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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
9
Pattern 9393 in sizes 16 20 and 34 42 with new frock features such as several buttons binding cap sleeves and pleated skirt. Send 15 cents for pattern and catalog worth 25 cents with pattern to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department 232 West 18th Street New York City.
Virginia farmers report reduced acreage for wheat potatoes and tobacco due to low prices and demand. farm gardens expanded statewide with better July 1 prospects. corn hay oats and rye area changes noted with varying yields and conditions across regions and national wheat and potato outlooks included.
West Virginia lawmakers consider a one cent per ten cigarettes levy for three years to raise over 1 million dollars annually for the budget and unemployment relief. The move accompanies challenges to executive limits and broader tax proposals including chain stores and an income tax for schools.
Washington July 13. Prohibitionists debate whether to back Hoover as the party lines fracture over his 18th amendment position. A meeting of the national prohibition board of strategy will set a five point program opposing repeal by states, urging dry legislators, and seeking firm candidate positions. Some leaders favor Hoover Curtis if Hoover reiterates his stance, others prefer waiting for his acceptance address.
Special prosecutor Harry L. Stout said Curtis once had a Coast Guard immunity letter absolving his vessel from search, suggesting contact with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. Curtis’s counsel noted the letter’s existence as Lindbergh asked not to interfere with his vessel. The defense did not call Curtis, hindering cross examination of the alleged evidence.
Col. M. C. Rorty former vice president and chief statistician of a major telephone company proposed a federal subsidy plan to restore prosperity through new construction and capital expenditures. He spoke before the Virginia Institute of Public Affairs at University, Virginia, on July 13, signaling potential government support to revive growth.
At a Monday round table, Rorty proposed a three hundred million dollar fund and a half percent national sales tax to spur private and public capital building. He argued subsidies to start new employment in construction could lift the economy, warning against heavy borrowing and favoring a multiplier effect of each dollar spent. He suggested the administration may soon reveal such measures to Congress.
Washington July 13 The home loan discount bank bill moves to conference after Senate amendments. The measure adds a currency expansion boost by permitting bonds held by national banks to be used as security. House leaders debate rights of way as objections cite a $20 billion currency expansion risk.
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