Virginia Leads Southern States in Fortunes and Fiscal Management
Comptroller E R Combs told Fredericksburg that Virginia maintains a strong treasury with prompt debt payments and higher funding for roads education and public health. He contrasted Virginia with Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and West Virginia noting state deficits debt and political strain elsewhere while praising Virginia’s budget reforms and a $8.69 million increase in road and education appropriations over 1930-32.
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Virginia
Fredericksburg
E.R. Combs
Vir
Alabama
University of North Carolina
General Assembly
Gardner
Mississippi
Bilbo
Tennessee
Ture
Combs
J. H. Bradford
Bradford
Tariff Wall Proposal Mentioned for Nicaragua
Fragmentary note suggests a tariff wall around Nicaragua to deter foreign investors. No clear author or date. context referenced as a CHburg News mention.
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Nicaraagua
Chburg News
Storm and Stress in a Wife’s Hat Observation
A humorous exchange records a Philadelphian arguing women are keener observers, challenged by the editor who notes the wife’s talent for long hat descriptions after a brief glance. The anecdote underscores domestic wit and perceptions of observational skill.
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Pens & Philadelphian
Millwood Social Scene Shifts Through Hunt Cup Weekend
Millwood Virginia residents and visitors attend the Maryland Hunt Cup race and related social events. Notables include Miss Evelyn Merewether of Richmond visiting relatives, the Carter and Bell families from Baltimore and Philadelphia, and news of Mr. John Pitman’s death. The piece notes gatherings at Rosney Annefield Clay Hill and Mt Airy with dances, Bible class activities, and a forthcoming play Captain Racket to raise funds for a leper in China.
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Millwood
Evelyn Merewether
Richmond
Richard P. Whiting
Spencer Carter
Louise Bell
Baltimore
Consolve
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Thomas Byrd
Joseph Wright
Nelson Page
Walter D. Myers
Shirley Carter
Winchester
William Bell Watkins
Philadelphia
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Agnes
Mary Page
Lexington
Lee
Robert Page Cooke
Leper Society of Christ Church
Mt Airy
George H. Burwell
Evelyn Merriwether
Virginia
Emanuel Chapel Bible Class
Agnes R. Page
John Zombro
C. van Deventer
Arthur Lowe
Gardner
James B. Cook
Ruth Royston
Helen
Francis Pifer
Doris R. Jolliffe
John Anders
William Jolliffe, Jr
Samuel Garver
Lily Garver
Tucker Yowel
Jane Jolliffe
Captain Racket
Boyce
Community League of
White Hall
Emanuel Chapel
China
Doctor Wilson's Hospital
George W. Esser
Mary Easer Dodson
Richard Chapman
Bethlehem
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Jorg
S. Kart
Thorsoan
Carter
West Virginia
Ebonite
Bayerson Oil Works
Erie, PA
Ford
Universal Credit Co
Author Finance
Bickers Motor Co
Haddox Terrace Grocery
Samuel L. Boyles
WM. J. Lockhart
Millwood Society
T. H.urwell
Millard Dodson
Horn
E. B. Jacobs
French Strother
Garden City
L. 1
Ann B. Meade
Pen Day
Henry Wilder Foote
Boston
Hampton, Va
Rev
H. W. Foote
Hampton Institute
Ford Tudor
C.E. Organ
Willys Dealer
Braddock ST
Shenandoah
Studebaker
Wright Motor Co
Willard
Rth
Braddock Leae
Paestes Sinise
Willard Storage Batteries
Patton
Glaize & Brother
Silvertowns
THE
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Todd
Upton Orchard Service CO
Firestone
Shenandoah. Motor Company, Inc
Handley School
George Washington
Lee Ree
Dodge
Laure
Essex
Whippet
Buick
Packard
H. W. Ebert
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