President Calls Tax Code Revision to Simplify Laws
President Roosevelt urged Congress to codify and simplify federal tax laws and to revise business levies. He outlined three goals including a stronger undistributed profits tax, graduated capital gains rates, and removing income tax exemptions. Senate critics warned they would seek repeal next session.
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How Can I By Anne Ashley
How can I clean carpets thoroughly and whiten clothes. Bran sprinkled on carpet helps. turpentine added to the rinsing water aids laundering. borax and water soaks remove brown stains.
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Anne Ashley
Modern Etiquette Qs and Answers From Roberta Lee
A column on etiquette Clarifications include whether a bride may carry a bouquet with certain attire and how a valet should dress. It also asks about engraved clergy titles for cards and notes a statistic about turpentine production in Georgia.
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Arthur Hud
Young prima donna clues and crossword style hints
A list of crossword style clues across numbers 1 to 57 covering definitions for words such as grandparental notice transversal phrases and terms including crook eyed phrases like La La and La to describe a theater or opera themed set of entries with multiple language roots and cross references including latin derived notes and common nouns and adjectives with potential answers like elderly relative frontier bird and geometric shapes
State Treasurer Charlie Johnson unlikely for 1940 governor
Raleigh dispatch notes that Charlie Johnson has no current plan to seek the 1940 governorship. Governor Clyde R. Hoey asked Johnson to substitute at a Wallace strawberry fete but Johnson was unavailable, instead consulting Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell. Reports also say Congressman Lindsay Warren denies interest in the nomination.
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Primary vote outlook and Tennessee gun scare noted
The piece estimates North Carolina primary turnout near 450000 amid ongoing registration changes and cites Tennessee Governor Browning threatening armed followers. It mentions Graham Barden’s nervousness in the Third District as Abernathy conducts a strong handshaking campaign, with Rocky Mount political figure Dick Fountain referenced.
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True Adventure Stories Tale From A Balloon Flight
British scientist James Glaisher and airman Harry Coxwell ascended to about 29 000 feet in 1862 reaching two below zero. Glaisher lost movement and speech while Coxwell saved them by pulling the valve with his teeth leading to a safe descent.
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Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
English instruction excerpt by W. L. Gordon noting proper word usage and pronunciation. Emphasizes avoiding double negatives and choosing precise terms like oftener and necessary.
Alumni Banquet Handshake Tally Sparks Record Fun
Six members of the class of 1920 meet in the foyer of a large eastern college alumni banquet. Each man shakes hands with every other man once, creating a lively geometric tally likely to be noted on the Want Ad Page.
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Eastern College
Look and Learn by A. C. Gordon
McKenney On Bridge. False carding must be logical. The defense and declarer may both be deceived by false cards. Questions and answers about language in music, biblical singers, Louisiana Territory, English constitutional liberty, and Red Cross leadership.
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Unclear bridge hand leads to declarer advantage
The article describes a contract play where Irving Epstein of New York defends a difficult contract. Epstein, South, avoids a slam. a sequence of opening lead, diamond finesse, and East’s double false card shapes the outcome, ending after East’s diamond ten forces the king and queen.
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Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club Membership Request
A reader writes to Uncle Ray in High Point North Carolina seeking to join the Scrapbook Club. The letter asks for a Membership Certificate a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook a cover design and a stamped addressed return envelope.
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Bridge bidding puzzle with dealer and hand layout
South opens 1 diamond North responds 1 spade South overcalls 2 diamonds West bids 3 clubs North 3 hearts South 4 hearts West 5 clubs North 5 hearts. Should East double given East hand KJ103 AQ5432 K8654 alongside dummy 9876 QJ107 &J43.
Tornado Drives Straw Hats Into Trees and Boards
Wind from a tornado hurled straw hats into tree trunks and solid boards, illustrating the force and disruption as debris scatters.
Hole in ground used as evidence in Lincoln case
In Lincoln Nebraska Carl Reeler produced a box of earth in municipal court to prove a sign on his property was smaller than claimed and removable. The box hole served as Exhibit A. The article notes the flag at the National Capitol is flown day and night in Washington.
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