Gable Hails New Law Aiding Highway Safety
Governor Pinchot signed the automobile operators responsibility bill effective January 1 1934. S Edward Gable head of the Governor's Committee on Street and Highway Safety calls the measure non compulsory yet ensures financial responsibility with 5000 to 10000 for death or injury and 1000 for property damage. Non residents must comply when operating in Pennsylvania or with Pennsylvania registered cars elsewhere.
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Pinchot
S. Edward Gable
Pennsylvania
Gable
Department of Revenue
Community visits and weekend gatherings in Lancaster area
East Petersburg and Lititz residents shared Sunday visits with neighbors and relatives including the Garman Treisch Burkholder and Schload families. A variety of families from Ephrata and Wyomissing joined relatives at homes in Erb's Corner Stevens and Reading areas for social hours and extended weekend gatherings.
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Melvin Binkley
East Petersburg
Levi Garman
Amos Dietrich
Lititz
Peter Treisch
Warren Miller
Ephrata
Scott Treisch
Reamstown
John Treisch
David Burkholder
Missouri Burkholder
Mary Schloa
Cloyd Acker
Alice Glick
Reading
William Acker
George Malone
Mary Fritz
Wyomissing
J. Frank Sellers
William Martin
Erb’s Corner
Earl Snyder
George Frankfort
Richard
Robert
Harold
Mary Schload
Jacob Messner
Pennsylvania Adopts Symbol Based Highway Warning Signs
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways announced a new 24 by 24 inch symbol driven warning sign standard using black symbols on white backgrounds. Symbols indicate curves turns intersections and hazards with a 300 foot advance placement and crosswalk painting standard for school zones.
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Pennsylvania Department of Highways
S. S. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Department
Chevrolet Titles 96 621 New United in 3 Months
Chevrolet total registrations for the first quarter reached 96 621 new units, dominating 37.2 percent of the industry and outpacing the next three makes combined. Truck registrations numbered 14 278, 45.5 percent of industry trucks, amid a stable quarterly trend despite February and March banking effects.
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors
Reforestation Plan Calls for 100 Million Trees Annually
Charles R. Meek chief of the forest extension bureau warns Pennsylvania has 4 000 000 acres of idle land suited to timber. He says current planting rates of eight to ten million trees yearly are far below needed and urges a statewide program using 100 to 150 million trees annually to plant over 100 000 acres each year and put one million idle acres to work each decade.
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Pennsylvania
Charles R. Meek
Bureau of Forest Extension
Department of Forests and Waters
Pennsylvania Public School Attendance Figures Report
The latest Department of Public Instruction data show Pennsylvania public schools with an average daily attendance of 1 758 109 and total enrollment exceeding 2 000 000.
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Department of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
New Directional Signs Update for Pennsylvania Highways
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways outlines new embossed arrow route signs replacing old route direction markers. Urban signs will be smaller and unobtrusive while rural signs show distances to destinations. An arrow head at both ends marks junctions and a public education drive will explain the new symbols.
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Lewis
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Worms Rising AfterRain Not From Clouds
Western Pennsylvania resident asked if fishing worms come from the sky after rain. The Department of Internal Affairs says worms on streets are usually washed out from ground by heavy rain, though small cyclones could loft them temporarily. It notes Africa dirt and refuse were carried to Italy by cyclonic events.
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Department of Internal Affairs
Pennsylvania
Department
Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
Africa
Italy
1933 Graduating Classes Set Two State Records
Pennsylvania 1933 high school graduates will total about 65 000 and the share completing high school rises to around 60 5 percent. Dr James N Rule notes the record highs reflect improved holding power from freshmen in 1929 through senior year and emphasizes the value of high school for citizenship.
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Pennsylvania
James N. Rule
State Flower To Bloom Soon Across Pennsylvania
Laurel blooms will soon carpet Pennsylvania forests with pink and white clusters across Logan Moshannon Bald Eagle and other state forest districts. Deputy secretary John W. Keller notes off road access invites tourists to see the laurel in peak profusion from June onward in Franklin Adams Cumberland Fulton and Bedford counties.
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Pennsylvania
John W. Keller
Department of Forests and Waters
Logan
Penn
Moshannon
Bald Eagle
Mont Alto
Michaux
Buchanan
Franklin
Adams
Cumberland
Fulton
Bedford
Delaware State Forest
Pocono Mountains
Tier
Tioga
Susquehannock
Elk
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Fun Recipe Note
A nostalgic recipe piece extols pineapple upside down cake as a dessert and digestive aid. It lists ingredients for a pineapple topping with butter brown sugar maraschino cherries and a sponge batter with flour baking powder lemon extract and eggs. Baking at 350 degrees, the cake is cooled briefly before inverting for serving.
Angel Food Desserts and Other Readings
Article surveys angel food cake variants by Mother Briggs with peppermint ice cream and crushed candy garnish, plus angel snowball method and chocolate and strawberry sauces. Also includes notes on the Philadelphia zoo, Dr Ales Urdlicka’s ape man claim, US plant pests, coal depreciation, and South Africa girls basketball.
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Hinkletown
Wayne
Amos R. Good
New Holland, Pa
New United
Oussiole
Panocoor
Briggs
The
Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Council
Mother Briggs
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens
Java
Ales Urdlicka
U. S. Bara
United States
South Africa
BABY
New Hampshire Reds
Leghorns
Horst
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