Virginia legislature weighs tax plan and stricter vehicle rules
Measures to raise more revenue face Senate consideration as Virginia debates a tax plan aimed at funding public schools. Bills tighten motor vehicle rules for carriers and reduce weight and length limits for trucks, with hearings set and committee actions noted.
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Motor Vehicle Commission
Corporation Commission
Peery
Chesapeake
Senate Insurance and Banking Committee
E. E. Holland
Suffolk
House of Delegates
Stephens and
Hodges
State Board of Motion Picture Censorship
Emma Speed Sampson
John Chalkey
John Mackall
Fairfax
Medley, Bach
Buxton
M. R. Peterson
J. T. Clements
C. V. Spratley
F. W. Coolman
Benjamin Hayden
Walter Robertson
William Mead Fletcher
State Corporation Commission
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
State Highway Commission
Jarman’s Gap
North Carolina Line
Skyline Drive
Shenandoah National Park
Great Smoky Mountain Park
Senate Committee On Public Institutions and Education
Senate Economy Committee
State Board of Education
Hopewell
Joint
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Senate
Norfolk
J. H. Meek
State Division of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Department
Meek
Hoover to Visit East on Personal Business
Former White House secretary Lawrence Richey said former President Hoover would travel east "some time soon" to handle personal matters in New York City. He could not provide a definite date, noting Hoover's trip would focus on personal business left unfinished after Hoover left the White House last March.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lawrence Richey
White House
Hoover
Richey
New York City
Winchester native named treasurer of Federal Land Bank
Ernest E. Reardon of Winchester, a graduate of John Kerr High School, has been chosen treasurer of the Federal Land Bank in Louisville. He previously served as War Finance Corporation assistant auditor and Federal Farm Loan Board examiner, rising from a young public accountant to senior federal official amid strong support from his Winchester friends.
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Washington
Reardon
War Finance Corporation
Act of Congress
Federal Land Bank Organization
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Farm Loan
Louisville
Japan to Protest Mussolini Article
The Japanese government plans to lodge a verbal protest with Premier Mussolini over his recent Far East article. Ambassador Matsushima will deliver the notice and also oppose a Chamber speech by Marquis Vastello. The protest marks a rare diplomatic move amid a fascist press campaign accusing Japan of economic aggression hurting Italy’s silk and cotton markets.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Il Duce
Far East
Matsushima
Marquis Vastello
Chamber of Deputies
Assassination Plot Foiled in Sinaia Romania
Police in Sinaia thwarted an apparent attempt on Prime Minister George Tatarescu as he traveled by special train from Bucharest to a royal banquet. A student intruded into the prime minister’s coach amid rising excitement, with authorities not releasing full details initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sinaia
Rumania
George Tatarescu
Bucharest
Boris
Joanna
Bulgaria
Carol
Tatarescu
Iong Duca
Druggist May Sue Gen Lane For False Arrest
William A. Tompson a Princess Anne druggist said he was considering suing Attorney General William Preston Lane Jr for 100000 dollars over alleged false arrest and damage to character. He was arrested last November when Baltimore troops rounded up suspects in the George Armwood lynching. Tompson noted you have not heard the end of this. Also arrested were three Somerset county residents by troops acting under orders of the attorney general and Governor Albert C. Ritchie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Princess Anne
William A. Tompson
William Preston Lane, Jr
Tompson
Baltimore
George Armwood
Wads of Currency Taken From Touhy's Pockets By Police
Chicago January 25. Police testified in Illinois case against Roger Touhy and three gang members. Evidence showed Touhy’s pockets contained cash seized by Elkhorn Wisconsin police, plus pistols and a rifle from his car, and tape and bandages used for blindfolding kidnap victims.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
John Factor
Illinois
Touhy
Elkhorn
Wis
Pageant Presented by West Virginia Youth at Loudoun Street
Young people from Lost City and Wardensville staged a pageant in Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church as part of home missions week. Rev. Bernard Bain led the program with a script, readings, and a vocal quartet, drawing praise from attendees.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Bernard Bain
Wardensville
Lost City
Bain
Mary Baughman
Virginia
Helen Strawderman
Ernestine Fogle
Mary Kahne
Bush Marston
David Walker
Wardensville Ea
Mary
Esther Baughman
Robert Fridley
B. F. Pilgrim
Alma Heltzel
Robert
Campbell
C. D. Gilkeson
Mr. Bain
Public Sale of Lewis W. Smith Property in Frederick County
Public sale of 117 acres in Gainesboro District Frederick County Virginia to satisfy a deed of trust held by Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank. Sale set for February 24 1934 at noon in Winchester Virginia front of the county courthouse. Three tracts totaling 117 acres 3 roods 35 poles with detailed parcel boundaries and terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal notes due in one and two years with 6 percent interest. Harry R Kern trustee.
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Harry M. Sartelle
Harry R. Kern
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Winchester
Gainesboro
Nain
Lewis W. Smith
H. M. Sartelle Etux
M. L. Parsons
Brown
George Mason
Levi Boyd
Boyd
Tevi Boyd
A. J. Tavenner
M. L. Parson
E. R. Himelright
Russell
Himelright
Parsons
Campbell
Renner
Clark
Ruble S
Davis Brown
Cook
Parsons and
Prison Reform at Welfare Island After Raid
New York reports reveal 1400 inmates at Welfare Island prison received scanty cold meals while about 200 inmates cooked steaks and chops over library flames. Commissioner MacCormick ordered steam tables and isolation of favorites, drug addicts moved to hospital, and expanded searches. Independent inquiries by district and federal officials follow the raid.
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New York
Welfare Island Prison
Austin H. MacCormick
MacCormick
William C. Dodge
U. S
Martin Conboy
Frank L. Igoe
French duel between Hesse and Beineix at Parc Des Princes
Deputy Andre Hesse and lawyer John Beineix exchanged four shots at 32 yards in Paris's Parc Des Princes over a Bayonne pawnshop scandal article. Both escaped injury as 20,000 seats were empty and public action was unlikely despite the illegal nature of dueling in France.
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Paris
Bayonne
Andre Hesse
John Beineix
Parc Des Princes
Hesse
Beineix
Serge Stavisky
France
Public sale of Whitacre land in Gainesboro Virginia
Deed of trust from C T Whitacre and Mildred Whitacre to Harry R Kern trustee defaults on bonds held by The Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank of Covington Virginia. Prospectus for public auction February 24 1934 at 11 am in Winchester Virginia for 430 acre tract adjoining I M Whitacre and Henry Shirley with West Virginia boundary. One third cash, balance in two equal notes at 6 percent.
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C. T. Whitacre
Mildred Whitacre
Harry R. Kern
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Grenbrier’ Joint Stock Land Bank
Covington
County Court House
Winchester
Gainesboro
DeHaven
Howard's Chapel
Isaac Whitacre
H. M. Sartelle
M. M. Lynch
Edward Brannon
Green
Harry R. ‘Kern
Paw
Impeachment of Kansas Attorney General Fails
Topeka Kansas January 25 The Kansas Senate court of impeachment acquitted Attorney General Roland Boynton of misdemeanor charges and then began trial of state auditor Will J French for dereliction in office tied to the forged bond scandal. Boynton was convicted on none of the four articles and the vote fell 22 to 18.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Senate
Roland Boynton
Will J. French
Boynton
French
House of Representatives
Ronald Finney
Finney
Lost Girl Found After Police Search in Boston Suburbs
Lorraine Anita Hewey, 15, vanished ten days ago after leaving her sister’s home in Norwood. She was located tonight at the home of Mollie Daly’s father, Matthew Daly, in Norwood. Police had followed a letter claiming she would be killed by a “crazy” man, referencing a recent fatal bakery shooting.
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Boston
Lorraine Anita Hewey
Irene Small
Norwood
Matthew J. Daly
Mollie Daly
Chum
Lorraine
Sale of Linaberg farm parcels in Frederick County Virginia
By decree of the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia Special Commissioner will auction two parcels of real estate tied to the Linaberg estate. Parcel 1 is 134 acres with a house and outbuildings nine miles west of Winchester near Wardensville Grade. Parcel 2 is 26 acres unimproved with timber. Both sell to highest bidder with cash down and balance in one and two years, secured by deed of trust and bonds bearing 6 percent interest. Public sale set for February 24, 1934, at 11 AM in Winchester होटल.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Harvey Linaberg
Robt. S. Smith
Admr
B. R. Linaberg
Eee
City of
Winchester
Barney R. Linaberg
Frederick Co
Wardensville
Whissen Road
S. G. Orndorff
G. A. Wigginton
E. B. Smoke
P. W. Lockhart
C. H. Barr
Home Farm
Wardensville Grade
John Elliott
A. B. Fauver
Racey
Winning Orndorff
Robert 8S. Smith
C. C. Brannon
Smith
Mercer County Figures Held for Advised Ruling
Federal Judge George W. McClintic took under advisement the case against J. C. Fanning of Mercer County and former jailer W. Thornton. The proceedings focus on events tied to Mercer County.
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J. C. Fanning
Mercer County
W. Thornton
George W. McClintic
Jail Break Plot Tied to Mercer County Escape
The article details an escape plot involving William Mullins and William Albert of Bluefield with Mullins as a fugitive and Albert surrendering. Finley Cook testified he warned Mercer County jail officials about the attempted break while Fanning denied knowledge of the plans.
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William R. Albert
Bluefield
William Mullins
Mercer County
Mullins
Albert
Finley Cook
Shall
Fanning
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Winchester Boy
U.S. Land Bank
Ernest E. Reardon
Louisville, Ky
Gen. Lane
West Va
Axury
Frank Clark and Family
C. T. and M. Whitacre Property
Dunn & Duvall
Oaw
Fough Chambray
Riversides
Black
Gray
China
Montgomery Ward &Co
South London
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