Paragraf recounts narrow escape at crossing and local notices
Harold L Palm a 30 year old Titusville resident barely escaped death when his car stalled on a railroad crossing and was hit by a locomotive. The town reported public assistance rolls totaling 2 604 cases 3 078 persons for the week ending January 23 with breakdowns by aid type. Local drivers licenses and car inspections were due tonight with a six month period. A Scottish Rite Choir program at Presbyterian Church drew nearly 275 attendees and refreshments followed. Fifteen Pennsylvania fatalities over the weekend were noted by AP including traffic crashes and burns. Governor Duff allocated 1277 00 for parks and conservation projects including 610 000 for Raccoon Creek State Park. Obituary notes include Lyle Van Vieck of Nocona Texas who served in the Spanish American War. A Titusville man swam Ol Creek after being chased by police, suffering a scalp laceration and later paying a fine. The Venango county budget showed no real estate or occupational tax, relying on personal property tax and liquid fuel tax. A 1940 county budget projected 200 000 from personal property tax and 80 000 from liquid fuels. A man 61 froze to death near New Castle as cold weather lingered. The blue whale whalers report unprecedentedly large specimens over 100 feet long.
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Atlanta Hit by Power Failure
Atlanta suffered a major power outage after freezing rain. Three 110000 volt underground lines serving the city failed, plunging half a million people into darkness as streets iced over and trolleys halted. Ice and frigid temperatures lingered, with restoration crews and emergency power units deployed.
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Colleges Must Sell Education Says Carnegie Tech Official
Dr John J M Daniels chairman of admissions at Carnegie Institute of Technology warns that American colleges must actively market their education as applications to technical training centers fell about 40 percent last year due to inflation and a buyer's market. He notes most Carnegie Tech students are World War II veterans and predicts veteran enrollment will drop to about ten percent this fall.
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Bodies of 2 Drowning Victims Recovered in Tokyo Bay
January 31 Tokyo reports the bodies of Mel W. Vaughn 58 United Press vice president for Asia and Major Thomas R. Haddock of the Army, Ninth Corps, recovered after a duck-hunting trip sampan burned in a squall near Tokyo Bay. Vaughn identified by son Sharman Vaughn and Ernest Hoberecht. Two Japanese bodies also recovered. Haddock resided in Cape Girardeau Missouri.
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Cape Girardeau
Church Delegates Meet Harrisburg in 38th Council Assembly
Delegates from 68 Protestant denominations attend the 38th annual Pennsylvania Council of Churches meeting in Harrisburg on January 91. The multi-faith gathering focuses on church cooperation and regional concerns.
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Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Ex School Official Die at 83 in Lancaster Area
Lancaster Pa January 31 83 year old Phad Heus G Helm former school administrator and superintendent died yesterday at his Elizabethtown home He graduated Franklin and Marshall College in 1895 He was principal of Franklin and Marshall Academy for 20 years A founder of the Lancaster Rotary Club active in state mapping malls and chamber of commerce His widow and two daughters survive.
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Suspended Sentence For A 72 Year Old Man In Embezzlement Case
A federal court suspended the jail term for a 72 year old man convicted of embezzling 23000 dollars from a bank. The judge ordered probation for several years despite a prior prison proposal, citing health issues and no heart or arthritis problems.
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