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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1950
Page
7
Travel Memo notes tourism expansion with North Carolina residents and out of state visitors spending in the state. The report cites higher sales tax returns and enhanced collection efficiency from added staff and equipment, indicating broader coverage of tax liabilities.
The travel dollar concept is broadened in two dimensions with plans for earlier openings and later closings at seasonal resorts. New accommodations will be added and many places will offer year round stays, including beach and mountain areas, plus increased attention to mid state attractions.
The 1937 state advertising program shifted from coast and mountain summer focus to longer seasons with ongoing campaigns led by Charles Parker and former director Bill Sharpe. Local chambers cooperate to promote year round attractions across central North Carolina boosting visitor numbers and regional caterer patronage while stressing inclusivity of mountains beaches and piedmont. Revenue tightens as the state curtails collections to sustain the extended promotion.
State revenue officials long urged bigger staff and modern equipment to collect owed taxes. After decades of hesitation, the 1949 session approved funding for the revenue department. The budget bureau backed updated tools to improve tax collection, increasing pressure on tax dodgers.
Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw notes that from January 1 to February 20 this year the state received 11 312 more income tax returns than in the same period last year, signaling higher filing activity.
Capitol reporters anticipate 8 30 Wednesday morning swearing in of Harry Westcott to replace Robert Grady Johnson who resigned. The governor has pressed the commission on rural telephone expansion and may confront further dereliction with the ceremony in the governor's office.
The article notes that Westcott becomes the first non lawyer on the commission in eight years while Gov Scott adds two lawyers to the five member body. Historically the commission divisions shifted from a mix of lawyers and non lawyers to an all lawyer panel by 1941, with this year’s appointments breaking that pattern.
The corporation commission shifted from elective to appointive power, leading to Stanley Winborne being elected three times to state office in two years. He first joined the commission by appointment to replace A. A. Maxwell, then won the term, faced another election, and was later reappointed to the post he has held through successive appointments.
Wayne Richardson, 51, Overseas Press Club George Polk Memorial laureate, earned the prize for courage and enterprise. He filed exclusive China stories from aboard the Flying Arrow of Isbrandtsen line, risking naval shellfire to report before and after the shelling.
A Buffalo New York freight train ran wild near Mehoopany Pennsylvania causing the derailment of 20 cars just before workers arrived at the Dairymen's League creamery. The incident wrecked the creamery and station and scattered large quantities of meat and butter across the area.
William L. Green heads the A F of L argues the coal industry is sick and cannot provide full employment. He says miners should accept a two or three day week, which he calls a death warrant for an industry already squeezed by oil gas and hydroelectric power. Real revival requires ramped production to compete.
Mr. Green’s warning on production costs notes overhead is fixed and must be spread over output. Reduced production raises per ton coal and per bottle milk costs, harming consumers and industry alike. He argues efficiency and higher output lower prices, expanding markets and avoiding government takeover.
Strathaven Scotland Feb 27 Sir Harry Lauder the famed Scottish comedian died after months of illness at age 79. He gained worldwide fame in the United States and Europe for a half century and suffered arterio thrombosis with kidney ailments. He nearly died last August but rallied briefly before death.
Britannica notes that early cloth originated from tree bark fibers. The bark was soaked and beaten with clubs to form a pliable textile.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes England shifted left, delivering a slim socialist majority vulnerable to shifts in illness or absenteeism. Churchill warns of instability while Adenauer likens the situation to a wobbling chair. Attlee presses on to avoid another general election amid looming budget and nationalization debates.
Asheville School will mark its fiftieth year May 27 to 30. Dr. Franklyn Snyder of Northwestern University will speak at the commencement and class day on May 9. Founded in 1900 by Newton Mitchell Anderson and Charles Andrews Mitchell, the school grew from a single building to a campus valued over a million dollars and ranks among top U S preparatory schools for boys.
For the third consecutive year a pair of trumpeter swans nest in a marsh beside a mountain lake in Yellowstone National Park. The rare birds are extremely shy, but this pair appears to tolerate nearby civilization.
An advertisement claims that waking at night indicates bladder irritation and promotes CYSTEX as a quick aid. It outlines three supposed actions to ease burning passages, back pain, and cloudy urine by aiding natural germ removal in acidic conditions.
The BC formula is offered in powder and tablet forms combining several popular pain relievers for fast relief. Two tablets equal one powder, with 1 and 25 cent sizes. Sold everywhere.
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