Sales Tax Rise Cited As Business Boost In City
A city official notes a general uptick in commerce driving a sales tax total of 547 376 dollars. He attributes the growth to higher business activity and expects continued gains through the period.
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1934
Page
8
A city official notes a general uptick in commerce driving a sales tax total of 547 376 dollars. He attributes the growth to higher business activity and expects continued gains through the period.
Officials estimate loan totals for the month between 460000 and 600000 as banks rush to fund teachers salaries. The new banks loan to the state is for 60 day notes and is oversubscribed with many banks requesting more than their quota. Delinquent land redemptions rise while 20000 statements remain outstanding and 65,000 and 5,000 dividends are reported from two closed banks.
School officials appoint J. Egbert Musser Gladys Lyon Annette Stanley W Gil bert and Landon Hamilton as aides. Mrs Glenna Rowan will instruct grade classes. Additional teacher appointments deferred to June 27. No action on six more library board seats outside Charleston for traveling libraries plan.
A garden party at Journey's End the Cannaday home on Kanawha Street runs from four to six this afternoon to support St. John's Episcopal guilds. Events include outdoor dancing, water sports, fortune telling, candy and flower booths, with various hostesses and participants listed for each activity.
A tense encounter unfolds as Chickie Jennie resists Jake’s advances at a late night meeting. Jennie rejects love pressures and contemplates freedom while Jake pleads and grows frustrated, revealing strain in their tangled relationship.
Chickie battles fear and longing as she imagines a future with Barry and Jake. She dreams of wealth and romance, then awakens to a hollow ache, torn between present desire and looming sacrifice. The scene unfolds with intimate longing, curiosity, and perilous love.
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