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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1937
Page
2
Washington reports 3,000,000 American families will travel and live in trailers this year. Rapid growth follows better automobiles and highways, lower living costs, and more free time from work. The trailer industry expands, creating thousands of new jobs beyond mobile homes on wheels.
Camp superintendent Joseph A. Shoemaker at the CCC camp SCS Paul starts a sole conservation course for 76 enrollees. Educational adviser Willard C. Miller and technical staff will lead lectures with maps charts and photos to teach soils forests crops and engineering while preparing men for Soil Conservation Service roles and field surveying during winter months.
Irene Dunne stars as a small town author who becomes a fearless thrill seeker in Theodora Goes Wild at The Manoy Theatre with Melvyn Douglas and a strong supporting cast including Thomas Mitchell and Rosalind Keith. College Holiday follows with Jack Benny Gracie Allen and Mary Boland in a breezy comedy about hotel chaos and cultists. The Plough and the Stars stars Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster in a Dublin Easter Week drama. Pennies from Heaven with Bing Crosby is also featured.
A WNUs summary recalls how a Democratic jab about William Henry Harrison backfired. The Whigs seized on a Baltimore joke claim misused by Democrats to paint Harrison as a rustic but honest candidate. The piece notes Harrison won the presidency, aided by a petty press miscue that boomeranged on his critics.
Announcement notes Rev Dwight A Nichol pastor of United Presbyterian Johnstown wed to Miss Agnes Faze on November 26. Nichol a son of Mrs May K Nichol and nurseturned missionary Agnes met in India. Couple establish a home in Johnstown. other marriages listed include Hather N George to Thomas Syster near Penn Run and Edwards Barclay to Jessie Barclay in Indiana. End with brief quip on singers and Ethiopian imagery.
Lang observes a tranquil Oregon village while Sally Conrad arrives to shoot outdoor scenes for Yesterdays Harvest at an inn. Louis Garrison grouses at the rustic setting as Lang convinces innkeeper Harvey to lend a car. The plan hinges on a secret Portland wedding between Sally and Jim Harvey Jr. and a sly fire escape ruse to keep it quiet.
The piece recalls Nalanda and Taxila as vast ancient Indian universities endowed by Hindu merchants and public gifts. It notes 3000 years ago hospitals thrived on prince merchant and commoner donations, including farm produce, supporting over 6000 U S hospitals today. A Washington Post quip mocks government meddling in crime.
Classified style notice detailing rates for wanted, lost, for sale and for rent advertisements in Indiana County. Includes instructions on word counts and payments, contact details, and dated notice about land sale adjournment and tax sale procedures in 1937. Names and location references: Indiana, Pennsylvania. J.B. Lewis. Thom pson County Treasurer. 4046 Lith Street.
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