Sears reports best year in history with record profit
Sears Roebuck and Co posted net profit of 30.66 million dollars for 1936, with earnings 6.27 a share before 1937 stock issue. Dividends totaled 30.48 million, with a 1.70 million employee fund contribution, 799 thousand Social Security taxes, and payroll rising to 48.2 thousand regular employees.
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W. W. Carroll
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R. E. Wood
Sears
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Gasoline Inspection Bill Passes NC Legislature
North Carolina lawmakers enact the Gasoline Inspection measure after a study by the Gasoline commission. Ports of Entry on highways are removed from the bill, a victory over the oil lobby. The act aims to curb bootlegging and save motorists millions.
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Sleep walking teen injured in Elizabethtown collision
Tom Smith an 18 year old Bladen County Negro was recovering at a hospital in Elizabethtown after being struck by an automobile Saturday night while walking in his sleep.
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Sears Employees Savings and Profit Sharing Pension Fund Details
The report outlines long standing subjects like vacations and sick leave and presents the Sears Pension Fund figures. It notes 19 000 members with deposits totaling 8 267 141 and fund assets of 44 205 568 as of the current date. It adds that employees past and present deposited 18 309 445 with company contributions of 26 402 000 and assets drawn or remaining in the fund at 89 409 557. All regular employees were eligible after three years. going forward one year of service will suffice.
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Application for Pardon of Roy Freeman in Guilford County
The record notes Roy Freeman seeks a pardon from the North Carolina Commissioner of Pardons and Governor for a 1932 Guilford County conviction of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill. He was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Protests against the pardon are invited and should be sent to the commission.
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North Carolina
Superior Court
Guilford County
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