Potato Growers Held Interesting School Here
Potato growers from three counties attended a recent meeting. Ta T. Venaison discussed controlling potato diseases with disease free seed and seed treatment. Blasingame from State College spoke on new developments in potato machinery. Mites Mopat praised modern practices and noted a planned potato growers tour to Prince Edward Island. Jack Morner showcased storage cellars. Local acreage likely won’t rise despite national increases.
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Ta T. Venaisson
Nevi
OU. Blasingaime
State College
Mites Mopat
Pennsylvania Farmer and Beerestary
Pennsylvania Potato Growers’ Association
Prince Beward Island
Jack Morner
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race Forces Planks And Allegiances
Philadelphia slates and Allegheny County figures dominate the battlefield for the Republican nomination with Mackey in the running against Grundy and Lewis. Armstrong backs Davis aligned labor secretary campaign, while Shannon refuses to jeopardize eligibility for National Guard command. Pinchot unveils a twenty three plank platform pledging to break utility control and reform state government.
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Wm. 8
Vare
Mackey
Grundy-Samuel L. Lewis
Brown-Davis
Joseph G. Armstrong
Republican County Committee
Allegheny County
Mr. Davis
Armstrong
Brown
Davis
Meltons
Edward GC. Shannon
National Guard
Price
Shannon
Windhot
Public Service Commission
Fair Rate Board
Institute at Lucerne School Opens March Meeting
A local institute will be held at the Lucerne School Building in Center township on Saturday March 29 featuring devotional exercises led by Dr. John, music, roll call, short talks, and discussions on teaching nervous children. Miss Barrett Miss Alexander Mr Risinger and several others will participate with reading instruction and a general discussion led by Mr Holt and Mr Byers, Homer City Schools.
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Lucerne
Center Township
John 8
Beobl
Roll CalhoReapond
Heonmiy
Alexander
Jorn
Malcolimy
Risinger
Taple
Roosevelt Square Deal for Pennsylvania Reform
The speaker outlines a statewide agenda to create a Fair Rate Board elected by districts, review and cut unjust utility rates, empower meter oversight, require public hearings before rate changes, and revise Public Service Law. Proposals include tax relief for homeowners and farmers, better roads, quality education, abolition of coal and iron police, limits on labor injunctions, pensions for the needy, jobs for the unemployed, protections against political assessments, support for disabled ex-service men, pollution control, local water protection, inheritance tax relief, clean elections, and stronger enforcement of law, all under a Roosevelt Square Deal.
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Fair Rate Board
Fair Ret. Board
Coal and Iron Police
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Funeral Support
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement for Jane Bulan Curtis and for the mural offerings and use of a car. Mr and Mrs Kens Sutton and Family express gratitude.
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Jane Bulan Curtis
Kens Sutton
Pitt students vote on prohibition and enforcement
At the university poll in Alumni Hall an even split of 648 yes and 666 no answered if they drank. Among 980 favor strict enforcement and 800 support repeal, with 69 for present restrictions and 102 for modification. Faculty and administration praised the poll as a successful student study.
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Alumni Hall
Mrs Porter of Maryland Leaves Family and Funeral Plans
Mrs Porter of Maryland is survived by two stepsons Bart McAdoo of Black Lick and Albert McAdoo of Youngwood, plus four sisters. Funeral services will be held at the McAdoo home at 2 p.m. Friday with interment in Coral Cemetery.
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Page One
Maryland
Bart McAdoo
Black Lick
Albert McAdoo
Youngwood
McAdoo
Coral Cemetery
Census Preview and Home Lighting Tips Staged in One Note
A historical snippet outlines census questions on radio ownership age literacy and employment while promising strict confidence for enumerators. It adds odd home tips about mirrors lighting color testing and paint spot removal with a safety razor blade.
Senate Breaks Tariff Deadlock As Congress Prepares New Bills
Congress moves forward after a tariff stalemate as the Senate plans a brief recess and the House races to push measures. The Muscle Shoals project, power sales, good roads, and large federal appropriation bills loom, with new construction funding and forestalling measures awaiting final action and presidential signature.
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Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Indian Affairs
Wickersham
Entombed miners feared after Crown mine blast in West Virginia
Rescue teams battled gas fumes after a Crown mine explosion trapped several workers. Officials listed eight men buried and reported two rescued earlier, with crews racing to reach those inside about 5,000 feet from the entry as fans were installed to clear fumes.
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J. J. Forbes
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
M. M. Marshall
Yorkes
Morgantown
Fairmont
Potus
Joe Nesbitt Here April 2 In Richmond Broadcast
Joe Nesbitt and his Pennsylvanians head north for spring with a dance event planned at the Armory. They perform here Wednesday April 2 and will broadcast from Richmond, Virginia on WRBA between 4 and an unspecified time, inviting friends to tune in. The orchestra is well loved for its rhythm and pace.
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Joe Nesbitt
Carolinas
Richmond
WRBA
Joe
Indian Squaw Trial Details Nancy Bowen Testimony
Nancy Bowen testified in court via an Indian interpreter about the March murder of artist Glothilde Marchand. She described striking the victim with a hammer, placing paper in the mouth, and pouring chloroform, while claiming belief in witches on the Cattaraugus Reservation.
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Nancy
Nancy Bowen
Bowen Pee
Cattaragus
Glothhilde Marchand
Guy B. Moore
Ancy
Lila
Defense Counsel
United States
Richard T. Tampleton
Templeton
Moore
Chicago Snow Storm Paralyzes Area and Kills Five
Chicago area grapples with a historic March blizzard that dumped 10.7 inches in 24 hours, driven by winds to 60 miles per hour. Five people died and many injured as rail, streetcar, and auto traffic shut down and suburbs were isolated. Names listed include Marin Beirne Jack Murbach Abraham Salla Edgar Tompkins and Joseph Thompson. An elevated train collision caused additional injuries as passengers rushed to exits.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Marin Beirne
Jack Murbach
Abraham Salla
Edgar Tompkins
Joseph Thompson
Five Defendants Held After Liquor Hearing
Five defendants faced hearings on liquor law violations conducted by Leuire Walter H. Jackson yesterday afternoon. County Detective Harry Koozer filed the charges. Patsy Fafane Tony Cespa Mrs. James Gallace Mrs. Vito Lembo and Mrs. Nannie Hankinson were held for court.
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Walter H. Jackson
Harry Koozer
Patsy Fafane
Tony Cespa
James Gallace
Vito Lembo
Nannie Hankinson
Man Beaten Near Home In Pittsburgh Robbery
Pittsburgh March 26. William Geltz aged 62 was held up by three unidentified thugs near his home. They beat him and stole $600 from his pockets. He was left in the street and later taken to Allegheny General Hospital with an unbroken rib after passers by summoned aid.
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Pittsburgh
INS
William
Geltz
Allegheny General Hospital
Death notices from Greensburg area obituaries
Death notices record Andrew Herman Howard 88 of Indiana died Tuesday after pneumonia. Services 1:30 Friday at Hopewell Church with burial in Hopewell graveyard. James Cochrane 77 of Greensburg died Tuesday. rites held March 20 at home with burial in St. Clair cemetery. Cochrane, a retired plasterer and longtime Greensburg Building and Loan official, leaves Lydia A. Cochrane and children. He was active in Masonic circles and a Democrat.
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Andrew H. Howard
Andrew Herman Howard
Indiana
Crete Church
Sethodist Episcopal Church
Blanche Torsha
Blairsville
R. D
J. A. Howard
Parkwood
Lydia A. Cochrane
Robert M. Cochrane
United States Navy
Boston
Mass
Margaret McClellar
Pittsburgh
Sara T. Amend
Greensburg
Laura A. Cochrane
Frederick
Methodist Episcopal Church
Westmoreland Lodge
Urania
Olivet Council
Kedron Commandery
Bloomsburg
Mr. Cochrane
Robert
Carolina Miller Cochrane
Martland School
Five Points
Lydia A. Gongaware
Disappearance of Gen Kou tiepoff shocks Paris
Paris March 26. Agents of the Surete Generale begin a thorough probe into the alleged kidnapping of General Kou tiepoff white Russian leader. Reports in La Liberte claim he was taken aboard a Soviet ship off the French coast January 26. Witnesses say an unconscious man was carried from a taxicab to a motorboat heading to the vessel. authorities check a Moscow prison claim and note no comment from the paper. Also noted are highway bids by the State Highway Department for a stretch between California and Blainesburg in Washington County.
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Surete Generale
Koutiepoff
la Liberte
French
Surete
Moscow
State Highway Department
California
Blainesburg
Washington County
Sugartown Garage Burns Near Sugertown
Fire destroyed Clyde B. John’s large Sugertown garage near Westchester pa causing about 26000 in losses. Six trucks an automobile a new tractor and accessories were destroyed. The fire started when an employee attempted to repair an electric light fixture while John was away.
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Westchester
Clyde B. John
Sugertown
John
Fate seals new year in jail for alien fisherman
In Clarksburg West Virginia Wesley Cominsky Sr spent the same hour in jail one year after his prior fishing without a license arrest. He could not obtain a license as an alien and was again stopped by a game warden while fishing in the same stream on both occasions.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
INS
Fate
Wesley Cominsky
Cominsky
Egey
Tax collections rise despite stock market drop
Washington March 26 The Treasury announced income tax collections up to March 24 totalled 52 648 000 a decline of 34 000 000 from the same period last year. Fiscal year to date collections amount to 1 735 000 000 an increase of 234 000 000 over last year as losses from the stock market collapse are not running as heavily as feared.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
New Control of Money System Proposal from Fed Chair
Washington March 26 Governor Roy A Young of the Federal Reserve Board proposed that every bank in the country be required to keep a deposit with a Federal Reserve Bank. He told the House Banking Committee that non member banks profit from the system and the move would give the Reserve Board greater control over the nation s money system. He also urged more distribution of profits among member banks while opposing a fixed interest rate on member deposits.
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Washington
INS
Roy A.young
Federal Reserve Board Today
Federal Reserve Bank
House Banking Committee
Young
Reserve Board
Senate bars newspapermen from Senate floor restored rejected
The Senate Rules Committee halted a bid by Senator Watson of Indiana to allow Press Association representatives access to the chamber floor. The courtesy was dropped last year after a secret executive session roll call was published, with only two votes in favor of restoration.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Watson
Indiana
Press Association
The Farmer's Advice By Alfalfa Smith
A New Jersey entrepreneur built a business on many magazines and systems, spending $0,000 and creating a mass of reading material. He lasted six months before the Sheriff intervened, proving that magazines and systems are a means, not the end.
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Alfalfa
Smith T
New Jersey
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