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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
3
Pittsburgh August 11 Two thousand new houses for the Pittsburgh district within the next year form the aim of the housing corporation of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. Cheap money six percent loans and expert supervision are offered to ease the rent and housing shortage and avert profits for the corporation.
A British oil concern employs an airplane to probe for oil in Venezuela. In Hawaii horses are almost extinct as motor cars take their place on the roads.
A Chinese study notes that cemeteries occupy about 5 percent of the nation’s area, amounting to roughly one fifth of the country’s arable land. The finding highlights land use considerations tied to burial grounds and cultural practices.
Hen rietta Channing Ellery of Newport born April 8 1838 is the last surviving grandchild of William Ellery signer of the Declaration of Independence. She helped found the Newport chapter of the D A R in 1896 and gifted land that became Ellery Park.
Ischiogonus a quarter inch black bug adopted by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association as a helpful ally against Syagrius fulvitarsis, a scale insect destroying sadleria ferns on Maui slopes. Ferns preserve watersheds and water is vital for the plantations, per planters' scientists.
A Finn allowed to distribute food to scientists and literary men in Petrograd reports stark hunger and malnutrition among locals. He notes well dressed visitors are eyed warily, Kotarewski appears in ragged clothing, and scientists suffer scurvy while Maxim Gorky and others work to help.
Georges Carpentier lands back in France after a victorious tour in America, flaunting a handsome bank account and a joyful mascot Flip. The famed French boxer revels in home soil as crowds celebrate his post title run and national pride.
Boston reports Al bert Victor Searles, an artist, earned $5 million in a settlement after his uncle Edwin B. Searles left him 250 000 with a waiver if he contested the will. Meanwhile Miss Mary Johnson sues for 2 million dollars in alimony and damages, claiming misrepresentation and nonsupport. Searles is reportedly abroad and unreachable, with his lawyers denying the charges.
In Honolulu Anglophone report Prof G Muko a leading Japanese educator urges replacing ideographs with Roman letters and calls for a changed attitude toward Far Eastern nations He advocates returning Shantung to China and expresses hope the move will happen.
Japanese Chinese and American educators gather in Honolulu for the Pan Pacific Educational conference opening. Delegates from western states lead attendance while Japan shows strong representation. Dr P P Claxton is general chairman with Dr David Starr Jordan presiding. delegates include Dr Henry E Johnson and Dr Frances Holley.
Blue Ridge August 11. The Southern Training School for Christian Leadership will open week of August 23 at Blue Ridge under the auspices of state Sunday school associations of South Carolina Kentucky Alabama Tennessee Florida and Georgia. This first year promises to become an annual affair with noted Christian leaders participating.
Instructors will be present to guide a program at Ambolna harbor. The work involves classification and study of nearly eight hundred felt species in the harbor water.
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