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Newspaper
Delta Herald Times
Location
Delta, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
2
A 1932 editorial urges readers to treat Independence Day as a moment of review and rededication. It contrasts superficial fireworks with practiced patriotism, calls for renewing commitment to the ideals of 1776, and warns against lawlessness and corrupting influence while praising noble American figures and universal liberty.
The governor asserts that the people’s need is the Commonwealth’s obligation and demands decisive action from the General Assembly. He rejects laissez faire and urges lawmakers to measure their fitness by duty to the state.
A mixed verse fragment features a troubadour motif and a lovers tale of unrequited love. It contrasts tender yearning with doors closed in scorn, then shifts to aphorisms about life time and love, including a poem about weariness and hopeful desire.
Governor Gifford Pinchot asked the Pennsylvania General Assembly in extraordinary session to approve a 40 million dollar unemployment relief program through next March first. He urged quick action and warned lawmakers against political interference as they weigh debt funding or new taxes while the budget is balanced.
Engineers for Safe Harbor Water Power Corp pursue permanent development of the Observation Site near the Susquehanna River hydroelectric plant. The site, 250 feet above the river, drew thousands for viewing, picnicking, and parking during construction and will serve visitors from across the country and local residents.
A farmer seeks veterinary help for a sick horse. The doctor prescribes an odd remedy, instructing the farmer to blow a powder through a quill toward the horse’s rose before proceeding to treatment. The sequence unfolds with the horse reacting first.
Summary of brief local notes: John Mitchell, 80, dies after a fall from a lock foot bridge. John W Burkina, ex‑English dept head at Claverac College, home on vacation. Samuel Neeper’s horse stolen then traced to Levi Cooper’s crib. Jesse Leathery sells 52 and 46 merino sheep to Butler and Kinsey at $3.50 each. Charles Miller boasts the finest acre of potatoes. Jacob Lee and E. C. Garretson work on Oleofocotens invention. Card if Cardiff resident dies June 26. W. Healy plans rag carpet factory. Cambtia Brick Co. to supply bricks for Highland school. J. H. Stubbs & Son do millwork and lumber. S. Whiteford wins $100 against M&P Railroad over flood damages. Dr. William E. Arthur treats blood poison in arm. Delta school board sets tax rate at 6 and 3 mills for building. A shed fire on Cheatnut Street damages three dwellings near High School but firemen extinguish it.
Twenty five years ago Miss Susie Jones of Whiteford and George Hoffman of Harrisburg married on June 20 officiated by Rev. S W Coe. Mrs. Catherine Hughes, aged 56, is noted in the notice.
A fractured report notes a hit-and-run suspect shifting from past incidents to playing baseball for a prison team. The piece places the individual in a Boston context, linking wrongdoing history with present athletic activity.
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