Heavy Taxes Threaten Britain’s Landed Aristocracy
AP analyst notes England’s aristocracy shrinking under taxes as the Earl of Harewood, heir to 24,000 acres, faces heavy levies. His estate, valued at 196 480, must be sold to cover obligations, jeopardizing generations of family holdings and the traditional crimson-coated squire lifestyle.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
the Young of Harewood
Princess Ry
Princess Royal
Earl of Harewood
Britain
You and I
Harewood
Viscount Harewood as suitor for young princess
The Viscount Harewood, heir to the earldom since 1929, is described as a strong match. A Grenadier Guardsman and World War I veteran with diplomacy experience, he supposedly inherited a vast fortune. Despite heavy royal expenses, the current earl still holds roughly a million and a half dollars in property.
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Viscount Harewood
Earl of Harewood
Two Operas to Be Presented By High Point Civitan Club
High Point Civitan Club to sponsor a two one act opera program featuring Down In The Valley by Kurt Weill and Maid To Mistress by Pergolesi. The event, to be staged January 25 and 26 at the Senior High School auditorium, will use Greensboro actors totaling about 40.
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High Point Civitan Club
Civitan Club
Sheraton
Hotel Sheraton
Don Trexler
Greensboro Opera Company
Trexler
High Point
Kurt Weill
North Carolina
Pergolesi
Greensboro Peope
Greensboro
Census Taker To Ask About Your Income
The census bureau will query personal income in the 1950 census with an option to mail in data on a special form. Income data are kept confidential and help business, labor, and government planning. About every fifth household will be asked. those earning over 10000 may reply over 310000. Twenty three Republicans protested citing lack of legal authority.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Congress
Philip M. Hauser
Hauser
Bureau
Japan Exports Crown U S and U K in Cotton Goods
Manchester England December report says Japan led in cotton piece goods exports for April May and likely June, totaling about 237 million square yards for the quarter. Britain shipped 236 million and the United States 234 million square yards.
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Manchester
Eng
Japan
United States
United Kingdom
British Cotton Board
Women in Waynesville seek old liquor stills for crafts
In Waynesville North Carolina on December 14 a group of women from the Haywood county community development program crafts class asks for unused liquor stills. Sheriff R B Welch donated a large copper still last week which the class dismantled to make cups and saucers and they now need more copper stills and larger vessels.
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Waynesville
N. C
Haywood County
R. B. Welch
Rockefeller To Give 2 Million To Memorial Cancer Fight
John D. Rockefeller Jr. pledges 2 million dollars to Memorial hospital in New York to aid cancer care. The gift, announced at a 10th anniversary dinner, requires matching funds and will boost a 5 million dollar expansion fund for facilities and teaching programs at Memorial, Sloan Kettering, and Strang clinic. Several recovered patients attended the event.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Rockefeller
Memorial
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