grand Larceny Charge
Jamestown July 1 Bail of 1,000 on grand larceny charge set in City Court for Leonard Lattimore 18 waived examination pending arraignment July 8. Lattimore accused of driving Arthur Andersons 1939 Chrysler to Bradford and returning it damaged. Anderson reported turning car over to be waxed and later missing prompting police involvement.
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Jamestown
Grand Largeny
Allen E. Barger
Leonard Lattimore
Lattimore
Arthur Anderson
Bradford
Anderson
Chrysler
Mleczko case to cost ten thousand dollars
Indications the cost to Chautauqua county of the Leo Mleczko first degree murder trial may exceed ten thousand dollars as cost tallies show excused jurors expenses and extensive transcript work. More than two thousand pages of records plus three copies each, stenographers, and daily juror pay add to the mounting total.
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Mayville
Chautauqua County
Leo Mleczkco
Dunkirk
Lydia ©. Warner
Alonzo G. Hinkley
Car Stopped After Battery Post Breaks, Window Cracked
Police found a driver with a car halted by a broken battery post and cracked window. Tu and Lattimore were located with Lin on Second Street after the incident.
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Lattimore
Lin Second Street
Driver Sought After Stolen Gas From New York Car
Police search for the driver of a Dodge coupe with a New York license plate SD-10 after gas stolen at Esso Hell on West Smyth Street. Station attendant Gerald Hoyt saw the cap replaced and believes the car may be stolen. Juvenile court action pending. $773 in stolen money recovered from three youths, rest spent on watches and jewelry plus a trip to Conneaut Lake Park. Rural population data shows elementary rural school numbers fell 72 percent from 1880 to 1943.
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Foilee
Teaky
New York
Conneaut Lake Park
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