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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
4
Tax cuts clash with rising costs in North Carolina counties
The article argues that despite claims of an average 41 cent reduction in ad valorem taxes, actual county levies in Guilford and Forsyth show uneven cuts, with counties needing bond refunds to lower rates and road and school costs still rising. It discusses city street widening and building-line disputes affecting Main Street and English Street traffic, stressing the city must decide its land use and widening plan within fiscal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Department
Guilford County
Guilford
Forsyth
Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Church
English On Main
Uptown
English Street Case Spurs City Court Widening Debate
The transfer of the property at the corner of English and North Main from the W. Jones estate brings to issue the city court's stance on widening English Street. The case centers on property ownership and municipal planning implications for the street’s expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English and
North Main Street
W. ©. Jones
Main Street plebiscite sought on 45 minute parking rule
The Enterprise invites Main street merchants and other business people to vote on whether to retain the 45 minute parking limit or extend it, with written or verbal expressions to be published. The police and city council have no preferred position. results may guide a traffic ordinance revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Practical opposition to protective tariff on border trade
South Carolina residents long opposed to protective tariffs have implemented a border boycott against produce imported from outside the state. The action targets a heavy license charge enforced at the border to protest trading restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tar Heel farmers face tariff barrier cited by merchants
Merchants refuse North Carolina goods and restrict outlets for anything grown or made in the state until a barrier is removed. The case shows protectionist difficulties, with discrimination in the revenue bill aimed at helping Tar Heel farmers, though similar handicaps affect Virginia and South Carolina farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Virginia
Rotary in Action at Vienna Convention Opens
Rotary International hosts four thousand Rotarians from sixty nations in Vienna for a week of fellowship and talks. Lord Cecil presides with Vienna officials, while Al Roth addresses the crowd and a Nobel laureate speaks on medicine. the focus is disarmament, peace, and international understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary International
Vienna
Chicago
Paul Harris
Rotary Club
Rotary
Lord Cecil
Britain
Ringstrasse
Hapshures
Convention Hall
Otto Ender
Austria
Wilhelm Mikias
Austrian
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Mexico
al Roth
Sidney Pascall
London
Leland Stanford Junior University
Palo Alto
California
DuBose
Charles F. Williams
State Hospital
Columbia
D. C
Wan
Wagner-Jaaregge
K. C
P. C
Chelwood
England
League of Nations
Lord Salisbury
Heligoland
Germany
Africa
Hoover
Arthur Henderson
World Court
Doret and Le Brix Begin Return Flight Route
French airmen Joséph le Brix and Marcel Doret left Niji Uzinsk in Siberia by train bound for Moscow as they start a return trip to Paris to attempt a non-stop flight to Tokyo. They travel with mechanic Rene Mesnin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Joséph le Brix
Marcel Doret
Niji-Udinsk
Siberia
Paris
Tokyo
Rene Mesnin
Governor Urges Canning At Home In North Carolina
Raleigh July 16 Governor C Max Gardner urged more home canning and drying of fruits and vegetables as a thrift measure. He recalled sun drying on roof sheets, lamenting decline, and proposed a statewide demonstration car tour with George Ross to promote home canning and preserving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
George Ross
New Revival Begins At Lexington Church
Revival services started at Mount Olivet Methodist in Lexington with strong attendance. Reverend J R Church of Kings Mountain assists pastor N M Needham, bringing prior experience from a pastorate near Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Church
Lexington
Mount Olivet Methodist Church
J. R. Church
King’s Mountain
N. M. Needham
Mr. Church
Thomasville
Heat drives birds into Wayne’s Creek crowds
In Wayne County Pennsylvania the heat turned the Ten Mile Creek area into a magnet for birds as flocks swooped down from nearby fields and hovered along the bank all day, forcing some bathers to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore
Waynesburg
Tén Milé Creek
Panchen Lama Returns From Exile with Gift for Chiang Kai-Shek
The Panchen Lama arrives in Nanking from Mongolia after seven years in exile. He brings 100 chargers as a gift for General Kai-Shek and urges Kai-Shek to assist in restoring Tibet’s lost empire wrested from the Dalai Lama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Tibet
Mongolia
Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dalai Lama
Argentine Tango and Modern Jazz Dances at Buckingham Palace Ball
London July 16 Argentine tango and modern jazz featured on the royal ball program at Buckingham Palace tonight the first since 1924 Queen Mary selects music including Peanut Vendor Rosalita and Hawaiian Stars Are Gleaming suggested by the Prince of Wales. Notable guests include Princess Ingrid of Sweden former Queen Victoria of Spain and former King Manuel of Portugal. The ball opens with the cotillion and quadrille and the supper hour nears midnight with guests standing to eat while officers dance without swords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Palace
Rover
Diplomatic Corps
Princess Ingrid of
Sweden
Victoria
Spain
Manuel
Portugal
Buckingham
Italy
Ferdinand
Marie
Rumania
Angora premier resumes ministerial motor trips
Flashes of Life report from Angora notes Premier Ismet Pasha and his cabinet returned to motor travel after a brief renunciation for economy. The next day the People’s Party decreed that cabinet officers should not walk to work. In Belfast Northern Ireland a 166 year old man named John Carthy recalls his vow from 89 years ago after marching with 2,000 townsmen to hear temperance preacher Father Matthew and pledging abstinence from alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angora
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
People's Party
Belfast
Northern Ireland
John Carthy
Clogher
Ballinamore
Laitrim
Bawnboy
Cavin
Matthew
Brighton man struck by rock from cliff survives
James Attwell walked under a beach cliff when an eight pound rock fell about 100 feet and struck his head. It bounced off as doctors noted his thick skull and sent him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Eng
James Attwell
Tucker Faith Full to Star in Once In a Lifetime
Tucker Faith full, Starr's sister, joins the stage in Once In a Lifetime with Florence Rics Smith also cast in a role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tucker Faithfull
Starr
Florence Rics Smith
Lincoln Question
The entry presents a crossword style puzzle with clues across and down referencing Lincoln related terms, places and simple words. It lists numbered hints such as 1 through 44 across and 1 through 43 down including hints for memorial sites rivers and common words.
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