County And Municipal Governments Face Tax Battle Over Municipal Property
Raleigh May 11. Indications point to a sharp clash as counties seek broad guidance on taxing municipal property. Municipalities denounce a Warrenton decision allowing county taxation of hotel property and push for excluding power lines serving rural customers from tax. The attorney general’s office weighs a wide ruling while counties prepare actions, signaling a brisk fight over taxing rights.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise
Raleigh
A. G
North Carolina League of Municipalities
State Supreme Court
Warrenton
Muni
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Town of Warrenton
Warren County
N. C
Municipal News
Safety seminar invites newspapers to NC traffic education
Raleigh May 10 The C TI T Safety Seminar, ongoing through Thursday, draws 36 papers and 30 safety groups to study traffic safety techniques for local communities. Governor Hoey opens talks, praising Ronald Hocutt for leading the state program as editors stress newspapers' safety role.
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Raleigh
C. TI. T
the Sun
North Carolina
Flashes Of Life QUIT TOO SOON
Roy G. Lundin, owner of a steel casting company in Quincy, attempted to open his office safe with a known combination when the door came off in his hands. Police said a burglar had given up cracking the strongbox as it started to collapse.
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Quincy
Mass
Roy G. Lundin
Robbery at Philadelphia liquor store ends with escape
A lone robber locked the state liquor store ten minutes before close. Three clerks were bound with rope as he took 172 dollars from cash registers and fled through a rear door while patrons pounded on the locked door.
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Philadelphia
Birthday Sing Distracts California Jury
Jurors paused court proceedings to sing Happy Birthday to Deputy Prosecutor Robert Schwab, causing a temporary lapse in courtroom decorum in California. The incident shows the jurors recognizing the attorney's birthday during the session.
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Bob Broderick
Calif
Robert Schwab
Profit in honor Benton Rural Electric update
Benton City Washington reports the Benton Rural Electric Association eliminated meter readers and asked customers to read their own meters report by postcard and pay by money order. Manager J B Whitehead says collections improved 50 percent under the honor system.
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Benton City, Wash
The
Benton Rural Electric Association
J. B. Whitehead
Mothers Don’t Want to Be An Institution
An essay argues modern women reject traditional Mother’s Day sentimentality yet still face pressure to celebrate. It suggests a husband can show appreciation by treating his wife as an attractive individual, planning a special Saturday night out to make her feel pampered and desired.
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Dorothy
Mother
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers and Dating Notes
A historical prompt lists etiquette questions with official answers. It covers whether an employer should greet colleagues, handling phone conversations, receptionist pleasantness, sales advice, and dress care in stores. It also includes a hypothetical dress fitting scenario and notes a Chinese government cooperation to set up a textile mill in Yunnan Province.
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Yunnan
Dorothy Embraces Her Role Beyond Motherhood
In a reflective piece the subject resists being reduced to a mere “angel mother” on Mother's Day. She sees pride in motherhood yet braces against sentimental framing, recognizing she is more than a traditional role and may even welcome a shift in perception.
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Dorothy
Lebanon C E Makes Plans for Mothers Day
The Lebanon Methodist Protestant Christian Endeavor Society held a monthly meeting at Miss Lola Yakeley home on Idol Street Tuesday evening. Francis Payne presided as president and Rev. O L Easter attended with encouragement after returning from the Kansas City conference.
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Lebanon Methodist Protestant Christian Endeavor Society
Lola Yakeley
Idol Street
Francis Payne
O. L. Easter
Kansas City
Mothers Entertained at Church Supper by Christian Endeavor
The Christian Endeavor society will host a Sunday evening supper for all church mothers in the church hut with Miss Lois Yakeley and Miss Doris King directing the program. Plans were made for the State convention at High Point College June 22 to 25, and Ruth King was elected registrar. The president urged full registration and a social hour followed with refreshments served by Miss Yokeley and her sister Miss Gladys Yokeley.
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Christian Endeavor
Lois Yakeley
Doris King
High Point College
Ruth King
Miss Yokeley
Gladys Yokeley
License revoked for Jacob E. Allman in Thomasville court
The State Highway Safety Division issued license revocations today and listed Jacob E. Allman with No. 2 fire station High Point as revoked after his Thomasville Recorder's Court conviction on May 5 for driving drunk.
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State Highway Safety Division
Jacob E. Allman
High Point
Thomasville
Casket Stuns Officials At Dual Conventions
Miss Parker discovered a nine by twelve inch cask by her desk as dentists convention paraphernalia and Forty and Eight gear cluttered the sanctum while the morticians held a meeting above and the Highway Safety Seminar gathered downstairs in the same building.
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Fair Association
Morgenthau marks 48th birthday with rose garden order
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr celebrates his 48th birthday by ordering red roses for a treasury garden. He warns of a projected 3.3 billion dollar deficit and voices concern over agricultural appropriations. His farming hobby remains strong, and he jokes about treasure digs resembling burial sites for gold.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury Garden
Treasury
Congress
Fishkill
N. Y
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Ronald Hocutt
Ronald Cocutt
Arthur R. Robb
V Yester
F. R. Nottsinger
American Autobone Association
Franklin M. Kreml
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Hocutt
E H. Earle Rives
Greensboro
Sir Walter
Wallie Parker
Great Britain
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Ruth Millett
Lebanon
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