Nearby plants win big Navy contracts in Erie defense push
September 23 Erie report notes Erle Forge wins a 1,162,306 Navy contract for forgings and castings. The Erie Works of General Electric got an eight million dollar contract for gun carriages. Other local firms National Forge and Ordnance in Irvine and Struthers Weiss Titusville also secured work. The Navy announced 24 month torpedo and motor patrol boat contracts and the Army disclosed large tank orders.
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United States Navy
Erle Forge Company
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Erle Forge
Erie Works
General Electric Company
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
National Forge and Ordnance Company
Irvine
Warren County
Struthers- Weiss-Titusville, Corporation of
Titusville
War Department
Youth Freed In Shooting Case In Oil City
Henry Birchard of 49 Plum Street Oil City was discharged and the charge of pointing a deadly weapon was dismissed after a hearing before Alderman Homer Lane. The incident stemmed from a quarrel with his wife sister Mrs Samuel Oyler and involved a shotgun discharged when she bumped the gun as Birchard left with his girlfriend Miss Helen Shoup of Emlenton.
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Homer Lane
Henry Birchard
Plum Street
Birchard
Samuel Oyler
Oyler
Helen Shoup
Emlenton
Two CCC Youths Held for Larceny in Clearfield County
Zane Yale eighteen and James Bush seventeen members of Camp 116 on Penfield Mountain were taken into custody in Elk county last week by Clearfield State Police for stealing government property. Yale was found at Shawmut and Bush at Ridgway after camp members reported A. W. O. L. and a quantity of clothing and shoes missing. They will face a juvenile hearing today.
Thompson's Bor Suma Tablets and Golden Lax notice
Millions can't buy health yet Thompson's Bor Suma Tablets promise better kidney action and relief from headaches dizziness and run down feeling by increasing urinary secretion. Also advertise Golden Lax Tablets for constipation at 25 cents.
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Draft and Y. U. S. face a streamlining draft era
Washington outlines how the new compulsory military training law will operate. It describes the capsule lottery, registration, and the Selective Service system with roughly 1.3 million young men in the 21 to 36 age bracket as the initial target, and details planned quota calls and geographic allocation.
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Congress
Morgan M. Beatty
Willer
Washington
Independence Hall
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Army and Navy
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Army and Navy Selective Service Committee
Selective Service System
GOP Registration Surge In Erie Ahead Of Election
Erie and Erie County Republicans show a near three to one registration advantage as hundreds register to vote for the November 5 presidential election. Chief clerk Joseph Williams reports net GOP gains of 1,289 since August 7, with 1,185 first time voters and 242 switching from Democrat to Republican. Democratic registration grew 432.
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Erie
Joseph
Williams
Erlecky
Tisnet Bain
Erie Plants Plan Additions Worth 45000 Dollars
Two Erie manufacturing plants seek factory expansions totaling 45000 dollars. The Lord Mfg Company near 12th Street and Weschler Avenue will spend about 30000 dollars for 28000 square feet of new buildings around the existing plant. The American Steriliver Company at 1230 Plum Street has a 15000 dollar permit for a southward addition with work to start immediately.
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Erie Manufacturiing
Lord Mfg. Company
12Th Street
Weschler Avenue
American Steriliver Company
Plum Street
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