Sparta Youth Dies in Mare Island Hospital
The Spartansburg area reports the death of Kenneth Thurston, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thurston of Ashtabula, while serving in the U S Marines after tuberculosis. Parents traveled to Mare Island Hospital, Calif., with his body and arrangements await final details. The community extends sympathy to the family and notes he died Friday evening.
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Spartansburg
WA. Williney
Helen Hutchtson
Darel Atchison
K. Arden ‘Benet
Lorie Daniels
Beatrize Allen
Frances Drake
Ida Ehrhart
Floyd Studd
Oliford Wes‘son
William Scouten
Sidney Thor
Hieir
Hanisburg
Harrisburg
Pyong
Capitol
Berkshie
Hershey Farms
Hershey
Hershey Industrial School
Penn State College
Bloomfield
Mallon
McKeesport
Louis Patterson
Harry Han
Marienville
CCC
Will Brooks
Jefferson Street
Carl Thomas
Carolyn
George Pollack
Union City
Willard Tillotson
Roy Grosholtz
Erie
Bell
Theodore Hutchison
Ilness
Vernal Torrey
Mary Docker
Keith Nichols
Gaith Goodwill
R. V. ‘Shreve
Helen Campbell
Ol City
Arden Bennett
Pauline Shreve
J. A. Whitney
Ibd
Pred Bates
1837 Boulevard
Jack Hille
Fis
Helen ‘Searem
Reba Mm
Paralyzed Michigan Man Seeks Data on Disease Victims
Roger Carr of Detroit urges a nationwide mail survey of creeping paralysis or Multiple Sclerosis to unite sufferers and report experiences. Carr aims to curb unfounded experiments and save real hope by collecting information and coordinating a collective effort.
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Roger Carr
Detroit
Mich
John D. Flanagan
Gary Journal Today
Michigan
Carr
Hime
Movie Cameras Used for Time Studies at Penn State
Student Industrial engineers at Pennsylvania State College replace stopwatches with movie cameras to record factory motions. A clock face times each move to one two hundredth of a minute, enabling simulated assembly lines and precise motion studies to boost output and reduce wrist movements.
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United Press State College
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Welcome to Otis nature's paradise sign greets motorists
Otis Massachusetts residents encounter a roadside plaque on Blanfield road warning drivers entering God’s country to slow down. The sign reads Welcome to Otis nature’s paradise You are entering God’s country Don’t drive rough ke hell. The wording reflects local humor and concern over speed.
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Otis
Mass
Blanfield
Kidney Dangers Warn of Kidney Evacuant Sought
Watch for nature warnings and act quickly to protect kidneys. Getting up at night back pain rheumatic aches and headaches may signal trouble from waste buildup. Keep kidneys active like bowels by taking RURETS evacuant from any druggist. 25 cents back in four days if not pleased. Locally at Keister's Drug Store.
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Keister
Prug
Adv
Congress Aid for Farmers in Doubt Yet
United Press staff correspondent describes a three week old Congress unsure on new farm legislation. The Wheeler bill may reshape parity payments into government certificates for farmers with processing taxes guiding funds. Sugar Act renewal, Farm Credit lending policy changes, and potential FCA liberalization are noted as likely topics later in the session.
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Fred Bailey
United Press
Washington
Congress
Henry A Wallace
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Federal Treasury
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Land Banks
Federal
Wallace
FCA
F. F.hill
A. G. Black
Agriculture Department
Household Tip Warns Scratches Hidden by Rubbed Meal
A household hint suggests scratches on furniture and woodwork can be concealed by rubbing a Brazil meal over the surface, a method claimed to hide marks by altering the finish. This terse advice appears as a quirky home care tip from the period.
Bearded Monks of St Bernard’s Lose Beards in Crisis
In Charnwood Forest Leicester England the monks of St Bernard’s once wore beards with pride. Now they are clean shaven as they face a crisis. They found that beards and gas masks didn't mix well together.
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St. Bernard's Monastry
Charnwood Forest
Leicestershire
England
Light to Speak at State Farm Show Convention
State Secretary of Agriculture John J. Light will headline the 11th annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Parks in Reading. Light, a former director of the state farm show in Harrisburg, will address county officials and assist in promoting the farm show efforts during the January gathering.
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United Wrem
Reading
State Secretary of Agriculture
John J. Light
Pennsylvania
Paris
Light
Harrisburg
Goodwin Named Head of Erie County Justices
Justice of Peace Walter Goodwin was elected president of the Erie County Magistrates and Constables Association at a reorganizational meeting led by Alderman James Lonergan. Lonergan declined a third term and urged stronger junior officers’ involvement. New officers include Thomas McCarthy, vice president. Cleland, financial secretary. V. Tichnor, recording secretary. J. C. ers, treasurer. The next meeting will be in Albion with Justice of Peace King of Falmey as chairman.
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Erie
Justice of Peace
Walter Goodwin
Erie County Magisltrates Aid Constables Association
Jamey Lonergan
Lonergan
Ffi
Pnstable Thomas McCarthy
Cleland
Summit Township
V. Tichnor
Albion
J. C. Ers
North Girard
Eld
King of
Real Nuisance Tax 4: Odd Tax Tale From Trenton
Robert Turner, a grocer in Trenton, Mos, paid a tax with a tub and a cigar box. The box contained ten mill tokens to cover the duties, as explained by O. P. Nisbeth, the local healer who made the sale. The mix up sparked the nickname nuisance tax.
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Robert Turner
Trenton
Mos
O. P. Nisbeth
Sheffield Man Found Dead in Jamestown Home
Olfford A. Johnson, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of Kane Road Sheffield, was found dead in his room at the James town home of Mr. and Mrs. George Raines. An autopsy showed a concussion caused a brain blood clot, apparently from a fall after 3 am following a birthday party. No details on how or when the fall occurred are known.
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Sheffield
Olfford
A. Johnson
Fred ¥. Johnson
Kane Road
George Raines
Jamestown
Samuel Bowers
Chautauqua County
Vedder Dies After Winter Walk From Heart Trouble
A Sykesville man A Vedder collapsed and died after walking several miles through deep snow Sunday night. Coroner B B Ehrhard ruled heart attack as the cause, noting Vedder had a long history of heart trouble and had visited relatives after church services.
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