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Some budget proposals: New taxation on patent medicines and per- fumes; tooth paste and face powders exempted. Embargo on boots and shoes to be removed, but duties to be increased. Tax on matches to be doubled. Salaries of civil servants to be reduced.
North Carolina has made marked improvement in rural education in the last ten years. The one-room schools are being replaced by consolidated schools. The number of teachers has doubled and the pay of white teachers has risen from an average of $300 to an average of $1,000. The...
The Committee's naive optimism is remarkable. It forgets that the ban placed on Rabelais has probably doubled the readers of "Gargantua," while "Jurgen," since the allurement of censorship was removed, has fallen in value from twenty-five dollars to a mere two-fifty. A half-page ad like this...
5) Many collieries have doubled their managerial force without achieving a corresponding increase in production.
The Crimson Freshmen, taking part in only two events, lowered the meet record in the relay by nearly four seconds, when Chase, running number two, passed his man on the second lap and handed over a five-yard lead which was doubled by each succeeding runner in turn. Chase also...