Tall Tales and Odds and Ends from a Fisher Town Column
A collage of humorous anecdotes about fish stories and tall tales. Includes a mocked Up English tale of bears and a gun, a liver illness survivor who outlived doctors only to die by a bear, Mae West as Eve on radio, and light commentary on standards of biblical portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt McPherson
High Point
Holt
England
Mae West
Eve
Garden of Eden
Don Ameche
Adam
Charlie McCarthy
Mae
Charlie
Broadcasting Company
Federal Communications Commission
New Intangibles Tax Becomes Law in Georgia
Georgia's new intangibles tax act became law as Governor E D Rivers signed the bill. The measure classifies intangible property to capture assets that escaped taxation and is expected to add about 3 million dollars to annual state revenue after the first year. It applies to bank deposits stocks bonds notes secured by real estate mortgages and FHA insured obligations with Georgia corporation stock exempt if ad valorem taxes are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Payne
North Carolina
Giovanni Potassium
Randolph County
Randolph
Atlanta
Georgia
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
Federal Housing Administration
Man Fatally Injured as Train Hits Truck
Wade Hampton Campbell, 42, was killed at a railroad crossing in Dillon, D. C., when an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train struck his truck. The impact pushed the vehicle onto the opposite track and it was demolished by a second passenger train.
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Dillon
D. C
Wade Hampton Campbell
Atlantic Coast Line
Christmas Program At Kernersville Churches
The Ker neraville Methodist Protestant church hosts the final Christmas program tomorrow at 7 30 PM with vocal solos by H G Wasley and Easley Christmas selections. A Stokesdale girls quartette sings and Mrs Bertha Hodges visits from Moravian Falls. pageants and gifts feature the Pine Grove M P church program and Santa Claus finale.
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Kernersville
Kerneraville
Kerneraville Methodist Protestant
H. G. Wasley
Burlington
Easley
Stokesdale
Bertha Hodges
Moravian Falls
Meta
Flora Regland
Oak Ridge Road
Hodges
Bertha Reavis
Forsyth County
Pine Grove M. P
Santa Claus
Henry Crews
Kernersville Baptist Church
Driving Fatigue Linked to Visual Effort
Explanation notes that human energy use rises mainly from visual processing during driving, more than from other senses. The claim suggests fatigue stems from eye and brain work rather than general motion.
Bailey Receives Unique Christmas Gift From WPA Official
Bailey, parks and juvenile commissioner, got a one of a kind present yesterday a photographic wood cut out of his son Bill shown with a ball and caption Im for recreation Mrs Ruby Pendley WPA recreation supervisor presented the gift The cut out stands upright in the official office reflecting Bailey s commitment to recreation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W F. Bailey
Parks and Juvenile
Ruby B. Pendley
WPA
Bailey
Young Bill
Two Cars Collide Injuring Eight in Camden Fog
In Camden on December 26 two autos collided in fog paralyzing traffic and injuring eight people. Hospitalized are Mr and Mrs Jacob Johnson of Cassatt and three children, and Mrs C W McDonald of Camden. Mr and Mrs C A Gardner of Columbia were cut and bruised but released after treatment.
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Camden
Jacob Johnson
Cassatt
C. W. McDonald
C. A. Gardner
Columbia
Income Of Farmer In North Carolina Greatly Increased
North Carolina farmers earned 271,132,000 this year from crops and livestock, up from 1936. Cash income from field crops reached 232,850,000 versus 193,500,000 last year, while livestock and products totaled 26,000,000, government payments rose to 12,282,000. Tobacco prices supported the gain.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal-State
Lumberton Workers Seek Route to Leave Union
Governor Hoey announced a state labor department inquiry into Lumberton Cotton Mills workers who wish to strike their names from union rolls. Twenty three employees told investigators they want to be removed but do not know the procedure. Two women workers claimed coercion by mill workers and organizers from the Textile Workers Organizing Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hoey
Lumberton Cotton Mills
State Labor Department
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Co. L. O
Fish sleep facts questioned by researchers
A claim that goldfish pike and salmon never sleep is debated by scientists who note many fish exhibit sleep-like states and rest periods. Researchers caution against broad generalizations across species and environments.
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Rinkle
Neal’s Auto Service
South Main Street
Exposition Building
Vale
Saiki
Lions Club
Elwood Hotel
W. F. Bailey
R. M. Cowan
Salvation Army
John Mebane
Kinston Way
Kinston
Tom Best
Ott Kirkman
Paul Laffoon
N. L. Garner
Commerce
Washington
R. E. Rawson
Governor Rivers
Lumberton
ALL Rafields
DEPT
Coats
AL Sales
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