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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
13
The article notes a mid-summer spell in May with Sunday the warmest day of 1934, temperatures reaching into the 80s on Sunday and Monday. Rain Thursday night spurred rapid leaf and flower bloom. The first outdoor swimming season opened Sunday with a few locals seen at the Ham Reek Buch’s at noon.
Shannon presents a state platform advocating law and order, a clean fight across the state, local control of administration salaries, and opposition to public school funding cuts. It calls for durable teacher incentives, prison system reform, and highway funding restrictions, aiming for lower costs and fiscal discipline.
A fragmented message advocates streams reform for recreational use and opposes diverting funds from the Game and Fish Department. It calls for strict accountability of government officials and cooperation between executive and legislative branches of the state government.
The Gettysburg Times reports Pennsylvania Attorney General Schnader criticized the 1874 constitution as suited for horse and buggy days. The paper argues weekly newspapers, many county papers, wield strong local influence and accuracy, challenging Schnader’s dismissal of weeklies as antiquated.
Critics allege the Farley led stamp issue mutilates Whistler's portrait of his mother by cropping the image and removing details in the new three cent American mother stamp. The American Artists' Professional League cites government missteps and calls for review of the reproduction.
The article notes angry artists complain that a Whistler painting background was erased and replaced with a ten cent vase of flowers. They blame the government for overreaching into artworks while tying taxpayers’ hands. Jim Warley is criticized for patronage rather than art concerns.
The first day sale of Mother s Day stamps at the Washington Post Office and Philatelic Agency drew 1 800 000 stamps for 39 000. An original print run of 200 million was augmented by 40 million more due to demand. The 8 cent commemorative reproduces Whistler s Portrait of My Mother and will be sold nationwide.
A disrupted timetable for diling Rairoad with Sunday service, a coachman Bursholder sustaining a knee injury on a rail accident near Miliersefile, reports of a mild fair crop despite frosts, and multiple local notices. Died Hall and Bethlehem Lenox 83 noted. fire company treasurer reports $166.50 in collections and $86.58 spent on supplies. Gallachen jumps from Quarryville train to end life, Me Dell injured. Painters Sessemnsn Brothers at work. roebuck repairs. Broad slowed. D. Stregis and Frank Inntsh expose one day achievement. deaths of Mrs. Joseph D. Matthews and a Ton walker. Lititz baccalaureate sermon announced for May. commencement May 27 at Indén Hall. class members listed.
A local report notes rapid efforts toward building a chute as Warwith By St takes shape with a week expected. Floyd Stark, a popular town athlete, suffers a broken right collar bone during a friendly wrestling evening. Additional items mention a buliton found in a field, Washington era references, and postmaster S Lexher examining a local case.
Fragmentary text notes a weekly measurement of med hits and a national mark in stamps, mentioning not displacement and a contemplated regular issue of the Presidential series. The Bureau of incomplete context appears.
The Pennsylvania Milk Board faces critique amid claims of pressure from mill trusts. Hoffman, presiding, argues state boards cannot counter greed without federal action. Anderson denies overture. Moffett notes rejection of an executive request as Pinchot government involvement looms.
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