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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
8
Mrs. Mary C. Bradford Colorado superintendent warns that entertainment shapes the next generation. She notes movies and amusements pull youths from books, urges engaging education and parental influence to foster knowledge and mental development.
Beersheba Palestine reports Abraham's wells now equipped with pumping machinery and supplying water to the town. Tradition cites seven wells once, now three are known and used by Bedouins to water flocks. The Well o' the Qouth is linked to the Genesis account.
At its December meeting the faculty adopted a plan starting September 1921 that fifteen units of high school credit be required for the freshman entering State College, raising the entrance standard by one unit to improve preparedness and enable admission to A grade status. Eight and a half units are fixed in English history math and science with six and a half from a liberal list. details available from the registrar in West Raleigh.
John Burke treasurer of the United States asks national and other banks not to distribute gold coins for holiday use to preserve the gold reserve. If demanded, the treasury will meet the demand. old gold will be paid and no $2.50 pieces will be issued as coinage of those pieces has been stopped.
With Miss Blair Miss Florence Blair and Miss Clara Boyd leading the event the Musical Art club will meet tomorrow night at 7 30 at the A M Rankin residence on North Main street Blair serves as hostess on this occasion
Washington December 20 Senator Borah proposes a five year naval arms limitation with a U S Britain and Japan accord to curb programs. He seeks a congressional resolution to guide U S foreign policy and block the navy budget while aiming to frame policy for Harding and future administrations.
In Christiana on December 20 a report explains sailors desert from Norwegian vessels in American ports to join other Norwegian ships for higher wages. Norwegian shipowners warn officers and owners against hiring deserters in the United States. Some shipowners require bonds to deter desertion, with captains returning deserters’ papers to the owner who can pursue warrants in Norwegian courts.
London December 20 A debate rises among underpaid clergy as Dr Robert Rentoul of Liverpool suggests clergymen study medicine to become doctor-clerics. He cites 48 clerics who could pursue degrees and mix healing with preaching. Many clergy oppose the plan fearing local doctors’ resentment and a hardship to raise 250 pounds for training.
Paris December 20 President Millerand reportedly ordered an airplane limousine for official visits to foreign capitals and provincial cities If true it would shift France away from the presidential train and require a squadron for the presidential suite and about 40 journalists The suggestion notes risks seen in past aeroplane and train accidents including former President Deschanel
Berlin dispatch reports nationalist and communist papers highlight unemployment and rising misery as winter bites. The red movement amplifies poverty and profiteering rhetoric, urging overthrow of the government and a dictatorship of the proletariat to relieve hardship.
Local ad touts Florida oranges at 75 cents a peek with call to action to buy early and inquire by phone.
A fragmentary quotation evokes a pivotal moment described as the hour of decision. The archaic phrasing hints at a speech or sermon urging resolve and action at a critical juncture. No further names or places are identifiable from the fragment.
The text details crochet steps to cover six ivory rings with single and triple crochet stitches forming open mesh sections. It also describes erecting seven foot high monuments with concrete bases and eagle-topped shells, honoring officers and men killed in battles at Cantigny, Brusneuve, Saint Mihiel, Saint Juvin, and Sedan, designed by Jo Davidson.
Paris December 2. Five monuments crafted from an identical design will mark the crest of the advances made on the French fronts by the First American division in its five most important attacks.
An epidemic of sneezing coughing and colds has struck Paris as crowds ride buses trams and dine out. Drugstores and physicians report a rush while theatergoers spoil love scenes with coughs. Sufferers blame Armistice day foggy damp weather and bareheaded stands in the procession. President Millerand reportedly suffers from the grip after walking bareheaded for miles.
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