Tax overhaul lowers expected treasury revenue in 1939 plan
Final congressional approval of the tax bill leaves treasury officials facing about $50 million less income than projected for 1939. The plan reworks undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, with a flat 15 percent rate on gains held over two years and brackets for shorter holdings, plus liquor tax increase and gift exemption cut.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Senate
Democrats Plan State Convention in Raleigh and County Meetings
Democrats by the hundreds planned to meet in Raleigh next Thursday for the annual state convention. In 100 counties, last minute preparations were under way for county conventions to be held Saturday.
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Raleigh
N. C
Get at the Cause of Constipation with Bran
An old health ad explains constipation stems from the cause, not lack of food. It recommends a high fiber approach with bran such as All-Bran from Kellogg’s to promote soft bulky stools and regular bowel movements.
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Piants
Wales
Made & Kellogg
He Creek
High Graduates At Thomasville Feted Friday
Thomasville Rotary Club hosts a banquet for the senior class of Thomasville High at the Robert E Lee hotel in Winston Salem Friday night. About 100 to 125 attendees expected including 15 boys and 27 girls with school officials and board members present.
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Thomasville
Charles F. Lambeth
J. A. Palmer
J. W. Boyles
Chas. M. Hoover
Robert C. Rapp
Messers Lambeth
Rapp
Boyles
oRtary Club
Wilson Voters Approve 20 Cent Tax for Nine Month School
Wilson May 12 voters support a 20 cent tax levy by more than four to one to fund a nine month school term for 1938 39. The measure passes amid postwar fiscal concerns and will extend schooling.
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Wilson
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Several Townships
A sequence of real estate transfers is reported in Guilford County listing multiple township parcels. Transfers include Prudential Insurance to Charles Beauchamp and wife on Thissell Street in High Point Township, and similar deeds in Morehead, Gilmer, Sumner, Monroe, and Rock Creek Townships. Other entries note Sedgefield receivers, and parcels on High Point road and Willow Oaks subdivision among others.
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High Point Township
Prudential Insurance Company
Charles Franklin Beauchamp
Thissell Street
Morehead Township
G. E. Branscome
L. B. Farlow
Rankin Street
Lydia Hough Sullivan
C. E. Moser, Sr
Fairground Avenue
Gilmer Township
W. D. McAdoo
Guaranty Loan Corporation
Roseland Avenue
Macy Street
State Street
Georgia Avenue
North Elm Street
Buffalo Avenue
Co. V. Cauthren
Flortnce Groome Hoffman
Willow Oakes
Joe Vaughn
L. G. Vaughn
Lowdermilk Street
Sumner Township
R. D. Clark
Thomas J. Hill
Emil Hohn
Monroe Township
J. L. Mitchell
Clyde Stone
Rock Creek Township
E. A. Spencer
W. W. Clapp
Brightwood Acres
Sedgefield, Incorporated
J. B. Merritt
Sedgefield
T. P. Kimrey
W. P. Goss
Central Investment Corporation
Gus G. Paulos
Charlie W. Phillips
High Point Road
Special Flight Planned May 19 From Kitty Hawk to Dayton
A May 19 air mail anniversary flight will carry 40 000 letters from Kitty Hawk to Dayton Ohio to mark 20 years of air mail service. at 12 15 p m planes will depart from the Wright brothers birthplace. Speakers include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Jocelyn Daniel ambassador to Mexico with other aviation veterans to address the lunch and radio audience.
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Kitty Hawk
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Brothers
Eddie Rickenbacker
Josephne Daniel
Mexico
Adam Etheridge
John T. Daniels
North Carolina
Washington
Hattle Baum
Mecklenburg Leads Delegate Count in State Meeting
The state plan awards delegates by 150 votes per county or major fraction. Mecklenburg County, with 24 459 votes for Governor Hoey in 1936, receives 163 delegates, the highest total among counties. Buncombe, Guilford, Gaston, and Wake follow with 155, 129, 105, and 101 delegates respectively.
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Ignate
Mecklenburg County
Hoey
Buncombe
Guilford
Gaston
Wake
Death of Junius R Page ends Page family era
Junius R. Page, last surviving brother of Walter Hines Page, died at his home in Aberdeen from a heart attack. The report notes his connection to the Page family and places his death in Aberdeen on May 12.
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Junius Page
Dis
Aberdeen
Junius R. Page
Walter Hines Page
Anderson Democrat Nominee Gets One Duck Creek Vote
Rex Sample, who failed to win the Democratic county clerk nomination, drew a single vote in Duck Creek township and later advertised in a newspaper seeking a reward for the best drink in the house.
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Anderson
Ind
Rex Sample
Duck Creek Township
Noted Victim dies after motorcycle crash in Palo Alto
Nott Hawkins, 31, who had spent months in hospital after a car accident, was fatally injured three days after being discharged when his motorcycle collided with another car in Palo Alto California.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Nott Hawkins
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