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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1928
Page
12
Virginia records show over half of stolen cars recovered within state lines during early 1928. The Division of Motor Vehicles uses hot tips, daily theft sheets, and 58 motorcycle plus 15 automobile officers to deter car thefts and recoveries.
Purcellville Chamber of Commerce members from Hillsboro Jefferson Hamilton and Mount Gilead districts urged the State Highway Commission to allocate 19.3 miles of roads under 1928 acts to complete the Loudoun to Fairfax County link on route 251 from Winchester to Tysons Corner. The group sought funding to finish the Winchester Purcellville Leesburg area and to extend from Jefferson County line four miles via Hillsboro to join with Purcellville. M. N. Lyon will present the action to the commission meeting in Warrenton.
A. Willis Robertson reports that the Wytheville fish hatchery output will be distributed in Virginia once nurseries and holding troughs are ready. This year Virginia already received 660 000 young fish from the hatchery and a Baltimore attorney has donated 2000 for quail hatching experiments. A New York citizen offered 10000 for Back Bay hunting improvements while a new tax on blinds yielded 9000 this year.
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