Pinchot Signs Fifteen Bills in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania lawmakers approved fifteen measures affecting local government. Amendments to township code grant second and first class townships new powers over sewer systems and county high ways. Reforms include fiscal year alignment, duplicate road tax records, tax timing incentives, and term changes for township commissioners. The closing notes touch on spring tree trimming and a lighthearted quip about educators and married men.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Auditor General
Edmunds
Philadelphia
Victory Hall
Patterson
Brewster
Hunt+ Ingdon
Heas
Lancaster
Marshall
Weaver
Umia
Sigurenmeier
Schuylkill
Used Cars Wanted Immediate Action in Pittsburgh
Wanted late model used cars with prices paid. Call or ring General Motors at 3984 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh Pa. Open ainge and Sunday ont 0827.
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General Motor Daltes
Baum
Pittsburgh
156,893 Perished In Tokyo Quake and Fire Losses
After a year long investigation Tokyo Bureau of Statistics releases the first authentic casualty count from the September 1, 1923 disaster. It records 166,893 dead or burned, Tokyo suffering about two thirds of total property losses, with $3,763,198,017 in damage and $42,727,600 spent on relief.
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Tokyo
Areck
Yale Graduates Told To Behave At Commencement
Yale Alumni Weekly urges graduates to conduct themselves properly when they return for June commencement. The appeal, issued at New Haven, warns undisciplined behavior could undermine the university’s yearlong efforts. About 2,500 graduates are expected to be listed at headquarters for the ceremonies.
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R. T. Bulkeley
International News Serviva
Tait
New Haven
Gonn
Thoughttless
Jta
Yale
Yale Alumni Weekly
Beagan
Queen Elena Gifts to Peasant Girl in Italy
In Turín on May 1 International News Service reports Queen Elena, during a visit to Prince Yolanda at Pinerolo, began sending weekly candy and cake packages to a nearby peasant girl after the child revealed knitting skills. The queen later sent a pair of stockings, one containing sweets and the other money, prompting a tearful note from the girl about family misuses. A messenger now guards the packages as the girl enjoys them, fearing theft of her gifts.
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Turin
Italy
Elena
Princ Yolanda
Pinerolo
Windmills in Holland Face Loss to Electric Motors
In The Hague May 1, Holland debates preserving windmills as motors replace them. A group named Hollands Mills warns that loss would dull travel, while Prof Van Hysinga argues keeping windmills is a political safety measure for possible electricity shortages.
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Évitarzationgl News Service
The
Hague
Holland
Holland’s
van Hysinga
Farmhand Wins Wife In Fight For Estate
Herbert Lyman of East Hampton will keep the Bhuong farm where he has lived nineteen years. Jennie Cain, a nurse from Buffalo, who came to assist Lyman, will remain as housekeeper or wife or both. An agreement ends the $9000 suit against the administrator of Mrs. Phabe Simons’s estate. Lyman to pay $2200 to Mrs. Mary Purcell of Southold for the farm.
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Middletown
Conn
Herbert Lyman
East Hampton
Bhuong
Jennie Cain
Buffalo
Sid'’ Lyman
Phaibe Simons
Lyman Ja
Mary Purcell
Southold. L. 1
Simons
Women Changing Ideas Affect Trade in Jewelry
London report notes shifting female fashion reduces jewelry demand. Birmingham jewelry leader says gold watch bands fall out of favor as women opt for simpler adornment. Once four rings common, now two, a wedding and engagement ring.
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London
No Jewairy Association
Birmingham
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