Treasury Studies Single Transfer Tax to Tighten Tax Compliance
The Treasury weighs merging gift and estate taxes into a single transfer tax to treat gifts and estates as one lump sum. Officials expect simpler administration and less litigation, while noting clashes over state inheritance credits and exemptions. Potential cuts in personal income exemptions are also under review as part of broader revenue balancing efforts.
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Roswell Magill
Magill
Henry Morgenthau
France
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
John W. Hanes
Wall Street
Hartleys Plan New Bedford Visit
Mr and Mrs Edgar Hartley and sons Richard Stewart and Bill will depart this morning for New Bedford Massachusetts to visit Mrs Marne mother and Mr J H Hartley. They expect to be away about 12 days.
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Edgar Hartley
Richard
Stewart
Bill
New Bedford
Mass
Marne
J. H. Hartley
Miss Dorothy Rankin Arrives From Boston to Stay with Ran Family
Miss Dorothy Rankin arrives from Boston to spend several weeks with her relatives Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ran at their home on Church Street. The note records a brief social update from the community.
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Dorothy Rankin
Boston
Mass
Mrs
A. M. Ran
Clothes and Jewelry Stolen From Thomasville Home
Thieves entered the residence of W. T. Harris Jr. on Carmall Street Friday night by cutting a screen from an open front window. The entry likely occurred between 11 and 12 o’clock while no one was home. Police report fingerprints as the only clue to date.
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W. T. Harris, Jr
Carmall Street
Senate Primaries Rise as Key Party Power Shifts
The shift to popular senate elections strengthens state party machines and elevates senatorial primaries to pivotal influence in nominations. It challenges gubernatorial primacy and complicates Roosevelt's nationwide efforts to hand pick nominees, with tests in Iowa Indiana Pennsylvania Georgia Maryland and South Carolina.
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White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Maryland
South Carolina
Sunburn Dangers and Care Warn Bathers
The American Red Cross highlights sunburn risks for vacationers noting burns can cover large body areas, cause pain, fever, infection, and even hospital stay. Protect skin with shade, clothing, and lotion, avoid peak sun, and seek medical help for deep burns or shock. Lifeguards should wear head protection to limit sun exposure.
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American Red Cross
First Timers See World Premier Talkie in Outlands
Blow ing Rock residents invited mountain visitors to a unique world premier of Spawn Of The North. The Blue Ridge audience signed affidavits denying prior exposure to talking pictures and enjoyed a pre show meal, souvenirs, hillbilly music, and a broadcast program before the film.
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Blowing Rock
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge
Dewey Detail on Big Criminal Methods and Numbers Trade
The piece outlines how District Attorney Dewey used routine, businesslike methods to dismantle a Harlem numbers racket linked to Schultz and Company. It highlights bookkeepers, collectors, bankers, and payoffs to political figures like Jimmy Hines, with witnesses detailing gunpoint buyouts and cash protection.
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Dewey
Silverman
Schultz and Company
Hines
New York
Harlem
New York Clearing House
Stock Exchange
Schultz
Joseph
Spasm" Ison
Wilfrid Brander
Alexander Pompez
Ison
Ferdinand Pecora
Jimmy” Hines
Schulte
Pompez
George Weinberg
Rene Belbenoit Fears Deportation After Escape
Rene Belbenoit, author of a best seller about his Devil's Island escape, appeals to President Roosevelt in Washington to avoid deportation to France and possible transfer to French Guiana's penal colony, supported by a large petition.
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Rene Belbenoit
Washington
France
French Guiana
Roosevelt
Belbenoit
Devil's Island
Judge Relies On Family Strife In Assault Case At Thomasville
Wade Worthy told Municipal court Judge Gilliam that his wife Ella May is a constant nag and cusses him daily leading to assault charges. Ella May Worthy received a twelve month jail sentence suspended on good behavior and costs. Wade Jarvis, appealing a liquor case, withdrew appeal and got a four month road sentence suspended on conditions. Other defendants faced larceny or license violations with suspended sentences and county banishment for two years.
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Thomasville
Evenin
Wade Worthy
Gilliam
Gill
Ella May
Judge Gilliam
Wade
Wade Jarvis
Aso
Thomas Benton Holder
Ruby Maxwell
Coley Gilliam
Napoleon Combs
J. A. Deese
New Speed Record Believed In Express Delivery
Officials of the Railway Express Company report a transcontinental express speed record from Cedar Rapids Iowa to High Point North Carolina. Two bundles weighing 340 pounds were shipped at 1 a.m. Wednesday August 18 from Cedar Rapids to Chicago by rail and thence by air to High Point where delivery occurred at 10 50 p.m. the same day.
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Railway Express Company
Blythe Brothers
High Point
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago
Dr Matthews Threatened Testimony Ties Youth Congress to Communist Front
The witness described himself as a fellow traveler to the Communist party and alleged the American Youth Congress is a front. He named Ralph Cushman bishop Harold Hoffman Henry Mec Cracken and several politicians on the advisory committee as dupes of a plan to cloak world revolution as peace. He cited Frazier Mahoney Quillian White Benson and other educators as supporters.
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Matthews
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American Youth Congress
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Henry N. Mec Cracken
Vassar
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North Dakota
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
The
Amateur Athletic Union
William F. Quillian
General Board For Christian Education
South
William Allen White
Emporia, Kas
Elmer Benson
Minnesota
Seven Building Permits Granted
Seven building permits issued by Inspector EB K Ingram in the past week authorize construction and repairs in seven projects totaling 8534 dollars. The largest is a six room brick veneer home on Rotary Drive by John A Russell at an estimated 6426 dollars including a garage. Other permits cover a five room frame house on Potts Street and several repair and paint jobs.
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EB. K. Ingram
Rotary Drive
Jones and
Westwood Streets
John A. Russell
Potts Street
Prospect
Anderson Streets
B. R. Gay
William London
North Main Street
Guilford College Endowment Fund
Willowbrook Street
Count Court and Barbara Hutton Swim Together at Venice Beach
In Venice Italy Aug 20 Count Court Hangwith-Reventlow tries to win back Barbara Hutton amid a pending Danish divorce. After a bitter separation and threats in British courts the pair were seen swimming and socializing at Lido beach with friends, signaling possible reconciliation efforts.
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Count Court
Babs
Venice
Italy
Lido
Count Court Hangwith-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Barbara
London
Hungary Faces Postwar Pressures and Territorial Losses
The Austro-Hungarian empire mirrors Germany in postwar hardship as both nations confront punitive settlement terms. Hungary emerges as a disappointed “have not” power, feeling aggrieved by the peace arrangements.
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Hungary
Germany
Hungary Heads Into Decisive Week With Foreign Visits
Budapest reports a pivotal week ahead as Admiral Horty and Hungarian officials depart for a state visit to Germany. Meanwhile Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Romania and Yugoslav hosts prepare to meet at Bled to discuss regional diplomacy and security.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nicholas Horty
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bled
Fragmentary note on Hungary policy and marriage imagery
Fragmented text discusses future policy for the Bian Basin and compares Hungary’s position to a girl who has covered many suitors. The garbled wording makes the exact meaning unclear and many specifics are missing.
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Bian
Hungary
Greensboro Teen Dies After Truck Crash Heroine
In Greensboro near Graham, Tyre Schoolfield died today from injuries in a truck crash. His 14 year old son Billy Schoolfield and another boy, 12, Neston, were injured but improving.
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Schoolfield
Greensboro
Uas
Neston
Graham
Billy Schoolfield Mounce
Special Election Planned for High Point Hospital Bonds
City of High Point announces a special election on September 27 1938 to approve bonds up to 220000 for a new city hospital with lands furniture and tax levy to pay interest. Polls open until 7 00 P M at multiple precincts and elections officials listed for each site.
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City OF High Point
N. C
City of
High Point
City Point
City of High
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