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£fnp« have been built for the company in recent months.4 Business in tin: FitUburjfh district continued its brisk pace last ueck,Grocer Killed inResisting BanditPITTSBUBGH, Jan. 24—lt;U.R-A if red H. Kemper, 65. proprietor of a small East End grocery $torc. was shot to death last niirht. apparently uhen he resisted an attempted holdup.His assailant fled without lootwhen a customer entered the More. A wallet containing $35. was still tn the victim’s jocket.The customer, who has n«l l*cen identified, ran to a ncurhy tavern to report I he sfclt;v*tiuc and c;»li police. At lavt two other pcrons. iucltidmsr KemporV w;f:\ Katherine. saw the gunman. 5**,; tn*ir description* of him were nearer.The death bullet pierced Kemper’* ahdonvn and lodjred fn a show case. He staggered to a hallway tn call his wife lw*forlt;* lt;«»!-lapsing. He died minul«*s later at near in I’jltohurghthe Bureau of Business Reseaich of the University of Pittsburgh reported today.The index spurted from 1W.5 per cent of the 1935-3 jr-vrage in the week ended January 1J to lOtt.il last week, only «nc point below the peak reached last August.District steel mills last week operated at approximate rapacity. The same number of blast furnaces were active as in the pie-ceding week. Bituminous coal production was the hijrhcM *--nc* late September. 11*46. Ebttnc power production equalled sr.-it of (the week ended January 1J. Pcf-mile pains wete reflected in iaii 1 ntwl nvcr shipments.Department store sab * ds slishti} fr*»m the prev.*»w% ■* - *■«*.. Cross* sales of 11 Pit 5 nr! department stores we it? ‘*.1 j»-1 ‘lt;nt tt^oater in the fir1-! !»*.. •*,. I ., of 11*47 iban in th* iod last year. Dollar sale- «f bnal dcpaMment stores con?mm • cojd levels.*Kiseda Is Honored forWork with Boy ScoutsThe Sdvor Bearer, the h5chlt;*t1honor which the Boy ofAnvrie* confers or* tV* men »V* make 5ceiit?ni: ppi^ib1'' ir tbclt;r cominuTUl:* *. was awarded 3a «t n;irb! t M’cbaeJ lt;»f Mon-elt;«en. who severs y*ar*iv^-p ih+ chjnrmarj of ?**«tnc* *i of the \Ve*tmoreland-Fjtyc:i/* F^uor:!.Th*' aaaard \va* at wn announced fof di-tr.ctV th.rd annual bano-jM in tr« M*a1hodMChurch hero U#1 nicht. r^**f* rrM or* Mr. Kl-* da b1* ua«lt;» lt;rirUr.i\. of Cmo»to*n. ih'* r'*nol at thr d*r« ct****; of the Counts! and tV nati^^lr;of ?V Bav Sco-'t-* »:i ,»co?-t ,t on lt;*f jV TCfipivfi'** ~di«t'n-cui'hf 1 ‘'•ntc'' toMr Cray p-virt«*d wo* that '*b**n Mr. Ki«oda ih^ chairman *h*p of :V* district ff^cn agothere wero thro* active troop* *a;tha m^n»h*reh)p of aV*u? -V hoys., Today IT troop* are m operatein Morj^seo. Belle Vernon. Fair* hope, Fayette City. F+lUhvrz and (Continued m Pirc Two)Michael Kwda
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Monessen Daily Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jan 24, 1947
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