Governor denounces cuts in pest control funding state wide
The governor warns that reduced appropriations from the General Assembly threaten pest control work crucial to farmers. He cites European corn borer control, Gipsy moth relief, and costed spraying efforts in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. He urges continued funding to protect crops and the economy, arguing misapplied cuts hurt state services and future generations.
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Howe County
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Lackawanna
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Harrisburg
Supplemental audit finds surcharges against Shaub in New Holland
Auditors for the Borough of Holland file a supplemental audit of the New Holland School District for the year ending July 1 1932. They charge Percy H. Shaub and his sureties with 1529.78 dollars for 1929 tax collection and 11262.59 dollars for 1931 tax collection, detailing bonds and heirs. The report is dated June 6, 1933, and filed with Lancaster County authorities.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Pennoaylvania
Percy H. Shaub
Elwood H. Shaub
Levi K. Bear
F. P. Dixon
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A. Y. Geist
H. K. Weaver
Borough of
Holland
Pennsylvania Ends: Motor Vehicle Inspections Schedule
Auditor reports compulsory motor vehicle inspections in Pennsylvania run July 1 to September 30 with 7584 stations under Revenue Department supervision. Defective equipment caused 233 May crashes, killing seven and injuring 227, with $33,400 damage. brakes faults led 41.6 percent of those crashes.
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Pinchot
Department of Revenue
Division of Safety
State Orders Surfacing On Rural Highways
Secretary S S Lewis announces that within six weeks the Department of Highways will surface about 2000 miles of rural roads under the A and B programs. Fall bases gain stability over winter, with hard surface ready for travel during surfacing season. Tax and budget notes follow with detailed allocations and surcharges on 1929 school tax.
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S. S. Lewis
Department of Highways
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Various Posts
The Civil Service Commission lists open examinations for Junior Park Naturalist at 32000 yearly with deductions up to 15 percent and 3 12 percent retirement, Senior Highway Design Engineer 3400 to 3600, Sound a year, Picture of economy deductions, and other posts including Super visor Shoe Factory at 2000 yearly. Information available at local post offices.
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State Potato Yield High Across Twenty-One States
A report from the Bureau of Plant Industry shows Pennsylvania ranked twelfth in certified seed potato production and third in average yield per acre. Maine and New York growers surpassed Pennsylvania by a small margin in acre yield.
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Degree Permission Granted to Cheyney Training School
The State Council of Education grants Cheyney Training School for Teachers in Cheyney Pennsylvania authority to award the Bachelor of Science in Education degree.
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Brownstown C E Echoes Sunday Christian Endeavor Meeting
The Intermediates and Juniors led by Miss Dorothy Wenger met at Ebenezer Evangelical Congregational church. Music included Stepping in the Light and Have Thine Own Way Lord. readings by Louella Keller and others. a piano solo by Hebecca Kurtz and a clarinet duet by Mary Yost and James Klopp. The main topic was Following the Guide with questions and an Our Followers exercise. No meeting next Sunday due to preaching service.
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Jimmie Klopp
James Weaver
Bud Parmer
Dick Imber
Bud Sowers
Boake Carter Speaks Against Administration On Weekday Radio
Boake Carter continues to air his views on government policy each weekday evening at 7:45 ET over Columbia. Listeners reportedly turn him off when he criticizes or backs Administration actions, yet he persists with his opinions.
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Columbia
Regulations For Bass Season In Inland Pennsylvania Waters
Anglers face a red-letter season for bass pickerel wall-eyed pike and other game fish in inland waters of Pennsylvania. Open July 1 close November to regulate bass muskellunge and rock white crappie strawberry and calico bass with size and creel limits. Bass must be 9 inches, 10 per day. Pike perch 12 inches 10 per day. Pickerel 12 inches 15 per day. Muskellunge 22 inches 3 per day. Rock white crappie strawberry calico grass bass 6 inches 15 per day.
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Oliver M. Deibler
Wai
Counties lead in specialized farm productions statewide
Adams leads in apple production while Berks tops oats barley and pears. Bradford dominates buckwheat hay honey bee hives and silos. Bucks leads truck crops. Chester excels in greenhouse products and farm radios. Erie heads grapes cherries plums and small fruits. Franklin leads rye. Fulton grows clover seed. Greene leads sheep. Lancaster tops corn wheat tobacco and milk production plus horses dairy cattle fertilizer use farm autos trucks tractors and farms with phones and electricity. Lehigh leads potatoes. Montgomery leads nursery products. Perry produces Timothy seed. Somerset leads maple products.
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Lancaster
Swamp Oak 359 Year Old Prominent Pennsylvania Tree
Foresters report a swamp white oak near Waterfall on the Huntingdon line as one of Pennsylvania’s largest. Measured at 75 feet tall and 16.5 inches diameter in 19 percent, today it stands about 19 feet per year in height with a 78 foot crown spread and an estimated age of 359 years. It grows fastest on well drained soils.
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Huntingdon Side
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George S. Perry
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Westmoreland Tops in Lime Use on Farms and York Leads in Farm Output
Westmoreland County shows the highest lime usage on farms while York County leads in peaches farm-made butter eggs and strawberries and has the most mules swine and chickens on farms.
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Westmoreland
York
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