Gasoline vendors warned against fraud by tax-reducing group
In Harrisburg on May 7, Benjamin G. Byron registrar of motor vehicles warned gasoline vendors not to join any organization promising to reduce state gasoline tax. He stated the claim of a two percent tax reduction for members is groundless and that the tax applies to all liquid fuels sold regardless of membership.
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Karrisburg
Benjamin G. Byron
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Hiynda
Dyson
Ballets by Antoinette Dance Revue slated for May evening
Antoinette Buchmeyer Post directs the Antoinette Dance Studios in presenting two ballets at the Senior High School auditorium on Thursday evening May 5. Adult students perform a Spanish Fiesta and the children present A Newt ie Wedding with solo and group numbers as part of the show.
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Antoinette Dance Studios
Re and Corry
Antoinette Buchmeyer Post
Tiesta
Eiventhy
Nine
Chilyen
Corry
Lindbergh Predicts Air Travel Growth and Women in Aviation
Charles A. Lindbergh told United Press that passenger and mail flights will use heavier than air craft across the Atlantic within four to five years. He foresaw 160 mph transport planes, night-flying planes with berths, and ongoing dirigible development. He also predicted a bright future for women in aviation and noted radio as a major aid to flying.
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Unit Press
New York
Atlan
Charles A. Lindbergh
United Press
T B
Lindbergh
Pennsylvania road use study shows 8.62 million daily miles
A Harrisburg report for Secretary James L. Stuart finds the state highway system records an average of 8.62 million miles driven daily excluding trucks. Cars are 91 percent passenger, 9 percent truck and bus, with 52.8 percent for business trips and 47.2 percent for pleasure or short drives.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James L. Stuart
Pennsylvania Department of Higways
Commonwealth
Sheep Increase on State Farms
Harrisburg May 7 More sheep were reported on Pennsylvania farms January 1 this year than any year since 1922, per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. The estimate rose to 467 000 from a 400 000 low in 1997, with over 2 000 000 sheep historically and forty eight counties contributing to the rise during the past year. All districts except the northwestern and east central show higher numbers at the start of 1930 than a year earlier.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Federal State
East Central
Monte Blue Stars in All Star Crook Drama at Grand
Monte Blue appears in a disguise with an artificial scar in Those Who Dance at the Grand theatre. Lila Lee co stars opposite him in a ro mantic thrill driven tale adapted by Joseph Jackson from a George Kibve Turner serial with Punch, William Boyd, and Betty Compson in key roles.
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Monte Blue
Vitaphone
Grand Theatre
Monte
Lila Lee
William Boyd
Betty Compson
Thes
Joseph Jackson
George Kibve Turner
May Probers May Hit Philadelphia In Senate Campaign
City manager S. Davis Wileon of the Gifford Pinchot campaign hints that senate expenses inquiries may move to Philadelphia. He alleges a bipartisan machine, linked to major utilities like United Gas, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia Rapid Transit, controls city government and election machinery, threatening a fair primary and Pennsylvanian republican governance.
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United Press
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wileon
Gifford Pinchot
U. S
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Wilson
Bossea
United Gas Improvement Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia Road ‘Transit Company
Mitten
United States Senate
Yare‘Wilson
United States
Pennsylvania
Not the Big Things Trouble S, Says Correspondent
A correspondent notes small matters weigh on minds more than grand concerns. True indeed, we can delay a bill yet cannot delay a single task.
Vinol Promises Sleep Help and Pep for Nervous Wrecks
A testimonial claims Vinol improves sleep and energy after long insomnia and nervousness. The ad asserts the product contains calcium and cod liver peptone and has been prescribed by doctors for 80 years, touting quick relief and appetite boost from the first bottle.
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Julius Render
N. F. Ames & Co
Advil
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