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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
2
The treasury department plans a nation wide campaign with each movie theater showing a different film portrait nightly. Stars Pickford Fairbanks Chaplin and Hart will be featured as part of this effort to fund the Fourth Liberty Loan. Mary Pickford quips she would have begged for a chance if not asked to participate.
A large extension of the Zinsser Chemical works begins at Hastings on Hudson to manufacture gas bombs and defense equipment. Barracks for many soldiers will be built, potentially creating a five mile dry zone that would close the Flugtings and Dobbs Ferry saloons. The plant is expected to become one of the Atlantic coast’s largest munitions factories.
The text outlines two proposed amendments from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. The first authorizes the state to issue bonds up to fifty million dollars to improve highways, while maintaining existing debt limits. The second proposes expanding corporate banking privileges by allowing first incorporations under general law, altering notice and charter terms. The document directs submission to voters at the November 6, 1918 election.
A joint resolution proposes amending Article Three Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The change would restrict state expenditures to approved appropriations and specified purposes with dollar amounts and timing set by the General Assembly. The measure cites Article Eighteen as guiding authority.
The proposal amends Article Nine Section Eight to cap debts at seven percent of assessed property value for counties cities boroughs townships school districts and other districts with Philadelphia allowed up to ten percent. No new debt may exceed two percent of property value without specified approval and all public money becomes payable by warrant from the State Treasurer upon the Auditor General's draft.
A copy of Joint Resolution No. 2 to 3 provides the proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution affecting Philadelphia debt limits and borrowing, including deductions for debt tied to public improvements and utilities, revenue provisions, sinking fund requirements, and the timing of tax levies during construction periods. The document is signed by Cyrus R. Woods, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The proposal amends Article Nine Section One of the Pennsylvania Constitution to allow classifications and progressive taxes while exempting public property used for public purposes religious worship burial places of public charity. The joint resolution calls for submission to voters at the next or following election year for approval.
Fragmentary OCR notes an intending action titled Going to Yank Them Out Trip, with unclear details and dispersed text. The readable portions provide no concrete event date location or participants to confirm a full news item.
Robert M. Gay reflects in Atlantic Monthly on a pool scene where a radiant flying insect alights on green water. He argues fleeting beauty sustains the spirit amid wars and sorrow, noting recurring nature’s constancy comforts mankind.
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