Five Inquiries Held Over Until After Holidays
The Senate postponed five investigations into war preparations and transportation, rail and ship, until after the holidays. Congress adjourned to January 3, with hearings on rail, shipping, and sugar slated, while the House proceeds with Navy activity testimony and tax clarifications.
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LaFollette
St. Paul
House
Wilson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harding
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Commerce Committee
Fletcher
Walsh
Supreme Court
Baby War Bonds shine as Christmas gifts
Hundreds buy Baby Bonds and thrift cards for presents as fathers and mothers prefer bonds over cash or toys. The government issue remains $4.12 through January, rising to $4.13 on February 1, spurring a rush that has led to extra clerks being hired to handle demand.
City Markets add Monday session for Christmas supplies
Due to heavy snow many farmers cannot reach main highways so the City Markets announce an extra market Monday at Chestnut Street Market, afternoon and evening. Wednesday markets are canceled. today’s attendance is light and many stalls empty with Christmas trees notable. Prices for trees and produce are modest though turkeys geese ducks and chickens are expected scarce and pricey Saturday morning.
Help Postal Employees Seek Salary Adjustment
Readers are urged to fill and mail a blank form to Congressman Kreider in Washington to press for salary re adjustment for postal workers. The note notes no raises in ten years while living costs rose sharply and asks friends in the postal service to participate.
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Kreider
Washington
Help Your Congressman Support Postal Employees Pay Rise
A call to action urging support for an emergency 25 percent postal employee pay increase due to the high cost of living. Includes instructions to mail the petition to Congress and notes the chairs of Senate and House Post Office committees, with specific representatives named.
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House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Local businessman Doutrich celebrates birthday on the job
Local businessman Mr Doutrich marked his birthday today while working at his store and received many congratulations. He also operates a similar enterprise in Pottsville, keeping his business active across locations.
Harrisburg Soldiers at Camp Hancock in Georgia
Dec 19 at Camp Hancock Augusta Ga General Clement retires due to disability as commander of the Twenty eighth Division. Drill impossible due to ice. First Sergeant Robert McNeal promoted to second lieutenant in 108th Machine Gun Battalion. W F Reynolds Jr appointed second lieutenant in 11th Infantry. Several officers assigned or awaiting commands. Ordnance department seeks volunteers from all non drafted men with 61 trades represented and pay by ability.
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Twenty-eighth Division
Robert McNeal
Harrisburg
108Th Machine Gun Battalion
W. F. Reynolds, Jr
Reynolds
Bellefonte
101St Cavalry
11Th Infantry
Kearn
Brett
Jenkins
Stine
112Th
Charles Thomas
Finney
Frank Zeigler
Harry Sauders
Ryan
Harold Astrich
ARMY
Ordnance Department
Regular Army
Plan to Place Piggery Near City Limits
Hyles Hagy of Hagy Brothers plans a large piggery near the city to receive garbage directly from the collection service for five years. Pens will be built soon after a farm is secured, with firm members overseeing collection and disposal. The facility will mirror the Wilkes-Barre piggery recently inspected by city officials.
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Hagg
Wilkes-Barre
Reverses Findings in P R R Violation Case
Philadelphia December 19 Judges Buffington and Woolley of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that the Pennsylvania Railroad violated the 1907 act on hours of employment for firemen and engineers on freight locomotives. The case is remanded for further procedure to a conference of employees officials and the Interstate Commerce Commission rather than in a criminal court.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Buffington and Woolley
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
PennsylvaniaRailroad
Court of Appeals
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Fuel Administrator Protests Seizure of Coal
Philadelphia December 19 William Potter state fuel administrator went to Washington to protest further seizure of coal in this city by Director Krusen of Health and Charities After four car loads were commandeered for the Home for the Indigent Potter will seek authority to prevent repetition of the action The matter will be placed before the fuel administration in Washington to argue against the seizures Snow delays burial Shiremanstown Pa December 19 the body of Mrs Jacob Walls was taken to Mount Pleasant Cemetery for burial Sunday after burial services last Friday but roads were closed by a heavy snowstorm delaying interment.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
William Potter
Washington
Krusen
Department of Health and Charities
Potter
Shiremanstown
Jacob Walls
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Lakewood Club Destroyed by Fire in New Jersey
Lakewood New Jersey December 19 The Lakewood Country Club was destroyed by fire today causing property losses estimated above $100000.
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Lakewood Club
Associated Press
Lakewood
N. J
Lakewood Country Club
Hobson to Speak in Harrisburg as Noted Naval Expert
Ex congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, famed naval expert and proponent of prohibition, arrives in Harrisburg tomorrow to lecture at Stevens Memorial Church under the Capital City Lyceum Course. His talk titled The Destiny of America follows his long battle against liquor interests and his recent Washington triumph.
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Congress
Harrisburg
Hobson
United States
Senate
Alabama
Washington
Stevens Memorial
M. E. Church
Capital City
Clayton A. Smucker
America
Germany
Lyceum
Pennsylvania
Yarrisburg
Trial Resumes in Hardscrabble Appeal Cases if Judge McCarrell Recovers
Trial in the Hardscrabble appeal cases will resume in court tomorrow if Judge 8. J. M. McCarrell, now ill at his home, is able to preside. The suit brought by A. P. Dintaman against the city was being heard when the court adjourned last Saturday.
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J. M. McCarrell
A. P. Dintaman
Shoplifting Charge Against Sarah Gross at Kresge Store
Sarah Gross was arrested at 9 20 this morning on a charge of shoplifting at Kresge s Five and Ten Cent Store. She will be given a hearing late this afternoon.
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Sarah Gross
Kresge
Churches Reduce Use Amid Coal Shortage in Dillsburg
In Dillsburg Pennsylvania churches cut coal usage due to shortages. Midweek prayers now occur in members homes and United Brethren Church groups plan new meetings this month. Sunday schools limit to younger pupils, mainly primary departments. In New York the Guaranty Trust Company announced a ten percent salary bonus for its 2,000 employees.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the
United Brethren Church
New York
Guaranty Trust Company of
Lancaster Man Is Prisoner in Germany
Relatives in Lancaster report John Kimmel, 22, of Lancaster enlisted in May and served on the U S S Meraldus, sunk by a German U boat on November 11. He is now a prisoner in a camp at Brandenburg Germany. No Navy Department confirmation of the sinking has been issued.
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Brandenburg
Germany
Navy Department
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