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ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1937
NUMBER 149
aiicock Endorses Plan
o Revamp Profits Tax
V Aid Business Stride
ir Heel Plans To
d Program Aimed
At Business Relief
rth Carolinian Points To
Necessity of Help For
Reducing Tax.
“iiatorial Candidate
iresentative Visited Ashe
bovo; Leaves For Wash
ington Today.
'rank Hancock, member of Con
es from North Carolina, yester
during a short atay in Asheboro
ounced he would support the ev
frowing movement in Washing
to revamp tax revenue laws to
irove business conditions,
tepresentative Hancock referred
ecially to the excess profits tax
vision, which at present he stat
is “hindering the proper and
essary development of the na
i’s business.”
From all indication,” Mr. Han
k said, “this excess profits tax
ttsur? will be one of the major
s of the special session.
It is apparent that business men
oughout the country must have
opportunity of looking ahead to
ter days if they are to continue
doytnent and expansion of busi
g.
I sincerely believe this excess
fits tax, as now enforcable is re
ding the expansion of business,
revamping or, a revision, t be
nds.
Ir. Hancock plans to leave for
shington, for the special session
open Monday, late today,
ie is a candidate for Unite !
tes senator, a post now held by
ator Robert R. Reynolds.
Washington, Nov. 1.1.—(TP)—
gressional leaders indicated to
there was little likelihood of
rial session action on the ve
advocated by same members
m aid of business,
hiate majority leader Barkley
Kentucky, said he did not bc
e there would be time for this
slation. He said after return
is office from a conference with
lident Roosevelt:
feel certain we will want to
with that subject at the earl
possible date but it would take
I Chrismas to get it enacted.”
ith the farm bill still incom
b, Senator Bankhead said legis
« to create an independent
tor-general, a part of the ex
tve reorganization recommen
)ns headed the tentative pro
a for the house at the outset
ie special session.
Nov. 13.—(.V)—A cou
lud horses, Ed Krinkle
1 State Bows
Before Jaspers
lattan Downs Fighting
Wolfoack on M,,HHv
Y
! crack mud horses,
lake Kopicki, conspired on a
oaked gridiron today to lead
iittan’s green clad Jaspers to
try 15 to 0 intersectional vio
tver North Carolina State’s
nek.
ute the gloominess of the day
lie fact that the field was a
&;ire, Lady Luck smiled on
avier Manhattan eleven an !
the game was seven minutes
Jaspers led by a field goa'.
nhattan punt bounded against
on State’s 19 yard line and
\ Daly was on it for the Jas
on the seventh. Three plays
i)\vhere and Kringle, with Ca
hclding the ball, dropped back
13 and kicked the ball be
the uprights for three points,
jfoie the perioJ was over Daly
through State’s defense to
a punt and the Jaspers fell
on the lfi. Kopick bobbed
ih center a little later for
and a touchdown. Krin
attempted placement was
attan uncorked a 56 yard
1 in the third to push over
d touchdown that ended
for the day.
* For Tax Relief
Frank Hancock
Representative in Congress, win
yesterday said a revision and re
vamping of the excess profits tax
was virtually the only way to im
prove and remedy business condi
tions.
Davidson Downed
By Harvard 15-0
Wind and Rain Hay Big Part
7n Defeat For The
Wildcats.
Cambridge, Mass,, Nov. 13.—
punched out two touchdowns, a
point after a safety to beat
Davidson 15 to 0 in an intersec
tions] game.
A crowd of 4,000 shivering spec
tators cheered the gallant defense
of the North Carolinians who held
high powered Harvard scoreless
for the first period, then yielded
two touchdowns by Frank Foley,
left half.
The first came in the second per
iod after a long, slow, march and
the other in the third on a brillant
03 yard run. Davidson’s running at
tack never got under way.
Cedar Falls Man
Injured In Crash
Alton Ferree, Cedar Falls,
Sustained Head Injury
Last Evening.
Alton Ferree, Cedar Falls, sus
tained minor injuries about his
head last night about 7 o’clock
when the -automobile in which he
was riding left the highway on
highway 64 about 19 miles west of
this city. Pugh’s ambiance was
summoned to the scene of the ac
cident and brought Mr. Ferree to
the Randolph hospital where he
received first aid treatment. He was
able to return home later in the
evening.
No details of the accident were
available but it is understood the
car in which Mr. Ferree was riding
and another collided on the high
way between Asheboro and Lex
ington.
Coast Storm
Jacksonville, Nov. 12.——A
disturbance, reported by the wea
ther bureau as “highly beneficial
to Florida” swept away from the
statu today and reached up the
Carolines' coast
Tar Heels Crush Devils 14-6;
Smash Duke’s Rose Bowl Hopes
Durham, Nov. 13.—