House approves sales tax bill faces stern Senate fight
Charleston legislators moved a house approved sales tax bill toward a risky Senate battle. It would make permanent the two percent levy, initially with bread milk exemptions and food scrip limitations fading after a clash over exemptions and surcharges amid Prohibition, agriculture, and political debate.
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Raleigh Register
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Charleston
State Senate
Oldham
Ohio
Holt
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Russek
Gas Masks and Surcharges Stir Shells in Spring 1937
The Associated Press notes a global urge for gas masks as spring breezes raise fears of poison gas, with models for women, girls, children, and even horses. Back home, permanent surcharges debated since 1933 face potential elimination. officials warn the $2.5 million annual cost if removed, while House leaders clash over the governor and administration.
Windom Woman's Nose Bleed Continues at Hospital
Mullens Kemper Brooks, 56, of Windom, was hospitalized after nosebleed persisted for more than two days. Dr Ward Wylie reported the flow had been stopped but could resume, hospital officials said.
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Register
Mullens
Kemper Brooks
Windom
Ward Wylie
Alarm rooster vanishes after morning wake up calls
In Bluefield Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bailey report their alarm clock rooster failed to crow at 5 a m 5 30 a m and 6 a m one morning and they woke to find the bird missing from their sleep roost. The chromic early-riser had been a familiar signal to them for years.
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Associated Press
C. B. Bailey
Pistol Permit Granted To Local Peace Officer
Pineville W M Rutherford conservator of the peace at Glen Morrison was awarded a permit to carry a pistol by the circuit court here.
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Register
Pineville
W. M. Rutherford
Glen Morrison
Circuit Court
Hinton Society Hosts Dinner Bridge At Park Avenue
Mrs. R B Mason led a dinner bridge at her Park avenue home with guests arriving at 7 PM. Prizes went to Mrs. Hoover for high score and Mrs. Hertel for high guest. Attending included Miss June and Elizabeth Saunders, Mrs. Funk, and others. Visiting relatives and locals were noted from Clifton Forge and Richmond.
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R. B. Mason
Park Avenue
Valentine Tallies
Eva Cheelsman
W. T. Hoover
C. C. Her
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Chicken dinner kills prison bobcat at Canon City
A 45 pound bobcat broke into Colorado prison chicken pens and was shot after guards found him munching on six chickens. The animal’s death was caused by the chicken raid inside the facility.
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Associated Press
Canon City
Colo
Colorado
Hunts for Gems To Keep Healthy
ATLANTA Georgia William B Pitts a 69 year old retired pharmacist now 30 years on the trail of hidden gems has become nationally known He says he works like a baseball scout hitting big cities for tips and trekking into the bushes to find material His collection of about 10000 pieces is shown in museums in San Francisco and the Georgia capitol in Atlanta He has spent about 15000 on stones hotel bills and rail fares with a modern shop in Sunnyvale California
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Associated Press
Atlanta
William B. Pitts
Pitts
Academy of Science
San Francisco
Georgia Capitol
Death Valley
Bloodstone
Utah
Nevada
America
Sunnyvale
Cal
Maynard’s Tea Room
Maynard's Tea Room
Ted McDowell
R. D. Watts
Kenneth Cunningham
Hedrick
Rhodell Negro Recovering From Appendicitis Operation
Jesse Claiborne Mullens, 37, a Black resident of Rhodell, is recovering in a local hospital after undergoing an appendicitis operation on Tuesday.
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Mullens
Jesse Claiborne
Rhodell
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