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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1944
Page
3
The article discusses postwar price controls and OPA regulations, noting inflation fears and a complex web of ceilings varying by industry and firm. It highlights citizen impact, wage pressures, and the looming choice between inflation risk and heavy government control in the recovery period.
The Committee for Economic Development is credited with drafting a postwar tax plan that could abolish the corporate tax to end double taxation. Life notes the proposal is radical but aims to boost jobs by aligning capital and labor, challenging lawmakers to embrace broader tax reform and jobs growth.
A group of citizens will ask the city health board to grant another extension of the dog quarantine after an outbreak of dog bite cases. The second extension ended last month and several people were treated at Hamnet hospital. Health Director Dr James Smith, returning from New York, is to confer with the board on extending the quarantine, first imposed last March following many bite incidents in Erie.
Washington officials fear delays and conflicts over the Surplus War Property Disposal Act as Congress hasn’t set a postwar measure. The Surplus Property Board faces reporting deadlines, disposal limits, antitrust reviews, and multiple agencies including SWPC, War Food Administration, Treasury, and AAA in a tangled plan for selling plants, equipment, patents, and machinery. Tomorrow: Who Gets First Pick.
A special committee named by President W C Murray of the Siwanis will present a favorable report on launching a city zoning movement at the club's meeting tomorrow. Corry Indies rebuilds after exposing weak spots in their opener against North East as they prepare for the next game versus the Cleaneth. Venango Public Services Corp expects to install new street lights in the residential section soon. Stanford Hose Company heads to Erie for the State Firemen's Convention parade. Mr and Mrs A J McElroy hosted Alberta’s birthday party with 16 playmates at South Center street. Corry Union City pavement completion hinges on three to four clear days of weather for concrete laying. Bunce Co officials expect final paving by late next week.
A compact trivia column lists ten questions and asks readers to turn to page six for answers. Topics include GI Bill eligibility, the old Ottoman Empire, a famed Italian liner, North America’s highest peak, a postwar planning committee chaired by Rep. Colmer, Earth's climatic zones, a military belt name, a corrected quote, Japan’s island geography, and Mowgli’s book.
Local residents report rapid relief from back ache rheumatic pains and dizziness attributed to tired kidneys after using Thompsons Borsoma Tablets. The product claims to help kidneys eliminate poisons from the system and improve well being. Get a box at your druggist today.
Erie county saw a rush on the registration office with hundreds added to enrollments as party leaders claim gains. Extra clerks worked Friday night and Saturday morning while Republicans project a November lead near ten thousand. The crowded corridors mirrored the scramble to secure party advantage before the election.
Solar means sun and plexus a network of nerves. the solar plexus is the abdominal brain. A strong blow can disrupt abdominal function, cause death without visible injury, and may show symptoms hours later. In motor accidents or blows, observe for abdominal rigidity or spasm and monitor closely for several hours.
The Sun Shine Packing Corporation resumed some operations after Dauphin county court partly dissolved an injunction. Judge J Paul Rupp granted the motion at the State Agriculture Department's request. Unexamined products remain under bond and Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst will supervise. Special Deputy Attorney General Ralph B. Umstead noted the department is satisfied with sanitary measures to permit reopening. plant had been shut since August 4 for failure to meet clean-up demands. Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The notice lists validity for various ration stamps. Meats and processed foods stamps AB through Z8 and AB through Ze remain valid indefinitely. sugar stamps 20 through 33 valid for five pounds each with stamp 40 good for five pounds through February 28, 1985. Shoes stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely with a new book on November 1. Gasoline coupons vary by region with 1A coupons for three gallons through November 8 and 12A for four gallons through December 21. fuel oil coupons 4 and 5 valid throughout the current heating season and new period 1 coupons valid now through heating year.
A brief notice promotes a home method and ear drops to relieve hearing loss caused by wax. It promises improved hearing and a money back guarantee if not helped, urging readers to inquire at pharmacies and drug stores for the product.
Kane Borough Council in a special session unanimously accepted Chief of Police Patrick E. Nelson’s resignation and started seeking a successor. The vote followed remarks from Edward L. Carlson and Emerd Swanson of the Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau urging an agreement with Nelson.
James S Steward 40 of Hartfield Pleasantville died of spinal meningitis after four days at home and a few hours in Jamestown Penal Hospital. An autopsy indicated spinal meningitis caused the death. He had worked at EH Patterson farm for about a year and left a family of six children fatherless.
Warren mill of the Commercial Lumber Company burned Saturday night in a blaze of unknown origin. Firefighters saved dry kilns and auxiliary structures while the loss is estimated near 20 thousand dollars. The plant, making lumber for airplane wings, faced quick rebuilding as damaged material was cleared for rapid re erection. J H Young stated revival efforts would begin soon despite extensive destruction.
The four powers unveil a plan to form a general postwar organization as the keystone for a future United Nations conference. President Roosevelt calls it the arch’s keystone with specialized agencies to follow, while Secretary of State Stettinius says the plan leaves no gaps and is not insurmountable.
Six soft coal mines operated by two fleet companies remain strike closed with about 40,000? miners idle. One mine ended strike with 70 miners returning after no days out. Leaders of United Mine Workers hope three Jones & Laughlin pits resume tomorrow. Vesta No. 6 idle since Tuesday after 00 men quit over supervisor dispute. Vesta Nos 4 and 6 idle due to sympathy walkouts. Three other mines idle keep 2,100 workers from Bethlehem Steel Ellsworth Cokeburg and Marianna mines in Washington county.
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