States Warned Not To Expand Spending Plan
Dr Clarence Heer of the University of North Carolina said state tax collections have reached a new high but warned it would be a serious mistake for state and local governments to expand spending based on present affluence Heers remarks came during a Southern Interstate assembly session noting the temporary nature of the current situation and the first impact of defense spending on the economy before higher taxes prices and other costs increase
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Associated Press
Asheville
Clarence Heer
University of North Carolina
Mocror “Heer
Southern Interstate Assembly
The
Council of State Governments
Hirst
Triss
Tax policy and defense orders impact state budgets
Officials warn ongoing war emergency and rising costs will cut civilian consumption and strain state and local revenues. Reports show tax collections rose in several states while defense orders in the Southeast reach 1.31 billion dollars, with navy yards and facilities adding another 513 million. Cotton futures spike on potential price ceiling lift, spot price 16.97 cents.
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New York
New Orleans
Bear on Bearback Hero: Carver Survives Sudden Wounded Bear
The report from Hertford recalls Jim Carver who, separated from his party during a hunt, shot a suddenly appearing wounded bear. With no time to reload, he leapt onto the bear's back and wrestled while calling for aid. His comrades arrived to find the bear with its own foot in its mouth, and Carver unharmed.
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Hertford
Jim Carver
Carver
Bear
Mental Anguish Alleged In Bus Discrimination Suit
Annie tty, a High Point Negro woman, sues Carolina Coach Co in Greensboro for 7500 actual and 5000 punitive damages claiming mental anguish from a 1938 Raleigh to Albemarle bus ride. She says back seats were filled by Negroes and the driver ordered her off after she refused to move. The driver allegedly used force and spoke to her harshly, causing embarrassment, humiliation, and damage to reputation.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Annietty
Carolina Coach Company
Raleigh
Albemarle
Biscoe
Wimberly Qualifies to Administer Estate in Fatal Duke Power Crash
Greensboro July 19 Special to The Enterprise F L Wimberly the brother of J C Wimberly 57 year old painter qualified as administrator of his brother's estate to clear the way for a damage suit. Wimberly was fatally injured when a Duke Power Company bus driven by T C Ellerbe struck the car he rode in High Point's first traffic fatality of the year.
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Greensboro
Duke Power Company
High Point
J. C. Wimberly
F. L. Wimberly
Sary
Silas B. Casey
Wimberly
T. C. Elelerbe
Car and Truck Damaged in Local Crash
Roy B. Culler Jr., 16, of 610 Sunset Drive, struck a truck driven by Lester Holman, High Point Route 1, at the West Bay and Link streets intersection while attempting to pass. No injuries were reported as both vehicles sustained minor damage. Culler's car valued at about $100 and the truck at $10. No arrests were made.
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Sunset Drive
Lester Holman
High Point
Young Culler
Holman
West Bay
Link Streets
Dammge
Culler
U.S. Shipped 511 Planes Abroad in May
The Commerce Department reported the United States shipped 511 planes abroad in May valued at 40 712,631, down 60 aircraft and 6 33,274 from April. Destination details are not disclosed, but most likely went to England with the rest to British Empire or China. The article also notes about ten thousand earthquakes annually worldwide.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
England
China
Asheboro Scout Earns Eagle Rank At Camp Uwharrie Court
At Camp Uwharrie last night the Court of Honor awarded Eagle Rank to Henry Louis Ingram Jr. of Troop 527 Asheboro. Ingram, son of Mr and Mrs Henry L Ingram of 5031 Sunset Ave, has been a Scout four years. his Eagle badge was pinned by his mother. The ceremony featured 98 awards to 32 Scouts, with many leaders from High Point, Lexington, Thomasville and Asheboro in attendance.
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Council Ring
Henry Louis Ingram, Jr
Asheboro
Scout Ingram
Henry Louis Ingram
Sunset Avenue
First Methodist Church of
George White
C. E. Diffendale
Ingram
Court of Honor Committee
Delk Smith
High Point Court of Honor
R. B. Carpenter
Thomasville
Ralph Harbinson
High Point
Oscar Smith
Rev
J. W. Witherspoon
Lexington
Ernest McCall
Zeb Hunter
C. W. Grubb
Larson Davis
Louie Beam
Bill Deviney
Bill Guyer
Byron Grandjean
Bill Russell
Fred Swartzberg
Wiley Clary
Ernest Welch
James Hall
Charles Carroll
Bob Koonts
Bill Brewer
Jimmie Bulla
Troop 44
Bill Hurst
John Witherspoon
Jim Witherspoon
Sam Snoddy
Calvin Wall
Paul Williams
Walter Brinkley
Jack Sink
Leon Sexton
H. E. McFadden
Ted Davis
Billy Owen
Jack Ward
Bill Sanford
George Martin
Roop
Leon Arledge
Harold Craven
Eddie Matcher
Star
Donnell Dunham
Jim Styers
Forrest Bray
Johnny Morrison
Bobby Routh
Bryant Williams
Harper Thayer
Stanley Smith
Leathercraft
Henry Ingram
Eagle
Ferree Burkhead
Charles Russell
Joe Lewallen
Frank
Borough
Fire damages Fuchs Machinery and Supply building in Omaha
A three alarm blaze destroyed the Fuchs Machinery and Supply Company building in Omaha early today, damaging a large stock of machine tools and equipment for defense industries and threatening nearby structures. In Chicago the dairy and egg market shows stable receipts and prices. a curious line notes 33 bones at birth, 26 later.
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Omaha
Defense Industries
Fuchs Machinery Jand Supply Company
Tar Heels Like Whiskey But Beer Pays Best
North Carolina beer taxes led state beverage revenue in 1940 41 totaling 1 479 268 84 from beer versus 690 829 39 from whiskey and 470 506 39 from wine. Local units added about 177 500 in license taxes, bringing total public sector receipts to roughly 1 696 000. Federal beer tax projected at 1 800 000 for the year as of mid 1941.
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Henry Averill Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Department of Revenue
North Carolina
ABC
Prohibition
Teér
Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee
Weather and burglary report from North Carolina and Alabama
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with scattered thundershowers in the south and cooler highs in the far north. In Mobile, Alabama, a burglary at the home of Mrs. Wy Brooks saw a patch and flashlight taken. the burglar returned the next night and tested the flashlight.
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Perton
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Weather Bureau
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Rey Wear
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New Orleans
New York
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Spartanburg
Tampa
Wilmington
Guerilla actions, air raids, and Axis moves recap
Reports say Red air force destroyed 32 German planes yesterday, 71 in three days, while Germans claim river crossings into Ukraine and advances near Leningrad. Guerrilla detachments behind German lines seized armor and munition, aiding a broad slowdown of the German advance toward Moscow and Kiev.
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Budget Expert Favors Ceiling Budget Expert Favors Ceiling
Asheville July 19. Rowland Egger Virginia budget director urged ceilings on prices and real wages at the council of State governments final session. Professor Clarence Heer of the University of North Carolina joined in discussing fiscal policy amid wartime emergency measures. Egger backed rapid tax financing for defense, compulsory saving, and limits on cash subsidies and farm parity payments. The report also notes a separate science claim about 1460 kinds of mosquitoes and security measures in Kroscow.
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Asheville
Rowland Egger
Virginia
Council of State Governments
Egger
Clarence Heer
University of North Carolina Economics Department
Eggers
National Congress
Hitler
Downey Warns Against Armed Camp Policy in Hearing
Senator Downey of California told the Senate Military Committee that turning the nation into an armed camp might bring collapse and revolution after the emergency. He cited Britain and the U S outrunning Germany in planes and tanks and urged balance and limits to keep industrial stability as defense spending soars to billions monthly.
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Downey
D-Calif
Senate Military Committee
Great Britain
United States
Germany
California
Hitler
Mutilated body of man found hanging on train
Salisbury reports a severely mutilated male body found hanging from the grab irons of a baggage car on southbound train No. 35 near Spencer around 10:30 last night. Police suspect the man attempted to board north of Lexington, his legs severed and torso bruised, with a call from Lexington warning officials before the train's arrival.
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Salisbury
Railway _yard
Spencer
Lexington
Freighter Sunk by German Raiders Off England
German bombers sank a 1,500-ton freighter and damaged two other merchantmen in waters off England. An eastern Hartlepool location was cited, with a 3,000-ton ship seriously damaged near Hull. British losses included ten aircraft. Also noted was an Alexandria attack and air action elsewhere.
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England
High Command
Hartlepool
Hull
Reich
Alexandria
Egypt
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