AFL backs tax boosts plan from business group
A member of the finance committee warned high taxes dampen work and investment and called them a serious problem for wages and business. He endorsed the Committee for Economic Development plan favoring a retail sales tax, with no corporate tax hike and exemptions for food and drugs, to raise about 2.75 billion annually.
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Stana Flanders
Flanders
Committee For Economic Development
Congress
CED
House
False alarm at Memphis orphanage causes brief scare
A Memphis woman mistook a fire alarm at a red tile roofed orphanage for a real blaze and alerted authorities. Fire crews responded but found no fire and cleared the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sam
Ters
Stocks Endure Wide Swing Amid Broad Market Movements
New York stocks showed a mixed session with notable gains and losses as major companies like Adams Express, National Biscuit, American Telephone & Telegraph, and General Electric moved across ranges. Trading featured shifts in transportation, utilities, and industrials amid fluctuating investor sentiment.
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Orpora Esceeere Admiral Corporation
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
Allied Chemical & Dye
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Allis Chalmers Mig
National Distillers Secveoeses
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American Smelt & Ref
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Penney J Cc
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Baldwin
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Cceeeedsen
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Bendix Aviation
Philco Corporation
Seseees
Bethlehem Steel
Phillips Petroleum
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C Pure Oil Co
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Sescscees
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North Carolina Briefs Highlight Shootings and Elections
A shooting in New Bern left Curtis Norwood blinded in one eye with doctors fearing loss of the other. Durham’s George Eppes faces assault with attempt to kill charges under bonds. Allen C. Ray elected president of the Rural Letter Carriers Association in Raleigh with R C Winebarger and John Allen taking key posts. auxiliary led by Mrs. Winebarger. Wake Forest mill RI and CIO TWUA reach 11 point contract without a no strike clause. Howard Parker reports the deal remains under union terms.
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New Bern
Allen C. Ray
Raleigh
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Royal Cotton Mill
Textile Workers Union of America Cio
Robert Cahoon
TWUA
Howard Parker
Durham
Maine Conductor Roscoe Haycock Remains on Job at 83
At 83, Roscoe H. Haycock, a Maine Central Railroad conductor based in Bangor, continues to work despite long years in railroading and a reputation for reliable discipline and dedication to duty.
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Bangor
Roscoe H.haycock
Maine Central Railroad
Stranded Moslems Die After Island Starvation Ordeal
In Eritrea 26 pilgrims stranded on a Red Sea island die of starvation. Four survivors reach Massawa and tell how 22 died awaiting rescue. A dhow skipper and assistant were arrested after authorities investigated.
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Eritrea
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Red Sea
Mecca
Trean
Dhalac
Abian
Lonely
Summer Hail Storm Kills Pig Brood
In Stroud Oklahoma a mid summer hail storm killed a sow and litter of pigs and injured others. Farmer Dee said sunshine preceded the event and hen three hours later the animals were found frozen in a fence corner amid drifted hail. Some stones were described as baseball sized.
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Okla
Dee
Cook
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Free vaccines offered by city nurse at Thomasville office
Public Health Nurse Connie Bonner will administer free vaccines including typhoid smallpox diphtheria whooping cough and a diphtheria combo at City Hall during office hours 9 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 4 30 p m on all weekdays and Saturdays per the Davidson county health department clinic notice.
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Thomasville
Connie Bonner
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Davidson Ant
Health Department
Weil
102nd Birthday Prompts Medical Checkup Call
Kalamazoo Michigan report notes William Edington known as Dad Edington celebrates his 102nd birthday and urges a full medical exam every 100 years. He adds he has been in hospital twice since turning 100.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
William
Dad
Scientists Probing Distant Space With New UC Tunnel
Berkeley scientists test a novel supersonic tunnel to study near space 50 to 70 miles above Earth. Funded by the Office of Naval Research the high altitude facility reveals upper atmospheric conditions beyond current models.
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Berkeley
Calif
Uni
Glasses Survive Six-Story Fall Into Water
Dallas report says R. T. Shiels leaned from a sixth floor to watch construction when his reading glasses slipped from his pocket. They fell six stories and landed on a moving truck water tarle before sinking into the water undamaged.
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Dallas
Tex
R. T
Linen Fabrics Used in Egypt Around 6000 B C
The article notes that linen fabrics were produced in ancient Egypt dating back to around 6000 B C. Historians cite linen’s prominence in daily life and ritual, with fibers found in archaeological sites illustrating early textile technology and trade connections.
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Egypt
Wanted Salesman For Carpet Dealers In Several States
Advertiser seeks a salesman to call on carpet distributors and wholesale furniture dealers in the Virginias Carolinas Georgia Florida. Two businesses run by the company one mill for carpets the other makes plastic covered upholstered furniture. Trade established with good earning potential. Apply with full experience and references to Bos W-161 c/o Enterprise.
Dinosaurs footprint quarry opens to public in Mass
Carlton S. Nash of South Hadley says his land contains the world’s largest dinosaur footprint measuring 23 inches and a tail impression from where a dinosaur sat. The footprint quarry draws wide attention as it welcomes visitors.
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South Hadley
Mass
Carlton S. Nash
Nash
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