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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1934
Page
10
President Roosevelt addresses a convention urging reform of credit control and mortgage refinancing. Bankers push for decentralizing oversight, lenient examinations, and longer loan terms with government support. no broadcast planned.
The Piccards reached about 10 miles high and landed four and a half miles southwest of their site on the John Fulton farm after a bumpy descent. The sun failed to expand their oxygen, the flight ended amid trees, and their flag snagged on an elm as Mrs Piccard quipped about landing on the White House lawn.
Washington reports that Japan seeks an agreement limiting battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines to defensive tonnage and to abolish numerical ratios. Tokyo may walk out of Washington and London treaties if parity is not granted. American and Japanese delegations met in London for a brief preliminary session and plan to reconvene soon.
Huey P. Long distributed funds to LSU students to ensure none missed the Vanderbilt game in Nashville. He offered loans for travel and meals as 125 piece band and 1,500 ROTC members prepared to go, while thousands more faced transport costs. The scene sparked a campus gold rush as students signed laundry slips for loans. Nacional word use restricted in Argentina. Granite production noted in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine.
Prominent oil men from Winchester and nearby counties attended a Winchester Motorists Relief Association session at the George Washington Hotel. Kuhn of the Virginia Petroleum Industries Committee outlined 1933 gasoline tax figures totaling 1,137,872,000 with Virginia motorists paying 11,082,000 in gas tax and 5,796,627 in registration fees. He warned of potential tax diversion to nonroad uses and discussed possible legislative steps to reduce or redirect highway funds while noting limited highway funds for the current year.
Organization lines up an extensive county roll call drive with Lineburg at the helm. Communities prepare to begin the campaign with the city as the county plan stretches beyond Winchester’s timeline due to the large territory to cover.
Custom mill in operation on East Pall Mall Street under T. J. Trier with dates 31 10 19 22 24.
At 12 o'clock Monday a county roll call drive continues through November 11. P. E. Lineburg is appointed roll call vice-chairman and leads committees across sections. All county roll call workers are urged to attend a luncheon at a Winchester church.
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