Interview with J. M. Finch, Jr., May 12, 1987

Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Banker, Mason County, Maysville, personal background, 1929 Stock Market Crash and witnessing 5 people commit suicide, banking background, work for Home Warehouse, building Standard Warehouse and competition, auctioneer O.G. Rucker and Lucky Strike announcer, application for radio station in Maysville in 1940-41 and again in 1946, farm director Scott True and "True to the Farm" radio program, agriculture's importance to Mason County, importance of world market, role in attracting industry to Maysville, how farming fits into the banking business, importance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to farmers, importance of AA Highway, President Harry Truman and campaign tricks, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Interview Accession

1995oh173_ff503

Interviewee Name

J. M. Finch, Jr.

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1987-05-12

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Banks and banking Burley tobacco Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Family farms Industrialization International trade Kentucky Utilities Company Radio Stock Market Crash, 1929 Tobacco industry Tobacco--Kentucky Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Warehouses WFTM (Radio station : Maysville, Ky.)

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