Extra Session Not Likely as North Carolina Legislature Stalls
Raleigh dispatch reports that Senator Baggett and colleagues resist extra pay demands while lawmakers face a tangle in balancing a new finance act. The plan, advancing by likely tomorrow or Friday, would raise about 17 million for state needs with 6.6 million to schools and added taxes on power firms, tobacco firms, and consumers. The measure aims to fund a six month school term and broad revenue through a sales tax and utilities levies, shifting the burden to workers and farmers alike.
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Enterprise
Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Mar
J. K. Baggett
Harnett
Senate
House
House Faces Passage Of Revenue Act With Sales Tax Plan
Lawmakers weigh broad gross sales tax against luxury taxes on cigarettes and amusements as the bill moves from house to senate. Indications show the revenue act likely to pass in the house with changes before final action and an uncertain senate reception as two weeks remain.
A Sweet Stomach With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A vintage advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and bad breath. It claims a soothing mix of calcium carbonate and magnesium, promising a sweet stomach after meals. A 25 cent pocket tin is sold at druggists, with a claim that one tablet neutralizes two percent times its weight in stomach acid.
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Stuart
Revenue bill report eyed after committee skim
Raleigh March 18 The house finance committee is set to receive a full report from Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell on the revenue bill it nearly completed last night The plan retains a day gross sales tax of 1 percent and a five percent estate on electricity telephone and telegraph while removing other sales taxes on bottlers trucks theaters and related businesses The excess profits tax on public service corporations is also dropped Some taxes may be restored to fund the appropriations bill and the six months school Newspapers faces tax proposals were dropped as unprofitable by a sub committee chaired by Ewbanks Coxe and Neal preserving the press from new taxation with unanimous approval of the full committee
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General Assembly
Budget Commission
House Finance Committee
A. L. Spence
House
Senate
Hinsdale
Raleigh
Mar
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Fiinance Group
McKee
Ewbanks
Henderson
Coxe
Jackson
Neal
McDowell
Planes to Stop in New Orleans This Summer
One hundred thirty three U S army planes will halt in New Orleans this summer en route to or from the Atlantic seaboard where they will participate in defense of New York harbor. Fifty one planes reach on May 15, 42 on June 2 and 40 on June 4.
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New Orleans
United States Army
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Harbor
American Airways, Inc
Four private air services run in Japan
Four commercial air services are operated in Japan by private companies, reflecting the country’s civil aviation structure where private carriers provide scheduled passenger and cargo flights alongside the national carrier.
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Japan
Merchants oppose sales tax in Raleigh remarks
Enterprise Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel reports North Carolina merchants oppose any sales tax as unjust and ill timed. Willard L. Dowell of the Merchants Association warns a tax would burden consumers and threaten many retailers financially while failing to restore public confidence in business. The piece notes already high costs of essentials.
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Willard L. Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
Sales tax debate shows burden on all shoppers and workers
A columnist argues that enacting a sales tax hurts those able to pay it and reduces consumer buying, risking layoffs and lower payrolls. The piece frames merchants as seeking higher turnover to hire more staff, urging against a tax that would hinder business and employment.
Unemployed Recruited Into Ranks Of Employment
A fragment notes efforts to absorb jobless individuals into work by drafting them into the employed ranks, signaling a push to reduce unemployment through direct placement.
Bankers Trial Set Tomorrow in Superior Court
Wilmington March 18. Grand jury charged Jesse F Roach president and cashier of Home Savings Bank with embezzlement of 30696 and falsifying records. Assistant cashier M Douglas indicted for embezzling 1975 and false entry. Trial for Roach and plea for jury nullification to be heard by Judge Garland E Midgette tomorrow in New Hanover County Superior Court.
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Wilmington
N. C
Jesse F. Roach
Home Savings Bank
Roache
M. Douglas
Clark
New Hanover County Superior Court
Garland E. Midgette
Midgette
D. M. Armstrong
Bells for Duke University chapel surpass old carillons
In Durham North Carolina the Duke University chapel will house a 48 bell carillon. The largest bell weighs 11 200 pounds and spans six feet nine inches. Gift of George G Allen and William R Perkins of New York the set costs about 70000 and is being cast in England. Experienced English bell hangers will install the bells in the tower.
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Durham
N. C
Duke University
George G. Allen
William R. Perkins
New York
England
Man is Woman in New Orleans Claim of Disguise
Grace Chariton, a 38 year old woman in New Orleans, says she has lived as a man for 14 years to make life easier. Her disguise was uncovered when she applied for aid from a charitable institution.
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New Orleans
Grace Chariton
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