Rumors on Waynick Assistant Director Posts Denied
Raleigh April 14. Governor Hoey and Capus M. Waynick denied rumors that Waynick was offered the post as Assistant Director of the Budget or Director of the Division of Purchase and Contract. Rumors of other candidates and a new highway commission chair were also dismissed as unfounded.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Waynick
Division of Purchase and Contract
Charlotte
Shelby
Julian Miller
The
Charlotte Observer
New Highway Commission
Erronibus
Waywick
Highway Commission
Joint meeting planned by Quality and Sun Shine clubs
The Quality club and the Sun Shine club announce a joint meeting Friday night at the Community House. It will be the first joint gathering this year with a banquet and finished music. A good program is planned and the menu will feature thickened dishes with all trimmings. All members are cordially invited.
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Quality Club
Sunshine Club
Communty House
Pickett Baseball Club Prepares for Industrial League Debut
Enthusiasm runs high in Pickett as the baseball club reopens in the community and gains an Industrial League berth. The team, featuring veterans and new aces, heads to Hanes Spinning Mills next Saturday at 4 pm for the first practice game against Hanes Mills. Mill workers and families plan to attend with the mill superintendent promising a rally. The piece also notes the Girl Reserves meeting held Thursday with Evelyn Jones leading devotion and ten members present.
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Pickett
Thendustrial League
Hanes
Evelyn Jones
Edith Hemriec
Boy Scouts Meet at Community House April 8
The Boy Scouts of Pickett Cotton Mills troop No 23 met Thursday night April 8 at the Community House. Second class tests were passed by some, others began their rat class work. They expect May 1 for Court of honor and second class badges. J T Hunt plans a trip to Washington for the National Jamboree this summer. Scribe Jack Grayson.
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Boy Scouts of
Pickett Cotton Mills
James
Court of Honor
J. T. Hunt
Washington
Scribe
Jack Grayson
Personal remarks from Greensboro and surrounding towns
Mrs. Sally Carter and children spent Sunday in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reavis were Sunday guests of the Reavis family in High Point. Mr. and Mrs. Nonah Nance and Emily of Cornatzor NC visited Miss Edna Steelman. Friends of Lee Hemric report he is improving rapidly. Mrs Sally Steelman is spending the week in South Carolina.
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Sally Carter
Greensboro
Sam Reavis
Reavis
High Point
Nonah Nance
Emily
Cornatzor
N. C
Edna Steelman
Lee Hemric
Sally Steelman
South Carolina
Coronation fashion takes crown theme across men's wear
A period note describes spring 1937 coronation motifs in men's fashion led by neckties and shirts bearing crowns and royal emblems. Suits use subtle red and blue stripes while robes and pajamas flaunt Balmoral tartan and royal colors. A coronation pajamas set even pictures a London sightseeing tour including Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey.
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Haberdashery
British Lion
London
Foulard
Admiralty
Army
Walter C. Parkes
NER
New York
George VI
John Smith
King
George
House of Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben Tower
House of Parliament
Tower Bridge
Wellington Arch
Trafalgar Square
Westminster Abbey
NC farmers get 15 percent cut in cotton fire premiums
Raleigh April 14 North Carolina cotton growers will receive a 15 percent decrease in fire insurance premiums on bales stored in 1938 warehouses under the state Agriculture Department supervision. Commissioner W Kerr Scott said the move lowers storage costs and prevents rate increases despite rising cotton values. The state-licensed warehouses cover about 200000 bales, with receipts guaranteeing integrity and protecting farmers against fire theft and water damage.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
State Department of Agriculture
Scott
A. B. Fairley
Department of Agriculture
Fairley
State and Counties Tax Bank Balances Change
Raleigh April 14. Counties will not tax intangible property after 1937 yearend though for 1937 both state and counties may tax bank balances. Attorney General Seawell says the intangibles section allows the state to collect taxes on bank deposits for the previous calendar year.
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Raleigh
A. A. F. Seawell
Tax collection delayed. Seawell rules on state share
The tax could not be collected before March 16 1938, but Seawell ruled. When the state begins collecting personal property taxes it must divide the return equally with the counties as provided in the revenue act.
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Seawell
Tax money diverted from gas tax funds in 1936
In 1936 more than 150 million dollars in gasoline tax revenue was redirected to other funds, shifting fiscal priorities and reducing dedicated gas tax use. The situation highlights large-scale reallocation of public revenue during that year.
Tate Named on Fair Group for 1939 World’s Fair
Fred N. Tate, president and treasurer of the Continental Furniture Co., was asked to serve on the North Carolina section of the National Advisory Committee for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The invitation came from Grover Whalen, president of the fair, and Tate has replied to Whalen.
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Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
North Carolina
Tate
Grover Whalen
Whalen
North Carolina fair appoints advisor committee
Informing him of his acceptance J P Pewley publisher of TK Enterprise has been named to a committee serving in an advisory capacity for a large upcoming fair. The group will guide how North Carolina may be best served and will advise accordingly.
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J. P. Pewley
TK Enterprise
Partiarly
North Caroli
Bishop Kern to preside at Wilmington District Conference
Fairmont April 14 Bishop Paul Kern of Durk will preside at the meeting of Wilmington District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church here Friday.
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Fairmont
Paul Kern
Durk
Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal
Diplomat Larz Anderson Dies at White Sulphur Springs
Former ambassador to Japan Larz Anderson died yesterday at a White Sulphur Springs hospital after weeks of illness.
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W. Va
Larz Aderson
Japan
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