Pennsylvania January industrial activity beat December in summary
Pennsylvania industry in January edged above December levels with coal output rising in the anthracite region while other sectors fell. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve noted a five percent monthly production drop yet a 16 percent lift from January 1939, with employment and wages still above year-ago figures. Government and state reports showed diverse shifts across manufacturing, rail shipments, autos, hotels, and wholesale trade.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Federal ‘Raperve Bank
State College
Pennsylvania State College
Colleges Business Survey
Pittsburgh
Cranium Crackers: Noted American Titles and Authors
In today’s item readers see a playful list of classic American works with author tags. It references The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne with added stylistic marks.
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Gold Bug
S.sseveeves
Deerslayer
Rip van Winkle
Ceesenes
Foor Richards
Busy week at Harrisburg as two state agency chairs act
Harrisburg reports two major decisions loom this week as Walter A. Jones of the Turnpike Commission weighs a possible Senate renomination while Denis u. Driscoll of the Public Utility Commission considers a trusteeship reorganizing the vast Associated Gas & Electric system. A PAC shift and potential retirements threaten the commission balance amid hearings on Bell Telephone tolls and a large natural gas merger plan.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Walter A. Jones
Turnpike Commission
U. S
Joseph ¥. Guffey
Jones
State Bureau of Selections
Denis U. Driscoll
Public Utility Commission
Associated Gas & Electric
PUC
New York
Driscoll
PAC
John Siggins
Warren
James
Philadelphia
Commission
Bell Telephone Company of
Utility Commission
Bell Telephone Company
Metropolitan Edison Company
Lancaster County
Citizens’ Anthrietie
Chambers of Commerce
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Hazleton
Pottsville
The
Pittsburgh
Manufacturers Light & Heat Company
Behemoth for All Science shown in Pittsburgh lab
Industrial researchers unveiled the Templin precision fetal testing machine built by Baldwin-Southwark, capable of 3,000,000 pounds in compression and 1,000,000 pounds in tension while recording precise loads. It aims to extend aluminum research into new fields, with demonstrations seen by army navy officials and industrialists. The device stands over 40 feet tall and 16 feet wide, praised as the most powerful of its kind.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
Philadelphia
R. L. Templin
Templin
Army
Navy
Survivor recounts sinking ship raid and lifeboat ordeal
A survivor describes being in a small lifeboat with 15 others as a plane repeatedly dived and fired. He leapt into the water after a third raid, crawled on a raft with a dead Lascar shot through, and watched the lifeboat sink with his dead comrades.
Obituary continues with services in Sacred Heart Church
Obituary item notes funeral at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Alverda with Rev Father Christopher Murphy officiating and burial at Nicktown Cemetery. Add Deaths Frank Dixson 80 died Sunday in Creekside after living in Pittsburgh Big Run and Creaghside. Surviving children listed and funeral plans to follow.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Alverda
Christopher Murphy
Nicktown Cemetery
Frank Dixson
Creekside
Pittsburgh
Big Run
Jefferson County
Creaghside
Assumption Catholic Church
Ernest Hiswide
Albert Dixson
New Galiles
Edward
Stanley Dixson
Francis Dixson
Clymar
Mia
Clair Alexander
Cly- Rassington
Avon Dison
Remachildren
Brent
British and Allied Ships Suffer Sea War Losses in Europe
International reports describe Domala towed into an English port after a German air attack, with Albana and Cato sunk by mines. Dutch freighter Limburg reportedly machine-gunned by German planes, while Soviet forces push toward Viipuri as Finns claim gains and counterattacks around Ladoga.
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Domala
English
Netherlands
Limburg
North Sea
Europe
Viipuri
Sagrela
Tuppuran
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Finland
Parje
Berlin
AMA Can Be Prosectuted Under Sherman Act
Washington March 4 The United States Court of Appeals ruled the Justice Department could prosecute the American Medical Association and associates for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. The decision reversed a district court holding that medicine is a learned profession not a trade and sent the case back for trial. The court held medical practice falls within the act.
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Justice Department
Washington
United States Court of Appeals
American Medical Association
Sherman Anti-Trust
A. M A
Tac
T He
District Court
A.M. A
Appelate
World War II Front News Summary
Allied air and patrol activity increased on the Western Front. France claimed seven German planes shot down, while German reports cited one French and one German loss and prisoner captures. Sumner Wells traveled to Paris after talks with German leaders as Roosevelt faction pursues findings. Brussels reports Germany’s apology for a Belgian pilot’s death as two Belgian planes were shot down.
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Aaid
Roosevelt
Sumner Wells
Switzerland
Paris
Brussels
Germany
Shenandoah Cavern In Causes Townwide Danger
A cave-in caused heavy damage in Shenandoah as nearly 1,000 residents became temporarily homeless and schools closed. Gas and water lines broke while pillars from old mine workings held up sections of the town. State Police aided, utilities were disrupted, and emergency classes were sought for about 1,200 pupils. The quake-like settling forced residents to flee as buildings cracked and some houses split in half.
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Shenandosh
State Department of Mines
Shenandoah
A. Jd. Ratchford
Arthur H. James
Main
Center Streets
Mary Street
Center Street
Alinsky
Studebaker Here April 20 at Local College
John W. Studebaker United States Commissioner of Education will be principal speaker at a conference sponsored by the Department of Secondary Education at the local college. The event on April 20 invites administrators and teachers from adjacent counties to attend. He spoke in St Louis last week on teaching youth to discuss controversial issues with guided practice. His Indiana visit will feature The New Curriculum for the New Age In the High School.
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John W. Studebaker
United States Commissioner of Education
Department of Secondary Education
Dr. Studebaker
American Association of School Administrators
St. Louis
Maeling
Studebaker
Indiana
Guffey Coal Act Hearing Prods Extension Talk
Secretary Ickes says Guffey coal act must prove workable before extending beyond April 1941. Testimony shows aim to gauge industry wishes, with Harold Gray optimistic about a possible extension. Representative Allen opposes the act, urging repeal and agency defunding.
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Washington
Ickes
House
Subcommittee On Interior Department Appropriations
Interior Secretary
Harold A. Gray
Robert G. Allen
Pennsylvania
Allen
Guffey
Coal Commission
Interior Department
College Weather Forecast and Snowbound Rescues
Rain and colder tonight with clearing skies. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and colder. Reading temperatures show 37 to 38 degrees, 10.35 inches precipitation, 8 percent humidity, and barometric pressure around 20.45 today. In Jasper Smith family relief, four beds’ straw mattresses were emptied to feed three cows and three horses after being snowbound since Valentine's Day.
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Wanda
Jasper Smith
Senior high school building cracks and shaking noted
Alinsky at 8:30 A M described large cracks appearing in various parts of the senior high school building. He warned the rattling would likely continue and advised caution as the structure was examined for safety.
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Alinsky
Cena Es
Pennsylvania primary petitions spark political scramble
Arrivals from Marent Arivas report that battle lines form for the 1940 Pennsylvania primary with about 720 office seekers filed by Saturday. Major posts like U S Senator, Auditor General and State Treasurer draw Democratic and Republican contenders while independents may form slates for the general election. House leader Herbert B. Cohen will not seek renomination, and many candidates have already announced their bids in a race featuring delegates at large and state committee members.
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Arrivas
Marent- Battle
Jinan
Pennsylvania
State Elections Bureau
Busness
Elections Bureau
United States
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Herbert B. Cohen
Cohen
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Jackson E. Sears
Bethlehem
Robert W. Pratt
James N. McKee
Johnstown
F. Clafr Ross
Butler
Donald M. Liverngaton
Frederick T. Gelder
Forest City
Frank P. B. Thompson
Philadelphia
Victoria Poquignot
Tidioute
James J. Davis
Birthday party highlights Fairview Ridge neighbors
Friends and neighbors from this community attended a birthday party at the Peddicord home in honor of Mrs H. Peddicord. Mere Charles Stewart spent a week visiting with her mother Mrs Rene Maxwell, Lilly Pa, and her sister Mrs Frank Adder of Windber. Mrs Ford Treese of Sunnyside called on Charles Stewart. Jay Stewart visited Marion Center recently, Mr and Mrs Paul Sheesley and Mrs Clark Stewart were Indiana callers Tuesday, Mr Novack of Stafford called on his wife here recently. H Peddicord was a Hillsdale caller Wednesday. Mrs Charles Stewart was a Hillsdale caller Wednesday.
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Peddicord
Mere
Charles Stewart
Rene Maxwell
Lilly
Paul Sheesley
Clark Stewart
Indiana
Mr. Novack
Stafford
Hillsdale
Property Transfers in Homer City Area and Indiana County
Transfers list includes Peter Bracken to Barbara Bracken a lot in Homer City. Charles D Shields to William Ray McMillen a lot in Clymer. Burrell Two Indiana County Building and Lawn Association to Frank Wanchisa a lat in Clymer. W C Bennett to Indiana County Fast 1989 Veterans of Foreign Wars 115 acres in White Two. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the General State Authority a lot in Indiana. Mrs Minto Lawton to Katherine Ostack a lot in Burrell Twp Lisle Flickinger to Belle M Nix in Homer City. W A Smith to Marlin Adams 86 acres in Cherryhill Twp.
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Peter Bracken
Barbara Bracken
Homer City
Charles D. Shields
William Ray McMillen
Burrell
Indiana County Building and Lawn Association
Frank Wanchisa
Clymer
W. C. Bennett
Indiana County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White Two
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General State Authority
Indiana
Minto Lawton
Katherine Ostack
Lisle
Flickinger
Belle M
Millions Can't Buy Good Health Headline Ad
Health pamphlet style ad claims Thompson's Barsoma Tablets boost kidney function by increasing urinary secretion to reduce headaches and fatigue. It promotes Golden Lax Tablets for constipation and lists Daugherty's Cut Rate Drug Store as the seller with prices 50 cents and 25 cents.
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Thompson
Daugherty
Markets report widespread steady prices across produce and grains
In Pittsburgh on March market demand was moderate with apples and cars steady. No 1 bushel baskets and crates for New York Baldwins and Northern Spys shown with mixed quoted ranges. Potatoes and russets across Maine, Pennsylvania, Idaho reveal steady trading, while Florida crates note a price at 2.10. Chicago grain prices softened as selling orders rose, reflecting tentative declines amid unsettled market conditions.
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sTeaven
Pittsburgh
March
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
Rome
Maine
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Green Mountains
Katahding
Florida
Camp commanders urge prompt CMTC registrations for PA VA MD DC
Captain Alexander M Stewart invites residents of Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia to join summer military training camps from July 6 to August 3. Details cover course options based on prior training, required medicals vaccinations and documents, packing lists, transportation paid by the government and a one cent per mile return allowance.
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Alexander M. Stewart
Indiana County
Third Corps
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Stewart
Philadelphia Streat
Columbia
Calvalry
Fort Helyok
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Field Artillery
Fort Hoyle
Fort George G
Meade, Md
Meade
Fort Howard
CMTC
Tqrs
3D Corps
Baltimore
Treasury Balance Report Highlights March Receipts and Outlays
Washington reports Treasury balance of 2.3496 billion dollars with receipts totaling 14.086 million and expenditures of 24.323 million. Working balance stands at 1.024 billion, customs receipts for the month at 1.129 million. Fiscal year receipts reach 3.518 billion and expenditures 6.175 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
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