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Lititz, Pennsylvania. Henry G. Lutz, Benjamin's thirty-year-old son, has been deferred from the army so that he can continue to help in his father's business. Two others are in the Army

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Mary DaVanzo, twenty-two, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad steel car shop boiler room as a stationary firemen's helper, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She lives on a farm in nearby Delmont and was formerly a waitress in the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Gusmerotti, twenty-nine, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad as a car repairmen's helper, earning seventy-two cents per hour. Miss Gusmerotti is burning holes in the hopper car sides. She was formerly a waitress

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Twins Amy and Mary Rose Lindich, twenty-one, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad as car repairmen helpers, earning seventy-two cents per hour. They reside in Jeanette, Pennsylvania, and carpool with fellow workers. Dismantling sides of the old hopper cars

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Gusmerotti, twenty-nine, and Miss Mary Mignogna, employed as car repairmen's helpers at the steel car shop in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. The two are burning holes in the hopper car sides

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Miss Mary DaVanzo, twenty-two, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad steel car shop boiler room as a stationary firemen's helper, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She lives on a farm in nearby Delmont and was formerly a waitress in the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh

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01/01/1943
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Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
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