Revenue Act changes seen in North Carolina tax plan
Raleigh February 18 The most important shift in the tax machinery act now before the house is a new statewide tax listing date set for January 1, 1938. Tax listing this year would begin in April instead of May with multiple provisions including reassessment powers for county boards, annual revaluation of machinery, elimination of livestock from the $300 personal exemption, and the option for permanent listing systems for realty.
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Serprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
State Board of Assessment
State Beekeepers Elect Officers at Raleigh Meeting
The State Beekeepers Association meeting here chose J. Richard Carr of Plymouth as president Elmer Curtis of Graham as vice president and F. B. Meacham of State college as secretary and treasurer.
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Herads Beekeepers
Raleigh
State Beekeepers Association
J. Richard Carr
Plymouth
Elmer Curtis
Graham
F. B. Meacham
State College
Toledo Cathedral Shrine Shows Columbus Treasure Legacy
A sacramental shrine at Toledo Cathedral rises 12 feet high and features 260 solid gold statues. The largest statue is said to be carved from the gold Columbus brought to Spain after his first voyage of discovery.
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Toledo
Spain
Britain Will Wave Big Stick in Air
Britain expands air power to deter aggression, with 60,000 workers in aircraft plants, 2,000 pilots and 17,000 other ranks, and new monoplane fighters and fast bombers. Reconnaissance planes with long-range radio gear and retractable undercarriages mark a shift from the old naval shield to a robust air defense strategy.
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Britain
John Bull
British
Thomas Inskip
Coordination of Defence
Air Force
America
High Point Men Granted Patent for Knitting Machine Attachment
Stanford W. McDowell of High Point and Robert A. Gibba Jr. of Greensboro received a U S patent for a double sole attachment on knitting machines. Filed March 4, 1935, the invention includes a dial cap operated clamp and cutter mechanism moved by pattern drums and levers to control the cutting action within the needle circle.
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Bureau
High Point Enterprise
Washington
Stanford W. McDowell
High Point
Robert A. Gibba, Jr
Greensboro
United States
Patent Office
Celebrity notes fuel hints of sports and politics mix
A collage of sports and public life items: Eleanor Gehrig writes another song. Lou Gehrig’s future earnings debated. Bill Reid plans a Hamilton mayoral run. Frank Murray coaches football and plays poker. Alabama boxers train with salt baths. Jimmy Dykes at Santa Anita. Phil Scott’s tea room collapse. Ed Brandt signs Pittsburgh contract. Vanderbilts dine at the races with Ginger Rogers. Joe Gould questions lawyers amid Supreme Court talk. Dempsey raises wages in restaurant business. Zuppke criticizes football rules committee over interference calls.
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New York
Eleanor Gehrig
Lou
Col. Ruppert
Behrig
Bill Reid
Colgate
Hamilton
N. Y
Virginia
Frank Murray
Alabama
Lynn C. Doyle
Philadelphia Bulletin
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Santa Anita
England
Phil Scott
Ed Brandt
Pittsburgh
Jack Dempsey
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr
Ginger Rogers
Joe Gould
Jimmy Braddock
Supreme Court
Bob Zuppke
Football Rules Committee
Quotable retorts on rules and rubber goal posts
The speaker mocks rule changes saying they will lead to a round field and rubber goal posts. He contrasts this with a harsher note about stopping rule fiddling, underscoring frustration with officiating.
D A R Market Held at Old Mill in Duck Town Tenn
The D A R set a market at the old mill in Duck Town Tennessee where Maggie Harris, origin of the song Maggie, was born. Carrie Jacobs Bond authored I Love You Truly and designed the cover and performed the song in public.
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Old Mill
Ducktown
Tenn
Maggie Harris
Maggie
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Five U.S. Presidents Before Lincoln in 1861
The fragment lists five prior leaders of the United States before Lincoln took office in 1861. It names Van, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan as the presidents preceding Lincoln.
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United
Lincoln
1861
van Tyler
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
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Piri
Don Juan Alfonso
Steinbacher
Cecilie
Ettie Haven
Westminster Kennel Club
Cliffside Goldenrod
Tne
Catherine
Milton Bronner
NEA
London
Theodore Roosevelt
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Union Bus Station
High St
High Point Man
Stanford W. McDowell and
Robt. A. Gibbs, Jr
By Scotty Reston
Eddie Brietz
THE
High Point Board
Wachovia
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Kelvinator
Sarah
Oar Rate Furniture Company
Gihett the
Kelvi Plus
Cerlbad
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