New Federal Reserve Banks Open Across Nation
The twelve Federal Reserve Banks begin operations marking a shift to a flexible currency system backed by commercial paper. The new notes will rise or fall with business, backed by gold reserves in regional banks, and designed to prevent past credit shortages and extreme rate swings.
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United States
Federal Reserve
Hershey Trust Company
National Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
McAdoo
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
Cleveland
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Fashionable Wedding in Zion Lutheran Church Hum melstown
Miss Lillian S. Walton wed Robert T. Fox in Zion Church Hummelstown on November 17 with Rev. D Burt Smith assisting. The ceremony featured a ring rite, receptions at Locust Farm, Loeser’s Orchestra, and over five hundred gifts. The couple, both popular in Hummelstown society, drew guests from New York Philadelphia Washington Hershey and beyond.
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Zion Lutheran Church of
Hummelstown
Lillian S. Walton
Robert T. Fox
D. Burt. Smith
Easton
Zion Church
Herbert S. Garnes
Allen K. Walton
H. D. Walter
Harrisburg
Carol Walton
Miss Walton
Mr. Fox
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Hershey
Rizza
I. Hershey
M. L. Hershey
May Hershey
Margaret Leithiser
Edwin Dearnley
Clayton Snavely
Christmas at Finnegan's Plaza at Central Theatre
A December 17 performance by the Gymnasium Class presents the comedy Christmas at Finnegan's Plaza at the Central Theatre. Miss Bureh directs with a cast including W. D. Goirling Mrs. Everts Mrs. Finnegan Pred. Klinger Director Feese and others. Proceeds benefit club room decorating. show runs about 46 minutes in two acts.
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Central Theater
Finnegan's Plaza
Specialties Highlight Park Theater Tomorrow Night
In addition to the play Claim Ninety Six at the Park Theater tomorrow night in Mghit there will be two fine specialties. First Loraine and Spahr present a proat comedy act and second the famous sextette from Lucia by Deramo Librera and Tallis. They come between acts of the play.
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Park Theater
Mghit
Loraine
Spahr
Rom Lucia
Messrs
Deramo
Librera
Tallis
Hershey Busy on Growth Plans and Local Week Schedule
Hershey progresses with 35 acre factory expansion, new reservoirs, trolley line to Lancaster, and a brick and stone housing project. A 5,000 seat auditorium, new post office, bank building, and school are underway as residents anticipate a lively week of events from Mock Wedding to football and theater, with notable visitors from Steelton A C.
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Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Company
Lancaster County
Hershey Improvement Company
Hershey Store Company
Hershey Trust ,Company
Pennsylvania
M.S. Hershey Consolidated School
Hershey Central Theater
Steelton A. C
Early
Fine Contest Tonight Opens Local Basketball Season
The basketball season starts this evening at the Hershey Men’s Club gym with the local five scheduled to face an unnamed opponent in a home opener.
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Hershey Men’s Club
Mock Wedding to Highlight Seasonal Event at Park Gym
The brightest, merriest event of the season is the Mock Wedding this Thursday in the Park gymnasium. All women are invited though men cannot attend. Guests should bring gifts to decorate YWCA rooms and furnish the kitchenette.
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The
Young Women's Christian Association
Hershey Central Theater
Hershey
Steelton Athletic Club
Young Women’s’ Christian Association
Great Game Saturday at Park Field Penbrook A C Clash
Local eleven prepares to host Penbrook A C in what is billed as the season’s best football clash at Park athletic field. Penbrook earned a strong reputation by beating Bethany in their last outing, seeking revenge after last season’s defeat by the locals. A big crowd is expected.
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Park Athletic Field
Hershey
Penbrook Athletic Club
Hershey Central Theater
Penbrook A. C
Bethany
York County
Penbrook
Olympia Ladies Quartette At Hershey Central Theater
The Olympia Ladies Quartette performs at Hershey Central Theater next Monday night as part of the Hershey Men's Club entertainment series. The act features songs, instrumentals, recitations and playlets, with praise from Chautauquas and Lyceum circuits. The Canton News lauds Miss Cazalia Underwood as a standout singer. other members are skilled on violin, mandolin and piano.
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Hershey Men’s Club
Olympia Ladies Quartette
Hershey Central Theater
Chautauquas
Lyceum
Canton (Co
Cazalia Underwood
Hershey Appeals for Thanksgiving Gifts to Harrisburg Hospital
The Harrisburg Hospital pleads for Thanksgiving donations from Hershey residents. Any gift is welcome but money is especially needed due to full capacity and strained resources. Donations may be sent to the hospital or Mrs. Hershey at Hershey. items may be placed on front porches for afternoon or evening pickup next Monday, Thanksgiving.
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Harrisburg
Hershey
Mra
Hershey to Lancaster by Trolley in Ninety Minutes
Progress on the Hershey to Lancaster trolley line in Lancaster County surpasses prior hopes. The project reaches beyond Elizabethtown, cutting total distance from 49 miles to about 29 and aiming for a 90 minute schedule. J R Kreider and H N Herr push design, rolling stock, and depot integration with the Hershey transit system.
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Hershey
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Harrisburg
J. G. Brill Company
Philadelphia
Westinghouse
J. R. Kreider
H. N. Herr
Herr
Hershey Men’s Club
Hershey Library Sees Member Growth and Book Exchange Rise
Four new members joined the Hershey Free Public Library this week bringing borrowers to 664. About four hundred readers frequented the shelves as 174 volumes were exchanged despite the Consolidated Schools closing for a Teachers Institute. Fiction remains most popular and a Special Shelf of 25 volumes was added to broaden reading.
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Hershey Free Public Library
Teachers’ Institute
Beautiful Chrysanthemums At Jtorshey Mansion Greenshouse
Flower lovers should visit the greenhouse at the Jtorshey Mansion grounds within two weeks to see Chrysanthemum blooms at their height. About 600 blooms are in full display, including several unusually large specimens.
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Jtorshey Mansion
Derry Township Road Crew Repairs Spring Creek Avenue
John K. Zoll, road supervisor, leads men repairing Spring Creek avenue with gutters reopened and road bed placed in first class condition. Other recently repaired streets include Trinidad Park and Cocoa avenues.
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John K. Zoll
Derry Township
Spring Creek Avenue
Trinidad
Park
Cocoa Avenues
Painful Accident at Factory Leaves Man with Laceration
John Shay suffered a deep cut above the left eye when a fellow worker miss swung a sledge during drilling an opening in a stone wall at the factory. The incident occurred on Monday while both men were at work.
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John Shay
Miss Mary Johns Praises Hershey YWCA Leader
Miss Mary Johns Hopper, executive secretary for Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware YWCA, visited Hershey on Sunday praising the association’s building and activities. She highlighted its wartime role in France and its universal membership granting access to all YWCA chapters worldwide. Her recent honor includes election as executive secretary of the Silver Bay Conference.
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Mary Johns Hopper
Young Women’s Christan Assocaton
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Hershey
Association
Park Avenue
Miss Hopper
Bishop Johns
Judge Hopper
Goucher College
Miss Elder
Hershey Association
Hopper
Wilmington
Silver Bay
Lake George
War News Week Two: Audacious Lost and Britain Mobilizes
Across Northern France and the East Front fighting intensifies with uncertain gains. The British battleship Audacious was sunk by a mine with 800 lives saved, while Parliament authorized a massive war loan and troop boost. Germany vows to persist as American aid flows to Belgium.
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France
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Lord Roberts
England
America
Hollinger Weltmer Wed At Reading Ceremony
Miss Isabelle Weltmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Weltmer of Campbelltown married Marry Hollinger of Hershey at Reading on Saturday October 8 They plan a trip to Washington then reside in Lebanon Hollinger is a Spanish American War veteran and employed by the Hershey Transit Company
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Reading
Isabelle Weltmer
Charles Weltmer
Campbelltown
Hollinger
Hershey
Washington
Lebanon
Hershey Transit Company
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Eureka Amateur Players Club
Hershey Park Theater
Hershey Band
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Young Women’s Christian Association
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Choira
Chocolate Avenue
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