Roosevelt Seeks 8.4 Billion Budget With Half-Year Cuts
President Roosevelt submits an 8.424 billion dollar budget for the year and requests 460 million in new taxes to fund a 1.8 billion defense push. Relief and farm benefits face cuts while a deficit budget aims to 2.176 billion, with revenue mainly from taxes and federal emergency funds. Continued.
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Early Easter and Lent Dates Noted Amid Cold Weather
Severe cold bites wildlife as Owen Fox urges feeding and water for birds. Easter Sunday falls on March 31, 1924, earlier than recent years, with Lent starting in February. Spectators visit Ralph Schetromay’s East Brook Street home to view a Christmas village. plans to expand next year. Temperature contrasts highlight today’s weather compared with last year’s 57 degree high.
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Daily Weather Report Summary for United States
The 24 hour period ending at 4 daéides shows maximum temperature 19 and minimum 12 with precipitation noted. River stage at Crace River measures 4.4 feet. Compared to the same date last year, maximum 37 and minimum 27 with no precipitation.
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Taking Of 1940 Census Begins In District
The 1940 census starts in the 28th district including Lawrence Beaver and Butler counties with office in the Greer building North Mercer Street. Jacob Wenger leads as district supervisor with J Frank Stevens and Martha Jane Horchier as staff. Enumerators list includes Calvanese Cioff Doerr Perdue Simpson and others from Lawrence Butler and Beaver counties. The first census focuses on industrial and business data including employment, materials, wages, and production to map the district’s economic life.
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Ruth I. McLafferty
Butler County
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Possible Allied Aid To Finland Worries Germany
Berlin reports say Nazi Germany fears open Anglo-French aid to Finland while Russo German talks continue. Molotov visit to Berlin is deemed less probable now than two months ago, and officials note no interruption in consultations with the Soviet Union.
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Thomas Named As Fire Chief
James E B Thomas elected chief and George Harper named assistant chief by unanimous vote at city hall. Appointments effective January 8. former officials A P McIlwain and Earl Dart status not yet established. Director D O Davies cited restoring department to its former nonpolitical status amid prior political changes. Mellwain and Dart served four years. Russian planes bomb Helsinki killing several Finns as reports emerge from Copenhagen.
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Death Record notices from New Wilmington area
Death notices list Mrs Elizabeth Fowler Smith 92 of New Wilmington and several others including Paul Davis 18 of 522 State Street Mrs Frank Reed 32 of 414 Whippy Street and Mrs Marry W Trover 44 of 19 South Walnut Street all noted on January 4 1840 in the local record.
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Hunt For Slayer Of State Trooper Fired In McConnellsburg
Fifty state motor policemen and game wardens hunted Fulton county woods for Brice Hann 55 livestock dealer after he allegedly shot and killed State Motor Policeman Frederick J. Sutton 25 when Sutton tried to serve a warrant in McConnellsburg. Sutton died hours later in Chambersburg hospital. Police said Hann refused a request to come outside and fired from his pocket as Sutton moved toward him outside a restaurant. The manhunt stretched through the night with no arrest.
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Will Press Murder Charge Against Man In Fatal Stabbing
In Aliquippa Pennsylvania authorities prepared to press murder charges against Louis Luckinick 35 for the fatal stabbing of his sweetheart Lucy Miller 23 of Richeyville. Luckinick attempted suicide by gas but was found unconscious and is expected to recover. A bloody butcher knife lay near the partially clad body of Miller as police and witnesses described a fierce struggle in Luckinick’s apartment.
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Congress Cool On Suggestion Of Defense Tax
Roosevelt faces cool reception from lawmakers over a $500 million defense tax plan. House Ways and Means members press postponement until March tax data and big appropriation bills pass. Senate leaders warn against expanding defense without raising the deficit. Doughton says the proposal will be considered, Buck voices broad committee views.
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Four Graf Spee crew attempt escape from custody
Four Graf Spee crew members who helped scuttle the ship after the battle off Uruguay tried to escape from custody aboard the interned tanker Tacoma. They got overside in a motor launch and headed toward Buenos Aires but were intercepted by Uruguayan coast guards.
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Russian Rail Line Put Out Of Use In North Front
Reports from Helsinki on January 4 say Finnish ski patrols and air force efforts have disrupted the Lenin Grad Murmansk railway, halting Soviet supply routes to the north. Western sources note trucks seen crossing into Finland hint at a disruption, while authorities caution about unconfirmed sabotage or combat damage.
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Blonde Beauty Reaches England
Newell Rogers dispatch from Folkestone reports Miss Freeman-Mitford, 26, suffering a neck wound while en route from Germany to her ancestral home in High Wycombe Buckinghamshire. Her ambulance broke down near Folkestone forcing an overnight hotel stay before resuming her journey. The London Evening Standard notes a French mission may visit Finland to assess military needs for Baron Mannerheim.
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Battle Over Reciprocal Trade Agreements Will Develop In Congress
Washington January 4 1948 A heated fight over President Rogieves reciprocal trade program began in Congress today with factions forming on both sides. Republican Senate Leader McNary Oregon said it would be a presidential campaign issue regardless of the outcome. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dawes of North Carolina announced an extension proposal while opponents argued the law would permit the president to negotiate without Senate ratification, claiming unconstitutionality.
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Charge Thefts To Local Man
Police report a local man, 28 year old Joseph Harrmagasin, arrested on multiple charges of burglary and vehicle theft. Police say stolen items include a Ford sedan owned by Lee McNe, with a total loss around $3. Law enforcement from State Motor Police assisted, with details from officers Jongh and Klare of the New Cast detachment. Wheeler-Hill, born in Latvia and naturalized, was noted as a recent Secretary tied to citizenship claims. Taft to speak in Chicago on budget balance.
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Guard Woman Who Strangled Mother To Death
Agnes West 34, a Woraran at West Virginia University, is under constant guard in a Pittsburgh hospital in a fragile condition after strangling her mother Mrs Tielen G West and attempting suicide by leaping from a sixth floor hotel roof. Police say she admitted to the act while adjusting a scarf and felt an urge to kill.
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Appointment To Supreme Court Is Announced
President announces Frank Murphy to become Solicitor General and to join the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Butler's death. Robert H. gress to enlarge, unclear text. Washington dispatch dated January 4.
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Pittsburgh Pastor Dead Noted by News Service
A Pittsburgh pastor is reported dead in a brief obituary note from News Servicey. The item records the clergyman's prominence in the faith community and notes the date of death, with commemorative attributions from local church circles.
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Melder Named as Supervisor of Parking Meters
Melder is appointed supervisor of parking meters, with duties to oversee enforcement, maintenance, and operation. The move aims to improve meter reliability and city revenue collection while coordinating with urban services and law enforcement. City officials say the change streamlines parking administration and enhances public service.
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Fragmentary Note on Names and Times
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