Indiana County farmers show ACP interest in 1938 program
Indiana County farmers display strong interest in the 1938 Agricultural Conservation Program. Education meetings led by the county agricultural conservation committee and community committeemen cover soil building practices, a major focus this year. A full list of community committeemen is provided, urging interested farmers to contact their local representative.
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Indiana
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Indiana County Community Committee
B. B. Crawford
Smicksburg
Bruce Neal
R. J. Morrow
Home RR
Robert Thompson
Home R
I-A. R
Barnesboro
R. D
H. M. Brown
Indiana R. D
H.C. Kunkle
Sheloca
W. V. Britton
Clarence Shields
Creekside
Lloyd Clawson
Blairsville R. D
Edward Shearer
Saltsburg
S. H. Lear
Truby Beers
Blairsville
SOCIETY NOTES HIGHLIGHT LOCAL EVENTS AND TRAVEL
Fort Wayne trip by airplane fuels Mrs Millie Elkin's week end visit with friends. Cookie Kline entertained twelve guests at the Party House with roses and narcissis centerpieces and card games after dinner. A W C T U program on March 4 features Motion Pictures and discussions on Frances Willard. Clymer Dames of Malta elect officers and drape charter in memoriam Lady Mary St Clair. Playground committee named to plan the year’s program at Furst Presbyterian Church April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Elkin
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Elikn
Miss Kline
Cookie Kline
Clymer Dames of
Malta
Clymer Dames
Lady Mary St. Clair
Frances Broderic
Roy Hughes
Ward Johnson
George Miller
Chid Rinn
Paul Woodring
Harold Williams
Earl E. Hewitt
Jesse Lubold
Harry McCann
Furst Presbyterian Church
Eile
Second Family Receives Temporary Shelter Aid
The relief office provides a bedroom, kitchen, and parlor for four days for the Machemer family as they rely on borrowed army cots and food donated by merchants. A mayoral messenger inquiries if the family has a cook glove to prepare meals while relief headquarters coordinate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxpayers’ League
National Guard
J. Henry Stump
Machemer
House Committee Split Over Plan on TVA Investigation
The House Rules Committee approved a Senate resolution for a short and congressional investigation of all phases of the Tennessee Valley Authority operations. The plan includes a ten member Senate House inquiry to also probe private utilities suing TVA. Sens. Barkley and H. Jones spoke as bills on loans to public bodies and a pork tariff debate moved forward. The rivers and harbors panel advanced a revised regional planning bill.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
O'Connor
D-Ny
House
Senate House
TVA
Roosevelt
Arthur Morgan
Congress
War Department
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
House Banking
Tees
Ease H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ickes
Public Works Administration
RFC
Barkley
Senate Avancé
Hull
Wallace
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Final Attempt to Block Aims in House Reorganization Debate
The article traces a heated push in Congress over reorganization bills affecting the comptroller general and a proposed legislative auditor general. Roosevelt allies push hard, claiming Senate support, while opponents warn of dictatorial powers for the president and provoke a party-line fight in the House across multiple states and candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Comptroller General
Senate
General Accounting Office
Commraller
Budget Bureau
Legislative Auditor
Roosevelt
Clark
D-Mo
Pinchot and CIO Outspoken in Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Pinchot and CIO activity highlighted in the 1920s Pennsylvania Democratic primary fight. McCluskey, once a mayor and boxer, seeks the Senate. Margiotti backs a middle-of-the-road line for governor. Kennedy forces support Earle for Senate while tabbing Smith and DeWitt for assistant roles. Republican Pinchot campaigns vigorously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie McCluskey
Johnstown
Charles J. Marriot
Margiotti
Earle
Kennedy
Ralph H. Smith
Pittsburgh
Edith B. DeWitt
Wilson
Jones
Organization
Senate
Leo C. Mundy
Luzerne County
Thomas A. Logue
Gifford Pinchot
Hoover Comes Back Home from Georgia Plantation
Henry Ford, returning from a two month vacation at his Georgia plantation, asserts in a Detroit interview that a prosperous era is ahead driven by soil wealth and land cultivation. He plans volume production of a cheap tractor and maintains wars and dictatorships remain undesirable, warning that dictatorship would reflect a sleeping populace.
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Detroit
iPi
Henry Ford
Georgia
Ford
Treasury balance report dated March 29
The treasury position on March 26 shows receipts of 27 073 649 35 dollars, expenditures of 22 363 588 91 dollars, and a balance of 3 121 993 848 90 dollars with customs receipts for the month totaling 22 887 878 58 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Openin g of Pennsylvania CIO convention in Harrisburg
The State Industrial Union Council opened its first convention in the Education Building Harrisburg March 29. CIO leader John L. Lewin was to attend as the new statewide CIO organization formed after the split with the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. The gathering elects officers and sets the political tone for Democratic party influence in Pennsylvania with Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy seeking the gubernatorial nomination. Unions loyal to the old federation plan a separate convention April 7-9. William Green of the AFL declined comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Iohinstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Superior Court
Ebens
Burt
James
Luzerne County
Harrisburg
State Industrial Union Council
CIO
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
John L. Lewin
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Cle
Pennsylvania Federation
William Green
Joh Phillips
State Federation
Democratic Party
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers’ Union
Kennedy
Federation
Washington
Green
Insurgents Pressed in Catalonia Amid Spanish Civil War
Reports from Europe describe Francoist insurgents gaining position in Catalonia while government forces fortify lines. Britain and France weigh non intervention as Rome blames Paris and Moscow for delays in foreign troop withdrawals. Aerial plans threaten to ignite wider conflict and alarms over air raids surface as Barcelona braces for renewed fighting. In Asia a Chinese army faces Japanese advances on a 100 mile front. Soviet espionage cases emerge with trials in Alma Ata and the NSR under fire. A British bird nest note closes the item.
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Europe
Spain
Germany
Italy
Agin O
Francisco Franco
Rome
Virginio Gayda
France
Russia
London
Great Britain
Britain
Barcelona
Franco
Catalonia
Orient
China
Soviet Russia
Northern Sea Route Administration
Otto Schmidt
Alma Ata
A. Kulumetoff
Kazakhstan
Colf Omy
Dr. Schmidt
N.S. R
Barking Dogs Trigger Two Escape Near Drift Ky
Police blamed barking dogs for the escape of two men wanted for questioning in an attempted tavern holdup near Grove City. Lieut. Hudock said the suspects fled as deputies closed in at a house near Drift in Lee County. The men were identified by Sheriff Salisburry as Paul Cross, 21, and David Cross, 26.
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Butler
Andrew Hudock
State Motor Patrol
Drift
Dial Salisbury
Butler Barracks
Salisbury
Pike County
Grove City
Paul Cross
David
Earle Hears of Coercion In Kennedy Drive
Senator Joseph Guffey pledged an investigation if cases were cited. Woodrow Wilson Jones accused Roy E. Brownmiller deputy secretary of highways, and Matthew McCloskey co leader of Philadelphia Democrats, of coercion in a Pennsylvanian campaign. The Kennedy committee quoted Brownmiller pressuring highway workers to back Jones and said McCloskey pressed Polk State Hospital staff to apply pressure. Two Warren County men who favored Kennedy were reportedly discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Guffey
Woodrow Wilson Jones
Kennedy
Roy E. Brownmiller
Matthew McCloskey
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Jones
Brownmiller
Franklin
Venango County
Charles Alvin Jones
Kennedy Committee
McCloskey
Polk State Hospital
Warren County
Sam Niver
Donald Spencer
Markets and Prices Report From Pittsburgh and Chicago
Pittsburgh market report shows slow produce demand with steady apples and potatoes and mixed regional prices for apples and crates. Live stock prices are listed with hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep trading, while Chicago notes sharp overnight gains in wheat futures due to European flour demand and Australian price shifts.
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Educe
Pittsburgh
New York Baldwins
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Deficious
Maine Green Mounttains
New York Whites
Idaho
Burbanks
Chicago
Liverpool
Australia
Farm Electric Meet Planned
A meeting tomorrow night will feature Mr Haswell with pictures illustrating profitable electricity use. He will discuss household wiring problems and ways to integrate electric appliances such as washing machines irons vacuums and kitchen equipment into daily life.
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Haswell
Five Die, Dozens Hurt in Southern Tornadoes
Ferriday Louisiana reports five people killed and at least eighteen injured as tornadoes hit Arkansas and Louisiana overnight. A narrow storm near Turtle Lake west of Ferriday killed three and injured seven. two children were among the dead.
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Ferriday
Arkansas
Louisiana
Turtle Lake
Union Aims Voluntary NRA To Block Sweat Shop Employers
Washington march 20 a voluntary NRA to protect manufacturers paying low wages against competition of cheap labor in any section of the nation was proposed to governor Harte today Luther Adams president of a Reading local of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers asked the governor to establish a Northern States fair trade commission to effect a boycott against sweatshop employers The plan would unite labor and industry to shield Pennsylvania s billion dollar textile industry by banning products of unfair manufacturers in any state including Pennsylvania The proposal aims to prevent relocation of Pennsylvania industry and aligns with Earle s industrial council proposal to protect the commonwealth s manufacturing Sullivan spokesman for the governor noted a potential hitch that the plan is federal in scope and may not be effected by one state alone but the governor s attention would be requested with a report on the southward trend of light industry
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Washington
NRA
Lgb
Harte
Luther Adams
Reading
American Federation of Hasiery Workers
Northern States Fair Trade Commission
Adams
Fair Trades Commission
Pennsylvania
Earle
Sullivan
Asid
Department of Labor and Industry
Tornado Injures Eleven Near Texarkana Farm Area
A tornado last night hurt eleven people and leveled five farm homes a few miles northeast of Texarkana Arkansas as storms raged across Louisiana and Arkansas. The Louisiana windstorm destroyed two homes and damaged several more amid heavy rains.
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Texarkana
Ark
Louisiana
Arkansas
Major U S corporations listed in market notes
A long list of prominent U S companies appears in the market summary, including Alcoa American Can American Car and Foundry Amoco Amvol Texas Pacific and many others. The text catalogs diversified industries from steel to oil to electric utilities, reflecting broad market interest and sector representation across firms such as General Electric Chrysler and Vanguard.
Landholders vote on new Crooked Creek district in Cambria County
Landholders in Blacklick Township Cambria County quit spring chores to vote at three polling places from 1 pm to 9 pm. Early returns favored creating the district. If approved by the State Board, a five member board will manage soil erosion control with federal and state aid, with technical advice from the Soil Conservation Service.
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Blacklick Township
Cambrian County
Memorial Hall
Indiana
Odd, Fellows Hall
Blacklick
Election House
Strongstown
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Foil Conservation Service
Crooked Creek
Newbie
Last Raft to Williamsport Down Clearfield Creek
Young rafters continue a new voyage despite the tragedy of the prior "last raft" that sank near the bridge at Muncy. They moved ten logs two miles after rain and plan a five mile more journey to Irvans, aiming to build a raft from hemlocks hewn at the Peterson estate in Dysart.
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Clearfield Creek
Irvans
Clearfield
Muncy
Williamsport
Peterson
Dysart
Porcelier Strike Shuts Porcelain Works in Greensburg
About 275 workers at Porcelier Manufacturing Company walked out today after wage and vacation talks between the C. L. O. Porcelain Workers Union and management failed to reach an agreement. The union asked for higher pay and a two week vacation. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porcelier
Greensburg
Porcelier Manufacturing Company
C. L. O. Porcelain Workers Union
Locala College Weather Report and Temperature Outlook
Cloudy with showers today and tomorrow. At 8:00 a.m. the temperature is 42 degrees, with a high of 58 and a low around 32. Barometric pressure yesterday was 29.2 inches, today 29.0. Read The Gazette Classified Ads.
Payrolls Rise in February in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania payrolls rose 1.9 percent in February from January as earnings climbed to 23.60 while hours worked fell slightly. Manufacturing payrolls advanced 4.1 percent but heavy industries cut employment, with iron and steel down 4 percent and nonferrous metals off 6.2 percent. Retail trade held steady. construction and nonmanufacturing jobs slipped, fueling a broader employment dip and a possible strike spread at the Harrisburg State Hospital project amid union leverage questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Secrestary
Relph M. Baghore
Carnera
Bashore
Aguirenas
Obituary notice for Mahaffey resident and widower
Obituary notes the death of a Mahaffey resident formerly with a Pittsburgh firm, survived by widow Nancy McLain, a Mary Silver Mott spouse, and children Alex Samuel Harry, plus four stepchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at the late residence with interment in Otterbein Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy McLain
Mary Silver Mott
Mahaffey
Alex
Samuel
Pittsburgh
Harry
Marion Center
Otterbein
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Ruth Ray
Louise Miller
Olive Sharp
Frances Willard
Moorhead
Ance Board
Moore
James F. Byrnes
D-Sc
Robert J. Bulkley
Comptroller General's Office
John O'Connor
House Special Committee On Reorganization
Vicket
Lone Wolf
State Superior Court
Pinchot
James J. Davis
G. Mason Owlett
Cyrus Palmer
Schuylkill County
Oliver M. Deibler
Edward L. Stokes
William 8. Livengood, Jr
Somerset
John A. de Renzo
Alloona
Benjamin C. Jones
Tyrone
the T. Gelder
Forest City
Magen
Charles’ Alvin
Luzerne
Wtate
Lawrence County
Pinchot and Cio Outstanding
Hoover
Old
Trench
West Bank
British Isles
Alco Am
Bald Loca
Ohio
Beth Steel
Briggs
Burr
Calumet
Hee Canad Pacific
Cerro de Pas Ches
Chrysler Corp
Calum G
Cons
Edison Consa
Oil Corn Products
Crane Co
del and Hudson Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Fastman
Kodak
Fl Auto Lite
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Gillelle
Harb-Watlker
Hudson Motor Int Harvester Int
Nick Can
Tel
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal Leh
Va RR
Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom Ward Nash
Gazette
Loca College Weather
State Hospital
Harrisburg State Hospital
General State Authority
Thomas E. Stephenson
Harrisburg Building and Trades Council
National A. F. of L
Teamsters Union
Patrick O'Brien
Louts Pasteur
Joseph Lister Thorughly
von Lister
Pasteur
Linter
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