Erosion control plans approved by Black Lick Soil District
Supervisors G H McCall H M Brown J R Smith J A Stephens Jr and J S Gortiett met with the district conservationist and county agent to review plans for 2487 acres across ten farms. Eleven farm plans were approved since operations began and thirty thousand trees will be planted in April on twenty five acres.
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Black Lick
CCC
John R. Smith
Penn Run
James Cornell
Blairsville
John H. Stephens, Jr. Cramer
R. V. McNutt
Census workers face odd hurdles in digging counts
Across cities reporters note enumerators meet strange scenes. Pittsburgh women contend with dogs while seeking ages. in Philadelphia a resident misreads a caller as a tax man. A Manhattan store greenhouse is counted as a farm, and Cincinnati workers report locals paying per person to answer questions.
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New York
Manhattan
Birmingdale’s
59Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Cincinnati
Joseph Timberman
Weather Flood Conditions Reported Across Regions
Weather notes describe heavy flooding impacts in Sheffield Corydon and Russell with three feet on roads and two feet hindering travel. Oil City near flood stage reports within inches of last week’s high. Water levels rising around Bony Creek and the Conemaugh Basin.
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Sheffield
Corydon
Warren
Russell
Oil City
Conemaugh
Witness Says He Was Treated Rough in Democrats Trial
In Harrisburg on April 4 an early defense witness testified he received rough treatment in a grand jury room during the trial of eight Pennsylvania Democrats charged with conspiring to coerce state workers into political contributions. Morgenthaler and Hean denied using threats, saying their 3 and 5 percent plan was inspired by Republican holdovers and past practices.
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Harrisburg
Eigh Democrats
Capitol
Wendell H. Morgenhaler
Dauphin County
Democratic Committee
Earl V. Compton
State Committee
Biberal
Morgenthaler
Compton
Pennsylvania
Wendell H. Morgenthaler
Dauphin County Democratic Committee
Frank R. Hean
Pardon Board
Morgenthafer
Hean
Capitol Hill
Earlé
Homer Kreider
Earle V. Compton
Democratic
David L. Lawrence
Ralph M. Bashore
Floods Continue as Susquehanna Recedes in Pennsylvania
The Susquehanna basin saw renewed rises from a seven hour rainstorm causing flood scares yet officials expected no new crisis. Towanda and Wilkes-Barre reported river stages near flood levels with gradual easing forecast. extensive damage awaited but unlikely to reach 1936 levels. Relief work, health safeguards, and WPA cleanup mobilized with trucks, pumping gear, and food shipments dispatched to inundated communities.
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Johnstown
French Creek
Cussewago Creek
Meadville
City
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Wilkes- Barre
Towanda
New York Line
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna River
New York State
Wilke
Harrisburg
New York State Line
Roosevelt Highway
North
Susquehanna Valley
Federal
Danville
Sunbury
Red Cross
Nanticoke State Hospital
Federal Surplus Commodies Corporation
American Legion
WPA
Employment Service
Ares
Refugees Return Home as Sunbury Clears Major Block
At Sunbury, most of the 3,500 refugees from a 17,000 population city returned home while schools remained closed.
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Sunbury
Churchill Court reshapes war cabinet and defence
Prime Minister Chamberlain unveils a reshaped wartime leadership placing Churchill as head of Britain’s armed services committee and key roles for Sir John Simon and Sir Kingsley Wood. The move consolidates command over land sea and air forces, with Chamberlain stressing unity and stronger blockade efforts amid the German threat.
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Churchill
Armed Services Committee
John Simon
Sir Kingsley Wood
War Cabinet
Ministry
John
Great Britain
Kingsley
Air Ministry
Home Policy Committee
Sir John
Sir Kingsley
Chamberlain
Dudley Pound
Leslie Burgin
Wagner Act Battle Nears in House
Washington April 4 Two House factions press for Wagner act changes as labor committee proposed enlarging the labor board while the Smith committee urged 17 sweeping reforms including a new board. Debate may hinge on which bill is called first and possible rules committee maneuvering.
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Washington
National Labor Board
House
Labor Committee
Labor Board
Smith
Norton
Rules Committee
Representatives Smith
Dva
Cox
D-Ga
Nurse testifies over mercy death killing of sister
A former nurse Miss Cowan described shooting her sister to end suffering under cross examination. She recalled firing into the floor to ensure the pistol worked and then shooting again to confirm death. She cited belief in euthanasia and said mans law does not count when a soul is tortured.
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James Christine
Republicans Rally In Wisconsin Amid Urban, Term Debate
Republican leaders hailed stronger GOP support in Wisconsin while Rep Martin of Massachusetts said the Garner vote reflected opposition to a third term. He linked Hoan’s defeat in Milwaukee to a people’s demand for change and noted Fusionists’ Kansas City win as a signal for honest local elections. In Pittsburgh a man claimed he paid three others 2000 for loot, then fled. authorities connected the case to war-era cabinet shifts and German broadcasts of cabinet news foretelling British releases.
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Wisconsin
Rap. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Martin
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Victim found after Mount Hood search ends
Mount Hood Ore April 4 four day search ended with the frozen body of Gerald Herrmann 28 Milwaukie. His companion James Lorentz 19 Oregon City was found earlier frostbitten and exhausted in Paradise Park. Lorentz survived, noting candy rations and severe cold. Herrmann died likely at the 8000 foot level Sunday.
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Mount Hood
Ore
Gerald Herrmann
Milwaukie
Apader Herrmann
James Lorentz
Oregon City
Paradise Park
Herrmann
Lorentz
Mt. ‘Hood
Glacier
Obituary notices for Maggie Jane Marshall and John Todd Stephens
Maggie Jane Marshall died in Baden City West Virginia after a four week illness at 59. She leaves James Marshall husband and children Homer Homer Marshall Mrs J C Wharton Mrs Edwin Lapp and Mrs Everett Hopper along with siblings and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Glade Run Presbyterian Church Dayton with interment in Glade Run Cemetery. John Todd Stephens funeral services conducted at Streams Funeral Home with Rev Harry Burton Boyd officiating. interment at Oakland Cemetery. Surviving Ada Stephens Alice Pleming and Robert Stephens.
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Maggie Jane Marshall
Baden City
W. Va
Loop
Richard McDivitt
James Marshall
Timblin
Liverpool
Grade Run Presbyterian Church
Dayton
J.C. Wharton
Punxsutawney
Homer Marshall
Natrona
Edwin Lapp
Everett Hopper
East Liverpool
Wharton
Glade Run Presbyterian Church
Rev
McIntyre
Glade Run Cemetery
John Todd Stephens
Stephens
Streams Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Goering's threat may signal a decisive Nazi move in war
The column argues Hitler mobilizes all resources for a decisive blow on the Anglo French bloc in the Western theater. Goering’s warning hints at a possible large scale bombing offensive against England if blockade pressures mount. Hitler alone can decide when to strike, potentially delaying until an emergency forces action.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Goering
England
President May Hold Money If Debt Limit Approaches
Washington April 4 Amid economy strains Senator Barkley said President Roosevelt could keep the national debt under 48 billion dollars even if spending tops it by ordering departments not to spend portions of appropriations. He noted this approach has been used in the past to avoid raising the debt limit or taxes. The discussion coincides with requests for a 600 million dollar boost in the WPA fund as House committees address relief needs and military and trade bills proceed.
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Chamberlain
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Conservative Party Council
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Britain
Great Britain
Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
House
WPA
Harrington
Rep. Cochran
War Department
Senate
Harbora Projecta Ave
Thomas
D-Okia
Panama Carel
Goering hints at a coming Blitzkrieg in Europe
The article argues a major land or air offensive could turn Western Europe into a flaming hell and that Germany faces a growing economic siege from Allied blockades. It notes Hitler is on the defensive at sea and in neutrals diplomacy, while the Reich fights to secure supply lines or risk a slow, desperate defeat.
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Western
Europe
Goering
Chamberlain
Huse of Commons
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Alps
Reich
Church Gift To Shady Side Presbyterian 100000
A $100,000 gift is bequeathed to Shady Side Presbyterian Church Pittsburgh in the will of Mrs. Susan Lee Hunt of Miami Beach Florida. The gift memorializes her mother Susie Pitcairn Crabbe of Pittsburgh. Mrs Hunt died March 2 in Miami Beach leaving an estate of $500,000.
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Pittsburgh
Shadyside
Hill music to woo voters in O Daniel bid
Austin April 4. Gov W Lee O Daniel announces second term bid using hillbilly song and the Ten Commandments as rallying cry. He favors a one per cent transactions tax plan to raise about 60 million dollars for old age pensions and social security obligations. The plan mirrors 1938 campaign tactics and tax proposals despite past legislative rejection.
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Pennsylvania to crown drummer boy champion in Harrisburg
Harrisburg hosts the state drum competition April 26 and 27 with 40 schoolboy entrants under the Pennsylvania Music and Forensic League. Evans City’s Hamilton Witter is the former champ seeking another title.
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TUB Thumpers
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Drummer Boy
Pennsylvania Music and Forensic League
Hamilton Witter
Evans City
Stock Market Ticker Snapshot from a Turbulent Session
The page lists a dense roster of tickers with mixed results including Pure Oil 10 percent and Reynolds Tob 42 percent among many others. Major names like United Aircraft Westinghouse and General Motors appear amid a volley of percentage changes and price points.
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Pure Oil
Radio Corp of Am TY ‘Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Pacifie Ld
Sperry Corp
Sid Brandsvar
Cal
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Wy Texas Corp
Timken Roll
United Aircraft
United Corpse
United Gas Imp
US Indus Alco
US Steel
Maryland
Aly West Union Tel
West el
Miggs Woolworth
Gen Motors
Gen
Greyhound Corp
Hard-Walker
Hershey
Chee Hudson Motor
Interlake
Iran
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Mougan Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow
Bt Bay
Central RR
North Amer Co
Parkard Motor
Ate
Penn RR
Phila Read
Aon
Jay al Chen
Tedid
Anatouda AO Atch T and § F Bil Aul Refining
Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Beth Steel Pt
Briges
Budd
Burr
Adison
du Pont de Nely Bastianic
Guffey Proposes Bill to Ban Interstate Milk Shipments
Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania proposes a new law to outlaw interstate milk shipments designed to evade state milk regulation. He argues current state controls fail producers as dealers buy milk in looser markets and sell into stricter states at suppressed prices, with imports from lax sanitary regions undercutting local quality standards.
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Washington
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
Gufffey
Milk Control Board
Canada weighs future Governor General amid wartime secrecy
Lord Tweedsmuir's impending term prompts talk of a successor from aristocracy. The Earl of Athlone is named as a suitable option with approval from King and Canada. Wartime travel secrecy delays sailing dates for the Governor General and Princess Alice. Conant urges rapid U.S. entry to aid the Allies and argues bold actions defend Canada’s sovereignty against German aims.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Mackenzie King
Lore Tweedsmuir
Earl of
Princess Alice
Gvent Victoria
Market Headlines from Pittsburgh and Chicago Markets
Markets report moderate demand for produce in Pittsburgh with steady apples and various price quotes for different apple varieties and potatoes. Chicago wheat prices edge higher on dry weather, with corn also up slightly. In Pittsburgh livestock, hogs and cattle are steady, with calves and sheep showing modest gains and overall stable price ranges.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Virginia
Maine
Chicago
College Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy and warmer today with thundershowers late in the afternoon. Cooler tomorrow with a reading around 48 to 80 degrees. Relative humidity near 69 percent and barometric pressure about 29.21 inches.
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College
World's Tonic Praised By Thousands In Testimonial
Edna Klander of Johnstown says she felt out of condition due to constipation and breathlessness until using World's Tonic. She reports quick improvement in constipation and kidney discomfort. The ad touts a blended tonic from a modern laboratory with extensive testimonials.
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Edna Klander
Johnstown
Pas
Alkelings
Widmann
Teah
Denny Houck
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M. O. Skinner
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Porter
Frank C. Justice
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Arnghong Township
Alice Pleming
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Armstrong Township
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