Tax talk says no 1946 income tax cut likely
Washington report notes unlikely 1946 tax cuts with possible legislation in 1947. Congress weighs less taxation on investment income and social security hearings continue while Ways and Means and Senate Finance study reforms. Examples compare 1936 39 with 1946 tax levels for a married two child earner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
House Committee
Albert J. Browning
Office of Domestic Commerce
Commerce Department
Dr Harvey seeks re election for Guilford coroner
Dr W W Harvey announces candidacy for a second four year term as Guilford County coroner in the Democratic primary of May. He argues the coroner should be a physician to determine cause of death and that judicial functions belong to the courts. He is a World War I veteran, American Legion and Fort Eight member, practicing medicine in Greensboro since 1922 and an Emory medical honors graduate.
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W. W. Harvey
Guilford County
Greensboro
Emory University
High Point
I. T. Mann
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mann
American Legion
J. E. Slate
Mrs Barnhardt Struck by Auto in Street Crossing
Elizabeth Rose Barnhardt, 68, of 506 Steele Street, was hit by a car driven by Paul James, 21, at the Wrenn and Washington street intersection yesterday afternoon. She was taken to the Washington Street Unit Hospital for cuts and bruises. James was arrested for reckless driving and posted a $50 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Rose Barnhardt
Steele Street
Paul James
King Street
Wrenn Street
Washington Street
Washington Street Unit
James
Book Company Here Is Incorporated
Southern Book Distributor Inc of High Point was incorporated by the secretary of state in Raleigh with authorized capital stock $75,000 and subscribed stock $6,010 by P. P. Hart Sell, Gladys Z. Hartsell, and C. N. Cox, all of High Point. The company is authorized to deal in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Book Distributor, Inc. of
High Point
Secretary of State Today
Raleigh
P. P. Hartsell
Gladys Z. Hartsell
C. N. Cox
Comeo
Byerly Withdraws As Candidate For Clerk Of Court
Thomasville April 11 Ed C Byerly of Lexington longtime clerk of Davidson county since 1922 withdraws from Democratic renomination for clerk of court. Marion B S Phillips of Thomasville register of deeds is the only other filer for the post. Johnson of Thomasville lists as candidate for register of deeds.
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Thomasville
Ed C. Byerly
Lexington
Davidson County
Marion
Phillips
Register of Deeds
Byerly
Charles H. Johnson
Negro Will Be Returned Here To Face Trial
James Jones, a Black man from High Point, was arrested in Rock Hill South Carolina on auto theft charges. He will be returned to High Point for prosecution after police rejected federal indictment due to insufficient evidence.
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James Jones
High Point
Rock Hill
S. C
J. A. Lowdermilks
Jones
Georgia
Clarence Jordan
Jordan
Lowdermilk
North Carolina
Thomasville Red Cross drive tops goal with 1946 funds
Thomasville reports its 1946 Red Cross fund drive surpassed the $6,000 goal. Walter W. Rapp announced receipts total $6,077.67, with $1,777.51 from business division and $88.82 in special gifts. Industrial division led other funds, chaired by Tom Johnson. Frank File captained the industrial drive.
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Thomasville
Red Cross
Walter W. Rapp
Tom Johnson
Frank File
Veterans Get Priority On Bathroom Fixtures
Veterans may now receive priority for installing bathroom fixtures in existing houses lacking facilities. Frank Sizemore, secretary of the emergency housing committee, said veterans had previously been unable to get priorities. The price limit of 10 000 has been removed for houses with federal aid for building.
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Frank Sizemore
Emergency Housing Committee
Rexie Hamilton 42 Dies After Illness in Fayetteville
Rexie Hamilton a World War I veteran and longtime Thomasville Chair Co. employee died after a two week illness in Fayetteville Veterans Hospital. He lived at 409 East Guilford Street. Survived by a brother Azra Hamilton of Washington DC and several nieces and nephews. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Thomasville
Rexie Hamilton
E. Guilford Street
Veteran’s Hospital
Fayetteville
Portias
Thomasville Chair Company
Azra Hamilton
Washington, D. C
Nerces
Local Student Davis Wins Silver Star for Gallantry
Robert Franklin Davis, a High Point college student and corporal, earned the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action. He served as a machine gunner on Tarawa Saipan and Okinawa, and will receive the medal at the college tomorrow afternoon. He lives with his aunt Miss Avery Bodenheimer at 407 Elm Street and works part time at Ingram's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Franklin Davis
High Point College
Marine Corps
Davis
Tarawa
Saipan
Okinawa
Avery Bodenheimer
Elm Street
Ingram’s
North Main Street
Six Months For Theft Of Bed Clothes
In county court yesterday Tommie Jackson was jailed six months for larceny of bed clothes valued at $20 from Tom Jackson. Other cases included Elmer Scott jailed 12 months for abandonment and non support with monthly payments, Robert Lee Holmes ordered to pay $10 biweekly for an illegitimate child, and Ballard Perry given suspended judgment on condition of no further assaults.
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Tommie Jackson
Doris
Roaudge
Hoover Street
Elsie Mae Williams
Ballard Perry
Osborne Street
Sallie Perry
Carlton Maynard
Apple Street
Burlington
Waldo Crawford
Blakely Dallas
R. F. Eagle
Thomasville
Calvin Parker
CIO To Represent Workers At Marsh Furniture Company
The United Furniture Workers of America CIO won a labor election at Marsh Furniture Company. Seventy six workers voted for union representation while 49 voted against, one vote was challenged, one void, and 23 servicemen ballots were not yet counted. A new NLRB election at Welch Furniture is set for April 25 to decide representation.
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United Furniture Workers of America, Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Marsh Furniture Company
NLRB
Welch Furniture Company
A. F. of L
CIO
Payment Demands From Insurance Firms Over Lost Shipment
The Atlantic States motor lines sue four insurance companies in municipal court seeking 303.41 for a civil suit loss. Shipped cotton shirts from Abbeyville to Natchez were transferred to Bond and McDonough and were lost, causing the shipper to seek 195.87 plus 107.54 from the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic States Motor Lines
Citizens Insurance Company of
New Jersey
Automobile Insurance Company
Firemen’s Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
American Central Insurance Company
Broom and Newman of
Abbeyville
Freddies
Joseph S. Zuccaro
Natchez
Mississippi
Bond Motor Lines
McDonough Motor Express, Inc
Bond and McDonough
Fat Stock Show Kinston Opens Sixth Year with Auction
The sixth annual coastal plains fat stock show continued today at Kinston with a stock auction following a showmanship event and a county station show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Coastal Plains
Students From Allen Jay School Visit Washington
Thirty eight Allen Jay high school students from High Point toured Washington DC this week to learn how the government works. They were chaperoned by Mrs. I K Purvis Mrs. John Hill and Mrs. G A Greenway and were instructed by Senator Clyde R Hoey.
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Enterprise Washington Bureau
Washington
Allen Jay High School
High Point
I. K. Purvis
John Hill
G. A. Greenway
Clyde R. Hoey
Marjorie Ingram
L. J. Taylor
Odell Perryman
Maggie Gilmore
Jessie Gilliam
Phyllis Page
Nancy Kerns
Hilda Johnson
Patricia
Democrats Plan April 20 Precinct Meetings in Guilford
Guilford County Democrats announce precinct meetings on Saturday April 20 at 2 PM at voting places to elect five precinct committeemen and delegates to the county convention. County convention chairman Charles A. Hines will convene April 27 at 2 PM at the courthouse with Senator D L Ward as speaker. Delegates for the May 2 Raleigh state convention will be chosen, followed by a county executive committee organizational meeting.
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Guilford County
Charles A. Hines
Court House
D. L. Ward
New Bern
Raleigh
County
Democratic Executive Committee
Lost Green Plaid Jacket With Gold Pin Sought
The High Point Chamber of Commerce is asked to help recover a green plaid jacket with a gold pin lost on Main Street near Route 29. Frank F E Wall Jr of the Air Corps Ferry Division in Cincinnati reports the item, a sentimental pin from a relative lost in the war, and offers costs and a reward for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Frank FE. Wall, Jr
Air Corps Ferry Division
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chamber
High Point
Death Notice Richard L. Edwards Raleigh 73
Richard Lawrence Edwards 73, vice president and director of State Capital Life Insurance Company, died here yesterday. Funeral services set for 3 PM today with interment in a local cemetery. Survived by widow Sarah Spence of Elizabeth City and two brothers W E Edwards and G I Edwards of Farmers Fork, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Native of Westmoreland County, Virginia, he spent much of his life in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Richard Lawrence Edwards
State Capital Life Insurance Company
Sarah Spence
Elizabeth City
W. E. Edwards
G. I. Edwards
Farmer's Fork
Westmoreland County
Edwards
North Carolina
Funeral Rites Held for Miss Elsie Bell Orrell
Miss Elsie Bell Orrell died on her 84th birthday after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 o'clock from Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist church with Rev. B. H. Mitchell and Elder W. V. Willard officiating. Interment followed in the family plot of the church cemetery.
Mrs. Sherman of West Lexington Avenue Dies in NYC
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Sherman, of West Lexington Avenue, were called to New York City by the death of Mr. Sherman's mother Mrs. George E. Sherman. The New York native will have funeral services there.
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E. P. Sherman
New York City
Lexington Avenue
Sherman
George E. Sherman
Woman Hurt in Ambulance Crash at Guilford Sanatorium
Mrs. Todd of Independence Virginia was injured when an ambulance turned into the sanatorium entrance and was struck by another car. The driver James R. Patton and Carvel King Anders were charged with reckless driving. the crash damaged the ambulance and a second vehicle. The eastern entrance is a known dangerous, blind approach at the Guilford sanatorium.
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Guilford Sanatorium
Ferrell
Todd
Mrs. Todd
M. D. Bonner
Independence
James R. Patton
Greensboro
Carvel King Anders
Greens
Boro
High Point
Anders
Hazel James Lee
Thomasville Negro
Patton
Rotary Club Hears NC Treasurer On State Finances
Charles M Johnson North Carolina treasurer told Rotary Club that NC uniquely runs all public roads and a nine month school term without land tax. He noted a highway fund surplus, debt retirement plans through 1951, and urged maintaining a sizeable treasury reserve amid tax sensitivity tied to business conditions. Directors elected for the new Rotary year include Nathan M English, Thomas R English, Charles McAnnally, Alex M Rankin, and C H Rhodes.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
Charles M. Johnson
North Carolina
Ion
Johnson
Union
H. N. Williard
Nathan M
Thomas R. English
Charles McAnnally
Alex M. Rankin
C. H. Rhodes
Extra Pullman Space Allotted To High Point
Local railway service will gain Pullman space on Train 34 from Charlotte to Washington. Frank J. Sizemore and Henry Foscue of the chamber of commerce say High Point will get one section and one compartment on the 6:30 p m northbound train, with a strong chance the space may be doubled if other towns do not use their allotments.
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Charlotte
Washington
Frank J. Sizemore
Henry Foscue
Chamber of Commerce
Foscue
CC Transportation Committee
Sizemore
High Point
Eugene B Walker Dies in Nashville Heart Attack
News received today reports Eugene B. Walker died early this morning in Nashville Tennessee from a heart attack. He was twentyeight? No. Born May 14 1894 in Florida. Survived by his widow Ida A Walker and other family. He worked as a railroad man for 25 years and last served with Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad before moving to High Point two years ago from Panama City Florida.
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Nashville, Tenn
Eugene B. Walker
Carrick Avenue
Walker
Winston-Salem
High Point
Panama City
Fla
Florida
Ida A. Walker
Murray Returns to Tehran After Ill Health
U. S. Ambassador Wallace Murray, recovering from illness, is expected to depart Tehran soon to return to the United States. He plans to sail from Iran to board the battleship Missouri in the Mediterranean.
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Tehran
U. S
Wallace Murray
America
Iran
Missouri
Mediterranean
Chief Labor Officials Go Into Nation's Coal Dispute
Harold L. Ickes denounces the United Mine Workers health and welfare fund as economically unsound and unwise as he endorses national health insurance before a Senate labor subcommittee. John L. Lewis presses for fund priority amid coal talks. he previously sought a ten cent levy per ton mined.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
Senate
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ted
Ickes
Government steps to resolve soft coal labor dispute
The government led by Secretary Schwellenbach moves to restart contract talks between operators and John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers after Lewis walked out. Officials plan separate meetings with miner and operator committees and possible seizure of soft mines. About 24,000 workers idle. broader labor disputes affect over 800,000. In Birmingham, 1,000 AFL transit workers strike for 18.5 cents an hour. city services continue.
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Associated Press
Schwellenbach
Rators
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
John W. Gibson
L. Warren
Paul W. Fuller
Labor Department
Birmingham
Ala
AFL
Brmingham Electric Lme
Y Campaign Aims to Raise 327000 for New YMCA Addition
Campaign organizers report 130000 on hand toward a 327000 balance for the YMCA project totaling 457000. The annual meeting at First Baptist featured Bobby Scalf in Yo Hol and Ralph Tilden at the piano. Tributes were paid to Edgar Hartley, longtime executive secretary, with praise from President Rochelle for Hartley’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association
First Baptist Church
Bobby Scalf
Hol
Ralph Tilden
Edgar Hartley
Y.M.C.A
Bill Bailey
Triangle Hosiery Mill
Harvard University
Inw
Hartley
Washington
N. C
Bailey
High Point
Baile
Rochelle
Cme
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UMW
James Marlow Washington
Dr. Harvey
Book Company
Wilson Wyatt
National Housing Agency
Emergency Housing Committee Chamber of Commerce
N. Main Street
Robert F. Davis
Motor Line
Thomasville Main Street
Community Methodist Church
Community Church
Dorothy Sloan
Joe Fowler
Marjorie McCachern
Claiborne Pennington
Frances Williams
Luther Clemmons
Dorothy Brandon
Clifton Reed
Walter Newby
Allen Jay School
RE. L. Edwards
Tennesee
Murray
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Y. M. C.A. Paling
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