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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
5
The document shows archival staff roles and publication dates with administrative notes. It lists W. M. KPENER as managing editor and J. P. RAWLEY as business manager, and mentions periods of six months three months and one week. It notes second class matter status at the High Point post office under the 1872 act.
The piece explains coast defenses aims to protect key harbors and population centers while denying enemy use of ports. It notes mobile army should handle invasions and mentions the Ananias club preparing a membership drive from July to November. It also touches on headlines about Zeppelins and Signor Villa as a fighter.
The plan calls for 3 inch anti air craft guns for insular possessions and the Panama Canal plus six 16 inch movable howitzers and a 14 inch railway gun for unfortified harbors. It details current armament, mine defenses, and a boosted reserve ammunition fund totaling about six and a half million dollars. Target gun placements include Cape Henry Virginia and Rockaway Beach New York with long range 12 inch guns allocated to New York Boston and Pacific coast sites.
Asheville April 6 W Haynes manager for Judge Frank Carter in his bid for attorney general explains Carter withdrew due to friendship bonds and personal obligations. He says Carter’s turn leaves supporters to re align and that Carter’s action honors public service while praising voters and Carter’s character.
The New York cotton market opens quiet with a one point drop then a rise to 11.98. Early July slips to 11.96 before recovering, with May at 11.81 and December at 12.32 as the session begins.
In New York on April 6 Mercantile Marine issues led the market with common and preferred stocks absorbed in large lots at sizable gains. Industrial Alcohol hit a new high of 170 percent while Petroleum, Westinghouse, Studebaker and Goodrich rose fractions. United States Steel and other leaders gained modestly, with Norfolk and Western up nearly a point as rail shares strengthened.
Wheat developed strength in Chicago trading as late seeding in the northwest caused anxiety. Opening quotes moved from declines to gains with May at 1.18 to 1.18 and July around 1.16 to 1.17, before a brief sharp setback interrupted the advance.
College and city scores across the nation. UNC 3 William and Mary 2 in Chapel Hill. A and M 7 Richmond 6 in Raleigh. Oak Ridge Institute 0 Catawba 0. Rocky Mount Virginia league 3 Wake Forest 2. Chattanooga 7 New York 1. New Orleans 3 Cleveland 1. Philadelphia 6 Charleston 1. Washington 7 Boston 4. New York 1 Brooklyn 2. Baltimore 6 Boston 5. Atlanta 6 Macon 3. Columbus 5 Cincinnati 7. Asheville 8 Philadelphia 5. Virginia 5 South Carolina 8. Walford 0. Wittsboro rain. Chicago 4 Shreveport 0.
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm clears nasal passages in moments. It describes relief from cold, catarrh, and stuffed nose by applying a small amount in the nostrils to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and restore easy breathing.
An Italian aide reports General Cadorna believes Verdun will never be taken. He returns from France enthused about French efforts, citing vast French and British depots, soldiers, guns, and ammunition that would thwart any German breakthrough.
Readable lines note activity in the High Point Buggy Company factory with a department handling automobile repainting. The fragment suggests ongoing production and shop processes typical of a vehicle finishing line.
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