Marks Beginning of Superhighway Era
Pennsylvania will dedicate a 160 mile western to Harrisburg turnpike with 112 more miles planned to Philadelphia. The four lane road uses seven tunnels and no traffic lights, allowing speeds around 105 mph. Built on old South Penn railroad rights of way, backed by Carnegie and Vanderbilt funds, the project costs 70.05 million dollars financed by 29 million federal grants and 41 million RFC bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Crockett
Western Newspaper Union
Arrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Ohio River
Delaware Tidewater
Midwest
United States
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Juniata River
William Penn
Old
South Penn Railroad
PWA
RFC
Marysville, Landisville and
Broad Top
Pennsylvania Pacific Railroad
South Pennsylvania Railroad
South Penn
William H. Vanderbilt
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River
J. P. Morgan
New
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Appalachian Mountains
Vanderbilt
America
William A. Sutherland
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Congress
South Penn Line
Alleghenies
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bedford Steel
Walter A. Jones
Turnpike Commission
Commission
Japanese Fuel Loophole and Allied Warplane Tactics Revealed
Unpublished government figures show Japan secured low octane U.S. gasoline after a petroleum embargo. Article discusses British need for Flying Fortresses and navy PBY patrol bombers to strike Axis factories and supply lines across Europe and the Mediterranean. It notes U.S. arms and bases talks with Britain and the California plan to disperse a suspected fishing colony linked to espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
U. S
Britain
United States
U. S. Army
Pacific
Berlin
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Army
Navy
The American Home Town Newspaper Speaks
A vintage call to readers declaring the newspaper as a friendly, civic-minded observer of daily life. It vows to chronicle birth to death and intervening events, champions free enterprise and liberty, and asserts loyalty to heritage while praising charitable drives and community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
France
Newspaper Reader Confidence Is Vital to Democracy
An editorial urges readers to support a free press as essential to community strength and national resilience. It warns against encroaching on press freedom, linking throttled media to a suppressed public and a nation unable to learn truth.
Town Editor Helps Jonesville Grow and Unite
Ed Thrasher praises Bill Jenks for reviving Jonesville through community music, a merchant’s club, and park projects. Jenks has chronicled town life for 15 years and now fosters farm outreach, school improvements, and safer highways while addressing taxes and town services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Midville
Bill Jenks
Jonesville
Educator Calls for Expanded Vocational Guidance in Schools
New York report shows only 6 percent of 23 032 public high schools provide full or partial time counselors or vocational guidance officers. Clarence E Lovejoy of Columbia University urges parents to press boards and superintendents to fund and supply educational counseling and career guidance for students and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Clarence E. Lovejoy
Columbia University
Lovejoy
Child Accident Rates Rise in October Says Safety Council
The National Safety Council reports in its 1940 yearbook that October and May have the highest accident frequency among elementary and high school students. Kindergarten shows the lowest risk with six accidents per 100000 student days, causing at least half a day absent or medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh Steel King
Pennsy
American Construction Company
Oliver W. Barnes
Engi
Washington, D. C
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Uncle Sam
State Department
Indo-China
California
Los Angeles
Ty ‘and Democracy
Roy A, Brown
National Editorial Association
Benjamin Franklin
Mark Twain
Orphan Annie
Major Hoople
William Allen White
Peter Zenger
Horace Greeley
James Gordon
Raymond B. Howard
John-E. Stempel
Indiana University
Ed Thrasher
State Highway Commission
Merchant's Club
Courier
George
Liz
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