Hinsdale plan gains Senate backing for luxury sales tax
In Raleigh on April 21 AP reports Senate supporters of Hinsdale rounded up 19 signatures on a round robin and expected seven more as they press a luxury sales tax to fund the MacLean school law. The conference committee plans to decide in principle between a sales tax or the Grier-Folger fund, with Representative Connor poised to depart for several days.
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Raleigh
Senate
Hinsdale
Assembly
Pritchett
Bertie
Johnson
Duplin
Revenue Conference Committee
Connor
Joint Conference
Dunlap
Anson
Grier-Folger
Folger
Surry
Wake
House
Solution Of Sales Tax Tangle Looked Forward To Today
FARMER SENTENCED SALISBURY April 21 Jester Davis prominent er of Davidson county convict ed of violating the prohibition laws today was sentenced by Judge Johnson J. Hayes in fed eral court here to serve a year and a day in Atlanta peniten tiary and fined 1,000 Prohibition agents two weeks ago found 114 gallons of whit key in a cache beneath Davis house.
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Salisbury
Jester Davis
Davidson County
Johnson J. Hayes
Atlanta
Davis
Attack on Inland Town Imminent, Report Says
In Honduras, reports claim rebels threaten Sonaguera and Tela while forces strike back. Citizens seek safety aboard vessels to Two Harbors as authorities emphasize unity for stability amid revolutionary violence.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Tela
Trupillo
Scandino
Nicaragua
Senate Passes Machinery Act in Second Reading
Raleigh April 21 The senate passed the biennial per act on second reading. It provides for listing and valuation of all property for taxation, ending the quadrennial reassessment. County commissioners would adjust values anytime. The act affects excess levies for corporations and allows penalties or discounts when taxes are levied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Senate
Whedbee
Perquimans
House
House Passes Two Local Bills in Short Session
The House, in a brief 15 minute session with about 15 members present, passed two local bills today and adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow while awaiting a revenue conferees report.
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Raleigh
Rockefeller Leaves Florida for New Jersey and Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller ended his Florida winter vacation and began a northward train journey from Ormond Beach to Lakewood New Jersey. He plans a short stay before heading to his summer estate at Pocantico Hills New York.
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Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Rumors Fly Over Curtis Vice Presidential Plans
Washington rumors say Vice President Curtis faces pressure from supporters to run again as VP while Kansas factions push for a Senate bid. Friends note he will decide in the fall and remains active in public life, with speculation about other VP possibilities in the president's circle.
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Senate
Kansas
Curtis
McGill
Hoover
Illinois Senator Mistakenly Addresses Exchange Club
Illinois State Senator Adair attended a luncheon in Quincy and, after sitting with a stranger, realized his notes were for a Kiwanis speech but was told the gathering was actually the Exchange Club. The mishap amused attendees as the senator checked his topic.
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Quincy
Til
Oy Adair
Kiwanis Club
Moss Cherry Bill Amended By Senate In North Carolina
The North Carolina Senate amended the Moss Cherry bill to base auto license fees on 60 cents per hundredweight, up from 55. The plan matches the revenue of the horsepower basis, avoiding a $300,000 to $400,000 annual loss, and a vote was postponed until tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Sunday Movie Bill Passed After Prayer Barrage
In London the House of Commons approved the Sunday movies and amusements bill 258 to 210 on second reading amid heavy Sabbatarian prayer. A Lord's Day Observance Society rally coordinated with debate as groups prayed near Parliament and police intervened at times. The measure would repeal the 1780 blue laws upon final passage.
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London
House of Commons
Parliament Square
Oliver Cromwell
Commons
North Carolina Assembly urged 55 hour week for workers
The Worhan's Missionary society convention of the North Carolina conference, Methodist Episcopal church south, commends the general assembly for a 55 hour week for industrial workers and banning night work for girls under 18. It also asks reconsideration of bills on child labor and education. Delegates numbered 255 with more arriving.
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Burlington
North Carolina General Assembly
Worhan’s Missionary Society
North Carolina Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Vara Herring
Raleigh
House
Senate
F. B. McKihne
Goldsboro
A. M. Gates
Durham
Methodist
North Carolina
Conferees Tangle Over Revenue Bill Sales Tax
Raleigh April 21 AP members of the joint conference committee on the biennial revenue bill remain divided over the sales tax issue after a long session. The estimate shows the general tax would yield 5.53 million versus 9 million. the luxury tax could bring 0.5 to 1 million more, depending on items classified as luxuries.
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A. J. Maxwell
Hinsdale
House
Senate
Man Must Pay $250 for Calling Man Skunk
E. G. Herman of Hemingford Neb addressed a Memphis man as a skunk and wrote that the government should pay a bounty for such scalps. The court ordered Herman to pay $250 to G. W. Glass of Memphis for the insult.
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Skunk
Memphis, Tenn
E. G. Herman
Hemingford
Neb
G. W. Glass
Memphis
Glass
Herman
American Order of Polecats
Ruth Nichols Plans Solo Atlantic Flight Record Attempt
Ruth Nichols will attempt the first woman's solo flight across the Atlantic within two weeks, aviator Clarence D. Chamberlin said today.
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Ruth Nichols
New York
Atlantic
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Five Prisoners Escape Through Jail Wall in Waynesville
Five prisoners slipped through a brick wall at Haywood county jail in Waynesville at 3 AM using a nail and pliers. Sheriff J A Lowe awoke to see the fifth man vanish as deputies scoured the county to rearrest Lester O Dear Fox Edmunds Jim Jones Waldrop and Sherman Lowe who were held on assault liquor prohibition forgery and related charges.
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Waynesville
Haywood County
J. A. Lowe
Heriff Lowe
Lester’ O’dear
Fox Edmunds
Jim Jones
Waldrop
Convict Fatally Shot by Guard at Prison Camp
Black convict David Garvin, serving 22 percent to 80 years, was killed by buckshot as he attempted escape from Gray me prison camp in Jance county. Fellow convict William Brown of Edgecombe county was wounded in the arm and recaptured.
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David Garvin
Mecklenburg County
Grayme
Jance County
Garvin
William Brown
Edgecombe County
Brown
Bill Seeks New Ground for Divorce in North Carolina
Raleigh April 21 Senator Hendren of Forsyth introduced a bill in the senate to add a divorce ground. The proposed provision states divorce may be granted if any person commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature with mankind or beast.
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Raleigh
Hendren
Forsyth
Senate
Rear Admiral Dies At Indiana Home
Rear Admiral Royal Rodney Ingerson, U S N retired, died at his La Porte Indiana home after a brief illness from uraemic poisoning. He was 83 years old.
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Indiana
LA Porte
iInd
Royal Rodney Ingersoll
No Lives Lost As Looting Occurs At Cabo Gracias a Dios
U S ships arrive with refugees in Puerto Cabezas and Bluefields while looting at Cabo Gracias a Dios leaves town emptied of merchandise. Honduran martial law is imposed as rebel actions threaten coast areas. second rebel force attacks Progreso with defenses holding for an hour.
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Cabo Gracias A Dios
C. A. Davis
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Saclin
Wanks River
San Pedro del Norte
Guardia National
Puerto Cabezas
Cabo Gracias
Karl Bregenzer
Pedro Blandon
Neptune Mine
Nicaraguan National Guard
Honduran Congress
Roman Diaz
Ladislaa Santos
Progreso
Alfredo Reina
Prominent Specialist Kidnapped After Telephoned Call
Dr. I D Kelley Jr a noted eye ear nose and throat specialist and son in law of oil magnate William Cullen McBride disappeared after answering a telephone call for his services in St Louis He refused an offered car and left in his own auto His wife reported a caller sounding like Holmes near Clayton and no ransom has been reported to date by police search efforts were organized by city and county authorities.
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ST. Louis
I. D. Kelley, Jr
William Cullen McBride
Kelley
Clayton
Insurrection Ebb in Honduras Inland Area Remains Tense
Washington reports the northern Honduras uprising subsiding along the coast while inland from Puerto Cortez near San Pedro Sula remains volatile. Vice Consul Wasson warned of an imminent attack and sought to broker a neutral zone with government and rebel leaders to protect the city.
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Puerto Cortez
Washington
Honduras
Julius G. Lay
Tegucigalpa
State Department
Lay
Wasson
San Pedro Sula
Marine Is Sought For Questioning In Probe of Death
San Diego police sought an unidentified Marine Corps private for questioning in the death of Louise Teuber a 17 year old found hanged from a tree. A second girl reported Teuber was engaged or married to the service man aboard a vessel in Los Angeles harbor. No killer clues after two days. autopsy ruled no criminal assault.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Louise Teuber
Schulte President Discontinues Pay
New York April 21 David A Schulte president of Schulte Retail has cut himself off the payroll. He told stockholders at the annual meeting that his salary of 45000 a year was discontinued last September and will not resume until business warrants it. The company probably will show a satisfactory year.
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New York
David A. Schulte
Schulte Retailee
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Panama Canal
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Francis M. Stephenson
Illinois
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U. S
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