Priced goods rise under 1947 OPA controls
Cornstarch puffed rice and puffed wheat will rise one to three cents a box on Friday as OPA approved higher price ceilings amid labor cost hikes. Tires, cement, mower parts and paper products also see increases. Lucille Bull, Jamestown actress, to attend a welcome event with multiple theater appearances. A battery theft reported on East Pleasant street. Rain delays hurt Pennsylvania farmers with fields too soft for cultivation. Divorces filed in Erie county. June records show rising marriage licenses. Health officials plan study of rheumatic heart disease in Lycoming County for statewide program. State Street Restaurant in Oil City closes as leases end and meat shortages bite. Severe lightning kills four cows on a Clymer farm. Greenville awards a 0.35 mile concrete Main street contract to Smith-Quicksall of Pittsburgh for $81,691. Large oats crop expected with May rains. wheat and rye yields up as well. Auto inspections urged to avoid part shortages before July 31. Dog quarantine violations noted. Red clover and alfalfa seed payments under 1946 program announced. Meadville to install new parking meters matching Corry plan. Erie county direct relief payments rise by $61 this week to $1,876.00.
Penn a coal dealers fined for cost law violations
Sherman June 3 Two Pennsylvania coal dealers paid stiff fines in justice court of John Jones in Sherman yesterday on charges of five violations of the cost law including short weight and failure to have weigh tickets according to Sheriff Clarence D. Bell The men were arrested yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Paul See of Sherman Marlin Page of Winfield Pa was assessed $250 Gene Keller of Sunbury Pa was fined $150
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Sherman
Pennsylvania
Justice Court
John Jones
Clarence D. Bell
Paul
Marlin Page
Winfield
Gene Keller
Sunbury
Venango Dairy Appeals Court Over Milk License
Judson Dairy petitions Venango County Court for relief to overturn the Milk Control Commission action revoking its right to apply for a mile dealer license for 1946-47. The case follows more than five years of filings, license payments, and ongoing litigation over alleged overpayments to producers totaling $838.47.
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State Commission
Franklin
Pennsylvania, Mik Control Commission
Judson Dairy
Joseph B. Judson
Venango County ‘Court
Roy P. Nelson
Judson
John FP. Budke
Mil Control Commission
Milk Control Commission
Embargo on Coal Sent to Canada Placed by Exchange
The Ore and Goal Exchange suspended coal shipments to Canada through Erie Ashtabula Conneaut Fairport Lorain Charlotte N Y Sodus Point N Y due to a Canadian seamen strike. Erie reports no immediate impact at coal docks and 23 122 car loads at Lake Erie ports with 8429 due in 48 hours. heavy losses expected in two days.
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Canada
Erie
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Fairport
Lorain
Charlotte
Sodus Point
Ore and Goal Exchange
W. J. McGarry
Exchange
Lake Erie
Burglar Hurt During Erie Store Break-In
June 13 a burglar cut himself during a failed entry at Conklin's store in Erie. Officer Stampe found a pool of blood on the threshold and a broken plate glass window. the door knob showed blood. The store was not entered and manager Lampe secured and guarded the site overnight.
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Erie Erie
Conkklin
John Stampe
Conklin
Lampe
Charles R Gates Dies After Illness in Concord Township
Charles R Gates of R D 3 Concord Township died last night at 10 40 at his son Forrest Gates home in Erie after months of declining health He was born January 28 1877 on the family farm and spent his life there Survived by wife Myrtle two daughters Mrs Edho Williams and Mrs Anthony Miscitt two sons Forrest and Alfred and eleven grandchildren The body is at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with services at 2 PM Saturday at the funeral home
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Charles R. Gates
Concord Township
Forrest Gates
Erie
Mr. Gates
Concordi
Myrtle R. Gates
Edho Williams
Anthony Miscitt
R. D
Corry
Evie
Alfred Gates
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Lucille Bull
Jamestown
Fortres
Ray Carley
East Pleasant Street
State Department of Agriculture
Erie County
Taub
Lycoming County
State Health Department
Pat Dodds
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Commonwealth
Buill
OM City
Meadville
Oil City
Thesday Mughy
James Bensink
Clymer
Bensink
Clymer Hil
Main Street
Greenville
Mercer County
State Highway Department
Smith- Quicksall Corporation of Pittsburgh
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
Claude 5. Klugh
Pennsylvania Automotive Association
Klugh
Ramsey S. Black
Venango Dairy
Charles Gates
Concord
Garters
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Powell Motor
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