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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
4
A humorous column questions whether women's feet are increasing in size and cites outdated anecdotes and a cartoon. It contrasts past and present shoe sizes and riffs on social topics with playful satire, ending with a political aside.
German Social Democrats advise the government to accept the allies' terms with restraint, recalling wartime setbacks. Lady Astor, newly elected British MP born in America, tells supporters she has six children and is not finished yet, hinting at plans for more political influence.
A wobbling coal scarcity is noted as the income tax collector heads to High Point. The piece mocks fuel administrations and lingering delays with local streetcars that fail when riders need them most.
Col. Vanderford outlines a public campaign to enforce prohibition in North Carolina by education and law in partnership with citizens. He urges strict accountability for officers, calls for public support, and argues respect for law grows from perceived personal advantage and legitimate enforcement. He also notes coal mine conflicts and public wartime tolerance of operators.
The fuel administration has ordered a 48 hour week for plants and office hours from dawn until 4 PM to conserve coal. Production is about 28 percent of normal with railroads using all of it, leaving little surplus. The public is urged to endure sacrifices for heat and manufacturing while guarding against exploitation as the government runs the mines to reveal how much coal remains.
U S government protests the treatment of Consul Jenkins and warns that drastic action will follow if he is not released immediately. The note is addressed to Carranza and signed by the United States.
A playful exchange between Carranza and the U S A features back and forth notes over consular release and arms catalogs. The dialogue shows formal pleasantries while the United States presses for Jenkins release and both sides hint at ongoing negotiations.
A dated compilation of notable events and births from 1792 to 1917 including James Whitcomb’s birth, James Fisk’s death, Federals in Franklin, Grevy’s resignation, Irish Home Rule in Parliament, Diaz’s inauguration, De Wet’s capture, Russian victory in Bukovina, a vast 600 mile front battle, and the Nordic neutrality agreement among Norway Sweden and Denmark.
Queen Alexandra of England born in Copenhagen 75 years ago today. Dr. William T. Hornaday longtime anti Bolshevism advocate born in Plainfield Indiana 65 years ago. Samuel M. Ralston ex governor of Indiana born in Tuscarawas County Ohio 62 years ago. Ambrose Kennedy U S representative from Rhode Island born in Blackstone Massachusetts 44 years ago today.
Paris dispatch reports Admiral Davelay of the French navy argues in a new publication that the era of the dreadnought is past. He says future warships will be armored for gun protection and will focus on speed and submarine defense, with torpedo and mine resilience as key upgrades.
Remember flowers give the finishing touch to your Thanksgiving dinner. Phone eighty dollars or see J J Fallon the florist to reserve your Thanksgiving flowers at once.
Today brings a wave of anniversaries and political milestones. Queen Mother Alexandra turns 75. Senator Morris Sheppard celebrates 160 years of marriage. Congress begins its 66th session while Wilson launches a new industrial conference in Washington. Statewide prohibition efforts resume in Ohio as Chicago hosts the International Stock Exposition. Red Cross seals start a 10 day sale to fund tuberculosis education. California Arizona and New Mexico governors join a San Diego and Arizona Railroad celebration. Montana issues a retail price tag order to curb profiteering.
Cuba American Jockey Club meets in Havana while Jefferson Park hosts a New Orleans meet. Six day cycling begins at Madison Square Garden. National pocket billiards opens in Philadelphia. Mid West bowling finale in Omaha. Boxing cards include Britton with Ryan in Canton and several eight and sixteen round bouts in Trenton Jersey City New Orleans Buffalo.
Kansas City hosts the National Restaurant Men's Association while New York hosts the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers and the New York State Safety Congress in Syracuse.
Frank W. Taussiz, renowned American economist from St. Louis, joins the new industrial conference convened by President Wilson in Washington. Taussiz has long held the Henry Lee professorship at Harvard and since 1917 led the National Tariff Commission, with notable works on tariff history and economic theory.
United States troops crossed into Prussia. Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau of France and Premier Orlando of Italy arrived in London. Music, once famed for ten years, is found to retain its weight, a strange note amid wartime reports.
Asee President MORROW with Sec Trea a C Kephart and W Carson Burns noted during the session. The fragment lists officers or attendees likely from a local association or club meeting agenda.
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