14 "Grads" of House Serve in State Senate
United Press reports the 1995 Pennsylvania legislature features 14 former House members in the Senate, with no current ex-senator in the House. Notable graduates include James J. Cayne of Allegheny and John G. Homsher of Lancaster, among others, reflecting long service in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ziesenheim
Erie County
State
Senate
United Press
Farrisburg
Jeu.h
State Senate
House
Ouse of Representatives
Henry Z Lanina
York
Demoerst
Joseph Hi
Ziesersheim
Eric
Lanius
Uniise
Ziesenheim
Charles W. Studenmeier
Seduyici
Jom G. Homsher
Lancaster
Samuel W. Salus
Max ‘Avon
Philadelphia
Batchelor
Beaver
James S. Boyd
Montgomery
Clarence J. Buckman
Bucks
James J. Cayne
Allegheny
Frederick T. Gelder
Susquehanna
Dana Kable
Clarion
James B. Norton
Berks
George L. Reed
Dauphin
Huey Long Enemies Muster for Showdown
In Baton Rouge a mass meeting of several hundred women pledges to fight Long's dictatorship if Gov. Allen resists. Mrs. J. S. Roussel elected president of the Square Dealers auxiliary, urging action even at the risk of bloodshed to free the state from tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omimacu
Allen
Long
Baton Rouge
J. S. Roussel
Square Dealers
Portia Named K. C. Port Colborne Woman First Queen’s Counsel
Inclusion of Miss Helen Kinnor local lawyer in the Ontario government list of King’s Counsels is believed to be the first time this courtesy appointment has been bestowed on a woman in Port Colborne Ontario.
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Portia
K. C. Port Colborne
Helen Kinnosr
King’s Counsels
Ontario
Escaped lion reportedly seen on Route 1 in winter tale
Madville January report claims a full grown lion with a mane was spotted on U S highway Route 1 near Waterford City as snow fell. Plow, a traveling representative for Wainy firm, said he saw the creature about 1 p m after departing Erie to Meadville. The lion, thought to have escaped from a traveling circus last June near Erie County, has reportedly wandered elsewhere in past summers and even along railroad tracks.
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Madville
Nounzstows, Uhl
Wainy Firm
Pluw
Sidlion
Erie
Meadville
Waterford
Plow
Uae
Erie County
Erie Railroad
Fion
Junior Welfare League to Sponsor Roosevelt Birthday Ball
The Junior Welfare League of Cleveland will sponsor a President Roosevelt birthday ball on Wednesday evening January 20 with fourteen members meeting at the Hotel Corry. Mrs. Guy Abbey is sponsor and Dorri Craker and Olive Mason won dinner-guest awards. Craker leaves today for Cincinnati for training at Christ Hospital.
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Junior Welfare League
President Roosevelt
Corry
Guy Abbey
Dorri Craker
Olive Mason
Miss Craker
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Homer
Icy Pavements Blamed for Two Auto Fatalities
Pittsburgh dispatch reports icy pavements blamed for two auto fatalities in 24 hours. A Glenshaw man died when his car skidded and crashed into a pole. A North Side woman was struck by a hit and run motorist, suffering head and chest injuries. At least six others were injured in related incidents.
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Pittsburgh
Glenshaw
Nis
Wamart
Sprirs
Earle cabinet given speedy confirmation in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Senate, controlled by Republicans, confirms Governor Earle’s full cabinet after a reception. Appointees include Laurence as secretary of the commonwealth Margiotti attorney general Kerr adjutant general Hunt insurance, Hart banking, French agriculture, Bashore forests, Harmoady mines, Van Dyke highways, Dextar health, Jones labor, Scheeble welfare, Colegrove property, plus three State Athletic Commission appointees McCloskey, McClelland, Ratsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Earle
Senate
Pennsylvania
Warie
David L. Laurence
Pittsburgh
the Commonwealth
Charles J. Margiotti
Pamesutawney
Col
Frederick B. Kerr
Clearheld
Edward N. Jones
Labor and Industry
J. Evang Scheeble
Laneton
Delaware County
Arthur Colegrove
Corry
State Athletic Commission
Ddie McCloskey
Johnstown
William D. McClelland
Joseph R. Ratsy
Philadelphia
Housing subsidy experiments cost Britain billions
British taxpayers have funded nonsensical housing subsidy experiments since 1919, with total exchequer costs surpassing £150 million and estimates pointing to an eventual £450 million more over forty years. The piece traces policy shifts from Lloyd George to Chamberlain and Ramsey MacDonald, noting inefficiency, graft risks, and rising build costs from £250 to about £1,009 per house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Flory
United Press
London
Lloyd George
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Liverpool Municipal Housing Committee
Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Greenwood
Minster of Health
Teror
Company Paid Peace Officers To Be Abolished
Harrisburg reports note that privately paid company peace officers are ending rounds on industrial properties as Pennsylvania moves to repeal the Industrial Police Act of 1928. The governor’s commission urges abolishing the system, urging the state to provide public protection to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pinechot
Commission On Special Policints Industry
Commonwealth
No September Morns Slips Across Salem Law
The imperfect OCR recounts Salem Oregon enforcing an 1896 city ordinance that bans swimming unclothed, requiring clothing from neck to ankle to fully conceal the person, reflecting archaic public morality rules still on the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
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Huey Long
Cleveland
William Gray
Creakt Association
C. Selple
Employment Service
Seiple
Missoula
Ment
J. P. Rowe
Montena University
Ben Franklin
Dred
Benjamin Franklin
Citizens National Bank
Atwhor Roberts
Jamestown
Hudson & and Hudson-suid Terraplanes
Hudson
Loear
NEW Star Revue
Kate Smith
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hepler Motor CO
Franklin St. Corry
Penna
Montgomery i
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