City tests new sale system as Raleigh handles $100,000 note
Point's first test of the state capital selling agency yielded no bids for the $100,000 note. The North Carolina Bank and Trust Company stepped in to secure a bid, sparing a potential default. The change aims to shift all note and bond sales through the commission, discouraging old auctions and boosting bid competition, though early results may vary under such conditions.
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Point
Raleigh
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
Gas tax hike debated as North Carolina raises gasoline price
The North Carolina legislature raised gasoline tax by one cent, pushing the state total to six cents per gallon for highway operation. Supporters praise highway funding and maintenance efficiency while noting no state has a higher tax. The measure aims at better administration and future construction across districts. The shift is seen as timely for funding the highway system.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
The Machine Age of Civilization in New Orleans Talk
Henry D Hubbard of the U S Bureau of Standards warned that civilization remains in the bronze age while labs could accelerate progress. He foresaw an automatic factory and machine driven work, questioning competition and the balance of thought and body in a fast advancing world. Louis la Beaume quipped that heaven cannot be reached by elevator.
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New Orleans
Henry D. Hubbard
United States Bureau of Standards
Mr. Hubbard
Louis la Beaume
St. Louis
Gasoline tax praised as simple and near painless
The piece argues the gasoline tax is uniquely simple to collect and clearly used, describing it as near painless for motorists. It notes the price drop has made motorists able to bear a price increase of one cent and asserts that the maximum tax level has been reached.
Coal mining conditions in North Carolina state urged safety
A local editorial argues the Deep River coal mine must be operated with scientific safety or abandoned. It notes lack of workers compensation insurance and calls for higher operator defenses, citing broader dangers in US mining and comparing future policy shifts with California. The piece also highlights two unrelated cost of living items from Boston and Baltimore families, and comments on mental strain among workers, hospital funding cuts, and fiscal issues surrounding the Duke Endowment.
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North Carolina
Gentlemen Gangsters Capone Eyes California Ranch
Bruce Catton discusses the aging of criminals into respected figures and notes unconfirmed Los Angeles dispatches that Al Capone seeks a vast California rancho. The 35 mile by 18 mile property lies along the Pacific coast with an adobe house and sycamore trees, suggesting a princely domain.
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Bruce Catton
Pancho Villa
Los Angeles
al Capone
Capone
California
Pacific
Speculation Rise As To What Senate Will Do With Revenue Measure
Sir Walker Hote reports in Skerville Raleigh on April 1 that the revenue bill exceeding 28 million dollars is under Senate finance committee review. Observers expect possible removal of the 9 million dollar gross sales tax, with debate over Hinsdale or Day plans, or removal of sales taxes entirely. Some fear the MacLean six month school term cannot be funded without a sales tax, while others foresee amendments to adopt a surtax or kilowatt hour tax to power and utility funds, or shifting electricity charges to consumers.
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Sir Walker Hote
Skervill Raleigh
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hinsdale
W. C. Ewing
Cumberland County
Rites Held For Asheboro Residents Jason Hamilton Calv in Jarrell Ida Parrish
Funeral services were held in Asheboro for Jason Hamilton 49 of Asheboro Mercantile business died after an operation in Durham Survivors include wife six children Miss Ida May Parrish 18 buried at Asheboro cemetery after a yearlong illness pleurisy caused death Also Calvin Jarrell 84 buried Giles Chapel survived by three sons a daughter and a wife
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Jason Hamilton
Calvin Jarrell
Ida May Parrish
Asheboro
Asheboro Methodist Protestant
Hamilton
Duke
Durham
Alfred and
Caroline Hamilton
Randolph County
Xannie
Pauline
EB. J., Jr
Catherine
Ella Jane
Giles ‘Chapel
Joel Trogdon
Jarrell
Frank Jarrell
Claude
Sam
Star
Lula Carter
South
First Methodist Church
A. P. Brantley
B. C. Reavis
Miss Parrish
M. W. Parrish
Mr. Partrish
Ruins in Babylonia Credited as Tower of Babylon Remains
Two separate ruin piles in Babylonia are credited in different sources as the remnants of the Tower of Babylon, the structure said to have caused the biblical confusion of tongues.
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Babylonia
Babylon
Letters 200000 Coupons by May First
The Methodist Protestant Children's Home thanks supporters for sending Octagon Coupons and asks for 200000 coupons by May first to fund a General Electric Refrigerator for the Boys' Building and add beds in the girls' dormitory. They note prior aid, mention similar appeals from another orphanage, and urge continued support.
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the Enterprise
High Point
General Electric
Simmons
Methodist Protestant Children's Home
Esoteric Greek and Roman Almanacs for Priest Calendars
Among ancient Greeks and Romans almanacs were not for the public but kept as part of priestly learning. People consulted priests for festival dates and for proper times to initiate various legal proceedings.
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New York
People’s Gas
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Senor Capone
Boston College
Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston
Simmons College
Massachusetts
Elmer E. Wilson
Baltimorean
Wilson
Budge
George W. Crile
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Atlanta
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
George F. Baker
Elihu Root
Thomas Edison
Cyrus Curtis
Catawba News-Enterprise
Catawba County
Gentlemen Gangsters
A. G. Dixon
America
Wm. M. Scholl
Dr. Scholl
John H. Kobbles
Mrs. K
Mr. K
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Kobbles
Majestic
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RCA
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Clinard Electric Company
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