New Appointive Jobs Pile Up For Governor Hoey
Raleigh dispatch reports the 1937 North Carolina assembly created 25 new appointive posts plus 35 to 40 existing ones, with salaries from 4000 to 7500 annually and per diem roles. Key openings include chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, ABC Board leaders, and Director of Public Assistance, all shaping Governor Hoey’s near term appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
General Assembly
Clyde R. Hoey
Reorganized State Highway and Public Works Commission
Hoey
Commission
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
ABC
Public Assistance
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Governor Grants Broad Public Safety Reorganization Powers
The governor gains authority to appoint leaders of the highway patrol drivers license division and a new bureau of identification and investigation creating a unified public safety division. Salaries for top posts range from five to six thousand dollars with several other high level positions and judges authorized, plus two new associate justices to be appointed by July 1 1937. The governor also fills the vacancy left by Wiley Pittman in the division of purchase and contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Revenue
State Highway Patrol
Drivers’ License Division
Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Division of Public Safety
Wll
Assembly
Caswell
Rockingham
Stokes
Surry
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Wiley H. Pittman
Division of Purchase and Contract
A.S. Brower
Duke University
Solons fail to oust Hood in North Carolina banks fight
Raleigh March 25 Opponents of Gurney P Hood state commissioner of banks failed to remove him after last minute bills sought to abolish his department and transfer its duties to another agency. Hood enjoys near unanimous support among the state's banks for guiding reopenings and repayments of closed banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina
Mr. Hood
Gasoline Tax Shifts From Highways To General Use
The record shows a steep rise in the gasoline tax by about 300 percent while highway spending falls about 26 percent. In 1929 total tax receipts were $25.34 with $22.63 for highways and $2.06 for general purposes. By 1935 receipts rose to $42.97 with $16.76 allocated to highways and $26.12 to general purposes.
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J. C. Baskervill
S.S.S
Miss Mansfield
Marjorie Mansfield
Rose
Pope
Elena
Italy
Pius XI
Abyssinia
Lyle Talbot
Marguerite Cramer
New York
Los Angeles
Boake Carter
Carter
Solons
Hood
Bakur
South Main ST
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