Unusual Virginia Book Now Available at Handley Library
Julian Meade of Danville penned an unusual book about Virginia titled I Live in Vir It can be borrowed at Handley Library. The book draws sharp, bitter sketches of Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia, with names and places drawn from census data. It is described as interesting from cover to cover.
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Julian Meade
Danville
Virginia
Handley Library
New York
Meade
Virginia Military Institute
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Model Housing Project Starts At Berwin Heights
The federal government launches a Berwin Heights Maryland model housing development costing 5.5 million dollars on 9000 acres beside the Agriculture Department research center. It aims to house 1000 families and employ 5000 to 6000 workers from relief rolls, mainly low income earners earning about 2000 dollars yearly. The Beltsville agricultural center 3.5 million dollars has already been spent on development.
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Washington
Berwin Heights
National Research Center
Agriculture Department
Berwin
Baltimore
Rural Resettlement Administration
Beltsville
Britain Blocks Italy Speech At League Radio Relay
Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italian delegate to the League, had to cancel his radio address after the British post office refused to permit relaying the speech to the United States. Aloisi has been a strong defender of Italy before the league.
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Italy
Great Britain
Post Office
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
United States
Aloisi
League of Nations
Domestic Apple Crop In England Turns Out Short
The report from the U S commercial attache in London notes severe May frosts cut England s apple crop. Kent shows the best index around 36 but well below last year, while nine western districts report near total failure. Total commercial orchard output may fall to less than a quarter of 1934 s 8 000 000 cwt, with market dynamics unsure for domestic and export supplies.
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United States
London
Ministry of Agriculture
Kent
Bramley
West Midlands
Cox
Essex
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Zane Grey
Mae
Mae West
Harry Dean
Hollywood
District Attorney's Office
Cedar Manor
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John Deere
John
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Columbus
America
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
Consumers Coal Company
Consumers’ Coal CO
Police
Winchester
E. Cork St
Gray & Sheetz
Heatrola
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Tullic Hable’s
Palace
Kermit Maynard
James Oliver Curwoods
Code of the Mounted
Tom Mix
Bing Crosby
John Boles
Fox News
England
of the Mounted
Stooges
Easel
Cartoon
The
Miracle Rider
Tony, Jr
Hable
Mrs
Aegis
Shenandoah Electric Appliance Co
South Loudoun Street
National Ave
H. T. Goode
Mutual Insurance
Canning
Certified Public Accountants
TAX Counsellors
AUDIT
TAX Service
E. Boscawen Street
Richmond, VA
State Planters Bank
Dial
Woodbury’s
Liquid Castile
Rhodes Drug Company
Hansbrough & Carter
Geo.w. Kurtz
J. W. Arthur
General Insurance
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