Pennsylvania Peach Crop Nearing Harvest In State Belts
Pennsylvania farmers anticipate a large peach harvest about ten days early with May flower and Red Bird varieties picked in Adams Berks Lehigh Cumberland and Franklin counties. Abundant rain fed sizing and early maturing, much crop to be shipped out but many will be preserved in jars within the state.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Adams
Berks
Lehien
Cumberland
Pranklin
John H., Light
Jamestown to Build Airplane Assembly Plant
Jamestown receives Navy approval to construct an airplane assembly plant at the municipal airport. American Aviation Corp leads the project in a consortium of six local furniture firms forming Jamestown Aeronautical Corp. The plant aims for 100 000 to 130 000 square feet, about 400 workers per shift, with an estimated cost of 250 000 dollars and possible airport improvements.
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Jamestown
Navy Department of Washington
Navy
American Aviation Corporation
Jamestown Aeronautical Corporation
Wll
Beck d&Tinksham
Jamestown Architects
Fyell
Oil Tank Struck By Lightning Pranks Franklin PA
A bolt of lightning during a storm struck a 60 barrel oil transfer tank near Smith Joust Bully Hill, causing weather damage and wrecking the wooden tank. Efforts to save the oil failed and spinach marketing will be cut. The clipping also notes crop damage, raspberry plant issues from a disease, and a note urging beekeepers to save wax scraps due to beeswax shortages.
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Pranklin
Fred
Bully Hill
Highway Department Sponsored 129 Work Relief Projects
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania State Work Relief program funded 128 highway projects from July 25 1941 to May 31 1942. The effort, supervised by the Department of Highways, involved 14792 miles of road and 19 bridges at an estimated cost of 4 802 421 80. Over 2500 relief workers were employed across 28 counties, with more than 500 shifted to WPA projects as federal labor policy prioritized WPA work. Despite shortages and material restrictions, 40 projects closed by May 11 and 18 awaiting material for surface work.
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Harrisburg
Department of Highways
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Department of Public Assistance
Oost
Department
Department of Public Resistance
Motor J Fund
Department of Highways For Labor
Youth Killed by Falling Log in Jamestown Area
July 30 Jamestown report details 16-year-old Donald J. Tanner of Sinclairville killed when a log struck him while unloading on a truck with his father Byron and another helper. Dr. Walter Vosberg investigated. Survived by parents, five brothers, and five sisters living in New York City Jamestown Meadville and at home.
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Jamestown
Donald J. Tanner
Sinclairville
Tanner
Byron
Walter Vosberg
Dunkirk
Oliva ‘Tanner
R. F. D. Sinclairville
Charles Tanner
Kenmore
Byron, Jr
John
Bert
Ferdinand
Marie Tanner
New York City
Ruth McCusker
Jamestéins
Mabel Marsh
Meadville
Jean
Lucille Tanner
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Lycombg-Tioga
Heiman’s
Jewelers Homi
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Corry, Pa
Highway Dep’t
Donald Tanner
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