New Order Moves to Curb Industrial Hoarding
The National Production Authority plans an inventory control order to curb hoarding of scarce war materials by firms. It will list items prone to shortages and bar excessive stockpiling, with penalties up to four years in prison or $10,000 fines. The move targets aluminum, cement, copper, rubber, steel, wool, paper and other key supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Induss
Fant Npa
Willan
Hrrison
Mater
Akelnst
Defense
NPA
Defense Production Act
Electile Motors
Steel Company
NBA
Marshall Bill Wins Approval
The House armed services committee approved legislation to allow General George C. Marshall to serve as secretary of defense. The vote was 8 to 7 with Chairman Vinson announcing. Senate committee had already approved the measure, while opposing House votes came from Republican Reps. Short, Arends, Shafer, Elston, Towe, Gavin, and Myers. The House and Senate are expected to act quickly on the Marshall legislation.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
George C. Marshall
Vinson
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Committee
Six Days of Rain Hit Western Pennsylvania District
Rain fell for six consecutive days with heavy showers on four days. The Weather Bureau station recorded 3.84 inches total. A light fall occurred Monday and Tuesday. The district saw widespread wet conditions and a low temperature near 54 degrees last night.
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Weather Bureau
Neve
Pennsylvania
State to raise public assistance by four dollars a month
Corry residents and Erie county clients will see a four dollar monthly increase in public assistance beginning mid October. The State Board of Public Assistance announced the plan, saying the statewide cost is about nine hundred fifty thousand dollars per month. The boost adds twelve dollars per month for food grants and about a one thousand percent rise in shelter grants covering rent, heat and light. The board says relief rolls are in healthier shape after prior reductions and that about 370,000 Pennsylvanians receive relief with monthly outlays around seven and a half million dollars.
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Corry
Erie County
Harrisburg
State Board of Pursue Assistance
Pennsylvania
Boad
State Assistance Fund
Erie Couple Injured In Route 6 Wreck Near Warner’s Corners
An elderly Erie man and his wife were injured when their car skidded on wet pavement and struck guard rails along Route 6 near Warner's Corners at 11 30 this morning. David Kennedy 77 received treatment for lacerations and contusions while his wife Lottie Kennedy 70 was taken by ambulance to Hamlin Hospital with severe back injuries and possible ruptured kidneys. State Police report the car lost control and collided with the guard rail. front end damage runs to several hundred dollars.
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Erie
Route 6
Warner's Corners
Carry
David Kennedy
Lottie Kennedy
Hamdt Hospital
Fortune
Kennedy
Cory
Union City
Wallace
Excess profits tax postponed as Congress acts
Washington reports Congress delayed raising the excess profits tax though a retroactive levy remains under consideration. The plan would apply to part of 1960 income, with House and Senate debating timing after the November elections. The measure would boost individual tax withholdings and corporate taxes to fund wartime effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Bente
Senate
Hoase
Korea
Cadillac sinks after car drifts into stream west of Corry
A 1950 Cadillac sedan submerged four feet in a stream four to five miles west of Corry after leaving the highway at 2:30 this morning. Driver C J Eckert of Union City escaped with minor head lacerations after fighting water and mud to reach the bank. The car, valued about 2500 dollars and with only 1000 miles, was towed out by Damon wrecker service. Eckert swerved while sleepy, the stream swollen by heavy rain, and he walked back to safety through the waterlogged ditch.
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Corry
C. J. Eckert
Union City
Eckert
Acorn Lumber Co
Brie
Houste 6
Agnige’s
Warner's Corners
Damon Wrecker Service
Columbus Girl Leads Contest for Miss Corry Title
Leona Volk, 15, leads the Miss Corry contest as votes are counted for a second time in the Chamber of Commerce attic. Volk has 208 ballots, 85 more than the next candidate, among eight entrants representing area granges. Final results come after a month. a six part photo series begins next week in The Journal to introduce contestants.
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Leona Volk
Columbus Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Volk
Ted
Reignire
Marguerite Drissell
Wattsburs
Marcels Proctor
Union City
Jowring Clabbate
Corry
Marcella Stover
Spartansburg
Donna Jean Whaley
Spring Greek
Lareena May Fordink
Clymer
Mary Ricketts
RD. 3
East Branch Grange
Progressive nominates Thomas J Fitzpatrick for Pennsylvania governor
The Progressive party of Pennsylvania announces Thomas J Fitzpatrick, a Western Pennsylvania union leader from Wilkinsburg, as its gubernatorial candidate. Fitzpatrick heads the United Electrical Workers Union Independent and previously led Westinghouse Electric.
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Br Associated
Philadelphia
Progressive Party of Pennsylvania
Thomas J Fitzpatrick
Western Pennsylvania
Fitxpatrick
Wilkinsboro
Progressive Party
Fitzpatrick
United Electriesl Workers Union
Independent
Westinghouse Electric Company
UE Iscal
More Atrocities Of Reds Revealed In Korea Report
U S soldiers testified at a Second Division inquiry that North Korean captors threw at least three American prisoners into a roaring fire on the western front. Witnesses described the capture during the August 31 seizure as UN defenses were driven back in the first Communist drive.
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U.S
Korea
U. S
Toring
United Nations
Army Inquiry Board
Philippines Volcano Eruption Kills 51 on Camiguin Island
Report from Manila states 51 people were killed and many injured by a volcanic eruption off Camiguin Island on the northern coast of Mindanao. The president ordered relief and Red Cross deployments as troops and air support moved to assist and assess the danger to three threatened villages.
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Associated Press
Manila
Malacanan Pufupe
Sotid
Muthumm
Platina Pines
Une Philippines
Gunouneemierit
Sili
Enatiatties
Presidental Palace
Red Cross
Air Force
Quiirina
Hertor Gasimir del Rosario
Bunewe Pel
Arturo Alcarné
Re Crissa
General Electric and CIO Resolve 40000-Worker Strike
Washington Sept 15 The CIO United Electrical workers and General Electric reached a settlement ending a 40000 worker strike threatening the US output. The agreement provides a wage increase and a review for future raises tied to the government cost of living index with an interim one half rate for half a year and a future March 15, 1951 recomputation.
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Associated Pros
Washington
GIO
General Electric Cr
Aulo
General Motors
GTO
CIO Union
Breans
New York
United Elsetri
Wll
VUE
North Atlantic Council opens meeting amid Korea crisis
At New York the North Atlantic Treaty Council began talks as Western allies discuss strengthening European defense to deter a Soviet attack. Dean Acheson and foreign ministers from Britain and France signaled plans to include German units, while U S reinforcements may follow, contingent on allied unity. Separately, researchers report tritium detection in water, noting potential for H bomb diagnostics and ocean current tracing, but no ready extraction methods exist.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Korea
United States
Brita
France
Western
Europe
Achesan
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Wistoree
Schuman
We Hpitioh
Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
Temple University Research Institute
WF Libby
Testitute of
University of Chicago
A. V Grosse
Temple Institute
Sunbeam breakfast kicks off regional appliance campaign
About thirty representatives from Gorry and Thiian City Appliance Stones attended a Sunbeam breakfast in the Corry Room at Hotel Corry. The event launched a Sunbeam coffee master and foaster campaign to roll out next Monday across participating stores, with briefings by George Siegwart and Don Ring. Pennsylvania Electric Company Ward Baking Company and Chase and Sanborne coffier firms support the campaign. Retail attendees included Root An Silence, Meerdink's furniture, Frana furniture, Cherry Hardware, Guignon's hardware, Herman's Jewelry, Taylor's jewelry, Holt's furniture, Merritt Ann Mane, Baldwin Electric, and the Jewel Box of Union City.
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Gorry
Or & O'Clock
Sunbeam
Corry
George Siegwart
Don Ring
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Ward Baking Company
Chase and Sanbori Coffer
Root AnoHance
Meerdink’s Furniture
Frana Furniture
Cherry Hardware
Guignon's Hardware
Herman’s Jewely
Taylor's Jewelry
Holt's Furniture
Merritt Ann Mane
Baldwin Electric Store
Jewel Box
Union City
Church official dies in Wyoming auto crash
In Wyoming on September 15, Dr William Barrow Pugh 62 longtime executive secretary of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church died in an automobile truck collision yesterday. His position made him head of a church with over two billion communicants.
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Shesmofolim
Wyo
Wiliam Barrow Pugh
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Raymond Plant Workers Vote Against Union Shop
Raymond plant workers rejected a union shop after an NLRB supervised election. A large percentage of eligible employees voted, mirroring 1947 sentiment, with Barry De Thi and Lewis Earlbert involved as representatives and observers noting non-members were targeted in union messaging.
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Hmwloyes
Raymond Mh Co
Yesiday
Teruaime Pl
Bill Jnthion
Minuwenent
TeCeWe
Vale
Lunton
Guardsmen Finish House Cleaning Chore at Camp Atterbury
Pennsylvania's 28th Division soldiers arrived at Camp Atterbury and began de dusting and servicing motorized gear after four years idle. Trucks and trailers moved from armories in four convoys while radio technicians kept convoy contact. A Saturday inspection will showcase the cleanup and a ceremony honors 39 division soldiers killed in a train wreck en route to camp. Maj Gen Daniel Strickler says all units are assembled for the rites and notes rent increases and calls for federal price controls.
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Associated Pree
Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Tih National Guard
Keystone
Indiana Plains
Attersbury
28Th Signal Company
Pittsburgh
Signal Corps
Uoth
Daniel B. Strickjer
Strickler
Federal Cent
Marines and infantry storm Inchon under heavy fire
American Marines and infantry landed in force on Korea’s west coast at Inchon and pushed into the port city under intense Red fire. The assault followed heavy bombardment by American and British warships with naval gunfire, rockets, and smoke shells aiding the advance toward Seoul, about 22 miles inland.
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Ly Associated Press
Tokyo
Marines Land at Inchon Harbor Amid Heavy Fighting
Reports describe Allied amphibious landings at Inchon and Wolmi Island as Marines and Army units pushed ashore. Heavy bombardment and napalm preceded the assault, with US and British ships shelling defenses. MacArthur praised the operation as a morale boost.
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