CCC Headquarters Moves from Indiana to Williamsport
War Department orders reveal the Civilian Conservation Corps Northern District headquarters will move from Indiana to Williamsport effective June 1. Established in 1935, the staff of 52 officers and men will be relocated by van. prior location was Pittsburgh. Details pending due to missing orders. Community leaders regret the loss of CCC staff and housing, while locals anticipate rental impacts.
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War Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
Indiana
Williamsport
Pittsburgh
D. §. Rumbough
F. J. Gillespie
CCC
Marty McCreary
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Earl Raymond
Chamber of Commerce
C. C
Relief Funds Hit Record High in Pennsylvania Budget
Hartsville May 1 PA will close the fiscal year May 31 with state relief outlays near 124 million dollars, far exceeding the 1999 two-year appropriation. Officials say trends in industry and WPA relief may trim next year’s total to 80 to 90 million, with 50,000 fewer relief tax payments expected despite WPA shortfalls.
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Hartisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Department of Public Assistance
Work Projects Administration
Howard L. Russell
Public Assistance
WPA
Governor's Office
Failare
Snow Halts Chicago Game With May Snowstorm
Chicago woke to a rare May snowstorm delaying the Boston Chicago National League game. Flurries and rain swept the downtown area as a brisk northerly wind drove snow across Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. The Weather Bureau noted this was the fourth May snowfall in Chicago in nine years, totaling 3 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Lower Michigan
Government Weather Bureau
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Meridan
Miss
Alabama
Missouri
Indiana
Washington
Oregon
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Vet Group at Blairsville meets for talk and picnic
Tom E. Williams director of Key stone Boys Camp Harrisburg and George Bellis department athletic chairman Philadelphia will speak at the Twenty Seventh District meeting in American Legion Home Blairsville Sunday May 5 at 2 15 oclock Committees will make further arrangements for the annual picnic to be held in American Legion Park safeguard their sense of taste
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom E. Williams
Keystone Boys Camp
Harrisburg
George Bellis
Philadelphia
American Legion Home
Blairsville
American Legion
Licenses Suspended by Harrisburg Liquor Board Action
The Liquor Control Board revoked four licenses and suspended 21 others in a May 1 action. Names include Tony and Dominick Lamantia of Bolivar with 30 day suspensions and Edward Y. Smith, Derry, plus Ralph O. Trexler of Armagh with 10 day suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Tony and
Dominick Lamantia
Bolivar
Edward ‘Yt. Smith
Derry R. D
Ralph O. Trexler
Armagh
Detroit Free Press Sold to Akrown Knight Publisher
Detroit May 1 sale of the Detroit Free Press to John Knight publisher of Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald announced in today’s editions. No sale price given. The Free Press, a morning paper, is 109 years old and Michigan’s oldest daily.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
John Knight
Akron
Beacon Journal
Miami
Fulton Seeks 400000 Federal Aid for Dam Projects
Pittsburgh May 1. State Senator James G Fulton renewed his push for 400000 from the federal government to reimburse Pennsylvania for Crooked Creek and Tionesta dam land purchases and utility relocations. He asked state forests and waters chief G Albert Stewart for a reply to his January 30 suggestions. The money remains in the Pittsburgh U S engineers office awaiting claimed reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jaimes G. Fulton
G. Albert Stewart
U. S. Engineers Office
Crooked Creek
Tionesta
Hosiery union leaders push Roosevelt third term support
At the Pennsylvania Industrial Council convention, Emil Rieve and other Hosiery Workers leaders urged Roosevelt reelection, arguing it serves working people. Rieve cited the wage hour law benefiting 185,000 in the cotton textile industry and pressed for more of the New Deal.
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Reading
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Industrial Council
CIO
John L. Lewis
Emil Rieve
Hosiery Workers
White House
Rieve
Catton
Harvard Riots in the Spring in Cambridge
In Cambridge on May 14 Harvard Square erupted in a spring disturbance as seven Harvard students were arrested for disturbing the peace. The riot stemmed from warm weather and a prank involving MIT students and Eddie Rochester Anderson of the Jack Benny show, who ended up at the M I T Della Kappa Spsilon House after a fake Providence to Cambridge plan. About 200 students gathered while police handled the unrest for roughly an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Square
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvards
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Rochester
Penn Hall Dean Baldwin Named Harrisburg Academy Headmaster
Frank Cecil Baldwin, dean of Penn Hall in Chambersburg since 1936, was appointed headmaster of the Harrisburg Academy. Dr. Arthur E. Brown retires after 28 years. Baldwin to assume duties September 1.
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Harrisburg
Frank Cecil Baldwin
Penn Hall
Chambersburg
Harrisburg Academy
Arthur E. Brown
Academy
Baldwin
Plan Funeral Of Mrs Kanarr
Mrs Martha Jane Kanarr widow of Jacob Kanarr dies at home 229 Philadelphia St leaving 33 descendants including a great great granddaughter She would have turned ninety on July 2 born in Grant Twp Armstrong County later lived in Rayne Twp and Indiana 35 years member of Zion Lutheran Church Surviving children include T Kanarr Mrs J P Lydie Mrs Robert T Hel nun Mrs C E Henry Ira Guy Kanarr Mortimer A Kanarr and Miss Hes See OBITUARY Continued on page two
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Martha Jane Kanarr
Jacob Kanarr
Philadelphia Street
Adam and
Elizabeth (Caldwell) King
Armstrong County
Grant Township
Rayne Township
Indiana
Zion Lutheran Church
T. Kanarr
Indiana R. D
J. P. Lydie
Robert T. Helnun
C. E. Henry
Ira Guy Kanarr
Mortimer A. Kanarr
Miss Hes
Employment figures show gradual rise in 1930s Washington
Federal Security Administrator McNutt announced that private employers hired 18 percent more people in March than a year earlier. Pennsylvania jobs rose 15.6 percent to 9,036. WPA relief remains substantial with about 2.1 million on rolls. officials fear 600,000 could lose aid without more funds before June 30. The March increase coincides with National Employment Week.
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Washington
McNutt
Pennsylvania
MecNutt
WPA
Roosevelt
Lions Hear Of Security Program Role In Social Welfare
Richard C. Weistling of the Social Security Board spoke to the Indiana Lions at a weekly meeting. He outlined the organization and practical workings of the security program, noting recent changes in the law effective since 1940 and the need to interview nearly every claimant before settlement. Guests included Lion President Norman L. King and Lion S. W. Ambrose of Rural Valley and others from Indigua.
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Richard C. Weistling
Johnstown
Social Security Board
Indiana Lions
Lion
Norman L. King
Lion S.W. Ambrose
Rural Valley
Paul Strauts
J. M. Nicely
Indigua
Nazi Bomber Crashes In Town At Clacton on Sea
London May 1. A German bomber shot down over Clacton-on-Sea exploded its mine laden payload. Five Nazi crew killed and England records first civilian air raid losses three dead and over 100 injured. The blast destroyed three houses and damaged fifty more with a crater in the street.
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London
Clacton-on-Sea
England
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Scapa Flow
Clacton
Humber River
Clachan
Clacton Hotel
Promenade
Tornadoes kill at least 32 across several states
Severe storms raked Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, and Arkansas with tornadoes and a cloudburst in East Texas. At least 32 dead, many injured, and extensive damage. fatalities include J EB McNeese and his son Cecil near Richland Texas. a baby drowned after a flood. buildings collapsed and crops harmed across multiple towns including Benton, Marion, Frankston, Owensboro, and Grand River.
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Ilinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Benton
Ark
Illinois
Cairo, Mt
Marion
J. EB. McNeese
Richland
Tex
Cecil
Ted Cook
Frankston
Cook
Ruby Hawks
Grand River
Reward offer to capture Hitler delivered to League of Nations
A Pittsburgh group proposed a one million dollar reward for Adolf Hitler if captured unhurt and delivered to a world court under the League of Nations by the end of May. Samuel Harden Church of the Carnegie Institute led the appeal, saying Hitler must stand before a high court for crimes against humanity, with England and a global tribunal in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburgh
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
League of Nations
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
New York Times
Holland
Church
Hitler
High Court of Justice
the Times
Duquesne Club
Col
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Eppes
Edier Ruhedh
Wilhelm
Wilson
Germany
League
Geneva
Switzerland
England
Great Britain
United States
Extension Club Meeting in Marion Center on May 2
The W C L Senior Extension Club will hold a meeting Thursday evening May 2 at 8 at the Municipal Building in Marion Center. Mrs I Brody of Indiana will discuss Jewish religious customs. All members and friends invited to attend.
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Marion Center
I. Brody
Indiana
House kills Hatch Bill in judiciary committee action
Washington dispatch reports the House judiciary committee stalled the Senate approved Hatch Bill aimed at restricting political activity by state employees paid with federal funds. Also noted are Treasury figures for April showing receipts of 10.18 million, expenditures 38.88 million, yielding a net balance of 2.2049 million.
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Washington
House
Treasury
The
Norway Said Standing Firm Amid Allied Worries
The Associated Press reports Allied leaders fear dangers to northern and southern European fronts. German advances in central Norway threaten flank security, Britain notes a perilous, obscure position. Italy may shift the balance as Britain halts Mediterranean shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
Norway
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
Paris
Oslo
Tro
International
Farmers urged to enroll in 1940 ACA program by June 1
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Committee announces the June 1 enrollment deadline for the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Program. Farmers receiving form No 414 or 415 must sign and return to the county office to be eligible for payments. losses or requests for lime or superphosphate help should be directed to the county office on the Third Floor of the Farmers Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Agricultural Conservation Office
County Agricultural Conservation Office
Farmera
Case
Faremer
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Office
Farmers Bank Building
Las 1Diana
Alderman Won't Be Goat in Teacher Punishment Case
Pittsburgh on May 1 reports Alderman Williams Tanniens says he will not play the goat in a dispute over how far a teacher may go in meting out punishment to a student. He held Supervising Principal A. D. Cleland of Mt. Oliver Junior High School on assault and battery charges, bond set at $1,000.
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Pittsburgh
Williams ‘Tanniens
A. D. Cleland
Mt. Oliver Junio High School
Wrances Kirchoery
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Dombans-Stoeren
Trondheim
Olso
Stoeren
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Lewis
Roof
Hopkins
Tin
al- Devs
Secretary of Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Security
Congress
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Hatch
AAA
Alderman
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