Revenue hikes eyed as Congress weighs new excises
Washington April 10 Rival of long list of World War I taxes is described as a logical step toward 3.86 billion dollars in additional revenue. Some House Ways Means members call renewal of such levies a foregone conclusion to finance defense and project a psychological impact on the public. Earlier WWI taxes included freight and passenger transport levies, lighting fixtures, medicines, soft drinks, motion pictures, sporting goods, cameras, chewing gum, firearms, and electric fans. The committee meets Monday in closed session with Treasury officials to decide when hearings begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howe
House
Yeast Means Committee
Phage
Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Blackout OK Pittsburgh Led Mock Bombing Test
April 1947 Pittsburgh, largest steel city, staged a voluntary blackout in a mock bombing drill. Six Army Air Corps planes simulated incendiary strikes over the Golden Triangle while lights dimmed citywide. No real damage, traffic accidents, or crimes reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Army Air Corps
William Merrill
Allegheny County
Golden Triangle
Andrew Carnegie
Merrill
Greece Faces Allied Stand as Axis Pressures Rise
Reports describe German drive through Yugoslavia and Thrace with Bulgaria seeking an Aegean corridor. Greece endures intense fighting in northern regions while King George II appoints Kostas Kotzias to form a new government amid questions over Metaxas successor.
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Rome
Athens
Cairo
Germany
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Berlin
Britain
New York
Thrace
Macedonia
Morava
Serbia
Bulgaria
Aegean
Yugoslavia
Greece
Korizis
John Metaxas
Borizis
Stefani
Istanbul
Korizia
Athena News Pelicy
George I
Kostas
Kotzias
Hospital Strike Sparks Court Injunction Amid Negotiations
A court injunction bars striking hospital workers from picketing and restrains actions encouraging entry to the hospital, amid a dispute over union recognition. West Penn Hospital contends it is state-related. a hearing on permanency is set. Union claims the walkout targets kitchen and service staff, with emergency staffing kept for 500 patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
West Penn Hospital
John H. Donnelly
H. M. Eichenlaub
Patterson
Kanes
Governor James backs compromise talks for quick end to session
Harrisburg April 19 Governor James said he has no doubt lawmakers will seek him soon and a final adjournment of the 1941 session could occur in four to five weeks. He defended a hands off stance, urged acting for the people, and reiterated he has no political ambition. The piece notes Democratic majorities, Republican Senate stalemate, and plans for defense labor shifts, state budget issues, and public assistance changes as part of a broader legislative cycle.
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Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Promise Holly
James
Samea
Pitt
Senate
House
Commonwealth
Assete
Apecetary
Sohai
Northesatern Pou Wai
Rossiter pupil wins award at special assembly
Sophie Roy of the Rossiter High School Junior class received third prize in a local B P O E essay contest. She was awarded a certificate and a $15 check by W F Smith of Punxsutawney. Principal J M Cassel introduced the program, Pan American Day activities followed, Alumni Day events, and a College auditorium concert by Sam my Bruno and His Orchestra ended the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossiter High School
Sophie Roy
Punxsutawney
Miss Roy
W. F. Smith
Smith
America
J. M. Cassel
May Strachan
Charles Nelson
Josephine Alessi
Simon Bolivar
Frances Hutchinson
Jane Lewis
Margaret Nagy
Americas
New York-New Jersey
Indiana
Dr. King
Union
College
Recreation Hall
Sammy Bruno
Alumni address with tenor numbers and organ project
Alumni members heard a program including John Long on tenor with Clarence Ebner on piano performing The Swan Bent Low and A Maid Sings Light by MacDowell and It is Night by Black. Miss Vera Simpson presented the Alumni organ project with Faculty member Mrs Mary participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long
Clarence Ebner
MacDowell
Black
Vera Simpson
Mary
On The Side by E V Darling and London dog tale
A playful column blends verse memories and a heroic dog story from wartime London. Rex the collie survives six weeks buried under wreckage and is found by his master William Humphries, then nurses back to running. The piece also notes the 366 Club in New York offering bachelor members over 25 who vow not to marry for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Themistocles
London
Rex
William Humphries
Bill
New York
Good Nursing Needed in Transplanting Plants
The article gives basic garden transplanting tips for all seasons. It emphasizes careful planting, soaking roots, shading new transplants, trimming tops to balance root loss, and mixing balanced plant food into the soil. It advises proper spacing, watering, and quick incorporation of earth for best growth.
Modern gossip and theater notes from a Chicago store column
A brisk collage of social observations and showbiz chatter. The piece jokes about bachelor council on marriage, Reynolds the correspondent, bomber pilots, coffee tastings, and Hollywood vamp revival. It also notes fashion shows, a spoof on Hitler and Churchill, and profiles Kay Fears Meg Mundy and other rising stars.
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Quentin. Reynolds
London
Canada
Sweden
New Yorker
Adlon Hotel
Berlin
Vienna
Hampshire House
New York City
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
Hollywood
Theda Baras
Flm
Chicago
Stock Market Detailed List of Major Companies
A dense rundown of prominent corporations across industries including air reduction chemicals oil refining steel autos railroads and consumer goods. The compilation names Am Can Am and For Pow Am Rad Am Tel Am Tob Anaconda Atch T and other heavy hitters such as United Airlines Edison Consol Oil Curtiss-Wright Dupont Eastman Kodak Gen Motors General Electric Boeing and Bethlehem Steel along with retail Distributors like Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St S. Am
Bald Loco Ct Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Budd Mtg
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Coas Edison
Consol Oil
Curtiss-Wright del Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont del Eastman Kodak
el Auto-Lite Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Johns-Manville Kennecott
Cop Kresge
Lehigh Val Coal Lehigh Val RR
Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat
NJ Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Param Pictures
Penn RR Pub Five NJ Pullman Pure Ol Radio Corp of An
Repab Steel Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Community social notes from Cherryhill area
Cherryhill residents Mr and Mrs Calvert and daughter Mary Beth of Johnstown visited friends on Wednesday. Miss Twila Engle spent an evening with Elva and Gertude Gray of Barnesboro. A large crowd attended the Lutheran Church community sing at Cookport Sunday. The next sing will be at Steffy Chapel near Smithport on the second Sunday in May. Joseph and Charles Askins of Pittsburgh were guests in the John Engle home on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Bryce Myers of Hedlwood called in Cherryhill Friday.
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Wooaree Calvert
Mary Beth
Johnstown
Twila Engle
Elva
Gertrude Gray
Barnesboro
R. D
Cookport
Steffy Chapel
Smithport
Joseph
Charles Askins
Pittsburgh
John Engle
Bryce Myers
Hedlwood
Cherryhill
College Music Program in Auditorium Tonight by College Choirs
An evening program directed by Miss Mary Muley and Dr Arthur Pion features the Junior Choir men’s Glee Club and various college ensembles. The service includes hymns, readings, and congregational pieces led by conductors James M. Ramsey, Mary H. Muldowney, and others with orchestral and organ accompaniment.
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College
Hai Men's Glee Club
An ' Fey
Niger
Miss Mary
Muley
Indiana
Arthur Pion
Kenneth Setey Wan
Dittervdorf— College
Pearl R. Reed
Qevceneia Arciee
Plott
Mise Augot
M.borge
Palesteitias
Skye
Roberton
Country
Hichberg
James M. Ramsey
Samuel Campagna
Kenneth F. Estey
Bone Jesu
Palastrina
Tacheikowsky
Spohr— College
James M. Ramey
Edwin Gamble
Macfarlane
Ingegner
Lord
Burleigh
Mary H. Muldowney
Frances Sharp
Arthur J. Pfohl
D. D
Social Roundup From Kent and Nearby Towns
Kent and Indiana visitors call on Miss Jennie McIntyre while the Blakely family moves to Britton Farm near Edgewood. Elsie McKee returns home after weeks with Uncle Jos Ferguson of Selisburg. John Kunkle family visits Kunkle farm. Kittanning Presbyterian Missionary Society meets in Rural Valley with Jacksonville Society members. Miss Jennie McIntyre and Mrs. Belle Lowman visit Miss Golda Lowman at Kiski. A note mentions a contentious case with a Centre County Court report hoped for by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Davison
Indiana
Charles Blake
Betty Jean
Jennie McIntyre
Robert Blakely
Britton Farm
Edgewood
Miza Elsie McKee
Jos. Ferguson
Selisburg
John Kunkle
Jo Ann
Kunkle Farm
Kittanning Women's Presbyterian Missionary Society
Rural Valley
Obituary Notices of Bethel Conrad and Kin in Blairsville
Obituary notices report JOHN ANDERSON BETHEL died at his daughter's Blairsville home. Funeral 2:30 p m Sunday at Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale. Burial in Thompson Cemetery. Also MRS MINNIE CONRAD died in Big Run from heart condition. Funeral 3:00 p m at her residence and interment in McClura Cemetery. Survivors listed include children and grandchildren.
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Raleigh Funeral Home
Hillsdale
Thompson Cemetery
Rex Brickell
John Anderson Botrel
Cressie Woolweaver
First Avenue
Blairsville
Armstrong Township
Indiana County
Mr. Bothel
William and Mary (Anderson) Bothal
Minnie Conrad
Big Run
Henry P. Henneman
Henderson Township
Jefwrson County
Samuel Conrad
Christian Church
The
Dames of
Malta
Pythian Sisterhood
Ore
Olen Conrad
California
Riva Wolfe
James Conrad
Ernest
Davi Eugene
Loulee Conrad
Clymer
Song
Edward Henneman
Opell
Ella
Mire Eisabeth Trithart
Emma Wayne
Heynoldayilie
R. Band Mra
Arirona
Guadsy
McClura Cemetery
Pennsylvania road program drives $2.6 million contract burst
Harrisburg notes reveal the Department of Highways pushed a 2.6 million dollar contract for road building as bids for more than 2 million were reviewed. Secretary Hughes said 91 highway jobs were contracted and 9 spokesmen cited field needs while 4.12 miles of Route 40 in Fayette County awaited bids upon re advertisement.
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Harriburg
Twa
Dolly Bodwt
I. Lamont Hughes
Department
T.C. Frame
Fayette County
Wharton
Union Township
Frame
Hughes
Hughes Aaid
Lincoln Highway
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Murrysville
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
Cashtown Hill
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Tulsa, Okla, Tribune
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James Roosevelt
Schneider
Meg Mundy
Manhattan
Meg
Ellen Drew
Veronica Lake
Eve Arden
Ann Doran
Lutki—College Choir
Larghatta
Hendel— College String Quartet
Kent
Centre County Court
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Christian Church of Indiana
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Wilhelm) Bethel
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