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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
12
Raleigh report says a prison guard was dismissed for negligence after 13 prisoners escaped Roxboro camp Monday night. In total 29 fugitives escaped from Roxboro Wadesboro Rutherford Pitt county camps, with 18 captured by last night.
Mayor Harry Woodson announced construction will begin December 5 on a $65,000 city hall and two water tanks costing $102,000. Public Works Administration aid has been approved for both projects.
The fourth scene in the Movie Memory Contest sponsored by the Paramount Theater features Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery in STABLEMATES. Contest rules invite entrants to clip scenes and identify their film titles with prizes for the best entries. The fifth scene appears in the Enterprise tomorrow.
W O Burgin faces multiple hurdles before taking a North Carolina Eighth District seat. He must win November 8 against Republican John R Jones and survive possible court challenges over ballot timing and the certification of Burgin as Democratic nominee.
The Episcopal Church provincial synod elects Rt. Rev. Frank A. Juhan of Jacksonville Florida as president to succeed Bishop Darst of Eastern Carolina. Treas urer Frank P. Dearing is re elected and Gardiner C. Tucker named historian. Tampa Florida chosen for 1939 meeting. Also notes gas tax averages four cents per gallon with state variations.
In 1921 the average payment of special motor vehicle taxes was about 12 dollars. By 1936 the rate had increased to nearly 50 dollars per vehicle, reflecting a sharp tax rise over the period.
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