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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
3
A home reading lesson outlines how recruits should stand and move, maintain posture, and develop discipline before camp. It stresses the position of a soldier, daily practice, fitness, and simple living rules to build confidence and readiness for service.
New York hosts a four day gathering of soldiers sailors and marines who served overseas. The eighteenth national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States opens today and runs through the period, honoring members who served in Cuba and Porto Rico during the Spanish American War and in the China Relief Expedition Guam and the Philippines.
The War Department fixed opening for a second series of Army Reserve Officers training camps to produce line officers. Training runs to November 26 with camps at Presidio of San Francisco Fort Niagara Fort Myer Fort Ogletsope Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Sheridan Fort Snelling and Plattsburg plus state quotas for western and midwestern districts.
The North Carolina State Farmers and Farm Women's convention opens tomorrow at State College of Agriculture and Engineering Raleigh. About 1,000 delegates and visitors are expected from across the state to discuss food production conservation marketing and credit and to plan National Farm Loan associations.
The Roose velt Conservation Commission reports national vitality can be extended by personal hygiene. It says only 1 percent know how to live while 99 percent suffer from improper habits, contributing to a 41 percent rise in wear and tear deaths over twenty years.
Ohio State Fair opened in Columbus with food production and conservation as the keynote. Nearly all counties display representative agricultural exhibits and daily demonstrations by experts on food preservation and scientific feeding. Lectures and literature will promote extended soil cultivation and farming efforts.
The New York Cotton Exchange board enacts a rule to limit daily price swings to three cents a pound above or below the prior day's close. This cap equals about $15 per bale or 300 market points, aiming to curb abnormal wartime price fluctuations.
Asbury Park New Jersey begins carnival week with flags flying and bunting in cottages. Patriotism tops the program as organizers forecast the largest crowd for the annual Baby Parade, a long standing local tradition.
An observer reports aboard Pershing’s army transport that 1500 men can be carried with full equipment. The ship converts lower decks to sleeping quarters with triple bunks and compartments for gear. Each man has 80 cubic feet of air, washing facilities, and mess arrangements. Hospitals, ventilation, showers, and fumigation follow every voyage.
Bethlehem Pennsylvania experiences a construction surge with the Citizens' Realty Company building 400 houses valued at 1.5 million dollars. Grace and Thompson prepare 100 foundations while Silvex constructs a plant over 4 million and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway adds a 1.2 million freight yard. A Lehigh and New England Railroad line to Allentown will cost several hundred thousand, and Bethlehem Steel Works expands with government-ordered extensions.
Oglesby Johnson, 21, son of Charlotte Policeman James B. Johnson, was killed on the Statesville road bridge when his motorcycle lost control. His arm was torn by iron spikes on the bridge, ribs crushed, and collarbone broken. He died at a hospital shortly after the accident. His riding companion fled ahead.
New law requires all physically fit physicians under thirty-two to register for potential service. Major Bloodgood and Dr Heerm note the move aims to bolster the Medical Reserve Corps and reduce family and financial burdens on older doctors. North Carolina officials provide application blanks upon request to join the Medical Officers' Reserve.
The article describes large fur collars as a key feature on coats with emphasis on the cellar area. Collars range from cape-like pieces reaching nearly to the waist to neck wraps that fasten at back, front, or sides. Buckles buttons and clasps secure them, with shawl collars crossing the front and turning the fur inward. A wastecoat of fur is noted as a new idea.
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