U.S. Says Pa Trucks Pay Too Much for Road Use
The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads told the Senate that in Pennsylvania trucks up to 2 tons pay $16.20 more per vehicle than roads are worth, while 3 to 5 ton trucks are under taxed by $11.20 each. Passenger cars pay $24.50 in taxes but should pay $26.00, with overall truck overpayment and car underpayment totaling over $3.2 million and $2.19 million respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Pennsylvania
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau
MacDonald
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Kean
New Jersey
Neers
Highway Users Conference of Pennsylvania
Free Highway
Christmas Program at Delta Chapel Sunday School
The Delta Chapel Sunday School held a December 23 program at 7 45 with W J Cowley in charge and Mrs William Walter overseeing the primary department. The event featured recitations songs dialogues exercises and a decorated tree with Rev B W Jones delivering the address and Ruth Spidie as pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Chapel
W. J. Cowley
William Walter
Long
B. W. Jones
Janet Hollas
Ree Paul
Cantler
Junior Die
Billy Murphy
Janet Holland
John Weats
Fre Streett
Wehei
Tas Mac” Gion
Santa
Jackie Dorgan
John Harkins
Billy Fisher
David Galbreath
Adelaide Hawkins
Junior Dick
John Murphy
Eugenia Aspury
Barbara McAbes
Doris Wentz
Flora Streett
Mildred Baker
Lord Jems
Ida Mae Grafton
Alma Morton
Sophia Tobin
Isabel Galbreath
Julia Cowley
Helen Hickey
Louise Jones
Mabel Whiteford
Jean Whiteford
Marian Whiteford
Elinor Cox
Eva Sue Cox
Emma Montgomery
Tanbel Galbreath
Billy Cowley
Mary Gladys Jones
Sera Anna Moore
Erma Kohler
Pauline Clark
Mabela Alles
Charlotte Rigdon
Kathleen Noerr
Eugenia Stubbs
Ruth Spidie
Martha Miller
Bertha Heck
Frances Cox
Angels
Theatres at the Fen Mar Satirizes Hollywood in Lighthearted Style
A breezy spoof exposing studio quirks without real drama. It ridicules Hollywood and its self image, delivering quick laughs about the film world while keeping the tone playful and unserious. The show prizes satire over substance and mocks fame.
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Hollywood
Forbidden Trail at Fireman's Theatre Opens Buck Jones Western
Buck Jones stars in Forbidden Trail a Buck Jones Columbia outdoor action romance arriving January 3 at Fireman's Theatre. Barbara Weeks Mary Carr and Jack LaRue lead as a town editor and criminals amid homesteader conflict with cattle thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen's Theatre
Buck Jones
Columbia
Barbara Weeks
Mary Carr
Jack LaRue
Buck
Buver
Jones
American Madness at Firemen's Theatre January 6 7
The film American Madness arrives at the Firemen's Theatre January 6 and 7 starring Walter Huston Pat O'Brien Constance Cummings and Kay Johnson. The article frames the movie as a dramatic study of a spreading rumor that escalates into mass panic and societal breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Huston
Pat O’brien
Constance Cummings
Kay Johnson
Pat O'Brien
The
Nation
Taxi Boys
An Eye To Business
A humorous quip from the Scotch Professor in Drexel Drexerd style urges students to place odd exam answers in a magazine for two hundred dollars each. The remark hints at satire on publishing schemes and academic integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel Drexerd
New Year Reflections on Rumor and Resolve
Dramatic meditation on how malicious rumors disrupt lives and fortunes at the start of the new year. The piece contrasts desolation with a wish for renewal and a castaway mood, as characters contemplate fresh resolutions and distant scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin Gordon
The Big Broadcast Comes to Pen Mar Theatre
The Big Broadcast opens January 6 and 7 at Pen Mar Theatre. Crosby, Smith, the Boswell Sisters, the Mills Brothers, Cab Calloway, Burns and Allen, Arthur Tracy, Vincent Lopez, Erwin, Hyams star in a romantic comedy set in a radio studio with many radio greats. Crosby plays a radio favorite who misses broadcasts and gets fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen Mar Theatre
Big Crosby
Kate Smith
Boswell Sisters
Mills Brothers
Cab Calloway
Burns Jana Alien
Arthur Tracy
Vincent Lopez
Stuart Erwin
Leila Hyams
Crosby
Miss Hyams
Erwin
Cigar Special and Bargain Prices Sweep Local Store
Local shop highlights a sale of hand made Auer cigars at $1.09 per box of 30 and deep discounts on radio and lamp batteries, washers, motors, anti freeze, and poultry feeds. Heavy emphasis on low prices and limited stock across multiple brands and items.
Hess tonic sales and price list language note
All of Dr Hess products are good and you will find that tonic supplies the minerals lime phosphorus iron etc with all necessary for top production. 1.25 package 1.05 2.00 package 1.65 25 lb. package 2.45 We have a full line of Dr Hess goods.
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Dr. Hess
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Pelta Chapel
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John
Swell Company
Baltimore
Firemen’s Theatre
Best Ladies’ Auxiliary ‘Fire Co
Verree Teasdale
Charles Laughton
Laurel and Hardy
Buck, Jones
Tobin
Delta, Pa
Bell
Pen-Mar
Cardiff
Maryland
Lanra Whitaker
Maasge
Ginger Rogers
Ben Lyon
Sally Eilers
Manhattan
Martin Johnson
Ith
Fox
Jack Oakie
Sidney Fox
Louise Fazenda
Zasu Pitts
Bing Crosby
Radio Land
Tnty XO
Southern Pennsylvania Power Company
Boss
KOW Rare
Prnna
PSP
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