Conemaugh Flood Control Receives $7.875 Million Allocation
Senate subcommittee approves a record 81,067,000 for waterside projects in the new fiscal year. Pennsylvania gains 16.2646 million for flood control including Conemaugh River reservoir and New York, New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia works share funding for locks and channels. Conferees will reconcile House and Senate figures before presidential action.
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House
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Ohio River
Monongahelia River
Sunbury
Williamsport
York
Loyal-Hanna
Youghiogheny
Johnstown
Conemaugh River
Punxsutawney
East Branch Clarion River
Latrobe
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Steam heat rate hike filed for Harrisburg Wilkes-Barre
The Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. filed new steam heat rates with the Public Utility Commission, raising charges in Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre effective June 1. Rates vary by tier and location, with top lines of $1.10 per 1000 pounds in Harrisburg and $1.10 in Wilkes-Barre for initial usage, then stepping down by tiers. The firm also withdrew its rate schedules for Wilkes-Barre residences and commercial/industrial services. A separate note mentions a patent for new underwater television imaging apparatus.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Allentown
Public Utility Commission
Wilkes- Barre
Harrisburg—General Service
Wilkes-Barre
Hair Shirt Plan Made In China
Tokyo reports Japan will attempt to produce clothing from horse and ox hair. Niigata officials urge schoolchildren and farmers to collect shed hair. A horse sheds about two and a half pounds late winter. Thirteen pounds of hair can make a suit.
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Tokyo
Niigata
Japan
Chaplain Shot Not Stabbed at Sugamo Prison
TOKYO April 7 Army investigators report Capt. John Ryan of Albany New York Catholic Chaplain of Sugamo prison was shot to death Monday night not stabbed. A small calibre bullet entered his left lung at close range. No suspect or motive identified.
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Tokyo
John Ryan
Albany
Sugamo Prison
Cuba Frogs Leg Export Venture Goes To Market
Cuba aims to export frog legs as a new product with a kick in markets, but high tobacco prices hurt supply. 1045 exports valued at $100,000 noted, with Cannibalism quip about frogs and Cuban consumption in cities.
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Washington
Cuba
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Joseph L. Martinez
Havana
Charles Hernandez
Charles Frogs
Martinez
Seek Slayer of Attractive Nurse At Military School
Investigators probed the death of Mrs. Fred W. Lewis at Bolles Military School in Jacksonville Florida. The 37 year old nurse was found beaten and burned in her infirmary quarters with a fatal blow to the head and a three inch gash over the right eye. Firefighters found her body under a mattress after extinguishing a blaze. Her husband, a traveling salesman for a beauty shop supplier in Atlanta, could not be located. Mrs Lewis a former Anna E Radcliffe of St Michaels Maryland was a niece of ex senator George Radcliffe. Investigators planned tests to determine if the death included rape.
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R. Y. Thomas
Atlanta
Mark Bradley
Lewis
Anna E. Radcliffe
St. Michaels
United States
George Radcliffe
Claim 600000 Tons of Steel Lost to Coal Strike
The Iron Age reports around 600000 tons of steel will have gone to waste by week’s end due to the coal strike. It notes this could cover a third of Marshall Plan first year needs and warns ERP will seek steel from the country’s consumer, with capacity at about 80 percent and likely dropping below 70 if mines stay idle.
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New York
Iron Age
Local Social Notes From Pittelurgh and Nearby Towns
Marchand News reports visiting relatives across Pittsburgh area with extended family gatherings. Families including Horan Hicks Cramer Lemmon Edwards Work Richie Richardson Colbert Beck Sprankle and others are noted visiting, hosting, or moving, with illness and extended family events mentioned.
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Marchand News
Robert Horan
Patty
John Sabol
Pittelurgh
Elmer Horton
Roy Hicks
C. L. Cramer
New Kensington
George Hicks
John Lemmon
Richmond
Iddo Lewis
Edwards
Walter Work
George Richie
Marion Center
R. D
L. M. Bartholomew
John Richardson
Juneau
Sharnetts Chambers
Beaver
Elmer
Josephia
Daniel Kinter
Local visitors noted in Connellsville and Dubois
Fragmentary report records son Frank dt and another business visit in Connellsville on Saturday. DuBois is listed among recent visitors and Mrs Lucille Wineberg employed there spent the week at home. A statistical note mentions a railroad statistic per 4,508 units, with references to Mr and Mrs Frank Knout and their son.
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Frank Dt
Connellsville
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