Pomona Mills to Sue IRS for 182702 in Federal Claim
Greensboro judge signs order naming George W. Mountcastle of Lexington as receiver to pursue a federal suit against the Internal Revenue Service for 182 702 paid in processing and floor stock taxes during AAA years. The Pomona Mills property, once in receivership and sold to Pomona Manufacturing, is being reopened to file the claim before the statute of limitations expires December 2.
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H. Hoyle Sink
George W. Mountcastle
Lexington
Pomona Mills, Inc
Collector of
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Norman A. Boren
Pomona Manufacturing Company
Hunter Manufacturing Company
Stalin's Grip Deepens as Soviet State Grows
The article notes Stalin's consolidation of power in the Soviet Union with a planned system of annual prizes in medicine law science arts and military science and expanding book publication. It cites a semi official biography listing top comrades and describes Stalin as the country’s undisputed leader with a temperate life and strong health.
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Shevik
Friendship of Peoples
Soviet Union
Council of People Commissars
Stalin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Klem
Morgenthau opposes consumer tax plan amid farm processing debate
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau reiterates opposition to a direct farm processing tax while critics warn the scheme would shift costs to consumers through higher bread and textile prices. Wallace meets with key aides including Harold Smith and Lauchlin Currie to discuss the proposal and its implications.
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Harold D. Smith
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Frederic A. Delano
National Resources Committee
Lauchlin Currie
Eccles
Crew on board German freighter escapes scuttling by fire
Columbus Crew members held at Ellis Island after the ship Columbus, a 32 500 ton German merchant vessel, was set ablaze by arsonists. Third officer Henry Lampe 27 described the alarm turning into a true attack with a special action crew releasing benzine and incendiaries.
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Ellis Island
Henry Lampe
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Olso
Norway
Author Florentine Sutro Dies at 75 in New York
Mrs. Florentine Scholle Sutro 75 a noted philanthropist and author of My First Seventy Years died at her New York home late yesterday. Her long career spanned many charitable movements and civic work.
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New York
Florentine Scholle Sutro
Italian King Visits Pope in Historic Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII welcomed King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena praising Italy's stance in wartime. The Vatican announced a Dec. 28 return visit to the Quirinal Palace, signaling closer Vatican–Italian government ties since the 1929 Lateran Accords.
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Elena
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British naval actions and mine casualties in early war reporting
Reports detail intensified Allied naval operations and attacks on ships including three naval vessels and two neutrals. Swedish steamers Mars and Adolf Bratt are sunk by mines with several missing or rescued, while Graf Spee’s captain Langsdorff commits suicide as British press praise his actions.
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Adolf Bratt
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Graf Spee
Hans Langsdorff
London Times
Helsinki Bomb Raid Wounds School and Towns
Planes scored a raid on the capital and surrounding areas. A four story stucco school for the blind and a hospital were damaged as power lines, glass and debris littered streets. Fire crews and police cleared wreckage while anti-aircraft batteries engaged the attackers.
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Reet
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Oak Hill Church and Pilgrim Holiness Classes Gather For Christmas Socials
The Oak Hill Friends Church Welcome Class meets at 7 30 with Mrs Haywood Gurley on Burton Street extension. The Pilgrim Holiness Church Willing Workers hold a Christmas party at Mrs Kenneth Carters 803 This sell Street. The Philathea class hosts a Christmas social at Gibson club rooms this evening at 7 30 with Mrs F R Fraley and Misses Louise Linthicum and Pearl Newton as hostesses. Mrs G R Ward hosted Ward Street Methodist Churchs Christmas party at 1004 North Main Street with gifts exchanged and refreshments served.
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Edith Flagler
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Walter Tice, Jr
Martha Sale
Jean Kline
Peggy Peters
Doris Koonce
Edward MacDowell
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Finland reports sinking of battleship October Revolution
Reports say the 23,265 ton Soviet battleship Oktai blrskaya Revolutia was hit by Finnish coast defense batteries near Koivisto in the Gulf of Finland. Other fronts hold with snow and cold as Russian air power and tanks push back.
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Charles Milton Brown Named Administrator
Charles Milton Brown of 922 Forrest Avenue High Point qualified today as administrator of the estate of J H Cagle who died in High Point on December 12 The estate valued at 2000 dollars includes a widow Pauline A Cagle and a daughter Nancy Elizabeth Cagle The article also notes development of the two row radial engine as a pre World War I aircraft power plant.
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Charles Milton Brown
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Nancy Elizabeth Cagle
Gold of High Point may run for Assembly again in 1940
State Senator Tom Gold of High Point indicated in Raleigh on Tuesday that he likely will seek the General Assembly again next year. He noted his prominence in 1939 as chairman of the Judiciary No. 1 committee and discussed congressional prospects in Guilford and the Sixth District.
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Raleigh
Tom Gold
High Point
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Greensboro
John Caffey
Guilford
Senator Gold
Faster fruit ripening by replacing natural gas release
In natural ripening fruit emits gas. Replacing this gas with an alternative accelerates the process to half the usual time and yields better results.
Langsdorff honored as captain ends his ship's work
The German admiralty said Langsdorff chose to die with his ship and that, after saving his crew, he felt his mission finished. Crowds visit Langsdorff's casket at the arsenal while a wreath reads Ich hatt einen kammeraden. No flowers from Hitler or top officials were found. Separately, Paris Zoo sent animals to Moscow under an exchange deal.
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