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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1931
Page
2
BASKERWILL Enterprise Bureau reports a slow but steady shift toward a broad sales tax as committees seek to raise at least 19.5 million for a six month state school term. Proposals include a general tax and a power company levy, with focus on a Baggett Young style income tax yielding contested estimates.
A North Carolina subcommittee is nearing a plan to tax power companies, with a proposed rate no higher than 1 mill per kilowatt hour for industrial electricity and a horsepower based levy for power used by own plants. The plan aims to ease industry burdens while offsetting costs through a six month state school term. An expert from Pennsylvania supported by Governor Pinchot era findings argues household users pay far more than their share, suggesting substantial overcharges.
Aviation is a major consumer of chemical products in the United States. The Army Air Corps states that more than 90 percent of chemicals are used in aircraft construction and operations. Readily used items include sodium carbonate and thiosulfate for aerial photography, boric acid for welding, nitric acid for metal etching, sodium hydroxide for etching, aniline for fuel testing, pigments like yellow oxide and lead oxide, bone and potassium compounds for hardening, cyanide for generation of oxygen, caustic soda, fire extinguishers, carbon tetrachloride, cellulose for storage of flying clothing, sodium silicate and electrolytes, sulfuric acid, and potassium and lithium hydrates for batteries.
John W Bushness of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station reports that potatoes are grown on a vast scale in the British Isles. He notes mile long rows across fields covering thousands of acres and mentions dusting machines tending large tracts in these setups.
Guilford College prepares its spring play Outward Bound to be staged Saturday night. Vid Parsons from High Point plays his fourth straight lead, with Rose Askew also from High Point cast in the lead female role. Phillip Furnas coaches and praises the troupe as the heaviest Guilford dramatic council production yet featuring deceased characters.
A new ship will study fish habits on English fishing grounds collecting species for tagging and future identification. Marked fish will be returned to the sea and fishermen and citizens are urged to help by returning tagged specimens.
A report outlines a method for authorities to verify movements of marked fish by comparing records with time marks. Money is paid for these tagged fish and British experts operating the ship oversee the process.
Asheboro news reports a three week term of court beginning March 16 with Judge John Oglesby of Charlotte presiding. Civil cases fill the first two weeks, criminal trials follow in week three, and the calendar will list the attorney after each case to speed the congested docket. Solicitor Zeb V. Long will prosecute the criminal docket.
A witty Pathfinder line recalls a rich old lady giving away pennies and a destitute man who once did the same. The exchange highlights generosity and irony in a brief moral vignette.
Unconfirmed rumors from the joint committee on appropriations claim state employees face a 10 percent cut, with solicitors also affected but teachers county and city staff spared. The panel nears completion, pending bills needing appropriations. State employees aside from constitutional officers face cuts, while educational funds assume employee reductions rather than professor salary cuts.
A witty line from Passing Show features a character asking if George is in and another replying that if George had any money he wouldn’t be in. The exchange underscores a cynical view of George’s finances and current predicament.
Readers are invited to mail questions to Signa Serene care of the High Point Enterprise. The psycho mentallist will answer as questions arrive, with first responses to appear in Monday’s paper. She will address any subject except predicting sports outcomes or gambling.
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