Hardesty Herd Captures Honor In Cow Testing
H. J. Hardesty's herd of 34 grade Holstein and Jersey cows led the Rockingham County Dairy Herd Improvement Association for August. They averaged 29.20 pounds of butter fat and 665 pounds of milk. The Hardesty herd is from Clarke county. M. Driver and Brother own the high cow, a grade Guernsey, with 1,252 pounds of milk and 58.7 pounds of butter fat. 10 High Herds.
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H. J. Hardesty
Jersey
Rockingham County
Agreement Reached on Competitive Coal Industry Code
Washington August 28 Hugh S Johnson announced a four day conference result on essentials for a competitive code for the bituminous coal industry. He said the administration would recommend the accord to the President and that the code clears the way for operation. The plan includes a $4.60 basic daily wage with a 40 hour week and a six month trial period ending April 1 with a government study of hours and wages. The union seeks a union dues check off. operators resist and back their automobile labor clause.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
President Asked to Settle Gas Tax Tangle
Richmond August 28 The Federal relations committee of the House reported a joint resolution by Delegate Hugh Reid Arlington to urge President Roosevelt to amend the oil code. It would let oil companies pay part of the gasoline tax where adjacent state rate differences hinder competition. Reid said Virginia and District of Columbia taxes create District price retailing and could drive Virginia dealers out of business.
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Richmond
Federal Relations Committee
House
Hugh Reid
Arlington
Roosevelt
Reid
Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington
Rehabilitation Sought In The Hurricane Zone
Richmond Aug 28. Governor Pollard completed appointment of a committee to assess rehabilitation needs in Chesapeake Bay storm wrecked communities. The group, led by former Norfolk mayor Heth Tyler, will meet in Norfolk to review havoc from Wednesday’s hurricane and propose actions. The governor said the Public Works Administration will field a representative for a survey.
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Richmond
Chesapeake Bay
Pollard
Heth Tyler
Norfolk
Seaboard
National Public Works Administration
H. H. Holt
Hampton
Mr. Tyler
W. H. Taylor
Public Health Service
American Red Cross
Charles FE. Ford
Newport News
Alvin Massenburg
Elizabeth City
State Public Works Committee
Interior Chief Leads Oil Agreement Push Amid Delay
Interior Chief Ickes presses for faster operation of major projects and hints at eventual use of forfeiture. President Roosevelt orders urgent action to credit employers under the new deal, aiming to spread jobs and raise commodity prices and wages. Credit expansion may flow through banks or direct government talks with lenders, with details still unsettled.
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Ickes
Jones
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Governor Norman and White House discuss currency stabilization
The Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Norman declined to talk before entering the summer White House. They have discussed stabilizing currency values against foreign exchange, but there is no hint the President thinks the time is right. He maintains that the American dollar can go without gold support until it settles with other non gold currencies.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Norman
White House
Harrison
Wallace Asks 15 Per Cent Slash In Wheat Planting
Secretary Wallace announced a 15 percent cut in wheat plantings by farmers joining the crop reduction plan. He estimated about 9.6 million acres less than recent averages, cutting production by more than 124 million bushels. The plan offers up to 120 million dollars in cash payments from a tax fund, with about 90 million to be distributed this fall. The move follows the London wheat pact among 21 nations, though full effect hinges on four key exporters agreeing to a joint quota of 560 million bushels. Canada and Australia back the supplement. the U.S. awaits Argentina's sign-off before joining.
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Washington
Walace
Wallace
United States
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Thomas le Breton
Waite Reports On Storm Damage Along Mid-Atlantic Coast
Deputy Administrator Charles M. Waite described observing storm damage along the Virginia, Delaware and Maryland coasts. He flew yesterday to inspect sites and report on an application by Virginian and Maryland officials for federal funds to fund repairs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles M. Waite
Public Works Board
Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
Waite
Virginian
Carson Seeks Information On Skyline Drive Progress
Carson, chairman of the State Commission on Conservation and Development, asked Shenandoah Valley Inc. president A. T. Moore for progress on waivers of landowner contracts along Skyline Drive. The National Park Service seeks authority to open the road, and Moore’s talks with Governor Pollard are pending. Moore collected grazing cattle owner lists. his return to Staunton leaves the situation unclear.
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Front Royal
William E. Carson
State Commission On Conservation and Development
A. T. Moore
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Skyline Drive
Pollard
Carson
National Park Service
Moore
Commission of Conservation and Development
The
Conservation Commission
Staunton
Richmond
Public Works Eyes Federal Loan for Storm Stricken Areas
A public works board will decide at its meeting today whether to seek a federal loan for areas hit by the disaster. Colonel Waite’s exact recommendation on the loan was not disclosed. A survey flight, with the plane sometimes at 200 feet, traced the storm damage from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, northward for close assessment.
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Waite
Public Works
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Public Works Board
County Sunday Schools To Hold Annual Meeting
Franklin County Pennsylvania figures high in planning a county convention in Winchester with religious leaders, educators, and church officials. The program spans Wednesday to Thursday with worship, sermons, leadership talks, singing, and a pageant titled Kingdom Increase directed by Mrs W Lupton and Mrs William Tipe.
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Dent
Public Pols
Franklin County
Franklin County Council of Religious Education
Quincy
F . Senger
Winchester United Brethren Church
Claude B. Stickley
Stephens City High School
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church of
Winchester
L. Woolf
Methodist Episcopal Church South
W. R. Hardesty
Claude Stickley
McLaughlin
Reliance
Dr. Thomas
Dr. Miller
Reliance Yuar
Mr Senger
Gore Chorus
Diehl
Mowrey
Senger
Wolf
Miller
Ps W. Lupton
William Tipe
Iceberg Theme and Classic Toys in Historic Context
The passage equates a ball with the ball as among the oldest toys, notes an iceberg’s vast underwater portion with about eight ninths submerged and one ninth above, and briefly clarifies that hay fever is not caused by hay and fever is not a symptom.
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Farmers & Merchants National
J. H. Fisher & Son
Paul Roller
J. O. Beard
H. J. Hardesty & Son
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Gilbert P. Wright
Solenberger & Bro
John H. Alger
Byrd. Bros
IM. Driver &Bro
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
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