Word: bloomsburg
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bloomsburg, Pa., for a firemen's convention, John Sukaloski soiled his only suit, sent it to be cleaned, forgot the cleaner's name. Garbed in his landlady's clothing, he went in search of his suit, followed a gay convention parade, was astonished to win a $5 prize as the best female impersonator...
Died, Paul E. Wirt, 85, attorney, inventor of the fountain pen; in Bloomsburg, Pa. Irked by ink constantly spilled on his legal papers, he invented a cumbersome pen, filled by a medicine dropper, on which for a time he held a monopoly...
...Bloomsburg, Pa. Airport, Gifford Pinchot Jr., son of the Governor of Pennsylvania, qualified for his amateur pilot's license...
...acquire a U. S. factory. Once it was widely thought that he had bought a big interest in Diamond Match Co., biggest in the U. S., but this rumor was groundless. Last week, however, Herr Kreuger got his company. It was Federal Match Corp., owner of modern factories at Bloomsburg and Bellefonte, Pa., Duluth, Joliet and Spokane. Federal has issued no statements since 1929, at which time it showed $3,248,000 in assets, no earnings. Vulcan Match plans to put $4,000,000 new capital into Federal, indicating expansion...