Tax Laws Digest Highlights Local Tax and Probate Rules
Six opinions in the attorney general digest cover taxation, licenses, and exemptions. The notes discuss municipal licensing power, dealer taxes on jewelry, private detectives, tractor registrations, personal licenses for engineers, beer and wine votes, motor vehicle reporting, estate distribution on death without a will, and non resident income tax with reciprocal rules.
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Raleigh
Department of the Attorney General
State Department of Motor Vehicles
No Change Made In Cotton Estimate
The federal state crop reporting service said on September 10 that North Carolina's cotton crop is estimated at 460000 bales for this year, unchanged from August 1 and up 20000 bales from last year. Olive oil mention appears as unrelated note about ancient Roman lamps.
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Raleigh
Farmers Seek Diversified Crops In Eastern North Carolina
North Carolina agricultural leaders urge hedging against tobacco reliance as major income source. Cooperative trials at State College and Central Experiment Station push beef cattle, hogs, and dairy development. Wake County farmers form poultry producers group. Kinston hosts livestock promotion meeting at Smearlin plant, a nearly half million project with full state and federal inspection to export markets. capacity 600 hogs and 180 cattle daily.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College
Central Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
Eastern Livestock Association
Wake County
Poultry Producers’ Association
Kinston
Kinston Company
Carolina
State Pork Prices Reach Record High in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports pork prices hitting an all time high at $28 per hundred pounds on Rocky Mount and Smithfield markets for good and choice butchers weighing 180 to 240 pounds. The prior high of $27.50 was set last October after OPA price ceilings were removed.
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Raleigh
North Line
J. A. Winfield
Rocky Mount
Smithfield
Concrete Highway To Mt. Mitchell Opens Soon
Asheville reporter notes that by month’s end motorists will reach Mt. Mitchell, 6684 feet high, via a 64 mile hard surfaced route from Asheville. The final 4.7 mile link of the state road to Toe River Gap will be completed this month according to J. D. Walker, division highway engineer.
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Asheville
Ashervile
Mt. Mitchell
Blue Ridge Parkway
Toe River Gap
Mississippi River
J. D. Walker
Population in U.S. Cities Over 100,000 Reaches Thirty Percent
A study indicates thirty percent of Americans live in cities with populations above 100,000. The finding highlights urban concentration and regional distribution across the country.
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U.S
Freight Rate Meeting Planned Across Southern States
Commissioner W Kerr Scott urged southern growers to attend a September meeting in Columbia South Carolina to oppose proposed railroad freight increases on farm products. He noted 15 percent increases on cotton and tobacco and 20 percent on fruits and vegetables last January and warned of a 20 to 25 percent bid for further rises affecting livestock and grain. A similar Memphis Tennessee meeting will follow for other states.
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Raleigh
Sept
Pet
S. C
W. Kerr Scott
Columbia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Scott
Memphis
Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Driver Seeks Glasses Waiver After Test
In Asheville a man with a recent license test asked examiner John Ewell to waive the glasses rule. The examiner required a new test without glasses. The man confessed he fears driving without glasses because his wife hides them whenever he wants to go out.
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Asheville
John Ewell
R. J. Reynolds Under Fire Of Trade Body
The federal trade commission weighs claims that Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco were advertised with deceptive and misleading merits. FTC heard final arguments. ruling is indefinite. Reynolds lawyers argued tests supported claims and that many practices had been dropped. An examiner recommended halting seven advertising claims.
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Washington
Prince Albert Tobacco
Federal Trade Commission
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Commission
Raymond N. Beebe
C. Robert Mathis
FTC
Webster Ballinger
Driver Of Car To Face Charge Of Murder
Gastonia court news reports a true bill charging James R. Norman, 25, with murder in the mobile death of six year old Sindanee of South Gastonia. The child was struck on a city street and Norman faces trial this term. Also, Shelby youths were sentenced by Judge Patton for assault and attempted robbery of a Cherryville cab driver, with two receiving six months and two others two years.
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Gastonia
Gaston Superior Court
James R. Norman
Sindanee
South Gastonia
Norman
Shelby
George B. Patton
Cherryville
Hovis
Press Dixon
Floyd McElroy
Lester Davis
Arthur Bradley
Two Attempted Assaults Probed in Auland
In Auland two alleged attempted assaults were being investigated. Mrs. Marshall Young, 24, reported a man tried to grab her in her backyard Sunday. her father R. P. Bland and brother restrained him with a shotgun and Bland claimed to have fired both barrels. In the second incident, Mrs. E L Outlaw said a tall Negro stepped from behind a door and lunged at her in her bedroom. she fled crying for help and a passerby Bruce Slade entered the home but the intruder had escaped.
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Aulander
Marshall Young
R. P. Bland
Bland
Two Men Face Federal Income Tax Charges
ROCKINGHAM September 10. James B. Perkinson Fayetteville jewelry store owner and George J. Rizk Laurinburg will face federal income tax evasion charges at the December term of the Greensboro district court. A federal grand jury returned true bills yesterday. Perkinson is charged with failing to pay 526,690 in taxes due from 1941 to 1944 per U S Attorney Bryce R Holt.
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Rockingham
James B. Perkinson
Fayetteville
George J. Rizk
Laurinburg
United States District Court
Greensboro
Perkinson
U. S
Bryce R. Holt
Highway Travel Doubles Since 1944 Restrictions
Raleigh reports North Carolina highway travel has doubled since strict rationing in 1944. James S. Burch, engineer for statistics and planning, says August average daily traffic reached 58,858 autos at stations, five percent above July and three percent above the record month, August 1946.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
James S. Burch
The
Highway Commission
Residents plan Raleigh trip to press Burgaw Jacksonville road paving
About 150 Maple Hill residents of Pender County will travel to Raleigh on Friday to meet Governor Cherry and Highway Commissioner Chairman A. H. Graham. They urge paving the final 25 miles of the Burgaw to Jacksonville highway.
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Burgaw
Maple Hill
Pender County
Raleigh
Cherry
A. H. Graham
Jacksonville
Two Sessions At N C State This Friday
Two state foundations announce annual meetings at North Carolina State College. The Engineering Foundation, led by J Melville Broughton, meets Holladay Hall at 11 a.m. September 12. The Agricultural Foundation, chaired by Thomas J Pearsall, convenes there at 2 p.m. with aims to support education and research in engineering and agriculture.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Engineering Foundation
The
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation
N. C. State College
J. Melville Broughton
Engineering Foundation
Holladay Hall
Agricultural Foundation
Thomas J. Pearsall
Nash County
House of Representatives
State College
Pastor Kelley Barnett Resigns for Mercer University Post
Dr. Kelley Barnett resigns as pastor of First Baptist Chapel Hill after four years to head the department of Christian ethics and sociology at Mercer University in Macon Georgia.
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Chapel Hill
Kelley Barnett
First Baptist Church
Mercer University
Macon
Barnett
Sugar consumption and kangaroo speed facts
Before World War II the average American consumed over 100 pounds of sugar per year while the world average was 29 pounds per person. Kangaroos can hop at speeds up to 30 miles per hour.
State College Forestry Division Awarded Annual Scholarship
The N C State College Foundation and Ralph K Cox Paper Company announce a $500 annual scholarship for a State College forestry division sophomore. The Mulda Johnson Cox Forestry Scholarship honors Mrs Cox, chair of the company board, and is administered by State College faculty with Dean E L Cloyd as chair. Richard M Cox acts as adviser to the committee.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College Foundation
Division of Forestry
State College
Tom Johnston Cox
Ralph K. Cox
Mulda Johnson Cox
Richard M. Cox
Dover
Forestry
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Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company
Hoal of Textiles
Malcolm E. Campbell
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David Bruce
C Cleatus Caldwell
Columbia, S. C
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R. J. Reynolds
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Betty Grable
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Robert Walker
Judy Garland
Pete Smith
Rialto
Jon Maria Mon
George and Kerry
Joan Bennett
Adolph Menjou
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