U. S. Chamber Sees Taxes Reaching New High in 1938
The United States chamber of commerce forecasts total taxes in 1938 at about 13.5 billion dollars, with federal taxes near 6.4 billion and state local taxes around 7.1 billion. It notes 1937 tax collections topped 10.3 billion and cites growth in the overall tax load since 1935. It urges states to align with federal tax reforms to reduce inequities and ease burdens on business.
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U. S. Chamber Commerce
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
South Main Young People Meet Tonight at 6 O'Clock
The Senior Young People's department of South Main M E church will convene this evening in the church annex. The program promises an interesting lineup and will begin at six o'clock, per yesterday's notice.
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South Main
South Main M. BE
Bees Adapt to Summer Heat and Winter Food Stores
Bees moved from cool climates to perpetual summer will soon stop gathering food for winter and live day to day. The note explains bees’ shift in foraging behavior when climates change.
Engagement and local weddings mark Asheboro notices
In Asheboro announcements, Mary Catherine Cranford is engaged to Dr. Jacob Luther Fritz with a marriage date to be announced. Also listed are the weddings of Miss Mamie Pattenette to Frank Hix, Virginia Warner to Charles W. Grigg, and the birth of Malcolm Keith Lanier, all recorded with brief details from Asheboro.
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Catherine Crawford
Asheboro
Jacob Luther Fritz
E. H. Cranford
BE. H. Cranford
Sunset Avenue
Mary Catherine
R. L. Fritz
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Hickory
W. L. Lambert
Fritz
Mamie Pattenette
A. L. Pattenette
Hot Springs
Ark
Frank Hix
A. R. Hix
M. E. Church
South
H. P. Powell
Jacob Fritz
Hix Wn
Bowling Green Business University
Bowling Green
Hammond
Cranford Furniture Company
E. H. Crawfords
Virginia Warner
W. R. Warner
Mount Gilead
Charles W. Grigg
C. W. Grigg
Virginia Beach
Episcopal Church
Richmond
Appalachian State Teachers College
The
West School
Mr. Griggs
Death of Benjamin F. Spivey in Asheboro
Benjamin Franklin Spivey 46 a construction engineer died at Randolph County Hospital Wednesday night after a week with pneumonia. Survived by widow Alice Hancock and children Wayne Dorothy Ruth and Rena, plus six brothers and three sisters. Funeral Friday at Dover Baptist Church Moore County with burial in the church cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Spivey
Ashboro
Benjamin Franklin Spivey
Randolph County Hospital
J. M. Spivey
Moore County
Alice Hancock
Wayne
Dorothy
Ruth
Rena
Eli Spivey
Steeds
Temple
Henry Spivey
Star
J. W
E. M. Spivey
Asheboro
Jonah Spivey
Pleasant Garden
W. J. Lewis
Candor
Jesse Harrelson
James Cranfield
Mount Pleasant
Dover Baptist Church
William Garner
Rancieman
Rail network totals 3955 miles in West Virginia
The state sits with about 3955 miles of railroad within its borders, reflecting extensive freight and passenger corridors across West Virginia as recorded in regional transport data.
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State of
West Virginia
Guilford Sets Time Limit on Tenant Loans
Guilford county tenants seeking Farm Security Administration loans to buy and improve farms must file by January 15. The three member county committee will select a small number of qualified applicants for loans to be issued between now and July 1. Applicants must be US citizens, farm workers, or recent farm earners, living in eligible counties, with preference to families with children and those able to make a down payment.
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Guilford County
Federal Farm Security Administration
E. H. Anderson
Greensboro
FSA
Anderson
United States
Martin Co builds largest flying boat for Soviet Russia
The Martin Co recently completed a giant flying boat for Soviet Russia. It weighs 63 000 pounds and has a 157 foot wingspan with a cruising range of 4500 miles. Additionally a hippo hide measures 11 2 inches thick.
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Martin Co
Soviet
Russia
Poem By Overman Wins Recognition From Publishers
C B Overman of this city earned literary recognition when Crown Publications editor Edward Uhlan announced that his poem That Old Woodpecker would be published in Crown An thology of Verse. The work was submitted in a prize poetry contest sponsored by the publishers.
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C. B. Overman
Edward Uhlan
Crown Publications
New York City
Mr. Overman
Beau Brummel Deliberated On Cravats Before Death
Beau Brummel, famed fashion figure, reportedly spent long hours choosing a cravat before his death in an asylum, reflecting the era's obsession with dress and status.
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Beau Brummel
Truce Accepted By Sit In Strikers At Goodrich Plant
In Paris on December 25, two thousand sit-in workers at the Goodrich Rubber factory ended their protest by accepting Premier Camille Chautemps' Christmas truce plan. They left with a special Christmas dinner after hours of songs and dancing, as police allowed musicians inside the plant.
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Paris
Goodrich Rubber Company
Camille Chautemps
Vocal pitch differences between genders
The male voice registers lower than the female voice due to longer and stronger vocal cords in men.
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Coca-Cola Plant
E. Washington St
Mr. Hix
Asheboro High School
Mrs. Hix
Worth Street
Con Lanier
Malcolm Keith
Guilford
Overman
Guilford Memorial Park
High Point Administration
High Point
S. Main St
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