Taxes On Southern Furniture Plants Increased Since 1936
A survey by the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association shows taxes per dollar of sales rose 47.7 percent from 1936 to 1939, with non income taxes up 180 percent and social security taxes rising sharply. Total taxes per wage earner averaged $94.53 in 1939, and overall taxes on sales climbed from 2.2 percent to 3.25 percent between 1926 and 1939, suggesting manufacturers did not pass higher taxes to furniture prices.
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Southern
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Asociation
J. T. Ryan
The
Association
Southern Furniture
Temperance Questions Sent To North Carolina Candidates
The North Carolina Women’s Christian Temperance Union sent two questions to state legislative candidates asking whether they favor legalizing intoxicating liquor and if elected will they vote for a statewide referendum on its manufacture and sale. Japan’s Central China Development Company reports over 6 500 unfilled applications for telephone installations.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Women's Christian Temperance Union
Japan
Central China Development Company
Famed Tar Heel Newspaperman Dies In Crash
W. C. Saunders former magazine editor and publisher of the Independent died in an automobile crash near Norfolk Virginia. He was a Perquimans County native and once associate editor of Collier's. Saunders gained national attention in 1929 for a pajama campaign for sensible male attire. He later ran a news and feature syndicate in Washington.
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Elizabeth City
W. C. Saunders
Independent
Norfolk
Saunders
Perquimans County
Collier's
Carolina
Main Street
Washington
Kiwanis Forms Census Committee in High Point
The High Point Kiwanis Club at noon luncheon named M. W. Nash R. H. Sechrest and I. Paul Ingle to form a three member committee. They will work with other civic clubs to secure a complete census of High Point and ensure all homes are visited. A North Carolina quiz was conducted by Morris Jones and Roy J. Spearman.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
Elwood Hotel
High Point
M. W. Nash
R. H. Sechrest
I. Paul Ingle
North Carolina
Morris Jones
Roy J. Spearman
Verdict Awards $15 000 in Hunter Estate Suit
A Guilford Superior Court jury awarded Rosa Mack administrator $15 000 damages against Marshall Field and Company and Southeastern Construction for the electrocution death of John Hunter a structural steel worker at a Draper textile plant addition on March 11 1937. The trial before Judge J A Rousseau began last Monday. James B Lovelace of High Point represented the plaintiff.
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Guilford Superior Court
Rosa Mack
Administration
Marshall Field and Company
Southeastern Construction Company
John Hunter
J. A. Rousseau
Textile Manufacturing Company
Draper
James B. Lovelace
High Point
Hunter Estate
Neutral politician takes stand as fence-straddler in Asheville
In Asheville on April 26, a realtor L. B. Jackson rents a building showing political party signs. Workers asked about his favorite political horse as he placed a sign depicting a man astride a fence reading Neutral Headquarters.
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Asheville
L. B. Jackson
Jackson
Joe College Days Fadeportends Serious Youth Takeover
Evanston Illinois April 26 Educators at Northwestern University report a shift from rah rah student culture to a pragmatic post graduation profile among 2560 surveyed seniors. About 30 percent of men and 30 percent of women funded school costs by work. Eighty percent of men and 30 percent of women earned some expenses. Fifteen percent overall received no financial aid. Most men expect to marry on fifty dollars a week or less. many women expect marriage within five years. Four percent marry after graduation and fifty two percent within four years. Four fifths attend church regularly.
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Evanston
Ill
Joe College
Northwestern University
Senoir
Joe
Methodists On Home Missions Report Highlights Rural Plight
The General Conference of the Methodist Church in Atlantic City New Jersey reports on home missions and warns that mechanization of agriculture creates peasantry in rural America. It cites homelessness of migrants sharecroppers and tenant distress amid the dust bowl and notes 4 750 000 active criminals with half under 21 and 15 000 000 unaffiliated youth.
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Atlantic Ciy
N. J
Uzre
General Conference
America
Church
Committee On Home Missions and
Church Extension
United States
Battle for Trondheim Shapes Norway War Outlook
London reports on Norway as Germany tightens grasp toward Trondheim while Allied forces rush reinforcements. British and French units consolidate lines north of Stenkjer as German bases and naval actions press the campaign.
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Stavanger
Germany
Norway
Britain
Trondheim
Construction Starts on Final Bahdad Tigris Bridges
Construction has begun on the last two permanent bridges spanning the Tigris River in Bahdad Iraq. The project aims to improve regional traffic flow and connectivity between sides of the city, with completion expected in coming years.
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Tigris ’River
Bahdad
Iraq
Scout Camporee Schedule and Patrol Lineup Details
The High Point District Boy Scout Camporee opens Saturday at 9 am at Camp Uwharrie with 26 patrols from various troops to be inspected. Ten patrols advance to the May 3 5 event at Camp Uwharrie, including Troop 7 Fox Patrol Rat Patrol Alligator Crow Patrol and others from St. Mary's First Baptist Methodist Children's Home Green Street Baptist Wesley Memorial and more.
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High Point
Camp Uwharrie
School Girl Shot to Death While Studying
Edith Snyder a 16 year old high school student was shot through a window on a porch in Abington Pennsylvania as she studied. Her 17 year old brother Edwin witnessed her collapse. Investigators consider a possible adolescent love affair motive and police question classmates.
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Abington
Edith Snyder
Edwin
Miss Snyder
Demos Open Registration Headquarters in Phillips-Davis Building
Democratic registration headquarters opened in the Phillips-Davis building on South Main Street. Walter E. Crissman, High Point chairman, said the office will stay open to promote new party registration and assist inquirers with old registrations. The new rule requires re registration for all who wish to participate in the primary. Books open at precinct polling places Saturday at 9 30 and stay open for three weeks.
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Phillips-Davis
South Main Street
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Mr. Crissman
Guilford Republicans to Install Local Young Republican Club
Guilford leaders plan tonight in High Point to install a local Young Republican Club. Edwin M. Stanley state president and Leslie Murphy Greensboro club head will run the installation with Worth D. Henderson and Rufus W. Reynolds also listed. A tentative group was set up two weeks ago and aims to form a permanent organization at the headquarters at 131 South Wrenn Street.
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Guilford
High Point
Edwin M. Stanley
Leslie Murphy
Greensboro
Worth D. Henderson
Rufus W. Reynolds
Elections Board
Republican Club
South Wrenn Street
Board member charged with fostering communism
Davidson attacked the board as rotten with radicalism while exempting Leiserson Fahy Watts from the charge. He branded Frank Bloom as an incompetent radical and claimed his appointment came “by the grace of” Nathan Witt.
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Davidson
William M. Leiserson
Charles Fahy
Robert Watts
Frank Bloom
Bloom
Nathan Witt
Troops organize patrols at Hilliard church and Ada Blair School
Eagle Patrol led by Bill Peace with Jimmy Bulla as assistant lists Charles McMurray Paul Barringer Bobby Koonts and Robert Shufelt Hog Patrol led by Ord way Hill with Ray mond Ward assistant includes Charles Carroll Robert Willard Raymond Emry Charles White and Johnny Thomas Skunk Patrol led by Don Michael with Lee Rodenbough Harvey Kanter Walter Lyn Stout Jim mie Current Billy Brewer Garland Hill Charles Payne Troop 14 at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church enters Flying Eagle Patrol led by Carroll Henderson L J Warner as assistant with Victor Byrd Robert Foust James Bascom Douglas Bryant Monroe Copley Troop 88 at Ward Street Methodist Church enters Flaming Arrow Patrol led by Norman Easter with Jack Dillard Gene Pendergass Pat Shelton Monell Cole Brady Mac Daniels Troop 87 at Ada Blair School enters Panther Patrol led by Bill Bowman with Jack Allen as assistant and Bill King Carl Hancock Harold Calloway Jack Charlies Roy Dailey.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
T. H. Jackson
W. C. Yaw
Bill Smith
Bob White
James Paschal
Robert Flynt
Frances Booze
Leon Caton
Bill Deviney
Floyd Keith
Carl Reddick
First Baptist Church
Murray Miller
Jimmie Hutton
Charles Shield
Neal Lancaster
Gilbert Ferguson
Earl Gibson
Bobby Sechrest
Carter Allen
Louie Bean
Ray Watson
Harold Alexander
Wilbur Alexander
Roy Kreienbaum
Billy Brandon
Ray Hinson
Ralph Marshal
Murray Vaughn
Billy Walker
Guilford Cargel
Buffalo Patrol
Winfred Bivens
Winfred Johnson
Dyal Reece
Harold McGee
Billy Williams
Wesley Memorial Church
O. Delk Smith
Eagle Patrol
Arthur Lyon
Eddie Knox
Jack Stratton
James Lewis
Ernest Welch
Bobby Smith
Alec Marsh
Moose
W. Warner Lewis, Jr
Hanes Scott
Wallace Ridge
Richard Harris
Brodus Leonard
Panther
David Bouldin
Bill Lindsay
George Lyon
James Dewey Foust
Edward Sales
Reid Marsh
Edgar Hatcher
Garrell Speas
Howell Wagner
John McFarland
George Harbinson
Dillard Wagner
Jimmie Ward
Ray Bradshaw
James Newsom
Fox Patrol
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Raymond Wise
Harry Williams
Sherman Fortner
Allen McGhee
Fred Swartzberg
Edward Knight
Elmer Kennedy
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest McCall
H. 8
Blaylock
Eagle
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Jimmy Bulla
Charles McMurray
Paul Barringer
Bobby Koonts
Robert Shufelt
Hog
Ordway Hill
Raymond Ward
Charles Carroll
Robert Willard
Raymond Emry
Charles White
Johnny Thomas
Skunk
Don Michael
Lee Rodenbough
Harvey Kanter
Walter Lyn Stout
Jimmie Current
Billy Brewer
Garland Hill
Charles Payne
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
H. C. Farmer
L. C. Andrews
Carroll Henderson
L. J. Warner
Victor Byrd
Robert Foust
James Bascom
Douglas Bryant
Monroe Copley
Ward Street Methodist Church
J. C. Dillard
Earl Pope
N. E. Snyder
Robert Hicks
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Norman Easter
Jack Dillard
Gene Pendergass
Pat Shelton
Monell Cole
Brady MacDaniels
Ada Blair School
Olin LeBaron
Panther Patrol
Bill Bowman
Jack Allen
Bill King
Carl Hancock
Harold Calloway
Jack Charlies
Roy Dailey
Civil Schools Augment Army's Corps of Pilots
General Fickel reports civilian schools boost Army Air Corps pilot output from 250 yearly to 2300 over two years under a 300 million dollar air defense program. Nine civilian schools provide primary training before Randolph Texas for basic training and Kelly Texas for abbreviated advanced training. New air corps bases rise quickly in Puerto Rico and at Tampa Fila.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Army Air Corps
Jacob E. Fickel
General Fickel
Randolph
Kelly Fields
Texas
Randolph Field
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Fickel
Puerto Rico
Tampa
Fila
Local Weather Outlook for North and South Carolina
Noon today shows low 44 last night and light rain possible near the coast. Partly cloudy and cool tonight into Saturday with occasional rain in the south, while northeast winds ease in the north. Hats continue northwest breezes with overcast skies and showers across north and central portions tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
South Portion
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Evangelist’s Life Story Begins at Willowbrook Tabernacle
Alexandria Wasilewska formerly Alice Hayes of Broadway vaudeville presents From Broadway to the Narrow Way at the Gospel Tabernacle on Willowbrook Street tonight through Sunday at 7:30 pm. She will recount immigration from Poland and early training for the stage as the Youth Crusade continues and Rev. H P Williams urges remaining attendees to hear her compelling transition from stage to pulpit.
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Broadway
H. P. Williams
Manilewska
Odd Fellows District Meeting Tonight in Forsyth
A district supper meeting of Odd Fellows will be held in Winston Salem tonight. Attendees include Grand Master R. V. Pate of Goldsboro Grand Secretary John W. Clapp of Burlington and W. C. Beamon home superintendent of the IOOF home.
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Winston-Salem
Odd Fellows
R. V. Pate
Goldsboro
John W. Clapp
Burlington
W. C. Beamon
Pame
Wage Hour Dispute Shapes Cotton Goods Costs
A wage rate increase from 22 to 324 cents per hour faced criticism as biased, with supporters noting the sudden demand spike and price rise that influenced a federal wage decision. The measure, not meant as punitive, should have followed the law rather than sweeping conditions.
French Torpedo Boats Sunk by German flotilla
Report says a French patrol sank two Nazi torpedo boats near the Skagerrak on the day before yesterday. Weather last night dampened Western Front air activity to occasional reconnaissance flights by French and German forces. Artillery sporadically fired in the Saar region as land action continued.
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Saar
War Office
Baltic
Sweden
Norway
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Danish Strait
Italians Italians Continue War Talk In Chambers
The text notes Duce as interior minister as the speaker's immediate superior and reports wider belief he approved the speech. Francesco Giunta predicts the European war will spread to a war of peoples against property holders. Tomorrow Count Dino Grandi, chamber president, may signal a campaign to win Italian acquiescence to war.
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Duce
Chamber
Francesco Giunta
Dino Grandi
Enthusiastic High Point Junior Chamber Meeting Held
The High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Sheraton Hotel for a well attended session led by President Charles Mendenhall. George D. Lentz state president spoke on growth of junior chambers in North Carolina from 11 to 28 groups. Local by laws and constitution were adopted and 58 members will send delegates to the national convention in Washington City this summer.
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High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Charles Mendenhall
George D. Lentz
Grady Conrad
Winston-Salem
Bethel Theater Charges Eskimo Patrons Salmon Admission
A Bethel Alaska movie theater imposes an unusual fee on Eskimo patrons equal to one smoked salmon for admission. The quirky policy drew attention from local residents and sparked discussions about fair pricing and cultural sensitivity.
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Bethel
Alaska
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