28 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1920
Page
1
Campaign to inform voters about a proposed 600000 dollar central high school in High Point township unfolds with mass meetings across sections of the township. W M Marr cites coordinated efforts, a January 18 election, and a big parade if weather allows.
At Washington the dining room and several state rooms in the Mayflower officers’ quarters burned. A board of inquiry will determine the fire’s cause. Secretary Daniels said damage not yet set, but several officers lost personal effects. Eight reporters were arrested entering the yard but released after Daniels ordered their freedom. Navy officials say they sought an explanation for the breach of the guard.
Robert W. Mattox president of the Georgia division of the American Cotton Association shot himself at his mother in law's home in Atlanta. He had lived there since his wife’s death about a year ago and officials cited grief and business worries as the likely causes.
New York police disclosed that Max Eastman once famed gangster was killed in a street fight with former associates on the East Side last Sunday. Authorities traced the killer through the underworld and expect an arrest. two waiters and a cashier questioned at headquarters supplied details and names of attackers.
Four young white men held in Raleigh jail celebrated Christmas by breaking out stealing Carolina Moonshine from a nearby building and getting drunk. One man, summoned for property damage, said he had not recovered from the whiskey and the case was postponed.
In Jacksonville a man alleged to be Capt Eddie Rickenbacher impostor married Miss Frances G. Hanan in St. Augustine and fled after a week, with a letter to her mother saying he had disappeared. Miss Hanan’s mother would not reveal the letter’s contents.
High Point plans to start the 1920 term next Monday under Superintendent W. M. Marr. Park Street building will not be ready until February 1, delaying space for crowded rooms and signaling a push for improved facilities.
Deportation of Russian radicals from the United States has been resumed. A number were sent home last week and another batch of twenty five will leave New York in three weeks. They are sent to Libau and moved by rail into sovietussia. Ludwig Martens, who calls himself Russian ambassador, will be surrendered January 3rd on a deportation warrant and sent to Libau.
High Point firemen issued a statement thanking residents for liberal contributions to the firemen Christmas fund. They praised committee members T. D. Gilliam and W. G. Shipman for their untiring efforts and noted each fireman received over 13 dollars for personal use.
President Wilson marks his sixty fourth birthday with messages of congratulations. Daughters Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs W McAdoo join him, and Dr Steven Axon, brother of the president’s first wife, is present. Mrs Wilson and the daughters may attend Miss Marjorie Brown’s wedding tonight.
A note on how formerly valueless tracts in Maryland are being converted into muskrat farms. Local planners see potential in diversifying land use and boosting rural economies.
The cotton futures market remained unsettled as Wall Street and southern selling renewed, with Liverpool demand and cables contributing to pressure. Opening bids showed declines of 15 to 35 points, January at 14.10 and March at 13.82, with other months listed around 14. Soothing fluctuations noted through the early session.
Captain Robert A. Bartlett famed as The Polar Bear and master of the Roosevelt seeks to finance and arrange a polar airplane expedition to cross the North Pole. The project would cost about $200,000 and involves scientific bodies and wealthy patrons. Bartlett, veteran of five polar expeditions, recently arrived to be port captain in the army transport service at Hog Island.
Fiume mayor asks General Cavislia for a suspension of hostilities. Cavislia requires two conditions, one already accepted. An interview with General Ferrario, head of the port blockades, aimed to finalize capitulation terms.
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney widow of Cork's late lord mayor will sail home next Saturday after testifying in Washington before the committee of one hundred on Ireland.
A world industrial exhibition will be held in London from May to October 1922 showcasing global manufacturing progress and technological innovations.
The Jiji Shimpo, a government naval program ally, urges Japan to modify its plan for eight battleships eight battle cruisers and 120 submarines by 1925 if world powers agree to curb naval arms. It notes education spending is less than one tenth of armament outlays.
In Marion Ohio on December 28 President elect Harding continued talks on domestic questions with Senator Porter McCumber ranking member of the Senate finance committee and with Oscar Strauss former secretary of commerce and labor. McCumber was to discuss financial matters and the emergency tariff bill now before the Senate while Strauss was to discuss foreign commerce. Later in Marion McCumber urged Harding to move ahead with forming an association of nations without the league of nations calling the latter a dead issue.
The funeral of Mrs. Lyneth Roxana Loflin who died Sunday night at her Park Street home will be held Wednesday at 1 o'clock at Pleasant Garden church. Rev George R. Brown of the First Methodist Protestant church will conduct the services. The funeral cortege will depart the home at 11 o'clock that morning.
Raleigh reports say Governor elect Morrison will not replace Col. John Van B Metts as adjutant general, with major Lamb failing to gain momentum. Prominent guards leaders back Metts and urge reappointment. Governor elect Morrison is expected to uphold their choice. State officers salaries may be increased during Gov elect Morrison’s term. A Johnston county youth died on Fayetteville Road amid liquor selling activity. North Carolina road conference postponed from January 5 Raleigh awaiting committee appointments and a public hearing date.
News confirming reports that Gabriel D Annunzio, the Italian insurgent leader at Fiume, had been wounded in recent fighting between his legionaries and regular Italian troops was received today in Trieste via the Associated Press.
High Point reported an unusually quiet Christmas with orderly crowds and only minor incidents. Police said the only trouble occurred on Christmas Eve, with several arrests on Christmas Day but leniency shown by Judge Kirkman.
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