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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1931
Page
13
Raleigh reports Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell defends Gardner against sales tax critique. He accuses organized school forces of driving taxation to fund rising school costs and critiques the Johnson and MacLean bills as inadequate, urging restraint on funding.
A speaker urges thorough readjustment of total tax levels, arguing against new sales taxes and urging cooperation from both tax spenders and taxpayers. The aim is to curb rising public school and government costs by aligning spending with the public’s capacity to sustain it, through reason and compromise rather than pressure.
Kingston harbor sees 10,000 gallons of beer dumped as part of a brewery liquidation. New York reports cheap alcohol at 24 cents a gallon in tank car lots, with costs around 23 cents per gallon including molasses. Los Angeles notes Fairbanks hunted in India and sent word via Calcutta to Mary Pickford. A dog in Montevideo led police to four wanted criminals, with a $5,000 reward. Berlin describes 18th century Neukoelln houses being razed for traffic. Reno reports two men stole a car and household furnishings during a botched repair scam.
An English ferry company and a French railroad are considering a train ferry across the English Channel between Kent and Calais to speed goods shipments from France to England by unloading less and transferring cargo directly onto channel steamers.
Application for Pardons seeks parole for Mans Walker convicted of assault with deadly weapon and sentenced to seven months in Guilford County. Protests urged to the Commissioner of Pardons by March 18 1931. Mrs Lillian Walker 1233 Tank Street.
A vintage column advises on preserving white hair as a dainty halo. Avoid hot irons, air, water, and sunlight that yellow the hair. Use hair tonics suited for white hair and dry by hand to keep hair fluffy and bright.
Proofs for a Boulder canyon project coin have been received for local use by the Chamber of Commerce. The coin will feature the dam on one side and the inscription Hoover Dam Las Vegas Nevada on the other side.
Phoenix officials faced protests as lawmakers ended a session with a law prohibiting nepotism by public officials. The measure targets hiring relatives of those in power, aiming to curb biased recruitment practices.
Washington reports plans to add about 2000 miles to U S airways in the 1932 fiscal year. A Chicago Seattle airway survey gets a $20000 appropriation. About $2,000,000 is available for airway construction, down about $500,000 from the prior year.
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