Enactment Of Sales Tax Viewed As Probable
Raleigh Mar 10 In spite of protests from almost 4000 merchants who spoke to the joint Finance committee against any sales tax, especially the Day plan for a graduated gross tax, indications point to a Finance committee recommendation of one of the two plans. The panel seeks revenue to support six months of school, and the house and senate may face a tough choice as opposition grows. The outlook in the senate remains doubtful with key members opposing sales tax proposals, while some sentiment still exists in favor.
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House
Senate
Finance Committee
MacLean
Gravely
Appropriations Committee
Folger
Dunlap
Senate Finance Committee
Merchants Rally Against Day Plan in Legislature
Crowded House of Representatives hears M Eugene Newsome of Durham argue against the Day bill. Merchants claim a gross sales tax would devastate small independent retailers, forcing prices up or driving them out of business as mail order houses seize the market with major corporate support for Hinsdale’s luxury tax proposal.
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Hinsdale
Tobacco Companies
Moving Picture Theaters
House of Representatives
M. Eugene Newsome
Durham
Mr. Newsome
Famous Army flier tests speed of gasoline plane in flight
Captain Baker, flying a Lockheed high wing all metal monoplane loaded with 486 gallons of fuel, aims to push performance to the limit to test high speed and fuel consumption. He hopes to reach New York from Rockwell Field, San Diego, in a non record attempt to prove the ship can keep up with pursuit aircraft.
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Baker
Dayton
Ohio
Washington
New York
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Los Angeles
Joe Nikrent
National Aeronautic Association
Lockheed
Fire Extinguished In Garage Near Mrs H C Lewis Home
Fire started in a rear garage at 607 Centennial Avenue when flames reached scattered rubbish. Number One fire station crews arrived at three o clock and extinguished the blaze before it could damage the building.
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H. C. Lewis
Centennial Avenue
Syracuse University Student Tests Homemade Rocket Sled
Syracuse university student Harry W. Bull, 21, piloted a home made rocket sled on Oneida lake reaching 75 mph and 50 feet in two fifths of a second before skidding into a snowbank. Built for 22 dollars, rockets cost 15 dollars. tubes burst, loosening powder. Bull plans future experiments using liquid fuel and aims to power a small plane or glider.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Mar
Harry W. Bull
Syracuse University
Oneida Lake
Bull
North Carolina House Advances Various Bills in Raleigh Session
In Raleigh on March 10 the legislature moved several state wide measures forward. Bills on embalmers licensing rules passed the senate and house, while the Australian ballot revision was approved. The session also refined budgets for a central union and park department reorganizations as finance committees met separately amid ongoing sales tax opposition.
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Education
House
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Park Department
House Finance
Raleigh
Mar
General Assembly
Board of Examiners
State Board of Health
N. C
Brummitt
J. C. Biggs
State Board of Elections
Biggs
Evidence Completed In Boyden's Trial
Trial in Guilford superior court Greensboro concluded evidence in Archie Boyden involuntary manslaughter case. Defense attorney Thomas J. Gold Jr spoke as arguments opened at 3:15 pm and jurors were expected to hear final deliberations later today.
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Archie Boyden
Luther Charles
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Thomas J. Gold, Jr
Gasoline Sells For Five Cents Gallon
Gasoline sold as low as five cents a gallon in Los Angeles as prices slumped statewide amid a price war caused by over production. Los Angeles quotes fell from twelve and a half cents, with uncertainty spreading to other markets.
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San Francisco
Mar
Los Angeles
Man dramatizes war stories and shoots his wife
In Richmond Virginia William F Whiteside a World War veteran told police his wife Ruth Lowry Whiteside was wounded by an accidental pistol discharge while he demonstrated a war tale with his army automatic at their North Side home. He was arrested on felonious shooting charges and held for a preliminary hearing.
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Richmond
Ruth Lowry Whiteside
William F. Whiteside
Whiteside
Marent
Ruia
North Side
Hugh
Davis
Civil War Veteran Clings On To Life
FRANKLIN Maryland March 10 The spark of life still burned in Burbridge Coleman Trenum a Civil War veteran as relatives say he remains alive though in very low condition after bronchitis He was reported dead last night but today still living He is active and able to walk without support at his age He is father to two sons over 70 and has 33 children with 21 from his second wife and 12 from his first.
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Franklin, Md
Burbridge
Coleman Trenum
Trenum
Trenan
Five Die as New England Storm Rages Across Coast
A fierce snowstorm in New England claimed five fishermen's lives and left ten motorists stranded in White Mountain drifts. A crashed airplane relic washed ashore at Gloucester while an aviator’s helmet surfaced at Winthrop. In Vermont, cars abandoned on highways spurred plows and crews to clear routes from Rutland to White River Junction.
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England
White Mountain
Massachusetts
Groveton
N. H
Crawford Notch
Gloucester
Mass
Winthrop
Boston
Newburyport
Julia
St. Providence
Vermont
Rutland
White River Junction
Polk County Bank Reopens Doors in Asheville
The Polk County Bank and Trust Company reopened this morning with $3,000 in deposits and expects another $10,000 to $12,000 by day’s end. The bank increased capital from $15,000 to $22,500. Officers include Fred W. Blanton president T. E. McKee vice president T. S. Lewis cashier and Gertrude West assistant cashier.
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Asheville
Mar
Polk County Bank and Trust Company
Fred W. Blanton
Reorganized Bank
T. E. McKee
T. 8. Lewis
Gertrude West
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Lester Vailcliff Edwards
Signa Serene
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