February Auto Sales and State News Across Pennsylvania
February U S sales of General Motors cars and trucks totaled 83261, amid a slate of Pennsylvania reports including Knights Templar deaths, Penn State forecasts, state nurse district meeting, and proposed photographer licensing. Local notes mention Louis Strassburger’s death, forestry saplings shipments, and public affairs programs.
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General Motors
United States
Knights ‘Templar
Louis
Strassburger
Philadelphia
Knights Templar of
Pennsylvania
Amputate Hand of Warren Man After Mishap
Glenn G. Rudolph 40 of 112 Willoughby Avenue suffered the amputation of his right hand at the wrist at Warren General Hospital. The injury occurred at his Schofield alley shop while he attached a propeller to a motor cycle engine intended for a sled for his son. The motor was running when the son approached. Rudolph motioned him away and his hand was caught in the propeller blades. He was taken to the hospital where the hand could not be saved. Despite shock and loss of blood his condition today was described as good.
Higher standards for teachers and administrators approved
Harrisburg. The state council of education approved higher qualification requirements for teachers in special fields. The plan moves from eighteen to twenty four semester hours by 1989 and to thirty by 1940. Administrative and supervisory standards rise from twelve graduate hours to eighteen by 1938, twenty four by 1940, and thirty or a master's by 1941.
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Harrisbure
Ian O
State Council of Education
Dems shuffle in district careers prompt dismissals
Kenneth W. Thompson, former Bre newspaper man and treasurer of the Democratic county committee, was dismissed from his $3,000 head of the state Workmen's pension fund office. The move comes amid widespread talk of expected replacements and a broader Republican axe targeting state jobs. Reports name Frank Baldwin as a possible successor and point to further dismissals, including in the highway department, with April uncertainty on local boards and appointments.
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Uns
Henry Meyer
Novi
Elizabeth Sampson
Josephine Boniscewsk
Thompson
Frank Baldwin
Northast
Brielles
Thompean
Highway Department
Park and Harbor Commission Board
Soldiers and Sailor Name
Apri
Public Assistante
Harrisburg
Artie H. James
Pennsylvania Days Campaign Praised by Labor Leader
Edward Hartsough president of the Ware house Employees Union affiliated with the AFL lauded the Pennsylvania Days campaign. He sent a letter to Fred W. Johnson chairing the Chain Store Committee for Pennsylvania Prosperity praising the effort for creating jobs and aiding business and citizens of the Keystone State.
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Philadelphia
Marc
Pennsylvania
Edward 5
Hartsough
Warehouse Employees Union
American Federation of Labor
Fred W. Johnson
Joba
Keystone State
Commonwealth
Water Pipeline Planned for Peninsula Project
WPA officials disclosed plans to install four miles of water pipeline on the Peninsula to meet a long-standing need. The Kyile water bureau expects state and federal approval within two weeks so work can start by April 1, employing 150 to 200 workers at a cost over 42000. The project hinges on WPA labor making the installation affordable after years of financial constraint.
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Wri
Mor
Brie
WPA
Uie
Kyie Water Bureau
Water Bureau
Quy
Cleaver
Erle
Boroughs file 1838 collections in Fi'boro and Craneaville
Statements filed with Clerk Ethel Davis show Fi'boro collection total 12911.48 with borough 4518.41 school district 4026.50 and county 205?1.53. Craneaville collected 6808.03 with 1242.26 for borough 2728.08 for the school district and 1990.79 for the county. Paul W. Houck, longtime Pennsylvania Republican leader, collapsed in a Harrisburg hotel after a lingering illness and died. funeral plans to be announced.
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Titus
Fi’boro
Cranevillé
Clerc
Ethel Davis
Filinboro
Craneaville
No Worries Happy at 100 in Priorboro
Mary Earl, living past a century, reflects on age with humor stating worry achieves nothing. She jokes about having two teeth left that do not meet, expressing contentment with life after ten decades.
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Priorboro
Mary Earl
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George Sokolsky
Yeaterday
B. Kent Kene
McKean County
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Erie County
Ares R. Leone
Strobie
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Spencer Hospital
Meadville
Edward Connor
Erie
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Francis B. Quinn
William B. Hirt
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Arthur F. Schwindt
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Samuel L. Gilkon
Hie County
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Detroit
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Cleveland
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Puritan
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Alaska
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