Pinchot to Tour State in Utility Reform Drive
Gov. Pinchot launches a two week speaking tour to explain the utility rate situation and backing for the administration's favorable public utility board bills. He will stop in Montrose Towanda Chambersburg Huntingdon Altoona Bedford Greensburg Washington Pittsburgh Butler Meadville Sharon Bellefonte and more with many talks on the court house steps or in public squares. A 191 minute radio address on KDA is planned for May 14.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Wifteen Stlup
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
State Senate
Montrose
Dp. m
Towanda St & P
Chambersburg
Huntingdon
Altoona
Bedford
Somerset
Greensburg
Washington
Pittsburgh
KDA
Butler
Meadville
Sharon
PinBois
Bellefonte
Court House
Pinchos
Utility probing panel asks P S C members to appear
Harrisburg May 5 The House utility investigating committee invited Chairman Ainey and other public service commissioners to testify as the inquiry nears its end. The letter from D Glenn Moore notes prior testimony by other officials and engineers and offers to hear remaining members or counsel. State electric group Pennsylvanian Electric Association previously declined to testify. The hearing is set for Thursday May 7 at nine o'clock.
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United Press
Harrisburg
House Utility Investigating Committee
W. JB. Ainey
Public Service Claimington
Ainey
D. Glenn Moore
House
Commission
Berm
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Maple Syrup Trade Revives In Local Area
A brisk revival in maple syrup trading has emerged in the vicinity. John Wiggers reports strong demand, has shipped three carloads in the first week, and holds bids from three refiners. He plans to continue purchasing and shipping as long as demand stays up, with bulk prices around 11 cents per pound. Local buyers say the market is firm and expect to move a large amount of syrup, marking a notable improvement over earlier slow volumes.
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Mmediate
John Wiggers
Wiggers
Rail relaying on Buffalo division advances investments
A large Pennsylvania Railroad relay gang works south of Ol City toward Buffalo, laying new heavier rails along the line from Ol City to Buffalo. Crews focus near Corry. after completion, work shifts north toward Brooten with potential expansion to the Renovo division.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
OC City
Anl Bumlio
Ol! City
Strut
Corry
Brooten
Renovo
Federal Inspection Of Company A Tonight At Armory
Company A, the Pennsylvania National Guard unit, faces a federal inspection at the State Armory at 8 pm with Regular Army officers and visiting National Guard peers. A public supper precedes the review and local citizens are invited to witness the ceremony.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
State Armory
National Guard
Mentor Club Closes Year With Banquet
The Mentor Club ended an eventful year with a sonnet meeting and a dinner in Pittsfield attended by seventeen members. Mrs FE C Howard chaired the arrangements as the club presented past president Mrs Parkhurst with flowers. After dinner they met at Mr and Mrs Hillstrom home East Congress Street where newly elected president Hillstrom named committees for the coming year and activities closed with visiting and music.
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Pittsfield
FE. C. Howard
Wave Perkins
Frank Wilcox
J. B. Patterson
Elkzabeth Ranney
Mra I. C. Howard
Antil Press
Mae Carnrilee
G, EK. Bennett
J. W. Carnrilee
A. J
S. D. Wilcox
Five Best Radio Entertainments Schedule
NBC Wetworker opens at 6 00 with Sunshine Program on WJZ. NBC Network airs Phil Cool at 6 30. WEAR presents Blackstone Pantellon at 1 00. WABC CHS Network carries Arthur Pryor's Band. WAG CBS Petafore airs 90 Symphony Concert.
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WEAR
NBC Wetworker
WJZ
NEG Network
Phil Cool
NBC Network
Blackstone Pantellon
WABC
CHS Network
Arthur Pryor
WAG
CBS Petafore
Wilson Police Bill Defeated in Harrisburg Vote
Harrisburg May 5 The Wilson tective service bill creating the Pinchot industrial police plan failed in the House by 43 to 142. Opponents from Allegheny and Schuylkill attacked the measure as dangerous and wasteful, while sponsor Rep Wilson argued it grants the state power to employ unfit personnel. The bill's defeat follows debate over governor promises and a motor code amendment reported by the highway committee.
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United Press
Harrisburg
House Today
Wilson Tective Service
Pinchot
Musmanno
Baldridge
Allegheny
Staudenmeier
Schuylkill
Wilson
McKean
Commonwealth
Administration
House
Highway Committee
Bentleyville High School Fire Damages Building
A three story brick Bentleyville High School housing 1100 pupils burned on May 6 in Bentleyville Pa. Firefighters from Charleroi Monessen Ellsworth West Brownsville and Bentleyville fought the blaze as water supply ran low and flames gained. Several Bentville firemen were injured lightly while a bystander and visitors from Middletown and Erie are noted in attendance.
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Py United
Eresa
Bentleyville
Bentleyville High School
Charleroi
Monessen
Ellsworth
Brownsville
Bentiggville
High School Reform Plan Before City Board of Education
Monday evening’s special meeting saw a full Board of Education discussion on drastic economy measures for schools. Charles I Monroe leads a sweeping retirement and tax-reduction plan, targeting per capita assessment to widen share of bonds and ax cuts for 1931 amid a reform push affecting nearly all operations.
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Board of Education
Charles I. Monroe
Monroe
What School Board Did in a Nut Shell
The school board accepted seven resignations and hired seven new teachers. It continued the Home Economics course and suspended all salary increases except where required by law. It received proposals to reduce teacher salaries by amounts from 1.60 to 2,750 and cut other items, including Per Capita tax reductions. Summer school was eliminated and a $250 summer playground appropriation was trimmed.
School Board Discusses Budget and Home Economics Course
The board held a meeting to discuss administration recommendations on the coming year's budget and tax levy. Superintendent Dewey reported on enrollment, costs, and state aid for continuing or eliminating the Home Economics Course, with a split view on its future and a vote to continue the course.
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Administration and Instruction Committee
Dewey
Washington and Concord
Zove
Lewis
Tragic Train Deaths At Trestle Picnic In Geneseo
A teacher Miss Helen Scott aged 26 and three children Beulah Peterson 7 June Niagon 8 were struck and killed by a passenger train during a birthday picnic near Geneseo. Witness Lester Peterson 14 described the horror as others lay under the trestle with the wreckage and screams unfolding as the train bore down. The event followed an planned outing to mark the birthday and upcoming vacation.
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United Press
Geneseo
Cilavan Pon
Hve
Helen Scott
Jame Loreneu Lyedlers
Miss Scott
Misa Scott
Beulah Peterson
June ‘Niagon
Lester Peterson
Beulah
Elli
Bond Release Granted Pending Appeal for Three Convicted Men
United Press reports in Pittsburgh on May 6 that three men sentenced for conspiracy to substitute a prisoner in a federal court case were released on bonds of 10,000 each pending appeals in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. A fourth, who pleaded guilty, began serving his sentence.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Liberty
U. S. Gircuit Cour of Appeals
Philadelphia
Samuel Y. Rossiter
Lester Beals
Joseph Donovan
Erie
Rossiter
Cambria
Beals
Beaver County
Donovan
Allegheny County
Joseph Warner
Nelson McVicar
Erle
Stanley Wells
Warner
Joseph Jarvis
Piters
Bullish and Bearish Signals Across Markets and Local News
Bearish interpretation of a Washington speech spurred stock market selling near the close. President Hoover names Wayland W. Magee to the Federal Reserve Board. A Birmingham quake rattled homes at 7:48 p.m. breaking windows. In Greeley, Myrtie and Darline Foster, 15 months and 4, died in a house fire. arson and homicide charges filed against the father, James B. Foster, 48. Laydon youths James Brock, 22, and bee Dickerson, 23, killed by relatives attempting to protect their father from a beating. In Harlan, Ky., deputies fight in the mountains near Evarls as cassitike region battles continue. Chira Bow, Jim Alley of Hollywood, collapses at studio. admitted to hospital in serious condition.
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Greeley
Cole
Myrtie Foster
Darline Foster
Geraldine Foster
James B. Foster
Laydon
James Brock
Bee Dickerson
Maple Avenue Crossing 15 Reopened After Reconstruction
Maple Avenue crossing 15, closed for weeks during reconstruction of the Brig and Pennsylvania Railroads, is now open to traffic. Arrangements are being made to repair south tracks at the Pennsylvania Railroad, with the project described as a noteworthy improvement welcomed by pedestrians and the public.
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Maple Avenue
Brig
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chain Store Company Buys Local Stock at Auction
Spirited bidding marked the sale of Rays' Chain Store on North Center street as bankruptcy proceedings concluded. Adolph Friedman, a New York attorney, bid $6,450 to win the stock and fixtures for a chain store company. A large group from several store chains attended, with the court auctioneer David Wilmer overseeing the sale. other Ray stores at Warren and Union City were being sold the same day.
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Rays
North Center Street
Adolph Friedman
New York
Friedman
David
Wilmer
Newark
M. J. Court
Ray
Warren
Union City
Former Club Leaders Talk at Rotary Meeting
Past presidents of the Rotary Club spoke at today’s meeting with B A Dahl of Chicago visiting as guest of D A Hillstrom. Frank M Loveland opened the addresses by former readers of the club. The correspondents noted quips about fifty years ago as a contrast to today and other speakers included Harry Auer J J Desmond Z A Loveland and Ralph S Dewey. The report added that the talks suggested spice and wheat are not the only things that can be puffed.
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Rotary Club
Service Club
B. A. Dahl
Chicago
D. A. Hillstrom
Frank M. Loveland
Clo
Uslit
Harry Auer
J. J. Desmond
Z. A. Loveland
Ralph $. Dewey
McClure reapportionment bill aims for 24 PA districts
From Harrisburg May 5 the State Senate passed the McClure congressional reapportionment bill by party vote and sent it to the House. The plan would redraw Pennsylvania into 24 districts, replacing 36, with detailed district pairings for Philadelphia Delaware county Bucks Lehigh counties and others, based on a total population of 9,631,351 and a voting population of 1,311,698.
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McClure
Senate
Warren County
Harrisburg
State
House
Philadelphia
Senate Congressional Apportionment Committee
McClure Senate
Winty-Ste
Pennsylvania
Congress
McChure
Phiadellahia Envini
Disterel
Delaware County
Bucks
Lehigh County
Chester
Lancaster
Lackawoona County
Luserne County
Schurylie County
Berks County
Montour
Columbia
Sullivan
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wiing
Wayne
Pike
Warren
McKean
Potter
Toga
Cameron
Clinton
Lycom
Ing
Montgomery, County
Northumberland
Union
Snyder
Miffin
Juniors
Perry
Huntingdon
Alton
Dauphin
Cumberland
Lebanon
Indiana
Cambria
Carbor
Monroe
Northampton
York
Adams
Wranilin
Centre
Clearfield
Blair
Bedford
Fayette
Somerset
Greene
Washington
Boy Hero Returns From Bus Tragedy Journey
Bryan, a 10 year old hero from the Pleasant Hill school bus disaster, arrived in Towner after a trip with President Hoover. He stepped from a railroad car to a small crowd of locals, smiling at first before cameras, with no family present and nine local children from Townker in attendance.
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Clyde G. Byers
United Press
Towner
Colo
Bryan Unitedt
Pleasant Hill
Bryan
Mie Playouates
Plautant Hum
Rallegud Hue Hon Entoute
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Fair Rate Board
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Mentor Club
Pittsfield Inn
Hillstrom
Bentleyville HS. Burns
Grant Pattit
Middletown
Mrs. Glenn
Tots
Ehie
Andrey Wi Mellon
Wayland W. Magee
Bennington
Nell
Hooved
Federal Reserve Board
Birmingham
Harlan
Qlerius
Evarls
Sitart
Cassitike
Hollywood
Clira Bow
Jim
Alley
Maple Avenue Crossing
Indict Bank
Peoples National Base
Telmont
Westmoreland County
Samuel Raymond King
Aesistant
Directne
Federal
Grand Jury
Mercer
Crawford
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