Naples Embraces 2000 Americans In NATO Hub Move
Naples a strategic port hosts about 2000 Americans from Army Navy Marines and Air Force as part of NATO Southern Europe Command center with nearly 1000 more including French and British personnel to follow. The city copes with higher rents and living costs while locals note dollars and American goods boost the economy sales of cigarettes and washing machines feed a thriving black market. Neapolitans say they find the Americans friendly and human as they adjust to life in Naples and prepare for harmony in joint operations.
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Naples
NATO Southern Europe
America
Rome
Italy
Napoli
Vesuvius
Medal arrives 34 years late for Argonne veteran
Walter S. Pullins, 54, of Woodstock, received a Purple Heart Wednesday for wounds from the October 1918 Argonne Forest battle. The medal arrived by mail unsolicited. Pullins serves as Second Ohio District commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
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Urbana
Walter S. Pullins
Woodstock
Battle of the Argonne Forest
Pullins
Ohio
Factories Lead Home Design Says Industry Outpaces Homes
Business experts say factories and offices set the pace in planning lighting acoustics and use, with industrial interiors boosting employee productivity. Designers urge collaboration with homemakers to apply industrial efficiency to homes, reducing costs without sacrificing service.
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New York
George Nelson
Congress Asked For Funds To Help Curb Scioto Floods
Congress seeks to authorize a 20 year Agriculture Department program to curb floods and soil erosion in Ohio's Scioto River watershed. The plan, submitted to Senate and House Public Works Committees by Secretary Brannan, would cost about 20.31 million with 11.62 million coming from the government. local interests would cover the rest. It covers 29 counties, 6500 square miles, and 50 by 135 miles. Actions include woodland protection, timber control, land acquisition, contouring, terracing, and spillways and dams to reduce runoff.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Scioto River
Senate
House Public Works Committees
Sec
Retary Brannan
Cincinnati Man Shares Purchase of Canton Firm
Harold C. Schott and his brother Joseph J. Schott of Cleveland and Cincinnati have acquired control of the Republic Stamping and Enameling Co. of Canton for between three and eight million dollars. The firm, founded in 1911, makes stamped enamel ware, vitrc steel roofing and siding, aluminum boxes for the food industry, and runs offices in New York and Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Harold C. Schott
Joseph J. Schott
Cleveland
Republic Stamping and Enameling Co
Canton
Toda
New York
Chicago
Lay-Off Of 350 Planned By Firm
Bald win Lima Hamilton Corp will furlough 350 employees at its locomotive plant in Eddystone Pa effective April 11 due to reduced production schedules. Additional layoffs are planned over six months as steel and other materials allocations shrink and railroad demand drops.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp
Eddystone
Baldwin
Thursday meetings listed by local clubs and groups
Thursday schedule shows multiple organizations meeting at various venues. Entries include Boys Choir at 4 p.m. Y M C A, Toastmasters at 7 p.m. Gardner Employment Conference Room, Alpha Council Jr O U A M 7 30 p.m. 19 North Broad, Dog Training 7 50 p.m. South Main Armory, 1 0 C F Lodge 7 30 p.m. hall, Alcoholics Anonymous 7 45 p.m. Moose Officers 8 p.m. hall, Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron 8 p.m. Legion Home, Blythe Williams Post Auxiliary American Legion 8 p.m. Silver Leaf Social Club, T Stone 83 Masonic Lodge 8 p m Trades and Labor Council Basin, Optimist Club noon Manchester Hotel, Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge 37 7 30 p.m. Castle Hall, Unity Council 241 D of A 8 p.m. Malta Hall, Local 310 AFL Raymond Bay 8 p.m. Nelva Center.
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Y.M.C.A
Toastmasters Club
Gardner
Alpha Council 326
Jr. O.U.A.M
North Broad St
South Main St. Armory
C.F. Lodge
Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Moose Officers
Moose Lodge
Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
Legion Home
Blythe-Williams Post
American Legion
Silver Leaf
T Stone
Masonic Lodge
Trades and Labor Council
Optimist Club
Manchester
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Unity Council
D. of A
Malta Hall
Af.l
Raymond Bay
Nelva Center
Flood protection funding urged by Rep Jenkins
Rep Jenkins of Ohio urged the Army Engineers to receive sufficient funds to study flood protection needs for American communities. He said extravagant spending is wasteful yet argued funding is essential to prevent local suffering while abroad, and pressed approval for his bill to survey areas around Pomeroy, Ohio, affected by high waters earlier this year.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
Army Engineers
House
Pomeroy
Ohio River
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