Virginia eyes 162 million for 9,012 mile primary road system
Virginia State Highway Commission reports a 162 million dollar need to complete gaps and widen routes on the 9,012 mile primary highway system over the next ten years. Western districts like Bristol and Staunton show the largest gaps while federal and state funds must cover most costs as local funds decline.
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Highway Commission
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Staunton
Lynchburg
Salem
Culpeper
Suffolk
Fredericksburg
H. G. Shirley
93 Public Works Projects Approved for Virginia
Richmond Jan 8 J Winston Johns head of the Virginia advisory board on public works said the board sent to Washington for approval 93 projects costing 21 913 000 and creating 1500 jobs. Federal authorities have already approved 44 projects costing 12 414 000 and employing 5 6 men. Johns spoke at the Governor's conference on the budget and noted PWA fund releases may peak in April or May.
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Virginia Advisory Board On Public Works Today
Washington
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PWA
Oon
Emsesiners of Commerce
Bank President Stavisky Dies After Bank Scandal
Serge Stavisky, linked to a Bayonne pawnshop scheme that bilked investors of 40 million dollars, shot himself in a French villa as police closed in. Paris officials faced a cabinet crisis as minister Albert Dalimier resigned amid public outrage over the affair.
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France
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Handsome Alex
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Paris
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Chamber of Deputies
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Baynne
Chautemps
Serge Stavisky
Home Owners Bonds Loan Sees High Market Quoted
President Roosevelt plans to seek Congress guarantee of Home Owners Loan bonds and interest. Yesterday bonds traded around 93 3 4 to 94 3 4 per 100 with a potential rise to about 98 00 if guaranteed. Virginia issues 3 122 000 loans in two months, saving homes from foreclosure while state taxes on properties backed by these bonds reach 1 000 000.
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Jesse H. Jones
Senate
Robinson
Indiana
Seventy six killed in Kyoto rail station stampede
At Kyoto station on January 8 a sudden stampede during farewell to naval recruits caused 76 deaths and 48 injuries as over 10 000 people pressed toward a train bound for Kure. Investigators found most fatalities at a stairway choke point amid a dense crowd and flags.
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Imperial Japanese Avy
Kure Naval Base
Laguardia to Meet Governor Over Dictatorial Powers
Mayor Fiorello H. Laguardia announced he will travel to Albany with an AP report to discuss the dispute with Governor Herbert H. Lehman regarding Laguardia's request for dictatorial powers to address New York City's financial crisis.
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Associated Press
New York
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Albany
Herbert H. Lehman
Laguardia
New York Ity
First National Directors Chosen At Berryville
Berryville stockholders elect J T L Jones J L Humston Alfred M Kerfoot J T Lindsey D L Ramsburg and Frank M Wray to the board. Jones is re elected president Humston vice president and Ralph M Ware cashier with Lewis F Stolle as assistant cashier. Bank reports deposits up by fifty thousand and a 6 percent dividend.
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J.T. L. Jones
J. L. Humston
Alfred M. Kerfoot
J-T. Lindsey
D. L. Ramsburg
Frank M. Wray
Ralph M. Ware
Lewis F. Stolle
First National Bank
Chief Issues Are Stiffened In Stock Market
Stocks rose modestly in New York as tobacco shares led a revival while volume remained light. Brokers noted sizable short interest on tobacco firms amid expectations of reduced earnings under the recovery code and ongoing cigarette price competition. Sterling cables opened at 5.0815 dollars. call money renewed at 1 percent.
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Sterling
Virginia Woolen Mill Resumes Full Time On Federal Order
The Virginia Woolen Company mill in Virginia resumed full time operations after a Christmas shutdown and is busy with a large government order for cloth. Gen. Hugh Johnson had urged textile mills to cut production by 25 percent in December, with mills able to comply while maintaining contracts.
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Virginia Woolen Company
Hugh Johnson
Joseph Denny to Be a House Page at the Capitol
Joseph L Denny Jr 12 will serve as a page in the Virginia House of Delegates during the upcoming biennial session in Richmond He previously served as a page in 1932 and at the extra session last fall His father the late Assemblyman Joseph L Denny also served in the State Senate and House of Delegates at White Post Clarke County
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White Post
Clarke County
Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Page
Master Denny
General Assembly
House
State Senate
Automobile Code Change Allows 40 Hour Week for Plants
Washington January 8 Hugh S Johnson approves a modification of the automobile code permitting motor plants to run 40 hours a week instead of 35 The move aims to prevent layoffs after a spring production rush by expanding hours to match anticipated car demand and sustain Detroit and other factories through the cycle.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Detroit
Million In Treasury Ready To Pay Landowners
Richmond Virginia January 8 State Treasurer John N Purcell says about 1,000,000 is held in the commonwealth treasury for Shenandoah National Park area residents who have not claimed court ordered payments. He notes judges are slow in securing orders for individual payments but the funds remain secure and may be closed out soon.
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Richmond
John N. Purcell
Commonwealth
Shenandoah National Park Area
Park
Milk shipments by air begin as Chicago milk blockade worsens
Airplanes start delivering milk to Chicago as the blockading dispute tightens shortages. The first 1000 quarts went to Wagner Dairy Company amid police guard and fears of violence. Officials planned hourly consignments while unions and independent dairies clash over price and contracts.
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Wagner Company
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Washington
Chicago Dairy Council, Inc
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Highway Body Calls For Proposals On Road Work
Richmond January 8 nearly 500000 dollars in federal and state funds will fund eleven highway projects bids open January 30 at the state department of highways. Projects include a 611 foot bridge over the James and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Buchanan plus 18 miles of macadam approaches Route 29 in Madison county 1.1 miles of sail road and a bridge at Robinson River Route 340 in Augusta county two miles of macadam starting at Route 11 near Madison.
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Botetourt County
James Wyer
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Buchanan
Madison County
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Augusta County
Madison
G. O. P. Warns Against Adopting Roosevelt Policy
The Republican National Committee warns that President Roosevelt's financial program would force uncontrolled inflation and create a pork barrel of subsidies financed by taxpayers. It argues ongoing spending would self feed and trap the administration in destructive inflation, making controlled inflation impossible.
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South Dakota
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Georgia
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Britten
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Burned Files Reported for Hoover Era Postmaster General
Senate investigators heard that portions of both official and personal files of Walter F. Brown were burned just before March 4. Stenographer James Maher testified he destroyed papers under orders from Brown's secretary Kenneth MacPherson. Postal inspectors later found the destruction during an Ocean and Air Mail contract probe led by Senator Black.
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Ohio
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Ocean and Air Mail Investigating Committee
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Howes
Roosevelt
Senator Black
Alabama
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Howe
James J. Dunn
Colored Girl Dies After Automobile Mishap in Maryland
Virginia Williams 21 of Millwood Clarke county dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital from a fractured vertebrae suffered in a car trip from Baltimore with friends. She was treated since December 24 and died yesterday. funeral at St. Mary’s Memorial Episcopal Church Berryville at 2 p.m. Thursday with burial at Little Chapel.
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Moses Williams
Millwood
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
William Bell Watkins
Retired Man Slays Wife And Wounds Himself
Edward F. Smith a 61 year old retired businessman from Altavena California shot and killed his wife Nellie 67 at 7 30 a m in the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Wells in Roselle Park New Jersey Mrs Smith sister of Mrs Wells the couple had been living with the Wells since November and were not known to have financial troubles or other worries.
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Roselle Park
N. J
Edward F. Smith
Altavena
Cal
Nellie
Herbert L. Wells
Cigarette Prices Raised by 60 Cents a Thousand
New York officials announce a 60 cent per thousand rise in wholesale cigarette prices to 6.10 a thousand by leading manufacturers. Trade sources cite increased costs tied to NRA codes and processing taxes as the reason for the jump.
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New York
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President set to broadcast views on St Lawrence waterway plan
A special congress message will detail the President’s stance on the St Lawrence waterway project. The piece outlines emergency measures, farm policy shifts, and ongoing reforms in agriculture and finance as Republicans press for new legislation.
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St. Lawrence Waterway
Congress
Morgenthau Jr Appointed Treasury Secretary Amid Tax Bill Fight
Henry Morgenthau Jr is appointed secretary of the treasury as the House Finance Committee approves the liquor tax bill. The Senate rejects an administration backed bill allowing a non resident to be named Hawaii governor.
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the Treasury
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Hawaii
Walter Carter Dies In Front Royal Car Strike
Walter Carter, a bank director and former Rotary president, dies when his car is struck. He was a churchman and Mason with ties to Unity Lodge and Winchester Commandery. Surviving relatives include widow Sue Hansbrough, children Catherine and Walter Jr., and siblings. The engineer William G. Goode of Strasburg faces a second recent fatal train incident in which his No. 14 locomotive struck a vehicle near Haymarket, killing one person and injuring another.
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Randolph- Macon Woman's’ College
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
David Carter
New York
George
Robert
Francis Carter
Richmond
Eva Nisson
Winston-Salem
N. C
James &. Tabb
Charles Town
W. Va
Estelle
Louise Carter
William G. Goode
Strasburg
Haymarket
Detectives to Question Suspect in Baltimore Murder Case
Sam Jones, a Marion station resident, brought to Baltimore and charged with the murder of Mrs. Margeret Brumbley, will be questioned again by Detective Sergeant Walter Martin and Detective Sergeant Stewart Deal. The coroner said no other suspects are being sought.
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Margaret Brumbley
Walter Martin
Stewart Deal
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