Mounting School Costs in Pa Survey Reveal Need to Cut Waste
A Harrisburg report from the Pennsylvania House costs survey warns that school costs have risen 450 percent from 1910 to 1932 while enrollment grew 50 percent. It urges eliminations of unnecessary expenses and a shift to state support to equalize minimum educational opportunities across districts.
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Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Ihs
Hiram G. Andrews
Cambria
Horse
Corry Entertainers Readying Desert Spotlight Retirement
Corry friends of Jack Ray and Jewel Ray announce their retirement from entertainment as Ray prepares to become a Washington police officer. Ray plans to quit show business to provide a stable home for their 9 year old daughter Ray Ray and to share family meals more often. Ray expects to begin July 1 after passing final medicals in Washington.
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Corry
Jack Ray
Jewel Waylor
Syracuse Post-Standard
Washington, D. C
Metropolitan Forge
Jewel Ray
Dickens Room
Theondaga
Mr. Ray
Ray
Ray Ray
Georgetown University
the ‘Law
Garden Days at State College Held for Hobbyists
State College Pa June 17 Garden Days opens with Mrs J Hansell French leading an afternoon forum and a panel of about a score of horticultural specialists. Attendees may tour lower gardens and join a Wednesday banquet as talks cover soil science ornamental horticulture botany plant breeding and nursery topics.
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State College
J. Hansell French
State Secretary of Agriculture
Fennsylvania State College
F. G. Wierkle
Musser
EB. 1. Wilde
C. W. Wilde
H. W. Popp
R. P. Meahl
Swarthmore College
Fred Moore
Bloyd
Haverford
Fred Raine
Rotan
Chessnut Hill
William Starke
George Widener State
Chinut Hill
C. B. McNees
Kittanning
Anne B. Wertsner
School of Agriculture
Ambler
Alexander Bayron
Sewickley
Bridge Party Planned by D A R for Graves Markers
The Ways and Means committee of the Brokenstraw Valley Chapter D A R hosts a garden bridge party at the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Gibert West Church Street Tuesday after 1 o 0 n June 25 proceeds benefit markers for Revolutionary War graves in the area Reservations contact Mrs Newton or Miss Morrell Four generations living Delphos Ohio Bernice Bowers infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Bowers has a great great grandmother aged 82 her mother is 18
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Ways and Means
Brokenstraw Valley
Daughters of the American Revoltion
Harold Gibert
West Church Street
J. H. McInnes
J. H. Castor
C. W. Bracken
W. L. Peake
Morton J. Davis
Leon Brown
Jessie K. Newton
Helen Morrell
Newton
Miss Morrell
Delphos
Ohio
Bernice Bowers
Harold Bowers
Legislative committee names named by Chairman Andrews report
The legislative committee appointed under a house resolution by Chairman Andrews includes Representatives Harry J. Brownfield Payette chair of the education committee Joseph Ominaky Philadelphia John H. Van Allsburg Eric and my J. Holland Allegheny. Its final report will be submitted during the next regular session of the legislature.
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Andrews
Harry J. Brownfield
Payette
Joseph Ominaky
Philadelphi
John H. van Allsburg
Eric
My J. Holland
Allegheny
West Lake road paving plans hit by labor tax
County commissioners voted that only 186 dollars, with 58 cents of each dollar spent on labor, will be available for West Lake road extension this year. Warren Van Dyke of the state highways department said local funds will cover grading and drainage, not heavy paving, as state authorities seek to reduce the 58 cent labor allocation.
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West Lake Road
Lanor
West Lake
Warren
van Dyke
State Department of Highways
Question worker in cistern murder case
Guiseppe Cimon a 57 year old factory owner was questioned in Bangor Junction on the death of Edith Ford a 27 year old factory worker. He admitted intimacy with her but denied knowledge of her death claiming he had not seen her since January. The body was found in a 17 foot cistern trussed with wire and weighed down by a 100 pound boulder. Autopsy cited strangulation and dental work identified the victim. Deputy Coroner Reitbaum believed she died before being dropped into the cistern.
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Ey United Press
Aston
Guiseppe Cimon
Edith Ford
Bangor Junction
Cimg
Miss Ford
Theodore Reit’baum
Pennsylvania Delegates to National Parks Conference
Governor Earle named Ralph Bashore James Bogardus Eric von Haunswolff Ellwood Chapman and Thomas Lissett as Pennsylvania delegates to the Fifteenth National Conference on State Parks to be held at Skyland Virginia from June 8 to 21.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Skyland
Shensadual National Park
Lune
Ralph M. Bashore
Forests and Waters
James PF. Bogardus
Eric J. von Haunswolff
Division of Parks
Altmore
Ellwood B. Chapman
Swarthmore
Thomas Lizsett
Pittsburgh
Court Sustains County Heads In Surcharge Ruling
In Franklin a judge upheld the appeal of Venango County Commissioners from an $18.66 surcharge levied on county auditors for paying land used on the State Bridge project to fix a dangerous condition. The ruling limits county controllers powers over contracts within their sphere. In Bend Oregon five baby swans died after five cygnets slipped over Tumalo dam during flooding.
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Franklin
Lee A. McCrack
Venango County
Bend
Ore
Tumalo
Youth Killed Two Injured In Plane Crash at Heidelberg
At Heidelberg Pennsylvania a sightseeing plane crashed onto a main street. Joan Fenner 18 from Washington died at Mercy Hospital after fractured skull and other injuries. Brother William Fenner 17 suffered multiple fractures. Pilot Ben Swisher 26 of Pittsburgh had a fractured jaw. The Waco two passenger craft stalled after takeoff from Mayer Field setting off a fatal crash in a busy street.
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Heidlberg
Joan Fenner
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
William Fenner
Ben Swisher
Waco
Mayer Mield
Heidelhayy
Sity
Nash 400 boosts Kenosha sales and shipments
Kenosha Wisconsin June 17 immediate acceptance of the Nash 400 spurred a surge in retail sales. Hy Blias vice president and director of sales of The Nash Motors Company said May shipments rose 25.84 percent from a year earlier and dealer orders for the new line are rising. June 1 oversold stock shows a 451 percent increase over 1934.
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Kenosha
Wis
Hy Blias
Nish Motors Company
Bill Approved by House Awaits Senate Action
Spanish War veterans in the city show interest as Washington negotiates a pension restoration under the Economy Act of 1923. The bill re-enacts the 1930 act, extends benefits to veterans of the Spanish American War Boxer Rebellion and Philippine insurrection, with widows and dependents included. Average monthly pensions rise from 42.17 to 42.88, with non service connected awards unaffected. The measure adds cost to the 1926 budget by 181,182 dollars. sent to the Senate for action.
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Washington
Veteras
Freele T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Mil
Senate
Roosevelt
Securities Board reports small profit and refund to treasury
The Pennsylvania Securities Commission said its fees paid expenses and returned 26216 to the state treasury in the last fiscal year. Expenditures including salaries totaled 97208, the lowest in ten years, with four months of strong cooperation from leading investment houses and bankers cited by Secretary Wilson Pritchett.
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Willie
Nij
Defective Vision Rise Among Pupils In Harrisburg Districts
Harrisburg report shows an increase in defective vision among fourth class school district pupils. Secretary of Health Dr Raith Macwride Dexter notes the rate rose from 1.72 percent in 1981-82 to 1.85 percent in 1933-34. A prior campaign led by the district superintendents proved effective.
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Harrisburg
Raith Macwride Dexter
Minty
ORDER END TO STRIKE AT OMAHA
Gov Roy L Cochran orders company and union officials to end the trolley strike or face the military authorities. He arrives from Biloxi to lead National Guard efforts to restore peace after four riotous nights. Two men are dead and more than a dozen wounded in Omaha violence.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Roy L. Cochran
Cochran
Biloxi
Miss
National Guard
Vacation Bible School Opens at First Baptist Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School opened this morning at the First Baptist Church with seventy pupils and nine teachers. Leaders include Mrs. 5 A Hook, Mr. F D Pfeffer, Mrs. Ralph Carroll, Miss Katherine Hubertz, Richard Miller, Mrs Haenel, Dorotha Williams, and Gladys Bogart. Superintendent Mrs Milued Monroe announced the program as Peter Slack, evangelist and musician, provided music. All school age children are welcome to enroll.
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First Baptist Church
5. A. Hook
F. D. Pfeffer
Ralph Carroll
Katherine Hubertz
Richard Miler
Haenel
Dorotha Williams
Gladys Bogart
Milued Monroe
Supe
Peter Slack
104th Regiment in Annual Encampment War Games Begin
In Colebrook Pennsylvania on June 17 under a blazing sun 700 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of the 104th Regiment 52nd Cavalry Brigade began their annual encampment war games at the National Guard reservation after the 103rd regiment departed post arrival training.
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Colebrook
Pennsylvania National
Lad Darts From Curb Strikes Passing Car
Donald Blynt eight to twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs Ray Blynt was seriously hurt when he darted into Center and Irving street traffic. Edna Hart of Hopewell New Jersey swerved to avoid him but the boy was struck and sustained scalp lacerations brain concussion and abrasions. He was taken to Corry Hospital and showed improvement. Hart was cleared of blame after police inquiry into the slow speed and evasive actions.
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Donald
Little
Ray Blynt
Corry Hospital
Center
Irving Street
Wing- Willi
Center Street
Edna B. Hart
Hopewell
Princeton Road
Princeton
N. J
New Jersey
Suber
Birth certificates urged for school newcomers
Dr. Paul A. Rothfuss, deputy secretary of health, reminds parents newcomers to school to bring birth certificates on the child’s first day. The Mothers Notification Certificates are mailed after birth records are filed, and duplicates are not generally issued. Losing the certificate risks delaying enrollment and vocational planning.
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Paul A. Rothfuss
Secretary of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bureau
Dr. Rothfuss
Lefi
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