Erie grocers protest price ceilings amid OPA rules
Price ceilings on canned foods spark protest as Erie grocers and retailer groups denounce OPA ceiling schemes. National Association of Retail Grocers appeals to President Roosevelt for relief and local grocers plan a formal protest to OPA manager Charles H. Leslie. Retailers attack the method used to set schedules, not the price levels, citing confusion and lack of guidance.
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Erie
Chiego
National Association of Retail Grocers
Roosevelt
Charles H. Leslie
OPA
Ridgway Home Damaged by Lightning Bolt
May 20 Ridgway reports a severe electrical storm causes surface sewer clogging and damage. A bolt struck the chimney of Mr and Mrs Francis Shaffer on Chestnut Street, bricks scattered up to fifty feet, attic rafters splintered, but the family of five escaped injury. No fire occurred.
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Ridgway
Francis Shaffer
Chestnut Street
Shafer
Continued rains threaten Erie crops and yields
Persistent rains threaten Erie County crops including potatoes oats and fruit with delays in planting. County farm agent Bull says only 25 of 18 days have rained and spray work on apples is hindered. If rains persist, oats may not be planted potatoes may fall short of targets and cherry yields will be reduced.
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Erie
Bull
Weather Bureau
Tannell TS
War Labor Board
Paul Crossman
Stout
Plane crashes near Greensburg injure two men
A civilian instructor Paul Booser aged 40 and his companion Robert Barefoot were injured when a plane stalled and crashed on Forbes road near Greensburg Pennsylvania. Both men were pinned in wreckage and required a blow torch to be freed. Booser, of Winaber, teaches cadets at St. Vincent College Latrobe and owned a flying field at Winabe. Barefoot suffered a broken arm and facial injuries.
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Associated Press
Greensburg
Forbes Road
Paul Booser
Winaber
An & Flying School
Latrobe
Westmoreland Hospital
St. Vincent's College
Winabe
Booser
Robert Barefoot
Windver
Treasury report shows May 18 balance and totals
Treasury figures dated May 18 show receipts 29.165 million dollars, expenditures 299.405 million, net balance 14.104 billion. Total debt stands near 188.758 billion with an increase of about 39.026 million from the previous day.
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Treasury
Washington
Position of the Treasury
Harmony Was Heeled After Tanker Grounding Near Dunkirk
After part of its 400000 gallon gasoline cargo was siphoned into an oil barge from Buffalo, the Gulf Oil tanker Harmony ran aground off a rock ledge at Dunkirk harbor. It was moved to the Central Avenue dock, seemingly undamaged, to resume loading and continue to Buffalo.
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LUNI
Buffalo
Oil Transport Company
Harmony
Dunkirk Harbor
Central Avenue
Two Are Hospitalized By Farm Accidents
Two farm accident victims were sent to Corry hospital for treatment late Wednesday. Walter Kuss, 60, sustained a badly lacerated left hand while operating on his farm. he is expected to be released soon. Eliott Hutchison, 60, of Spartansburg, suffered a scalp incision and body bruises from a fall off his barn roof. he remains hospitalized for several days.
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Corry Hospital
Walter Kuss
Biat-Eaw
Ws Farm
Corey Hospital
Eliott Hutchison
R.D
Spartansburg
Erie County Farm Labor Office Opens May 25
The Erie County Farm Labor Office opens Monday May 24 in the Masonite Temple rooms 204 and 204 at the corner of Eighth and Peach streets to recruit train and place farm labor in Erie County. John J. Yost North East named labor assistant to county agent Crossman. The office will receive applications and farmer needs. phone 24-277. Committee members include H H Marsh chair Waterford, H H Denison secretary Evie, Tyan Miller Corry, John Barney Waterford, Herbert Burch Leo Larson North East E G Hailwood Waterford and J T Raine Pa itview. The committee says they cannot solve all farm labor problems but will enlist willing workers and place them where productive.
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Agricultural Extension
Masonite
Eighth End Pench
Erie
Erie County
John J. Yost
North East
Pennsylvania State College
Crossman
LeRoy ‘Thompson
H. H. ‘Marsh
Waterford
H. H. Denison
Evie
Tyan Miller
Corry
Ohn
Paitview
Farm labor aid forms available in county communities
Application blanks for those seeking work to aid farmers will be available at the farm labor office and in every county community. Newspaper and radio notices announced blanks will be accessible in different communities. Convenience for handling labor in congested areas is noted with branch offices to open later in the season. HIV-RUN DRIVER vicTIM TARENTUM report details a fatal hit-and-run near Freeport with John Rysupnynski as the deceased.
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Yost
Norih East
Girard
Tarentum
John Rysupnynski
Freeport
Butler Pike
North East Woman Burns in Gas Blast in Erie
May 20 Mrs. Anna Mary Pierson, 62, of 37 Poplar Street, North East, suffered second degree burns in a natural gas explosion while searching for a leak in her home. She is in Hamet hospital with burns to the face back hands and arms and is considered to have an even chance of recovery. A second person joined her in the search and was not injured. Mrs Pierson was attended by a North East physician before being rushed to the hospital.
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North East
Erie
Anna Mary Pierson
Poplar Street
Une
Hamet
Hospital
Fragmentary text from local notice or snippet
A partial OCR fragment mentions names and places in unclear order. The readable bits suggest a local notice or column item but no coherent event or date is ascertainable from the fragment.
Fragmentary World War II Note
A garbled historical snippet references naval actions and enemy movements. It mentions Russian ships, German minefront, and a scene of panic and urgency amid combat, but the exact events, dates, and proper nouns are unreadable in the current OCR.
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