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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
4
Commissions for 1537 Harrisburg area justices of the peace and magistrates have been mailed by the Department of State. Only Cameron and Clarion counties did not elect Minor judiciary members this year.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles reports about 1,300,000 vehicles registered compared with 1,750,937 on December 31, 1933. One in every three motor vehicles in Pennsylvania last year lacked 1934 license plates.
A fragment describes mail fraud connections to a Grand National Sweepstakes draw in March in Liverpool, with envelopes in New York and stewards receiving money for chances. It mentions Joe Jinks the laundry driver becoming rich and Mrs White hiring help, plus notes on Broadway’s underground rail history and Broadway's evolving streetscape.
Diary accounts from Jacob Ulumpert aboard Byrd Flagship as the expedition sails from Tidewater toward Cape Henry and Norfolk Navy Yard. He notes securing ships, launch of two cows for Little America, arrivals of Admiral Byrd and staff, and a call for Little America Aviation Club memberships in New York.
Commissioner Oliver M. Deibler announced a new program to stock smaller streams with fingerling trout this year, in addition to existing legal-size fish. The plan, aimed to boost fingerling distribution without changing current legal-size stocking, follows higher stream water levels from recent snow and rain.
Seven requisitions were sent to other states in December requesting return of fugitives from justice wanted for alleged law violations in Pennsylvania. Four warrants were issued for the return of violators to other states.
Fragmentary line suggests movement from a garish White Way toward Coney Island, with urgency to depart quickly. Readers infer a travel or escape theme set at a bustling urban scene.
A Farm Debt Conciliation Committee for Pennsylvania organized at the State Department of Agriculture. Members include Charles H. Dildine M. S. McDowell John A. McSparran Miles Horst and George W. Reily with McSparran as chairman and Horst as secretary. The panel aims to coordinate statewide efforts to scale farm debts to current price levels and save farmers homes. County committees will be formed to assist distressed farmers in debt adjustment.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles reports a sharp rise in learner's permits issued last year, reaching a level well above the 1992 figures. The surge indicates growing demand for driver credentials among applicants.
Uncle Elmer, noting the repeal of the 18th Amendment, wonders which constitutional prohibition will be enforced next while cleaning his newly acquired airplane.
W J Wright notes 4 H club work in New York enrolled over 26 000 youths in 1932 and about the same in 1933. Thirty plus counties employ agents with 107 000 dollars spent, largely from state and federal funds, fairs prizes and pheasant raising contributing the rest. Chenango county highlights 4160 and 3400 and Otsego 5000 from similar sources, showing funds support for youth projects beyond real estate taxes.
The Pennsylvania State Police teletype system at Harrisburg headquarters transmitted 60 172 official messages in 1933, up from 57 292 in 1932. The network now serves 113 Pennsylvania stations and links with systems in New Jersey New York Massachusetts and Connecticut. Over 700 stations in five states receive transmitted police information.
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