Three Laurel Festivals to Be Held in State
May 22 report outlines three major Laurel festivals across Pennsylvania. The mountain laurel celebration spans two weeks with Wellsboro and Tioga County centers on June 15 to 19, including Harrison State Park and Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon. Brookville in Jefferson County hosts a June 24 25 festival with Cook Forest Park a key rally point. The Poconos open June 15 with resort programs and road improvements aiding visitors. A coronation is planned at Onawa Lodge with First Lady Dorothy James officiating.
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Marrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Wellsborp
Iy Tioga County
Harrison State Park
Grand Canyon
Brookville
Jefferson County
Poconor
Onawa Lodge
Mountainhome
Dorothy James
Arthur H. James
Cameron Parish's Wealth Seen Despite Sparse Banks
Cameron Parish reports high per capita wealth while lacking banks. The parish sits along Louisiana's southeast park area, with only one snicks building and no bank presence, yet ranks among the state's wealthiest per capita.
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Cameron
Cameron Parish
Schreme Southeastern Park
Louisiana
Gil
Éatile
Dairymen to Elect Delegates Friday Night
Members of the local Whit of the Dairymen's League Cooper ative Association will meet in Grange Hall Friday evening to ballot for eight directors and to name delegates to district meetings. Delegates will attend sub district sessions and the June 26 Utica meeting, and the May 29 district session. Officers invite all members to attend as delegates from District 17 locals will select members for the regulations committee. Nominations for the resolutions committee must reach L. A. Chapin by June 1.
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Ue Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, Inc
Grange Hall
Wriday
Utica
Corry
District 17
Regtilations Committee
Nust
L. A. Chapin
Dune Ist
Cooperative Iron Plant Near Birmingham Owned by Workers
A cast iron pipe plant near Birmingham Alg is owned and cooperatively operated by its employees who inherited it through the will of founder John Joseph Eagan.
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Co-operative Iron
Birmingham
Alg
Jobn Joseph Eagan
Act to Protect Liquor Clerks in Sales to Minors
Harrisburg May 23 United Press reports the Liquor Control Board Employes Association calls for safeguards for store clerks in cases of accidental underage sales. Roy W Powell cites a clerk fined by Indiana County Court and argues the board should assist public agents in paying fines and expenses. He condemns age verification forms as unreliable and urges clerks to require voters registration cards from customers appearing under 21.
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Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board Employes Association
Roy W. Powell
Indiana
Powell
Ase
Revised chart shortens Pacific route and trade links
A historic note on a revised chart shortening the Pacific voyage from North America to Japan and Asia as steamers replace skin ships. It explains the composite great circle path around the Aleutians, the need to avoid insurmountable hazards, and how new navigational aids will enable safer, near shortest routes via passes in the Bering Sea and farther west in the Pacific.
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Washington
Navara Ues
Torsols
Tie
Chast
Gentetiv Survey
Aleutier Islands
Tie Rim
North Pactti
North Auvericd
Japa
Asia
Wwemwanlom Alnsi
Weston
Wit
Japan
Aleutians
Ulimale Pass
Bering Sea
Pacific
Toledo School Radios in 80 Toledo Schools Reported
Report notes radios installed in eighty Toledo schools but criticizes the board of education for not spending on radio education. The fragment mentions equipment and funding questions surrounding the program.
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Toledo
Board of Education
Ols
Eif
Varicose veins relief advertised by Diamond man
William Shadle of Diamond Cringford County Pennsylvania writes that his wife uses San-Cura Ointment for varicose veins and finds it brings solace. The ad claims antiseptic properties and usefulness for wounds burns bruises itching piles with prices listed as 85e and 60e at all drug stores.
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Win
Shadle
Diamond
Cringford County
Rev Kuhn Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon in Marhisburn
Local notes report Rev Kuhn will deliver the baccalaureate sermon during the Marhisburn assembly. Text appears garbled but references a public speech, possible state tax revision, and a medical or academic gathering with unclear details.
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Kuhn
Plot Against the United States Government Highlighted
James Hawkery Campbell of Owensboro, a key post at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, testified before the Dies Committee about an alleged plot to overthrow the U S government. The hearing covered suspected conspiracy, naming individuals and the scope of alleged activities in the period discussed.
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United States
James Hrwkry Campbell
Owensborm
Veterina of
Foreign Wars
Dies
Farm Marketings Income Rises in March
Harrisburg report shows cash income from farm marketings totaling 487 million dollars in March 1938, up from 430 million in February. The March gain reversed the usual seasonal decline, as incomes typically drop from February to March.
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Harrisburg
United States
Usu
Graduation Service At Local High School
A high school graduation style service is announced for June 4 at the high school. Principal Howard J Sheen and Corey Hhavhe lead a program featuring hymns, prayers, and benediction with the school orchestra, choruses, and congregational singing.
Refugees Learn Basic English in Sydney
In Sydney Nova Scotia European refugees in Australia are learning Basic English under Mas Wlsa Gormley. The program aims to quickly prepare refugees for daily life with a simple ten dollar entry and basic English skills to help them get along.
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Sydney
N.S W
Australia
Mas Wlsa Gormley
Liem
To Check Constipation Get at Its Cause Kellogg's All bran
An old advice piece urges addressing constipation by increasing bulk in the diet. It promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily breakfast cereal to aid regularity, highlighting water intake and bulk as key factors. The ad notes Kellogg's is produced in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Post Killed by Grape Seed In Anarreon Tale
A fragmentary report cites Pliny naming Anarreon the Iveie piel of Greece as the victim killed by a grape seed in a strange accident. The source offers a mythic tone with limited surviving details.
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Anarreon
Greece
Wages Paid on Penn Turnpike Reach 264,476
Fragmented OCR text notes payments of 264,476 in wages for workers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike project. It mentions contractors, tunnel work, expected labor totals, and fund allocations including labor and materials. Strong entities include Pennsylvan ia Turnpike Commission and associated labor figures. The document references 16,000 potential workers and up to 6,000 in eight tunnels with detailed cost breakdowns and public assistance context.
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Walter A
Jaws
Howe
Skillid Jelor
Afonp
India
Uiese
Othey
ABY Powisiiimney
Wier Mit Jute Srading Oil Ciaimage
Mintel Ea
Jas Sonnls
Chaerswin Jj
Enpinetrs
Jenat
PWS
Turnpike Commission
Aml Sngirllers
Pennssylvania Department of Public Assistance
Uhage
Uo Pwa
Sloth Description Sparks Curiosity in Odd Terms
A quirky note compares the sloth to reptiles and other traits, describing it as a queer mammal with upside down characteristics, and calls it almost something unusual in a playful, if unclear, description.
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Wellsboro
Floyd W. Reeves
University of Chicago
American Youth Commission
American Council On Education
Reeves
Crystal Ice & Coal Co
Maple Ave
Dial
Pena
United Press
Aleutian Islands
Member
Federal Reserve System
the Bank
State Bar Ass'n TO
Marhisburg
Monenoteil
General Assembly
Sputnys
Willy Royenbie
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Willum
Kaimanvel
Howard J
Sheen
Corey
R. L. Wagner
Evenjeg Prayel
Willa
Jesus
Congregation Blanding Glesing
Veyse Rey
Haines
Otn Ai
New Yorke
Eric
New York
Erie
Erie Ticket Agent
Railroa
Penna Turnpike
Ralph Hixson
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