Radio shifts modern campaign style at national conventions
Cleveland dispatch notes that the 20th century national conventions will debut new tricks and shorter speeches aided by radio. Democrats aim for 80 minutes while Republicans target 45. Both parties push concise platforms to fit mobile audiences and newspaper readers. The piece also mentions safety patrols in Michigan schools reporting no fatalities or injuries this year.
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James A. Parley
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Frederick Steiner
Nes
Great Lakes Exposition Buildings Advance in Cleveland
Construction chief Albert N. Gonsier reports rapid progress at the Great Lakes Exposition site atop the Terminal Tower area. The $2,600,000 project will open to visitors June 27 with 20 million dollars in permanent city buildings to follow, including Public Hall, Cleveland Stadium and the Public Library. Modernistic architecture is planned with white exteriors and red blue sash accents. Three miniature lighthouses, a lake docking area, and a field for gumps and autogyros are under construction. About 876 tons of asphalt daily, 18 miles of roads, and substantial planting work accompany heavy labor by 1,000 workers as the site is transformed from bare ground to a major expo district. Victor Dietzel of Jamestown visits friends in Corry.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Fairgrounds
Albert N. Gonsier
Terminal Tower
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Public
Olaf Teagan
Lake Eriek
Gonsier
Ekpositina
Flushing Bar Urged to Save Wildlife During Harvest
Pennsylvania Game Commission urges farmers to attach a flushing bar to mowers to protect nesting birds. A 10 to 12 foot pole with chains flushes birds before cutting, aiding survival and preserving wildlife along field edges during hay and grain harvest.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission
Quarantine for Japanese Beetle Affects 13 Counties
United Press reports the U S Department of Agriculture imposes a summer quarantine from June 1 to Oct 14 on farm and orchard products and cut flowers moving interstate. In Pennsylvania 61 counties are restricted but Crawford, Forest, Erie, Mercer, Warren and Venango are exempt. Six Clarion townships and one Butler township are also outside the ban.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Crawford, Forest
Erie
Mercer
Warren
Venango
Clarion County
Butler County
Laird and Plate Engage in Fall Wedding Plan
Mr and Mrs BM Laird of 621 Chesnut Street announce the engagement of their daughter Melon Laird to Howard Neville Plate, son of Mr Onessie Plate. The couple, both graduates, will marry in the fall. Melon attended Bria Funiness College. Howard is a Allegheny College and University of Pennsylvania Law graduate. He is a member of Beta Sigma Rho and Kappa.
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Bmwin A. Laird
Mélon Rhailed Lai
Howard Neville Plate
Onessie HH. Plate
Ain
Miss Laird
Mr. Mate
Hast High School
Allegheny College
Tiniversity of Pennsylvania Law School
Drita Sigma Rho
Onneven Dette Kappa
Yim Lay Diem
Yuini
Leeviligis Wel Tayntor
Rural Social Problems Discussed at Pennsylvania Conference
Rural social problems take center stage at the Pennsylvania Conference on Social Work in Bradford with sessions on child welfare in rural areas. Speakers include Julia Waverbury of Tioga County and Laura Sproul of Beaver County in the morning, and David Briner Mary Rhowls Alma Blackmon and J H Ramsey among afternoon presenters from University of Pittsburgh Ida Wood Boyd Emergency Relief and Western Pennsylvania Children’s Aid Society. The two day event features experts from public welfare and social agencies discussing child welfare and social security act implications.
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Pennsylvania
Bradford
Julia P. Waverbury
Children’s Aid Society
Tioga County
Wellsboro
Laura B. Sproul
Children's Aid Society
Beaver County
Beaver Falls
Imncluder
David J. Briner
University of Pittsburgh
Mary L. Rhowls
Ida Wood Boyd Emergency Relief Punch
Erie
Alma H. Blackmon
Cleayfield
Mra
J. H. Ramsey
Children's Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Marguerity Brown
Division of Family and
Cld Welfare
CommonWealth of Pennsylvania
Gailey
Fedens Social Security Act
HE. Sthenblom
Presient
Family Welfare Associatio
Apquirers
Uing
Paul Benjamin
Council of Social Agencies
Buffalo
N.Y
He A. Waldkoenig
Pennsylvany
Priborsh
Ruth Blakeslee
Bureau of Public
Aice
Sorial Security Board
Inpion D.C. RC
Sheldon
Neyr Yowle
Mes
Bill Miller
Tifls
Committee On Public Assistance
Snd
Fatal Crash On Emlenton Clintonville Route Claims Man
Gan Ritchey, 55, a Southern Venango County farmer, died after a midnight collision on the Emlenton Clintonville highway when his car struck Robert Sloan’s vehicle. Sloan and his wife and child escaped injury but Ritchey died from chest and internal injuries. An inquest date was not yet set.
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Emlenton
Clintonville
Gan Ritchey
Venango County
Ritchey
Robert Sloan
Polk
Sloan
Bruisel Ritchey
Freetower
J. Trwin
Zerbve
Beessur
Three Held in Titusville Liquor Raids
County Detective J. Van Winkle and Erie operatives raided three Titusville locations late Saturday and arrested Caspar Matsack, O. W. Chspar, and G. F. Wilson for possessing and manufacturing liquor without license. Stills were seized. two found at Matsack’s. Matsack posted 2000 bail. Chspar and Wilson jailed in Crawford County awaiting September court.
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Tiusville
J. 4. van Winkle
Tyro Oderal
Erie
Consule Joi Shrubb
Titusville
Casper Matsack
Barker Stree
O.W. Chspar
Garden Street
G FL Wilson
Center Street
Casper's
Matyinszele
Peter B. Tarr
Casper
Wilson
Crawford County
Meadville
Real Estate Ads Note Bear Lake Area and Chautauqua Lake Lots
A fragmented classified listing offers 2600 buys 105 acres with a house near Bear Lake Pa and various lakefront and wooded lots around Shady Side Findley Lake and Chautauqua Lake with prices 39 and 79. It also advertises small country plots near Corry and Bear Lake and notes a running water timber property. Also a public notice from C J Wyrm warning arrests for rifle practice on his Corry property.
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Ami Bharn
Bear Lake
Sabirday
Finney North Clymer
Shadyside
Findley Lake
Lake Front
Stotinds Sumlay
F.C. Chase
Mayville
N.Y
Chaitauqua Lake
East South Street
Corry
Tnasmuth
C. J. Wyrm
R. D. G. Corry
Congressional Probe Into Black Legion Groundwork in Detroit
Senators Benson and Dickstein with Representative Wickstein traveled to Detroit to set the stage for a congressional inquiry into the Black Legion. They had introduced resolutions seeking investigation and were invited by Prosecutor Duncan McCrea, citing jurisdictional issues blocking Justice Department action. Also, in Noel, Missouri, Mrs. W W Pickering sold 2,089 pitchers, one of the nation’s largest collections.
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Benson
Dickstein
Detroit
Washington
Elmer A. Benson
Min
Samuel Wickstein
Nix
Black Legion
Toilay
Congress
Gene
Duncan McCrea
Noel
W. W. Pickering
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Jame
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Troffic
Michigan State Police
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Crisco
LUX
A&p Food Stores
Victor Dietzel
Jamestown
Paul Brynolfson
Warner
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Erwin
U.S. Department
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Howard Plate
Helen Laird
Perhirnick
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DuBois, Pa
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