Back To Farm Measure Expands State Emergency Relief Lands
Harrisburg June 23 Senate Bill No 438 approved by Governor Pinchot authorizes cooperative agricultural associations to acquire farm lands for State emergency relief farms. Lands may exclude mineral or water rights. improvements can be built. Plots leased to unemployed residents receiving public aid at ten percent rental. Buildings wells and facilities may be constructed within cost limits.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Pinchot
Cooperative Agricultural Associations
Cooperative land plots and local initiative in Harrisburg plan
The text details lessee duties for each plot including tilling soil, fence upkeep, insuring buildings for cost and taxes, with no specific state funds or direct Department of State responsibility. It notes the act relies on local initiative and directs readers to the Bureau of Markets in Harrisburg for formation procedures.
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Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Distillery Plant Seized By Agents
Prohibition agents seized a $250,000 alcohol distillery plant described as the largest and most complete ever found in the middle west. Six men were taken into custody. The still had an estimated capacity of 5,000 gallons a day and was connected to the Al Capone syndicate.
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International News Service
Chicago
Middle West
al Capone Syndicate
Slippery Rock Creek Widening Near Elliott’s Bridge
Slippery Rock Creek at Elliotts bridge will be widened this summer as county relief workers cut back the east embankment to prevent washouts at the stream’s swing. Work runs from near the Cook property to below the bridge with loam hauled to the county home along the Ellwood City highway.
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Slippery Rock
Elliotts Bridge
Cook
Ellwood City
Farm Show Dates Set For January in Harrisburg
Harrisburg June 23 The State Farm Show Commission set January 15 16 17 18 and 19 1934 as the dates for the eighteenth annual Pennsylvania Farm Show. The exhibition will be held in the 10 acre Farm Show Building in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
State Farm Show Commission
County P. T. A. Elects New Officers At Meeting
Representatives from county P. T. A. groups met at North Street school chaired by Mrs. D. N. Bulford. Officers elected include Carrie Jeffery Roberts as president and Philip Cox as treasurer with seven vice presidents from various schools. Mrs. Seldon and Mrs. Bulford conferred with Dr. C. C. Green prior to the session.
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North Street
D. N. Bulford
North Side
Pittsburgh
Bulford
Robert E. Seldon
Parent-Teachers Association
R. G. Leslie
Oliver Hazen
Carrie Jeffery Roberts
Robert Magill
Arthur McGill School
Leonard Cramer
Oak Street School
Scott McIntyre
Rose Avenue School
Grace McCreary
East Brook School
Harry McKee
Highland School
Chauncey Davis
West Side School
J. A. Weingartner
Shenango School
J. Emerson Davis
Union Township
Philip Cox
Volant
Seldon
C. C. Green
Utilities League to speed battle on rates in western Pa
Pittsburgh June 23 The Utilities League for Municipalities seeks to present the rate dispute to the public service commission promptly. D Glenn Moore president says recent three utility reductions in March were negligible for small consumers. He cites Illinois Commerce Commission actions reducing rates saving over 1 million dollars annually for Chicago area residents to beef up the fight.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Utilities League For
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
D. Glenn Moore
League
Moore
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Leaps to Death in Pittsburgh Hotel
R L Schafhirt of Altoona 34 asked for a high room at a Pittsburgh hotel and died after plunging from the twenty third floor. Hann of Altoona said Schafhirt had been furloughed by a tobacco company after 17 years of work. Relatives from Altoona were expected to claim the body at the morgue.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
R. L. Schafhirt
Altoona
Schafhirt
H. B. Hann
Hann
Schafhir
Leg Breaks After Hay Wagon Fall
Seymour Curley, 70, slipped while loading hay from a wagon on Thursday and sustained a broken right leg. He lives with his daughter Mrs. Harry Jones on Covert road and was taken to Jameson Memorial hospital for treatment.
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Seymour Curley
Mr. Curley
Harry Jones
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Price of a Pin Fatal to Woman
Mrs James M ene, 29, died in Williamsport hospital after a pin pricked her left thumb at a Milton clothing store. Blood poisoning developed days later despite operation and transfusions.
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International News Service
Williamsport
James M.ene
Milton
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Gifford Pinchot
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Mill & North Sts
Frew Bldg
M. C. Raffel
Jack Gerson
Penn Theatre
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Silver Club
Rogers
Wm. A. Rogers & Sons
Holmes & Edward’s
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Bulova
Senator
Westfields
Bulova Watch Co
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Jeweler
North Mercer Street
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