State cuts lift county road costs to state burden
The 1932 assembly shifted 40 000 miles of county roads to state control as a tax relief measure. State budget director J H Bradford said 1932 33 expenses would near 39 million, down from 43.5 million in 1931 32, with salary cuts and 10 percent departmental reductions contributing to savings.
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Wadlaet Redicted
Mr. Bradford
Bradford
General Fund
Commonwealth
Highway Department
Assembly
Scouts and sewing machines in social work notes
The National Council of Social Work urges maintaining youth safeguards amid rising racketeering influence. The piece on Hand Stitching and Machines compares sewing machine speeds from 8 200 stitches per minute to human hand capacity, noting one firm makes 8 000 machine designs.
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National Council of Social Work
The Case for Boy Scouts of America Support
A community statement argues the Boy Scouts uphold reverence to God loyalty to the flag and service to others. It warns against anti authority forces and stresses the Scouts’ role in guiding youth safeguarding national heritage and common good as a large stake in society.
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Boy Scouts of America
Russia
Boy Scout Organization
United States
Boy Scouts
Youth Killed by Live Wire in Maryland Well Incident
Merle Hoffman aged 20 was electrocuted while removing a guy wire from a digging outfit. The wire fell onto a high tension road line near Big Pool, Maryland. Hoffman was married with two children, son of Samuel E Hoffman of Williamsport, and worked for his uncle Joseph Hoffman.
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Hagerstown
Mad
Merle Hoffman
Big Pool
Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman
Samuel E Hoffman
Williamsport
October to Spotlight Lutherans in Major Church Gatherings
The United Lutheran Church plans a busy October with meetings in Baltimore Harrisburg and Philadelphia. The Inner Mission Board urges a stronger congregational welfare program addressing unemployment and family issues. The Virginia Synod supports 19 inner mission institutions including the Lutheran Orphan Home of the South in Salem and the National Lutheran Home in Washington. Dr. L A Thomas of Grace Church was elected to attend the Philadelphia convention.
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Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church
Baltimore
Brotherhood of the United Brethren Church
Harrisburg
United Lutheran Church Body
Philadelphia
Inner Mission Board of
The
United Lutheran Church
George L. Kieffer
New York
United States
Seaman’s
Virginia Synod
Lutheran Orphan Home of the South
Salem
National Lutheran Home
Washington, D. C
Williams-Henson
Two Men Die In Scranton Dynomite Bomb Blast
Two unidentified men were killed when a dynamite bomb exploded in a car in Scranton Pennsylvania. Four other people were slightly hurt in the blast in the Trip Park area. A car bore Pennsylvania plates and a drivers license found near the scene listed Alfred Satiri of Jessup as the license holder.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Trip Park
Pennsylvania
Alfred Satiri
Jessup
Soldiers Move From Fort Knox Through Winchester
About 150 United States Army soldiers including infantry and cavalry passed through Winchester yesterday afternoon in trucks automobiles motorcycles and a tank en route from Fort Knox to Aberdeen proving grounds for testing Much of the equipment was noted as being taken for testing and the unit was quartered at the Berryville horse show grounds escorted by state motorcycle police.
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United States Army
Winchester
Aberdeen
Fort Knox
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Berryville Horse Show Grounds
Applications For Federal Loans Drop Sharply
Bank loans sought from the Reconstruction Corporation fell about ten percent from late July to early September. In the five weeks ending July 30 banks submitted 1,521 applications totaling 346 million dollars, while the following five weeks saw 1,222 applications for 1,438 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Corporation
Secret Errand to Antofagasta Warship Assignment Reported
VALPARAISO Chile September 29 Departing under secret instructions the destroyer Lynch sailed north toward Antofagasta Province as separatists threatened an uprising against the government A report circulated that the navy may have ordered one of the port facilities at Antofagasta to be taken or secured.
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Associated Press
Valpariso
Chile
Lynch
Antofagasta
O Ee
Antofagosta
Ten Percent State Cut Affects Trial Jurors
The 10 percent salary reduction ordered by Gov. John Garland Pollard also lowers jurors per diem and mileage in state funded courts. For the Kermit Orndorff trial in Frederick County, per diem and mileage totaled $173.07 for 40 veniremen, less 10 percent equals $17.30, leaving $155.77 as net juror cost to the county.
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John Garland Pollard
Frederick County
Kermit Orndorff
C. C. Brannon
Sims Advises Storage Until Winter Season
J O Sims of London argues that higher duties will shift fruit shipping timing. He predicts growers will ship while the 10 percent ad valorem duty remains, risking market oversupply despite Virginia export quality being lower this year. He says duty rise to 46d cwt will shrink exports and reduce operations.
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J. O. Sims
London
Virginia
Economic forces push prices up amid limited supply
Prices rise as supply remains tight and demand remains strong. Analysts say market conditions favor higher values as inventories dwindle and buyers compete for scarce goods.
Antarctic Lights Aurora Australis Shines in South Seas Sky
The Antarctic region displays the Aurora Australis, the southern counterpart to the northern lights, lighting the skies with vivid colors across polar regions.
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Antarctic
Beetle or moth claims largest insect by measure
The article notes the moth Erebus agrippina has an 11 inch wing span as the largest insect by wing expanse. It also mentions the beetle Macrodontia cervicornis may be the largest by bulk and body length, reaching up to 6 inches.
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