War tax exemption for state shipments and telegraphs
The Pennsylvania State Government is not required to pay a war tax on shipments of state property by freight or express nor on telephone or telegraph messages for state business paid by the commonwealth. Deputy Attorney General William M. Hargest cites federal immunity for state governments and notes the taxation exemption applies to bills of lading and state communications between departments performing governmental duties.
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Pennsylvania
Samuel B. Rambo
William M. Hargest
Capitol
Hargest
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Government Expenditures See Modest Shifts Across Agencies
The article outlines a near steady overall spending outlook with postal earnings reducing the net by 297,355,164 dollars, leaving total expenditures at 793,419,970. Army and Navy budgets rise modestly to 105,866,850 and 142,619,033 respectively while legislative, executive, and state department salaries see only slight adjustments.
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Treasury
Army
Navy
Congress
Civil Service Commission
State Department
Treasury Department
Timetable waste cut down amid railroad cost saves
Reports claimed railroads would charge one cent for a timetable with slot machines, a denial followed at local ticket offices. Economizing will reduce printed schedules and place boards under watch by clerks. hotels may rent boards, while railroad stations see no change. Enola secretary R H L Barnes resigns to take a new post. replacements unspecified. Slow freight resumed on Pennsylvania lines after a 48 hour halt. traveler's checks resume sale. division engineers named as retirements and appointments emerge. Paris front dispatch notes continued Allied offensive superiority with no eastern front changes. Mrs Catherine Bender of Lemoyne dies at 50, survivors listed. funeral at Lemoyne church.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
J Enola
R. H L. Barnes
Enola
Sunbury
Barnes
Adams Express Company
C. E. Brinser
Camden
N. J
Wildadaad
Walter B. Thompson
John G. Hopkins
Millersburg
Mr. Thompson
William A. Rice
Reading Railway Company
G.W. Sweigert
Philadelphia and
Reading Young Men's Christian Association
Rutherford
Reading
Pardon Board Sessions Forecast Record Attendance
Forty five pardon applications listed for the State Board of Pardons December session along with parole requests and additional business. The gathering includes new cases and continuations from November, plus several commutations and a murder case amid Christmas driven filings.
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State Board of Pardons
E. D. Foster
George H. Biles
J. T. Gephart
Thomas Kane
State Highway Department
American Road Builders’ Congress
Chicago
Palmer-McCormick League
First
Philadelphia
Red Fire
Public Service Commission
Tener
Thomas Milliken
W. H. Enck
Lititz
Philadelphia and Reading
Germantown
Charles E. Pugh
Norristown
West
Farmers’ Institutes
Pennsylvania
A. L. Martin
Fayette County
Westmoreland
Somerset
Lancaster County
Bureau of Statistics
State Water Supply Commission
Samuel G. Dixon
State Commissioner of Health
State Department of Health
Game and Forestry Commissions
Loyalsock
Lycoming
Clinton
Potter
Elizabethville High Names Football Players with E S
At a public meeting in Elizabethville high school there was a turkey supper at the Washington House hosted by James E. Lentz. The team received varsity E s and honored educators ministers and local leaders who congratulated the squad on a balanced season of four wins four losses and two ties.
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Elizabethville
This Place
Washington House
James E. Lentz
Athletic Association Advisory Board
Lentz
Stella Weaver
Fred Watts
Lebanon Valley College
F. E. Shambaugh
Lykens
Wiconisco
Millersburg
Williamstown
Halifax
Clarence Toole
A. D. Moyer
Irene
Dorothy Lentz
C. M. Weigle
C. C. McLaughlin
Ralph Lehman
Mr. Lentz
Jesse Zeigler
Russel Botts
Clair Hoke
Howard L. Weaver
William A. Gallagher
Clayton Stroup
Frederick Keaffer
Dewey Keaffer
Allen Lentz
Mark I. Uhler
Harry Lenker
Scott A. Weaver
Carolus K. Martyn
Miles V. Miller
Board of
S. H. Knnsely
D. D. Helt
J. H. Lyter
G. W. Botts
H. H. Hassinger
James EF. Lentz
W. L. Stevenson
Deaths and Funerals in West Philadelphia and Nearby
Mrs. Elizabeth Laird 64 widow of Joseph Glover Laird of Philadelphia died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Edgemont. Funeral held this afternoon at her son Robert Laird’s home 5921 Addison St West Philadelphia. Burial Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Mrs. Harriet Emery 57 died Saturday at her son Frank Emery’s home 1506 North Fourth St. Funeral 7:30 pm led by Rev. Edwin Rupp Otterbein United Brethren Church. T M Mauk and Son will route one body to Glen Iron Pa for burial. Mrs. Sarah Ann Lynch 69 widow of George Lynch died at West Fairview home. burial Enola Cemetery this morning. Carl Daniel Harling 19 died at home 1837 Fulton St. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm. burial Prospect Cemetery. Maurice Berger 45 of East 118th St New York died suddenly at Hotel Plaza New York from heart failure.
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Ellsworth Bender
Lemoyne
Bessie
Carrie
Margaret
Catherine
William
Frank
Lester
Philip
Ellsworth
K. B. Keen
Lemoyne United
Elizabeth Laird
Joseph Glover Laird
Philadelphia
C. M. Rogers
Edgemont
Robert Laird
Addison Street
West Philadelphia
Hoover and Son
Neil
Holy Apostles’ Episcopal Church
Mt. Vernon
Harriet Emery
Frank Emery
North Fourth Street
S&s
Edwin Rupp
Otterbein United Brethren Church
T. M. Mauk and Son
Willet
Glen Iron
Sarah Ann Lynch
George Lynch
West Fairview
Enola
Carl Daniel Harling
Edward F. Harling
Fulton Street
Prospect Cemetery
Maurice Berger
East One Hundred and Eighteenth Street
New York
Plaza
Grunden
Kathryn Grunden
Old
Middletown
Lizzie Myers
East Waterstreet
B. Keller
Hagerstown
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Edward Getkins
Pennsylvania
Paoli
Ella Getkins
Harris Street
Harry Nelson Bassler
T. M. Mauk
Son
Wall
Sunbury
Real estate for rent with two eight-room houses
Large lots available to raise chickens. Includes two eight-room houses with bath, electricity, masonry, and range. Located at Bighapize near Steelton. Apply at 7 South Front Street, Steelton.
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Steelton
Steelton Civic Club to Host Christmas Tree for Children
Steelton Civic Club plans a Christmas tree at Trinity Church parish house with toys candy nuts and clothing for needy children. Donations of money toys or clothing may be sent to Mrs Charles Alden or club officers to ensure delivery before Christmas Eve. Tickets for the club course go on sale at Frumin’s jewelry store with a talk by Dr Sonnet at the high school auditorium Friday night.
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Steelton
Santa Claus
Civic Club
Trinity Episcopal Church
Pine Street
Santa
Charles Alden
J. M. Heagy
Robert Rutherford
W. K. Martz
Frumin’s
Steelton Snapshots and Local Notices
Steelton readers see a collection of brief items including a missing teen case for John Benedeck, 16, of 445 Mohn Street, last seen November 27. Also listed are church supper plans, a New Year promenade, a parade involvement by Baldwin Hose Company, arrests for alleged theft from a Cadillac weighing machine, a gambling house arrest at 518 South Third, and visiting locals Hazel Herman Red Lion and Albert Cohen Pottsville with Roy Shelley Dickinson College.
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John Benedeck
Mohn Street
Youn Benedeck
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Benton Catholic Club
Baldwin Hose
Baldwin Hose Company
Harrisburg
Harvey Fortney
Showers Alley
James Smith
Dock Street
Joseph Trombino
Benjamin Lipp
Thomas Muldoon
Steel Company
John Klein
South Front Street
Squire Gardner
Vuja Loncar
Gibb
South Third Street
Peter Vujaklija
Loncar
Steel ton council to act on lighting system
The Steel ton council will decide on proposed lighting changes this December meeting. They aim to replace many arc lamps with 100 candlepower incandescents to improve light distribution and cut costs. Also on the agenda is Waggenbaugh’s snow removal ordinance with Harrisburg Railways Company contributing to costs. Burgess Wigfield’s traffic ordinance seeks cooperation to curb fatal accidents.
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Steelton
Waggenbaugh
Harrisburg Railways Company
Burgess Wigfield
Middletown Wedding At Home Of Peters Likely To Home View
Miss Marian Peters married Charles L P Russell of Philadelphia in a home ceremony performed by Rev Fuller Bergstresser. The couple will reside at 207 Union Street Middletown after February 12 following a honeymoon through the South and West Indies.
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South
West Indies
Union Street
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