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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
3
Oberammergau mourns Father Schroeder longtime parish priest dies as 1922 Passion play plans proceed. Clergy keep Oberammergau text from Ettal monks with Josep Alois Daisenberger shaping it. Burgomaster William Rutz warns against imitated films and commercial religious shows.
Melilla Morocco August 19 ten thousand square kilometers of the Spanish zone remained to be captured as Moor tribesmen offered stiff resistance. Spanish troops with native auxiliaries faced fierce attacks from fanatical fighters defending their land, while reports noted supply lines from French Morocco and Tangier. Coastal bombardments proved difficult due to rough terrain and visibility, leaving the campaign precarious for Spanish forces.
More than 60 manufacturers from North and South Carolina have contracted for exhibit space in the Made in Carolinas exposition to be held September 12 to 29 in Charlotte. Secretary Patterson reports only a small amount of space remains unsold, mostly covered by options.
The Made in Carolinas exposition reports 65 000 tickets issued. The main building is finished and decorators plus electricians are finishing work. Completion expected by September 1 when exhibits arrive.
George Fitzmaurice filmed Idols of Crex on a Fort Lauderdale beach recreating a South Sea setting with huts coconut groves and tropical scenery. Mae Murray plays the heroine a pearl diver and society ward rescued from a Limehouse den while David Powell portrays a cynical sculptor who regains faith through love.
The Orpheum presents a two show evening headlined by Guy Johnson and his Beauty Girls with new acts by the Spellmans and the Maryland trio. Joe Martin the great monkey actor appears in Universal’s latest screen feature. Next week Carl Armstrong and his Gloom-Lifters headline an entirely new program.
The Made in Carolinas exposition in Charlotte will sell only made in Carolina items at concessions. Executive Secretary Patton announced that contracts for almost all booths have been closed.
Greenland's first royal visit brings King Christian and Queen Alexandrine to Godthaab aboard the island. Eskimos greet the royals with a kayak gift, eider blanket, and a snowlit ceremony before the party sails to northern Greenland.
Archbishop Francisco Orozocoy Jiminez, a high Catholic leader in Mexico, was fined 100 by Guadalajara authorities for strolling on the streets in clerical garb. Police Chief Rivera ordered all priests in cassocks arrested, and several incidents are said to have followed. Quebec reports streetcar accidents cut 50 percent.
Aug 19 Buenos Aires reports Argentina expands immigrant welcome. New arrivals receive lodging meals and lodging, with free housing transportation and orientation via films and lectures. Spaniards Italians and Germans arrive, many skilled workers bringing equipment for start of life in Argentina.
Dr John W Shackford announces a series of standard training schools for Christian workers across Southern Methodist territory. The program links Dallas and Lake Junaluska central trainings with more than 190 schools across the region. More than 15 000 people expected to enroll and over 20 000 certificates of credit to be issued this year through standard and correspondence programs.
In London a group of Fire worshippers and Parsis establish headquarters in a West End house funded by donations from wealthy Indians. The Palace Association of Europe will host Zoroastrian rites and may provide interim resting places for dead Persians before burial.
Durham August 19 local American Legion volunteers to Major T L P Mehendon chair the reunion committee for Confederate veterans slated for August 23 24 and 25 in the city They will handle kitchen patrol duties once avoided by soldiers to aid aging veterans and will deploy Durham machine gun company and Boy Scouts to assist in elder care at the event.
Robert Brown and Claude Reitzel returned from Camp Jackson near Columbia D C where they attended a citizens military training camp. They were away 30 days and benefited from government training. General Pershing visited Camp Jackson during their stay.
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