Farm Values Rise in Pennsylvania in 1935
A Federal report shows Pennsylvania farm real estate value index on March 1, 1935, up one point from the previous year, the first 1920s-era gain in state farm values. Foreclosures drop, credit terms loosen, and cash transfers remain common. Small farms attract city wage earners and salaried workers, with broader gains in Western and Southern states. The national index rose three points, led by Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
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Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture
J. Hansell French
Alabama
Pennnsylvania
Vermont
New England
Middle Atlantic
Dyeing Plant Fire in McKeesport Causes $10000 Loss
A blaze in a McKeesport dyeing plant last night caused an estimated $10000 in damages and endangered a fireman who was rescued from a fall through the roof. The fire started in the cleaning room and spread to an adjacent house as 12 workers fled to safety.
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Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Leonard McQuaide
Farmers Field Day June 13 at state college
Farmers Field Day at the Pennsylvania State College on Thursday, June 13, will offer demonstrations and talks across agricultural economics, engineering, agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy, forestry, fruit growing, horticulture, poultry, and home economies. Exhibits include pasteurizing, irrigation, soil fertility plots, and vegetable preparation. demonstrations cover feed grinding, potato grading, cheese making, and more with extensive exhibits and experiments.
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Pennsylvania State College
The
Star
Brushvalley Field Day at State College features chorus contest
The Brushvalley Community Chorus of thirty voices will compete in the rural community chorus contest during the farmers field day. The winner earns a invitation to sing at the 1936 State Farm Show in Harrisburg. Visitors can tour the college campus and farms, view cheese butter and ice cream demonstrations, and enjoy a no charge sightseeing bus ride. A detailed program is available at the Extension office in the Court House.
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Harrisburg
Nellie McCrea Davis
Brushvalley Com
College Grove
Court House
Public Sanitary Service Action in Indiana Borough
The Board of Health grants a license to Joseph Barris to clean cess pools and privy vaults in Indiana Borough. Contact Barris at 947-F or Health Board secretary L. F. Robinson at 55-R. Price limited to five dollars per load. cesspools must be cleaned and filled with earth when sewers are available under Health Officer supervision.
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Board OF Health
Joseph Barris
Indiana
Barris
L. F. Robinson
Republican War Veterans Act meeting eyed for permanent organization
A Harrisburg session on Saturday aims to form a permanent Republican War Veterans Association with C. C. McLain as temporary secretary and Frank W. Kurtz as temporary chairman. Veterans from 87 counties were invited to a luncheon and a talk by M. Harvey Taylor on veteran political matters. The 1:40 p.m. gathering follows a May 18 meeting where reps pledged to cooperate with state and county GOP committees. A trivia note states a caterpillar has 4000 muscles while a human has about 970.
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Republican War Veterans’ Association
Harrisburg
C. C. McLain
Frank W. Kurtz
Huntingdon
McLain
Republican State Committee
Republican Party
M. Harvey Taylor
Kurtz
Huntingdon County
Republican Committee
American Legion
Red Leader Executed At Dawn In Hamburg
Fritz Fiele-Schulze, a communist leader and head of the illegal Red Fighters League, was executed at dawn in Hamburg for high treason, betrayal of military secrets, and attempted murder. Convicted on all charges, he was linked to Nazi assaults in spring 1933. Hitler declined to grant a pardon.
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Hamburg
INS
Fritz Fiele-Schulze
Red From Fighters’ League
Fiele-Schultke
Hitler Youth
Hitler
Smother Play in Bridge Explains Timing and Throws
Sam Naiman outlines the smother play in bridge with a sample hand. The article explains how timing a throw in and a rump wick affect the lead, the sequence of plays, and how declarer loses the ace of spades while opponents hold key spades. The piece notes Naiman’s role in national tournaments.
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Decisver
WM. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
Mf) Af
Sam Naiman
Amercan Bridge League
Naiman
Russel J. Baldwin
Baldwin
America
Bridge play unfolds in a late trick sequence
The ace of diamonds is cashed, a small diamond taken in dummy with the kings, and South wins with the queen. The ace of clubs is cashed while Scully holds ace of spades a diamond and a club Wes has a club two hearts dummy shows nine and heart of trump and a diamond East holds king six of clubs jack of diamonds. If declarer leads Bast with a diamond he risks a sharp loss, setting up a smother play as the nine is led.
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West
Art
South
East
Synth
Declarer
Rast
Scully
Leump
Bast
Ieading the
Nine
Card play notes from bridge column and odd ant observation
West wins with queen as de claver shifts a diamond. East discards the jack. West leads a heart and dummy trumps with eight of spades smothers Easts king and six. Ants observed selling injured companions leg fragments as plaster.
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Brushvalley Community Chorus
State College
Essolube Motor
Esso
ATLAS
Petroleum Organization
Standard Oil
Indiana Board OF Health
Association For Permanent Organization
Widdowson
Philadelphia
Esso, Inc
Alig
Deale
Khad
East Pass
Deate
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