Safety meetings urged as road tragedy cost cuts
In Richmond and Roanoke Virginia truck drivers heard A W Koehler of the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety urge safety as a cost reducer. He cited a 3 billion dollar annual U S loss and pressed for driver licenses and education. Joseph Fancuilli warned against truck disrepute and urged disciplined driving and reporting defects to curb unsafe operations.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
A.W. Koehler
National Conference On Street and Highway Safety
Roanoke
Virginia Motor Truck Owners Association and Safety Councils
T. Mc
Call Frazier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Koehler
United States
Aiene
Motor Truck Owners Association
Joseph Fancuilli
Bluemont
Fancuilli
Rainey Warns U S Trapped by Own Tariff Policies
Democratic chance in the House raises talk of tariff cuts though Senate and President Hoover pose obstacles. Rep Rainey accuses 1922 tariff of starting hard times, cites Hawley Smoot as groundwork for global protectionism, and argues for reciprocal trade to escape the tariff trap.
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Henry T. Rainey
Rainey
Illinois
Congress
Washington
John N. Garner
Texas
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
Edward
Seedlings Dedicated at Mount Vernon Ceremony for Cooper
Scouts plant a walnut seedling at the George Washington Headquarters site as a tribute to Mr. Cooper. Mrs. Alice W. Hostetler of the National Tree Planting Council presents the seedling and explains seed collection. Local Scouts gathered over 100 bushels of walnuts for reforestation, named Admiral Byrd walnuts, with officials noting a national program to plant 5,000,000 seeds in five years.
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Cooper
Alice W. Hostetler
National Tree Planting Council
Boy Scouts
George Washington
United States
Admiral Byrd
Eugene B. Cooper
Shenandoah Area
Washington
O. H. Benson
Horton
Frank T. McFaden
Douglas Fisher
Buglers Bruce Shade Lead Cremony With Taps
Bruce Shade and fellow buglers appeared in uniform to open the ceremony with taps. Attendees described the performance as impressive and enjoyable, noting the orderly procession and respectful atmosphere of the event.
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Bruce Shade
Lindbergh Leaves Virginia After Weekend Visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh, with Col Henry Breckenridge and former Gov Harry Byrd, departed Byrd airport at 11:30 am to return to New York after a Virginia weekend visit. The landing on the local field had been praised as a remarkably graceful arrival by local onlookers. Breckenridge, a former Assistant Secretary of War and ex Navy head, now practices law in New York.
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Col. Breckenridge
Col. Lindbergh
Byrd
Wilson
Navy Gun
New York
Richmond
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Breckenridge
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd Airport
Fifty Veterans Start March for Bonus in Rain
About 50 World War II veterans began a rain soaked march from Independence Square toward Washington seeking full payment of their bonus certificates and repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Leader William O'Brien said they will ask Congress to duplicate last year’s act and want the bonus now, not in 1934 when some may not be alive to collect it.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Washington
Independence Square
Chester
Wilmington
Del
Havre de Grace
Baltimore
William O’brien
Congress
Conservative fears new ideas unsettling his nest feathers
A witty remark defines a conservative as someone who dreads how new ideas might disturb the feathers in his nest, portraying cautiousness as a protective instinct for personal space and comfort.
Commissioners Sale of the Dr Thomas M Miller Properties
A public auction will be held December 26, 1931 in Winchester Virginia to sell two parcels in Frederick County the Miller properties including a 40 acre limestone farm with a 10 room brick house and a 7 acre tract near Stephens City. The 40 acre tract is leased to a tenant through March 1 1932 with the tenant to harvest and remove crop shares. Payment terms: one third cash, two equal annual installments secured by Deed of Trust and an insurance policy.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Bessie S. Miller
Elsie A. Miller
Robert L. Miller
Court House
Winchester
Thomas M. Miller
Stephens City
Valley Turnpike
White Post Road
Wise Kitchen
M. M. Lynch
Admiral Stirling Denies Reports Of Hawaiian Riots
Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr., Pearl Harbor commander, stating there has been no rioting in Honolulu and disturbances are under control. He notes one of five men charged in an attack on a naval officer's wife. Authorities monitor the situation.
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Washington
Cay
Yatestirling, Jr
Naval District
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Stirling
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Hells Truckmen
New Leaden
U. S
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Senate
Republicans
Hoover
Japan
J. T. Rainey
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main Street
Whitman
Mamy Lou
Myra Monet
Peoples Service Drug Store
North Main Street
Mount Vernon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Berkshire
COATS
Spe .Roner
Twk
Jewels
Kenneth E. Henry & Co
The
Moling & Cather
Betty Shoppe
W. Boscawen St
Kauffman
Ready TO Wear
Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Clore Vis
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