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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
A young woman reports a fox neck piece worn in a local theater row vanished after she unpinned the lining. She offers to reline the fur and return it if the borrower returns the item, promising a new lining and prompt re possession of the fur.
London December 20. The Institute of Bankers the Association of Chambers of Commerce and the Decimal Association agreed to keep pound sterling as the unit and divide into 1 000 parts or mills. The existing gold and silver coins stay valued as before including the sixpence. Lower denominations to be 1 2 3 4 5 and 10 mills with nickel for 5 and 10.
The government railway board announces a six and a half mile electric tunnel under the Shimonoseki straits connecting the Inland Sea. Rapid tidal currents hinder navigation, making the project essential for safer transit at a cost of 14 million yen.
The City Transfer Co. employs competent men and assures patrons the best service. No job is too large for them to move. They also offer an auto service with cars for hire anywhere at all hours.
City Transfer Co operates with J A Dalton as manager. Contact jay phone 25 W and night line 3441 for freight and moving services.
The University of North Carolina will start Christmas holidays Friday afternoon and run until January 2 when registration for the new term begins. After the holidays two weeks of class work precede mid term exams. Lieutenant George P. Thompson spoke to students about aviation, and Professor Edwin Mims is teaching American literature for honors and advanced students. Dr. Venable and Dr. Greenlaw left for Washington for war related duties.
London reports snuff boxes reappearing but filled with sugar due to rationing. Visitors may carry their own sugar in old silver enamel and inlaid wood snuff boxes. Futurist boxes with odd painted effects are also in demand.
Rotterdam dispatch reports a traveling movie show in a specially built automobile for Dutch troops guarding the frontier. The motor car carries driver, electrician, pianist and operator with a power line extended to the hall, offering entertainment during the winter campaign.
Tokyo reports Harbin Manchuria is gripped by grave crime. In three months there have been 237 murders tied to robberies and daily lawlessness. Uniformed ruffians lurk in disguise while police fail to curb violence as colder weather nears. foreign residents consider private security.
London dispatch reports that army and navy contingents were instructed to save all used tea leaves. The leaves should be kept in muslin bags and sent to central depots. The old leaves must not be used for drinking but are required for munition production.
The navy department reports Seaman William F. E. Matteson drowned after going overboard from the destroyer Hull during a gale last Friday. His father, William Matteson, resides in Natick, R. I.
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