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Newspaper
Delta Herald Times
Location
Delta, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
2
The piece argues that although many Americans feel poorer, the nation is not headed for bankruptcy. It notes wages have fallen from 60 to 44 hours, yet many now enjoy comforts and savings. It cites rising home ownership, savings, securities, and modern machinery as signs of lasting vitality amid temporary dip.
A discussion on how waste utilization in farming could add about 1.5 billion dollars annually to farmer income. The piece argues lasting relief lies in efficient product marketing and profitable waste use, noting gains seen when packing houses exploited previously wasted byproducts.
A collage of autumn country imagery with verses on nature and folk wisdom. Pieces describe fresh air, colorful leaves, blue skies, and sunlit hills, interspersed with maxims about effort, money, cooperation, and progress. The piece blends poetry and aphorisms in a single column.
A poetic fragment laments the exhaustions of dictionaries that cannot express the depth of love. The speaker feels disgust with faded words and longs for a term that matches true feeling beyond stored phrases.
In these Dear Colonel letters readers urge tax reductions while noting dangers of reducing essential government services. The piece discusses beer legislation, Volstead Act amendments, and potential presidential action. It cites Hoover Roosevelt discussions on war debts, British stance, and two notable deaths Jay Cooke and Dr T B Pinnegan, plus a Manchurian massacre report used for propaganda.
Plan tree planting for land unprofitable for crops. Orders should be placed for seedlings. Evergreens for Christmas trees and timber. locusts for posts. ash tulip poplar and walnut for timber. Mulch strawberries with three inches of straw when ground is frozen. Wheat straw preferred. barley buckwheat and oats straw can smother plants.
An article notes a publisher printing a book on cornstalk paper and a town printing a hundred page edition on cornstalk pulp. It discusses feasibility, fiber issues, and potential for rural economic gain and reduced forest demand, with mixed results from testing.
Permission granted for two new American ships to be launched with champagne in a ceremonial display. The note questions the purpose of such ships and how they would be used, as reflected in the Richmond Times Dispatch commentary.
In every town there are people who resist change and hinder development. Underestimating the strength of the pullbacks can doom worthy projects for the home town. Builders must face obstacles and keep up steady efforts to advance growth and progress.
Pennsylvania State College offers winter short courses in agriculture from January 5 to March 2, 1933, for farm boys unable to attend college long terms. First four weeks cover animal diseases, dairy feeding, forestry, machinery, management, slaughtering, poultry, soil fertility, gardening, and more. Second half adds cereals, cow testing, forestry, plant diseases, potatoes, rural life, and advanced dairy and poultry topics.
The Delta Herald Times seeks readers to report life events such as marriages divorces separations domestic incidents weddings business ventures disappearances retirements and other notable personal milestones. Send details to the Delta Herald Times for publication.
Motor vehicle operators reported 26 359 accidents in ten months with clear weather. There were 1 141 fatal outcomes, 17 437 non fatal injuries, and 7 781 property damage only incidents, per the Bureau of High Patrol and Safety.
Donations surge for the York County Tuberculosis Society Christmas Seals campaign. Funds finance child health efforts including school tests for tuberculosis and prevention work, with mail only contributions and no door to door solicitation.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for Senior Bricklayer and Bricklayer with year salaries 1860 and 1680 respectively, Senior Stonemason and Stoneman at 1860 and 1680, plus Principal Architect Hospital and Statistician Medical Social Service at higher rates. Deductions for furlough and retirement apply. Information from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Commission.
The fragment urges readers to subscribe to the town paper for themselves and their families. It suggests paying in advance to ensure a "happy winter" and supports the printer, reflecting a historic plea for readership and financial support.
State highway patrolmen made 3 618 arrests in October for vehicle code violations. Among those, 118 were truck drivers and 18 bus operators charged with speeding. There were 251 arrests for operation of trucks over weight limits and eight for trucks exceeding length and width.
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