From Miners to Collegiates A Coal Industry Program
In central Pennsylvania coal companies fund a three year summer college program at St Francis College for 57 miners aged 18 to 39. The effort aims to recruit educated youths, blend textbooks with mining tasks, and prepare them for technical or supervisory roles within the industry while promoting free enterprise values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Sfase
NEA
Johnstown
Dad
Rothers
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Charles O'Neill
St. Francis College
Pennsylvania
Sheares M. Schwab
Operators’ Association
College Soda
Longevity Congress Proposes Nine Longevity Rules
Doctors from seven nations at a Vittel congress issue nine rules for a long life. Key points urge heart exams after 50, post illness checkups, a trusted family doctor, mental happiness, sustained work to 50, and avoiding reliance on air changes or luck. The panel favors Western adaptation of Oriental serenity for well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schilling
International News Service
Paris
Vittel
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Five Dollar Bite
John L. MacDonald of Yarmouth pulled a painful tooth then swallowed whiskey to ease the pain. He also paid a $5 fine in Barnstable District Court for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnstable
Mass
John L. MacDonald
Yarmouth
MacDonald
Lions Club Opens Barbershop in Allerton
Allerton residents will soon enjoy a new barber shop built by the Allerton Lions Club. After ten years without a barber the village gains a complete shop with hot and cold running water. The piece also notes a chickadee’s upside down perch, a lighthearted local touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allerton, Ill
Allerton
Allerton Lions Club
Guatemala Bugs Threaten Mexico Border
Locust swarms from Guatemala threaten Mexican border towns near Tapachula where the Suichate River forms the boundary. Small groups have arrived in Mexico prompting government action to protect coffee, sugar and cotton crops. Jeeps flame throwers and insecticide are being mobilized. Winter auto maintenance note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Central America
Guatemala
Tapachula
Suichate
Sma
Mexico
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Nastic
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Longevity Congress
North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
Lillian Andrews Crouch
Hugh R. Crouch
Florence W. Allen
High Point Municipal
BREA
McClure
Mas. W.M. Linesorcer
Mary Ruth Connor
Fommy
Clarllee
Blanket Club
Harllee’s
American Woolen Company
Chatham Woolshires
Chatham “Woolshire
Woollshire
Chatham
Magnolia
Lamsdown Blankets
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