Rules For Loan Seekers Under HOLC Guidelines
Sub-district manager Don F McGrew of Lawrence county outlines HOLC loan filing rules to avoid delay. Eligibility hinges on whether the property was a home on June 14 1933, its encumbrances, unemployment related default, and whether the property remains owner occupied as a homestead. Loans are limited to homes under $20 000 and four or fewer families, with various restrictions on multiple properties and commissions.
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Don F. McGrew
Lawrence County
HOLC
Home Owners Loan Corporation
City Police Implement New Docket and Patrol Plans
A 24 hour police chronology ending June 6 reports three arrests for parking violations disorderly conduct and suspicion. A new docket at the city police station records arrestee details while excluding nationality and occupation. City work includes road resurfacing plans, with alleys and Cedar Street targets, plus a police vacation draw to cover extended coverage. Fire department gains extra hands during vacations and a Platinum watch was recovered by city workers after being dropped in a Moody avenue home receptacle.
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Councilan
B. F. Buller
Aday
Croton Avenue
Cedar Street
Seventh Ward
Traction Company
Fire Department
Harry Hoskins
Bill Davis
Dominick Quigley
City Sewer Department
Moody Avenue
Garlisle Street
Hoskins
Blaine Street
Brothers Enlist in U S Navy from Pittsburgh
George M Salamon and Joseph S Salamon of 25 Ralph avenue enlisted in the United States Navy at the Navy Recruiting Station Pittsburgh after passing a physical. They head to Hampton Roads Va for twelve weeks of training before sea duty. George recently left the Army Engineer Corps at Fort Humphreys Va.
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George M. Salamon
Joseph S. Salamon
Ralph Avenue
United States Navy
Navy
Pittsburgh
United States Naval Training Station
Hampton Roads
George Salamon
United States Army
Engineer Corps
Fort Humphreys
First tax payments by check noted after tax cards sent
County Treasurer William C. Pitts reports T S McAnns first to pay county taxes by check after tax cards went out on Saturday and Blanche Thames of Ellwood City first to pay in person. Pitts took in 1934 taxes on Monday 492 and Tuesday 1178 with expectations of rising receipts. Five percent discount offered before August 1. Delegation from North Beaver seeks state action on a Pinchot road from Edenburg to 4 Point near Mt Jackson. New court house site proposed by Lee R Gordon fronting 340 feet on Grant Street near business district with several owners listed. Trial motion in Commonwealth vs Frank Ambrosia over car crash. Foreclosure data from Home Loan Bank board shows rising foreclosures across districts in early 1934. County Commissioners in Ellwood City review request to reduce assessment on Standard Steel Car plant after most machinery moved to Butler.
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William C. Pitts
T. S. McAnns
Second Ward
Blanche Thames
Ellwood City
Pitts
North Beaver
County Commissioners’ Office
Edenburg
Mt. Jackson
State Highway Department
Lee R. Gordon
Grant Street
Jefferson Street
Mercer Street
Terry B Sweeney
J. P. H. Cunningham
M. L. Hanna
Mary C. Ward
Gordon
Elwood City
Standard Steel Car
Butler
Ellwood
North Beaver road vacation considered by court
Viewers J Roy Mercer Alex Main and Joseph Hannon reported favorably on the petition of North Beaver township road supervisors to vacate the Moravia Petersburg road. The road has existed 47 years but is now obsolete and hard to maintain. The plan includes a 3706 foot segment near Halltown road and a 75 foot section starting 420 feet east of that point as part of the proposed vacation.
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Hall Town
Edward's Run
Falltown
Halltown
J. Roy Mercer
Alex Main
Joseph Hannon
North Beaver Township
North
Beaver Township
First Photographers and a 1839 New York Church Image
A fragment notes that a picture of the Church of the Messiah tower in New York, taken by Samuel Breeze in 1839, is believed to be in this country. It mentions Niepce and Daguerre as the world’s first photographers, both French.
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New York
Samuel Breeze
Niepce
Daguerre
Also Mentioned on This Page
McGrew
Hanes
Wonderwear
Hanes Wonderwear
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Cascade Boulevard
Carmi Glover
U.S. Navy
George and
Joseph Salamon
Mikhail Shkhedrin
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Fisher Bros
Court House Hill
The
Commonwealth
Frank Cambrosia
Ambrosia
William BR. Hanna
Home Loan Bank Board of Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
America
Lawrence
Ing Industries
Orr
D. C. Orr Baking CO
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