North Carolina eyes closer collection of ad valorem taxes
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson plans a new audit to verify ad valorem tax payments for 1931 and 1932 across all 100 counties. He will seek funds to hire auditors who will confirm amounts collected and due, revealing gaps between reported receipts and totals levied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
Johnson
Council of State
Baxter Durham
Alleghany County
Dare
Cabarrus
Cleveland
Burke
Watauga
Plan the Grounds When Building Your Residence
The article explains how architects and landscape architects should cooperate to optimize home enjoyment. It notes that landscape design can save costs, outlines services provided by a landscape architect, and emphasizes careful planning of layout, grading, drainage, and outdoor structures to maintain utility and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Pillsbury
North Carolina State College
Senator Sheppard Seeks to Turn Tide Against Prohibition
Senator Morris Sheppard, author of the Eighteenth Amendment, left for Texas to campaign against repeal. He predicts Texas will reject the repeal amendment at the August 26 ballot, accompanied by a large sound truck for his outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Sheppard
Garner
Ehringhaus on August vacation seeks rest in state
Governor J C B Ehringhaus leaves Raleigh for an August vacation to rest per his physician's orders His secretary Charles Powell will issue confirmed notices on boards and commissions He may reappoint Col J W Harrelson and A S Brower and later name others including them A Commission on Relief for the State is named with H W Odum Harriet Elliott Terry Lyon Clyde Dillon Leland Kitchin and others The Board of Conservation and Development lists several resignations and unexpired terms Teachers salaries likely to drop over 20 percent with about 12500000 of 15000000 from the 1933 General Assembly allotted to roughly 23000 teachers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Charles Powell
Col. J. W. Harrelson
A. S. Brower
Thomas O'Berry
Goldsboro
Relief
Fred W. Morrison
Gardner
Rayon
Washington
Ronald Wilson
Ehringhaus
H. W. Odum
Chapel Hill
Harriet Elliott
Greensboro
Terry Lyon
Fayetteville
Clyde Dillon
Leland Kitchin
Scotland Neck
Board of Conservation and Development
Percy Carter
Asheville
Harry Lindsay
Spray
D. L. Ward Jr
New Bern
J. L. Horne Jr
Rocky Mount
L. B. Beam
Lincolnton
State School Commission
General Assembly
State Commission Approves 25 Highway Projects for Early Start
The State Highway and Public Works Commission approved about 25 small highway projects for early construction and sent them to Washington for approval to access the $11,000,000 federal fund. Chairman E. B. Jeffress cited costs nearing $100,000,000 as more delegations seek program inclusion. A separate item notes the formation of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association to oppose the 1933 sales tax and push for a possible special session to repeal it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Washington
E. B. Jeffress
Relief Work Projects Suspended in North Carolina
All work relief projects in North Carolina were suspended at the end of last week by Ronald Wilson, the state relief director, in response to a higher order. The move halts ongoing and planned public works under relief programs statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ronald Wilson
Washington NRA relief wage scale sparks farm labor worry
The plan sets relief workers to thirty cents an hour with an eight hour day or 26 hours weekly cap and bans under 18s. Mr. Wilson warns funds will exhaust quickly and farmers will lose needed labor, risking a farm labor shortage and possible dole for those unable to find NRA public works jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Wilson
Fogleman Dies in Electric Chair Over Murder Case
Fogleman, a 30 year old Reidsville man, was executed by electric chair for the murder of W. J. Carter, station operator. Senator Gwyn and P. W. Glidewell sought a reprieve and commutation as hearings reached Governor Ehringhaus. The murdered man’s wife identified Fogleman, who maintained innocence in a final note to his lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Fogleman
Reidsville
W. J. Carter
Allen H. Gwyn
Gwyn
P. W. Glidewell
Ehringhaus
Fogleman
State Highway Patrol Reorganizes for Efficiency
The highway patrol reduces to three divisions with new headquarters in Greenville Greensboro and Asheville led by Lieutenants Lester Jones W J Croom and L R Fisher. Captain Co D Farmer keeps Raleigh headquarters as Dr M C S Noble Jr executive assistant commissioner of revenue cites cost savings and improved service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Greenville
Lester Jones
Greensboro
W. J. Croom
Asheville
L. R. Fisher
Co. D. Farmer
Raleigh
M. C. S. Noble Jr
Revenue
Hood Commended for Work as Commissioner Hood Commended for Work as Commissioner
The North Carolina Advisory Banking Commission unanimously commended Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood for his efficiency during the spring 1933 banking crisis and ongoing exams. New members K C Menzies and Chares KE Taylor joined, with Attorney General Brummitt absent on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Advisory Banking Commission
Gurney P. Hood
Charles Jonson
Agnew H. Bahnson
Winston-salem
K. C. Menzies
Hickory
Chares KE. Taylor
Wilmington
Ward H. Wood
Charlotte
A. W. McLean
Lumberton
D. G. Brummitt
Advisory Banking Commission
North Carolina
Hood
Brummitt
Mr. Hood
Mr. Brummitt
Dood
Local Division Headquarters Is Abandoned
The division headquarters previously run by Lieutenants R. H. Beck T. A. Early and L. A. Hankinson is eliminated along with the clerical staff and vacated offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Beck
T. A. Early
L. A. Hankinson
Prehistoric Art Inspires The American Weekly Feature
A color illustrated feature explores why early humans drew pictures before making clothes, presenting humanitys earliest art. The American Weekly promotional note invites readers to buy the issue from local news dealers or newsboys for the upcoming Baltimore American distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Baltimore American
Newsboy
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Elizabethton
Tenn
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Boone
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Aaron Sapiro
New York
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University of Chicago
al Capone
State
Fair Tax Association
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
D. E. Turner
Mooresville
J. Paul Leonard
North Carolina Merchants Association
James B. Womble
H. G. Strader
W. R. Spainhour
North Wilkesboro
Leonard
Ehriatheus
Gen
Lord Dearborn
America
Ford
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