Lack of Labor Delaying WPA Road Projects
In Harrisburg 855 WPA highway projects could add 7229 jobs beyond the 36335 now employed. Labor shortages prevent 163 additional projects from starting, with capacity for 17911 more workers. Pending approvals total 172 projects that could employ 8901, and overall if underway and pending and delayed projects began, 23501 more men could be hired beyond the 38335 current workers. There are 162 approved but delayed projects that would add 5517 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
WEA
Death Claims Sparta Woman Mary Peifer at 73
Mrs. Mary Peifer, 73, longtime Spartansburg resident, died Thursday morning in Saeger town from a cerebral hemorrhage, eight months after her husband’s death. She belonged to Our Lady of Victory Mission and will lie in Torrey Funeral Home chapel until Thursday’s 9 am funeral at St. Thomas church. Survived by two brothers, John and Eugene Frieuwirth, of Brooklyn, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Peifer
Spartansburg
Saegertown
Peifer
John and
Eugene Frieuwirth
Brookiyo
N.Y
Herman Blair
Supplee-Wills-Jones, Mil Company
Water Street
Nakes
Blairs
Ard
Claude Blair
Pittsfield
P.R.R. Crossing
Ernest Platt
John M. Webb
Bennett House
Jay
Hull
American Legion and the Auxiliary
Alfred Tord
Mabel Schreckengost
Floyd
Harold
Harley Schreckengost
Erie
Mabel
R. V. Shreve
Tidbute
Tim
Roy Coates
Consolidated School
Cor
Dubie
Mrs. Ramsey
New Castle
Miss Play Ramsey
Whiliha
Miss Ramsey
Sparta Vocatonal Achool
Merritt Harrison
Pittsville
Raymond McBride
Langley Field
Clayton Patchen
Martha
Agnes Riley
Mary
Sophia
Dorothy Riley
George Salmon
Hls
Guys Mills
William Farley
Meadvike
Lucy Morris
Arnold Lundberg
J. Allen Waugaman
Snow Drifted Roads Keep Sparta Supervisors Busy
Sparta notes report snow and storms hindering daily life in Spartansburg. The town's snowplow crews, led by Harry Firth and Milton Bloomfield, kept roads passable for buses and mail as a tenth day of snow fell. Community notices include a Christmas card party to fund playground equipment, travels of locals to Erie and Pittsville, and church services across Methodist and Baptist congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Firth
Milton Bloomfield
PTA
Sparta
Mary Culver
Concord Corners
W. FL. Garnett
George Chase
Jesus Saves
Woodlawn
Stranahan Farm
Jesse Goodwill
Hiram Johnson
Hany Stranahan
Frank Crowell
Elton Darrow
Leon Blakeslee
Sports Township
Parents Teachers’ Association
Sparta Vocational School
Horn Blowing Ban Faces Public Opposition in Memphis
Citizens resist an auto horn ban as they seek workarounds to avoid collisions. A man used a cow bell during a clash scene while a woman signaled a friend with a whistle near a friend's house, illustrating the patchwork response to the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tent
EpThe
Pot Hunters Peril Family in Oil City Area
In Kaneville north of Oil City a hunter fired at a wild doe along the road and the shot passed through a house where Mrs. Mary Tarr and her four children scrubbed the kitchen floor. The pellet pierced the kitchen wall and struck a kettle while the deer was pursued by three men from a car. William Wright, a Franklin hunter, shot and killed the animal as the three men claimed the deer and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Kaneville
Here
Mary Tarr
William Wright
Prantlin
Pennsylvania traffic deaths may top two thousand in 1940
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Motor Federation predicts the 1940 highway fatality total will reach or exceed 2100. Only 1936 with 2411 and 1937 with 2972 have seen higher yearly tolls in the state's history, the federation said in a statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Federation
Deer Triggers Xmas Shopping Frenzy in Johnsonburg
A small deer wandered into Murphy 5 and 10 store on Market Street in Johnsonburg causing excitement and a commotion as customers watched. The animal entered from Clarion Heights, likely chased by dogs, and was last seen heading toward the hillside above Penn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsonburg
Murphy 5
Market Street
Clarion Heights
Penn Avenue
Conference on Health Education Conference at Slippery Rock College
High school principals and health and physical education teachers from the northwestern midwestern and western districts will attend a conference at Slippery Rock College on Monday to develop an adequate practical and effective health and physical education program for state secondary schools. Principal Howard J Sheen of Gerry High school doubted local representation due to wintry weather and road conditions. More than 60 principals invited. teachers and health education advisors will join discussions. The article notes Cape Mendocino lighthouse as the highest on the Pacific coast at 422 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slippery Rock College
Howard J. Sheen
Gerry High School
Sheen
The
Journal
Frie youngster badly burned by heater blaze
A one-year-old boy named Frie Dadeo suffered second degree burns over about one fifth of his body and injuries to his left knee after flames from a heater ignited his bathrobe in the family home at 163 Dunbland Blvd. He was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital where Dr. Joseph Merski treated him. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon as his mother Irene Dadeo removed the flaming robe and provided first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthir J. Dadeo
Duinblvd
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Irene Dadeo
Joseph Merski
East Avenue
Centre County seeks reward in Bellefonte killing case
Centre county commissioners asked the state police to recommend the disposition of a $5,000 reward for information leading to the solution of the killing of Faye Gates. Four claimants seek the money claiming their information led to the arrest of Richard Milinder, 22, WPA worker, who was convicted and imprisoned for the May 5 death near Mt Eagle. Milinder’s father runs the A and P supermarket at Sth and Walnut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
py oywelitten _ BELLEFONTE
Dee
Centre Gamity Combsioners
Motor Palice
Centre County
Faye Gates
Richard Milinder
WPA
O Fe
Your Match Factory
Mt Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
HOLT
Ens
Troy
Bette
Bond Street
Hunter
Doe
Bullet
Conference ON Health
Pacife Coast
United States
Cape Mendocino
Oxlif
Bellefonte
Sth
Walnut Streets
Loblaw
Armour
Braunschweiger Tess
Florida
Louisiana
Orchard Park
Sweet Home
Pennsylvania Electric Co
All-Way Electric Co
N. Center St
D. L. Rowe
Wayne St
Root’s Furniture Store
S. Center St
Montgomery Ward & CO
Center St
Ellis Electric Store
Holt’s
North Center
Bond St
Merilita Afpliance CO
East Main St
Dial
Matshier
Ruth
Bal
Nelson Atoes
Fogarty
Ovis Bay
Aten
He Apparel Neutrality
America
Feud of Femliy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!