Madrid to Toledo Road Reveals Spain’s Pace and Plowed Fields
Travel writing notes a motor trip from Madrid to Toledo along a broad Castilian plain. The article observes intensive farming with barley, wheat, vegetables, olives, almonds, and vineyards, showing Spain melding old and new as mechanization edges in. Farmers continue plowing at twilight, while motor vehicles pass mule carts and oxen teams on the main highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Toledo
Toledo Road
Castillan Plain
Tax exemption rules for possessions advance March 15 deadline
The Nation notes to remember tax rules from the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Some U S workers in possessions like the Philippines Panama Canal Zone Puerto Rico Guam Wake Midway etc may be exempt from U S taxes on earnings there but the Virgin Islands Alaska Hawaii and other territories are treated differently. Officers may benefit while enlisted pay remains largely tax free. questions should go to the local IRS office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY James Marlow Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Philippines
Panama Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Guam
Pribilot Islands
Bering Sea
Caribbean Sea
Navassa
Serranilla
Swan
Pacific
Wake Midway
Peale
Wilkes
Sand
American Samoa
Manua
Swalns
Tutia
Baker
Howland
Jarvis
Johnston
Kingman Reef
Virgin Islands
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
French Frigate Shoal
Ocean
Kure Island
Palmyra Island
U. S
China
Japan
Ike General Wainwright
Internal Revenue
Whale in San Francisco Bay Chases Water Taxi Near Gate
In San Francisco Bay a whale gave chase to a water taxi near the Golden Gate. Winton C. Edwards spotted the whale and helped guide the Coast Guard and Swift II away from danger. The whale, dubbed Swift II by waterfront workers, reportedly showed a friendly streak in the busy waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Swift I
San Francisco Bay
Winton C. Edwards
Edwards
Coast Guard
Swift
Switt II
Martin Holds State Makers Up Decision on Senate Draft
Harrisburg January 3 Republican leaders pressed Governor Martin to run for the U.S. Senate as petitions from 64 counties were presented. Martin, undecided, said he would act soon and back a slate if he runs. He avoided naming a possible running mate and noted his party commitment. Lancaster Amvets urge Colonel Daniel B. Strickler, WW II veteran, for governor on a non political basis, seeking cross party endorsement for ex servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Martin
U.S
M. Warvey Taylor
Taylor
John C. Bell
G. Harold Watkins
Gov. Martin
United States Senate
Commonwealth
Clarion
Delaware
Forest
Lincoln
Lancaster
Lancaster Post
Amvets
Daniel B. Strickler
Sale Strickler
Post
J. W. Shupp
Last Year's Fairs Largest In History
Reading Pennsylvania report shows sixty five county fairs in 1945 earned over one million dollars from all sources, totaling 1,059,757, a new high after 1,017,622 in 1937. Attendance reached 1,606,983, premiums 95,393 with state payments 40,043. second million-year on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs
Charles W. Sweyer
Department of Agriculture
One Baby Burns To Death One Saved In Edna Fire
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a mother and two children were in an eight room Edna No. 1 home when a fire broke out. Neighbors pulled 1 month old James Reginald Kemp from the kitchen but Ronald George Kemp, four months old, died in the flames. Coroner Albert McMurray said origin is unknown and the mother Bernice Kemp and her son Clarence Eugene, three, were shopping nearby when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Edna
James Reginald Kemp
Ronald George Kemp
Albert McMurray
Bernice Kemp
Clarence Eugene
Draft Violators Are Sentenced In Federal Court
Pittsburgh news reports two men, Charles West of Buller and Willard Auld of Arnold, were sentenced in federal court for draft violations. West received four months for failing to report a change of address and was placed on parole for failing to report for induction and return a questionnaire. Auld received three months for failing to report an address change and was placed on probation for two years for failing to report for induction. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Charles West
Buller
Willard Andrew Auld
Arnold
Vets Out At State Can Go Elsewhere
Harrisburg reports education hungry ex G I s turned down at the Pennsylvania State College due to facilities shortage can now use 2 981 current openings at other colleges and institutions in the state for the fall term 5 439 excluding teachers colleges. The plan lists many colleges with enrollment figures and notes resident facilities available at about half these openings. The program aims to utilize all college facilities to meet veterans GI Bill education demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State College
Francis B. Haas
Gates
Albright College
Allegheny College
Bryn Mawr
Bucknell
Cedar Crest
Misericordia
Dickinson
Elizabethtown
Geneva
Gettysburg
Route 22 Improvement Plan Worth $10 Million
Harrisburg officials announced a $10 million project for U S Route 22 the Williams Penn Highway with bids due within 60 days. The plan includes 21 69 miles of four lane roadwork plus new bridge at Huntingdon to span the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Tiuniata River connecting Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John A. Shroyer
Commonwealth
Shroyer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Clark’s Ferry Bridge
Dauphin County
Mount Union
Huntingdon County
Huntingdon
New Alexandria
Blairsville
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Butter Price Ceiling Sparks Public Frustration
Butter vanishes from Indiana markets as price ceilings curb production and distribution. The OPA denies seeking higher prices while critics blame controls for shortages and inflation, warning of a tightening cycle that harms consumers and retailers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiantown Gap Separation Center
Pfe
John Z. Thompson
Clymer
OPA
Gov Martin Sets Execution Date
Harrisburg January 31. Governor Martin fixed the week beginning March 1 25 as the execution dates for two Williamsport men sentenced to death in the slaying of Joseph Campbell a 72 year old retired Erie businessman last August 5. William Pepperman 28 and John Darius West 27 were charged with fatally beating Campbell at his home on the outskirts of Erie. The body was found tied in a chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Martin
Williamsport Mayen
Joseph ‘Campbell
Erie
William Pepperman
John Darius West
Campbell
War era personnel list includes many names and addresses
The Gazette Classified runs a long roster of soldiers and sailors with ranks and hometowns from Homer City Blairsville Blairsville Indiana Blairsville Blairsville Blairsville Cherry Tree Avonmore Saltsburg Bainbridge and other places. It notes assignments at Camp Atterbury Fort Knox Bainbridge Maryland and Navy listing F 1 C Joseph Glovack and GM 3 C William F McCully among others.
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Dwight A. St. Clair
Elm St
Homer City
Anthony Kaito
Iselin
Floyd C. Griffith
Rochester Mills
Charles Piscevich, Jr. McIntyre
Alvin J. Akins
Market St
Blairsville
Victor Augaies
Water St
Indiana
James J. Conner
Jefferson St. Clymer
Camp Atterbury
Richard B. Cessna
Glen Campbell
Albert A. Fortunato
S. Spring St
Dale W. Green
Penn Run
Charles A. Leamer
Jose R. D
Philp R. Gasbarro
Lester R. Hancock
Shelocta
Jack R. Kerr
R. D
George L Chick
Spring St
Fort Knox
Raymond A. Rager
Bisirsie RD
John J. Dominick
Dixonile
Leonard W. Elder
Bainbridge
Navy
Joseph Glovack
Dilltown
William F. McCully
Infana
Pa Power & Light workers set Feb. strike date
About 42,000 members of the Utility Workers of America will strike at 1 a.m. February 9 to protest the NLRB election naming the Employes Independent Association as bargaining agent for PPL employees. The strike affects PPL’s 4,600 workers in 28 counties and seeks to challenge the election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Utility Workers of America
CIG
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Harold J. Straub
Allentown
Pennsylvania
William J. Pachler
Straub
National Labor Relations Board
David Williams
State Labor Department
Taj
BIA
John W. Thomas
CIO
P. P. of L
Wilkes. Barre
NLRB
P.P. & L. Employes
EIA
UWA
China and Indonesia Rise Amid Cold War Alignments
A new sun rises over China as central government and Communists agree to reorganize the national assembly to adopt a constitution. The KMT approves the plan under Chiang Kai-Shek with assembly meetings set for May 5. Indonesia heads toward UN trusteeship after Dutch-Indonesian talks. Archibald Kerr cites possible UN wing. Britain positions troops in Japan. MacArthur notes easing American forces as China and Russia are invited to contribute troops, with China declining and Russia yet to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
National Assembly
Kuomintang
National
Chiang Kai-Shek
Aj SS
Indonesia
United Nations
Netherlands
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
Singapore
Tidh Islands
Kure
Japan
Britain
Empire
MacArthur
Russia
Price demand fuels broader steel strike layoff impact
Indefinite layoffs loom for about 6,200 workers across Battle Creek Midh Cleveland and Springfield Charles City and Shelbyville as strikes tighten supplies. Ford plants idling 40,000 workers nationwide by Feb 8 amid calls for price relief to meet wage demands. Reconversion Chief Snyder hopes for a settlement this week, tied to steel price approval by government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Midh
Cleveland
Springfield
Charles City
Iowa
Shelbyville
Oliver
Ford Motor Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Chester
Chiccago
Edgewater
N. J
Louisville
St. Paul
Minn
Ford
John W. Snyder
Obituaries notes from Seward and area deaths
Obituary notices list J L Kerr of Seward aged around 70, born Feb 26 1851 in East Wheatfield Indiana Co. Also Albert McHenry of Indiana R J. Laban Hollen 70 of Burnside killed in railroad crossing crash. Ivy Palmer of Blacklick dies in Latrobe Hospital. services set for Kerr in Seward, McHenry in Indiana County, Hollen in Burnside, Palmer in Blacklick with pastors and cemeteries noted.
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Laban Hollen
Burnside
Pennsylvania Railroad
Strip Mine Evils To Be Remedied
Pennsylvania strip mine operators show willingness to cooperate as 212 of 247 registered are bonded under the new law. The rule requires covering exposed surfaces, leveling ground, and planting vegetation within a year after mining ends, with some returning land to its original contour for farming. Enforcement is temporarily blocked by Dauphin County Court while constitutionality is tested.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Richard Maize
Maize
Dauphin County
Clearfield
Centre Counties
Mrs Amos Mabon's Obituary at Greenville Pa
Mrs Amos A Mabon of Greenville Pa dies at home in Greenville aged about 60. Born August 10 1869 in South Mahoning Township she is survived by husband son Mark of Portland Oregon daughter Mary Steele and two grandchildren Dessie and Donald. Siblings Clark Kim Effie Effie and George also survive with services planned at Smyrna United Presbyterian Church.
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South Mahoning Twp
Smyrna Church
Allen
Jane (Hastings) Hamilton
Amos A. Mabon
Greenville
Mary
Glenn Steele
Smyrna
Mark
Portland
Oregon
Dessie Steele
Donald Mabon
Clark
Kim
San Diego
Calif
Effie Ewing
Jacksonville
Charles
Home
George
Warren
Ohio
Smyrna United Presbyterian Church
Hugh Given
Local Obituaries Reported for Griff ith Duncan and Others
Interment set for Mary Ann Brown Griffith at Git gal Cemetery with services by Rev Lester Norton at 2 30 p m. Interment planned for Greenwood Cemetery. Webster Duncan of Buffalo Township died in Indiana Hospital after nine weeks as a patient. survivors include widow Mollie and several children and grandchildren. Interment in Armagh Cemetery by H C Clark Funeral Home. Margaret Jane Repine Loeffler died in Blairsville at 67. survived by three daughters and six grandchildren plus ten great grandchildren. Funeral at Blairsville Methodist Church with interment in Blairsville Cemetery by Hunter Funeral Home.
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Ivy Palmer
Blacklick
Latrobe Hospital
David
Anna B
Risinger) Horrell
Burrell Township
Jesse D. Palmer
Ruth Marie
Sylvia Faye
Anna B. Horrell
Strangford
Elmer
Beatty
Latrobe
Frank V
Wayne
Nebraska
Warren
Ellis
Charles
Apollo
Palmer Home
H. L. Henthorne
Blacklick Methodist Church
Blairsville Cemetery
Mary Ann (Brown
Griffith
Maple St
Indiana
Bell Funeral Home
Lester H. Norton
Gian Campbell
Greenwood Cemetery
Webster Duncan
Buffington ‘Township
Homer City
R. D
Indiana Hospital
Indiana County
Thomas
Kate (George) Duncan
Mollie (Stewart) Duncan
Helen George
Indiana R. D
Hilda Wagner
Irene Duncan
Chester
Lester
Roy
Calvin
Eva Duncan
John Duncan
Armagh
H.C. Clark Funeral Home
Margaret Jane Repineloeffler
Clara Marshall
Blairsville
Allegheny County
Nate Joseph
Jane (St. Clair) Smith
Daughers
Marshall
Gertrude Repine
Harrisbore
Robert Ferguson
William Burkley
Bairdstown
James Smith
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MacKenzie
the Nation
Gazette
Fdr
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
William C. Smith
School St
Alfred J. Tesci
S. Liberty
Blair E. Jones
Pa. P.&l. Co
MNS
James L. Kerr
Seward
J. N. Elder
School Street
Kerr
East Wheatfield
Indiana Co
Gas Center
Samuel
Margaret Elder
Robert Kerr
B. M. Kerr
W. H. Nicholson
Seward Presbyterian Church
Burfa
Old Armagh
Albert Lawrence McHenry
R. J
Milton
Alice A. (Peterman) McHenry
Rayne Township
W. Harold McHenry
Crawford M. McHenry
Clee
Trade City
Grove Chapel
Bell's Gap
McGees Mills
Chess Township
Clearfield County
William and Mary
Hartzell) Hollen
Hollen
Emma Smith Hollen
Ronald
U.S. Navy
Stella Ackerson
Stafford Inn
Amos
Clara Hamilton
Mabon
Weather Report
Penna
Gitgal Cemetery
Riom
Murphy Bldg
Até i Mwance Corporation
D. L. Wertz
June Bantley
Ways of Dan River
Aj Dream
Shie
Mayfair
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