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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
4
The Lexington Dispatch pushes for action, while mockingly noting election pledges and pardons. References to Max Gardner, Camel Morrison, and comments on fuel regulations hint at local anxieties and potential fallout with Mexico. Mention of Sergeant Alvin C York adds a national frame.
Alexander Berkman left for Russia on the day Henry Frick died as authorities deported Berkman from the United States, following his historic attempt on Frick’s life decades earlier.
The section hands work valiantly on Main street crossing with two inch gravel nearly covering it but the odds say the road will revert to previous conditions within a week as the Southern Railway repairs have historically done at this crossing.
Parson Maynard, who accused entrants in the transcontinental air derby of drinking, will be given a chance to prove his assertion. The public will doubtless wonder where so much liquor was found to intoxicate fifty or more men.
President Wilson’s settlement proposal for the coal strike was agreed to by United Mine Workers representatives, the White House was told via Attorney General Palmer. Editors note a dec 9 EOS bulletin on miners’ acceptance and the broader winter fuel issue.
The writer argues cities grow haphazardly without plans, urging High Point to adopt fixed urban plans with parks and orderly development. He notes London’s labyrinthine streets as caution, warns against weathering without architecture, and highlights need for thoughtful, cost effective city design and problem fixes.
A sequence of historical anniversaries notes births and events. Eugene Sue born in Paris in 1864, Zachariah Chandler born 1813, Lafayette honored in 1824, Wyoming women’s vote in 1869, Newfoundland panic 1889, Aspach town capture 1914, Austria relations 1915, Deutschland voyage 1916, Romania armistice 1917.
The piece critiques reformers who demand higher taxes if the Supreme Court strikes down nationwide prohibition. It cites the International Bureau of Reform in Washington fearing unconstitutionality and argues reformers should repeal the law if unconstitutional, condemning whiskey as a curse yet condemning dishonest political acts.
Facing a paper shortage the Greensboro Daily News reduces editorial space cutting masthead to a minimal inch and a half and using paragraphs for fillers. Four ad columns fill the right side as newspapers conserve paper amid a weak print market.
Today marks the semicentennial of the Wyoming women’s suffrage act the first in America as officials and observers note the enduring milestone in women’s political rights. The day also sees various national and regional events including meetings in Washington Indianapolis Atlanta and Chicago.
Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma enters his 50th year as the first man from the state to sit in the United States Senate. A Mississippi native with no college degree, he moved to Texas then Oklahoma in 1901, rose as a Democratic leader, and was elected to the Territorial Legislature. He took his Senate seat in December 1907 with tenure through 1921.
Sir James Atkins Manitoba lieutenant governor born Grahamsville Ontario 68 years ago. Countess of Warwick social reformer born 58 years ago. Asle G Groupa US senator from North Dakota born Elkador Iowa 61 years ago. Jouett Shouse former Kansas congressman and Treasury official born Woodford Kentucky 40 years ago. James H Johnston Brooklyn baseball outfielder born Cleveland Tennessee 30 years ago.
Conventions opening today include the Cincinnati American Warehouse men’s Association Seattle Red Cedar Shingle Congress in Wichita, the Automobile Trade Association of Kansas Milwaukee Wisconsin Implement Dealers’ Association in Crookstone, and Minnesota Red River Valley Dairymen’s Association.
Editorial urging immediate American aid to Europe and urging action to prevent famine as coal shortages threaten food delivery. Argues that idle ships and coal cuts worsen hunger in Serbia Armenia and allied regions. Blames radical labor leaders Bolshevists and calls for responsibility before God. Includes a brief fictional dialogue and satire on the American Senate.
Racing at Havana and Jefferson Park in New Orleans kicks off winter meetings. The American League holds its annual meeting. National pocket billiard championship in Philadelphia. Boxing lists Benny Valgar versus Frankie Fleming in Montreal and Johnny Murray versus Jabez White in Detroit, both scheduled for 10 rounds.
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