Paragram of civic events and state notices in 1930s era paper
A sprawling list of local happenings includes an upcoming municipal administration meeting at 10 a.m., a Rex theatre program featuring Panay bombing footage, a Gardner’s Collegiate Ramblers dance, and an Elks New Year party. It also notes Pennsylvania construction value up 3 percent in November, a statewide syphilis testing program, and WI FA relief roll increases, plus town meeting questions and exams for public assistant jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panay
Rex Theatre
Monager Dan Caldwell
Gardner's Collegiate Ramblers
Wile
Tris Club
Elks
Erie and Nickel Plate sale gains FCC backing
Interstate Commerce Commission approved Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co to acquire Erie and Nickel Plate Railroads in a four-system plan. A $36,000,000 Reconstruction Finance loan was also authorized. George D. Brooke named president of C&O. The move consolidates 9,287 miles of track, about 72.36 percent of the system, to simplify control and reduce intercompany dealings. Harrisburg reports note $209,000 set for Pennsylvania roadside landscaping and erosion control along major highways in 1937-38, with projects in multiple districts and counties to beautify and protect routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rie Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio ‘Railway ‘Company
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Erie and Nickel Plate Railrads
Interstate Commerce" Commission
Washington
George D. Brooke
Board of Directors
Nickel Plate Road
Harahan
Brooke
Commission
Allegheny Corp
Virginia ‘Transportation Corp
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Warren van Dyke Loday
Van
Valtvat
Venango County
Clearfield County
Phillipshers
Union
Lycoming
Latte & Pro Gram
Luzerne County
U.S. 22
Afimtown
Aston
Concord
Triaasics
Delaware County
Lancaster County
Aibbottstown
Tuomasville
York County
Bedford
Figsion
Huntingdon Blair
Cambria
Tiana, Jefferson
Armstrong Clarion
Buller
Westmoreland
Allegheny
Beaver
Lawrence
Somerset
Payette
Greene
Washington Counties
Sutherland Denies Pitt Coaching Resignation Rumor
New Orleans reports Dr. Sutherland denying Pittsburgh rumor he will resign as Pitt football coach. He calls any disagreement with Chancellor Bowman unfair to both, says the story unsettled him and he denies stepping down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dock Sutherland
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Sutherland
Bowman
Chencellor
Dr. Sutherland
Local youth basketball and club activities noted
The Titusville Hi team beat Thursday Evening Corry Hi Y 20 to 19 at Titusville YM A yesterday. Corry Hi Y lost to Cambridge Springs Hi Y at Cambridge Springs last Friday, with a return game set for the first Thursday in the new year. Junior Titusville Hi club hosted Corry Junior Hi and Presbyterian Junior Hi, Presbyterian team winning 10 to 0, followed by swimming. Corry groups will host Titusville boys after the year break. Fifty-plus Christmas trees given to Corry youths by the Junior Hi club, headed by J Donald Watson and M Hengst, with praise for the Titusville Junior Hi club. Plans for Ai Hi and Tri Hi clubs with Gray clubs to meet the first week of the new year. Junior Hi clubs in grades 4 and 5 with Presbyterian and Corry Junior Hi clubs to open a basketball league on Thursday evening January 6 at 5 30 pm at the Junior high school. Thursday evening Corry Hi club to entertain Cambridge Springs Hi club January 6 at 6 15 pm. Lions Club introduces Clifford Thompson, 6 foot 6 inch giant of Scandinavia, Wis, as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Corry Hi
Titusville Hi
Corry
Presbyterian Junior Hip
Presbyterian
Titusville Hoys
J. Donald Watson
M. Hengst
Lawson Sisters
Ajl Hi
Buckley’s Mixture marketed for coughs and colds
An advertisement touts Buckley’s Mixture triple acting as a safe cough and cold remedy for children. It claims quick relief with few doses and notes over a million bottles sold in cold wintry Canada. Sold at Lindsley’s Pharmacy and Miller’s Pharmacy in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
Canada
Lindsley’s Pheumacy
Miller's Pharmacy
Wyoming Quarantine Bars South Dakota Sheep Imports
Gov. Leslie Miller issues a special quarantine proclamation to prevent sheep from being shipped into Wyoming from South Dakota unless they have received a disease prevention treatment or nipping solution, aiming to curb a local outbreak and protect Wyoming flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Leslie Miller
South Dakota
Grace Period Extended for 1937 Auto Licenses
Revenue Secretary J Griffith Bowman announced a two week extension for 1937 auto license applications in reflection of Christmas holidays. The deadline is pushed to January 15 to ease motorists’ burden and allow time to file. Bowman said the department received 2,450,000 of a possible 2,150,000 license applications by start of business today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
H.C. ‘Crono
University of, ‘Milne
Avill
Grace
Revenue
J. Griffith Botwman
Tam
Oday
Revenue Department
Bomtrinan
Abolition of Occupational Tax Sought by County Officials
City Treasurer Francis Hagerty urged county commissioners to abolish the county occupational tax in a two hour briefing. He argued the burden falls on real estate owners while non property owners escape taxation, citing figures on levies collected from property owners and from non property owners. In another item, Lawrence Johnson, 24, used dyed macaroni as bait while fishing, drawing criticism from off time fishermen who still rely on worms.
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Eros
Francis Hagerty
Nolon
Hagerty
Thompson’s Barosma Compound Tablets Ad Card
Mysterious pains described as kidney related and backaches prompt a promotion for Thompson’s Barosma Compound Tablets. Claims of quick relief urge demand and availability at all drug stores.
1950 Pennsylvanians NYA Adds 1750 Youths
Harrisburg state director Walter Cowing announced a 1950 expansion of the National Youth Administration in Pennsylvania. The 30-Addition will push roughly 1,750 youths into NYA rolls after January 1 to alleviate unemployment in congested industrial areas. total NYA workers in the state now around 12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrisburg
National Youth Administration
Pennsylvania
Walter §. Cowing
NYA
Authorities Set Up Slum Clearance Powers in PA
Harrisburg reported that authorities were established in six Pennsylvania cities and three of the 67 counties today to participate in the state slum clearance program valued at 950 million dollars. The State Housing Board chaired by George S. Evans approved a session to empower Mifflin County authorities, marking a unique U.S. history moment mentioned amid broader statewide action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Housing Board
George SE. Evans
Pittsburgh
A Seasion
Tor Mifflin County
Earle Studies Statements of Relief Head
Harrisburg dispatch reports Gov. Geng Fareghilijen defends State Assistance Secretary Karl De Schweinitz amid charges of mismanagement in unemployment relief. A probe by Livingston and others sought to examine department operations and the retention of $40,000 in a cabinet officer’s budget, while De Schweinitz pledges to reveal departmental findings and respond to Treasury inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Harrisburg
Karl de Schwoeinitz
Lodig
Geng Fareghilijen
de Schweinitz
Publiuc
Donald Pf. Livingston
William A. Spenster TI
Harry Margolis
Gov
Emima Guffey Milles
F. Claip Ross
de Schweinibs
Treasury Thead
Large spiders on Tobriand Island ensnare birds
Larjast spiders on Tobriand Island, among the largest, spit webs that trap birds. Fisherman Jim Dobriand uses balls of web as bait attached to long lines. when a mackerel bites, it becomes entangled and helpless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobriand Island
Jim Dobriand
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Vers
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Labor and Industry
Ralph M Bashore
Secretary of Interior
Spesls
O'Lock
Department of Health
IWIFA
Asth
Atalistics
America
Japan
Upton. Close
C. (. Bateholder
China
Delaii
Albert
Smith
Union City
R. C
Crawford County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Asts
Erie
Department of Public Assistance
Bis City
J. Haneel! French
Unite States
Blaine Kincaid
Censter-street
Ftaine
Libut
Archie. W._Thompson
Ion Lw
Tthe Post
Turan Poente
Renee Tae Ag Ae
Tm Ie
E.R.R. IA
Erie Railroad I
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie Railroad
van Dyke
Cambridge Springs
Lions Club
Waupaga
Wia
Clifford “Thompson
Scandinavia
Wis
Holding
National Bank OF Corry
Grant
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center ST
Penn
N.Y.A
Milford
N. H
George Washington
Paul Revere
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Bie Savings
Montgomery Ward
Earle
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