Budget Fixes Probed as $600000 Gap Faces North Carolina
Raleigh Feb 11 A Senate finance panel warns the state budget needs $600000 in extra annual revenue for the next two years. Proposed fixes include reversing sales tax cuts on building materials, a soft drink bottler tax likely a crown case or spout tax, and higher state income taxes on federal salaries. Transfers from Confederate pensions to Social Security also boost funds.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
H. P. Taylor
Finance Committee
Senate
House
Budget Commission
Appropriations Committee
Taylor
Public debate over highway funds and sales tax reform
A columnist argues against diverting seven million from highway funds to general state expenses and against issuing five million in road bonds. He criticizes the sales tax as insufficiently engineered, recalls a 1918 license increase idea, and critiques legislative costs and the tone of modern lawmaking.
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Columbia
Palmetto
Souy Carolina Automobile Association
Capus Waynik
New England Mutual Co Reports Record Year 1938
L. F. Ferree of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company announces 1938 results with new business of 159.5 million dollars and a net gain over 67 million, total in force at 1.559 billion, premium income 59 million, total income 87 million, assets 435.723 million, dividends 9.55 million, surplus 17.381 million, cash in banks 14 million, and 895 million in investments with 98.8 percent of bonds yielding interest.
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L. F. Ferree
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Botson
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North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society Meeting
Durham reports the third annual meeting of the North Carolina Mental Hygiene society to discuss child mental health on February 24. The item notes a 1928 record of 139,297 passengers carried by 20 airlines nationwide.
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Durham
The
North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society
Continental United States
Pruning the Apple Tree by F C Thomas
Guidance on pruning an apple tree focusing on removing dead wood and suckers, shaping by cutting properly, and ensuring even fruit spur development. Tips include starting with clean cuts, avoiding bark damage, and thinning the top to permit light for fruit production.
Magazine Style Feature Index and Comic Pages
A listing of magazine features and comic strips including McKenney on Bridger Modern Etiquette Look and Learn Uncle Rays Corner Walter Winchell On Broadway Bruc e Catton in Washington and various comic strips with DonalD Duck Mickey Finn Joe Palooka and Blondie plus a crossword puzzle and other items from a vintage newspaper page.
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Henry Averill
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Highway Department
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Supreme Court
North Carolina
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NEW England Mutual CO
F.C. Thomas
MR. and Mrs. America
Mrs. Brown
Furni
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Merchants Wise
Marjorie Mansfield McKenney
WM. E. McKenney
Roberta Lee
W. L. Gordon
Anne Ashely
A. C. Gordon
Uncle Rays
Dale Carnegie
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Bruce Catton
Washington
Howard Merrill
Robert Ripley
J. R. Williams
Allep Oop
Hamlin
Myra North
Ray Thompson
Charles Coll
Blondie
Chic Young
Mandrake, the Magician
Lee Falk
Phil Davis
Freckles
Blosser
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Martin
Mickey Finn
Lane Leonard
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
W. C. Bivins
D. B. Carrick
Pot Pourri
George B. Craven
High Point Enterprise
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