States Move On Sales Tax Proposals Across States
CHICAGO 98. Legislatures discuss sales tax plans as many states consider raising or restructuring levies. South Carolina and other states debate three percent or two percent rates with chain shop taxes and revenue allocations. Virginia and Louisiana weigh luxury or straight sales taxes as hearings and debates unfold.
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Husetts
Virginia
Mis
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas
Louisiana
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
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Republican Assembly
Hudson County
New York
Virginia Governor Announces School Board Appointments
Gov Price of Virginia announces four year appointments to the State Board of Education W Daniel of Prince George and J Gordon Bohannan of Petersburg join the board. Reappointed are J J Scherer Jr and Mrs Louis B Epes of Richmond and C B Cunningham of Farmville to the State Industrial School for Boys at Beaumont. Possible further communication to the General Assembly later in the week.
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Tage Peanaciet
W. Daniel
Prince
J. Gordon Bohannan
Petersburg
State Board of Education
J. J. Scherer, Jr
Louis 8. Epes
Richmond
C. B. Cunningham
Farmville
State Industrial School For Boys
Beaumont
General Assembly
Tokyo Shaken By Earthquake News Brief
Tokyo and surrounding district rocked by a comparatively severe earthquake at 11 45 p m. clocks stopped and many residents fled. Early reports mention no casualties or serious damage.
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Tokyo
Georgia Governor Signs Broad Legislation Reforms
Gov E R Rivers signs bills repealing 20 year old prohibition, reorganizing tax collection, and creating a new penal administration board. Legislation extends unemployment benefits for all workers and maintains the gasoline tax for this year. A luxury tax is proposed to cover a $2.5 million deficit.
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Assembly
Georgia
E. R. Rivers
Prison Commission
Parole Board
Board of Penal Administration
Missionaries Missing in China After Japanese Takeover
Three Church of the Brethren missionaries Miss Mineva Neher and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Harsh vanish near Show Yang Shansi China after a visit to a Chinese girl as the city fell to Japanese forces. Officials report no trace despite searches by Chinese and Japanese authorities amid unconfirmed reports of killings by Chinese communists.
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China
Mineva Neher
Laverne
Calif
Alva Harsh
Petersburg
W. Va
Church of Brethren
Show Yang
Shansi
Showyang
Church of Brethren Mission Board
Elgin
Ill
Crumpacker
Tientsin
Church
Missing Missionaries In China Quarrel Case
A Chinese girl led three missionaries from a mission compound to a quarrel at her home a half mile away. After obtaining consent from a Japanese official near the gate, the trio accompanied the girl and were never seen again by their Christian friends.
U S Controls Washington Milk
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the milk market control in Washington valid. It reversed a district court decision that had blocked the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from enforcing a milk marketing agreement with 12 Maryland and Virginia producers. The pact included a price fixing clause.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Maryland
Virginia
Poultrymen Hear Views Of Expert From Minnesota
County poultrymen met at Sarah Zane Hall on Friday night to hear Ben W. Rieke, poultry expert from Minnesota, discuss selection care and feeding of chickens and turkeys. A question and answer period followed. prizes included 100 lbs of Quality Sunshine Chick Starter won by C. L. Taylor of Clear Brook.
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Frederick County
Sarah Zane Hall
Ben W. Rieke
Minnesota
C. L. Taylor
Clearbrook
Rieke
Winchester Milling Corporation
Spring Preview Touches Shenandoah Valley as Warm Spell Rises
A spring preview reached Shenandoah Valley with a high of 69 as fires were banked and windows opened amid mild temps. In Aberdeen Washington the Sauerkraut Club disclosed no new officer names, noting the presidency and officers remain the same as last year in anonymous letters.
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Aberdeen
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Millwood Social News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Millwood Virginia reports social happenings from February including Mr and Mrs Edward Jenkins hosting a hunt breakfast. Graham Dougherty family trips to Baltimore and visits to Fraser Dougherty at Gilman School are noted. Several residents travel to Washington Culpeper and St Louis. flu recovery in progress. a Duplicate Bridge Club gathering at Mrs Richard Whiting’s home features a list of attendees.
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Edward Jenkins
Graham Dougherty
Baltimore
Fraser Dougherty
Gilman School
Duplicate Bridge Club
Richard Whiting
George Greenhalgh
Mary Page
B. O'F. Randolph
Ewart Johnston
Mary Lewis
Wintering Notes Include Baltimore Return and Visits
Mrs. Charlotte Holt returned to Long Branch for the winter after a trip to Baltimore. Miss Jane Cary Randolph hosted a dinner for visiting Miss Janet Martin and guest Miss Kitty Randolph in Millwood. Rev Sermon Brown of the Alexandria Seminary will preach at Christ Church Millwood Sunday. Mr Frances Grant, Harvard sophomore, expected to spend the weekend with his Uncle Joe Lewis.
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Margaret Della Meade
Janet Martin
Sweet Briar College
E. K. Meade
Charlotte Holt
Baltimore
Long Branch
Hugh M. Nelson
Jane Cary Randolph
Miss Della Meade
Miss Kitty Randolph
Sermon Brown
Seminary
Alexandria
Christ Church, Millwood
Frances Grant
Joe Lewis
Grant
Harvard
Social visits noted in Winchester area
Mrs Scott Hawkins visited Mrs Rosie Hoover in Winchester. Mr Maynard Shanholtz and his mother from Winchester visited Mrs P H Ritter. Billy McKeever spent the weekend with his parents. Raymond Bradfield and daughter Betty visited W W Brewer and family at Mt Williams. Roy Fisher and Myra Page were guests of Mrs R S Armel in Winchester. Mrs F W Pingley visited Mrs Ritter. Virginia Forney visited her parents. Cora Rosier spent a day with her sister Bessie Lonas in Winchester.
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Page Huidekoper
Prescott Huidekoper
Ruxton
Hugh M. Nelson
Scott Hawkins
Rosie Hoover
Winchester
Maynard Shanholtz
P. H. Ritter
Billy McKeever
John McKeever
Raymond Bradfield
Betty
W. W. Brewer
Mt. Williams
Roy Fisher
Myra Page
R. S. Armel
Virginia Forney
Cora Rosier
Bessie Lonas
County Welfare Report Details January Cases and Services
Frederick county welfare department reports for January 1938 show 175 cases including 94 service cases and 171 active cases totaling 541 persons. 53 applications received 23 accepted. 10 cases to hospital care. 1 burial. 178 home visits, 207 client interviews, 139 reference visits, 284 letters, 95 letters sent, 212 calls, 903 miles traveled.
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Ubte
Frederick County
Better Outlook For Poultry And Milk Products
Virginia predicts cash income from poultry and dairy products in the first half of 1938 will exceed 1937's. The farm outlook for 1938 is less favorable overall due to price declines. The report urges tobacco growers to cut flue-cured output by about 10 percent and notes wheat prices depend on world markets amid self-sufficiency trends. Virginia’s 1937 cash farm income reached nearly 124 million dollars, a post-1929 high.
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State Department of Agriculture
Department
Old Dominion
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