New Hearings on AD-X2 Battery Additive Case
The Federal Trade Commission accuses Jess Ritchie of Oakland of false advertising for AD-X2 claiming longer battery life. The case echoes past government actions.
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Federal Trade Commission
Jess Ritchie
Oakland
Calif
Ritchie
Allen V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Dr. Astin
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Cragg
Schaeffer
ISL Cnerlos Eee AP HN
How Smart Are You Seven Question Quiz Feature
A quiz asks seven current events questions including Preakness distance Derby comparison, US daily newspaper trends, Numismatics meaning and chess rules. It references a Classified page for answers and includes a line about maximum weights for tricks.
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Pimlico
Baltimore
United States
United Nations
Fire damages Dempsey home in Corry and attic blaze
Details from Arthur Vicary in Erie show Corry relief expenditures surpassing 25,000 dollars this winter. A morning fire in the former Dempsey home on Hatch Street, now Hunt family residence, caused about 100 dollars in damage with extensive roof and attic destruction.
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Arthur Vicary
Erie
Corry
Dempsey
Hatch Street
Hunt
U S Soldier Flees Behind Iron Curtain
Pvt James Davis fled behind the Iron Curtain after Prague radio reports he sought political asylum in Czechoslovakia. The Davis family questions the move, insisting the 32 year old American soldier acted against his will amid roads and transportation questions raised by officials.
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U. S
Associated Press
Philadelphia
James Davis
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Davis
Jimmy
James F. Davis
Navy blamed for bankruptcy by Erie shipyard president
Mrs. Alan McDowell of American Boiler Works testified before a Senate Small Business Subcommittee in Washington that Navy indecision ruined her shipyard, which held a contract to build seven new tugboats. Fellow builders Olson and Oliver described losses and suspended work as Navy specification changes accelerated, undermining multiple firms in the tug program.
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National Bureau of Standards
National Academy of Sciences
Weeks
Dr. Astin
Eisenhower
Astin
Post Office Department
Ritchie
Post Office
FTC
Senate Small Business Committee
Ritchie and Pioneers, Inc
Federal Trade Commission
Erie
Washington
Alan McDowell
American Boiler Works
Navy
Senate
American Roiler Works
B. D. Olson
Olson Corp
Beresford
Florida
Olson
J. W. Oliver
Missouri Valley Steel, Inc
Leavenworth
Kansas
Erie Woman Wins $30,000 Damages in Train Crash Case
In Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, Mrs. Ann Z. Small won 30,000 damages against the Pennsylvania Railroad for her husband's death after a 1951 train collision near Bryn Mawr. A jury awarded 16,225 to the husband’s estate as executor and 13,775 to the estate.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Common Pleas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ann Z. Small
Smalls
Bryn Mawr
Small
County's Personal Property Tax Returns Will Not Jump This Year
In 1954 Assessor Willard L. Dyckes said personal property tax revenue would not rise. He cited a stock market downturn, major-corporation exemptions, and the 1952 scrapping of arbitrary assessments as factors. County officials halted a potentially lucrative method seen in other counties.
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Enus
Willard L. Dyckes
Dyckes
Compines
Fevedun
U.S. Steel Corp
Jacob Held
Taxpayer gains hindered by dropped method says Dycke
Dyckes argues the discarded method sharply reduces his capacity to boost taxpayer collection by catching up with tax evaders, limiting enforcement progress and potential revenue.
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Dyckes
Taxpayer gap widens as tvaders fall behind duties
A source notes that there are roughly half as many tvaders as taxpayers, with Dyckes believing the trend leads to missing more than $50,000 annually in revenue. This item highlights fiscal shortfalls and concerns over compliance and collection efficiency.
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Tvaders
Dyckes Beleves
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Jyihar Colgrave
Ises Bee Athigga Bier
Bottinelli-Kimball, Inc
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Big Piledephia
Uae
St. Edward's High School
Charles Seaback
Francis Blair
Finch Billiard Parlors
Seaback
Congress
U. S.commerce Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oldsmobile
Wiggers Garage
Corry, Pennsylvania
Jolumisrm
Circulaire Cold Control
All-Way Electric CO
Kodak Camera
RCA
North Center Street
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