Battle anniversary and railroad dividend spark Pennsylvania notices
A meandering column notes anniversaries and remarks by officials including a Civil War era battle anniversary in 1819, a State Grange critique of the AAA, and a planned Legion band reunion in Cleveland. It also covers highway improvements near Cambridge Springs Rainboro, a librarian transfer to Youngstown, WPA septic tank project costs, a cargo driver parking dispute, a stray heron attracted by Doane's Hardware, ungrounded store plans, bankruptcies in Bridge Springs and Le Boeuf, a Pennsylvania Railroad dividend, and December liquor tax totals.
Pennsylvanias Public Service Commission Allows Myerstown Municipal Power Plant
The Public Service Commission reversed a 20 year policy to permit a municipality to build and operate its own electric plant in competition with Metropolitan Edison. Myerstown, Lebanon County, will form the first case under the new rule, with Governor Earle endorsing enhanced utility regulation and competition for the public welfare.
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Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Myerstown
Lebanon County
Metropolitan Edison Company
Earle
Harie
Commission
Hdison
Traffic Barriers To Be Removed At Abandoned Crossings
Harrisburg plans study removal of abandoned railroad crossing barriers on Pennsylvania highways. Crossings without rails on either side cause stoppages and hazards, and the department of highways seeks to eliminate these barriers to improve traffic flow.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Highways
Federal drive to add 12021 acres to Allegheny Reserve
United Press reports the federal government moves to acquire 12 021 acres of timberland in Warren and McKean counties for a national forest reserve. As deadlines for owner exceptions passed, few landowners sought exemptions for mineral rights, notably the Warren firm of Alexander &...
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Warren
McKean Counties
United Press
Pittsburgh
McKean
Peleral
Nelson McVicar
Warren Pa
Alexan
Oil and gas lease rights reserved in Warren county tract
They requested that oil gas water and wood privileges on a 4000 acre tract in Shefiett township Warren county be reserved to John B Marien the lease holder under the law of exemption and proper compensation.
Move to repeal salary publicity under act
Washington January 8 A bill was introduced in the Senate to repeal the salary report provision of the 1934 income tax act. The measure aims to strike the section that required disclosure of salaries and other sums paid to about 20 000 persons for personal services. Senator Royal S Copeland of New York offered the bill as the first measure of its kind.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Royal S.copeland
D. N.Y
Federal taxes rise in 1985 to 3.3 billion as per treasury report
United Press reports Americans paid 3,299,435,572 in federal taxes for 1985, averaging about 26.50 per person, with processing and miscellaneous taxes contributing heavily. Income taxes and other revenue sources show shifts since 1924, while state and territorial variations appear in collections and rates.
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Richard L. Gridley
United Press
Washington, Jan
Treasury
Timney
Byer
New Hampshire
Federal Treasury
Hawaii
Philpie Islands
Utah
Supreme Court
AAA
Indiana
Colorado
Iown
Montana
Delaware
Puerto Rico
New York State
Coughlin Sees Roosevelt In Social White House Visit
Detroit priest Father Charles E Coughlin met with President Roosevelt for about twenty minutes at the White House saying the visit was social. He announced plans to start a national newspaper tied to his Union for Social Justice and said he was in Washington on business for the union. When asked about political support, he said he did not indicate support and that they avoided such topics.
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Detroit
United Press
Washington
Pather
Charles E. Coughlin
Presic
Roosevelt
White House
Union For Social Justice
Union
Fr. J Coughill
McMahon Mentioned as Keenan's Successor
Brien McMahon, a 32 year old Connecticut lawyer, was nominated to be assistant U. S. attorney general in charge of criminal cases to succeed Joseph B. Keenan of Cleveland. He previously prosecuted John Dillinger’s lawyer Louis Piquette for harboring Dillinger gang members. Keenan is expected to be named assistant to the attorney general overseeing the prisons and investigation bureaus.
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Justice Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
U. S
Coolidge
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Joseph B. Keenan
Cleveland
McMahon
John Dillinger
Louis Piquette
Dillinger
Keenan
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of Inivestiation
Widow Spiders Captured by Utah Students
In Ogden Utah zoology students at a local high school conducted a drive to capture poisonous black widow spiders. They searched cellars garrets and outbuildings and reported considerable success in trapping the spiders.
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Ogden
Utah
Wife Preservers A Jade Sauce for Ice Cream
A described recipe fashion suggests boiling a small amount of maple syrup with a jade glossy sauce to pair with ice cream. Theo stirs in chopped hickory nuts, adding a nutty texture to the dessert preparation.
WPA Chieftain Chief Speaker at Erie Dinner
Corry will host a Jackson Day dinner with Edward N. Jones as main speaker. James P. Roussiier opens with Life of Andrew Jackson. Mrs Katharine Flohr and others attend. The Erie county event is one of three thousand nationwide honoring Roosevelt and Jackson. A radio address by the President will conclude the program.
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Edward N. Jones
Erie County
Roosevelt
Corry
Lawrence al Erie
al P
Jones
WPA
Pennsylani
James P. Rousiier
Hie
Andrew Jackson
Katharine Flohr
Allentown
Department of Welfare
Flohr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Funds Sought to Make WPA Permanent
The article reports a push to extend Works Progress Administration funding without new construction grants to political subdivisions and says Harold L. Ickes would push for a $50,000,000 line of lending. It notes Roosevelt projected $1,503,000,000 of prior WPA and PWA appropriations would remain unspent by July 1 and mentions additional spending planned for 1936 1937.
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Works Administration
Harold L. Teles Suill
Roosevelt
WPA
PWA
Nicuise Named State Director Of Inspection Bureau
Raymon J. Nicuise of Jeannette today succeeded Tate John Campbell of Camp Hill as director of the bureau of inspection and industrial standards in the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Secretary Ralph M. Bashore announced the appointment in Harrisburg on January 5.
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Harrisburg
Raymon J. Nicuise
Jeannette
Tate John Campbell
Camp Hill
Bureau of Inspection and Industrial Standards
Department of Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
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New Orleans
New Castle
Santiana Weat
Permaylvania
Vefunia
Tran
Legionnaires
France
The
Legion
Old City
Beye
112Th Infantry
Cambridge Springs
Rainboro
State Highway Department
Ruth M. Ewing
Reis
Allegheny College
Meadville
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsfield
Warren County
West South Street
Th Journal
Doane's Hardware
West Main Street
Spartansburg
Ross Mead
Notifier & Game Warden
Ene Dragoon
Wilson
North Geinter Street
Grand Union Grocery
Himer L. Hale
Maud Alice Hale le
Board of Directors
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Secretary of Revenue
John B Kelly
Secretary of Agriculture
Hansel] French
Robert C. Newell
Montgomery Ward , and Company
P.S.C
Allegheny
the Bracken-Keating Company
Morticians
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Corry, Penn
Erie
Montgomery
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