Tax Measure Heads to Next Year Amid Exemptions Move
Washington May 16 AP Members of the House Ways and Means Committee say a new revenue bill for 1939 is already under consideration. President Roosevelt seeks removal of tax exemptions on future securities and salaries of federal and state governments. A two year limit was placed on the undistributed profits tax. Committee leaders consider an early session to discuss President's securities and salaries recommendations. Some lawmakers say a constitutional amendment may be needed.
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Roosevelt
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Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Congress
Senate
Farly
Daniel Bell
Doughton
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Local Gideons elect officers at two Carolinas conference
The ministry of Gideons of the two Carolinas and Georgia adjourned a two day convention in Spartanburg South Carolina after electing state officers for South Carolina J W Bisch off Charleston president W H Tiller Spartanburg first vice president J E B C McDavid Sr Columbia second vice president Louis F Ostendorff Charleston secretary treasurer Clarence O Getty Charleston chaplain and William H Knobelock Charleston field secretary North Carolina H M Sutherland Greensboro president W Burnham High Point first vice president Luther R B Yandell Charlotte second vice president H Cobb Greensboro secretary treasurer BE Craven Greensboro chaplain and Andrew Edwards Greensboro field secretary.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Gideons
Carolinas
Georgia
South Carolina
J. ©. W. Bischoff
Charleston
W. H. Tiller
J. EB. C. McDavid, Sr
Columbia
Louis F. Ostendorff
Clarence O
Bush Breazeale Plans His Own Funeral Service
Kingston Tennessee May 6 NEA Service Felix Bush Breazeale a 72 year old farmer plans his own funeral to be held June 26 at Cave Creek Baptist church He has built a walnut coffin and will hear a preacher from Illinois deliver the sermon Radio singers from Chattanooga will perform and flowers will be sent as if he were dead Bush lives on a small pension and remains active riding a mule and gardening He has never married and jokes about his love life with his longtime friend Melvina Erwin.
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NEA
Kingston
Tenn
Felix Bush Breazeale
Cave Creek
Bush
Little White Cave Creek Baptist Church
Melvina Erwin
Cleaning Enameled Surfaces and Plant Care Tips
A Q and A format provides vinegar kerosene mix for cleaning enameled or painted woodwork, to be used on small areas then dried with a cloth, and warns against varnish. It also offers advice to keep pansies blooming: pick blossoms before fade, feed with liquid manure after midsummer, prune after peak of season. Also gives broiling times: rare eight minutes, medium ten, well done fifteen.
Modern Etiquette Advice From Roberta Lee
A quiz style column answers common table manners questions and gift etiquette. It advises removing a bone with fingers, lists graduation day gift ideas such as pearls and pens, and notes gifts should go to the bride rather than the groom.
Look and Learn by A C Gordon Quiz Answers
A quiz page asks five questions on religion spelling Shakespeare life expectancy and geography. Answers given: the largest Protestant denomination is Lutheran with over 170 million members. Cacography means incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. Average lifetime food consumption around 50 tons. Canada is larger than the United States.
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United States
Dominion of Canada
Anne Hathaway
The
Lessons in English by L Cordon Adversity Word Study
A compact note on English usage and pronunciation by L Cordon. It highlights common mistakes and mispronunciations and offers a daily word study example with the term adversity and a quotation illustrating friendship in hardship.
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L. Cordon
Cranium Crackers Coin Trick in Road Trip
Mr Brown hires an auto to Los Angeles, 20 miles away, and back for 8. A friend joins for 4 miles each way, adding 3 more dollars to the fare. If the friend paid an equal share, would Brown gain or lose? Answer on Want Ad Page.
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Mr. Brown
Los Angeles
Fossilized cycad specimens highlight ancient plant life
Museums showcase well preserved fossilized cycad specimens dating back hundreds of millions of years. The displays emphasize the long history and diversity of ancient gymnosperms observed in paleobotany exhibits.
Doctor of the Mind HORIZONTAL 1 7 The man called father psycho analysis
The Seychelles are in the Indian Ocean about 600 miles north of Madagascar and host 101 islands with 156 square miles. British since 1814, they were settled by diverse peoples and famed for coco de mer trees with 35 to 40 pound nuts.
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Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
British Empire
France
Great Britain
Coco de Mer
Seyechelie Islands
Maldive Islands
Maldive
Africa
India
Uncles Ray Corner Seychelles tale of uninhabited islands
The Seychelles were sighted in 1502 by the Portuguese who marked them on a chart. An English ship later visited, followed by a French voyage whose arrival began lasting settlement.
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Seychelles
Travel leaflet request for Famous Cities of Europe
A fragment notes a leaflet titled Famous Cities of Europe offered by UNCLE RAY. It requests an 8 cent stamped return envelope to the paper care, hinting at a travel section item about tomorrow’s Great Island of Papua and referencing a line about 1,000 people described as pure white.
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Europe
Uncle Ray
Great Island of
Papua
Motorcycle Crash Kills Two In Greensboro Area
Greensboro May 16 Dayton Hamilton 22 and Mrs Myrtle Rogers 28 both of Raleigh were killed yesterday when their motorcycle crashed head on with an automobile on a highway near here. They were returning from a meeting of motorcycle riders in Boone.
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Greensboro
Dayton Hamilton
Myrtle Rogers
Raleigh
Here
Boone
Negro Is Held For Attacking Woman
Ed Robinson a 30 year old Negro was held in the county jail after arrest on a charge of raping Mrs Mack Overcash 22 at her home near Mooresville The assault occurred in her room on a bed with her eight months old child present She was beaten dragged to the porch and assaulted Robinson was arrested shortly after and treated at Mooresville hospital
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Charlotte
Ed Robinson
Neste
Mack K. Overcash
Mooresville
Citrus Box Consumption Tops Twenty Eight Million Mark
A report notes that more than 28,500,000 boxes of Florida citrus fruits are consumed annually. The statistic highlights strong demand for oranges and grapefruits across the state, reflecting robust agricultural markets and steady consumer use.
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Florida
End of the Road: Concrete Roads Under Strain
The report notes continuous upkeep costs on 135,000 miles across 21 states push maintenance budgets to their limit. It argues concrete highways offer safety and economy, with taxpayers saving per mile, urging North Carolina to demand more concrete roads and national expansion through the Portland Cement Association.
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North Carolina
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