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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1934

Page

6

Pollard backs present school finance policies and consolidations

Governor Pollard reports Virginia finances in excellent condition and urges retaining current school financing policies with added provisions for state and local support. He calls for one full time liquor board member, notes farm tax relief progress, and cautions against shifting road funds to schools while proposing county consolidations to cut government overhead.

Associated Press Richmond Pollard Virginia Gene Assembly Department of Education Liquor Control Board Liquor Control Study Commission Home Owners Loan Corporation General Assembly Highway Department Accomac Commissioners of the Revenue

President Proposes To Guarantee Farm Mortgages

President Roosevelt urged Congress to amend the 1933 emergency farm credit act to guarantee both principal and interest on farm mortgage refinancing bonds. He cited two billion dollars of bonds authorized and pressed for ratification of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada, while Senate debate on the liquor tax bill continued.

Washington Roosevelt Congress Senate Canada House

Public sale of Legion property in Winchester Virginia

Trustees will offer at public auction on January 20 1934 at 11 00 A M in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia the American Legion Building 209 North Loudoun Street with an adjoining rear lot. Terms require one third cash. balance in two equal annual installments secured by two bonds and a deed of trust with insurance.

Corporation Court City of Winchester County Court House Virginia Loudoun Street American Legion Robert T. Barton Philip V Williams T. Russell Cather Dunn & Duvall

Government Bond Guarantees Aid Farm and Home Loans

President urges Congress to back bonds issued by a farm credit corporation and extend guarantees to $2,000,000,000 in home mortgage bonds. Projections show moral obligations backed by government credit and tangible collateral. House and Senate leaders expect swift passage despite some opposition.

House Congress Jones House Agriculture Committee Glass

Public Sale of Frederick County Real Estate in Virginia

A chancery decree directs a public auction in Winchester at 11 a.m. on two tracts near Clearbrook and 14 miles NW of Middletown plus a third life estate tract near Lenore Station. The sale, to occur after December 18 1933, offers terms of one fourth cash and three equal annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust. Special commissioners include M M Lynch and Herbert S Larrick.

Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company John M. Fishpan C. R McCann Scott Grant County Court House Winchester Clearbrook Winchester-Martinsburg Robinson John L. Brant Middletown Leidig Coffelt Rice Herbert S. Larrick A. S. Rutherford Lenore Station Martinsburg Farmers&Merchants Bank

Mt Pleasant Notes A local social roundup in Mt Pleasant Virginia

Mrs Grege Orndorff spent Tuesday with Mrs Julian Elliott and family. Mr and Mrs Zirkle Williams of Mt Jackson visited Mr and Mrs John Perry and family Sunday. Christian Endeavor meets Sunday at 730 PM. Miss Geraldine Lamp visits aunt Mrs R Carpenter in Winchester helping to wait on grandfather Mr Harry Lamp. Mr Lamp's friends regret his limited improvement after hospital care. Mrs Warner Dyke visits mother Mrs Alice Cochrage Tuesday. Calvin Pitcock and Leslie Leight visit Mr Doran Miller Monday night.

MT. Pleasant Grege Orndorff Julian Elliott Zirkle Williams Mt. Jackson John Perry Christian Endeavor Geraldine Lamp R. &. Carpenter Winchester Harry Lamp Lamp Warner Dyke Alice Cochrage Calvin Pitcock Leslie Leight Doran Miller

Lamp and Roe Visit Mr. Ritter One Night

Messrs. Roy Lamp and Joy Roe called on Mr. Lewis Ritter one night recently in a short social visit.

Roy Lamp Joy Roe Lewis Ritter

First Electric Street Railroad Opens in Baltimore

The first electric street railway in the United States began operation in Baltimore on September 1, 1885, marking a milestone in urban transit history.

First Electric Railroad United States Baltimore

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Treasury Farm Credit Administration John M. Steck M. M. Lynch Herbert Larrick Harry R. Kern James P. Readon B. P. Harison John M. Fishpaw C. R. McCann Co. C. Brannon VICKS Davenport Axminster S. Loudoun Street Save Montgomery
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