Employment Gains in Steel Districts Signal Broad Recovery
Reports show steel districts increasing jobs with Allegheny Steel at capacity in New Kensington and Moltrup Steel adding workers. Open hearth furnaces start at Washington and Charleroi, a Washington wire mill reopens, and Midland plants resume with additional mills opening in Weirton. Overall district production rises to thirty percent plus, promising wider economic improvement.
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New Kensington
Allegheny Steel Company
Moltrup Steel Products Company
Monongahela Valley
Washington
Charleroi
Midland
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Weirton
Creighton
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Ohio
Mahoning
Shenango
Blaming World War for Government Waste Stance
In recent years many people blamed vast governmental expenditures on the World War and its aftermath. The author argues that while wartime costs influenced spending, the tendency to assign all waste to the war is misleading and oversimplified.
Call for Government Savings Ends War Alibi Waste
The text critiques long term federal and local government spending increases, noting 780 percent federal rise before Roosevelt, and 900 percent and 645 percent at state and local levels. It praises popular demand for economy and commends the President for courageous action, urging less, cheaper, and more efficient government beyond war excuses.
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Roosevelt
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files May 5 1913
A.I. Ream sells First avenue grocery to H C Barnes of Columbus who will run it. Bell Telephone crews work near Catholic cemetery to finish trunk lines to Arie. The gas engine at North Center street plant is dismantled. Auditor General A Wisson relinquishes, to A W Powell. C P Rogers Jr may be affected. Love and Son order Berea stone curbing from Amherst. Dr J G Rich arranges with players to go to Columbus for the new diamond. Knights Templar Clarence Commandery march to church. Mrs Arnold and the Arold Millinery employer visit Panama Rocks. Willie Clancy, once a local catcher, now with Columbus Ohio team. Susan Lynch takes a job at Hiones confectionary. S R Lewis ships trotting horses to Corry for races. North East Sun
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Willie Clancy
W. M. Clancy
Garland
Columbus
Ohio
Youngsville
Questions on local history and landmarks in Columbus Pa
The reader asks about when Andy Griffin ran the Eagle Hotel on West Main Street the timing of a high school seniors Easter trip to Washington DC when Dr Mears served as the town's sole physician and when Julius Schneider built the Commercial Hotel at East Main and Mill Streets.
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Andy Griffin
West Main Street
Washington, D. C
Dr. Mears
Columbus
Julius Schneider
East Main and
Mill Streets
Man's Narrow Escape in Fall in Om City
Clarence Mason of 19 Central Avenue narrowly escaped serious injury after falling from the third floor to the ground while washing windows. He struck a second floor porch roof with a skylight, then bounded down, suffering only bruises to legs and hips and being severely shaken but uninjured overall.
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OM City
Clarence Mason
Central Avenue
Mason
Mr. Mason
Count at dinner sparks near clash at White House event
United Press report from Washington notes a tense exchange at a dinner for Postmaster General Farley. Jasimir Mikelowski, Scranton Democratic leader, teased Ray Moley and Roosevelt aides about the brain trust. Diplomatic envoy Thomas Lebreton remarked on press relations. Elsewhere at Allegheny Dolge, President Tolley considers student pressure for Dean Evelyn Miller to resign amid campus unrest.
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United Press
Washington
Jasimir Mikelowski
Eader
Scranton
Ray Moley
President Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Allegheny Dolge
William P. Tolley
Evelyn Miller
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Corry Evening Journal
Corry
Arthur Colégrove
National Advertising Representative
Fred Kimball, Inc
W. 46Th St
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Nelly Don
Fuatory
Frank C. Chapin
G.M. Ream Hhas
First Avenue
H. C. Barnes
Bell Telephone Company
Catholic Cemetery
Arie
Ray Edson
Corry and
Columbus Ling
North Center Street
A. . Wisson
A. W. Powell
C. P. Rogers, Jr
Love and Son
New South Street
Amherst, O
J. G. Rich
Columibus
Knights Templar of
Clarence Commandery
Horn Building
Presbyterian Church
Susan Lynch
Hioenés Confectionary Store
R. Lewis
Findley Lake
North East Sun
Motley
Trust
Schmart
Lillian Vanderhoof
Sit South Center Street
Morey
Moley
Mr. Roose
Edldie Dowing
Jet
Luke Barnett
Barnett
Thomas Lebreton
Argentina
France
Lebreton
First Church of Christ
Pennsylvania
Charles V. Winn
Pasadena
California
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
REX Theatre
South Street
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic Engineers
Atlantic
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