Shortage of Men Not Money Says Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip, chair of the War Saving Committee, told bankers at a luncheon that war financing should rely on savings and not inflate the currency. He warned that money inflation would not solve wartime needs while labor and material shortages persist and corporate incomes remain fixed by law.
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F. A. Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip
The
War Saving Committee
Vanderlip
Public Service Corporation
Garfield refuses Ohio coal distribution interference
Washington reports Fuel Administrator Garfield forbids Governor Cox from interfering with coal distribution under state fuel administration orders. Garfield asserts Federal authority via Homer H. Johnson and co operation from F. C. Baird. He pledges immediate coal support for Ohio shortages and warns against seizures or press reports causing confusion.
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Garfield
Cox
Ohio
Homer H. Johnson
F. C. Baird
United States
Washington
Fuel Administration
Pastor Walks Ten Miles in Snow to Reach Son
Altoona Pa December 13 In an effort to meet his son who was passing through on a train east the Reverend J B Irvine pastor of the Williamsburg Presbyterian Church walked ten miles in frigid weather from Williamsburg to Hollidaysburg where he caught a trolley for Altoona. On arrival it was found both cars were badly frozen and he may lose them.
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Altoona
Tev
Williamsburg Presbyterian Church
Guinee
Williamsburg
Hollidaysburg
Early Morning Fire Damages Lemoyne Home
Fire at William Erb's Plum Alley home near Clinton Street discovered shortly after 2 a.m. investigators suspect an overheated stovepipe. Mrs Erb and her two children escaped unharmed as Mr Erb was away at work. Building owned by Wesley Reeser. Damages estimated in the several hundred dollar range.
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Lemoyne
William Erb
Plum Alley
Clinton Street
Wall Street gains on federal rail protection bets
Shares rose in early trading as investors anticipated federal control of railroads to shield holdings. Union Pacific and other majors climbed 1–2 points, while General Electric and Texas Company faced larger declines later. Philadelphia notes show mixed commodity moves ahead of broader market shifts.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Ajax
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Paul Pfd
Reading and Southern Railway
Marine Ptd
General Electric, Texas Company
Mexican Petroleum
Liberty 4
Chandler Brothers and Company
Philadelphia
Ket Square
Harrisburg
Chestnut
Pine Street Street
Allis Chalmers
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel (B
Butte Copper
California Petroleum
Central Leather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi
Mil
St. Paul
Crucible Steel
Distilling Securities
Erie Ene
General Motorsa
Goodrich, B. F. Ra
Great Northern Pfd
Inspiration Copper
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Kansas City Southern
Lackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
Marine Ctfs
Marine Ctis
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel i
New York Centra
Ag Y
N. H
H. W. Sim
N. Y
O. and W
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania R. A
Pittsburgh Coal
Reading Railway
Republic
Re and Steel
I . Ao
Southern Railway
Studebaker Wee
S. Rubber
IV . &. Steel
US. Steel
Utah
Virginia-Carolina Chem
Westinghouse Mfg
Willys-Overland
Kiwanis Club Adds Seventeen Members at Luncheon
The Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg held a noon meeting at the Elks Clubhouse where seventeen new members were added, bringing total membership to forty three with a goal of one hundred. Officers noted growing local interest and a novelty rule requiring members to use others' nicknames with a ten cent fine for violations.
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Kiwanis Club
Charles H. Barner
W. R. Armstrong
Bell Telephone Employees to Receive Higher Salaries
Announcement from The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania states all employees will see a salary increase effective January 1. The plan prioritizes larger proportional raises for workers with lower wages, replacing last year's three week bonus. The overall increase is roughly double last year's.
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Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Cumberland County Jury Commissioner Dies at Washington Heights
Frank J. Harro aged 42 died at his Washington Heights home from blood poisoning after a fall at home less than two weeks earlier. Born in Penbrook he was Cumberland County jury commissioner elected on the Republican ticket. A former building contractor turned river coal investor he served as East Pennsboro township Republican committeeman for twenty years. Survived by his wife and daughter a son Lester in the Regular Army in California is listed as the only funeral delay.
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Cumberland County
Penbrook
East Pennsboro
Lester
California
Lester Harro
Grand Jury May Consider Indictment Against Mayor
Judge Wessel ruled the Fifth ward murder conspiracy hearings lawful and within Judge Brown’s rights as committing magistrate. The district attorney says the grand jury may indict Mayor Smith, William Finley, Isaac Deutsch, David Bennett, and five policemen in the Fifth ward case related to the Eppley shooting. Also, Mascia’s trial for Eppley’s shooting begins next Monday. Two Bell Telephone workers joined the Aviation corps, Joseph D. Smith and Charles F. Hamill, with home addresses listed.
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Brown
Wessel
Smith
Fifth Ward
William
Finley
Isaac Deutsch
David Bennett
George A. Eppley
New York
Butch" Mascia
Eppley
Frontier Town Steeples to Float Warning Flags
The Hague report says War Minister De Jonge announced in parliament that Dutch flags would be flown from church steeples to warn of air raids, but no effective night time protection has been found and compensation from foreign governments for damage by their airmen has not been refused.
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Associated Press
Hague
de Jonge
Famous American Ace Downed Fifteen German Planes
A photo shows Lieutenant Gervais Raoul Lufbery of Wallingford Conn the premier Ace in the Lafayette Escadrille who has just downed his fifteenth enemy aircraft. Lufbery wears the Croix de Guerre with four palms the Military Medal and Legion of Honor among other honors for valor.
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Gervais Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Lafayette
Inquiry Into Halifax Blast Under Way
Witnesses describe the Mont Blanc loaded at Gravesend Bay New York with T N T gun cotton dry picric acid and benzol for the French government. They explain the hold had wooden partitions separating the T N T from the acid as Halifax inquiry proceeds.
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Halifax
Blast
Gravesend Bay
New York
Mont Blanc and Imo collision described by witness
A witness states the Mont Blanc captain was sober and did not drink before the collision with the Imo in calm morning conditions. The Imo, heading across the Mont Blanc’s course, sounded two blasts as the ships were about 150 feet apart, triggering an inevitable collision and a black smoke-filled explosion. Two nurses and a telegraph operator aided victims, while relief ships delivered supplies as the city organized reconstruction efforts and sought specialists to prevent blindness from injuries.
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Bedord’ Basin
Imo
Mont Blanc
Smo
Naval Hospital
Alice Boutin
Sister Boutin
Jean Groves
Lorne Exchange
Northland
Wooston
Ross Faulkner
New York
New England
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Xmas
North Third Street
Sehleisver Building
Istrator
San
Camp Curtin Pipe Supply CO
7Th and
Curtin Sts
Bell
Wm. Strouse
Bielish
Western
Pennsylvania
Reese
New Jersey
Jersey
Kansas
Timiny
Duce
Chicago Cattle
Chicago
Warrisburg
Elks Clubhouse
P. B. Rice
George
Parner and
Charles K. Boas
Bell Telephone Company
Dauphin Deposit Trust Co
State Commissioner of Banking
Washington Heights
Frank J. Harro
Teutons
Italy
Snc
Piave
Mt. Grappa
Asiago
Astico
Fetti
Vicenza
Padua
Venice
Quarter Sessions Court
Uncle Sam
Joseph D. Smith
Plant Department
Charles FE. Hamill
Accounting
Aviation Corps
Joseph Smith
Bellevue Road
Charles Hamill
Green Street
Frontier Town
Tieot
G. R-Lufbery
Iain Lamedoo
the Mont Blanc
Alex. Johansen
Captain Lamedes
A. Henry
Lamodes
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
Lord
Dauphin County
Court of Common Pleas
Edna J. Trafford
Harrison S. Trafford
Harrison
Trafford
W. W. Caldwell
Department OF Public Safety
Bureau of Water and Light
Superintendent of Public Safety
Court House
Fred L. Morgenthaler
Stella A. Reigle
James J. Reigle
Ahr
Canada
Howarparterna
Market Street
Bell Phone
Téephon Automatic
Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry ST
Miami Conservancy District
Columbus
National City Bank of New York
Legislature of
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Hamilton
Middletown
Piqua
Troy
Franklin
Miamisburg
Miami Valley
Harris, Forbes & Co
the National City Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
Halsey, Stuart & Co
Fifth-Third National Bank of Cincinnati
Hayden, Miller & Co
A. B. Leach & Co
William R. Compton Co
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
the Equitable Trust Company of
New York City
National Bank of Dayton
Payton Savings and Trust Co
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