Harrisburg Officials Outline State Institution Upgrades
March 29 report says the General State Authority will complete a 968.9 million wilditg program to equip dormitories and buildings at state institutions by fall. Secretary Roger W. Rowland notes bids for fixed and movable equipment, and building improvements, with funds from retirement funds bonds. Group purchases replace separate institution furnishings as bids proceed.
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Harrieburg
Mitondi
Roger W. Rowland
Property and Supplies
Sanittoria
Ftal
Rowland
Attielals
Pennsylvania State College
Charges details on quota plans and state party fundraising
Testimony outlines failed attempts to fund a party drive with a $901,000 quota. Precincts were asked for $30 each in 1935, later abandoned as salaries based quotas failed in 1938. Officials replaced it with an arbitrary quota set by the committee while state workers were pressured to contribute to campaign funds during the Little New Deal era. Nell M. Liddick noted as a former participant.
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State Committee
Finance Committee
Bashore
Little New Deal
Nell. M. Liddick
Central Pennsylvania Conference Preparations Draw Heavy Attendance
Clearfield March 9 A canvass by Clearfield Methodists aims to mobilize 660 ministers and lay delegates for the Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference April 4-8. About 1,000 additional visitors are expected, heightening lodging concerns as discussions shift to accommodations.
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Clearfield
Relief and aid costs rise with transferred recipients
Direct payments to needy Indiana Countians show a weekly rise of 406 dollars to 12,135 total, while the 2025 week runs 6,335 below the prior year. fewer checks are issued than a year ago. State Treasurer T. Clair Ross notes larger average grants are possible due to higher old age and family budgets, with 50 percent Federal aid offsetting state costs.
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Harrisburg
Indiana
T. Clair Ross
Bureau of As
Nanty-Glo miners dedicate new hall in grand program
Miners from Nanty-Glo and nearby towns will dedicate an $88,000 social hall with a morning street parade and a 10:30 a.m. program of speeches and entertainment. Speakers include John Bruphy, local and district Mine Workers leaders, with Judge Wenrick and James Mark among invitees. Community bands, fire company members, and the Ladies Auxiliary join the celebration.
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Nanty-Glo
John Mitchall
United Mine Workers
Culver
Ravloc
Blacklick Valley
Liatac
John Bruphy
District 2
John B. Gallisher
Ivan J. M.wenrick
A. A. Nelson
James Mark
Vintundele Band
Columbus
Dorougi
Counc
Wanty Gle Fire Company
William Iott
Lewis Evans
Qedict
Everonies
Comntice
Frank Gillatio
James Acble
Arnold Gabella
Ick Morgan
Wellem Mott
Sulla Ng
Jerry Grays
Sire
Obituary notices span several families in Indiana County
The page lists multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Violet Thomas and Gertrude Thomas of Pittsburgh, Ida Jordan Mia Johnson Oliveburg, Amanda Bath Zillah Postlewait and J M Means of Walier, plus C H Winslow of Dayton. Funeral today at Cream and Van Allman Hollidaysburg with Rosehill interment. Also notes of Joseph Campbell Falmer 83, survival of many children across Burrell township and beyond. Additional obituaries detail Harry McGaughey of Indiana County, Richard L. Davies of Punxsutawney, and Harriet Martha Juart of Chambersville, with services and interments at local churches and cemeteries.
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Joseph Campbell Falmer
Song
Burrell Township
Jesse Ahd Martha
Elliott) Palmer
Myg
Nancy (McEidnes) Palmer
Clyde Brice
Joseph
Merle
John
Scott
James Palmer
Wilson Palmer
Pine Bluff
Ark
Smith Palmer
Youngstown
Richard Palmer
Ruth Palmer
Dry
Nev
Mt. Tabor Church
Richard L. L. Davies
Punxsutawney
Richard L. OL. Davies
Water Street
Berwind-White Coal Company
Barclay Square
West End
Wales
Elizabeth Rosser
Tarentum
Thomas J. Davies
Pittsburgh
David T. Davis
Forty Fort
Gwen
Mary
Jane Davies
Richard Rower
Virginia
Norma
Jennie
David Rosser
Stuart McIntosh
William Brooks
Marjorie Jean
Harrold A. Davies
Ernest Ott
D. T. Davies
Richard L. Davies
Shirley
Beverly
Ginger
Stephen N. Davies
Stephen Jr
David T. Davies Jr
Evelyn F. Davies
Carlton Davies
Garfield Davies
First Baptist Church
Maurice Ke, Levy
A. J. Meek
Circle Hill Cemetery
Warriet Martha Juart
Dayton
Ethel Seeberger
Columbus
Paul
William Juart
Chambersville
Bell Funeral Home
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Congress debates U S air program and Panama defense plan
Senator Clark urges restraint on immediate aircraft spend, aiming to fund only the planes needed by July 1, 1941. General Marshall signals possible cut from 5,600 to 3,800 planes, with potential savings of 27 million next year. Military committee tours Panama defenses. some members doubt current plans to acquire additional bases and aircraft carriers, while fearing canal vulnerability. Senate moves to curtail aircraft funds after a military panel hears foreign orders could boost factory output for global defense without harming national needs.
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Congress
France
Britain
Tonte Evans
Clark
D-Mo
Army
Navy
En Corps
George C. Marshall
Dutouenion
Mouse
Panama Canal
Presant Plainé
Pacific
Magnuson
Dwash
Ihe
Atlantic
Senate
Natonal Defense Nepda
Wildwood murder case linked to missing teen’s ride
Police pursue a possible automobile link to the Easter murder of a Wildwood girl. Investigators questioned friends and the father, Percy Taylor, a local wholesale fish dealer, as the watch stopped at 3:15 p.m. and the suspect’s movements remain unclear.
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Wildwood
N. J
Teitzel
Miss Taylor
Percy Taylor
Gehekker
Grangers Pomises Milk Control Reform and Dam Construction
Grangers session under national administration probes milk marketing and farm income trends with speakers R D Marshall and B H Dimit. two candidates, Breele Clark and Sven Lute, receive degrees. Resolutions back milk control revision and Cone dam construction near tunnels to protect farmland and homes from erosion and flood risks.
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National
South America
R. D. Marshall
Beyer
B. H. Dimit
Indiana State Teachers College
Alka Erase
Pennsylvania State Grange
Breele Clark
Cherry Tree
Sven Lute
Green Townships
Gra
Cone
Aule
Secynenes
Ianeres
Pca Mn
Jokate
Beatrice Menichella Murder Mystery Unfolds
Detectives report Beatrice Menichella, four, found murdered yesterday in a bloodstained burlap bag discarded near her parents home. Her father Michael, 40, muttered of witches as investigators note a suspected abduction. Home shows recent cleaning, including a washed butcher knife and fresh concrete around the basement area.
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Wes
William Gretonele
Michael
Danichette
Miry
Italy
Far East War Reports and Allied News In Brief
In Batavia Dutch East Indies three German freighters loaded with produce prepare to sail to Vladivostok Russian coast. British and German air raids on a North Sea convoy clash with conflicting claims. German High Command says one patrol boat sunk six merchant ships hit and convoy dispersed. DNB reports a French destroyer attacked in the English Channel. British Admiralty notes five bombs dropped with no damage. Berlin shows pictures of heavy artillery as a morale move. French and German commands report front inactivity. Ankara Turkish sources claim a British French Turkish wartime alliance for Balkans or Near East. Moscow summons Supreme Soviet for Finland peace approval and possible foreign policy review. Hongkong cables note Japanese offensive in southern Kwangsi province.
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Far East
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Vladivostok
North Sea
DNB
Berlin
Germany
Ankara
Balkans
Near East
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Finland
Hongkong
China
Kwangsi
Farm show to showcase electricity use for farmers
R E A sized, to the point of maximum utility for the farmer, announces a farm show with thirty eight display booths for appliances and county dealers. Sterling J. Orange introduces John Warner who notes electricity’s dairy farming importance as Indiana County allocates 55 percent of farming to dairy. Elva Bohannon describes home uses and efficiency, while a movie highlights the show’s stands and spots countywide.
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Indiana County
Sterling J. Orange
REA
John Warner
Elva Bohannon
Hatch Law query on preacher prayer at party convention
The March 28 question to U S Attorney General Robert H Jackson asks if it is illegal under the Hatch Law for a preacher on the federal payroll to offer prayers at a political park convention. State Democratic Chairman F E Birmingham cites Rev D Gwilym Roberts, a Presbyterian minster on a NYA project, and asks if inviting him to open the 1840 convention with prayer would violate the law.
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Player Desmoines
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
FE. H. Birmingham
D. Gwilym Roberta
NYA
Roberte
Preyey
Parthenogenesis Debate Sparks Virgin Birth Experiments
National Academy report details on 16 rabbits where fallopian tubes were cooled with ice water or dry ice. A single birth occurred from a 20 minute chill, conducted by Dr. Pincus and colleagues at Clark University and Vassar College. The study notes a very low success rate, about one in 200 ova fertilized by cold treatment.
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Mamminle
National Academy of Scidricen
Raubtt
Gregory Pinolla
Clark University
Herbert Shapira
Vaasar College
National Academy
Pincus
Stock Market Tangles Across Major Names and Percentages
Air Reduction probes 40 percent, Am Can and For Pow around 1 percent, Am Tel and Tel 172 percent, Chrysler Corp substantial near 86, Gen Motors about 5, General Electric 38, Studebaker 11, United Aircraft 41, Southern Pacific 12, Sears Roebuck 86, Republic Steel 20, Texaco near 45, Reynolds Tob 41, Woolworth 40. Market lists numerous firms with varied percent changes, showing broad volatility and frequent small moves across industries.
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Balt
Ohio
Beth Steel
Burr
Canad Pacific
Hudson Motor
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Nick Canoa
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgom
Nash-Kelvinator
Ota Nat
Biacult
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Nat
Central RR
North Amer Co
Packard Motor
Fenn
Phila
Sve NJ
Radio Corp of Ama Reading Co
Repub Steel
Reynolds
Studebaker Corp
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
Indus Aloo
West Bi
Us Woolworth
Currie Ark Nat Gas
Citivas Service
Mew
Fenntead Corp iv
College Weather Forecast Light Rain and Warmer
Light rain today with a warmer follow up as reading shows a high of 47 and low of 37. Weir notes slightly colder tomorrow with 44 as current reading and humidity around 99 percent.
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Weir
Morrow
Precinita
New Jersey Ends Electrocuted Run After 33 Years
A convicted killer named Dworecki faced execution in New Jersey's electric chair, the twelfth victim in 33 years, with court proceedings detailing the crime and related death sentence. Shawchuk admitted the slaying and awaits trial late next month as the state ends an 18 year hiatus from electrocution.
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Dworecki
Shewshik
Eltoux
Shawchuk
Shewchuk
New Jersey
Census Faces an injunction in Greenfield
A federal census supervisor was ordered to appear in Pittsfield Superior Court to show cause why census takers should not be enjoined from inquiring into personal incomes. B Franklin Cross of Williamsburg sought the injunction arguing such questions violate the fifth amendment and invade private liberty and property without due process.
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Greenfield
Mass
Pittsfield Superior Court
B. Franklin Cross
Williamstown
Famous Indian doctor held in Uniontown fraud case
Charles Miller of Mather is charged with illegal practice of medicine and obtaining money under false pretenses after two women accuse him of posing as a “famous Indian doctor.” Mrs Anna Guzlak of Uniontown says she paid 20 dollars to cure her husband of blindness, while Mrs Anha Gober of Puritan paid 25 dollars for a cancer cure for her mother, who later died.
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Uniontown
Charles Miller
Mather
Anna Guzlak
Miller
Jacob
Anha Gober
Waring's Pennsylvanians to perform Leyden tune at State College
At Pennsylvania State College tonight Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians will play Dream of Me, a campus tune begun 30 years ago by James A. Leyden Sr. The piece links to Jimmy Leyden and music education as the Leyden family contributes to the forthcoming Penn State Thespians musical comedy.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
James A. Leyden
Fred Waring
Treasury Balance and Receipts Report as of March 27
Treasury figures show March 27 receipts 12.63 million and expenditures 30.38 million, leaving a net balance of 2.36 billion. Customs receipts for the month total 25.04 million, and fiscal year receipts since July 1 reach 4.41 billion with expenditures at 7.00 million.
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Washington
the Treasury
Produce Markets Report From Pittsburgh March 29
Produce demand is moderate with apples and potatoes steady. Apple prices for New York Baldwins and Macintoshes are listed alongside Maryland Rome Beauties. potato prices show 100 lb sacks and 15 lb sacks with regional varieties. Hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep are steady with minimal sales reported. overall prices unchanged.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Maryland
Rome
Maine
Florida
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Pollyrard) McGapeiey
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Rebecca
Fulton) Shankel
Luciusboro
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State Motor Police
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