Tax collections in state show 6 million increase
February state revenue report from Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell notes general fund eight month total of 1 2181 964 60 up from 7 964 129 91 year before and highway fund 16 432 459 15 up from 14 267 069 20. Sales and beverage taxes drive most gains while inheritance tax trails prior year.
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Raleigh
Mar
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
General Fund
Highway Fund
Parole Granted for Ashby Penn Assailant in 1932 Case
Jack Thomas, who rose to notoriety after a 1932 Chapel Hill filling station hold up attempt and assault on Ashby Penn during a chase, has received parole from Governor Ehringhaus. Sentenced to four years in state prison, the case involved a high speed pursuit with Penn, a University student, aiding officers. Additional notes reference J Fred Welch’s travels and a Halifax County land record, with a public sale notice by Southern Loan & Insurance Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Young Ashby Penn
Reidsville
Penn
Ehringhaus
Orange County
Thomas
Young Penn
W. B. Umstead
Sloan
Jackson
Notice of sale of Roanoke Rapids property under deed of trust
A trustee will sell at public auction on March 13 1934 at Halifax County Court House to satisfy a deed of trust dated April 1 1928 by J K Dickens to Southern Trust Company. The property covers town land in Roanoke Rapids including parcels described as starting at Fourth Street and Roanoke Avenue with specific boundary measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
C. F. Gore and Company, Engineers
Weldon
N. C
Office of the Register of Deeds For
Halifax County
J. K. Dickens
the Register of Deeds of
Hali
J. T. Chase
Register of Deeds
Southern Loan & Insurance Co
Southern Trust Co
Worth & Horner
Southern Trust Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Court House
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
Town Talk Highlights Norfolk Visitors and Family Illness
Marshal Teele of Norfolk College spent the weekend with his parents. The Davenport family from Norfolk visited due to their mother Mrs. Davenport’s illness. Josephine Parrish Milderd Liverman Robert Parrish and Mr Liverman traveled to Murfreesboro to see Blanche Vincent. J Fred Welch of Fall River Mass spent the weekend with his parents in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Teele
Norfolk College
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. W. R. Teele
Martin Davenport
Davenport
Josephine Parrish
Mildred Liverman
Robert Parrish
Mr. Liverman
Murfreesboro
Blanche Vincent
J. Fred Welch
Fall River, Mass
J. F. Welch
All Counties in State Submit CWA Privy Projects
North Carolina counties report county-wide privy construction under CWA with 12,000 workers employed and 187,987 privies planned. Work is under way in all but one county.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bermuda
Dorothy Ford
New York
Miss Nra
Miss Ford
Ashby Penn
Jack Thomas
Charlotte
JRA
Jefferson Davis
Jeff Davis
Champion
RADIO
E. W. Smith
North Carolina
Roses
E. D. Harbour
W. Lunsford Long J. Winfield Crew, Jr
Long & Crew
Attorneys At Law
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Kahn
John Krause
Nextdoor
Rosemary Drug Co
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