Soviet five year plan falters amid purges and dislocation
United Press staff correspondent reports widespread lag in Soviet industry during 1937 as coal oil and pig iron output miss targets by double digit margins. Officials blame wrecking and criticism while arrests of directors and managers ripple through factories. Pravda cites lower production in cement harvesting machines locomotives and steel as labor absences and bureaucratic shifts plague fulfillment of quotas.
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London
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Communist Party
Leningrad
All Union Furniture Trust
Pravda
Organ of Heavy Industry
Chelyabinsk
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Soviet Industry Faces Shortfalls in Second Five Year Plan
The article reports a sweeping indictment by the official organ of Soviet industry noting failures to meet government targets. It cites shortfalls across electrical energy, coal, oil, pig iron, steel, and cement, plus reduced outputs in light industries such as cotton cloth, hosiery, and shoes. Production lags threaten overall economy and require substantial gains in H2.
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Pravda
Organ For
Organ of Industry
Moscow and
Len
Joint Picnic and Local News From Wellington
Wellington notes describe a joint Mills picnic amid heat and gloom of industry, plus farm harvest optimism, grain deliveries reaching 4,000,000 tons and praise for raw materials. Community items cover pictures of town hall finishing, church and school updates, residents moving, illness, and Kiwanis club talk by Edgar Jones with plans for fire department guests and Akron event attendance.
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Edgar Jones
Penfield
Washington, D. C
Kiwanis Club
Hubert Holton
Merchants’ Adjustment Bureau
Wellington
Lorain County board of education candidate files for run
Howard West and Floyd Olsen played ball with an Oberlin team at Avon on Sunday. Donald Swanger enters Western Reserve in Cleveland on September 16 for his freshman year.
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Howard West
Floyd Olsen
Oberlin
Avon
Donald Swanger
Wastlern
Cleveland
Brandt matriarch Mary Carolyn laid to rest at home
Funeral rites for Mary Carolyn Brandt were held at the Brandt home conducted by Rev. L P Juell with E L Sharpe of Wellington directing. Burial followed in Carlisle Cemetery. Six grandsons served as pallbearers. News also notes Amelia Huelett visiting Neal in Granville New York and Lee in South Hadley Mass. A. C. Norris attended the Farn Bureau Conference at Camp Crag Hinckley Medina County last week with Roscoe Campbell among Wednesday speakers.
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B. F. Keeling
M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
Mary Johns Tresames
Lorain
Wellington
Ray Henry
L. H. Heidenreich
Pleasant Street
Walter Wait
Jennie Smith
South Main Street
Frances Ogleshes
Taylor Street
Elyria Hospital
Jeanne Arnold
New York
Ada Hawkins
Leroy Brasen
Amelia Huelett
Neal
Granville
N. Y
Lee
South Hadley
Mass
A. C. Norris
Farn Bureau
Camp Crag
Hinckley
Medina County
Roscoe Campbell
Farm Bureau officials travel to Canada this week
Stam reports that Mr. Campbell and Merritt Powell of the Farm Bureau are in Canada this week representing the bureau in ongoing activities and outreach.
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Mr. Campbell
Merritt Powell
The
Farm Bureau
Canada
Club Holds Meeting at Brasee Home in Pittsfield
The Pittsfield club met at Mrs. La Roy Brasee’s home on Tuesday August 31 with 44 adults and five children in attendance. A noon luncheon followed by a speech by J D Shaw of Bers Ky on the Found dum and operation of the Boren schools and college. Other guests included Mrs Grant Cowles of Mt Dora Fla Mrs Bowles Mrs Christ Shafer and Mrs Herbert Whitney and daughter Katherine Piper Betty Jane Bear Mary Alice Worcester and Virginia Davidson.
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Pittsfield
Bowles
Christ Shafer
Herbert Whitney
Mary Elisabeth
Kathryn Piper
Betty Jane Bear
Mary Alice Worcester
Virginia Davidson
Teen Driver Slows Reactions Similar to Older Motorist
A 15-year-old driver exhibits reaction times comparable to those of a 40-year-old, highlighting concerns about teen driving safety and potential risk factors in road performance.
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