Knowns Sides Debate in The Item on Ickes and Dewey
The Item presents two opposing viewpoints by Franklyn Waltman and Charles Michelson on the Roosevelt era relief in Cleveland, Ickes charges, Bricker defense, and 1930s political tactics. It cites observers including Fulton Lewis Jr and various headlines debating starvation myths, economic policy, and future GOP leadership under Dewey.
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Knon Bott
Franklyn Waltman
Charles Michelson
Roosevelt
Ohio
New Deal
David Lasser
Workers Alliance
Donald Duck
Ickes
John W. Bricker
Donald Duck Ickes
Cleveland
Bricker
Telos
United States
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Washington Tadio
Lewis
Penn State poultry experts find refinements in feeding program
Poultry specialists at Penn State College have identified improvements to a Jag ration based feeding system led by a skilled manager. The work focuses on optimizing diet, compatibility with laying hens, and overall flock health.
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Penn State College
November Report of Child Health Committee
Northampton County reports November findings from the Child Health Committee chaired by Dr. H. O. Rohrbach. During November 29 re-examinations bring totals to 7,31. eye defects 15 cases. ear 1. nasal 32. dental caries 53. tonsils 31. thyroid 1. postural 3. malnutrition 2 with 1,500 total malnutrition cases to date. 24 not vaccinated, 16 without toxoid. 14 vaccinated in Oct-Nov. 90 given toxoid first and second doses. Eye specialist visits totaled 43 in November. total specialist visits 1,437. glasses worn 18 in November, total 602. 6 glasses repaired, total 68. Hospital enrollments and operations updated for St Luke’s, Allentown, Sacred Heart, Easton, and private hospitals with combined totals since beginnings.
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Northampton County
H. O. Rohrbach
Bethlehem
Frank Schramm
St. Luke's Hospital
Allentown Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Easton Hospital
Schick
St. Lukes
Allentown
Sacred Heart
Easton
St. Lukes Hospital
Broadcast legends and radio history unfold in wartime NBC
A nostalgic roundup recalls epoch making broadcasts from World War II era. James Bowen reports the Graf Speer explosion from Montevideo, Hindenburg’s disaster, Chamberlain’s war pronouncement, and notable radio moments. The piece highlights the impact on future broadcasts and studio antics across NBC and WOR.
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James Bowen
Montevideo
Graf Speer
Bowen
Chamberlain
England
Germany
Herbert Morrison
NBC
Jack Haley
Giants
Yankees
Dodgers
Fred Allen
Philadelphia
It's You If You Want to Live in the Kind of Town
Poem urges personal responsibility for community revival. It argues real towns grow when residents work, avoid shirking, and support neighbors. The piece frames civic effort as self change, not external force, and presents a hopeful call to collective action.
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Taft
Dewey
White House
Eye care and school health program updates in Northampton county
The report details eye examinations and eyeglass donations by Bethlehem Red Cross, Kiwanis Club Northampton, Nazareth Red Cross Chapter, and private donors. It covers defective vision cases, grade failures, dental statistics, home visits, tests, and specialized treatments across multiple schools and clinics, including orthopedic and plastic surgery notes.
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Bethlehem Red Cross
Kiwanis Club
Northampton
Nazareth Red Cross
Red Cross
Pediatric Treatments Report From City Hospitals
One child received ear treatment, another admitted to St Lukes for kidney observation, a tumor removal in the nose at Allentown Hospital with two private impetigo treatments, a sore throat case, a St Lukes admission for St Vitus dance, and a case of an infected hand among several pediatric patients.
Heating Hints on Reducing Chimney Heat Loss
Heating hints show how to reduce chimney loss by adjusting the Turn Damper in the smoke pipe. Move the damper tongue in small increments toward the fire until the draft is balanced. Mark the position with chalk for repeatable settings and maintain the dialed-in adjustment to minimize wasted heat.
Pennsylvania employs far more workers per plant than nation
A State Planning Board survey shows Pennsylvania averages 73 wage earners per manufacturing plant, well above the US average of about 52. The vast state employs 954,340 people across 13,084 plants in 1937, with steel work, hosiery, electrical machinery and other major industries driving the statewide total and percentages toward national shares.
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Pennsylvania
State Planning Board
State Department of Commerce
United States
Pennylvania
A. S
Pennsylvania Farm Lands and Improved Acreage Leaders
The State Planning Board reports more than half of Pennsylvania’s 28,805,331 acres are farm land, with about 55.3 percent statewide as improved. Lancaster leads with 397,000 improved acres, followed by York 365,000 and Washington 338,000. Greene and others show high concentrations in the southwest and south central regions, while some mountain counties in north central show as little as 7.6 percent farm land.
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Pennsylvania
State Planning Board
Greene County
Lancaster County
York
Washington
Montour
Mercer
Adams
Erie
Crawford
Susquehanna
Greene
Southcentral
Lancaster
Northcentral
Bradford
Berks
Chester
Circumcision and Aid Report At Easton and Nazareth Hospitals
Report notes children circumcised at Easton Hospital and a private Nazareth donor providing a five dollar food order for a family without meals. Nazareth History Club donated six large food boxes to forty eight children. Clothing items totaling four hundred ten pieces, plus thirty pairs of legs removed at St Luke's Hospital, with two children receiving treatment. A private donor also gave five dollars for clothing.
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Nazareth
Pennsylvania Farm Land Trends and Local Social Notes
A regional snapshot notes five counties Bradford Berks Chester Westmoreland and Franklin in a list of farm land but not in the top ten by percentage of farm land to total area Westmoreland is the sole county in the second ten ranking 32nd After years of expansion farm land area has declined while farming becomes more intensive with smaller average farm sizes and only slight fall in improved land per farm Amid local social and community notices residents share visits illnesses and daily happenings including Ackermanville and Chestnut Hill interactions and bee keepers plans for winter feeding of bees amid quality concerns and temperature impacts on honey production
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Crawford
Westmoreland
Greene
Franklin
Bradford
Berks
Chester
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Sunday Visitors at the Simons Home
Sunday visitors included F P Birk of Beth lehem Minnie Itterly Nazareth Mrs Mary Hahn and Nelson Klotz from town Mrs Charles Andrews and Easton family visited Gerber family Sabatine Easton grandmother visited Tony Ferraro family James Abel Easton Hilda Alice Abel and Raymond Abel Belfast visited Peter Abel Edward Schweitzer family Roy Ackerman and daughter Mae spent Wednesday evening
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Ning
Ackermanville
Clement Ackerman
Grace Kindt
Pauline Rea
Happel
Thomas
Carl Happel
Chestnut Hill
E Ben Buss
Easton
Violetta
Gerber
Eddie Gerber
John Smith
Dickinson University
Mike Smith
William Edelmans
James Abel
East
Peter Abel
Raymond Schweitzer
Harold Wat
Kathryn
Basil Thompson
Andrew Catasauqua
Lehr
John Simons
Helen Simons
F. P. Birk
Bethlehem
Minnie Itterly
Nazareth
Mary Hahn
Nelson Klotz
Town
Charles Andrews
Sabatine
Tony Ferraro
Hilda
Alice Abel
Raymond
Abel
Belfast
Edward Schweitzer
Roy Ackerman
Mae
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New York County
Hoover
Washington Redskins
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Diney
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Chrysler
Kansas City Star Nd Journal
Cafe Society
N. Y. Village
Harlem
Abe
Phil Spitalny
Mary Small
Rudy Vallee
Jay C. Flippen
Milton Berle
Dave Elman
Elman
Jean Hersholt
WOR
Babylon
Times Square
Empire State Tower
Gultar
Creanien
Donnie
Grishdawg Bresents
Eiferich
Selina
Neia Bleipencla
Grishdawg
Gshenker
Annera
Avelé Dyson
Iebmee
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