New Act Signals Flood Control Push in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg officials see potential for a large federal flood control program. The plan would repay the state for dams already built and cover further land damages, with Pennsylvania’s 4.9 million appropriation remaining intact and possibly 7 million more from federal funds.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James F. Bogardus
Washington
Army Engineers
U.S
Peter Demuth
War Department
Pittsburgh
Tionesta
Crooked Creek
Demuth
Mahoning
Red Bank
Bogardus
Charles E. Ryder
Water and Power Resources Board
Edmund Kirby
William A. Snow
Snow
Chief of
Earle and Assembly Key Men Confer
Governor Earle met with leading lawmakers including Roy Furman Harvey Huffman John Rice and David Lawrence to discuss a potential special session and political prosecutions. The gathering yielded limited comment as conferees dispersed amid questions about timing and strategy.
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Earle
Matthew H. McClorkey
Philadelphia
Roy Furmen
House of Representatives
Harvey Huffman
Senate
John S. Rice
Harry Shapiro
Joseph P. Ominsky
House
Richard J. Beamish
Harry Kalodner
David L. Lawrence
Edward W. Prendergast
John Sullivan
Bureau of Civil Rights
Theownstone
GOP Assemblymen Take Up Policy Matters In Capital Pre-Campaign Meeting
Republicans in the Pennsylvania House met in Harrisburg to discuss policy ahead of the fall elections, coordinating campaign plans while denying links to a possible special session on graft probes. Governor Earle criticized the state Supreme Court and Judge Schaeffer amid ongoing grand jury investigations. International news covered the 1940 Olympics cancellation, European tensions, Danzig, and the Gaza Palestine unrest with multiple clashes and casualties.
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GOP
Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
James F. Torrance
Earle
Torrance
House
Senate
State ‘Supreme Court
Paul N. Schafeffer
Berks County
Dauphin County
Supreme Court
T. Edgar Barnes
Schaeffer
China
Japan
London
Finland
Jimmy Stewart Reflects On Career And Home Life
In a long interview Jimmy Stewart recalls growing up in Indiana and visiting Cape Cod during college vacations. He discusses starting in theater, Broadway and stage success before pivoting to film, noting he now prefers screen work for its scope. He sees many opportunities for young actors in both stock companies and on screen and praises the appeal of both Pennsylvania and Hollywood girls.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Cape Cod
Hollywood
Jimmy
JAP AERIAL BOMBING KILLS 150 CHINESE VILLAGERS
Two 900 pound bombs struck Honam Island near the shoreline causing widespread destruction to flimsy dwellings and boats as rescue efforts begin for the affected residents.
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Honam Island
Antlerless Deer Season Decided After Thorough Study
The commission announced an antlerless deer season after a thorough study by the commission staff and organized sportsmen in Pennsylvania. Conditions in most of the deer country were such that speed and effort were needed to manage the population.
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Commission
Pennsylvania
Plan Revision Of Voting Code And Hunting Season Changes
Harrisburg reports proposed legislation to reimburse counties for election costs in even numbered years with statewide officer races. Other measures include empowering county commissions to fix election officer pay and redistricting precincts to avoid dividing small boroughs. Hunters face antlerless deer limits, broader bear season dates, and varied bag limits for wild turkey pheasants rabbits and squirrels with region specific trapping dates through early 1939.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Joint Legislative Committee of the
Incal Government Commission
Charles R. Mallory
Biddle
Counies
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Cambria
Fayette
Greene
Indiana
Lawrence
Mercer
Somerset
Washington
West Moreland
Otters
Monroe
Pike
Susquehanna
Wayne Counties
Beavers
Centre
Clearfield
Jefferson
Lucerne
Wayne
President Roosevelt Reviews Fleet Aboard California Tour Train
President Roosevelt travels toward San Francisco aboard a train for a Pacific coast visit. Plans include a luncheon speech at the Golden Gate Exposition Grounds Administrative Building, a fleet review off San Francisco, and a seven hour stay aboard the cruiser Houston in Oakland. He may sail to the Galapagos Islands from San Diego and buoyed by remarks to Senator William G. McAdoo during his three day California stay.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Crockett
Exposition Grounds
United States
Golden Gate International Exposition Grounds
Navy
Houston
Oakland
California
Nevada
Exposition Building
State
San Diego
Galapagos Islands
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Senate
Tail Wind Pushes His Ship to New York Flight
The Hughes plane completed a harrowing long-distance flight from Fairbanks to Minneapolis after losing satcom and venturing over 14 000 feet, with 750 gallons dumped in tanks and 1700 gallons aboard. Crew aged by sleep deprivation, refueled, and pressed toward New York amid weather delays.
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Hughes
Lund
Fairbanks
Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg
Midwest
New York
Minneapolis
Richard N. Stoddart
Ed Lund
Alaska
Rakutsk
Siberia
Canada
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Floyd Bennett Field
Danish Count Seeks Son Amid Promises to Barbara
London July 14 AP Count Court Hatigwitz Reventlow stays in London to see his son Lance despite a pending divorce from Barbara Huts ton. He plans to seek court permission if needed as Lance remains ward in chancery under heavy guard at the London mansion.
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Son
London
Court Hatigwitz-Reventlow
Lance
Dania
Barbara Hutston
Barbara
London News Chroniele
Haugwitz-Reventlow
Woolworth
Bow Street
Lance Sut
Stock Market and Aviation News Mix With Big Arrivals
The article lists major corporations and stocks while detailing the impending arrival at Minneapolis field of navigators and ships. Grover Whalen and Mayor La Guardia will welcome reporters and crowds, with police lines and field fences in place. Katharine Hepburn and Elinore Hoaglund react with excitement as Captain Kauffman prepares escort flights ahead of the Hughes plane.
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Grover Whalen
F. H. la Guardia
Stoddart
Thurlow
Harry P. Connor
The
Feld
Minneapolis
Katharine Hepburn
Setress
Elinore Hoaglund
Lund
Hoaglund
Miss Hepburn
Hughes
Connecticut
New York
Roland Kauffman
U. S. Navy
Floyd Bennett
Hughes Tests Secret High Altitude Plane Among Army Gear
Field testing shows Hughes using equipment on an army secret hyper sensitive altometer with special permission. Only crew technical staff allowed inside the aircraft, due to its secret systems. The craft mirrors Royal Air Force models headed for mass delivery, but Hughes’s version remains unarmed and lacking cabin supercharging equipment.
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Hughes
Royal Air Force of
Great Britain
Lockhead Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Calif
Army
Drunk Stolen Trolley Crashes in East End
A stolen city street car, piloted by an unidentified man, careened three blocks in Pittsburgh's East End before jumping the track and crashing into a cleaning plant. The driver fled dazed, police found blood, a pint of bootleg liquor, and a man's hat. Damage to the car and plant is estimated at $5,000.
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Pittsburgh
CCC Veterans Move To 8th Corps Area
Thirty nine veteran CCC members from Indiana camp at Shelocta left last night by Pennsylvania Railroad for Tobyhanna Pa to join companies in the Eighth Corps Area. The area includes Texas Colorado New Mexico and nearby states. Sixty seven CCC youths from Indiana and vicinity were sent yesterday to Punxsutawney camp.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Shelocta
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tobyhanna
Eighth Corps
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Punxsutawney
Treasury Balance Report July 12 Receipts and Expenditures
The Treasury reports on July 12 receipts of 7,438,089.80 and expenditures of 16,569,081.32, leaving a net balance of 2,097,828,142.02. Customs receipts for the month totaled 7,022,210.74.
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Washington
Treasury
Utility merger plans loom for Pennsylvania firms
Harrisburg July 14 The Public Utility Commission heard proposed mergers creating one large company to manage Associated Gas and Electric firms in Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Edison of Reading would sell to Pennsylvania Edison of Altoona, which would also own Keystone Public Service of Ol City and Bradford Electric. A separate plan for Pennsylvania Electric of Johnstown to absorb Johnstown Fuel Supply was postponed. Aggregate last year shows over 20 million in gross revenues and plant values exceeding 137 million across the involved companies.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Metropolitan Edison Company
Reading
Pennsylvania Edison Company
Altoona
Pennsylvania Edison
Keystone Public Service Company
Ol City
Bradford Electric Company
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Johnstown
Richard J. Beamish
Pennsylvania Edison Metropolitan Edison
Keystone Public Service
Bradford Electric
Bigger Type Less Spectacles at State College
Dr Emmett A Betts urged publishers to raise type size inspired by pre primer school books. He argues larger type could delay the age at which readers need spectacles. Betts is a research professor of education leading a reading survey at Pennsylvania State College.
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State College
Emmett A. Betts
Dy. Belts
Pennsylvania State College
GE Receives $51.7 Million Order for Ten PRR Locomotives
General Electric announced a 51.7 million dollar order to supply electrical equipment for ten Pennsylvania Railroad passenger locomotives. Equipment will be built at GE’s Erie factory while the locomotives are assembled at PRR’s Altoona plant.
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Schenectady, N
General Electric Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Electric
Erie, Pa
Altoona
Miss Keller in Auto Crash at Bryn Mawr
Miss Mary Keller 25 of Lancaster daughter of President Judge William H. Keller was injured in an automobile crash near Bryn Mawr. She and two others Mrs. Martha Rowland 36 and her husband Edmund a Drexel Hill chemical engineer were taken to Bryn Mawr hospital after their car struck a telegraph pole. An unconnected note mentions land in eleven western states totaling 176,000,000 acres.
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Bryn Mawr
Mary Keller
Lancaster
William H. Keller
Superior Court
Martha Rowland
Edmond
Drexel Hill
Bryn Mawr Hospital
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