Old Lie Nailed Again in Pinchot Salary Backstory
Newspaper item recounts a 1923 Republican rebuttal to charges that Gifford Pinchot took a $3,000 yearly salary from Pennsylvania. It states Pinchot donated $9,000 of his own money to fund the Forestry Department and quotes Dr. Joseph Rothrock on Pinchot never profiting personally.
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P. S. Stailneckery
Pinchot
EB. A. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee
Gifford Pinchot
Forester Department
Joseph T. Rothrock
West Chester
Porestry
Rothrook
Department of Forestry
Sun Spots Hint At Good Reception For Radio Fans
Amateur astronomer Caldwell, once a radio commissioner, links the sun spot cycle to 1922 23 reception highs. He cautions crowding airwaves by too many stations may cause whistles and poor reception, noting years 1930 1982 as a window for strong distant signals.
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Caldwell
Sten
Break Town of 1926 and the London naval treaty mood
The article discusses stock market jitters with large dollar losses and traders liquidating as public interest cools. It notes bets on a sun spot cycle and shifts in investor behavior. Secretary Stimson faces Senate questions on selling the naval treaty and indicates public skepticism toward naval arms pacts.
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Stimson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Washington
Quiz answers from yesterday's questions muddled in print
The page lists scrambled items asking about Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic, drink length on a man, Yiddish derivation, largest bird, and Obla River length, followed by five terse answers mentioning Lindbergh, diabetes, life, Charles Kingsley, and Great Britain.
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Charles A. Lindberg
Atlante
Obla
Abraham Eincoa
Charles Kingsley
Britt
A Problem a Day Puzzle on Shared Work Rates
The note describes a work rate puzzle where A does 1 2 of a task in 8 47 days, R does 2 0 in 1 2 days, and S completes the rest. It asks how many days for 8 if all take 2 1 2 days. It also includes an unrelated answer line about yesterday and a method involving multiplying and finding least common multiples.
Municipal mergers gain momentum as census reshapes city ties
The piece argues census figures push urban areas toward annexation or borough-style consolidations. It notes parent cities and suburbs retain separate governments despite shared economies, creating service inefficiencies. A merger trend emerges to unify administration while preserving local matters.
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Utd
Four Die in Kakiri Quarrel Over Betrothal
Four men were killed and 12 injured when Kakiri village men clashed over a betrothal in Sind. Armed with axes, they fought hand to hand, damaging nearly every tank in the village.
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Karachi
India
Oh Kakiri
Sind
Largest farms owned by state institutions in Harrisburg report
In Harrisburg May 16 a report to State Welfare secretary Mrs McCauley by R Bruce Dunlap lists the largest state institution farms. Rocky Island Penitentiary leads with 2000 cultivated acres followed by Graterford Eastern Penitentiary with 1200 acres. Torrance State Hospital holds 180 acres. About 11 000 acres total with 500 acres for potatoes and 500 for other vegetables.
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Harrisburg
B.S. H. McCauley
State Secretary of Welfare
R. Bruce Dunlap
State Department of Welfare
Rockyisw Penitentiary
Western State
Eastern State Penitentiary
Graterford
Torrance State Hospital
Mother shoots daughter in Pittsburgh home
Li Padubanis, 14, was shot in the head by her mother Anna Padubanis 87 in the Travesky residence in Pittsburgh. The girl was hospitalized in critical condition at St. Francis hospital as authorities planned a sanity inquiry into the mother’s actions. John Padubanis found the injury upon returning home. the mother offered no reason.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Li Padubanis
St. Francis Hospital
Anna Padubanis
John Padubanis
Palubanis
Beaverdam Community Notices Gather Sunday Visits
Beaverdam reports numerous visits and moves with residents from Spartaksturg Corry and Union City. Families like the Whitneys Lyons Sturgis Goehle and Proctor organize showers and interments while Bea ver dam cemetery plans two services this week for local residents.
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Beaverdam
Jesse Whitney
Spartaksturg
Gerald Bagley
Corry
D. Whitney
E. A. Lyons
C. G. Sturgis
Hugh
Ralph
Oil City
Li D. Sturgis
Nell McGriilty
Centerville
Hilt
Henry
A. B. Tanner
Eigin M. Wi
Alton Peterson
Clymer
Burt Bowen
Chaffee
Buffalo
N. Y
J. M. McClelland
Ruth Tanner
H. P. Erskine
Union City
James Crowell
Morris Breed
Bia Conant
Crane
A. F. Tanner
Byron Hodge
Gertrude
Rogell Pattison
H. W. Hills
Lloyd Fisher
Henry Pilot
Vennis ‘Follett
Rodliter
Hbet’ Chafee
Unit City
Ata
A. J. Beteract
Arid
Taft William
Arbuckle
Martha Maynard
Unlbit City
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