Tariff Hikes Crush Grass Seed Drought Relief Efforts
The Smoot-Hawley tariff boosts seed duties sharply, doubling red clover and raising orchard and bent grass rates. Drought decimation slashes domestic seed output, prompting appeals to the Tariff Commission and possible congressional action to secure farm relief.
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United States Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
Congress
Agricultural Commission of Kence
Denmark
Oregon
United States
Department of Agriculture
Prominent Men Sponsor Winchester Scout Organization
Winchester community backs the Boy Scout group with a slate of leading local men in officer and committee roles including Chairman Col. B. M. Roszel Vice-Chairmen C Vernon Eddy Rev R B Nelson I Fred Stine J W Arthur Rev Dr F T McFaden Rev Dr L Flickinger Garland R Quarles Secretary Frank R Horton Treasurer J P Hayley Commissioner George W Bony and committees covering goods and civic service games and athletics educational publicity finance leadership training rural inter racial troop organization sea scouting and court of honor with confidence in a constructive year ahead for the boys.
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Boy Scout Organization of
Winchester
Col
B. M. Roszel
C. Vernon Eddy
R. B. Nelson
I. Fred Stine
J .W. Arthur
F. T McFaden
George W. Bowly
P. J. Marshall
J. Victor Arthur
Ed. Stultz
Andrew Bell
J. P. Hayley
Leonard Sirbaugh
F. T. McFaden
John Rosenberger
8. L. Flickinger
W. R. Legge
Court of Honor
Garland R. Quarles
Philip Williams
W. W. Glass
M. D. Mitchell
Highview Locals News and Family Visits
Highview Virginia notes Lavinia Hawes visiting Limetown relatives. Crowell Conner and family visit in law, and Conner’s mother returns home with her brother. Norman White and Mrs Homer Shuler visit J E White’s family. Dorothy May Hawes born to Thomas and family. Emma Lillard visiting Frank Huffman’s near Stephens City. Howard White family visited Cumberland Maryland.
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Highview
Lavinia Hawes
Limetown
Thompson Ritenour
Russell Ritenour
Austin Conner
Garland Bray
Avis
Waldo Bennington
Bartonsville
Thomas Hawes
Dorothy May Hawes
Emma Lillard
Frank Huffman
Stephens City
Howard White
Cumberland
Many Honors To Be Given At Court of Honor
A large Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held tonight at 7 30 at the Library Auditorium. Awards for Scout tests from tenderfoot to eagle and palms plus merit badges will be presented. Five meritorious service medals honor Scouts who saved lives recently. A silent prayer will mark Charles Anderson’s memory. A moving picture program includes Journey to Boy Scout Land and Seeing Yosemite From a Saddle. All are invited.
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Et Library
Charles Anderson
Winchester
New York
Yosemite
Opening Guns Set In Ninth District Campaign Rally
Clintwood Virginia September 8 opening political guns of Ninth District Democrats were set off at a rally to oust Joseph C Shaffer and elect W Flannagan the Democratic nominee Flannagan joined by George C Perry former Ninth District Congressman for three terms urging attacks on the Hoover Farm Board Hawley Smoot tariff and Republican policy in a vigorous campaign speech.
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Associated Press
Clintwood
Joseph C. Shaffer
Jean
Hoover
Farm Board
Busi
Peery criticizes Hoover era policy as failing farmers
The speaker attacks pre-inauguration promises and urges change, arguing unemployment and farm distress press Republicans. He cites the Farm Board and Hawley Smoot tariff, claiming the Farm Board has admitted failure and warns of halting post office work to fund poorhouses if conditions don’t improve.
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Republican Party
Hoover
Farm Board
Peery
New Highway Guide Book Appeals to Travelers
Registered Service International distributes a new monthly travel guide titled The Great White Way of a Nation. The 32 page booklet highlights routes from the frozen north to the sunny south and stresses the Appalachian Scenic Highway passing Winchester on the way south.
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Registered Service International
Winchester
Artful guide highlights Appalachian Trail landmarks
A newly printed booklet from Registered Service International showcases colorful illustrations of notable Appalachian Trail sites. The pamphlet, produced in a modern city press room, points readers to major places of historic interest along the trail.
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Registered Service International
Coin minted in Constantinople found on Savannah farm
A coin minted in Constantinople during the empire era was unearthed on a farm near Savannah Georgia. The find adds a rare artifact to the local archaeological record and may prompt experts to examine its origin and dating.
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An Empire
Constantinople
Savannah
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Scout Organization
T. R. Cather
J. 8. Scully
Tennessee
Robert Dollar
San Francisco
Georgia
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Btanco Inc
Norman White
Homer Shuler
Billie
J. E. White
George Washington Hote
Loudoun Street
Consumers Utilities Company
Mrs. Brown
Mutt & Jeff
Lad Fisher
Luke
America
Orphan Asylum
Sone
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